Some nice activities to practise Reported Speech
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♥Video: How to tell if your boyfriend is a slob from the British Council
Taking into account the fact that my audience will be students from 2nd Bachillerato I trust they will be able to watch the video and, without any additional help , report as much as they have understood.Great to practise statements, questions ,orders and suggestions! For weaker students I would just do the whole lesson plan as presented by the British Council. Click here
♥ Song : My name is Luka by Suzzane Vega. A classic song dealing with child and domestic violence.
The idea is the same as above. I´ll let the students do all the work ( we,teachers, need a break from time to time, don’t we?) . . The song is quite easy to understand and though they might not pick up everything , they will still be able to come up with some good reported statements. The idea is: students listen to the song once, share with their partners , listen again , pair once again and check with me. It might be useful to correct using the video+lyrics.
Now, if you want to go over the lyrics of the song , click here
♥ Gossiping about the teacher ( from Begem Tonyali -original post here)
Students think about 10 things they want to know about their teacher 
and ask the questions, which are written on the board.The class is divided into 2 groups. The first group leave the class and wait outside. The first group members take turns in asking the teacher the questions and write down the answers. Now, they leave and the second group does the same thing. However, what they do not know is that the teacher is honest and gives correct answers to only one group, but lie to the other. It’s a good idea not to tell them beforehand. Then, students pair off as 1st and 2nd group partners. The activity goes like this and one of the students tells his partner “I asked the teacher how old she was and she told me she was 16.” Then the other partner goes “I asked the same question, but she told me she was 36.” etc…until all the questions are reported. Here they have to pay attention to the usage of the reporting verbs and have fun in finding which group the teacher lied to.
and ask the questions, which are written on the board.The class is divided into 2 groups. The first group leave the class and wait outside. The first group members take turns in asking the teacher the questions and write down the answers. Now, they leave and the second group does the same thing. However, what they do not know is that the teacher is honest and gives correct answers to only one group, but lie to the other. It’s a good idea not to tell them beforehand. Then, students pair off as 1st and 2nd group partners. The activity goes like this and one of the students tells his partner “I asked the teacher how old she was and she told me she was 16.” Then the other partner goes “I asked the same question, but she told me she was 36.” etc…until all the questions are reported. Here they have to pay attention to the usage of the reporting verbs and have fun in finding which group the teacher lied to.
♥ A funny idea from A Journey in TEFL. Kids will adore me! 
Preparation: before the game, students have been taught the following reporting verbs: ask, tell, warn, advise, suggest and offer.
Students are given some scrap paper and asked to write a yes/no question , a Wh-question, a request, a warning, a suggestion,a piece of advice and an offer .
Students are given some scrap paper and asked to write a yes/no question , a Wh-question, a request, a warning, a suggestion,a piece of advice and an offer .
When they finish, they are asked to make balls from the papers. And the fun begins….Time to play snowballs!!Allow them to play snowballs for some time and play some music.Tell them they can play snowball for as long as there is music. Stop the music and ask students to open the ball of paper and report the the things written on it. Remember, the bigger the ball, the easier it will be to catch it!You don’t want to be looking for missing balls!
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