Reading Lesson Plan - Grade 5

I. Objectives
During the duration of the lesson, the students are expected to:
1. Able to record and summarize information from various texts/sources that have
read using an Inquiry Chart (I-Chart).
2. Acquire information about lawmaking during the pre-colonial Philippines.
II. Subject Matter
A. Text/s
How a Law was made during Pre-Colonial Period?
Making a Law by Early Filipinos
Creation of a Law in a Barangay
B. Major Reading Skill
Using an Inquiry Chart (I-Chart)
C. Materials
Texts, sample big I-Chart, individualized I-Charts, big I-Charts for each group
III. Lesson Development
A. Pre-Reading
The teacher will ask the students on what are the ordinances/laws they see in
their barangays. After that, the teacher will introduce the topic by telling the students
that they will have a journey on Philippine History through reading so that they will see
the beginnings of lawmaking in the country.
B. During Reading
The teacher will post a big I-Chart on the board. He/she will teach the students
on how to use it by doing the first row of the chart. The teacher will list the students
prior knowledge about lawmaking during the Pre-Colonial Period, including the students

interesting facts they know, and the questions they have about the topic.
The teacher will give each student their own copy of I-Chart. Then, he/she will
give afterwards the three texts one by one. The teacher will give the students about 10
minutes to read one text and to fill the corresponding questions written on the I-Chart.
C. Post-Reading
After reading the three texts and filling all the questions in the I-Chart, the
students will share to the class their summaries they made per question. Then, the
teacher will ask the class the differences of the three sources they have just read.
IV. Assessment
The teacher will divide the class into a group of five members. Each group has to
present the summary of the things they learned through a tableau, a poem or a song.
The teacher will get all the students I-Charts and will rate these with the following
criteria:
Element

Full Credit - 5
points

New and
Interesting
Facts/Figures

Partial Credit - 2

No Credit - 0

points

points

New and other

interesting facts and
figures are

No new interesting
---

facts are given.

recorded.
Reading and

Resources are

Resources are

No evidence of

Recording

investigated and

investigated, but

resources

questions are fully

questions are

investigated or

answered.

answered partially

questions
attempted.

Summary

Have a concise

Have a partial

No summaries for

summary for each

summary for each

the questions are

question is

question is

recorded.

recorded.

recorded.

Total Possible

15 points

Points

V. Enrichment/Follow-Up
The teacher will tell the students to make their own I-Chart by having one of the
following topics:
1. young Jose Rizal
2. Filipinos early system of writing
3. Early life of Andres Bonifacio
The students may create their set of questions (at least 3)
and may get a source from different books (at least 2 or 3).

TEXT # 1

How a Law was made during Pre-Colonial Period?

When a chieftain of a barangay (or called as datu) wanted a law enacted to

prevent serious or minor crimes, he called in the elders of the community and told them

what he had in mind. When the elders approved his plan, he then made the necessary
regulation or rules, which the elders will immediately approve. A public announcer,
called umalohokan, was summoned and ordered to go around the neighborhood to
announce the new rules and regulations. The umalohokan call the attention of the
people by ringing the bell furiously. Anybody violating the law was promptly arrested and
brought before the datu to be judged according to the case.
Source: Agoncillo, Teodoro. History of the Filipino People.

TEXT # 2

Making a Law by Early Filipinos

The early Filipinos had both oral and written laws. The oral laws were their
customs (ugali) which had been handed down orally from generation to generation. The
written laws were promulgated by datus with the help of the elders and announced to
the people by a barangay crier known as umalohokan. Unfortunately, because of the
destruction of ancient Filipino writings by Spanish colonizers and by the ravages of fire,
we do not have an authentic example of early Filipino laws.
Source: Zaide, Sonia. The Philippines: A Unique Nation.

TEXT # 3

Creation of a Law in a Baranggay

There are two types of laws in a barangay, one was done orally and the second
was written. Oral laws were passed through generations and does not needed to be
made by the datu. Usually, the written laws was inscribed on a flower or a leaf, that is
why there are only few survived evidences of early lawmaking in the Philippines. Some
of the laws being made by the datu and its elder advisers are about inheritance, divorce,
right to own property, relation among relatives, adoption, and others.
Source: Bro. Andrew Gonzalez, FSC. Kasaysayan at Pamahalaang Pilipino.
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