IB English B TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT: Direct and Indirect Speech SWIRL LESSON

TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT SWIRL LESSON: Direct and Indirect Speech
(60 minutes)

This lesson supports the writing of the following text types: Embedded Interview, Editorial, Opinion Column, News Report

Resources:

1. No-prep, ready-made SLIDESHOW
2. Handout resources
3. Homework ANSWER KEY

Lesson Outcome:
By the end of this lesson, your students will have learned the rules for writing both direct and indirect speech using speaking, writing, interacting, reading and listening (SWIRL) activities. From a loud starter, to paired information gap tasks, writing tasks and interactive quizzing, your students will explore ways to correctly punctuate direct speech and will write their own examples based on mentor sentences.

Activities:

1. Activity 1: STARTER: to write on the board things they already know about direct/indirect speech. (5 minutes)
2. Activity 2: GUESS THE RULES TASK: to use observation, inference, and annotation skills to determine the rules for writing direct speech. (10 minutes)
3. Activity 3: SPEAKING TASK: to share and agree on the rules in small groups. (5 minutes)
4. Activity 4: LISTENING TASK: to sit back-to-back to share additional rules about direct speech and correct/ amend responses based on the teacher’s notes. (10 minutes)
5. Activity 5: READING TASK: to learn about the rules for indirect speech and use an info gap activity to complete the information on their respective handouts. Students will also use reading and listening tasks to understand the rules of reported speech. (10 minutes)
6. Activity 6: WRITING TASK: to create their own direct and indirect sentences using mentor sentences (10 minutes)
7. Activity 7: INTERACTING TASK: to quiz each other to show they have learned the basics for transforming direct to indirect and vice-versa. (5 minutes)
   PLENARY: to record takeaways from the lesson. (5 minutes)
   HOMEWORK: To complete a worksheet converting direct to indirect (and vice-versa) using formal and informal sentences.

Apart from the need to print handouts and a few bits of admin, this lesson is NO-PREP, INSTANTLY-USABLE.

(You just need to run through the slideshow to familiarise yourself with the lesson elements.)