Lesson Plan in English
Chapter I
The Looking Glass Tree
I. Objectives
Listening
Identify the setting, main and secondary characters, climax and ending of the story
Speaking
Retell a selection listened to
Language/Grammar
Use a variety of sentences as to structure
Simple subject with compound predicate
Compound subject and simple predicate
Reading
Identify the events of the plot of a story
Use a story grammar to show sequence of episodes in a story
Writing
Write reported statements in a story
Change statements to questions, requests and commands to reported sentences.
II. Materials
A. PDI Learning Section: “The Looking Glass Tree” by Cyan Abad Jugo
B. PELC/BEC English
“Beyond Book Reports” by Michelle O’Brien-Palmer
C. 8 ½ “ x 11” paper, pencils/pens/markers; white paper, pencil/pens/markers, yarn, glue, index card, hanger; index cards; hole punch/puncher; pencil/pens/markers; book ring; business card samples
Value: Close Family Ties
III. Learning Activities
Before Reading
Pronunciation Drill
snorkel
dab
whined
groaned
sullenly
vehemently
trudged
overdo
goggles
vest
grazes
scooped
Review of previous lesson
1. Motivation: Show pictures of travel destinations
Ask: In the summer, what place would you love to go to spend your dream vacation?
2. Motive Question: Where did Enrico go to spend his vacation?
3. Unlocking of Difficulties
Picture clue: Present a picture of a person wearing goggles, snorkel and vest
Context clues:
1.” I don’t want more SPF,Tita Henrietta,” whined Enrico.
a. Cried
b. Shouted
c. Whimpered
d. Uttered a usually high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry.
2. He groaned as his aunt liberally dabbed SPF lotion on his face, chest and back.
a. Laughed
b. Smiled
c. Whimpered
4. Released a deep moan indicative of pain, grief or annoyance
3. Tita Henrietta smothered him with SPF lotion.
a. Applied something on someone plentifully
b. Dabbed evenly
c. Applied roughly
d. Dabbed a little
4. Sergeant Suspecio sullenly turned away from Tita Henrietta after her many commands to him.
a. Being gloomily silent
b. Being depressed
c. Being dejected
d. Being sad
5. Sergeant Suspecio trudged back to the growing line of people who wanted to rent the same things.
a. Walked or marched steadily and usually laboriously
b. Walked dejectedly
c. Walked slowly
d. Walked fast
6. “Oh noooo,” Tita Henrietta shook her head so vehemently that her hat fell off and she turned around to catch it.
a. Marked by slowness
b. Marked by frequency
c. Marked by great force or energy
d. Marked by great slowness and precision
7. “Walk slowly or you’ll fall down and graze your knee.
a. Pat oneself with a dry cloth
b. Hurt and scrape one’s body part
c. Scratch oneself
d. Tickle oneself
8. “You must always keep an eye on Enrico.” It is an idiomatic expression that means:
a. One should ignore someone’s presence
b. One should look closely at someone
c. One should dream mindlessly
d. One should gaze around dreamily
9. Sergeant Suspecio scooped Enrico up.
a. To pick up and carry away
b. To dig something up
c. To shovel something
d. To make hollow
During Reading
Recalling the standards in listening to a story
The teacher will read aloud the first chapter of the story using Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) while the kids listen and read along silently.`
After Reading
Discussion and Analysis
Answering the motive question
Where did Enrico go to spend his vacation?
Answering discussion questions
1. Where is the setting of the story? (beach resort)
2. Who couldn’t wait to jump into the sea? (Enrico)
3. What are the dynamics of his family? Do his parents have time for him? What are they busy with? What was Enrico longing for? (His parents have no time for him. His mother is busy with their restaurant business and his father is an OFW. Enrico longs for his father to come home and take his mother and him to the beach instead of Tita Henrietta).
4. Who are the minor and secondary characters in the story? (Tita Henrietta, Sergeant Suspecio)
5. What kind of aunt is Tita Henrietta? (She is a loving and caring aunt.) What are the signs that she cares for Enrico? (She smothers him with SPF 100 lotion, she wants the goggles and the vests to fit him just right, she tells Sergeant to look after him with hawk-like eyes.)
6. What did Enrico's mother say about his Tita? (She overdoes things. She is fussy, overprotective and exaggerated.)
7. Read the part in the story that describes what his aunt wore to the beach. What did Enrico think of his aunt? (Enrico thought some more, looking at her shades, her bandana, her hat, her long sleeves, and her long flowing dress. Enrico found her silly.)
