Teach English in XiejiAwAn XiAng - Tianshui Shi

Task Sheet for Unit 16 (Conditionals & reported speech) Conditionals: If I had the money I?d buy a new car. a) Zero cond: If/when+present -> present Water turns to ice if you freeze it b) First cond: If+present -> will/might/should/must + present If he studies hard he?ll pass. She might buy it if she has enough money c) 2nd Cond: If+past simp, would/could/might + present simp If I won the lottery I might travel the world. d) 3rd Cond: If+past-perf, would/could/might+have+past-part If she had seen me she would have been angry. e) Mixed Cond: hypothetical past action, hypothetical present consequence If I had listened to him I?d be in trouble now. Teaching Ideas: a) Split sentences (choose which consequence goes with what ?if?) b) Fill in either half of a conditional.. c) Chain conditionals? d) ?What would happen if?? ?we could read each other?s thoughts ?everyone were color blind Reported Speech ? He says/said that? Rules: a) Backshifting: present becomes past; this and here become that and there Pres simple -> Past simple Pres Cont -> Past Cont Pres Perf -> Past Perf PresPerf Cont -> Past Perf Cont Past Simple -> Past perf Past Cont -> Pst perf cont Will -> Would Past perf -> Past perf Past perf cont -> Past perf cont Teaching ideas for reporting speech: a) Intermediaries (between parent/teenager, husband/wife, employer/employee quarrelling neighbors, warring countries) b) Give a set of reporting verbs, eg, say, claim, deny, admit Offer a first person quote, eg, ?I did it, it was me!? Have students report it. c) Media interviews? Task 1: Identify, teach, give examples? a) If it rains tomorrow I?ll buy an umbrella: First cond: If [pres simp], fut simp Idea one: in pairs, imagine one thing you?d like to do and what could make it possible - If we don?t have too much homework this weekend, we can go to the beach. - If we sell enough lemonade we can go to the movies. Idea two: same pairs imagine a bad thing that may happen if things go on like now. - If he keeps this up he?ll land in jail. - If she doesn?t apologize he might leave her. b) If I had studied harder I would have passed the test. 3rd Cond: If+past-perf, would/could/might+have+past-part Ideas: in pairs, one student tells other? If you had been there you could have helped me. If I had not been with you, you might have got in trouble. c) If I had studied medicine, I would be a doctor. Mixed Cond: hypothetical past action, hypothetical present consequence Pairs: give travelling and studying possibilities: If you had started English classes last year it would be easier now. If we had saved more money we could stay in NYC a bit longer. d) If I inherited a million dollars, I would buy a new house. 2nd Cond: If+past simp, would/could/might + present simp In pairs, have students say what they would/could do if they spoke English better. If I spoke English better I could get a better job. I would enroll in college if I spoke English better. e) If water freezes it turns to ice. Zero cond: When water boils it turns to steam. - Idea: in triplets, have students talk about changing seasons? When winter comes it?s cold outside. When spring arrives the snow starts to belt. Task 2: tense shifts in reporting speech: a) Backshifting: present becomes past; this and here become that and there Pres simple -> Past simple Pres Cont -> Past Cont Pres Perf -> Past Perf PresPerf Cont -> Past Perf Cont Past Simple -> Past perf Past Cont -> Pst perf cont Will -> Would Past perf -> Past perf Past perf cont -> Past perf cont Task 3: reporting a) Paul said ?I go swimming on Tuesdays.? Paul said he went swimming on Tuesdays. b) Jamie said ?John has never been to London.? Jamie said John had never been to London. c) ?Do you want fish or chicken?? she asked. She asked if you wanted fish or chicken. d) ?How are you?? she asked. She asked how you were. e) Keith said ?I went fishing before lunch.? Keith told me he had gone fishing before lunch. f) Fred said ?I will be arriving after dinner.? Fred told me would be arriving after dinner. Task 4 1. He said he was leaving in half an hour. 2. You said the rain had stopped. 3. He said he?d been playing it for 2 hours. 4. She told me she had had breakfast earlier. 5. She asked if I had been living in London in ?96. 6. He said he had bought 3 pizzas. 7. You told me you had been waiting for 30 minutes. 8. They said they?d be in Bangkok in July. 9. She asked if you would be coming back. Task 5 ? Direct to reported speech in various time contexts b) He said ?I?ll feel better tomorrow.? He said he would feel better the next day. c) He said ?I felt terrible yesterday.? He told me he had felt terrible the previous day. d) He said ?next week I?m travelling.? He told me he would be travelling the following week. e) He said ?I was very busy last week.? He told me he had been very busy the previous week. f) He said ?this week I feel exhausted.? He told me this week he felt exhausted. Task 6: Lesson Plan for Reported Speech: Lesson Plan: Reported Speech (boomerang or patchwork ? 2 activate stages) Dee Knight. Student Level: Intermediate children & youth Instructor: Dee Knight Observer: n/a Date and time: June 16, 2017, 7pm Class level: Intermediate children & youth Expected number of students: 9 Language Points: Changing phrases (verb tenses and dates/times) in reported speech Teaching aids: School and after-school schedules (activities, times?); chart/worksheet of tense changes in reporting Learner objectives: For students to know verb tenses and the right way to report what they were told Personal aim: Engage & activate students effectively Anticipated problems for students: knowing verb tenses and how to use them Solution: pre-teach tenses in ?Study? Anticipated problems for teacher: Correcting effectively (enough but not too much) Solution: Have students correct each other Procedure Phase Timing Interaction ????????? Qùnián w?men xuéxí y?ngy?. ??????? W?men j?nnián xué y?ngy? ?????????? Míngnián w?men huì xuéxí y?ngwén. ???????????????????? Rúgu? w?men n?lì xuéxí, w?men huì biàn dé gèng h?o, gèng h?o. We studied English last year. We study English this year. We will study English next year. If we study hard, we will get better and better. Engage 7 min T-S ??Dee Knight W? jiào Dee Knight ?????? W? shì y?ngy? l?osh?. ???????? W? shì hàny? de xuésh?ng. ????????????????????? Q?ng yòng zh?ngwén hé y?ngwén xi? n? de míngzì, bìng ji?ng qí xi?nshì g?i w?. My name is Dee Knight I am the English teacher And I am a student of Chinese language. Please write your names in Chinese and English, and show them to me. Engage 3 min T-S-T Today we see how in English, the verb ?study? changes to ?studied? in the past. How do you say it in the future? OK, let?s break it down more: g) Each person gets a chart. Work together in pairs. Some of you know this already. Help each other and also let the chart help you. h) There are many more tenses: that is, time forms for verbs. Today we focus on the ones we use to say ?He said? or ?She said?? Study 10 min T-S Review together as class to be sure everyone knows each indicated tense form. One student report for each pair (each partner reports one tense). Study 10 min S-T First practice, using present. 2nd student in each pair say partner said? Activate 10 min S-S Review, intensify study of Conditional forms Study 10 min T-S Second practice, first partner of each pair say corrected form Activate 5 min S-S Wrap up: say together, If we study hard, we will get better and better. Next: Does the same work for ALL OTHER VERBS? Answer: Most but not all. Activate 1 min S-T Chart for Verb Tense changes in ?He said? / ?She said? Direct Speech Form of ?Study? To Reported Speech Form of ?Study? Present simple Study Past simple Present continuous Studying Past continuous Present perfect Have studied Past perfect Present perfect continuous Have been studying Past perfect continuous Past simple Studied Past perfect Past continuous Had been studying Past perfect continuous Will Would Past Perfect Past perfect Past perfect continuous Past perfect continuous