Detailed Lesson Plan in English 9

School: Bislig City National High School Grade Level: Grade 9

PST: Michael P. Sinday Section:
Date/Time: February 11, 2020` Quarter: Fourth

I. OBJECTIVES
The learner demonstrates
understanding of how Anglo-
American literature and other text
types serve as means of
preserving unchanging values in
a changing world; also how to
A. Content Standards
use the features of a full-length
play, tense consistency, modals,
active and passive constructions
plus direct and indirect speech to
enable him/her competently
performs in a full-length play.
 The learner competently
performs in a full- length play
through applying effective verbal
and non-verbal strategies and
B. Performance Standards
ICT resources based on the
following criteria: Focus, Voice,
Delivery and Dramatic
Conventions.
EN9RC – IVd - 2.18
 At the end of one hour class
discussion, the students should
be able to;

1. discuss the poem “Life is

Fine” by Langston Hughes
C. Learning Competencies / Objectives through group discussion
2. perform varied activities
related to the topic, and
3. relate text content to
particular social issues,
concerns, or dispositions
in real life.
II. CONTENT  The beauty of life
 Springboard  Life is Fine by Langston Hughes
 Focus  Reading Comprehension
 Skills  Reading and speaking
III. LEARNING RESOURCES
A. References
 A journey through Anglo-
1. Teacher’s guide
American Literature 9
 A journey through Anglo-
2. Learner’s Material American Literature Learner’s
Manual

 Perseverance
B. Value integration
 Having positive perspective in life
  Visual Aids
 Laptop
C. Other Learning Resources
 Felt tip pen
 Pictures
IV. PROCEDURES
A. Preliminary Activities (5 Minutes)
Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity
1. Prayer

Everyone please stand let us start  In the name of the Father and of
this session with a prayer. Miss / the Son and of the Holy Spirit
Mr. ________ kindly lead the Amen… Amen.
prayer.

2. Greetings

Best Afternoon/Morning Class!  Best Afternoon/Morning Sir

Michael!

Please take your seats.  (Students are taking their seats)

3. Attendance
 We don’t have any absentee
Miss Secretary, What’s the today, everyone is present sir!
attendance this afternoon/morning?

Very good! Thank You Miss

Secretary

4. Reading of house rules

 House Rules:
Before we proceed to our
discussion for this Listen Attentively to the
afternoon/morning I want you first discussion
to bear in mind our house rules so Instill discipline on yourself
that we can have a smooth and Follow all the instructions
harmonious discussion for today. carefully
Our house rules are simple, please Exercise respect at all times
read.

5. Reading of Objectives
 Objectives
By observing these house rules, I
At the end of one hour class
hope we can all achieve our
discussion, the students should
objectives for this
be able to;
afternoon/morning. These
objectives are…Kindly read.
1. discuss the poem “Life is
Fine” by Langston Hughes
through class discussion
2. perform varied activities
related to the topic, and
3. relate text content to
particular social issues,
concerns, or dispositions
in real life.
 Let us all try our best to achieve all
of our objectives.
6. Review (2 Minutes)

 What was our previous  Students’ answers may vary

lesson?

 What did you learn about the  Students’ answers may vary
topic?

 No more clarifications  Students’ answers may vary

regarding the previous
lesson?

 Do we have any  None Sir!

assignments?
B. Strategy (4A’s)
1. Motivation (3 Minutes)
(Complete the quotation)

To jumpstart todays discussion let  (Students are moving to their

us first divide this class into 4 respective groups)
groups. Kindly check the pictures
that you have picked earlier. You
will be grouped according to the
picture that you have picked, there
will be group toddlers, group teens,
group young adults and group
adults. I want you to silently
proceed to the stations with the
same picture of what you have
picked.

Are you now with your groups?  Yes Sir!

