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LESSON NO I:
B. During Reading Activities:
I. OBJECTIVES: Have the pupils listen as the
teacher reads the story.
GLR: 1. Enjoy listening to a story
CT: 2. Answer questions from the story Green Dreams
listened to.
GOLD: 3. Distinguish changes in meaning It was a beautiful night. Henry and his
of sentences caused by stress. parents lay on their backs by the fire and
TS: 4. Decode meaning of unfamiliar looked at the sky.
words using structural analysis.
(Prefixes) Henry didnt know there were so many
stars in the sky.
II. Subject Matter:
Theres the Big Dipper, Henrys
GLR: Green Dreams mother said.
GOLD: Distinguishing Changes in
Meaning caused by shift in Theres the Little Dipper, said Henry.
intonation
TS: Using Prefixes Theres E.T. , said Henrys dad.
References: 2002 BEC Handbook in English Mudge wasnt looking at the stars. He
PELC Listening 1; Reading 1.1 was chewing on a log. He couldnt get
Reading for Meaning 5 p. 158; p 103 logs this good at home. Mudge loved
camping.
Materials: strip of cartolinas, pictures,
Henrys father sang one more sappy love
song. Then everyone went inside the tents
III. Procedure:
to sleep.
GLR; (Genuine Love for Reading)
A. Pre-reading Activities:
Henrys father and mother snuggled.
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill:
Henry and Mudge snuggled.
Have the pupils recite the
following:
It was as quiet as quiet could be.
Everyone slept safe and sound and there
Should she sell sheers sheets or
were no bears, no scares.
should she sell shaggy shawls?
Just the clean smell of treesand
Motivation:
wonderful green dreams.
Recite the poem Twinkle, twinkle, (Adapted)
little stars with a little modification
using jazz chant.
C. Post Reading Activities:
Vocabulary Development: 1. Answering the motive questions.
Have the pupils identify the 2. Comprehension Check:
meaning of the following words: Have the pupils answer the
following questions:
1. Big Dipper (through pictures)
2. tent (through picture) a. Who are the characters in the
3. snuggle (action) story?
4. scares (through action) b. When does the story happen?
c. What details in the story tell
4. Motive Question: about the time the story happens?
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d. Where does the story take place? 3. A nuclear plant is expensive.
e. What details tell about the place 4. Hospitality is a national trait of
the story takes place? Filipinos.
f. What happens in the story? 5. Liza turned twelve last Wednesday.
g. How does the setting affect the
events or happenings in the story? 4. Presentation:
In real speaking situations, a
person puts the heaviest stress on the
3. Engagement Activities: word(s) which s/he wants to emphasize
Have the pupils perform in order to express her/his particular
the following activities under time meaning.
limit. Have the pupils read the
following sentences giving stress on
GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION the underlined words:
Choose the part that you liked best in 1. Miss Magalona is absent today.
the story. Then make a script and
dramatize the chosen part. (The speaker wants to emphasize
Miss Magalonas absence.)
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3. When are you going to have your An elf said, / The fair fairy is
interview? being funny, //
4. Winners and losers deserve to be She can make fire/ and she can fly/
congratulated. Even without a firefly!/
5. A hobby can be both profitable and
relaxing. 2. Motivation:
What are some other ways
7. Generalization: by which we can learn the meaning
How does intonation affect of a new word?
the meaning of a word in a
sentence? 3. Presentation:
How do we distinguish Have the pupils read the
changes in the meaning of a sentence? following words:
TS (Transfer Stage)
Tri-
Tie honest print
1. Drill: Have the pupils read Play market angle
the following verse drill: Heat woman cycle
Correct
A fairy fell in love/ with a beautiful
firefly 6. Generalization:
She wanted his fire/ and she wanted What is the word part added at
to fly. // the beginning of a word?
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Remember:
Affixes are letters or syllables added at the
beginning or end of a root word. Prefixes are 1. There are many books about the
word part added at the beginning of a root word Philippines.
or the base form of a word. A root word is the 2. Girls are interested in dresses,
form of a word after all affixes are removed. make-up, parties and boys.
3. Mr. Francisco teaches gardening.
Prefix Meaning Example 4. Rosa loves to study.
Im- Not Impossible 5. Please lend me your pencil.
In- Not Inexpensive
Un- Not Unclean B. TS. Direction: Read the following
Dis- Not Dishonest sentences. Complete each sentence
Il- Not Illogical using a word with a prefix im-, in-,
Ir- Not Irregular un-, dis-, il-, ir-, mis- or non-.
Non- Not or nonfat
without 1. Juan Tamad is a lazy, ______ and
good-for-nothing fellow. (not
7. Application: responsible)
Have the pupils answer the following 2. Using dynamite fishing is ______
questions: (not legal)
3. How many words did you ______
Using Prefixes: in the test? (wrongly spell)
4. We did not want to listen to his talk
1. If correct means right, what does because the reasons he gave were
incorrect mean? _______. (not logical)
2. If approval means giving 5. The flood victims are hungry
permission, what does disapproval because there is _____ food for all.
mean? (not sufficient)
3. If connect means to link, what does
disconnect mean?
4. If a conformist is someone who
follows accepted rules, what is a LESSON NO 2:
nonconformist?
5. If regular means the usual, what does I. OBJECTIVES:
irregular mean?
GLR: 1. Enjoy listening to a story
IV. Evaluation: CT: 2. Answer questions from the
TS. Direction: Complete each sentence story listened to.
with a word corresponding to the GOLD: 3. Relay information accurately
meaning in the parentheses. using different discourse:
statement; questions;
1. I had to turn in my assignment commands; Exclamatory
_________ because I was sick last TS: 4. Decode meaning of
night. (not finished) unfamiliar words using
2. It was __________ for Kyle to turn structural analysis. (Suffixes)
me down because I am not wearing
red shirt at that day. (not reasonable) II. Subject Matter:
3. The boys sounded _________ when GLR: The Sampaguita
they gave their alibis to their teacher. GOLD: Relaying Information
(not honest) Accurately Using Different
4. The writing was ____ and hard to Discourse: Statements
read. (not clear) Questions; Commands;
5. It is best to avoid saying ______ Exclamatory
words to others. (not kind) TS: Using Suffixes
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Across Border through Language pp 266 - with light touches of rose. She was
269 attractive with her black dreamy eyes.
Materials: strip of cartolinas, pictures, One bright morning when the
orchids and ferns were still sparkling with
Procedure: dew drops, Liwayway went to the woods.
GLR: (Genuine Love for Reading) She went with her maids to gather wild
Pre- reading Activities: flowers and luscious fruits.
1. Drill: Pronunciation Drill: In the woods, however, Liwayway
Tongue Twister: got lost. As she searched for her maids,
she came face to-face with a wild beast.
Jack Sprat will eat no fat, It was the same animal that scared the
And Jill will eat no lean; maids away. Liwayway was confused. She
And yet between them both you see;. did not know what to do. She was so
They lick the platter clean. frightened that she, too, took to her heels.
She ran as fast as he could until she fell
2. Motivation: into a deep ravine and lay unconscious.
What is our national flower? When she awoke, she saw a
Describe a sampaguita. handsome young man beside her. He
looked sad; sitting there silently. He sat
3. Unlocking of Difficulties: quietly as if guarding her. The handsome
Have the pupils know the young man was Lakan Galing. He was the
meaning of the underlined words using son of a neighboring lakan who was
the context clues given. known far and wide as a brave warrior.
Liwayway, upon waking up, smiled
1. She held the garland, that long shyly at Lakan Galing. He smiled, too,
strand of pure, sweet sampaguita and helped her sit down on the thick
flowers, close to her heart. grass.
2. The visitors gave the sick luscious After telling each other the stories
fruits, those sweet, delicious fruits of their lives and their homes, Lakan
from Laguna, after praying for his Galing led Liwayway to her home. By
recovery. then, they had come to know each other
3. Society thinks that the parents of even if they went on without saying any
street children are mean for letting word. Galing, on his part, did not express
their children work for them. They his love for LIwayway, fearing that he
are by scorned by the people. might be scorned. On the other hand,
4. Dawn, with its soft diffused light, LIwayway, who was a modest maiden,
gives me so much pleasure. simply kept her feelings to herself.
Lakan Galing stopped walking
4. Motive Question: when they were near Lakan Bungabongs
Why did Lakan Galing have to leave house. Liwayway waved her hand in
soon? parting. The she turned away and walked
on towards her home. But as she did so,
B. During Reading Activities: she sighed loudly. It escaped heer lips and
Have the pupils listen to the story. Lakan Galing heard it. It meant that
Have them take down important Liwayway loved him and was sorry to part
details about the story listened to. from him. He rushed forward excitedly
and in a moment she was in her arms.
THE SAMPAGUITA They sang sweetly together and
promised to be true to each other no
Long time ago when Spain was just matter what happened. For some time,
beginning to spread her rule by force upon they were happy in the company of each
the islands, Masamyo, with the surrounding other.
villages, was under the rule of a good native One day, Lakan Galing told
chieftain, Lakan Bungabong. His only Liwayway he was leaving soon. He must
daughter, Liwayway, meaning dawn, was help Gat Maytan fight Legaspis men who
slim and beautiful. Her skin was have made friends with Lakandula. He
kayumangging-kaligatan, golden brown must help in order to send away the white
men who want to get their land by force.
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In his absence, he made Liwayway promise 6. What grew out of her grave as
to remember him always. months passed by? What did they
Oh, must you go right away? symbolize?
cried Liwayway 7.
Yes, duty calls and we must be
courageous. Will you promise to be true to 3. Engagement Activities:
me forever? asked her lover. Have the pupils perform the different
I promise to remember you always activities assigned to them.
and to be true to you till the end. Even in
death, I shall still remember you! the youth GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION
dais filled with emotion.
And may Bathala protect you! Choose the part that you liked best in
the story. Then make a script and
Liwayway added. dramatize the chosen part.
The Lakan Galing clasped
Liwayways hand and as he did so, she said,
Sumpa kitang di lilimutin. She swore GROUP 2: DRAW ME
never to forget.
Sadly, Lakan Galing was killed in Pretend the story is a movie and
the fight. When Liwayway learned that he you are supposed to advertise it. Make a
had been killed, she become lonely. She was movie poster of the story and then explain
to the class your poster.
so broken-hearted that she soon died. Even
on her death-bed, she whispered his name.
Many months passed. One day, a
plant with small, white, fragrant flowers GROUP 3: WRITE ME A LETTER
was seen growing on her grave. The flowers
Choose your most liked character
filled the air with a sweet scent. or most disliked character and write a letter
Those sweet white flowers are to the character expressing your feelings to
reminders of pure love for Lakan Galing , him/her.
said the people.
Soon the young men and young GROUP 4: SING ME A SONG
women began pledging their love by
exchanging garlands made of these flowers. Identify the lesson in the story and
And as they exchanged garlands, they said, compose a song that tells the lesson.
Sumpa kita to each other. Prepare to sing your song to the class.
Later, the flowers came to be called
Sampaguita. Allow the pupils to perform the
-Adapted- activities under time
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What does the boy doing in the 2. People using credit cards and
picture? ATMs are a common sight.
3. How do we use the credit card?
3. Presentation: 4. You use it instead of cash to pay
Have the pupils read the dialogue for products you have bought.
given. 5. Use a telephone and a fax machine
to fax message.
Mother: Goodness! Weve run out of
groceries! 6. GENERALIZATION:
Allyson: Thats not a problem, What are the different kinds
Mother! Use my automated of sentences?
teller machine card.
Mother: But sometimes the ATM is REMEMBER:
off-line. There are four kinds of sentences.
Allyson: Dont worry. I have a credit These are:
card. a. Declarative sentence states a
Mother: Well, okay. But my problem fact. It ends with a period. (.)
isnt over yet. Our electric b. Interrogative sentence asks a
and water bills are due for question. It ends with a question
payment. What shall I do if mark. (?)
the collectors come today? c. Imperative sentence gives or
Allyson: Please stop fretting. Well use expresses a command or request. It
the express phone for that. ends with a period.
We just dial a number and d. Exclamatory sentence expresses
tell the responding computer a strong feeling such as joy,
to pay those bills and charge surprise, anger, excitement or other
the payment to our savings strong feeling. It ends with an
account. exclamation point. (!)
4. Discussion: 7. Application:
Have the pupils identify the sentence A. Guided Practice:
that states a fact.
Have them identify the sentence that Have the pupils study the picture
asks question. Have them also identify the given Based on each pictures, write two
sentence that expresses a command or declarative sentences, two interrogative
request. sentences, two imperative sentences and
Have them read the sentence that two exclamatory sentences. (The teacher
expresses a strong feeling. will provide the pictures for each group.)
What punctuation marks are used for
each kind of sentence? B. Independent Practice:
What are the different kinds of
sentences? 1. Direction: Identify whether the
How do these sentences help in relaying following sentences are declarative,
information? interrogative, imperative or exclamatory/
Discuss further.
Use the information given under 1. May I borrow your pen?
GENERALIZATION about the different 2. Bring those books to the library.
kinds of discourse. 3. I feel so nervous!
4. They do not want to get involve
5. Fixing Skills: with the projects of the city.
Direction: Write D if the sentence states 5. Call me at 8:00 in the morning
a fact; I if it is interrogative; Ip for tomorrow.
imperative and E for exclamatory.
2. Direction: Punctuate the following
1. Unbelievable! Today we have a sentences. Then write D for declarative, I
cashless society and a wireless for interrogative, IM for imperative and E
world. for exclamatory.
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1. The dancers wear toe shoes magic music
2. Please wait for me Cora
-ian
3. What a nice movie
4. Would you like to go with me in history mathematics
Tagaytay
5. Life is very mysterious 4. Presentation:
Direction: Complete each
IV. EVALUATION: sentence with the correct form of the
Direction: Place the correct punctuation word in the brackets.
at the end of each sentence.
Then identify the kind of 1. Mr. Lee is an ________ cook.
sentence. (excel)
2. Do you have any ________ of
1. The girls are chatting aloud even accounting? (know)
though classes are going on 3. It is _______ how he manages to
2. That was a fast horse stay underwater for so long. (remark)
3. Is the whale a mammal 4. It is not _______ to wear a tie to a
4. You should plan to take a trip this picnic. (practice)
summer 5. He invested quite a ______ amount
5. How sweet this perfume is of money in the business venture.
(substance)
TS TRANSFER STAGE 6. The _________of dinosaurs have
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: been widely accepted. (exist)
Have the pupils recite the 7. Napoleon was an ______ general
following verses: who wanted to conquer the world.
(ambition)
If a shipshape ship shop stocks He is a _____ artist from China. (fame)
Six shipshape shop-soiled ships, 9. The __________ disappearance of
How many shipshape shop-soiled ships the billionaire baffled the police.
Would six shipshape ship shops stock? (mystery)
10. Children are usually very ________
2. Review: Using Prefixes when they watch television. (attend)
Direction: Read the following
sentences. Complete each sentence using (Answer: 1. excellent 2.knowledge
a word with a prefix im-, in-, un-, dis-, 3. remarkable 4. practical
il-, ir-, mis- or non-. 5. substantial 6. existence
7. ambitious 8. famous
1. Juan Tamad is a lazy, ______ and good- 9. mysterious 10. attentive)
for-nothing fellow. (not responsible)
2. Using dynamite fishing is ______ (not 5. Discussion:
legal) Were you able to form the words?
3. How many words did you ______ in the What is the root word of the
test? (wrongly spell) excellent?
4. We did not want to listen to his talk What is added to its root words?
because the reasons he gave were How do we call this word?
_______. (not logical) Where did we add this word?
5. The flood victims are hungry because Discuss further.
there is _____ food for all. (not
sufficient) 6. Fixing Skills:
Connect the suffix to the correct
3. Motivation: word to make a new word.
Game: Have the pupils form a word ful er
out of the given clues.
or
Play -er dance able less
perform teach
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1. The birthday party last night was 8. in a brave way - ______________
wonder_____. 9. without fear - _________________
2. John Lloyd Cruz is a very good act____.
3. The farm_____ began planting rice in IV. Evaluation:
May. Answer the following questions.
4. Reck____ drivers are likely to cause Choose the letter of the correct answer.
accidents in the superhighway.
5. Hermie is friendly, outgoing and 1. What does the suffix ed in
approach______. camped mean in this sentence?
She never camped before.
7. Generalization:
What are suffixes? A. The action will happen in the
future.
Remember: B. The action is happening now.
Affixes are letters or syllables added C. The action happened in the past.
at the beginning or end of a root word. A
root word is the form of a word after all 2. Star watching is a ________ activity.
affixes are removed. A. wonderful
B. wondering
Suffixes are letters or syllables C. wondered
added at the end or after the stem or the root
word. 3. What does brightly mean in the
(Note: These may be written on charts. sentence: Stars twinkle brightly in the
Include also the different prefixes and night sky.
suffixes and their meanings.) A. in a bright way
B. full of brightness
Root Suffix New Meaning C. without bright
Word Word
care Ful careful full of 4. Boy scouts love to go ______.
care A. camped
friend Ly friendly in a B. camper
friendly C. camping
way
help Er helper one who 5. What is the root word in painting?
helps A. tiny
home Less homeless without B. paint
home C. pain
8. Application: V. Assignment:
Write the word that goes with each A. GOLD: Write a simple dialogue of
definition. Use the words in the box. participating in a club meeting.
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LESSON # 3: c. mounted
d. scooped
e. grief
I. OBJECTIVES: f. devoured
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Has it gone mad? the horrified c. Why couldnt Llewelyn see his
prince thought to himself. is my son all son when he first rushed into
right? the room?
(Why do you think the prince asked (Divide the class into 4 groups. Then
himself, is my son all right?) give each group the task assigned to
them.)
Rushing into the room, Llewelyn was
shocked to see the babys cradle overturned. d. Can
There were several patches of dried blood the prince trust Gelert? Prove that
on the floor. (What do you think happened Gelert could be trusted. Group one
with the baby? What do you think did the present your work.
prince do with Gelert?) e. What
is the moral lesson of the story?
Overcame by grief and blinded with Group two present your work.
fury, he drew his sword from its sheath and f. If you will be Prince Llewelyn,
rained several blows on Gelert, crying, what would you do when you saw
Monster! You have devoured my son! that Gelert had bloodstains on his
jaw? Express your feeling through
As Gelert collapsed and lay dying on writing a letter. Group three
the floor, Llewelyn heard a cry from under present your work.
the overturned cradle. (What do you think g. How will you take care of your
did the prince see under the overturned pet? Group four present your work.
cradle?)
