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Understanding an Essay (LP)

Lesson Plan in English

Grade 8

March 1, 2011

I.                   Learning Objectives

At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to:

1.      identify and explain what essay is

2.      give the importance of an essay

3.      recognize the author and his contributions in writing essay

4.      promote love for essay by writing  their own essay on how they can show the right approach to solidarity by exposing the truth, highlighting the difference, and working for its remedy.

II.                Learning Content:

Understanding an Essay

The right approach to solidarity

‘Expose the Truth, Highlight the difference, and Work for its Remedy’

III.             Learning Materials:

A.     Textbook

B.     Materials

Manila Paper and Marker

Computer/LCD

IV.              Strategies:                                        

ü  Activate Prior Knowledge

ü  Dimensional Approach

ü  Listening of Word Order

ü  Question- Answer Relation (QAR)

ü  Role Play

ü  Comprehension of Short Narratives

ü  Model Reading

ü   Loud Reading

ü  Think Aloud

V.                 Learning Experiences

Teachers’ Activity

Student’s Activity

Motivation Activate Prior Knowledge       Good morning…       Look at the picture..       What can you say about this picture?       Close your eyes… imagine your self being with them or being one of them.       How could you live?       How could you survive?       Now, open your eyes…. Anyone who wants to share his thoughts?       Please right it on the board but express it in complete sentence.       Another, please connect it to sentence no.1       Another..?       What do you observe in your ideas being connected?       If we add another paragraph here, and another paragraph here, we are already creating an essay.       Do you know what an essay is?       The  word “ essay”  means an attempt. In your 1st year you also learned that there are two kind of essays:       Do you know what are those?       The formal and informal essay       The formal essay expresses the author’s views in a serious manner. It aims to inform, convince, or provoke thought that calls for critical judgment and constructive opinion.       The informal essay is familiar, intimate, and highly conversational. Sometimes, it is written like a story; sometimes it is written as though the author is talking with a friend.       To enjoy an essay, you must be interested in the subject, in how the author expresses himself or herself, and in the author’s views with which you may agree or disagree.       Have you read an essay?       Is it easy to understand?       This morning, we will try to study a sample essay, which was delivered by Joseph Nathan Cruz at the recent graduation ceremony of the University of the Philippines, college, and letters.       But before that, we try first to unlock some unfamiliar words that can be found in the text. Presentation of the Lesson Unlocking of Difficulties Giving the meaning                         Eyes on the board, here are some unfamiliar words from the text. Match them with their corresponding meanings to column B Words                                     Meanings 1. Bourgeois a. a transparent drop of fluid or hardened fluid matter 2. Hovel b. having secondary rank or importance 3. torn c. marked by a concern for material interests and respectability and a tendency toward mediocrity. 4. lagoon d. an open shed or shelter 5. petty e. a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water       Any volunteer…? Words   and    Meanings Words                                     Meanings 1.Bourgeois c. marked by a concern for material interests and respectability and a tendency toward mediocrity. 2. Hovel e. an open shed or shelter 3. torn a. a transparent drop of fluid or hardened fluid matter 4. lagoon b. a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water 5. petty d. having secondary rank or importance       Please, listen carefully as I read the essay. Take down notes some important ideas in the essay. ( The teacher now models the reading and followed by the loud reading of the students)       May I request volunteer to read the first paragraph.       Next…. (until the whole essay is finished.) Lesson Proper Question- Answer Relation (QAR)                   What do  you understand on the essay?       How did the author’s friend see the poor?       According to the author, what is the right approach to solidarity? What is the wrong approach?       When Mr. Cruz said, “ I call on you --- fellow scholars and artist, unite! He did not mean only the scholars and artist of UP but all students and artist, including you. Yet you may not use your education to further the lies or to expose, highlight, and work to correcting the true problems. They say class that life is not a bed of roses, life has its ups and downs but as the lord says, take up your cross and follow me. They say that life is so unfair, so it must be. The author trying to tell us that we should not compare our self with others because if you compare your self with others you may become vain and bitter for always there will be greater and lesser person than our self. Group your selves into six, please start here….       Group 1: Rephrase the essay in your own words.       Group 2: Identify questions that you would like to ask the author.       Group 3: Elaborate on the implications/ consequences of the author’s position.       Group 4: What assumption is the author making? Evaluate these assumptions.       Group 5: What information does the author present and what more would you like to know?       Group 6: Based on your understanding in the essay, create a short role play.       Prepare this activity for 7 minutes…       Group 1 present your output       Group 2…3…4….5…6 Generalization How does your knowledge or lack of knowledge affect the way you feel about the poor?       Again, what is an essay?       What are your learning’s or insights as you understand the essay? Evaluation Upon going home tonight please create your own public speech on how you can show the Right approach to Solidarity in exposing the truth, highlighting the difference, and working for its remedy.

Poverty          Poor people.       Miss, it will be a difficult experience being one of them.       I observed the rampant poverty. It was a difficult situation….,       Yes       No       Yes       Sometimes,       Yes       Miss,       Miss,       Miss,       miss       It is about the truth, which highlighted the difference and try to work for its remedy.       They criticize the poor, the jologs for their bad behavior, their bad smell.       The right approach is to expose the truth, highlight the difference and work for its remedy. When one denies difference, denies the pain of the oppressed just because it is not beautiful. Or as our country says, “it is too depressing.”       An essay is an attempt.              That each of us is equal.       It should begin with me. We can’t say that a poor is poor always. There are some poor who want to change their lives, so they try to study hard just to make their lives comfortable.

Prepared by: Angel Vic S. Tecson BSED-III