Sample Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan
Topic: Invictus
I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students would be able to:
a. analyze and interpret the meaning of the poem;
b. synthesize learning using a graphic organizer;
c. write a passage that reflects the message of the last two lines of the poem
and relate it to their life experiences.
II. Subject Matter
a. Topic: Invictus by William Ernest Henley
b. Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invictus
c. Materials: Whiteboard, marker, photocopies, cartolina and colored papers.
III. Lesson Proper
A. Daily Routine
Prayer
Classroom Management
Attendance
Review of the lesson
B. Pre-reading Activities
The teacher will present the title of the poem.
The students will fill in the blanks that correspond to the interpretation of the
pictures that show relatedness to the title of the poem.
S _ C C _ S _ F _ L U N _ E A _ A B _ E
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The teacher will explain the connection of the title to that of the pictures
presented.
The teacher will ask questions to the students about their experiences and
challenges in life in regards with the title of the poem.
1. How can you say that you are strong enough in dealing situations in life?
2. What characteristics must be possessed by an individual in order to
survive?
3. Would you stay positive/unbeatable despite those struggles?
Students will close their eyes and internalize something what is said to them.
1. Close your eyes. Imagine that you’re in a forest, you see darkness; alone
and with no companion. You have nowhere to go. All you can feel is pain,
hunger, stress, and everything. Things are running after you; then you
decided to find the way out and you keep running.
2. What do you feel? Are you determined enough to find the way out or do
you want to give up?
The teacher will then introduce the poem and the background of the author.
The students will unlock difficulties.
C. While – reading Activities
The teacher will read first the poem then followed by the student.
The teacher will provide an illustration that depicts the tone, mood and theme
for the students to better analyze and interpret the poem by stanza.
D. Post – reading Activities
1. Would you do the same as what William Henley did? Will you have the same
human-spirit in order for you to survive? Would you be courageous enough?
2. Will you dare to be hopeful when life seems hopeless?
The students will answer the connection chart provided by the teacher.
The students will write a passage that reflects the message of the poem and
their life experiences.
Invictus
by William Ernest Henley
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.