DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN GRADE 7 I.
Objectives At the end of the lesson the students should be able to: o Read a poem correctly and clearly with expressions o Appreciate reading poem o To learn about new word that they encountered. o To develop their reading skills.
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Subject Matter TOPIC: “Ambahan” REFERENCE: Internet MATERIALS: handouts, pictures
III.
Procedure: (Pre-reading activities) Teacher’s Activity
Students Activity
“Good morning class”
Good morning ma’am
Let us pray first
(one student will lead the prayer)
(checking of attendance) Say present
(students raise their hand and say present as the teacher calls their names)
Ok! Class look at this woman on the board. Now let’s pretend this girl is your crush and you want to court her. How will you pursuit an attractive woman like her?
I will give her flower I will write her a love letter
Ok, nice for example you chose to write a love letter. What will you write in this letter? Yes Clinton?
I will write that she is the most beautiful woman and I will write that I love her.
Very nice answer and now class, look at this man on the board. Can you describe him for me?
Very handsome
That’s right! Now let’s pretend that this man is your crush and wants to court you now.
I will say yes he can court me.
As a Filipina, what will you tell him if he asks to court you?
I will tell him that my parents are very strict. I will write a letter saying that I want to study first before boyfriend. I will tell him that if he loves me he will wait for me.
Yes, that is a good way to say it.
So…Class I asked you about courtship because we will tackle a poem entitled “AMBAAN”, one of the lyric poems of the Mangyans to court a woman they like. But before we start, who among you know what a poem is?
A poem is a composition written in verse. A poem is an arrangement of words containing meaning and a composition written with rhyme and meter.
Very good! All of you are correct. So a poem is highly expressive, written in verse and arranged with rhyme and meter. There are many kinds of poetry. What are these? Epic, drama, narrative, elegy and lyric Yes, those are the kinds of poetry. According to our book, the “AMBAHAN” is under lyric poetry. Class do you know what is lyric? Pretty? Yes, but what do you call the words found in the song? Ok, so now lyric poetry, it is a poem with words. And every poem is composed of words but what does the word lyric tell about this type of poem?
Lyrics
Lyric poem is a poem that meant to be sung.
Excellent! This type of poetry meant to be sung. So poem AMBAHAN is a mangyan poem that men sing to court the woman they like. During-Reading Activity Now class, let us read the poem. Can you read the poem out loud. So class, what do we do if someone is reading out loud in class? (after reading…) Okay class, what are the words that you did not understand in the poem? (write the words they say). Class listen carefully and take down notes. 1. Beyond – means further than a certain place. 2. Bright – radiating or reflecting light 3. Grasp – a firm grip 4. Hills – a mass of earth smaller than mountain 5. Manage – to have control over something
We must listen, quiet and sit properly.
Size and Grasp, ma’am Manage
6. Plains – grassland, field 7. Rays – a lines of light that appear to radiate from a bright object 8. Seize – to take hold or possess. (After reading the first stanza) Do you still look up to the sky to see the moon?
Yes
Differentiate the rays of the sun and moon The sun is brighter than the moon. The sun is how while the moon is cool. Ok, in this stanza what is being described? The moon is described, Ma’am Very good, so let’s go to the next stanza. (after reading) So in this stanza, who is being compared to the moon?
The moon is compared to a man.
Yes! That’s correct. Do you know what figure of speech was used in this stanza? Personification, Ma’am Exactly! Very good, so in this stanza how was personification used? The moon is given human traits. Yes, very good. Anyone else wants to answer?
The moon was given a hand. It was given a hair. The moon was described with clothes
Very good everyone. (After reading the last stanza) This last stanza is talking about what? The moon Right, what else? Does it talk about the location of the moon?
Yes
Can you read the part where it says the location of the moon?
It is the moon in the sky?
Yes very good. Is the moon going anywhere else?
Going down beyond the hills Out of sight behind the rocks
Now class what do you think the speaker of the poem want the moon to stay? Because the moon is cool. Yes, but remember class that this poem is used to court a woman. What time the men court the woman? So does the courtship have anything to do with the moon?
At night ma’am
Yes, because the moon is only seen at night.
So why do you think the moon to stay? Very good! Who can repeat what student
Because man wants more time to court the woman.
have said?
The man wants more time to court the woman.
Very good! Post Activity IV.
Evaluation (review
1. What is a poem? 2. What are the kinds of poems? 3. What is lyric poetry?
(activity) 1. In the second stanza, what is being described by the author? a. moon b. man c. sun 2. Who is being compared to the moon? a. rocks b. plain c. man 3. It is an arrangement of words containing meaning and composition written with rhyme and meter. a. story b. song c. poem 4. A lyric poetry is a poem that meant to be _____? a. dance b. sung c. tell 5. What time the man court the woman? a. Day b. night c. noon
V.
Assignment The student should write one lyric, epic, drama, elegy and narrative poem.
Prepared by: Jhouna Vi G. Bandioan Lyn Vicente Marlona Camarao
