Reported speech and direct quotation - Newspapers

A lesson on reported speech and direct quotations in newspapers. The starter asks pupils to consider the difference between a sentence with reported speech, and a sentence with direct quotation. After a few simple translations from direct speech to reported (and vice versa), pupils can watch a youtube video of a news story. Their speech has been transcribed, and pupils can then use this to create their own newspaper article on the incident, using a direct quotation and a piece of reported speech for each of the three witnesses.