A Lesson Plan in English (Grade 7)
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Objectives: At the end of the 3!"in#te disc#ssion$ %ith &' roficienc$ the st#dents sho#ld be able to: *. +no% the the roer #se of adjectives adjectives and and deter"ine deter"ine so"e so"e of articl articles es or deter"iners that are #sed as adfjectives ,. val#e val#e o#rs o#rself elf and res resect ect othe otherr eole eole 3. narrate narrate an incident incident in o#r life life %hich %hich is si"il si"ilar ar to the the one fo#nd fo#nd in the the selection.
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-#bject atter: a. /oc#s: Adjective Adjectives: s: 0he 0he 1entiede 1entiede b 2on . 4ia5 b. 2eference: co of the stor c. ateri aterials als:: cartol cartolina ina$$ board$ board$ entel entel en$ en$ chal+ chal+
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Proced#re: a. 1o" 1o""on 2o#t 2o#tiine *. Praer ,. Attenda ndance 3. 1las 1lassr sroo" oo" anag anage" e"ent ent b. 2evie% of the revio#s toic c. otivati ation: 0as+ *. 6o% I ie% self On a half!sheet of aer$ co"lete the vis#al organi5er belo% b %riting at five traits %hich o# believe o# have. 0as+ ,. 6o% Others ie% e /or this activit$ o# %ill need a iece of aer$ and so"e tae. rite o#r na"e at the center of this aer. aer. It is advisable to encircle o#r na"e. Once o#r teacher has finished giving o# instr#ctions$ o# are to "ove aro#nd the classroo"$ loo+ for o#r 6A0 I 06I89 O/ -EL/Grade 7 English Learning Pac+age , class"ates$ and %rite onl one %ord on each of their resective aers. 0hat %ord "#st be an adjective %hich o# thin+ best
describes that class"ate. After five "in#tes$ ta+e the iece of aer fro" o#r bac+ and loo+ at ho% o#r class"ates described o#. 8o% co"are the descritions that o#r class"ates %rote for o# %ith those o# %rote for o#rself. 6o% si"ilar are the; 6o% different are the;
d. Lesson Proer: 2eading the stor selection: 0he 1entiede <: 2on . 4ia5 6E8 I sa% " sister$ 4elia$ beating " dog %ith a stic+$ I felt hate heave li+e a caged$ angr beast in " chest. O#t in the s#n$ the hair of " sister glinted li+e "etal and$ in her bro%n dress$ she loo+ed li+e a sheathed dagger.
I A- thirteen %hen " father first too+ "e h#nting. All thro#gh the s#""er of that ear$ I had tra"ed alone and #nar"ed the fields and forest aro#nd o#r far". 0hen one afternoon in late =#l " father told "e I co#ld #se his shotg#n. the grass sc#ffed against " bare legs. father stoed again. 6e +nelt do%n and held " hand. ?ait for the birds to rise and then fire$@ he %hisered. I #shed the safet lever of the rifle off and sighted along the barrel. 0he saddle of the stoc+ felt greas on " chee+. 0he g#n %as heav and " ar" "#scles t%itched. "o#th %as dr> I felt vag#el sic+. I %anted to sit do%n. ?o# forgot to sit$@ " father said. /ather had told "e that h#nters al%as sat for l#c+ before firing. I sat and I sa% the bree5e bend the ragged$ glass threads of sittle to%ard the birds. ?0hats good$@ /ather said. ?1ant %e thro% a stone$@ I %hisered fiercel. ?Its ta+ing the" a long ti"e.@
?8o$ o#ve to %ait.@ -#ddenl$ a s"all dog eling shrill ca"e tearing across the brooding lain of grass and s"all trees. It raced across the lain in long sle% s%oos$ on o#traged shan+s that disaeared and flashed alternatel in the light of the clo#d!ban+ed s#n. One of the birds %histled and the cove disersed li+e seeds thro%n in the %ind. I fired an d " bod shoo+ %ith the fierce "o"entar life of the rifle. I sa% three igeons fl#tter in a last co nv#lsive effort to sta afloat$ then fall to the gro#nd. 0he shot did not scare the dog. 6e ca"e to #s$ sniffing ca#tio#sl. 6e circled aro#nd #s #ntil I snaed " fingers and then he ca"e "e. ?8ot bad$@ " father said grinning. ?0hree birds %ith one t#be.@ I %ent to the br#sh to get the birds. 0he dog a"bled after "e. 6e fo#nd the birds for "e. 0he breast of one of the birds %as torn. 0he bird had fallen on a sot %here the earth %as %orn bare$ and its blood %as sread li+e a tin$ red rag. 0he dog scraed the blood %ith his tong#e. I ic+ed # the birds and its %ar"$ "angled flesh cl#ng to the al" of " hand. ?o#re +een$@ I said to the dog. ?6ere. 1o"e here.@ I offered hi" " blood al". 6e ca"e to "e and lic+ed " al" clean. I gave the birds to " father. ?a I +ee hi"$ / ather;@ I said ointing to the dog. 6e #t the birds in a leather bag %hich he carried straed aro#nd his %aist. /ather loo+ed at "e a "in#te and then said: ?ell$ I" not s#re. 0hat dog belongs to so"ebod.@ ?a I +ee hi" #ntil his o%ner co"es for hi";@ I #rs#ed. ?6ed "a+e a good ointer$@ /ather re"ar+ed. ?<#t I %o#ld not li+e " son to be acc#sed of dog!stealing.@ ?Oh$ noB@ I said C#ic+l. ?I shall ret#rn hi" %hen the o%ner co"es to clai" hi".@ ?All right$@ he said$ ?I hoe that dog "a+es a h#nter o#t of o#.@