It was his little baby who lay
unharmed. His head was resting on the body 2. Engagement Activities:
of a dead wolf. As he scooped up his son,
Llewelyn realized that while he had been GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!
out hunting, his faithful dog had been
protecting the baby. Prove that Gelert could be trusted. Make a
With the baby safe in one arm, he script and dramatize the part to prove that
held the dying dog in the other. Gelert Gelert could be trusted.
looked at him with doleful eyes and lied
GROUP 2: I WRITE A SONG!
without a whimper in its masters arm.
Filled with remorse, Llewelyn buried Identify the lesson of the story and compose
Gelert at a place that he named Beth- a song that tells the moral lesson of the story.
Gelert. To this day, there is still a pile of Prepare to sing your song to the class.
stones marking the grave of the unfortunate
dog.
Source: English Lesson Book 6 p. 7 GROUP 3: WRITE ME A LETTER!
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Say: Peter Piper picked a Karl: Yes, it is. Thank you very much.
peck of pickled pepper. Jazzer: Youre welcome.
A peck of pickled pepper
Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of 7. Generalization:
pickled pepper,
Wheres the peck of pickled pepper Remember:
Peter Piper picked? The rise and fall of the voice when
speaking or reading is called intonation.
2. Review: The rising intonation is used with
Kinds of sentences. questions answerable by Yes or No.
What are the kinds of sentences? The falling intonation is used in
What is the intonation when we are statements or questions not answerable by
asking questions? Yes or No.
What is the intonation when we are
stating a fact? 8. Application:
Divide the pupils into four. Have
3. Motivation: them perform the different task
Have the pupils read the following assigned to them.
sentences:
a. I am new here. GROUP I:
b. Are you new here? Work with your group. Make a question
and - answer game with the topic:
A. Favorite Fruit
What kind of sentence is sentence A?
Sentence B?
How did you read sentence a? GROUP 2: Read the dialog with your group.
Observe the correct intonation.
Sentence B?
Pupil A: I am thinking of my favorite
4. Presentation: flower which is white in
Have the pupils listen as the teacher color, having a sweet
reads the following sentences. fragrant.
Pupil B: Is it a sampaguita?
A.1. Have you been in Cebu? Pupil A: No, it isnt.
2. Yes, I have been in Cebu. Pupil B: Is it a rose?
B. 1. Its an amazing creature, isnt it? Pupil A: No, it isnt.
2. Yes, it is. Pupil B: Is it a dahlia?
Pupil A: Yes, it is. I really love that
5. Discussion: flower.
Which utterances are statements? (No. 2
sentences for A & B) GROUP 3: Put an arrow to show a rising or
How did I read the statements? (Falling falling intonation. Put the correct punctuation
mark for each sentence.
intonation)
Which utterances are questions? (No. 1 1. The baby is crying
sentences for A & B) 2. Do we have a new teacher
How did I read the questions? (Rising 3. Does a crocodile give a thundering roar
intonation) 4. Did you used the talents given to you by
Are these questions answerable by yes God
or no? (Yes) 5. Sherwin will join the field trip tomorrow
6. Fixing Skills:
Have the pupils read the dialog. IV. EVALUATION:
Have them observe the correct Direction: Write whether the following
intonation. sentences have a rising or falling
Jazzer: Are you looking for something, intonation. Put the correct punctuation
Karl? after each sentences.
Karl: Yes, I am. I am looking for my new
ball pen. Ex. Is this your book? Rising
Jazzer: Is this the one youre looking for?
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Is a rainbow an unexciting sight
2. Do people in organizations work
together for a common cause
3. When seeds are beginning 1. What is engraved on the reverse side
to grow, they are sprouting of your watch? _____
4. Plants that are used for seasoning food 2. I can reverse my jacket so that the
are called herbs outside is red instead of blue. _____
5. Would a public notice be kept hidden 3. Why do you always want the reverse
of what I want? _____
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GOLD: Asking questions with appropriate a. a bank
interrogatives. b. fair and equal
TS: Writing a composition Showing c. unfair
introduction, Body and Conclusion 4. Kuya is an appellation for older
brother.
Reference: 2002 BEC a. a court appeal
PELC Speaking 1.2.2; PELC Writing 1 b. a friendly greeting
New Dynamic Series in English 6 p. 56 c. a title
English for all Times Language p. 3 9
Reading Links pp 23 - 34 5. To be disappointed is to ____.
Materials: strips of cartolina, index cards a. be unhappy
b. fail in expectation
III. Procedure: c. be fatigued
GLR:
A. Pre-Reading Activities: 6. The refreshing fluid eddied out down
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: into his throat.
Have the pupils read the following: a. chicken out
b. flow away like a whirlpool
The f and p in a word c. fail in something
f p
4. Motive Question:
friend piece Why did the younger brother drink
Filipino puzzle all the contents of the whole bottle?
flipper prisoner
flippant put
fifty profane B. During Reading
fan people Activities:
1. Have the pupils listen to
Read: Captain Philips four ships/ the story. Let them take down notes about
suffered fearfully in the conflict/ / Philip the story listened to.
refused to accept his defeat / as final// for
five years / off and on, / he had fought his THE PARABLE OF THE DIVISION
defiant foe/ with only brief intervals for
refitting his fleet. / Being a philosopher as The young boy and his older
well as fighter./ Philip reflected / that if he brother were taught by their parents to
could raised funds, / he could still carry on divide material things equally and fairly.
effective warfare. This they tried to follow.
A system evolved in which one
2. Motivation: does the dividing and the other gets the
Is it good to share things equally selecting first. This guaranteed an
with your brother/sister? Why? Why not? equitable cutting. Otherwise, the one who
divided would be in the losing end.
3. Unlocking of Difficulties: One day, the two boys had a pair
Try to draw out the meaning of the of fish for lunch. One big fish and the
underlined words through context clues. other a small one. The young boy thought
his older brother would give in
1. A system evolved in which one does the (magparaya) to him as a younger and
dividing and the other gets the selecting weaker sibling so he said, Kuya
first. (appellation for older brother), please go
a. run away from ahead and make the first selection.
b. produced by natural means The older brother quickly got the
c. go around bigger fish. The younger boy was
2. To guarantee means the same as _____. disappointed to get the much smaller fish.
a. answer joyfully a question If I were you, said the younger
b. to answer for something as in loan boy to his older brother, I would have
or pledge taken the smaller fish.
c. announce something
3. Equitable would mean _____.
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What are you complaining about?
answered the older brother. You got what
you want.
Next time around, the two boys had
to share a bottle of soft drink. They were in GROUP 3: WRITE ME A LETTER
the rice field with no glasses or containers
available. Choose your most liked character
Lets just drink direct from the or most disliked character and write a letter
to the character expressing your feelings to
bottle, suggested the older brother. Be him/her.
sure it is exactly half. You go ahead and
drink your share.
The younger boy took the bottle and GROUP 4: SING ME A SONG
raised it to his mouth. The refreshing fluid
Identify the lesson in the story and
eddied out and down his throat in
compose a song that tells the lesson.
successive big gulps. He practically held his Prepare to sing your song to the class.
breath while the older brother waited.
After a minute, the content of the
whole bottle was gone. The younger brother
had drunk all and wiped his mouth with his GOLD (Grammar, Oral
wrist. He smiled contentedly. Language Development)
Why did you drink all of it?
accosted the older boy. 1. Drill: Pronunciation Drill:
The younger brother replied, My iy i e
half share was at the bottom part of the
bottle. leaves fish them
-Juan M. Flavier jeep him get
reach rich wretch
A. Post Reading Activities: heel hill hell
1. Answering the motive speak spick speck
question:
Why did the younger brother Sentence Drill:
drink all the contents of the whole
bottle? 1. Place the fish inside the jeep and
cover it with leaves.
2. Comprehension Check: 2. Karl gets the clean meat in a house
Have the pupils answer the near that small hill.
following question. 3. Sit on the high seat when the table
is set.
1. What good value have the parents of
the two boys taught them? 2. Review: Checking of assignment:
2. To make sure that equitable division Making questions and answers
is guaranteed, what practiced was game.
observed by them?
3. What lesson is the parable wishing to 3. Motivation:
share? Present a picture. Have the pupils
ask questions about it. (Any picture
3. Engagement Activities: will do as long as there will be
Have the pupils perform the different questions for the pupils to formulate.
activities assigned to them:
GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION
4. Presentation:
Have the pupils read the following
Choose the part that you liked best in questions:
the story. Then make a script and
dramatize the chosen part. Who are in the picture?
Where are the children working?
What are they doing?
GROUP 2: DRAW ME
How long have they stayed there?
Pretend the story is a movie and
What does the librarian do?
you are supposed to advertise it. Make a
movie poster of the story and then explain
to the class your poster. 16
Whom - for a sentence that requires
5. Discussion: a pronoun in the objective
With what words do the questions case.
begin?
What word is used in asking about a 8. APPLICATION:
person? Place? Thing? Manner? Degree? A. Guided Practice:
Extent or condition? Time? Place? Have the pupils perform the
What are these words? different activities assigned to them
Discuss further. (Refer to the under time limit.
generalization given for further
discussion) GROUP 1:
Look at the picture. Think of possible
questions that you would like to ask to the
6. Fixing Skills: president of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino
Independent Practice: III.. Use the different interrogatives to begin
Transform the following sentences the questions. Play the question-and-answer
into questions using the correct game.
interrogative pronoun that corresponds
to the underlined noun:
GROUP 2:
Example: Ask the correct wh questions
for each expected answer. Be sure to
Edgars brother will hold a one- observe the proper intonation:
man painting exhibit.
Whose brother will hold a one- Expected answers:
Swimming
man painting exhibit? December 25
To buy new t-shirt for my birthday
1. Mrs. Reyes taught him the basic Early morning
lessons in painting. Biking
2. The proceeds of his painting exhibit
will be given to the street children. GROUP 3:
3. The exhibit will be held at the Quezon Complete the following questions
Memorial Circle. with correct interrogatives:
4. He will hold his exhibit next month. 1. _____ is the name of the girl?
5. He attained success through hard 2. _____ is she from?
work and determination. 3. _____ old is she?
4. _____ did she save the old
woman?
7. GENERALIZATION: 5. _____did the incident happen?
What are interrogatives?
When do we use interrogatives? GROUP 4:
Work with your group. Study the
picture very carefully. Then agree on
REMEMBER: questions that you want to ask about the
picture. Make sure to begin with the
Words that are used in asking different interrogatives. Write the
questions are called interrogatives. questions down on a piece of paper.
These are:
Who - for persons
What - for things
Why - for reasons or causes IV. EVALUATION:
When - for time GOLD: Direction: Complete each
Where - for place question with appropriate interrogatives.
Whose - for persons; when speaking 1. ______ do you wish to talk to?
of ownership 2. ______ is he going to
Which - for person and things Davao?
indicating one of a kind or 3. ______ the last person to
definite class. see him?
How - for degree, extent, condition 4. ______ number did you dial?
or manner. 5. To ____ shall I give the letter?
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6. GENERALIZATION:
What are the characteristics of a
good paragraph?
/e/ /i/
tell till
sell sill 7. APPLICATION:
Have the pupils write the
dead did composition on a piece of paper. Be
red rid sure to apply the correct punctuation
bless bliss and capitalization. Note the indention
fell fill at the beginning paragraph. Write
spell spill neatly and clearly.
lead lid
wet wit IV. EVALUATION:
TS. Direction: Call on a volunteer to read
2. Review: aloud his/her composition in class. Guide
How do we write sentences? the pupils to evaluate it considering these
questions:
3. Motivation:
How do you feel about a storm? 1. Does it have an effective beginning
sentence?
4. Presentation: 2. Do all the supporting details keep
Present the picture of a storm and its to the topic?
effect. 3. Is the ending sentence effective?
Have the pupils talk about their
feeling about a storm. V. ASSIGNMENT:
A. GOLD: Choose the correct
5. Discussion: interrogative pronoun:
(Give each pupil a meta card for 1. (Who, What) did you say?
them to write all the answers to the 2. (Who, Whom) does she want to see?
questions to be given by the teacher.) 3. (Whose, Which) paper is this?
4. (What, Which) project will we do next?
What do you encounter/ experience 5. (Who, Which) do you like better, a
during and after storm? dog or a cat?
What activities do you enjoy when
there is a storm? B. TS. Have the pupils rewrite the
What activities cant you enjoy? composition on their theme notebook.
What things delight you?
(Have the pupils paste their answers
on the board) LESSON # 5
Have the pupils arrange all the details I. OBJECTIVES:
written on the board in order. Have them
also formulate sentences out of the details GLR: 1. Enjoy listening to a story
on the board. Then the teacher guides the CT: 2. Answer questions from the
pupils in arranging them in logical sequence story listened to.
to create a meaningful body. Then the GOLD: 3. Use courteous expressions on
teacher will also guide the pupils in appropriate situations:
formulating the ending of the paragraph. participate in club meetings.
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TS: 4. Decode meaning of unfamiliar 4. Rena giggled coyly and tried not to let
words using the dictionary: Roger know how she felt. (E)
words with multiple meaning of
words. 5. Mr. and Mrs. Rat were convinced with
the words of Mr. Wall. (F)
II. SUBJECT MATTER:
GLR: The Vanity of the Rat 6. They want Rena to marry a respectable
GOLD: Participating in a Club Meeting man. (A)
TS: Words with Multiple meaning
7. The vanity of Mr. and Mrs. Rat led them
Reference: 2002 BEC to choose a high stationed husband for
PELC Speaking 2.1; PELC Reading 1.4 their daughter. (G)
Effective Reading Book Lesson 2 p. 8
Effective Reading Book p. 5 6 3. Motivation:
Using the Dictionary; English For You and Do you know anything about
Me, Reading p 49. Filipino customs/traditions about
English For You and Me Language pp 8 - 13 marriage?
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Yes, of course, of course! Mr. Old Roland Rats boy? An
Cloud is certainly more powerful, said Mr. excellent idea! agreed Mr. Rat. Lets see
Rat as he and his wife went to see the if he is in now.
gentleman. (How about Mr. Cloud? Do you When Roger rat appeared, Mr. and
thin he will also accept Mr. Rats offer?) Mrs. Rat told him of their offer, which he
When Mr. Cloud heard of Mr. Rats accepted immediately. They led him to
offer, he too was not eager to choose his their hole, where they found Rena giggled
wife from the House of the Rats. He waved coyly, hanging on to her mothers hand.
his hands, saying, You seem not to know Although she tried not to let Roger know
that there is one who is more worthy of your how she felt, she was very much delighted
honor than I. Though I sometimes get the that her parents were arranging for her to
better of Mr. Sun, I am still a mere servant marry him. Like most Korean girls, she
of Mr. Wind. His blast and growl make me was shy when she was with boys.
go anywhere he pleases, whether I want or Mr. and Mrs. Rat were every bit as
not. pleased as Rena and Roger were about the
Leaving Mr. Cloud, Mr. Rat arrangement. And Mr. Rat was convinced
mumbled to his wife, Mr. Wind is indeed that he had made the best possible match
much more powerful; much more powerful. for his darling daughter. (Who was the
He is certainly the proper husband for our best match for Rena?)
daughter. (Did Mr. Wind accept the offer Source: Effective Reading p. 8-10
of Mr. Rat?)
Once again, Mr. Rat offered the
hand of his daughter in marriage, but Mr. C. Post Reading Activities:
Wind was no more anxious than the others 1. Answering the motive
to become Mr. Rats son-in-law. Laughing question:
hoarsely, he said, I am indeed powerful Why did Mr. Sun, Mr. Cloud,
enough, for forests tremble and ships toss in Mr. Wind and Mr. Wall refuse to marry
fear of me. But there is one more powerful Rena?
than I. It is Mr. Wall. He sets his strong legs
firm upon the earth and stands immovable CT. (Critical Thinking)
in my way, arms folded, eyes blinking. But Have the pupils answer the
for him, how I could meddle in the lives of following questions:
families?
So saying, Mr. Wind gave another 1. What was the early
laughed and whizzed on. Korean custom of marriage?
Wondering how his wise brain could 2. Who were the choices of Mr. and
ever have overlooked so powerful and close Mrs. Rat?
a neighbor, Mr. Rat visited Mr. Wall, who
likewise apologized. It is quite true that I, (Divide the class into 4 groups. Then
without any sign of outward exertion, can give each group the task assigned to
check the progress of the wind, which them.)
commands the cloud, which overpowers the
sun. But what am I to you, oh, Mr. Rat? Your 1. Why did the couple choose Mr.
prosperous race can undermine me and Sun? What did Mr. Sun do? Group
make me fall in the twinkling of an eye, if one present your work.
need be. Oh, Mr. Rat, I am at your mercy. 2. What is the moral lesson of the
(Who could be the best groom for Rena?) story? Group two present your
How true, very true! Mr. Rat said work.
proudly. Of course the race of rats is the 3. If you will be Rena, what will you
most powerful of all. And my glorious race say to your parents with regards to
is next to none yes, next to none in your marriage? Express your feeling
respectability. The only person for our through writing a letter. Group three
darling Rena is to marry another rat. present your work.
Yes, said Mrs. Rat. And I know 4. Who was finally chosen to be the
just the person: that nice Roger Rat who groom of Rena? Group four present
seems to like Rena so much. And his parents your work.
are such good friends of ours, too.
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2. Engagement Activities: Presentation:
Have the pupils read the dialog about
the club meeting on p. 8 English for You
and Me Language.
GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! 5. Discussion:
Who attended the meeting?
Why did Mr. and Mrs. Rat choose the sun for Who presided the meeting?
their daughter? What did the sun do? Make a Why?
script and dramatize the part to prove your How did the chairperson start the
answer.
meeting?
What did the members do if they
GROUP 2: I WRITE A SONG! wanted to speak?
What did the chairperson do to
Identify the lesson of the story and
compose a song that tells the moral lesson of
indicate that a member was permitted to
the story. Prepare to sing your song to the speak?
class. What were discussed in the meeting?
How did the meeting end?
GROUP 3: WRITE ME A LETTER! What does the expression The
meeting may now come to order mean?
If you will be Rena, what will you say to your Discuss further.
parents with regards to your marriage?
Express through a letter. 6. Fixing Skills:
Tell who uses the following
GROUP 4: CREATE ME A POSTER! expressions in an election meeting.
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h. The meeting is adjourned. C. To support the motion so that it can be
i. Is there any objection? voted on
8. Application:
Divide the pupils into four E. Ask how many agree with the
groups. Have them perform the suggestion
different activities.
GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA,
ACTION!
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5. Discussion: 7. GENERALIZATION:
What does hard in the first Some words have
sentence mean? What about in the multiple meanings; the
second sentence? meaning can be identified through
What does bat mean in the 1st context.
sentence? 2nd sentence?
Have the pupils read another 8. Application:
example: A. Play the multiple-meaning card
A. Cinderella lost her slipper at the game. Given is a set of meanings
ball. for a certain word. Guess and
B. The center player shot the ball. win the game. Write your answer
in the lucky card/blank card.
