Question

Design a lesson plan to teach simple narration in simple past tense in class 8

Answer 1

Narration and its meaning.
Basics of narration to be explained

Now, narration in simple past tense.
past tense sentences change into past perfect tense.
Explain this with example.
Next, list of words that change in narration
Like - come changes to go
Was / were changes to had.
Now,
Reporting verb changes into asked.
Comma - cotation change into if or whether.
Explain with examples.
Next is,
Wh words are directly used without using if or whether.
With Example.
Now,
Differentiation between wh sentences and yes-no sentences.

At last a recap and,
Exercises to solve.
For example,
I said to him, "were you in the team?"
So answer is
I asked him if he had been in the team.


Note:- an interrogative sentence changes into affirmative when reported.
So, Focus on the basics of narration.