?I dont %ant to see that dog again in the ho#se$@ she said coldl. ?0hat dog destroed " sliers again. Ill tell
sister %as the "eanest creat#re I +ne%. -he %as eight %hen I %as born$ the da " "other died. Altho#gh %e contin#ed to live in the sa"e ho#se$ she had gone$ it see"ed$ to another co#ntr fro" %here she loo+ed at "e %ith increasing annoance and conte"t. One of " first solid "e"ories %as of standing before a grass h# t. Its dirt floor %as covered %ith %hite banana stal+s$ and there %as a s"all bo filled %ith cr#shed and dis"e"bered flo%ers in one corner. A doll %as cradled in the bo. It %as " sisters laho#se and I re"e"bered she told "e to +ee o#t of it. -he %as not aro#nd so I %ent in. 0he fresh banana hides %ere cold #nder " feet. 0he interior of the h#t %as rife %ith the so#r s"ell of da" dead grass. Against the flo%ers$ the doll loo+ed incredibl heav . I ic+ed it #. It %as slight b#t it had hard$ #nfleing li"bs. I tried to bend one of the legs and it snaed. I stared %ith horror at the hollo% t#be that %as the leg of the doll. 0hen I sa% " sister co"ing. I hid the leg #nder one of the banana elts. -he %as r#nning and I +ne% she %as f#rio#s. 0he %alls of the h#t s#ddenl constricted "e. I felt sic+ %ith a na"eless ain. sister snatched the doll fro" "e and %hen she sa% the torn leg she gased. -he #shed "e hard and I crashed against the %all of the h#t. 0he fli"s %all collased over "e. I heard " sister screa"ing> she deno#nced "e in a high$ %ild voice and " bod ached %ith fear. -he sei5ed one of the salings that held # the h#t and hit "e again and again #ntil the flesh of " bac+ and thighs sang %ith ain. 0hen s#ddenl " sister "oaned> she stiffened$ the saling fell fro" her hand and C#ietl$ as tho#gh a sling %ere lo%ering her$ she san+ to the gro#nd. 6er ees %ere %ild as sc#d and on the edges of her lis$. dra%n tight over her teeth$ C#ivered a %ide lace of froth. I ran to the ho#se elling for /ather. -he ca"e bac+ fro" the hosital in the cit$ ale and C#iet and "ean$ drained$ it see"ed$ of all e"otions$ she "oved and acted %ith the +een$ erversit and decetive d#llness of a sheathed +nife$ concealing in her bod that a%f#l o%er for insiring fear and ain and hate$ not al%as %ith its dra%n blade b#t onl %ith its fearf#l shae$ defined b the sheath as her "eanness %as defined b her bod. 8othing I did ever leased her. -he destroed %illf#ll anthing I li+ed. At first$ I too+ it as a rocess of adatation$ a ste of adj#st"ent> I snatched and cr#shed ever seed of anger she lanted in "e$ b#t later on I reali5ed that it had beco"e a habit %ith her. I did not sa anthing %hen she told
+indling %ood. I learned ho% to hold "self beca#se I +ne% %e had to #t # %ith her %hi"s to +ee her cal" and C#iet. <#t %hen she d#"ed " b#tterflies into a %aste can and b#rned the" in the bac+ard$ I reali5ed that she %as siting "e. b#tterflies never snic+ered at her and the did not s"ell. I +et the" in an #n#sed cabinet in the living roo" and #nless she oened the dra%ers$ the %ere o#t of her sight. And she +ne% too that " b#tterfl collection had gro%n %ith "e. <#t %hen I arrived ho"e$ one afternoon$ fro" school$ I fo#nd " b#tterflies in a can$ b#rned in their cotton beds li+e dec+le. I %et and /ather had to call " sister for an elanation. -he stood straight and cal" before /ath er b#t " tear! logged ees sa% onl her harsh and arrogant silho#ette. -he loo+ed at "e c#rio#sl b#t she did not sa anthing and /ather began gentl to C#estion her. -he listened olitel and %hen /ather had stoed tal+ing$ she said %itho#t r#sh$ heat or concern: ?0he %ere attracting ants.@
I 2A8 after its a%s d#g hard into the floor of its cage> it b#nched "#scles tensed> it held itself for a "in#te and then it srang and the door of the cage crashed oen and hate cla%ed %ildl " brain. I screa"ed.