What are the two different meaning
of the word ball in the given sentences? 1. ..an open space ..a figure with
Discuss further. in the city. four equal sides.
6. Fixing Skills:
..to settle ..
A. Which meaning of the
underlined word is
used in each sentence?
2. ..a large boat ..a hallow
track: container
1. A mark left by someone or something.
2. A path. ..a tube that ..
3. A set of traits that trains move on. carries blood.
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Answer Key:
1. square
2. vessel
3. bridge
4. pitch
5. mine
IV. Evaluation:
A B
____1. The leaves are falling.
____2. Mother leaves for work every
morning.
A B
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Reference: 2002 Basic Education
TS: Read each sentence. Decide which Curriculum
meaning applies to the underlined word. PELC Speaking 3; PELC Reading 1.4
Write the letter of your answer on the Reading for Meaning 6 p.78
blank. New Dynamic Series p 163
Explore Your World Through Language
1. Lorenzo has a firm belief in God. and Literature pp 34 - 35
a. fixed in place
b. determined Materials: strips of cartolina. Index cards
c. a company
III. PROCEDURE:
2. During the summer, children GLR (Genuine Love for Reading)
spend a lot of time wading in the pool. A. Pre-Reading Activities:
a. a group 1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: Have
b. a game the pupils recite the verse drill
c. swim tank given:
3. Above the pointed church roof Dont lose your keys,/
was a crucifix. Dont lose your face.//
a. spiked If you lose your keys,/ dont fuss.//
b. showed If you lose your face./ dont wince//
c. strong Dont lose your lace,/
Dont lose your sax.//
4. Tourists are entertained in the
Fiesta Islands. If you lose your lace,/ dont
a. considered gaze.//
b. interested If you lose your sax,/ dont
c. received as guests laze.//
3. Vocabulary Development:
Have the pupils know the
LESSON # 6 meaning of the following words:
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Have the pupils listen to the story.
Let them take down important details
about the story. GROUP 2: WRITE ME A LETTER
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2. Review: Checking of assignment Discuss further.
3. Motivation:
Do you help your friends in times of 6. Fixing Skills:
needs? How? A. Have the pupils
listen once again to the
4. Presentation: story The Proud Flower. Have them
Have the pupils read the dialogue. ask questions about the story.
Beating the Deadline B. Have the pupils study the
Sherwin, Karl and Jazzer are the best picture given. Let them ask
of friends. Whatever one does, the rest try to questions about the picture.
help.
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GROUP 3: ate eight fare fair
(Forest)
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2. We chose to visit Laoag City, the
B. Encircle the correct word in _____ of Ilocos Norte.
parentheses. 3. We drove ____ the city in ____ days.
(to, too, two)
1. (Its, Its) never too late to change. 4. We ____ many sign and giant
2. (Youre, Your) the only person I know billboard along the way.(read, red)
who like opera. 5. It was interesting to ____ the accent
3. I bet you cant (beat, beet) Andrei in of the Ilocanos. (here, hear)
munching carrots. C. From each pair of homophones, choose
4. The (sight, site) of the new sports center the word that fits the given meaning.
is beside the lake. Say the word and spell it out. (In this
5. You have to take your time and plan activity, encourage pupils to enjoy the
when you (right, write) a story. relay game in giving answers.)
7. GENERALIZATION:
steak - stake
HOMONYMS or HOMOPHONES rowed road
are words that are pronounced the same but sole - soul
differ in spelling, meaning and often have way - weigh
different origins as well. vale veil
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4. Mother will ____ my dress, ____ I TS: Decoding meaning of unfamiliar
can wear it tomorrow night. (sew, so) words using context clues.
5. Did you ____ that? The circus is
coming _____. (here, hear) Reference: 2002 BEC Handbook in
English
PELC Speaking 3.1; PELC Reading 1.5
New Dynamic Series in English p. 1
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_____6. A tailor is someone who drags a low lifeless log into a pile of flitches with
long tail when he walks. his ax. (What happened to the native
_____7. Incantations are prayers or charms man?)
spoken as part of ritual; or magic. The native man who could have led the
_____8. To claim is to deny something. three to safety was dead.
_____9. When one retrieves something, he (Juan M. Flavier)
gets it back.
____10. To plan out something is the same C. Post Reading Activities:
as to set to do something. 1. Answering the motive question:
What problem confronted the three
4. Motive Question: when the work was accomplished?
What problem confronted the three CT. (Critical Thinking)
when the work was accomplished? Comprehension Check:
Have the pupils answer the
following questions:
B. During Reading Activities: 1. How did the sculptor, the tailor and
1. Have the pupils listen to the the holy man meet?
story. Let them take down 2. To get out of the forest, what did
important details about the story. they set their minds to do?
(Divide the class into four groups.
Have them perform each group
THE PARABLE OF THE FOREST activity)
3. What did each contribute to the plan?
Three men got lost in a dense forest. Group 1, present your work.
For several days, they could not find their 4. When the problem confronted the
own way out. Exhausted, the three men three, was the problem solved?
camped on a common site and discovered Group 2, present your work.
that one was a sculptor, another was a 5. What is the moral of the story?
tailor, and the third was a holy man. Group 3, present your work.
Out of sheer desperation, they 6. What kind of mentality was shown in
agreed to create native man who could then the story? How does this loosen our
guide them out of the thick forest to safety. progress as people? Group 4, present
(What do you think each man did to create your work.
a native man?)
The sculptor got a piece of trunk from B. Engagement
a fallen tree and carved the figure of a man. Activities:
The tailor gathered several leaves
and sewed together a coat and pants and
put them on the carved wooden structure.
GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!
Then the holy man murmured his
deepest incantations whereby life soon What did the sculptor, the tailor and the
began to breathe out of the wooden man. holy man contribute to the plan? Make a script
A problem immediately arose. (What and dramatize the part to prove your answer.
do you think was the problem?) Each
began to claim the native as his creation. GROUP 2: CREATE ME A POEM!
If not for the wooden form, this
native would not exist, said the sculptor. When the problem confronted the
If not for the attire, this native three, was the problem solved? Answer the
would not be made! exclaimed the tailor. question through a poem consisting of 2
stanzas, free verse.
If not for my prayers, no life would
have lived! shouted the holy man.
Since they could not agree on who GROUP 3: I WRITE A SONG!
should get the credit and the ownership of
Identify the lesson of the story and
the creation, (What do you think they did compose a song that tells the moral lesson
with the native man?) the three decided to of the story. Prepare to sing your song to
retrieve each ones contribution. The holy the class.
man got back his prayers, the tailor stripped
out the clothes, and the sculptor reduced the
GROUP 4: DRAW ME
6. Fixing Skills:
Change the following statement
Allow the pupils to perform their task into question:
under time limit.
1. Allyson is reading the book of
Harry Potter.
2. Most doctors are women.
3. Technology in the new millennium
GOLD: (Grammar, Oral, is fast advancing.
Language Development) 4. The parrot was caught in Palawan.
5. Your relatives were businessmen.
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill:
A great way to break plates is 7. GENERALIZATION:
to take plates of great weight in How do we change statement into
great height/ question?
Facing or gazing or gaping one way
While pacing or hazing another way. REMEMBER:
5. Discussion:
GROUP II:
Which of these sentences are Change the following statements into
statements? Which are questions? question. Write your answers on the shirts to
Have the pupils take a look on be hanged on the clothesline. (Provide 5 shirts
sentence A # 1. What is the subject used for the answer)
in the first sentence? 1. We are going to have a long quiz
tomorrow.
What is the verb used? 2. St. Francis was a native of Assisi.
Take a look on sentence A #2. What 3. Wenn Deramas is a good director.
kind of sentence is it? 4. Janelle was sleeping when I arrived.
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4. Presentation:
Aside from using a dictionary, we
GROUP III: can get or guess the meaning of words
Change the following statements into with the help of several clues, called
question: contextual clues.
1. Mother Seton, a saint, was a Catholic Have the pupils read the following
convert.
2. The Last Front is a movie about an
sentences:
AIDS victim.
3. Joyce is writing a poem for her friend. 1. The castle was surrounded by a
4. Precious and Lei are listening to their moat, which is a water canal, to
favorite music. keep enemies away.
GROUP IV: 2. A moat, a water canal to keep
Transform the following statements into enemies away, was built around
questions: the castle.
1. The sperm whale is the only giant
among the toothed whales.
2. They are reporting for work. 5. Discussion:
3. He was the visitor. What is being described in the first
4. We are taught not to rely on our own sentence?
interpretation of biblical passages. (Answer: moat)
What does it tell about a moat? (have
Allow the pupils to perform their task the pupils read the description of the
under time limit. moat.)
Discuss the two main types of
IV. EVALUATION: contextual clues. Refer to generalization.
A. GOLD: Direction: Change the Discuss further.
following statement into
question. 6. Fixing Skills:
1. The survivors were so weak that they Read each sentence carefully and get
could hardly walk. the meaning of the underlined word as
2. The steak I ordered was as tough as leather. used in the sentence. Encircle the letter of
3. Jesus Christ is our Lord. your answer.
4. Aluminum is a useful metal.
5. The eyes are the windows of the soul. 1. His fathers voice startled him and made
him look back to the direction toward
the town.
TS. (Transfer Stage) a. surprised b. frightened
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: c. anxious
Say: A twister of twist
Once twisted a twist, 2. Then they hailed a cab to take them to
And the twist that twisted, Manong Kadyos house near the
Was a twisted twist. butchers place.
a. to produced a sound
2. Review: Checking of assignment. b. to greet with shout
Think of a word that will be c. to stop
formed from the given suffixes. Use
these words in a meaningful sentence. 3. The other members of the household
1. less spilled into the cool, clean veranda.
2. ful a. furniture b. couch
3. able c. an open porch
4. ness
5. ly 4. I appreciate that you chose to come
here.
3. Motivation: a. to recognize gratefully
How do we find meaning of words b. to apprehend
aside from using a dictionary? c. to understand
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5. Mang Pidong patted all the other a. said hurriedly without thinking
children on their heads. b. whispered softly and slowly
a. to recognize c. sang sweetly
b. to strike gently
c. to look 3. My neck was hurting before the
movie was over.
a. twisting
7. GENERALIZATION: b. swelling
What are the two main c. painful
types of contextual clues?
4. I thought it would be more sophisticated
There are two main types of and more elegant to order something
contextual clues; the definition clues and different.
the appositive clues. a. refined
b. expensive
@ A definition clue gives a statement c. cheap and simple
explaining or describing.
@ An appositive clue is a word or phrase Answer Key:
that identifies or explains further the 1. b 2. a 3. c 4. b
word it follows.
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1. The court where the wise judge sat Is it good to tell a lie? Why or why
was not an ecclesiastical court, a court not?
run by the church. 3. Unlocking of difficulties:
2. The courts in Ethiopia have complete Choose the letter of the right word
autonomy; in other words, they are or phrase which will complete the
independent. thought of the statement.
3. At last, the bailiff, a courts policeman,
made them understand the judges 1. A person who is tardy is ___.
decision. a. prompt b. late
4. Farmer Mulugeta did not hear what c. busy d. honest
she said, for he had grown
deaf. 2. Birds nourish themselves when they
LESSON # 8: ___
a. chase each other
I. OBJECTIVES: b. fly high
c. feed on grains
GLR: 1. Enjoys listening to a story d. sleep well
CT: 2. Answers questions from the story
listened to. 3. Flowers in panicles are usually
GOLD: 3.Change statements into questions. _____.
(Using do, does and did) a. hanging b. in bunch or
TS: 4. Follow a series of direction in cluster
cooking and in written directions. c. swinging d. alone
2. Motivation:
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B. During Reading teacher listened patiently.(Do you think
Activities: their teacher believe on their alibis?)
1. Have the pupils listen to How pitiful is the carabao, she
the story. Let them take down commented. It is good the three of you
important notes about the story. were on the spot to assist and save the
poor hapless animal.
THE PARABLE OF THE PERFECT ALIBI That is right, Maam, confirmed
the fat one with a shade of cocksureness.
The three barrio schoolboys were Without us, the carabao is a goner
tardy as usual. Like in the past, they (tepok na). It is good only one leg got
tarried along the way instead of broken. Otherwise, it is the slaughter
proceeding directly to school. house for the hapless animal. We should
A flock of birds attracted them. They be commended. Maybe even awarded
spent the better part of the morning firing medals.
their slingshot. (What did they do with the Enough of your lunacy, she said
bird?) The birds hovered around the newly with a trace of anger. Now, spread out,
harvested field to nourish on the left over one each corner of the room. Get a piece
grains on their panicles. The boys had fun of paper and ready your pencil.
chasing the birds. And as each animal Are you giving us a special
flew to safety, the stone from the force of quiz? asked the fat one with
the slingshot followed them. apprehension. The three were certainly
Now, they were late for school by not ready for a test. (What do you think
almost an hour. It was not the first time. the teacher will do?)
But somehow, they always put one over No, this is not a quiz, she said
their young city-bred teacher. They always with a naughty and big smile. I just
had good alibis. (What do you think are want you separately to write a short
some of the alibis that they say to essay indicating which of the four legs
convince their teacher? of the carabao got fractured. And be
It was either the farm chores or specific whether it is hind or front leg
some last minute unavoidable errand or and whether right or left.
some mishap. One time, they spent the -Juan M. Flavier
morning swimming in the river. Yet, they
convinced their teacher of an emergency. C. Post Reading Activities:
A little girl was drowning so they took 1. Answering the motive question.
time to save her. Why were the three barrio school
Or the alibi of helping an old woman boys always tardy?
carry her heavy load. Their excuses were
endless. (Do you think their teacher CT (Critical Thinking)
believe their alibis?) Comprehension Check:
They also knew their teacher was Have the pupils answer the
getting suspicious and fed up. So the three following questions.
boys made sure their next explanation was a. What alibis had been given by
fool-proof. these three boys before?
I have a good idea, said the fat b. Why did the three boys want to
one of the three boys. Let us tell the make sure their next explanation
teacher we saw this carabao in pain. was credible?
Yes, the second agreed. The
carabao was wounded. Divide the pupils into four. Have them
No, the third remarked. It must perform the activities that are assigned to
be more serious than a wound. Let us say them.
a leg was fractured. That way, it is
acceptable and will justify the length of 1. What alibi about the carabao did they
our delay. agree to present? Group 1, present
Right! Brilliant. The perfect alibi, your work.
they chorused. 2. Prove that this time, the three boys
And so, in as dramatic a way they were not able to fool or put one over
could master, the alibi was presented. The their young teacher. Group 2, present
your work.
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3. How did the teacher later on 1. The explorers were attacked by
prove that the alibi presented about the hostile natives.
carabao was untrue? Group 3, present 2. The pupil was punished fro his
your work. insolent behavior.
4. What is the moral of the story? Group 4, 3. She is amiable.
present your work. 4. A babys skin is smooth.
5. Those plans are hazy.
3. Engagement Activities:
(Allow the pupils to perform under time 3. Motivation:
limit) What does your family love to do?
Where do you usually do it?
4. Presentation:
GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!
Have the pupils read the paragraph.
The Kitchen and My Family
What alibi about the carabao My family loves to eat and
did they agree to present? Make a script talk. In fact, we are often in the
and dramatize it to your class. kitchen together more than in
any other room in our home. In
the kitchen, my sisters talk for
GROUP 2: CREATE ME A POEM! hours, my father gives advice to
my kuya, and my mother listens
Prove that this time, the three boys
were not able to fool or put one over their
to my stories from school. As we
young teacher. Group 2, present your work. talk, we share hearty food as we
exchange jokes or ghost stories.
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may use the information given under
REMEMBER.)
6. Fixing Skills:
Direction: Change the
following statements into
questions.
1. The priest gives us the sacrament
of penance.
2. Our friends acknowledge the
GROUP 3:
roaring cheers. Transform the following statements
3. Letty fears those men. into questions:
4. We expressed our ideas in writing. 1. Mercy and Rosa dig for dirt in the
5. The postman handed over the letter empty lot.
to me. 2. Warm blooded animals produce milk
to feed their young.
7. GENERALIZATION: GROUP3. Willy
4: sailed through the Pacific
How do we change statement into Ocean
Change the on a luxury
following liner.
statements into
question? 4. Lilian saw the accident.
questions.
1. Children hear the mass every
morning.
If the statement uses the simple tense,
2. Warm blooded animals produce milk
as in the example below, the question to feed their young.
starts with do, does, depending on the 3. Some shops advertise their products
number of the subject. in the newspaper to attract customers.
4. They choose the best orator from
Examples: among the thirty contestants.
S: Karl goes to the library every
Tuesday. IV. EVALUATION
Q: Does Karl go to the library every A. GOLD: Change the following
Tuesday? statements into questions.
S: Sherwin and Jazzer enjoy reading
science fiction. 1. You work in school.
Q: Do Sherwin and Jazzer enjoy 2. Jillian works in a bank.
reading science fiction? 3. Prayers bring peace and
contentment to the spirit.
If the statement uses the simple past 4. We show our gratitude by
tense, the question starts with did. our deeds.
Example: 5. You worked in a car park
S: The tsunami killed thousands of last year.
people.
Q: Did tsunami kill thousands of TS (Transfer Stage)
people? 1. Drill: Pronunciation drill:
If Titay can tie a tie
8. Application: and untie a tie
Divide the class into four groups. Why cant I tie and untie a tie
Have them perform the tasks assigned to The way Titay ties and unties a tie?
them.
2. Review:
GROUP 1
Choose the correct meaning of the
Change the following statements into
questions:
underlined word from the choices given.
1. Margie wants to attend the general 1. The police surrounded the bank before
assembly. the robbers could escape.
2. Lilian scatters the seeds for the a. set up b. get away
birds. c. look about d. run down
3. The cats stare scares me.
GROUP 2: sings at a first class hotel.
4. John
Transform the following statements 2. What were the points raised at the
into questions. directors meeting?
1. We bought them from a handicraft
store.
2. I brought the salad to the reunion.
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3. We flew to Toronto from New York.
4. Last Wednesday, Mildred wore a
Malong to the party.
a. made up b. left out d. What should you first add when
c. led off d. brought up your pride is already tender?
e. To improve taste, what must be
3. Can you recognize the signature at the added to the mixture?
end of this letter? Discuss further. Discuss also
a. own up b. point out following directions in prescriptions.
c. brush off d. make out
6. Fixing Skills: Listen to the
3. Motivation: following instructions. Follow
What should you do if you do not what is asked to do.
know the procedures on how to cook
spaghetti? 1. Draw a big circle.
2. Draw two smaller circles side
by side a bit higher than the big
4. Presentation: circle.
Life in a way is similar to cooking. If 3. Draw a small triangle below
we put the right ingredients, and follow the two small circles.
the procedure correctly, we will have a 4. Put an oblong below the small
beautiful and fruitful life. triangle.
