Detailed Lesson Plan
in English 8
The learner demonstrates understanding of South and
CONTENT STANDARD West Asian Literature as an expression of
philosophical and religious beliefs.
The learners transfers learning by composing a variety
of journalistic texts, the contents of which may be
used in composing and delivering memorized oral
speech featuring use of properly acknowledged
PERFORMANCE STANDARD information sources, grammatical signals for opinion
making, persuasion, and emphasis, and appropriate
prosodic features, stance, and behavior.
I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, 80% of the students are expected to:
a. apprehend the important events in the story through answering questions
b. define the meaning of unfamiliar words from the story The Two Brothers
c. participate intelligently and creatively in the discussion
II. SUBJECT MATTER
a. Topic: The Two Brothers (an Egyptian folktale)
b. Reference: Voyages in Communication 8: English Learner’s Material, pages 36-37
c. Materials: visual aids, powerpoint presentation, board marker, book
d. Values Inculcation: The students will appreciate the true meaning of building relationship especially
among siblings despite of character difference.
III. PROCEDURE
A. Preparatory Activities
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
Greetings
“Good Morning class” “Good Morning Ma’am”’
Prayer One student will lead the prayer
“Before we start let us pray first”
Checking of Attendance Students will tell who’s absent for the day
Classroom Management Students will arrange their chairs and pick up
the pieces of papers under their chairs.
B. Motivation
In front of you is a picture of one of the (Students are listening)
famous scenery or place in Egypt, the
Pyramids of Giza. There are 3 quotations
hidden in these picture. Each pyramid has a
quotation. Choose one and try to explain it in
your own words.
Who wants to volunteer? Quotation no. 1
“Sometimes being a brother is even better
than being a superhero”
(Student will explain)
Okay. Thank you for that good explanation. Quotation no. 2
Who wants to pick the next quotation? “Love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as
the grave”
(Student will explain)
Let’s proceed now to the last quotation Quotation no. 3
“Blood is thicker than water”
(Student will explain)
Thank you for your active participation class.
I asked you to explain these because these are
related to our topic for today which is folktale
from Egypt entitled “The Two Brothers”
C. Lesson Proper
How many of you know what a folktale is? (Some students will raise their hands and
answer)
A folktale is a story originating in popular
culture typically passed on by word of mouth.
Can someone give me an example of folktale. Juan Tamad
Okay Very Good example! That folktale is (Students are listening)
very known and it originates from our country
Philippines.
What else? Do you have some examples with (Some students will raise their hands and
you? answer)
Vocabulary Building
Before I present the reading selection. Let’s
first unlock vocabulary words that you may
encounter while reading the folktale. This is
the first word. What do you think with this
word? Through this picture, can you give
some synonymous terms for the word
mourned.
Mourned
-grieve, sorrow over, lament
Isabel mourned her husband.
Okay. Very Good! Who wants to guess the
next word. Read the sentence and look at the
picture.
Slew
-kill, murder
What is slew? Zeus slew many of his enemies.
Okay, last is eventide. Read the sentence.
Eventide
-evening
Eventide was their favorite time of the day.
Okay. Very Good! Let’s proceed now to the
reading of the story.
After reading the story/folktale, let us now
answer these questions.
Who were the two brothers in the story? (Students will raise their hands)
The two brothers in the story was Bata and
Anpu.
Okay that’s right
What can you say about their relationship in (Students will raise their hands)
terms of being brothers? They’re in good terms.
So they’re in good terms, can you site some (Students will raise their hands)
scenarios from the story that proved that their When their parents died, Anpu took care of
in good relationship. his younger brother and treated him like his
own son.
Okay, well said!
If you’re in the same situation as Anpu, (Students will raise their hands)
would you do the same thing? Yes
Why? (Students will raise their hands)
You must always be good to your
brother/sister because they are your family.
But, there’s a conflict arise from the story. (Students will raise their hands)
What is that conflict/problem? The wife of Anpu became jealous o Bata.
Very good!
Why did the wife got jealous of Bata? (Students will raise their hands)
Because Anpu shows too much love and care
to his younger brother.
What did the wife do to get the attention of (Students will raise their hands)
Anpu?
She cried and act as if she was in great pain
and she accused Bata of having beaten her up.
Precisely!
(Students will raise their hands)
Do you agree with what she had done? Why No, because she ruined the strong bond
or Why not? between the two just because she’s jealous.
What happens next? (Students will raise their hands)
Anpu became angry and planned to kill his
younger brother.
Did Anpu killed his brother? (Students will raise their hands)
No, because Bata prayed to god Ra, and he
was answered and saved.
Very Good!
After that what did Anpu find out? (Students will raise their hands)
He found out that his wife lied so he kill her.
What happened to Bata? (Students will raise their hands)
He reached to the valley of Acacia. The gods
gave him a beautiful woman and he make her
his wife
Very nice answers, class.
So that’s the end of the story.
D. Generalization
Now class, among the three quotations I (Students will listen)
presented to you earlier can be considered as
the moral lesson of the story. Can you choose
it and explain.
Quotations: (Students will raise their hands)
Quotation no. 1 Quotation no. 3
“Sometimes being a brother is even better “Blood is thicker than water”, because in the
than being a superhero” story the two brothers were each others
keepers.
Quotation no. 2
“Love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as
the grave”
Quotation no. 3
“Blood is thicker than water”
Very Good, correct, the moral lesson of the (Students will listen)
story is the quotation “Blood is thicker than
water”. As what you have said, the two
brothers were each others keeper. Care,
giving and love is important to all siblings
and that all relationship.
Again, who were the characters in the story? (Students will raise their hands)
The characters in the story are:
Anpu
Bata
Anpu’s wife
Correct! What were the reason of Anpu’s wife (Students will raise their hands)
on being jealous to Bata? Because Anpu shows a lot of love to his
younger brother
Did Anpu believed to his wife’s lies? (Students will raise their hands)
Yes
Did Bata explain to Anpu? What did Bata do (Students will raise their hands)
to escape from that chaotic scenario? Yes, he explain then he prayed to god Ra to
save him.
How did Anpu proved that Bata was telling (Students will raise their hands)
the truth? He saw his wife washing herself and
removing the blue and black paint from her
body.
The resolution in the story is when Anpu (Students will listen)
realized the mistake he had done to his
brother. While his brother found peace living
in the valley of Acacia.
E. Application
It seems that you have clearly understand our (Students will do the task)
topic. So as for your group activity, you’re
going to do this task:
The class will be divided into 3
groups. Each group will be assigned to
each of the three quotes we discussed
earlier. All you have to do is to recall
the scene from the story, that
represents the quote. Then try to create
your own real life scenario that has
connection to your respective quotes
and present it in front of the class.
Quotation no. 1
“Sometimes being a brother is even better
than being a superhero”
Quotation no. 2
“Love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel
as the grave”
Quotation no. 3
“Blood is thicker than water”
RUBRICS
Understanding 30%
of Topic
Cooperation 30%
Oral and 40%
Dramatic
Presentation
TOTAL 100%
IV. EVALUATION
Place the events in order by writing 1-5 on the space provided before the number.
___________1. The wife became jealous to Bata.
___________2. The brothers discussed the matter and they both found the truth.
___________3. Bata served his elder brother Anpu like his son.
___________4. Bata finally arrived and Anpu ran after him with a knife.
___________5. She made an evil plan. She painted her body and told Anpu that Bata hurt her.
V. ASSIGNMENT
What traditions and beliefs of Egyptians can contribute in shaping you as a Filipino? (1-2 paragraphs)
