A Detailed Lesson Plan in English – Grade Grade 7
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Objectives 1. Give the meaning of the unfamiliar words taken from the story 2. Analyze the plot of the story 3. Identify the story pattern of fable 4. Perform a pantomime that will portray the moral lesson of the story 5. Write a story pattern of a fable that reflects the moral lesson in the story. Subject Matter Topic: Monkey and the Turtle Skills: Reading, writing and comprehension skills Materials: Non-projected visual such as pictures and cartolina and printed material References: Lapid M. G. & Serrano J. B. (2012). English Communication Arts and Skills through Filipino Literature Time Frame: One Hour Procedure Teacher’s Activity
Student’s Activity
A. Preliminary Activities
Good Morning Class!
Good Morning Sir!
Please arrange your chairs properly.
(students will arrange their chairs)
Everyone, please rise for the opening prayer. _______, please lead the prayer.
(the students will rise)
You may now take your seats.
(the students will sit)
(a student will lead the prayer)
By the way I’m Emmanuel B. Chavez your English teacher for this morning. So how’s your day?
It was great Sir.
That’s good to know, because we will have a new lesson. But before we start the lesson for this day let’s check first the attendance. Is there any absent for boys?
(students will tell who are absent for boys and girls)
How about for girls?
B. Motivation
(Teacher will show picture of a crown) Does a crown symbolize something? Or does it ring a bell?
(students answer will vary)
To whom can you associate a crown? (teacher will show again a picture of the big three in Philippine pageant KYLIE, MEGAN and PIA) Who of you want to grab the chance meet and greet them?
(student answer will vary)
Pack up your things were going to Puraran beach because I heard that they will promote Catanduanes as pone of a tourist destination here in our country. C. PRE- READING PHASE
Before we go I will divide the class into three groups. So count 1-3 that will serve as your groupings. Set with your group mates because along the way there are task or challenges that we need to face. Each challenge will be converted to point and at the group with the highest score will win. Is that clear?
(students will group themselves)
Yes sir.
Fasten your seat belt were ready to go. Task 1 Here is the first task each group need to arrange the letter to form a word. The definition of the word will serve as a clue. The first group to post their answer on the board with the correct answer will get 3 the next group with 2 and the last with 1 point.
(students will work with the given activity) (students will arrive with the following answers) 1. MUNCHING 2. CLAMBERED 3. AVENGE 4. WHISPERED 5. MISFORTUNES 6. PROFUSELY
D. READING PHASE
Very good you got it guys. Those words will help you to understand the fable that we are about to read it is entitled The Monkey and the Turtle. As we read the story you need to get the important information because afterward I will ask several questions. (students will read the selection)
(Teacher will call volunteers to read each paragraph of the selection) E. POST -READING PHASE
Assign each member from the group a number Before I ask the question I will call a number and the persons that hold will be the one to answer (Teacher will give the students white and red flag) The first one that will raise the red will be the one who will answer, then the remaining two students will decide if they will raise red flag to challenge the answer and white if they agree. The group with the correct answer will get 3 points. 1. Who are the main characters in the story? 2. What are the characteristics of the main characters?
(students will assign number to each member)
Monkey and the turtle a. The Monkey is cunning, powerful, the monkey also represents the opportunist, self-serving people of the society, ready to get more and have more, be always on the top and greedy b. Turtle she believes in equality practiced by cutting the banana tree on the center, having the less-looking. Hence, being left with the less productive looking half of the tree, the turtle did her best to make the most out of it by patience and perseverance . With unfair results, the turtle showed vengeance as result of pain and disappointments. Nevertheless, she learned her lesson and never trusted the monkey and deceived it for survival. She is also resourceful.
3. What is the situation at the beginning of the story?
There lived friends a monkey and a turtle. They found a banana tree and decided to divide it in a half across the middle
4. What is their problem?
The greediness of the monkey is the problem in the story.
5. How did they try to solve their problem?
The turtle tried to solve it by being resourceful The monkey eventually died.
6. What is the result? 7. Base from the story that we read what is fable?
8. What do you think is the story pattern of fables?
It is a short story, usually using animal characters to represent human natures, and always contains a moral lesson.
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9. What are the moral lessons from the story?
Greediness and selfishness will bring you big trouble Resourcefulness will help one to survive
Very good guys. Okay, so let’s have a stop over by having the next set of activity. F. Group Activity Pantomime Choose one from the moral lessons in the story. Perform a pantomime that will portray the moral lesson of the story perform. Then you will present it to the class. Make sure to use a clear facial expression. Be guided by the criteria: Criteria: Content 5 Creativity 3 Teamwork 2 Total 10 G. Generalization So, what do you think is the importance of reading a fable? Great you got it. Let’s go back to the crown what do you think is the similarities of the crown and fable.
Very well said.
We will learn moral lessons that we can apply and use in a real life.
Crown without an owner is nothing its useless but if it has an owner it can work as one to influence and move people. Just like fable we learn lesson that we can use in life thus will influence we will be a better version of our self.
Again, what is fable?
It is a short story, usually using animal characters to represent human natures, and always contains a moral lesson.
What do you think is the story pattern of
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fables?
problem result
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Finally, we arrived at our destination Puraran Beach wherein we can have a chance to meet and greet the big three. Grab this chance to enjoy and make good memories.
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Evaluation In a one whole sheet of pad paper. Write a fable that reflects the moral lesson in the story. Be sure that it follows the story pattern and th e unique features of fables.
Be guided by the following criteria: Criteria: Content: 50% Uniqueness: 20% Grammar: 20% Cleanliness: 10% Total: 100% V.
Assignment For your assignment, write it on your ½ Crosswise sheet of pad paper. In not more than 2 paragraphs but not less than 1 explain the following sentence “He who aims to grab a foot loses a yard.”