Okay, I will be giving you a piece of  Yes Sir!

manila paper each group and a
marker. Now what you are going to
do is to complete the quotation that
I am going to show you on the
board. There will be hints that will
tell you as to what word is missing
on the quotation, these hints are (The quotation is: “You only live
pictures that may tell you the exact
word or pictures that may sounds s but if you do it right,
once,
like the missing word. Use those
hints to guess the correct once
s is enough”.)
quotation. Are my instructions
clear? Okay, every correct answer (The quotation is: “You only live
will have corresponding points. once, but if you do it right,
once is enough”.)

You only have 2 minutes to finish  The students are performing the
this task. Your time starts now! activity.
 Who wants to give his/her idea  Answer may be; (We must enjoy
about the quotation? life because we only live once
and that once can be perfect and
satisfying if we live it right.)

Thank you that’s very good.

2. Activity (8 Minutes)
(Picture speaks up)

I have here an envelope, inside  Yes Sir!

each envelope are cut out pictures
that you are going to assemble.
Within a minute, I want each group
to assemble your pictures silently
and if you are done assembling
your assigned picture, I want you to
shout “We’re Done! Hooh Haah!”,
After being recognized as the first
one to finish the task, you will
receive an additional points. Am I
understood?

Very well, I will then allow one  (Students are doing the
representative each group to tell us assembling activity)
about their picture and what he/she
can say about it. Your one minute Group toddler picture is:
starts now.

(Expected observation: A rope

used for committing suicide)

Group teen picture is:

(Expected observation is parents

quarrelling in front of their kids.)

Group young adult picture is:

(Expected observation is, A

student is being bullied by
another student.)

Group adult picture is:

 (Expected observation is, A
young man addicted to drugs.)

Very good everyone! Give  1, 2, 3, 4, 5!

yourselves 5 thundering claps.

3. Analysis (6 Minutes)

Looking at the picture of group  (Answers may Vary)

toddler, what comes into your mind (Expected answer is because
upon seeing that picture? Why do people may experience hardship
you think people commit suicide? and depression that they can no
longer take.)

What about In group teen and  (Answers may Vary)

young adult’s picture, what do you (Expected answer is, the children
think is the common feelings that and the student being bullied
the victims may feel? may experience depression.)

What about group adult’s picture?  No Sir! Because drug abuse can
Do you think this act of drug abuse only destroy your life.
help you make a better life? Why
and why not?

Have you ever heard news of such  (Answers may Vary)

events happening in our society (Expected answer is, Yes, the
nowadays? events are very common
situations that our society is
experiencing today.

Very well said!

4. Abstraction (15 Minutes)

This morning/afternoon, we are

going to discuss a poem titled “Life
is Fine by Langston Hughes but
before that let us know first who
Langston Hughes is,

Everybody read!  Langston Hughes

 Born in Joplin Missouri on
February 1, 1902.
 He began writing poetry in
8th grade where he was
named the class poet.
 He wrote 16 books of
poems, 2 novels, 3
collections of short stories,
4 volumes of editorials
and a documentary fiction.
 He was the first African
American to earn a living
by writing and public
speaking.
  He died of cancer on May
22, 1967.

Now that we know who the author  Yes Sir!

is, let us now proceed to the poem.

We are now going to read the

poem together. After reading the
poem, I am going allow one student
to draw a strip of paper from this
box. Each strip of papers
represents the name of the four
groups. If your group is drawn, then
anyone from the group will have to
explain what they have understood
on a specific stanza. A point will be
given to the group who explains
their understanding on the stanza
of the poem. If another group will
share their understanding they also
will garner a point. Are my
instructions clear?

(The teacher will also give guide

questions for the students to
answer)

Guide Questions are:

1. What do you think is the reason

why the speaker couldn’t think
while he was on the bank of the
river?

2. What happened to the speaker’s

desire to die after he went into the
water?

3. What do you think is the reason

why the speaker still wanted to
jump out of the building after
thinking about his sweet baby?

4. What do you think is the role of

hollering and crying to the
speaker’s failed suicide attempts?

5. What does the author meant

when he said that he could die of
love?

6. What did you understand on this,

Life is Fine, Fine as Wine?

5. Application (15 Minutes)

 This time every group will have to  (Students are doing their activity)
do varied activities or tasks.