Have the pupils read the Recipe for 5. Put two curve lines opposite
Daily Life below. each at the outer side of the big
circle.
Recipe for Daily Life 6. What did you draw?
Ingredients:
1 kilo of FAITH 7. GENERALIZATION:
4 cups of LOVE In baking or in any other
1 tsp. of PRIDE forms of cooking, what
4 slices of CHARITY must one do to come up with delicious
500 gms. of KNOWLEDGE meals?
5 tbsps. of UNDERSTANDING
3 tbsps. of FORGIVENESS 8. APPLICATION:
1 tsp of CARING A. To prepare Philippine fruit
500 gms. of WISDOM cocktail, you have to follow the following
steps. Number the sentences 1 6 to show
Procedure: Put your 1 kilo of faith the steps.
in briskly boiling 4 cups of love. Simmer
for an hour. Add your 1 tsp. of pride, _____ Boil the saba bananas.
boil until tender. Then add your 4 slices _____ Boil the syrup and add the frits,
of charity, 500 gms. of wisdom, 500 stirring carefully.
gms. of knowledge, and 5 tbsps. of _____ Cook the kaong aand nata de
understanding. Add 3 tbsps. of coco.
forgiveness and mix well until blended. _____ Wash all the fruits and peel them.
Add 1 tsp. of caring to taste. Makes 2 _____ Prepare syrup enough to cover the
servings. Then store it in your heart and fruits and add teaspoon
serve it to your nation, especially to calamansi juice.
GOD. _____ Cut fruits into 1 centimeter cubes.
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4. Fourth, draw two small circles with
spaces between them just above the GLR: 1. Enjoys listening to a story
letter A. CT: 2. Answers questions from the story
5. Fifth, draw two small triangles, one listened to.
attached to the right part of the big circle GOLD: 3. Change questions into
and the other attached to the left. statements.
TS: 4. Give the details that support the
What figure did you make? big idea.
1 R 7
LESSON # 9 6 X 8
2 M T
I. OBJECTIVES:
U
3 S Y 4 A
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What can we do to avoid uttering
unwholesome expressions?
R S T
ACROSS: CT (Critical Thinking)
1. to pardon B. Comprehension Check:
2. showing disrespect 1. What is the selection all about?
3. to demolish; to ruin 2. What are the unwholesome
4. to cure; to mend expressions in the passage? What
DOWN: do they do to a person?
5. to soothe in distress 3. What are the wholesome
6. strength expressions in the passage? What
7. to utter; to represent do they do to a person?
8. flaw; defect 4. Do the unwholesome expressions
affect the speaker, too? Why? Why
Have them choose the answer from the not?
given words:
1. forgive C. Engagement Activities:
2. comfort GROUP 1: DRAW ME!!
3. contempt How will a person look like if
4. heal unwholesome expressions will be given to
5. express him?.
6. fault
7. destroy
8. power GROUP 2: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!
Prepare a skit showing appropriate
expression in any of the following scenario:
4. Motive Question: a. How to reject or refuse
What can we do to avoid uttering b. How to disagree
unwholesome expressions?
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2. Review: Checking of assignment.
Change the following statements into
question: 7. Fixing Skills:
Direction: Change the following
1. The victim begged the robbers to spare questions into statements.
his life. 1. Does father join tennis
2. The explorers were attacked by hostile tournaments regularly?
natives. 2. Is winning a tournament exciting?
3. I showed my passport to the immigrant 2. Did the boy tear a hole in his new
officer. jacket?
4. He wants to be an archaeologist 3. Did Nancy throw a cover over the
someday. animal cage and ran out?
5. The pupil was punished for his 4. Do some guests prefer
insolent behavior. swimming?
3. Motivation: 8. GENERALIZATION:
What does technology do to people How do we change question into
now a day? How does it help us statement?
especially the artists?
To change question into
5. Presentation: statement, invert the position of the
Have the pupils read the paragraph. subject and the first word in the
verb phrase in the question.
Technology means the new tools that
people develop to make their jobs and lives
easier. Artists use tools in their work. These Ex. Are the blue whales the largest
tolls change overtime. Writers, for example, animals in existence? (Q)
started with quill pens, then fountain pens, The blue whales are the largest
before moving on typewriters. Now, most animals in existence. (S)
writers use computers. The tolls that painters
use have also changed and in some cases
improved. If the question starts with do or
does, the statement uses the simple
tense, as in the example below,
6. Discussion: depending on the number of the
What are the tools used by the writers to subject.
write their stories?
What other tools are shown in the Ex. (Q) Do butterflies love and enjoy
selection? sunshine as they alight on flowers
Have the pupils read the following with wings erect?
sentences: S) Butterflies love and enjoy
sunshine as they alight on flowers
1. Do artists use tools in their work? with wings erect.
2. Artists use tools in their work.
B. 1. Does technology mean the new tools Ex. (Q) Does the dainty butterfly seek
that people develop to make their and like unpleasant odor,
jobs and lives easier? especially of decaying matter?
2. Technology means the new tools that (S) The dainty butterfly seeks and
people develop to make their jobs likes unpleasant odor, especially of
and lives easier. decaying matter.
C. 1. Did writers start with quill pens?
2. Writers started with quill pens. If the question starts with did,
the statement uses the simple
What are the interrogative/questions in past tense.
the given sentences? Ex. (Q) Did the rain fall all day,
How is interrogative sentence A # 1 creating big puddles of water on the
changed into declarative sentence? (Do the roads?
same questioning for sentence B & C # 1) (S) The rain fell all day, creating
Discuss further. (You may use the big puddles of water on the roads?
information given in generalization)
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3. Is Betty absent?
9. Application: 4. Can he swim?
Divide the class into four groups. 5. Did you work in a car park last
Have them perform the tasks assigned to year?
them.
GROUP 1:
Transform the following questions
TS (Transfer Stage)
into statements. 1. Drill: Pronunciation drill:
1. Do many small creatures scamper Have the pupils read the
among the three? following words:
2. Did Ivy run across the wooded land? Voices th vs d
3. Does a walrus move fast in water?
they day
4. Is Belinda from Mindanao?
then den
thy die
there dare
those doze
GROUP 2: though dough
Transform the following questions seethe seed
into statement: breathe breed
1. Should Allan see the doctor now?
2. Has Jazzer been hooked on anime
programs lately? Voice th and d in Phrases
3. Is Marlon leaving tonight for Canada.
4. Are they going to present their report Their days dine with thee
on Monday? They dare gather the seeds
Those dozes bathed in bath
These ds though the dough
GROUP 3:
Change the following questions into
statements: 2. Review: Checking of the
1. Did Chester practice with the choir this assignment.
morning? Have the pupils identify the
2. Do children hear the mass every main idea in the paragraph.
morning?
3. Does Joyce write to her pen pal once
a month? Mary Frances loves to watch
4. Are Precious and Lei listening to their movies. She even has DVD collection of
favorite music? her favorite movies. On weekends, her
5. Does Laurence bike around the parents take her to the mall to see a
neighborhood? movie. She is fond of comedy and horror
films.
GROUP IV:
Transform the following statements 3. Motivation:
into questions: Have the pupils give examples for
1. Do Mercy and Rosa dig for dirt in the
empty lot? the following nouns. (You can make
2. Does everyone pitch in to help clean this a sort of game.)
the lot?
3. Do warm blooded animals produce Name of the Game: Give Me
milk to feed their young. The teacher will ask the pupils
4. Has the whale a hole for breathing
on the top of its head. to give her a particular name of the
5. Is the sperm whale the only giant person/place/or things/ that she
among the toothed whales? will provide.
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Study the ideas inside the box and
determine which ones are big ideas and
which ones are small ideas.
relative transport Body trees Philip
Mars Camia Earth ation parts pine
Jasmine Planets Jupiter Provi
Dama de Noche Venus nces
Flowers Ilang-ilang
1. 6. 11. 16. 21.
2. 7. 12. 17. 22.
5. Discussion: 3. 8. 13. 18. 23.
What are the big ideas in the given 4. 9. 14. 19. 24.
small ideas? 5. 10. 15. 20. 25.
What is a main idea?
What are supporting details?
What do supporting details give
about the main idea? IV. EVALUATION:
Discuss further. B. TS: Direction: Identify the main idea
and the supporting details in the
6. Fixing Skills: selection given:
Independent Practice:
Identify the main idea in the 1. Sleeping is a good way to rest.
selection and give the details that support When you sleep, your muscles relax.
the main idea. Your bodily functions slow down.
Your heart beats a little slower it
1. Filipinos are ready to help one another odes not work so much. You feel
especially in times of need. They help refreshed after sleeping.
one another in building houses. They
help one another when there are 2. Clay can be made into many things. It
calamities like floods, earthquakes and can be made into vases, jars, and
volcanic eruptions. Filipinos are very cooking pots. It can be made into
helpful people. plates, saucers and cups. It can also be
made into figures of people, plants and
Main Idea: animals.
___________________________________
___________________________________ V. Assignment:
______________ GOLD: Change the following
Supporting Details: questions into statements:
___________________________________
___________________________________ 1. Are crabs experts at disguise?
___________________________________ 2. Do collection and sale of corals
___________________________________ destroy the habitat of many sea
________ animals?
3. Did the baby turtles hatch in the
GENERALIZATION: sand?
What are supporting details? 4. Has human and industrial waste
What do supporting details give about been dumped in the sea for years?
the main idea? 5. Does my story beginning provoke
interest?
8. APPLICATION:
Classify the small ideas inside the box
under the big ideas in the chart below.
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A. Comprehension Check: Have the pupils read the following
words correctly: You may use these words
1. What was the old woman in spelling.
suffering from? committee occasion
2. What did the doctor do after appetizer community
every treatment? necessity arrangement
3. Divide the class into four groups. assembly pattern
Have them perform the task assigned billboard accommodate
to them. occurrence disappear
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How many parts do the questions is has could will might
have? are had may was were
What is the first part? What is the must
second part?
How do we call the question part at the In cases that no auxiliary is present,
end of the statement? do and does are used for the simple
Discuss further. You may use the present depending on the number of
information given in the generalization subject and did for the simple past.
under Remember for the discussion of
the topic.
8. Application:
6. Fixing Skills: Divide the class into four groups.
A. Give the missing parts of these tag Have them perform the task assigned
questions: to each.
7. GENERALIZATION:
What are tag questions?
When do we use tag GROUP 3:
questions? Rewrite these sentences with tag question
to express past time.
1. Mrs. Francisco teaches music,
REMEMBER: doesnt she?
Tag questions are used when the 2. We memorize poems in class,
speaker wants the hearer to agree with dont we?
him/her or confirm something. A rising 3. Myra writes stories, doesnt she?
4. I tell you interesting stories, dont
intonation on the tag question implies that I?
he or she is not certain. 5. The principal sees everything fairly,
Tag Questions are questions with
two parts. The first part is a statement GROUP 4:
followed by a question part. Tag questions Add the appropriate tag questions to each
can be stated in two ways. If the statement is statement.
affirmative, the question tag is negative. If 1. The Badjaos are sea dwellers,
the statement part is negative, the question ______?
2. Christian recited very well, _____?
tag is affirmative. The auxiliary is followed 3. Narra is our national tree, _____?
by the appropriate subject pronoun. 4. Not all stories are interesting,
____?
The following auxiliaries can be 5. Math is a challenging subject,
used: _____?
am have can shall should
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IV. EVALUATION: 1. What is the title of the story?
GOLD: Direction: Add the appropriate tag 2. Where did the story happen?
questions to each statement: 3. Who are the characters in the
story?
1. You are making cartoon strips of 4. What are the two most important
outstanding woman, _____? events that happened in the story?
2. You mustnt forget St. Joan of Arc, 5. What is the ending of the story?
_____?
3. Sherwin and Karl are brothers,
_____? 6. Generalization:
4. Plants need water, ______? What are the
5. Toys and candies catch the attention important elements of
of the child, ______? the story?
TS (Transfer Stage)
The Dove and the Ant A son once returned from the city
to his father, who lived in the country.
An ant once fell from the edge of a Were moving today, said the
brook in a forest when a dove stepped on it Father. Take a rake and come and
to drink. The ant floated helplessly, for to it, help me.
the little brook was an ocean. The dove saw But the son was so lazy and did not
the poor ant and so she took a blade of want to work, so he said, Im a
grass and threw it towards the ant. The ant scholar and I have forgotten all those
drifted ashore on the leaf. peasant words. What is a rake?
One day, a hunter happened to pass by. As we walked across the yard, he
Seeing the pretty dove, he set his gun and stepped on a rake that was lying in his
aimed at the dove. The timely bite of the ant way, and it struck him on the forehead.
on his heel saved the dove from death. He suddenly seemed to recall what a
The dove flew away safely as the ant rake was and, clutching his head, he
looked happily. cried, What fool left a rake lying
here?
5. Discussion:
Have the pupils answer the following Write the answers on the shirts
questions: hanging on the clothesline. (Provide 5
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shirts for the answers to the given considered now as dwarf planet and no
questions.) longer part of the solar system). Pluto is
the smallest planet and the largest is the
3. What word did the son forget? Jupiter. Earth, the third planet from the
4. Where did the son come from? sun, is the only planet where life exists.
5. How did the son recall the word? 1. What are planets?
6. Why doesnt the son want to work? 2. How many planets are there in the
7. What were the father and the son solar system?
suppose to do that day? 3. Where do the planets revolve
around?
IV. EVALUATION: 4. What is the smallest planet and the
TS. Read the given short news article. farthest from the sun?
Then answer the questions that follow. 5. Which of these planets is the
largest?
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2. Motivation: us water? Water is free to everyone, like
What are the things that you can the sunshine, the air and the sky.
share with others? But the rude men raised their arms
threateningly and still cried harshly: Go
3. Unlocking of Difficulties: away! Go away!
Have the pupils identify the We do no harm to you here,
meaning of the following words by pleaded Latona. We do not ask to bathe
arranging the scrambled letters. our weary bodies in the lake. We ask only
to cool our parched throats with a drink.
faint alpe No, no, shouted the cruel men.
greedy hnrguy Go away! Go away!
threaten bluly Only look at these fainting
pleaded bge children, Latone begged them. See, they
hasten hrury stretch out their little arms toward the
water. Their throats are so dry that they
4. Motive Question: cannot cry out. A drink will mean life to
What favor did Latona ask of them.
the men beside the lake? But the men, far from pitying the
poor children, jumped into the margin of
B. During Reading Activities: the lake and stirred up the soil from the
Have the pupils listen to the story. bottom with their feet till the water was
Let them take down important details too muddy for the thirstiest traveler to
about the story. drink. Then Latona in her great anger
forgot her thirst and the misery of her
LATONA AND THE FROGS children. She remembered that she was a
powerful goddess. Lifting up her hands to
An old story is told of a Greek goddess heaven, she cried out, Live you forever in
whose name was Latona. Once, when the that muddy pool!
hot sun was shining fiercely upon the fields, At once, a strange change took
Latona went traveling through the land with place in the forms of the rude men. Their
her two young children. The day grew jaws grew wide, their necks disappeared,
warmer and warmer, and at last, all three their backs turned green, and as new-
were weary and faint from the heat, and made frogs, they went on jumping about in
their throats were dry with thirst. The the muddy water.
children cried for water, and Latona And its still their delight to live in
comforted them as well as she could, saying water, sometimes with their bodies entirely
that surely they should soon come to a under the surface, sometimes with their
stream of fresh cold water, where they could heads above, sometimes swimming about,
drink and rest. above, or below the surface. And often,
And sure enough, before too long, they they sit upon the bank, basking in the sun,
saw in a green valley ahead of them a till with mighty leap they plunge again
beautiful lake sparkling in the light. They into the water and stir up the mud at the
hastened forward, happy to know that they bottom of the pool. And even now, their
would soon wet their dry throats and rest voices are hoarse, their throats swell up,
from the heat. But as they neared the water, their mouths are wide when they cry out in
some rude countrymen, who were gathering their quarrelsome tones! Go away! Go
bushes from the banks of the lake, looked up away!
and saw the thirsty travelers. These -An Adaptation
countrymen were so greedy that they did not
wish to share anything good with strangers, Post Reading Activities:
not even anything as plentiful as the water 1. Answering the motive question:
in the lake. As Latona and her two children What favor did Latona ask of
knelt down at the waters edge to drink from the men beside the lake?
the sparkling lake, the rude men rushed up
to them crying in loud hoarse voices: Go 2. Comprehension Check:
away! Go away! Have the pupils answer the
The travelers raised their pale, weary following questions:
faces and Latona said: Why do you deny a. Who is Latona?
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b. There are many words in the story that tomorrow accommodation
best describe those men beside the lake. beginning narrate
How will you describe those men in the
lake? What do these words have in
c. Do you think Latona was right to punish common?
them? Complete the word with the correct
d. What was the punishment of Latona to double consonants:
those men in the river? Group 2, present
your work. 1. begi__ing (opposite of ending)
e. What would you do if you meet people 2. na__ate (as in tell a story)
like those men and they do to you what 3. ba__io (synonymous to village)
they did to Latona? What punishment 4. mi__le (in between)
would you think is fitting for them? 5. fe__ow (a companion, a mate)
Group 1, present your work. 6. tomo__ow (the day after today)
f. What characteristics of frogs suggest the 7. di__atisfied (not satisfied)
acts of the rude men? Explain your 8. co__unity (as in group of
answer through a letter. Group 3, present people)
your work. 9. ha__y (opposite of lonely)
g. What is the moral lesson of the story? 10. rea__y (as in truly, certainly)
Group 4, present your work.
C. Engagement Activities: 2. Motivation:
Have the pupils play a game. Have
GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION them guess the word by answering the
clues or meanings given. If one group
What would you do if you meet people commits an error, a consequence can be
like those men and they do to you what given by the other group. (Group
they did to Latona? What punishment Activity)
would you think is fitting for them? Make a
script and be ready to act it out.
a. R__ __ __ A four
letter word that means a contest.
GROUP 2: DRAW ME (RACE)
b. __ __ Y A three
What was the punishment given by letter word that mean shed tears.
Latona to these men? Draw your answer to
the question.
(CRY)
c. __ O __ A three
letter word that means this instant.
GROUP 3: WRITE ME A LETTER (NOW)
What characteristics of frogs suggest d. D __ __ __ A four
the acts of the rude men? Explain your letter word that means a singing
answer through expressing your feelings in
a letter. partners. (DUET)
e. F __ __ A three
GROUP 4: SING ME A SONG letter word that means not close.
(FAR)
Identify the lesson in the story and
compose a song that tells the lesson. 3. Presentation:
Prepare to sing your song to the class. Have the pupils read the following sets
of sentences.
A
1. Speak up
GOLD (Grammar, Oral, 2. Get a glass of water.
