📰 The News Behind the News
Students read two contrasting newspaper reports about the same protest — one describing an 'angry mob' and the other 'concerned citizens.' Through this theme of media bias, they discover reported speech naturally embedded in the text, then study tense shifts, pronoun changes, reported questions and commands. The interactive game challenges them to convert direct speech into reported speech, while discussion and writing tasks have them reflect on how news shapes public opinion.
Lesson Plan
- 3 warm-up questions about news and media
Key Vocabulary
Grammar Points
- Reported statements: tense shifts one step back
- Reported Yes/No questions: asked + if/whether + statement order
- Reported Wh- questions: asked + wh- + statement order
- Reported commands: told + person + to/not to + verb
- Key reporting verbs: said, told, asked, explained, warned, claimed, announced
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