Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
Division of Lipa City
Bulacnin National High School
Bulacnin, Lipa City
Learning Plan in English 9
I

Objectives
At the end of the lesson the learners will be able to:
a Analyze the meaning of the poem per stanza
b Draw the image of the man with the hoe in two perspective
c Interpret the message in the poem

II

Subject Matter
Topic
: The Man with the Hoe by Edwin Markham
References
: Anglo-American Literature 9 (Learners Material)
Materials
: Power Point Presentation, Video Clip

III

Learning Activities
Daily Routine
Prayer
Greetings
Checking of Attendance

Teachers Activity
ACTIVITY TASK 1
Examine closely the picture.
What can you say?

Students Activity
He is a farmer.
He is holding a hoe.
He seems very tired.

ACTIVITY TASK 2:VOCABULARY

Rapture
A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
Despair
A state in which all hope is lost or absent
Stolid
Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
Stun
Overwhelming surprise or shock
Censure
Harsh criticism or disapproval
Portents
A sign of something about to happen
Infamies
extreme dishonor
Fraught
Marked by distress
Perfidious
Tending to betray
Reckon
Take account of
ACTIVITY TASK 3
The students will read the poem The Man with the Hoe.
ANALYSIS
1. What is the image of the man with the hoe?
2. How does the poet describe him?
3. What does the line, What to him are Plato and the swing of Pleiades?
4. What does the bent body of the man with the hoe signify?
5. According to the poet, who is responsible for the condition or state of the man with
the hoe?
6. As a child of the future, how would you respond to the question, How will the future
reckon with this Man? posed by the persona?
7. Who are the modern man with the hoe?
8. How does the society treat them?
ABSTRACTION
(Group Activity)
In a manila paper write an explanation for the stanza assigned in your group.
Group 1 1st stanza
Group 2 2nd stanza
Group 3 3rdstanza
Group 4 4thstanza
Teacher 5th stanza
APPLICATION
(Spot the Difference)
Illustrate the man with the hoe based on two perspectives. Illustration A should
be an interpretation of how the persona of the poem perceives him. Illustration B should
show how God intends him to be. Use the 2nd column to cite lines from the text to
support your illustration. Write on the 3rd column your interpretation of the cited lines.

Illustration A

Line/s from the text

Explanation

Illustration B

Line/s from the text

Explanation

CLOSING
To throw oneself to the side of the oppressed is the only dignified thing to do in
life.
Edwin Markham

Prepared by:
EMELISA S. LABUGA
Practice Teacher

Checked by:
CHERRYL R. ARANDA
Cooperating Teacher