Language Development) 3. Stand up.
4. Wait.
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: 5. Carry my luggage.
Have the pupils read the following B
words: 1. Please speak up.
committee possess 2. Kindly get a glass of water.
really possibility 3. Please stand up.
succession appreciation 4. Can you wait?
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5. Please carry my luggage.
4. Discussion:
Which set of sentences express
requests?
Which set of sentences express
commands?
What polite expressions are used in
the requests?
Do the commands appear
incomplete? GROUP 2:
Do they make sense? Study the pictures given. Give five
Discuss further. (You can use the commands and five requests about the
information given under Generalization) scenes given.
6. Fixing Skills:
Independent Practice:
3
Identify the main idea in the
2
selection and give the details that support
the main idea.
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___________________________________ officers may be consulted as soon as
_______________ these pests and diseases are observed
in the farm. For more protection, clean
Supporting Details: cultural practices should be observed.
___________________________________ Removing and destroying all possible
___________________________________ breeding places of plant pests and
___________________________________ diseases around the vicinity of the
___________________________________ garden is suggested.
________
Municipal pest control officers
GENERALIZATION: may be consulted about pests.
What are supporting _______Plant pests and diseases are the
details? worst enemies of cultivated
What do supporting details crops.
give about the main idea? _______Plants pests and diseases need to
be controlled.
(Main idea of a paragraph tells us
what the paragraph is all about. It may be 2. Soil is very important to plants. Plants
stated in the paragraph or explicit and it depend heavily on the soil for root
may not be stated or implied) anchorage and for essential nutrients
such as nitrogen, phosphorous and
potash. They also depend upon the soil
8. APPLICATION: for water and other mineral nutrients
What main idea do the following
paragraphs imply? Underline the right Plants depend heavily in soil.
word in the parenthesis. Soil has nutrients needed by plants.
Soil is very important to plants.
1. Sgt. Cruzado was about to enter his
tent when he saw one of his comrades 3. Many farm crops are very specific in
lying flat near his post. He quickly their temperature requirements.
reached him. He asked for water and Examples are melons, squash, sweet
he gave him his reserve water. potatoes and beans. They grow best in
(merciful, forgiving, brave, friendly) warm temperatures. Slight rain can
destroy them. Pechay, mustard,
2. A young soldier volunteered to walk Kangkong, and radish, on the other
ahead of the troop to check if the way hand, grow well during summer and
was safe to pass through. When he can also withstand rain.
spotted a troop of enemies, he quickly
made a signal to pass other way and Many farm crops are very specific
they reach their camp safely. in their temperature
requirements.
(merciful, kind, forgiving, brave) Plants can grow in warm
temperature.
3. A soldier carried to safety a wounded Slight rain can destroy plants.
companion through continuous firing from
the enemies. IV. EVALUATION:
(merciful, brave, sacrificing, B. TS: Direction: Identify the main idea
reckless) and the supporting details in the
selection given:
2. Activity 2
1. Sleeping is a good way to rest.
Choose the main idea of the following When you sleep, your muscles relax.
paragraphs. Put a check before the right Your bodily functions slow down.
sentence. Your heart beats a little slower it
odes not work so much. You feel
1. Plant pests and disease are the worst refreshed after sleeping.
enemies of cultivated crops for food and
seed production. Municipal pest control
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4. Clay can be made into many things. GLR (Genuine Love for Reading)
It can be made into vases, jars, and A. Pre-reading Activities
cooking pots. It can be made into plates, Drill: Pronunciation drill
saucers and cups. It can also be made Have the pupils recite the
into figures of people, plants and following verse:
animals. Amidst the mists and coldest frosts,
With barest wrists and stoutest
V. ASSIGNMENT: boasts,
A. Give a command or request for He thrusts his fists against the
the following situation: posts,
And still insists he sees the ghosts.
1. Faye was left alone in the house with
Adriel, his younger brother. Her baby sister 2. Motivation:
was asleep so she started cleaning up the What do monkeys love to eat?
kitchen and at the same time boiling the
water for her baby sisters milk. Adriel is 3. Unlocking of Difficulties:
busy cleaning the yard. After a while, Faye A. Match the words in column A
heard her baby crying but she was not able with their proper meanings in column B.
to attend to her because the water was A B
boiling. What will she tell to Adriel? ___1. affected a. hopelessness
___2. plea b. rigid, numb
B. Underline the main idea twice and once ___3. spare c. bothered
the supporting details. ___4. desperation d. request
___5. stiff e. reserve
Precious and Allyson hang out together
all the time. In school, you hardly ever see B. Select the right word in Set A to
one of them without the other. I often see complete the sentence.
them at the mall. They also love to play
volleyball and tennis. 1. President Aquino made a _______
for peace during Christmas Season.
2. Baguio and Nueva Ecija were mostly
LESSON # 12 ______ by the July 16, 1990
earthquake.
I. OBJECTIVES: 3. Mr. Francisco asked the receptionist to
GLR: 1. Enjoys listening to a _____ a seat for him in the convention
story hall.
CT: 2. Answers questions from the story 4. People began to evacuate their homes
listened to. out of ______.
GOLD: 3. Report commands and requests. 5. He tried to move his _____ hands.
TS: 4. Learn some common idioms.
5. Motive Question:
II. SUBJECT MATTER: What did Mangosparos ask the
GLR: Mangosparos and the Monkeys monkeys to do?
GOLD: Reporting Commands and
Requests B. During Reading Activities:
TS: Learning some Common Idioms. 1. Have the pupils listen to the story
using the DRTA (Direct reading
Reference: 2002 Basic Education thinking activity)
Curriculum
PELC Speaking 3. 3.2; PELC Reading 1.1 MANGOSPAROS AND THE
New Dynamic Series in English 6 p. 120; p. MONKEYS
188 - 192
English for All Times Lang. p 14 - Once there was a man named
Mangosparos. He and his wife lived near
Materials: strips of cartolina, index cards a forest. Mangosparos grew bananas. You
could find many kinds of bananas in his
III. PROCEDURE: yard such as yellow bananas, green
bananas and even red bananas.
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His banana plantation attracted the He and his wife were just acting as if he
monkeys living in the forest. They trooped in was really dead.
Mangosparos yard, climbed up the banana As soon as all the monkeys
trees and ate all the ripe fruits. gathered inside the house, Mangosparos
At first, Mangosparos and his wife wife quickly bolted the door. At that
were not affected by the monkeys. They instant, Mangosparos rose and took a bolo
could still keep some fruits for themselves. which he hid at his side. His wife brought
But somehow, more monkeys came and out another bolo and in a few moments,
feasted upon the bananas. Soon enough, the all the monkeys trapped inside their house
couple could hardly have bananas for were dead.
themselves. Mangosparos and his wife finally got
One morning, while the monkeys rid of the abusive monkeys.
were eating bananas, Mangosparos -Adapted
approached them and politely requested
them to leave some bananas for himself and B. Post Reading Activities:
his wife. But the animals laughed at him. 1. Answering the motive question:
They ignored his request by saying;You What did Mangosparos ask the
may have planted the banana trees but does monkeys to do?
not mean that you should also eat their
fruit. 2. Comprehension Check:
Mangosparos continued to plead the a. What did Mangosparos grow in
monkeys to spare some bananas for him and his yard?
his wife, but his plea was ignored all the b. What was the reaction of the
time. monkey when Mangosparos
In his anger, Mangosparos started asked them to spare some
setting traps for the animals. He threw bananas for him and his wife?
stones at them and shot them with bows and c. How did Mangosparos initially
arrows. But still, the monkeys came and deal with the monkeys?
stole bananas. Out of desperation, the d. How did Mangosparos and his
couple thought of a plan on how to save the wife finally get rid of the
bananas and get rid of the monkeys. monkeys?
One early morning, the monkeys e. Would you justify the killing of
were awakened from their sleep by the loud the monkeys? Why or why not?
wailing of Mangosparos wife. Ai!
Mangosparos is dead! Poor Mangosparos is 3. Engagement Activities:
dead! Gone is the planter of banana! Have the pupils perform the
Neighbors, come and see his body, for you different activities assigned to them.
will never see him again Hu! Hu! Hu!
The monkeys talked among GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION
themselves. Listen! The old woman says
that Mangosparos is dead His wife is Choose the part that you liked best in
crying over him! Another hush of noise the story. Then make a script and
started within them. Come, lets go and see dramatize the chosen part.
for ourselves. If he is dead, no one will ever
bother us again. GROUP 2: DRAW ME
They all rushed to Mangosparos
place and found the windows shut and Pretend the story is a movie and
bolted. They climbed up the ladder and you are supposed to advertise it. Make a
entered through the narrow door. They saw movie poster of the story and then explain
to the class your poster.
the woman crying over the husband, who
lay stiff and still on a straw mat. The
monkeys were overjoyed at this, We will GROUP 3: WRITE ME A LETTER
never be bothered by that cruel man again.
We now all have the bananas for Choose your most liked character
ourselves. or most disliked character and write a letter
Little did they know that to the character expressing your feelings to
him/her.
Mangosparos was still alive and breathing.
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GROUP 4: I WRITE A SONG! d. Miss Castro asked Tricia to erase
the writings on the board.
Identify the lesson of the story and
compose a song that tells the moral lesson 5. Discussion:
of the story. Prepare to sing your song to
What are the exact words of
the class.
mother?
Allow the pupils to perform the What are the punctuation marks
activities under time limit. used?
What happened to the exact words
of the speaker in sentence A when it
GOLD (Grammar Oral was reported in sentence B?
Language Development) What word is used instead of said?
(Do the same questioning in
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: sentence C and D.)
Have the pupils recite the following verse: Discuss further. (You may use the
information given under
She sells seashells in the seashore, GENERALIZATION)
If she sells seashells in the seashore,
Wheres the seashells she sells in the 6. Fixing Skills:
seashore? Can you change the following into
reported commands or requests?
. Review: Checking of assignment:
Give a command or request for the 1. Mother said, Alex, fetch some
following situation: water for the hogs.
2. Mrs. Pedraza said, Class, bring
Faye was left alone in the house with some nails for your picture frames
Adriel, his younger brother. Her baby tomorrow.
sister was asleep so she started cleaning 3. Cook banana cue for our snack,
up the kitchen and at the same time Dianna, Father said.
boiling the water for her baby sisters 4. Please help me with this heavy
milk. Adriel is busy cleaning the yard. load, Karl, the old woman said.
After a while, Faye heard her baby crying 5. Class, please arrange your chairs
but she was not able to attend to her now, said Mrs. Francisco.
because the water was boiling. What will
she tell to Adriel? 7. GENERALIZATION:
How do we change command into
. Motivation: a reported one?
Play the game: I pass the How do we change request into a
message. reported one?
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reported request. The infinitive to
introduces the imperative verb.
8. APPLICATION:
Group Activity:
Have the pupils do the following
activities: IV. EVALUATION:
A. GOLD: Write a reported command
GROUP 1: or request for the following:
Write a reported command or request for
each of the following reminders.
1. Agnes said, Dan, be home before
1. Myra said, Read the story carefully,
six. Jane.
2. The bill collector said, Give the 2. Ramona said, Take care of your
electric bill to your mother, Rio. brother, James.
3. Mrs. Merano said, Please pay the 3. Lisa said, Please stop playing
bill for me John.
4. Jamaica said, Please take our
with your guitar, Serj.
computer to the repair shop, Jester. 4. Mrs. Tolentino said, Children, be
5. Aurefe said, Please move the alert wherever you are.
electric fan to the left, Bong. 5. Mona said, Girls, please put the
baby to sleep.
TS (Transfer Stage)
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3. Good actors know their lines
3. That is big talk for a little boy, said the ____________, so their acting
father. is great.
__a long speech 4. Moon and I had a
__bold talk ____________ talk about the
__ using long words problem.
5. Todd cares so much for Jill
4. Thomas inched his way across the raft to that he _____________.
the rope.
__ moved an inched at a time V. Assignment
__ counted each inch of the way A. GOLD: Change the following into
__ crept very slowly a reported command or request.
raining cats and dogs B. TS. Give the meaning of the idioms
well-to-do family in each sentence and use it in a
call on sentence.
come to light
cleared the air 1. The fatal blow of Kid Kidlat
rubbed elbows killed his opponent.
2. The cold war between the
1. The truth will always girls was reported by the
___________. boys to their teacher.
2. The streets are flooded, its 3. Our teacher put end to the
___________. negative relationship of the
3. She was born to a ___________. She girls.
never had any problem with money. 4. Her beauty made her standout
4. My sister will ___________ me for a in the crowd.
visit. 5. My allowance was cut down
5. The president ____________ by my mother because I
between Jose de Venecia and overspent my pocket money.
Benjamin Abalos.
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GLR: The Story of Our Flag 4. Motive Question:
GOLD: Giving Accurate Announcements On what event was our flag made
TS: Stating the main idea of a to fly with its red field up?
paragraph that is explicit or implied.
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The American liberation forces
under General Douglas MacArthur
landed in Leyte on October 20, 1944. I
was taken out of my hiding place and
was raised again in Tacloban, side by
side with the American flag.
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Change the following into a A. Study the given announcement.
reported command or request. Write an announcement similar to
what is given in the example.
1. Mrs. Ante said, Submit your
project on time, Ralph. Whats Up?
2. Marlon said, Please call me
when you reach your destination, The Young Writers Club will
Adie. have a filed trip to the historic
3. Vic said, Give me the guitar, Kawit, Cavite on November 8,
Boyet. 2010.
4. Karl said, Please turn off the Fee is P250 including
radio, Andrei. transportation and entrance fee.
5. Father said, Paint the walls Bring packed lunch and
white, Jessie. snacks.
Assembly place is at the
3. Motivation: school ground at 6:00 a.m. See
Do you make it a habit to read the you there!
bulletin board in school? Why is it Sign up now at Room 123. For
important to read the bulletin board more inquiries, ask Mrs. Adel
every day?
B. Read the announcement and answer
4. Presentation: the questions that follow:
Have the pupils read the following
announcements given. Have the pupils
note the two different styles of giving The Grade V English Club
announcement. will hold its Spelling Contest on
February 12, Tuesday. Please
proceed to Room 103 at 3:00 P.M.
What: Meeting
Who: Glee Club 1. What is the purpose of this
Where: Rm. 201 announcement?
When: Oct. 5, 2010; 2. Who is holding the contest?
2:00 p.m. 3. What is the contest?
Why: Discuss plans for a
benefit show.
4. When and where will the meeting be
The National Heroes Memorial club will held?
present a play on the life of Jose Rizal 5. Is the announcme4nt complete, clear
at the school auditorium on Thursday, and straight to the point?
October 16, 2010 at four-thirty in the
afternoon. Tickets are available at
Room 101.
7. GENERALIZATION:
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Clear and complete with the necessary 1. Drill: Pronunciation drill.
information. How do you spell a
Brief and direct to the point. word which has a root
Attractive and noticeable word ending in ce or ge
and has a suffix beginning with a or o?
Remember to tell what, who, when,
where and in some cases why.
A good rule to remember is to keep the
-e before adding the suffix except in
8. APPLICATION:
words like gracious and ridiculous.
Have the pupils write an
announcement.
Have the pupils read and study the
GROUP 1: following words. (You may use these
words in spelling drill)
Write an announcement
about an Upcoming Dance for a trace traceable
Cause party in your school. notice - noticeable
service serviceable
change changeable
manage manageable
GROUP 2: knowledge knowledgeable
outrage outrageous
Write an announcement hide hideous
about the Requirements for Boy courage courageous
Scouts/Girl Scouts organization in advantage - advantageous
your school.
2. Review: Checking of assignment.
GROUP 3:
Write an announcement
3. Motivation:
using the following important
What does a cow give us?
details.
4. Presentation:
United Nations Day Parade and
Have the pupils read the paragraph
Program
given;
October 16, 2010
7:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.
A cow is a useful animal. It gives
Provincial Capitol Parade Ground
us milk. From its flesh, we get meat.
Attire: National costumes of
It gives us leather from its skin.
different countries
All pupils
GROUP 4:
Main Idea
Write an announcement in A cow is a useful animal.
paragraph form about a science quiz
bee.
Detail Detail
Gives us milk Gives us meat
IV. EVALUATION:
GOLD: Direction: Write an
announcement in two different styles of Detail
giving an announcement. Choose one from Gives us leather
any of the following:
5. Discussion:
1. an art contest
Where is the main idea found?
2. a fire and earthquake drill
What is a main idea?
3. a spelling contest
Discuss further.
4. invitation for young journalists club
6. Fixing Skills:
TS. Transfer Stage:
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A. Have the pupils read the paragraph Main Idea tells what the story is
then answer the questions given: mostly about. Usually the main idea is
the key sentence of a paragraph. It is
Hurricanes are enormous, powerful the most important idea or the main
storms. When a hurricane strikes, trees are point in a paragraph or in the story.
uprooted, buildings are flattened, and rain
falls on large areas. A hurricane can travel 9. Application:
hundreds of miles and can last eighteen or Read the paragraph. Find the main
more hours. The winds can blow at the idea of the paragraph.
speed of 130 to 150 miles (209) to 241
kilometers) per hour. Trees are very important. They give us
shade. They give us food, fuel and medicines.
1. What is the topic of the They make the places around us beautiful.
paragraph? They also give us lumber.
2. Which sentences states the
topic of the paragraph?
Some plants can protect themselves
Fill in the inverted pyramid on the from people and animals. Roses protect
details of the paragraph. themselves by the thorns in their stems. Some
plants have a bad smell that keeps children and
animals away from them. Other plants have
fine hair that makes those who touch them
itchy.
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1. ___________________________ GOLD: Reading Orally Poems Cast for a
2.__________________________ Verse Choir
3. _______________________ TS: Writing Composition Showing
4. __________________________ Introduction, Body and Conclusion
4. Motive Question:
LESSON # 14 Have the pupils formulate
their own questions about the story
I. OBJECTIVES: they will listen.
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reach the nearest village where he could sell
the firewood. Good Fairy was gone.
I want to play. I want to play all day.
I dont want to work. Berto said to himself How many trees there are! Why,
on his way home. every tree has a mark! Every tree has a
round white mark, he wondered.
One day, Berto told his mother, I
want to be rich. Berto could not find his tree. How
sad he was.
Then you have to work very hard,
answered Mother. He went home to his mother. He was
very sad. Berto said, Youre right,
But Im tired of working all day. I Mother. I cannot ask for gold. I will work.
want to play, complained Berto. Then, Ill be rich.
-Adapted
How can you become rich if you will
only play all day? asked Mother. CT. CRITICAL THINKING:
C. POST READING ACTIVITIES:
Oh, I wish I had a fairy friend, he 1. Answering the motive questions.
said. Ill go to her and ask for some gold.