8. Describe Sergeant Suspecio. (He is dark, wrinkled and has a weather-beaten face.)
9. How did Enrico feel when Sergeant Suspecio scooped him up from the sea? (Enrico was outraged and shocked. He thought that he didn’t need a nanny.)
D. The teacher will let the children retell the story by groups. The teacher will make the children fall in line by groups. One child will start with one statement and the others will follow suit. The teacher will tell the students to use sequence markers like first, next, finally etc.
Variation: Retell the story using simple sentences and present it through a story quilt.
Reference: Beyond Book Reports by Michelle O’Brien-Palmer
Materials: pencil/markers, glue, construction paper, scissors
Steps:
1. Read your story.
2. Reread your favourite scenes.
3. Decide how many pieces you will include in your story quilt.
4. List the scenes you want to include.
5. Draw each scene onto the same size paper.
6. Use a construction paper border around the outside of the quilt and between the quilt pieces.
7. Retell the story using the pictures from your story quilt.
Enrichment Activities
Differentiated Activities
Group I Real Estate Sales Brochure
Group II Character Report Card
Group III Story Mobile
Group IV Character Business Card
Teaching the grammar points
Simple Subject + Compound Predicate
Compound Subject + Simple Predicate
Reported Speech
Skills Development
Practice Exercises
Underline the subject once and the predicate twice. Write on the blank SS+CP for Simple subject and compound predicate. Write CS+SP for compound subject and simple predicate.
__________1. Enrico jumped and swam to the sea.
__________2. Tita Henrietta fussed and smothered Enrico with SPF Lotion.
__________3. Sergeant Suspecio looked closely at Enrico and monitored Enrico’s every move.
__________4. Enrico paddled and jumped up and down in the shallow part of the sea.
__________5. Sergeant Suspecio scooped Enrico up and trampled Enrico’s fort.
__________6. The Sergeant didn’t stop walking and trudged from the beach into the sea.
__________7. Enrico’s ears burned and he thought that he didn’t need a nanny.
__________8. He muttered and turned away from the old man.
__________9. Sergeant Suspecio kept going, sweeping Enrico along with him.
__________10.The sea lapped at his feet and stole away one of his slippers.
__________11. He was so shocked and enraged.
__________12. Tita Henrietta called out to Enrico and admonished him to get nearer.
__________13. Enrico went on a vacation and he thought that he might as well enjoy it.
__________14. His mother talked to him and lectured about how difficult it was to run a restaurant business.
__________15. She told him to go to his aunt and stay with her for a week.
__________16. Tita Henrietta held his arm and applied SPF lotion on it.
__________17. She turned him around and rubbed SPF lotion on his back.
__________18. Tita Henrietta and his Mom worried about him.
__________19. His mother and his aunt fussed about him.
__________20. Tita Henrietta and Sergeant Sespecio monitored his movements closely.
Change the following direct speech to reported speech.
“ I can’t return you to your mother all black, burnt and fried,” Tita Henrietta said to Enrico.
Tita Henrietta told Enrico that she couldn’t return him to his mother all black, burnt, and fried.
“All the hotel’s guests were already swimming in the sea,” said Enrico.
Enrico said that all the hotel’s guests were already swimming in the sea.
“My mother is busy in her business,” he said.
He said that his mother was busy in her business.
“Do I have to wait for him?” Enrico asked his aunt.
Enrico asked his aunt if he had to wait for him.
“Can I go wade in the shallow part now that I’m ready?’” Enrico asked.
Enrico asked if he could go wade in the shallow part now that he was ready.
“Can you keep an eye on Enrico?” asked Tita Henrietta to Sergeant Suspecio.
Tita Henrietta asked Sergeant Suspecio if he could keep an eye on Enrico.
“Do you want Enrico to drown?” she asked the bodyguard.
She asked the bodyguard if he wanted Enrico to drown.
“You have a week’s vacation,” mother reminded Enrico.
Mother reminded Enrico that he had a week’s vacation.
“You might as well enjoy your vacation,” mother said to Enrico.
Mother told Enrico that he might as well enjoy his vacation.
“Don’t get too dirty,” shouted Tita Henrietta to Enrico.
Tita Henrietta shouted to Enrico not to get too dirty.
Reading exercise: Fill out the story grammar/feelings chart base on the story/chapter that was read aloud by your teacher.
Generalization
How do we change direct statement, command and questions to reported speech?