Group 1 (The Actors)

Your group will have to act out a
scenario wherein You have
encountered a person so
depressed and wanted to commit
suicide. What will you do to help
that person understand the beauty
of life?

Group 2 (The Visual Artists)

Will have to draw a poster slogan
about the beauty of life.

And Group 3 (The Writers)

Will have to compose a letter of
encouragement to all depressed
people around the globe.

And Group 4 (The Singers)

Will have to sing a song of their
choice that gives a message about
the beauty of life.

You only have 5 minutes to finish

this task. Please be mindful of our
rubrics for your grade.

5 4 3
The content is The content is
Content / understandable understandable The content is
relevance and easy to but it is a little confusing
visualize bit confusing
The output is a The output is
The output is
bit confusing not closely
Creativity creative and
but related to the
imaginative
understandable task
The delivery is
The delivery is The delivery
extemporaneous,
Presentation generally detracts from
natural and
seems effective the given task.
confident

You may begin now!

6. Generalizations (2 Minutes)

What is the Title of the Poem?  Life is Fine

Who wrote the Poem Life is Fine?  Langston Hughes

What is the message of the poem  (Answers May Vary and may
that may have been an include;
encouragement for all of us? Persevere in life and never give
up, Giving up on living is not the
solution to problems. Life will
always have trials but we should
make those challenges and trials
an ingredient to make us a better
version of ourselves. )
7. Evaluation (4 Minutes)

Go back to your seats and arrange  (The students are now arranging
your chairs properly. their selves)

Encircle the letter of the best

answer.

1. The Speaker of the poem failed  C. The river is so cold.

his attempt of suicide at the
river because?
A. The river has a strong
current
B. The river is so shallow
C. The river is so cold.
2. How many times did the  B. Twice
speaker attempt suicide?
A. Thrice
B. Twice
C. Not mentioned  B. He found life to be fine
3. What happened to the speaker
at the end of the poem?
A. He grew tired of living
B. He found life to be fine
C. He died of depression  A. Perseverance
4. What is the theme of the story?
A. Perseverance
B. Commitment
C. Suicide  B. Love
5. The speaker said that he could
die of what?
A. Depression
B. Love
C. Shame  C. Life is Fine
6. What did the speaker realize at
the end of the poem?
A. Life is Sweet
B. Life is Wine
C. Life is Fine
 C. Speaker’s justification of not
7. What does the line “But it was
going to die
cold in the water! It was cold!”
implies?
A. Speaker’s justification of
suicide attempt
B. Speaker’s agony in the
water
C. Speaker’s justification of not
going to die
 C. Stanza 8
8. Which stanza tells the reader
that the speaker may be down
but not out in the struggles of
life?
A. Stanza 2
B. Stanza 5
C. Stanza 8
9. Why would still the man wanted  A. To bring guilt to the other
to jump out of the building person
 despite thinking about his baby?
A. To give guilt to the other
person
B. To bring justice on his failed
love
C. To satisfy his Love
10. What lesson can you learn  C. Always persevere and stay
from the poem? positive
A. Never lose hope
B. Never give up for love
C. Always persevere and stay
positive.
8. Assignment (2 Minutes)

For your assignment, I want you to  Yes Sir!

write an activity proposal that may
help people who are depressed to
find purpose on living. This activity
should be an encourager for the
victims. Write your proposal in a
letter-form addressed to the mayor
of this city on a 1 whole sheet of
paper.

That’s all for today, Thank You and  Goodbye and Thank you sir
have a blessed afternoon class. Michael!
Goodbye!
V. REMARKS
VI. Reflection
A. No. of learners who earned 80% in
evaluation
B. No. of learners who requires additional
activities and remediation
C. Did the remedial lessons work? No. of
learners who have caught up with the
lesson.
D. No. of learners who continue to require
remediation.
E. Which of my teaching strategies
worked well? Why did these work?
F. What difficulties did I encounter which
my mentor can help me solve?
G. What innovation or localized materials
did I used/ discover which is to share
with other.
Observed by:
Date:

Prepared By:

MICHAEL P. SINDAY