6. Comprehension Check:
Ask her some gold? You work, my Have the pupils answer the
son, Mother said. Thats the way to get following questions:
rich.
a. Where did Berto and his
The next day, Berto went into the Mother live?
forest to gather firewood. Again, he said to b. What did he want to do?
himself, I wish I had a fairy friend. Just c. What did he tell his mother?
then, a lovely lady dressed in white d. What was the advice of his
appeared to him. It was a Fairy! mother?
e. Who appeared to Berto in the
What do you want? the Fairy asked. forest?
f. What did Berto ask from the
Oh, good Fairy, said Berto., I fairy?
want a pot of gold. g. Did the fairy give what he
wanted?
A pot of gold? Come, the Fairy said h. What did Berto realize after the
to Berto. fairy disappeared?
3. Engagement Activities:
Berto was very happy. I will have a Have the pupils perform the
pot of gold. I will play. I will play all day. I following activities under limited time.
will not work, said Berto.
See that tree with a mark? It has a What do you consider to be the most
wonderful thing in this world? Draw it and
round white mark. Dig under the tree. Youll GROUP
color LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!
your3:drawing.
find your pot of gold.
Choose the part that you liked best in
Then the fairy disappeared. the story. Then make a script and dramatize
the chosen part.
Good fairy, where are you? Berto
shouted. GROUP 4: WRITE A SONG!
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pupils. Have them glance at the poem ( ) Fair
every now and then, but should maintain ( ) Needs Intensive
eye contact with the audience. Practice
Discuss further.
Criteria: Maximum
6. Fixing Skills: Poin
Have the pupils read the poem with ts
correct diction, pronunciation and with
proper interpretation. 1. Volume and Quality of
Voice
7. Generalization: 10
How do we read poem cast for a 2. Expression
verse choir? 20
3. Phrasing, Blending and Intonation..
In reading poem cast for verse choir, 20
one should remember the following: 4. Diction.2
0
1. Pronunciation, phrasing, blending and 5. Posture
intonation should be as polished as 10
possible. 6. Audience Rapport (eye contact and
ability to command attention)
2. There must be a variety of expression, 10
tempo, volume, etc. 7. Poise ( ease of manner)
.10
3. The different voice groups in the choir
should know their respective cues --- Total Points
where to begin and end. 100%
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4. Presentation:
Have the pupils read the paragraph
given:
COMMUNICATION
Humans communicate with each
other every day using sounds and body
movements. Most commonly, we share
information about the world around us
through spoken languages. These are special
sounds we make to represent objects,
actions, numbers, colors and other features.
We use our brains to remember
words, put them in the correct order, and
make the larynx, or voice box, produce the
correct sounds. If a person is unable to 8. Application:
speak, he or she can communicate in other
ways, often by using sign language. We also Think of a topic of your interest.
have written and pictorial language, which Write a descriptive paragraph about it.
are signs, symbols, and squiggles that
represent spoken words. IV. EVALUATION:
The whole body works together to Write a paragraph showing the
help us convey our innermost thoughts and introduction, body and the conclusion of
feelings through language. your paragraph. Choose from any of the
following topics.
5. Discussion:
What is a paragraph? A. Interesting place that you have
What are the three parts of a visited.
paragraph? A. Favorite food.
What does the beginning sentence B. Interesting hobby.
tell us? C. Interesting person
Do the middle sentence develop the
though of the beginning sentence? V. Assignment:
What is the ending sentence? GOLD: Have the pupils be ready to
Discuss further. present their oral presentation of the poem
given to them.
6. Fixing Skills:
Write a short paragraph about your TS: Have the pupils write a descriptive
ideal person. Paste the picture (or if not paragraph from the topics which were not
available, draw him/her) inside the box. chosen.
PASTE _____________
PICTURE
____________________________
HERE
____________________________
____________________________ LESSON # 15
REMEMBER:
____________________________
__________ I. OBJECTIVES:
A paragraph is a group of closely
related sentences
7. GENERALIZATION: that develops one topic. GLR: 1. Enjoy listening to a story
The paragraph is made up of three parts:
What is a paragraph? CT: 2. Answer questions from the story
What are the three parts of a listened to.
1.paragraph?
The beginning sentence or the GOLD: 3. Give a report based from an
introduction attracts the attention observation.
and gives and idea of what is to TS. 4. Write a model composition
follow. through a diary/journal.
2. The middle sentence or the body
develops the thought given in the
first sentence.
3. The ending sentence or the
conclusion either tells us the last
thing that happen or summarizes 70
what has been written in the middle
sentence.
II. SUBJECT MATTER:
A king once had a lake made in the
GLR: How the Turtle Saved Its Life courtyard for the two young princess to
GOLD: Giving a report based from an play in. They swam about in it, and sailed
observation. their boats and rafts on it. One day, the
TS: Writing a model composition king told them he had asked the men to put
through a diary/ journal. some fish in the lake.
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CT. CRITICAL THINKING
A. Post Reading Activities: In the space, draw your favorite
1. Answering the motive questions. animal then write a short prayer for its
safety.
2. Comprehension Check:
Have the pupils answer the ________________
following questions: _
________________
1. Why did the king have a lake made ________________
in the courtyard? ________________
2. What did he order to be placed in the ________________
lake? ________________
3. What did the kings sons say when _____
they saw the turtle?
4. Why did the king decide to have the GOLD: (Grammar,
turtle killed? Oral, Language
5. Did the turtle die? Why? Development)
3. Engagement Activities: 1. Drill: Pronunciation drill:
Have the pupils perform the Have the pupils listen as the
following activities given: teacher says the following words:
GROUP 1: knee knife wrap wrist
Recreate the events that took place in knock knack write wrong
the story. Fill in the episodal web. knead knuckle wring wriggle
knight knowledge wreck wrinkle
6 3. Motivation:
How the Turtle
Saved Its Life 3 How many times have you been
asked to report o your classmates on
things you have observed?
5
4 4. Presentation
Have the pupils read the given
report:
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How was it reported? that Theodore is apathetic;/
What questions are answered in the but Theodore is apathetic//
news article? That Kathy thinks it is pathetic/
Discuss further. Use the information That he is apathetic//
given under Remember.
2. Review: Checking of assignment
6. Fixing Skills:
3. Motivation:
Think of an important event that had Have you seen a diary?
happened in your school with which you Do you have a diary?
had observed. Report that event in the class. What do you usually write in your
diary?
7. GENERALIZATION:
How do you make a good report? 4. Presentation:
Present an example of a diary.
REMEMBER: What is a diary?
Keeping a diary helps you express
To make a good report, one should your feelings and pour out your secrets
remember the following suggestions: without the risks of having others know
and talk about them.
1. Gather information about your topic
by reading related materials to give 5. Discussion:
you background information on the How do you keep a diary?
topic. What are the things that are written
2. Write down your observations in a diary?
regarding the matter. How does a diary help you?
3. Organize your information by What is the correct way of writing a
making an outline. Write the diary?
information in an orderly manner Discuss further.
according to what you wish to say.
4. Practice giving the report exactly as 6. GENERALIZATION:
you plan to give it in class.
5. Follow your outline when you Keeping a diary helps you express
present your report. your feelings and pour out your
6. Present your report briefly. secrets without the risks of having
7. Speak clearly and distinctly. others know and talk about them.
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situation in our environment: The effect of
the denudation of our forest. classify signify
verify pacify
V. ASSIGNMENT: unify purify
GOLD: Observe some of the pressing clarify dignify
problem in your community. Be ready to
report on one of them. Have the pupils read the phrases:
I. OBJECTIVES: 2. Motivation:
What did Jesus Christ use in order to
GLR: 1. Enjoy listening to a story preach?
CT: 2. Answer questions from the story
listened to. 3. Unlocking of Difficulties:
GOLD: 3. Use nouns. Have the pupils know the meaning
TS: 4. Identify the appropriate title for a of the following words:
selection.
multitude (huge in number)
II. SUBJECT MATTER: devoured (ate greedily)
trampled (compressed)
GLR: The Parable of the Sower parable (story)
OLD: Using Nouns disciple (follower)
TS: Identifying the appropriate title for
a selection. 4. Motive question:
Among which type of soil or soils
Reference: 2002 Basic Education represent the redeemed?
Curriculum
PELC Speaking 5; PELC Reading 4.1 B. During Reading Activities:
Explore Your World Through Language and 1. Have the pupils listen to the story.
Literature p. 102 103. Let them take down important details
Reading Links Work text p 37 about the story.
Dynamic Series in English p. 4 - 8
Materials: strips of cartolina. Index cards
III. PROCEDURE:
GLR: (Genuine Love for Reading) THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER
A. Pre reading Activities:
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: Have the When a great multitude came
pupils listen as the teacher reads the together, and people from every city were
following words. Have them note the coming to him, he spoke by a parable.
pronunciation of the - ate and ify The farmer went out to sow his seeds. As
suffixes. he sowed, some fell along the road, and
they were trampled under foot, and the
-ate as /eyt/ birds of the sky devoured them. Other
motivate consolidate seeds fell on the rock, and as soon as they
evaluate perpetuate grew, they withered away, because they
reactivate decorate had no moisture. Others fell amid the
activate validate thorns, and the thorns grew with them,
and choked them. Others fell into the good
i. ify as /ifai/ ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit
one hundred times.
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As he said these things, he called 8. How can people in the first three
out, He who has ears to hear, let him develop good soil?
hear!
Then his disciples asked him, What 3. Engagement Activities:
does this parable mean? Have the pupils do the activity
He said, To you it is given to know given:
the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to
the rest in parables; that seeing they may GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION
not see, and hearing they may not
understand. Choose the part that you liked best in
Now the parable is this: The seed is the story. Then make a script and
the Word of God. Those along the road are dramatize the chosen part.
those who hear, then the devil comes, and
takes away the word from their heart that GROUP 2: DRAW ME
they may not believed and saved. Those on
the rock are they who, when they hear, Pretend the story is a movie and
receive the word with joy but these have no you are supposed to advertise it. Make a
root, who believe for a while, then fall away movie poster of the story and then explain
to the class your poster.
in time of temptation. That which fell
among the thorns, these are those who have
heard, and as they go on their way they are GROUP 3: WRITE ME A LETTER
choked with cares, riches and pleasures of
Choose your most liked character
life, and bring no fruit to maturity. That in or most disliked character and write a letter
the good ground, these are such as in an to the character expressing your feelings to
honest and good heart, having heard the him/her.
word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit
GROUP 4: I WRITE A SONG!
with patience.
-Matthew 13:3-23; Mark 4:2-20; Luke 8:4-15 Identify the lesson of the story and
compose a song that tells the moral lesson
C. Post Reading Activities: of the story. Prepare to sing your song to
1. Answering the motive question: the class.
Among which type of soil or soils
represent the redeemed? GOLD: (Grammar Oral,
Language Development)
2. Comprehension Check:
Have the pupils answer the 1. Drill: Pronunciation
following questions. drill:
1. What do the seeds in the parable Have the pupils read the following
represent in real life? words:
2. What is the growing process The /d/ and /t/ Sounds
mentioned in the parable? /d/ /t/
3. Along the path: How does the devil played lost
take away the word from their lead but
hearts? sad lot
4. Among the rocks: What do the rocks end pat
represent? Why do you suppose they dead must
fell away?
5. Among the thorns: How do these Sentence Drill:
things choke the Christian life? 1. The lad played lead role but lost
6. On good soil: What are common the prize.
characteristics of soil which is good 2. A sad man pats the lad on the head.
for growing plants and those who do 3. At the end of the bend, one must
not only receive the message well, beg for the rent.
but also produce fruitfulness after 4. One who lost a game felt sad but
much perseverance? not dead.
7. What type of soil are you growing
on? How do you know? Motivation:
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Game: Have the pupils give a known _____4. Are these all a dream?
brand for each of the following nouns: _____5. Carlos P. Romulo is an orator,
soldier, diplomat and a writer.
Ex. refrigerator Westinghouse
1. pen
2. medicine 6. GENERALIZATION:
3. car What are nouns?
4. camera What are the kinds of
5. paint nouns?
3. Presentation: REMEMBER:
Have the pupils read the following
sentences: A noun is a name of person, place
or things. There are two main classes of
1. Taiwan is a small island off the nouns:
China coast. - A proper noun names a particular
2. Durable shoes are manufactured in person, place, or thing. A proper noun
Marikina. begins with a capital letter.
3. The pyramids of Egypt are - A common noun names things in
wonders of the world. general.
4. The hospitality of Filipinos is
proverbial. Proper Nouns Common Nouns
5. Dr. Jose P. Rizal is the greatest of Atty. Sherwin Santos lawyer
the Malay race. The Manila Times newspaper
Sto. Domingo Church church
4. Discussion:
Have the pupils underline all the Nouns have concrete, collective and
nouns given in the sentence. abstract forms.
What are these words?
What are nouns? - Concrete nouns name persons, places
What are the two main classes of or things that can be seen, heard,
nouns? smelled, tasted or touched.
(Discuss the two main classes of Ex. car radio apple tree
nouns. Use the information given
under Remember). - Collective nouns name a group of
Have the pupils read the following persons, animals, or things considered
sentences: as one.
Ex. group class family fleet
1. The troop of soldiers reported for the
noontime regiment. - Abstract nouns name intangible
2. The covey of geese took shelter things that cannot be seen or touched
under the pile of old tires. such as qualities, feelings and ideas.
3. Will there be justice in our land? Ex. bravery happiness justice
What are the underlined words in the 7. Application:
sentences? A. Encircle all the proper nouns in
What kind of nouns are these? the sentences. Underline all the
Discuss further. common nouns.
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5. It was in December when they decided ___________________
to leave for Canada. ___________________
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Title
6. Fixing Skills:
Identify the most appropriate title for
the following selection: COMPLETE THE MAGIC TITLE:
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Filipinos are very religious people.
A. The Importance of Living with They are devoted and committed to their
People chosen religion.
B. The Importance of Good In towns all over the country, people hold
Manners lavish festivals in honor of their patron
C. The Importance of Friends saint.
Many Filipinos also offer novenas and
2. Water plants have adequate water special devotions to different saints.
supply, but they do not get as much air Most importantly, Filipinos are firm
as other plants. Therefore, many aquatic believers in miracles and the power of
plants have soft tissues which hold air prayers.
while some even have special air
cavities. The leaves of some are kept God and the Filipinos
afloat where they are exposed to air by Religious Practices of the Filipinos
an air bladder or because of their broad, The Fiesta Loving People
flat shape. Floating plants often have
waxy leaves which reduce the amount of
water they absorb. LESSON # 17
A. Floating Plants
B. Water Plants I. OBJECTIVES:
C. Water Supply
GLR: 1. Enjoy reading a story
3. Have you ever wondered why we CT: 2. Answer questions from the story
look like our parents? Thats because we read.
carry in our bodies a mixture of their GOLD: 3. Use plural of nouns.
genes. Genes contain hereditary TS: 4. Write from dictation.
information. Physical characteristics
such as the color of your hair, the color II. SUBJECT MATTER:
of your eyes and your height were
inherited from your parents through GLR: The Boy Who Cried Wolf
genes. Genes may also transfer mental GOLD: Using Plural of nouns.
abilities or even hereditary disorders TS: Writing from dictation.
from parent to child.
Reference: 2002 Basic Education
A. Its All In the Genes Curriculum
B. Where Genes Come From PELC Speaking 5; PELC Writing 5
C. You and Your Parents Explore Your World Through Language
and Literature p. 102 103.
V. ASSIGNMENT: Reading for Meaning p 45.
A. GOLD. Direction: Underline the Across Borders through Language pp. 5 -7
noun given in each sentence and identify its Dynamic Series in English p. 4 - 8
kind. Materials: strips of cartolina. Index cards
1. Jose Rizal was a model citizen of our
country.
2. As a boy, he was fond of reading III. PROCEDURE:
stories. GLR (Genuine Love for Reading)
3. But his mother taught him to study his A. Pre reading Activities:
lessons first. 1. Drill: Pronunciation drill:
4. In this way, Rizal attended to duty Have the pupils read the following
first instead of pleasure. words:
5. He grew up to be man of great self- /a/
control.
same stay
B. TS. Direction: Read the following Monday
sentences. Rewrite them in a paragraph away baby date
form. Then identify the most appropriate cave paper day
title for it. wave
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2. Motivation: a. What happened when the
How does it feel when nobody shepherd cried wolf?
believes in you? b. How did the men react when
they learned they were tricked?
3. Unlocking of Difficulties: c. What did the men do about this?
Have the pupils know the meaning of d. What was the mens reaction
the following words. when the boy repeated his trick?
e. If you were one those men, will
1. wolf (picture) you do the same thing? Why?
2. shepherd (picture) f. What did the boy do when a real
3. chore (action) wolf came?
4. yelled loudly (action) g. Did anybody come for help?
5. joke (action/ context clues) Why?
h. How do you think the boy feel
4. Motive Question: when no one believes in him
Why did the shepherd boy cry wolf? and all his sheep were eaten by
the wolf?
He blew his horn but alas, no one come. What effect did the incident have on the
The wolf ate all his sheep. shepherd boy? What was the cause?
Illustrate through the cause and effect
B. Post Reading Activities: chart.
1. Answering the motive question. Cause Effect
Why did the shepherd boy cry
wolf?
2. Comprehension Check:
Have the pupils answer the
following questions:
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GOLD (Grammar, Oral Language (You can use the information given
Development) under REMEMBER. Discuss the different
ways how nouns form their plural.)
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill:
Have the pupils recite the tongue 6. Fixing Skills:
twister: A. Write the plural form of the
following nouns:
All I want is a proper cup of coffee
Made in a proper copper coffee pot 1. tax 11. sky
You can believe it or not 2. candy 12. roof
But I just want a cup of coffee 3. toy 13. loaf
Made in a proper copper coffee pot 4. echo 14. moo
Tin coffee pots 5. cello 15. boy
Or iron coffee pots 6. army 16. garden
Are no use to me. 7. zoo 17. 100
8. day 18. tongs
2. Review: Checking of assignments. 9. gas 19. cameo
Direction: Underline the nouns given in 10. waltz 20. man
each sentence and identify its kind.
B. Fill in the blanks with the plural
1. Jose Rizal was a model citizen of our of nouns at the parentheses.
country.
2. As a boy, he was fond of reading 1. The peasants of Central Luzon
stories. raise many _______ (goose)
3. But his mother taught him to study his throughout the year.
lessons first. 2. (Sheep) _______ roam the wide
4. In this way, Rizal attended to duty and rolling meadows beside the
first instead of pleasure. hillsides.
5. He grew up to be man of great self- 3. The innocent looking children ran
control. after the numerous and
multicolored (butterfly) ________
3. Motivation: in the field.
What kind of flower do you like 4. Many (life) were lost when the
best? Do rains like flowers too? jetliner was shot down by the
enemies.