1. To change a direct statement into a reported one, if the pronoun is in the first person (I/We) change it to the third person (he/she/they). The present tense verb must also be changed to the past tense. The past tense is changed to the past perfect. (This is called backshifting.) Use that to introduce the spoken part and remove the quotation marks. Be mindful of the tenses of the verbs.
“I love the beach,” said Enrico.
Enrico said that he loved the beach.
2. To change a direct question to reported speech, use if to introduce the spoken part and remove the quotation marks. Be consistent with the pronouns to be used.
Ex. “Do I have to wait for him?” Enrico asked his aunt.
Enrico asked his aunt if he had to wait for him.
3. To change a direct command to reported speech, use told to to introduce the person being commanded and copy the spoken part. Remove the quotation marks and be consistent with the pronouns to be used.
Ex. “Get his snorkels and vest,” Tita Henrietta told Sergeant Suspecio.
Tita Henrietta told Sergeant Suspecio to get his snorkels and vest.
Evaluation
Underline the subject once and the predicate twice. Write on the blank SS+CP for Simple subject and compound predicate. Write CS+SP for compound subject and simple predicate.
_______1. Tita Henrietta and Enrico went on vacation.
_______2. Sergeant Sespecio looked at him closely and followed him around.
_______3. Mother and Tita Henrietta talked incessantly into the night.
_______4. Enrico turned around and stormed out of the room.
_______5. Enrico gazed about and longed for his own family to be with him.
B. Reported Speech
Read the following direct statements lifted from a conversation. Change them into reported speech and re-write the paragraph.
“The tourists keep coming in heaps during summer,” said Fuego del Amor Resort owner Marissa Pascual. They want to frolic on our fine, white sand and splash around our cool waves. People love our water fun activities so come and visit us.” (Fuego del Amor Resort owner Marissa Pascual said that tourists kept coming back in heaps during summer to frolic on the fibe, white sand and splash around the cool waves. She said that people loved their water fun activities and come and visit them.)
“How much is an all-nighter for a group of five?” asked Ayla Santos. (Ayla Santos asked how much an all-nighter was for a group of five.)
3. “It is very much affordable,” replied Ms. Pascual. “We have friendly rates for family and group package.”
Ms. Pascual replied that it was very much affordable and they had friendly rates for family and group package.
C. Reading Test
Read the African tale How the Moon Got in the Sky. Answer the story map that follows it.
How the Moon Got in the Sky (African Tale)
Long ago in Africa, there was a wonderful spider named Anansi. Anansi had many adventures.
One night, Anansi saw something strange and beautiful in the forest. It was a great circle of light that shone brightly. Anansi stared at the light.
“How beautiful!”, said Anansi. “I will take it home and give it to one of my six sons.” But Anansi couldn’t decide when he got home.
All six sons wanted the beautiful light that they started quarrelling but Anansi could not still decide. Anansi called to Nyame, The God of All Things to help him decide.
Nyame thought hard. He decided that no one person could have the light. Nyame reached down and picked up the beautiful light. Nyame threw the light in the sky where everyone could see and enjoy it.
It was beautiful then, and it is beautiful. That is how the moon got in the sky.
Title: (How the Moon Got in the Sky)
Characters: (Anansi, the six sons of Anansi, Nyame)
Setting: (forest in Africa)
Problem: (Anansi couldn’t decide to whom he should give the beautiful light.)
Event 1: (In Africa, there lived a spider named Anansi who found a bright light in the forest.)
Event 2: (He brought back the light to his home.)
Event 3: (He showed the bright light to his six sons who started quarrelling.)
Event 4: (Anansi couldn’t decide to whom he should give the bright light.)
Event 5: (He went to Nyame to help him decide.)
Event 6: (Nyame threw the bright light into the sky.)
Resolution/Ending: (That was how the moon got in the sky. Anansi’s problem was solved, now everyone can look and enjoy the moon up in the sky.)
IV. Homework:
1. Write an editorial/essay about the importance of protecting mangroves. (Science/Social Studies/Journalism)
2. Create a poster of your dream vacation place. (Art)
3. Fill in the chart below.
My position on _____________________________is _________________________.
Prepared by:
IMELDA CARAVACA FERRER, Maximo Estrella Elementary School, Makati
MARNELLI BAUTISTA, Kabayanan Elementary School
CATHERINE M. TOLEDO, Calvario Elementary School, Meycauayan City, Bulacan
ELENA S. BANZON, Cabog-cabog Elementary School, City of Balanga, Bataan
MA. CHRISTINE P. GOMEO, Isaac Lopez Integrated School, Mandaluyong City.
