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War and Peace

working with quotes on

Today:

Quotes and reported speech.
Goal: You can report a quote.

speaking warm up

homework

introduction
reported speech

presentation:

reported speech

with
quotes

reported speech


What can you do with a cake?

Activity:

who said it?

practice:

reported speech

put your quote in reported speech

Choose a quote for your comment.

Do you strongly agree or disagree with one of the quotes?

That would be a good starting point for your comment!

Choose a quote you want to write about and mark it on your sheet.

next lesson: comment writing

Do you strongly agree or disagree with one of the quotes?

That would be a good starting point for your comment!

Choose a quote you want to write about and mark it on your sheet.

Read the quotes.

In pairs or groups of three: talk about some of the quotes.

What do you think? Is it true or false?

What do you know about the person who said that?

Do you like the quote? Why/why not?


Homework: introduction sentence for your comment

Write the introduction to your comment by putting your quote in reported speech and briefly stating your general opinion.


Example:

your quoteYour introduction sentence:

"War is what happens when language fails."


Margeret Atwood



Margarete Atwood once said that war was what happened when language failed. I think that is true.


Next lesson:


Work on your comment by giving reasons and examples for your opinion.




You don't need the tense shift for the Dalai Lama quote. If you chose this quote, try to find out how to report it! (Tipp: google nach indirekte Rede Aufforderungen)

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/grammar/reported_aufforderung.html


Cake: reported speech

  • choose one of the verbs
  • fill the correct forms as in the example
  • use:
infinitive
simple past
past participle

  • Thread the slider into the sheet as shown.
  • Make sentences in direct and indirect speech in different tenses by moving the slider.
  • Write some sentences in your folder.
  • Ready? Try to form other sentences according to the pattern

THAnkS