4. Presentation: 5. Malaria is carried to man by the
Have the pupils read the bite of some (mosquito).
paragraph given.
7. GENERALIZATION:
People love rain as flowers do. Rain How do nouns form their plural?
makes farmers happy. It gives water and life
to plants, whether its a tree, a vegetable or REMEMBER:
a vine. It brings health and wealth to every Nouns form their plural in different
living creature on earth. ways:
Take the case of flowers. Without
rain, they wither and die. But rain makes 1. Most nouns form their plural by
flowers lovely, colorful, and attractive. adding s.
Flowers uplift the dampened spirit of sick boy boys tree trees
people. A bouquet of beautiful red roses 2. Nouns ending in s, -ss, -z, -ch, -sh,
given by a beloved can make a lady glad. and x form their plural by adding es.
ax axes brush brushes
5. Discussion:
What are the nouns used in the 3. Many nouns ending in f or fe form
paragraph? their plural by changing f or fe to
Have the pupils classify the nouns as ves.
singular or plural. knife knives wife wives
Discuss further how nouns form their Some exceptions are:
plural.
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roof roofs chief chiefs Manalo Manalos
belief beliefs chef chefs Sanchez Sanchezes
5. Nouns ending in y preceded by a vowel Compound nouns that end with ful
form their plural by adding s. form their plural by adding s.
key keys toy toys cupful cupfuls
teaspoonful teaspoonfuls
6. Some nouns ending in o preceded by a
consonant form their plural by adding 17. Some nouns derived from Latin roots
es. form their plural by changing the last
mango mangoes potato potatoes letter or letters.
alumnus alumni crisis - crises
7. Other nouns ending in o preceded by a datum data radius
vowel form their plural by adding s. radii
radio radios igloo igloos
18. Some nouns though plural in form
8. Some nouns form their plural by have singular meaning.
changing their whole spelling. athletics mathematics
tooth teeth goose geese
8. APPLICATION:
9. The following nouns have the same form Change the nouns in the
in the plural. parentheses to plural form.
sheep sheep deer deer 1. Our tour took us to several (ranch)
in (valley) and (mountain)
10. A few nouns form their plural by adding 2. But the exciting (rodeo) and
en or ren. beautiful (view) made up for all
ox oxen child children our (difficulty)
3. (Duck), (goose), and (turkey)
11. Some nouns are always plural. scattered their (feather) as they fled
goods proceeds to get out of the way.
scissors trousers shears 4. (Ox), (sheep) and (deer) stood and
tongs stared at the whole scene.
pliers pincers 5. Some (place) could be reached
tweezers only after passing near steep (cliff)
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Have the pupils read the following Discuss further how to write from
rhymes. dictation.
Have the pupils write the sentences as
Jack Sprat could eat no fat the teacher dictates the sentences.
His wife could eat no lean
And so between them both you see 6. Generalization:
They licked the platter clean. How do write from dictation?
Filipinos are very religious people. 1. The Greek islands are warm in the
They are devoted and committed to their summer.
chosen religion. 2. The Arabian climate is very warm.
In towns all over the country, people hold 3. What have you heard about
lavish festivals in honor of their patron saint. Icelandic weather?
Many Filipinos also offer novenas and 4. South American seasons are the
special devotions to different saints. opposite of ours.
Most importantly, Filipinos are firm 5. I do not enjoy cold European
believers in miracles and the power of winters.
prayers. 6. It is always extremely hot in the
North African deserts.
A. God and the Filipinos 7. A Mexican vacation would be nice.
B. Religious Practices of the Filipinos 8. The cold makes us dream of
C. The Fiesta Loving People Jamaican sunshine.
9. A Hawaiian holiday would bring
3. Motivation: relief.
How do we start a sentence in a 10. Canadian air will make the
paragraph? temperature fall.
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1. Three ____ and three boys form a TS: 4. Write a model composition-
team. (man) arrange details in order.
2. Two ____ play water polo. (woman)
3. A family brought their ____ so they II. SUBJECT MATTER:
can play musical chairs. (radio) GLR: The Long - Necked Giraffe and the
4. These soccer players can run as fast Humble Pullet
as _____. (deer) OLD: Using Plural of Compound Nouns.
5. The players voices created _____ TS: Writing a Model Composition
(echo) Arranging Details in Order
III. PROCEDURE:
GLR (Genuine Love for Reading)
Pre reading Activities:
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill:
Have the pupils read the following
rhymes:
2. Motivation:
Which is better, to be tall or to be
LESSON PLANS IN small?
ENGLISH VI USING THE
FOUR PRONGED 3. Unlocking of Difficulties;
APPROACH Have the pupils identify the
meaning of the following words by
answering the configuration clues
LESSON # 1 given.
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. to mark the surface of anything. The giraffe remarked. You know
what I think? I think it is best to be what
you are.
You are right, my friend,
. a cry of a hen or a goose cackled the pullet happily.
And then they became the best of
friends.
REMEMBER:
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3. What do chores mean? (household
LESSON # 2 tasks)
4. Motive Question:
I. OBJECTIVES: What is peculiar (strange) in
the story?
GLR: 1. Enjoy listening to a story
CT: 2. Answer questions from the story B. During Reading Activities:
listened to. 1. Have the pupils listen to
GOLD: 3. Use nouns plural in form but the story. Let them take
singular in meaning. down important details about the story.
TS: 4. Sequence events of a story
listened to through guided JUAN TAMAD SELLS RICE
questions. CAKES
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began to feel hungry. He got one of the rice I will go with you, Juan, she said.
cakes and ate it. Let us go and get the money for the rice
He saw some butterflies in the acacia cakes.
tree. Here, pretty ladies, are some rice Juan leads his mother to the brook.
cakes, he said. When they were near, they heard the frogs
The butterflies did not say anything. say, Ko-kak! Ko-kak!
They are very good. See, Ill get There is where I sold the cakes, said
another one. Come and taste them. The Juan.
butterflies flew away. To whom? I do not see anybody,
said Mother.
You think you are too good for my rice There! said Juan. Here is my
cakes? I shall sell them to somebody else, mother. Give her the money. Pay her for
said Juan. He got his basket of cakes and the rice cakes.
walked on. Ko-kak! Ko-kak! said the frogs.
Pretty soon, Juan came to a brook. How They say they have no money now,
cool the water looked! It would be good for Mother.
his tired feet. Juan waded in the brook. He You foolish boy! Did you give the rice
saw some green frogs on the stones. Rice cake to the frogs?
cakes for sale! Do you want to taste my rice Yes, Mother. They liked your rice
cakes? cakes very much. They ate them all.
Ko-kak! Ko-kak! said the frogs. With this, Juans mother became very
Oh, you want to taste the rice cakes. angry. How could you sell the rice cakes
Here is one. Juan threw a rice cake to the to the frogs?
frogs. They ate it up. Juans mother dragged him back home
You want some more? It is only twenty and made him do all the house chores as
centavos each. punishment.
Ko-kak! Ko-kak! said the frogs. -Adapted
Juan threw one more rice cake to the
frogs. Then he threw another one. More CT. CRITICAL THINKING
frogs came. Ko-kak! Ko-kak, said the C. Post Reading Activities:
frogs. Juan kept throwing his cakes until 1. Answering the motive question.
none was left. What is peculiar in the story?
Now pay me.
What! You have no money now? 2. Comprehension Check:
Ko-kak! Ko-kak! Have the pupils answer the
You will pay me next week? All right. I following questions:
shall be back next week. a. In the beginning of the story, what
Juan was happy that he sold all the gives you the idea that Juan is
cakes. He went home, whistling gaily. lazy?
When Juan got home, his mother asked, b. What did his mother ask him to
Did you sell the cakes? do?
Yes, Mother. c. Narrate Juans encounter with the
Where is the money? following animals:
They will pay me next week. 1. birds 2. butterflies 3. frogs
The following week, Juan went to the d. If you were Juans mother, would
brook to ask payment from the frogs. He you have reacted in the same way?
said, Where is the money for the rice Why?
cakes? You said you will pay me this week. e. Do you know other stories about
Ko-kak! Ko-kak! said the frogs. Juan Tamad?
What! You will pay me next week
again? Be sure you do, said Juan. When 3. Engagement Activities:
Juan came home, his mother asked for the Have the pupils perform the following
money. He said, They will pay next week. activities.
Another week passed again, and still
GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACION!
Juan went home without the money. His
mother became angry. Choose the part that you liked best
in the story. Then make a script and
dramatize the chosen part.
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hill pitch sick
1. sleepwalker
What is the problem or conflict? 2. aide de camp
7. school day
8. commander in - chief
9. dustbin
What did the main character do to solve
the problem?
3. Motivation:
Have the pupils read the following
words:
How did the story end?
Aeronautics news
Physics series
Civics species
GROUP 4: DRAW ME!
Draw Juan and one of the animals in the What are the numbers of these nouns?
story. Make a dialogue between the two Let us see.
using the bubble.
4. Presentation:
Juan: Animal: Have the pupils read the following
sentences:
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What from of the verb is used with
these nouns?
Discuss further. You may use the
information given under REMEMBER.
6. Fixing Skills:
Direction: Underline the correct verb
form in each sentence.
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at the end as 2. How did the ice pop get its name?
Number each name in correct sequence.
8. Application: Write 1,2,3,4 in each box.
A. Have the pupils recall the story Juan Pops sicle Epperson
Tamad Sells Rice Cake. Let them sequence Icicle
the story by answering the questions given.
b. glimpse - p p
c. luxury - f t
c o
d. leverage - p w r
d
e. desperate - w r r e
LESSON #3
(Answer: imagine; peep; comfort;
I. OBJECTIVES: power; worried)
GLR: 1. Enjoy listening a story 4. Motive Question:
CT: 2. Answer questions from the story What did the boy do in order to
read. take his wish?
GOLD: 3. Use gerunds as subjects and
predicate noun/nominative. B. During Reading Activities:
TS: 4. Sequence the episodes of the story 1. Have the pupils listen to the story.
through story grammar.
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framed picture of Jesus Christ. It rested on a have to send me the blue bicycle.
shelf with a vase maintained with fresh Meanwhile, I am holding her hostage.
flowers everyday. On a side table was the Juan M.
image of the Virgin Mary about eight Flavier
inches tall, dressed in white, complete with
blue sash. CT. CRTICAL THINKING
C. Post Reading Activities:
The little boy prayed alternately to 1. Answering the motive question.
Jesus above the bed and the mother of Jesus What did the boy in order
on the side table. The plea was the same. to take his wish?
Please send me the blue bicycle from the
general store in town. I will do anything if 2. Comprehension Check:
you give me the toy. Have the pupils answer the following
Since Christmas was coming, the questions:
young lad used the occasion as leverage.
Christmas will soon be here. Please 1. What was the dream of the eight-
consider a gift for me. There is only one toy year old son of the farmer?
I want in the world. Nothing less matters 2. How did his dream start?
me. All I want this Christmas is the blue 3. Why cant he get his dream?
bicycle. 4. What was his only recourse then?
5. What did he do when he wasnt
Night after night, he prayed with all able to get his dream?
intensity (dasal na buong taimtim) but 6. If you were the eight year old
nothing happened. He went to bed full of boy, what will you do in order to
hope and expectations, especially after his get your dream?
evening prayers. In the morning he would
run to their living room to see if the bicycle 3. Engagement Activities:
had been delivered during the night. Then Have each group perform the
the boy would open the kapis (flat shell) different activities assigned under time
window to check if the toy was packed in the limit.
yard fronting the main barrio road. GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION
Still nothing happened. The young Choose the part that you liked best in
the story. Then make a script and
lad had become desperate. Several times he
dramatize the chosen part.
heard adults citing a proverb as follows:
Kung hindi makuha sa santong dasalan,
kunin sa santong paspasan. (If you cant GROUP 2: WRITE ME A LETTER
get it through fervent prayers, get it by
force.). Choose your most liked character
or most disliked character and write a letter
to the character expressing your feelings to
The boy went to the side table and him/her.
got the image of the Virgin Mary. He
wrapped it in an old newspaper and tied it
with string. Carefully, he placed the bundle GROUP 3: I WRITE A SONG!
in an empty shoe box and covered it Identify the lesson of the story and
properly. As double precaution, he tied the compose a song that tells the moral lesson
box with another piece of string. of the story. Prepare to sing your song to
the class.
Then he went to the rice bin
(bigasan) which was a small barrel with a GROUP 4: STORY GRAMMAR
wooden cover. With his right hand, he dug ORGANIZER
out the husked rice (bigas) and put it in the
shoe box. He covered the box with rice, Have the pupils complete the story
forming a mound. grammar organizer:
Title: _________________________
Then the boy returned to the Author: _______________________
bedroom and talked to Jesus Christ. now, if
you want to see your mother again, you Who is the main character?
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How is sewing used in the first
sentence? (Subject)
Dancing? (Subject)
Where and when did the story take place? How is cooking used on the third
sentence? (Predicate Nominative)
What is the problem or conflict? How do we call sewing and cooking?
Discuss further.
6. Fixing Skills:
What did the main character do to solve
A. Change the italicized subjects
the problem?
into gerunds.
4. Presentation: REMEMBER:
Have the pupils read the following A gerund is a verb form ending in
sentences: -ing. It is used as a noun in a sentence.
Just like a noun, a gerund can function as a
1. Sewing keeps Rosalie busy on subject of the sentence and predicate
Saturdays. noun or subjective complement.
2. Dancing is a good exercise.
3. Aurefes interest is cooking. Example:
4. My hobby is reading. Subject:
Farming became their main source
of income.
5. Discussion:
What are the underlined words in the
Predicate Noun/Nominative:
sentences?
How do these words end? (-ing)
My hobby is reading.
What is the root word of sewing?
A gerund and the words (modifiers
Dancing? Cooking? Reading?
and objects) that go with it make up a
What part of speech is sew? cook?
gerund phrase.
Dance? Read? (verb) Ex.
Catching a cold is ordinary.
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Gerund phrase _____ Pedro was then imprisoned and
8. APPLICATION: tortured.
A. Guided Practice: _____ Pedro Flores was in Grade 5 when
Answer the following questions the war broke out.
using gerunds used as subject or predicate
noun. 3. Motivation:
What do you think happens when
1. On windy days, what would you love an alligator lizard is attacked by an
doing outside the house? enemy?
2. At summertime, what do children enjoy
doing? 10. Presentation:
3. Do you enjoy going to the beach? What Have the pupils read the selection
do you enjoy doing most when youre at given.
the beach?
4. What is your fathers hobby? The Tail That Saves
5. What do you enjoy doing on weekends? When an alligator lizard is
attacked by an enemy, it drops its tail. The
B. Independent Practice: tail has a part where the bone breaks off
Underline the complete gerund easily. The break closes quickly to stop the
phrase in each sentence. lizard from bleeding.
1. Riding on a plane is one of my worst The tail keeps wriggling after it
fears. leaves the lizards body. The attacker
2. Drinking eight glasses of water a day is a thinks its still part of the lizard and
healthy habit. pounces on it. This gives the lizard time to
3. Driving a car is difficult. get away. In time, the lizard grows a new
4. I waited for the signing of the contract. tail.
5. I choose swimming in the pool instead of Adapted from Jane
bathing in the river. Ervin
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enjoyable to the readers. That is why it
is important to learn the skill of
sequencing events. Furthermore,
knowing how to sequence events helps
in developing the ability of presenting
ideas in related, orderly manner. _____a. The lizard eggs hatch.
_____b. Trees, vines, roots and weeds are
12. Fixing Skills: carried out to sea.
A. Arrange the following events in _____c. The plants wash up onto a beach
order. Number them 1 5. on the new island.
_____d. A fat green lizard crawls on the
____ Fernando Maria Guerrero studied law island.
at the University of Sto. Tomas.
____ He was sent to the United States to B. Arrange the following events in
help work for Philippine order. Number them 1 5.
Independence.
____ He finished his college education at _____Balagtas fell in love with a beautiful
the Ateneo de Manila. lady from Pandacan.
____ He was made an officer by General ___ He wrote better poems than his
Antonio Luna. teacher.
____ He worked for La Independencia. ___ Balagtas was already weak when he
got out of prison.
___ He married a good and beautiful
7. GENERALIZATION: maiden from Bataan.
How do we arrange events in a ____ He began his studies with the town
story? priest.
REMEMBER:
Events in a story happen in certain IV. EVALUATION:
order or sequence. Knowing the Direction: Read the story
sequence can help you understand why then complete the organizer
things happen. Understanding the order below.
helps you understand the story. To point
out how events are connected in time, Life Cycle of a Butterfly
SEQUENCE CLUE WORDS are
used. Butterflies go through four stages
of life; egg, larva, (caterpillar), pupa
Examples of sequence clue words: (chrysalis) and adult. This process is
First next afterward called metamorphosis. A butterflys larva
is called a caterpillar and it spends its
after that Before then
days munching leaves. When a caterpillar
reaches full growth, it spins a cocoon.
finally early morning Inside the protective sack, it undergoes
meanwhile during great changes and eventually a beautiful
at the end as flying adult emerges as butterfly.
8. Application:
A. Have the pupils read the
paragraph. Number the events to show
the correct sequence.
3. Vocabulary Development:
Have the pupils know the
meaning of the following words by
rearranging the letters to form the
words.
flat invisible
pneumonia rummaged
LESSON # 4 wiggle pills
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1. Have the pupils listen to the story. Let His mother prepared his lunch box
them take down notes about the story and brought him to school. When his
they are going to listen. Uncle Ramon was sick, it was his
mother who took care of Bobby and
THE MAGIC his little brother.
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again in the house. And the sun shone Cecille likes to sell a pencil
brighter through the kitchen window A pencil Cecille likes to sell
and made rainbows. Looks like a pen with a seal
-Adapted from Highlights for Rather than a pencil.
Children
2. Review: Checking of assignment.
CT. CRITICAL THINKING
A. Post Reading Activities: 3. Presentation:
1. Answering the Motive Question: Have the pupils read again the
paragraph.
5. Comprehension Check:
Have the pupils answer the We, Filipinos, appreciate good
following questions: taste in our food. We love eating very
much. We are satisfied by preparing
A. Were Uncle Ramon and our food with the least cost required.
Bobbys secret magic a real
thing? Why? 4. Discussion:
B. Why did Uncle Ramon create it in How are we satisfied?
the first place?
C. How did Bobby enjoy the magic We are satisfied by preparing
of Uncle Ramon? our food with the least cost
D. How was the magic returned? required.
E. How did it affect Uncle Ramons
health? What word comes before the
F. Was Uncle Ramon a good uncle? gerund in the sentence? (by)
G. How did the story end?
What kind of word is by?
6. Engagement Activities: (preposition)
Have the pupils perform the How is gerund in the sentence
following activities under time limit. used? (object of the preposition)
GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION Have the pupils read the given
sentences: Have them identify the
How did Bobby show his love for his
uncle? Make a script and dramatize it.
gerund used in the sentence.