?I fo#nd hi" #nder the stac+ I choed.@ he loo+ed at "e %ith his "#dd ees. ?o# +no%$@ he said. ?0hat son of a devil nearl frightened "e to death@ I stiffened. ?4id it$ reall;@ I said tring to control " rising voice. a %hitish liC#id oo5ed o#t. 0hen I "ade s#re it %as dead b br#shing its antennae. 0he centiede did not "ove. I %raed it in a hand+erchief. sister %as enthroned in a large chair in the orch of the ho#se. 6er bac+ %as t#rned a%a fro" the door> she sat facing the %indo% -he %as e"broidering a stri of %hite cloth. I %ent near$ I stood behind her chair. -he %as not a%are of " resence. I #n%raed the centiede. I thre% it on her la. sister shrie+ed and the stri of %hite sheet fle% off li+e an #nh anded ha%+. -he shot # fro" her chair$ t#rned aro#nd and she sa% "e b#t she collased again to her chair cl#tching her breast$ do#bled # %ith ain 0he centiede had fallen to the floor. ?o# did it$@ she gased. ?o# tried to +ill "e. o#ve healthF lifeF o# triedF@ 6er voice dragged off into a ain!stric+en "oan. I %as eng#lfed b a s#dden feeling of it and g#ilt.
?<#t its deadB@ I cried +neeling before her. ?Its deadB Loo+B Loo+B@ I snatched # the centiede and cr#shed its head bet%een " fingers. ?Its deadB@ sister did not "ove. I held the centiede before her li+e a h#nter dislaing the tail of a deer$ save that the centiede felt thorn in " hand.
After reading the selection$ be reared to share o#r ans%ers %ith the rest of the class. *. 4o o# thin+ Eddies actions at the end of the stor %ere j#stified; h or %h not; ,. 6ad o# been in the sa"e sit#ation$ %o#ld o# have done %hat Eddie did; h or %h not; 3. h is the stor entitled as s#ch; hat is the titles significance to the develo"ents in the stor;
e. Generali5ation Adjectives are %ords that describe or "odif another erson or thing in the sentence. 0he Articles H a$ an$ and the H are adjectives . 0he Articles H a, an$ and the H are adjectives.
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Alication: Locate, Refect, Evaluate! Locate inormation in the selection to complete the table below. Make sure you can deend your answers. How Eddie Viewed His Sister
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How Eddie Viewed Himself
How Eddie’s Sister Viewed Him
Eval#ation:
A. tudy the ollowin sentences. "hoose the determiner that will best complete each sentence. #. $$$$ stolen cart was returned to the armer the ollowin day by the policemen.%an, the, their&
How Eddi Sister Vie Hersel
'. (oseph inored $$$$$$$$ warnin that nobody should leave the buildin. %Luke)s, his, he)s& *. Lily manaed to round up $$$$$ bystanders to serve as the audience or her seminar. %much, a little, a ew& +. Lia tried to retrieve $$$$$ cap, but she was araid to climb the tree. %this, her, their& -. Mr. Reyes told the restless crowd that everyone had to wait or $$$$ hour or the uest speaker. %a, an, the& . My ather ave me $$$$ watch beore / let or Manila. %these, this, an& 0. 1he branch manaer told his sta2 to make sure that $$$$$ important documents should be sent to the main o3ce by the end o the day. %a, an, the& 4. 1he company lost $$$$$$$ bo5es o its products when its delivery truck ell o2 a cli2. %three hundred, these, theirs& 6. 1he lawyers ave the complainants $$$$$ days to respond to the motion. %7teen, the, those& #8. 1he teacher ave the students an e5am ater a ew o them challened her lecture. $$$$ a behavior was unacceptable to the teacher. %what, such, theirs&
9. :etermine whether the sentences are usin the underlined determiners correctly. / the underlined determiner is wron, encircle it, then provide the determiner that will make the sentence correct. / the sentence already makes proper use o the underlined determiner, write " in ront o the number. #. A history o the ;hilippines was at 7rst written by Americans. '. A new president is oten iven a hundred days by the media beore they bein criticiin his or her policies. *. As punishment or their o2ense, the students were told to make sure that a school was always clean. +. 9ecause Mario couldn)t 7nd his wallet, he borrowed money rom his colleaue.
-. :ue to a ;resident)s motorcade, we were stuck in tra3c or two hours. . (onathan)s record, which has remained unbroken until this day, remains the leend. 0. Many water was needed in order to
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Assign"ent: A tory rom my ;ast 1hink o a story rom your childhood when you played a prank on a siblin, riend, or parent. / you are still in ood terms with that person, interview him or her so that you can et a more complete view o that episode. "omplete the statement that ollows the rid. I played a prank on…
Because…
The Result was…
I learned that…
;repared by> Macaculop, Emmanuel ?. 9E:E@ *': ;ro. Manolito an (ose