Was Uncle Ramon a good uncle to 1. She improved her Math skills by
Bobby? How? Show though a drawing. practicing.
GOLD: (Grammar, Oral, 2. We should know the benefits of
Language Development) listening from learned men.
1. Drill: Pronunciation 3. Claire will report on the basics of
drill: dancing.
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4. My favorite sport, playing tennis, GROUP 3:
keeps me in shape. Suppose you won in a lottery
5. His field of specialization, amounting to P 1,000,000. Write a
paragraph telling how you will spend
advertising, requires creativity. the money. Use gerund in the
sentence.
6. GENERALIZATION:
What are the other uses of gerunds?
GROUP 4:
What do you do during summer?
REMEMBER: Have each member of the group answers
the question using gerund as object of
A verb that ends in ing and is used the preposition, and appositive.
as a noun is a gerund. Aside form being
used as a subject and predicate
noun/subjective complement, a gerund also Independent Practice:
performs the same function as any other Direction: Underline the gerund used
noun in the sentence such as: in the sentences and then write its
function.
1. Object of the Preposition when the
gerund used comes after the 1. Some painters use sponges for
preposition. mixing colors.
Example: 2. His work, baking bread, helps the
She will report on baking. community.
prep. Gerund 3. Thank you for getting me out
2. As an appositive there.
Example: 4. Ill explain about sewing next
She spends most of her time in time.
productive pastime, baking cookies.
IV. EVALUATION:
7. APPLICATION: A. GOLD: Direction: Underline
a. Guided practice: Have the pupils the gerund in each of the
perform the following activities with following sentences and
the group: identify its function:
GROUP 1:
Write sentences for the following 1. The crop was ready for harvesting.
gerunds with their given function: 2. The project, keeping the
community clean and green, I
1. cooking (appositive) supported by the people.
2. fencing (object of the preposition)
3. jogging (appositive) 3. The crop was ready for harvesting.
4. traveling (object of the preposition) 4. Their job, baking cookies,
provided more earnings.
5.Their newfound work, tilling
GROUP 2: and weeding the land,
Underline the gerund in each proved to be very
sentence. Write whether it is used as
exciting.
object of the preposition or as an
appositive.
TS (Transfer Stage)
1. Mabini became one of the pillars of the 1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: Have the
Revolution, committed to the ideal of
pupils read the following words
freeing the Philippines from the
Spaniards. focusing in /I/ and /iy/
2. A congested classroom is not
conducive to learning. /I/ /iy/
3. Eds talent, painting, is his greatest mill meal
contribution in the school.
sit seat
4. His job, writing articles for the La
Solidaridad, was a well-kept secret. win wean
still steal
rid read
live leave
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pill peal
din dean
thrifty narrow
idle lose
frown 105
GLR: 1. Enjoy reading a story f. someone who cannot act efficiently
CT: 2. Answer questions from the story because of disablement
read. g. someone with peculiar
GOLD: 3. Use gerunds as direct object characteristics.
TS: 4. Write a home reading report.
1. He was such a duck and everyone
II. SUBJECT MATTER: loved him!
GLR: Gombay and the Wild Ducks 2. The outgoing president knew that his
OLD: Using gerunds as Direct Object decisions would eventually be
TS: Writing a Home reading Report challenged by the incoming president.
He is what one may call a lame duck.
Reference: 2002 Basic Education 3. He had some light clothes made out of
Curriculum duck.
PELC Speaking 5; PELC Reading 1.4 4. He ducked the moment he sensed a
Phoenix 21st Century English 6 p 297 revolver aimed at his head.
Growing in English Lang. p. 10 -15 5. It would not be cowardly to duck when
Readings and Communication Skills in you spot an angry fist coming your
English p. 252 way!
Linking the World through English pp. 288 -
292 4. Motive Question:
How did Gombay came to be one
Materials: strips of cartolina. Index cards, of the ducks?
picture of a duck
B. During Reading Activities:
III. PROCEDURE: 1. Have the pupils listen to the story.
GLR (Genuine Love for Reading) Let them take down notes about
A. Pre-reading Activities: the story they are going to listen.
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: Have the
pupils read the tongue twister given: Gombay and the Wild Duck
What does Watt-watt White want? Once there lived a hunter named
Watt-watt White wants a pair of Gombay. There was a pond near his house
white pants. where wild ducks came to play. He had
A pair of white pants is what Watt- been getting one for each day as his father
watt White wants. had before him. But one day he thought,
If I can catch a hundred wild ducks in a
2. Motivation: day, I can be as lazy as I want for ninety-
Have you ever heard of the story nine days. It seemed like a very good
about the man who was allowed to own plan.
as much land as he could and in the end
got just enough to bury him six feet Immediately he set the snare of a
under the ground? hundred loops made with one rope. Then
What does that say about wanting he hid himself behind a tree. It was just
more than you need? before dawn, and he could count ninety-
nine ducks in the loops. He waited for one
3. Vocabulary Development: more duck. Finally, the sun began to show
A word can have more than one bright on his face. Then the birds were
meaning. Have the pupils decide which surprised to know they were in a trap, and
meaning of duck is used in the following flew up all together at once.
sentences. Gombay, holding the end of the rope
went high up in the sky, too. Help, help!
a. a swimming bird he cried from the sky, but nobody could
b. to dive or dip the head hear. Alas, the rope snapped suddenly, and
c. to avoid or evade he went down. Soon, he realized he had
d. cotton fabric become a wild duck as he was falling
e. someone who is considered down. Yes, he was flying now as freely as
attractive or a darling he wanted. It was like a dream for
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Gombay, but he had to live as a wild duck,
anyway. He felt hungry, so he flew down
near a pond. He found a small fish GROUP 3: WRITE ME A LETTER
swimming in the pond. He was going to
catch it for a tasty meal, but he was caught In the story, Gombay already had what
with a snare like the one that he had used. he needed but succumbed to wanting
more. If you will be given a chance to write
to him, what will you say?
Gombay became sorrowful and said to
himself, What a pity when even one duck is
caught! And I tried to get a hundred ducks GROUP 4: I WRITE A SONG!
at a time. It is indeed the punishment of
God. He shed tears, and they dropped on Identify the lesson of the story and
the rope. Then it snapped. What a miracle! compose a song that tells the moral lesson
of the story. Prepare to sing your song to
Gombay was so glad that he shed tears the class.
again for his great joy. This time the tears GOLD (Grammar, Oral,
flowed down and got his clothes wet. What a Language Development)
miracle again! He became Gombay as he
was. Since then, he stopped hunting wild 1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: Have
ducks and he became an honest, kind the pupils read the following words:
hearted farmer and lived happily forever.
-Yoshimasa Kogawa
jar guard arm card
large charm smart car
CT. CRITICAL THINKING scarf market dark park
C. Post Reading Activities: yard chart hard harm
1. Answering the motive question:
How did Gombay came to be one of Have them read the following
the ducks? phrases. Have them read the words with
/a/ sound well.
2. Comprehension Check:
Have the pupils answer the carve a heart a large scarf
following questions: a mark on the guitar a jar in the barn
a card for Arthur an ark in the park
1. Who is Gombay?
2. What kind of person is Gombay? 2. Review:
3. What did he decide to do one day? Transform the following verbs into
4. What experiences did he have when he gerunds then use each one of them in
became one of the wild ducks? sentences as subject and predicate noun.
5. Did he enjoy being a wild duck?
6. What freed him for being a wild duck? 1. Climb
7. When he was back to being Gombay, 2. Write
what lesson did he learn form his 3. Read
experience? 4. Cook
8. To prove his resolve to be a better 5. Study
person, what did he give up?
3. Engagement Activities: 3. Motivation:
Have each group perform the Have the pupils answer the
following activities. following using questions using gerund.
What do you usually do during
GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION weekends?
Choose the part that you liked best in
What do you like to eat during
the story. Then make a script and recess time?
dramatize the chosen part. What is your fathers hobby?
4. Presentation:
GROUP 2: DRAW ME Have the pupils read the paragraph:
What do you think would have
happened to Gombay if he did become
human again?
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We, Filipinos, appreciate good taste 1. Direct Object when the gerund
in our food. We love eating very much. comes after the verb. It answers the
We are satisfied by preparing our food question what.
with the least cost required. Example:
She likes stitching very much.
5. Discussion: verb gerund
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mountain-volcano. It was named after the
_____ When the fight for our freedom beautiful maiden Magayon.
started, Apo Mena joined the rebels.
_____ He served as governor of Ilocos Sur. Plot: a. Magayon and Gat Malayo
_____ He was sent to the U.S. to represent met and fell In love and
the country in the World Fair. decided to marry.
_____ He spent his time in keeping alive b. Datu Buhawen threatened
the peoples interest in arts, letters, and Magayon to a forced
music. marriage.
_____ He formed bands and orchestras c. Before the ceremony, Gat
which played native music. Malayo arrived and a battle
commenced.
3. Motivation: d. Buhawen was killed and so
Do you enjoy reading a story? was Gat Malayo.
e. Magayon killed herself when
4. Presentation: she saw her lover fall.
To be able to read well includes the f. A mountain-volcano rose
ability to interpret and summarized from their common grave.
accurately the content of what you read.
Careful analysis and evaluation are also Moral Lesson: Nothing good comes out
an important part of good reading. from selfishness.
Give an example of home reading Comment: The story has a tragic
report. ending. Because of mans
selfishness, many lives
Book Title: Stories of our were sacrificed.
Country
Title: The Legend of 8. Discussion:
Mayon Volcano What was the title of the home
Author: Amado L. Agorilla reading report?
Place and Date Who is the author?
of Publication: Manlapuz Publishing Who Is Magayon? Gat Malayo?
Co., Manila 1989 Datu Buhawen?
Number of Pages: 3 Why did Magayon consent to the
Setting: Kingdom of Albay marriage with Datu Buhawen?
Characters: Daragang Magayon, What happened when Gat Malayo
Gat Malayo, and Datu tried to stop the wedding of Magayon and
Buhawen Datu Buhawen?
Theme: Love and Sacrifice What is the moral lesson of the
Brief Summary: story?
Magayon was the most beautiful Discuss the parts of a home
maiden in the kingdom of Albay. She fell in reading report.
love with Gat Malayo, a prince from a
Tagalog Kingdom in Tayabas. The two 9. GENERALIZATION:
decided to marry, but Datu Buhawen, the What are the parts of a reading
bravest in Albay kingdom, threatened to kill report?
Magayons loved ones if she would not What does each part tell?
agree to marry him. Magayon consented to
the marriage. On the day of the wedding, REMEMBER:
Gat Malayo arrived and a fierce battle These are the different parts of a home
began. Datu BUhawen was killed. When reading report:
Gat Malayo was about to claim Magayon as
his bride, a friend of Datu Buhawen stabbed 1. Title
him to death. When Magayon saw her lover 2. Author: the writer of the story
dying, she took the dagger and killed 3. Place and Date of Publication: where
herself. The two were buried in a common and when the story was published.
grave. After a few days, the earth on their 4. Number of pages
grave rose and turned into a beautiful 5. Brief summary: important points
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6. Setting/ Characters where and when V. ASSIGNMENT:
the story happened, major and minor A. GOLD: Read Marlons story.
characters Complete his story by using the
7. Theme what topic is the story about appropriate gerund. Choose from the list
8. Plot sequence of events. inside the box.
9. Moral Lesson what learning the story
teaches. waiting placing flying
standing protecting being
10. Comments what the reader think about watching driving staying
the story. picking guarding
7. Practice Exercise:
Have the pupils read a short story. The crow likes ______ on the
Have them write a book report using the fence. It never gets tired of _____ for me
format given. to leave. _____ our corn is its favorite
pastime. My job is _____ the corn form
Title: the crows. That is why Im giving this
Author scarecrow the job of _____ in the field.
Place and Date of Publication _____ it in a good spot in important. I
No. of Pages enjoyed ____ a scarecrow on the job. Its
Brief summary presence has changed the crows habit of
Setting: ____ in the fields. Now, its usual activity is
Characters: ___ above the corn. By ____ the crow
Plot: away, the scarecrow is doing its job.
Lesson:
Comments: B. TS. Direction: Have the pupils read a
short story. Have them make a reading
IV. EVALUATION: report for the story that they are going
A. TS. Direction: Have the to read.
pupils read the story. Have
them write a book report using the given
format. LESSON # 6
The Rose Bush and the Apple Tree I. OBJECTIVES:
(Adapted)
GLR: 1. Enjoy listening to a story
Near the apple tree grew a rose bush. CT: 2. Answer questions from the story
The rose bush saw how much she was listened to.
admired and said, Who can compare with GOLD: 3. Use the possessive form of
me, and who is as worthy as I am? My nouns.
flowers are beautiful to the sight and sweet 4. Form the possessive of nouns.
to the nostrils. True, the apple tree is bigger TS: 5. Follow series of directions in
than I, but what pleasure does he give to prescriptions and experiments.
mankind?
II. SUBJECT MATTER:
When the apple tree heard this, he GLR: Pandoras Box
said, Even though you are worthier than I GOLD: Using the possessive of nouns.
in the beauty of your blossoms and the Forming the possessive of nouns.
sweetness of your smell, you are less worthy TS: Following Series of Directions
in goodness and friendliness.
Reference: 2002 Basic Education
Tell me, the rose bush said, what Curriculum
is evidence of your goodness? PELC Speaking 5; PELC Reading 2.1;2.2
And the apple tree answered, You Dynamic Series in English p. 42
do not give flowers to man unless you first Phoenix 21st Century English 6 p 28
wound him with your thorns. But I give my Linking the World Through English pp.
fruit to all, even to those who throw stones 288 - 292
at me. Materials: strips of cartolina. Index cards,
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library quietly.
III. PROCEDURE: _________________________
GLR (Genuine Love for Reading)
A. Pre-reading Activities: 5. All the members of the family
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: were there. Tears kept falling from
Have the pupils recite the tongue their eyes. Their sick father, almost
twister: dying, was giving his last will.
________________
Lily Lee listens to lessons,
As Lily Lee listens to lessons, 6. Mario received one gallon of ice
She listed eleven lessons cream from his grandfather as a
on how to listen to lesson. present. Lito, his youngest brother,
asked for some but Mario didnt
2. Motivation: mind him until he had eaten all the
What does a myth mean? ice cream. _____________
Have you heard a myth story?
7. An old lady, wearing ragged
3. Vocabulary Development: clothes in front of Dona Narcisas
Have the pupils read the house, was asking for a piece of
following situation. From the box bread. Dona Narcisa yelled at her
below, choose the best word that and asked her to go away.
describes the situation. _______________________
4. Motive Question:
tidiness curiosity Why did Pandora open the box?
meanness grief
cruelty wickedness
greed B. During Reading Activities:
1. Have the pupils listen to the story.
Let them take down notes about
1. Vira, the stepdaughter of Dona Mary, the story listened to.
was washing the clothes one PANDORAS BOX
morning. Another pile of soiled
clothes was given to her and when When man had been made, Jupiter
she was about to complain, Dona decided that he would make woman, and
Mary hit her with her cane. send her down to earth. He called on all
___________________________ the gods and goddesses to help him, and
they did.
2. Angelo, a naughty boy in Mrs.
Cabrals class was thinking of Venus gave her beauty. Apollo
putting the used bubble gum on his gave her the gift of music. Minerva gave
classmates seat. her wisdom and skill in spinning and
_____________________________ weaving. The mischievous Mercury stirred
in for spice a few very human failings,
3. Martha was very eager to know curiosity among them.
whats inside the forbidden room. When she was finished, she was
___________ lovely. Quite proud of their handiwork, the
gods named her Pandora which means
4. Miss Castro asked the children to the gift of all the gods and Jupiter put
research in the library. After an hour, into her hands a chest of ivory, quite small
the bell rang. The children, except but intricately carved, with an odd golden
for Arleen, gave the books to the clasp. He cautioned her to keep it by her
librarian and went away. Arlene always, but never to open it. Then, he sent
cleaned the mess that her classmates her down to earth and presented her to
left. She pushed the chairs back and Epimetheus.
picked all the pieces of papers
scattered around. She returned the And she made Epimetheus a very
books she borrowed and left the good wife. She was a good cook; she kept
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the house tidy; she wove a beautiful cloth; Have the pupils in each group
and she obeyed her husbands wishes in perform the following activities:
everything. In spite of herself, however, she
GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION
found her thought turning too often to that
ivory box she had brought with her. Finally, Choose the part that you liked best in the
there came a time when it seemed to her story. Then make a script and dramatize the
that she and the box could not possibly be in chosen part.
the same house any longer unless she knew
what was in it. So she took the little golden GROUP 2: DRAW ME
key that hung from it by a silken cord, and
turned it in the lock. The she lifted the lid What do you think would have
just a little, just for a glimpse. happened if Pandora followed what was
instructed to her?
Alas, poor Pandora! In an instant,
the room was filled with tiny ugly winged GROUP 3: STORY GRAMMAR
creatures, buzzing around the walls and ORGANIZER
streaming through the windows. What had
she done? In a panic, she shut the lid again, Have the pupils complete the story
but it was too late. For in that box had been grammar organizer:
all the evil things the world had not known Title: _________________________
before Meanness and Greed, Cruelty and Author: _______________________
Pain, and a million others and as soon as
the lid was lifted, out they flew. They have Who is the main character?
been flying about ever since, causing all
sorts of grief and misery. What a pity she
ever let them loose! Where and when did the story take place?
But there is one thing to be said for What is the problem or conflict?
Pandora when, in her panic, she clapped
the box lid shut again, she did just in time.
For in the chest, there with the wicked
What did the main character do to solve
winged things was Hope. If Hope had
the problem?
escaped with the rest, the world would have
been far worse off than it is. But fortunately,
she was left behind. And whatever could we How did the story end?
do without her? Myth-
GROUP 4: I WRITE A SONG!
CT. CRITICAL THINKING
C. Post Reading Activities: Identify the lesson of the story and
1. Answering the motive question: compose a song that tells the moral lesson
Why did Pandora open the box? of the story. Prepare to sing your song to
the class.
2. Comprehension Check:
Have the pupils answer the
following questions: Allow the pupils to perform the
activity under time limit.
1. Why do you think Jupiter made a
woman? GOLD (Oral, Language
2. What did Venus, Apollo, Minerva and Development)
Mercury contribute to Pandora? Drill: Pronunciation drill:
3. What does the word Pandora mean? Have the pupils recite the given
4. Did Epimetheus and Pandora have a tongue twister:
happy marriage?
5. What were inside the box? Cecile likes to sell a pencil/
6. What do they mean? A pencil Cecile likes to sell,
Looks like a pen with a seal/
3. Engagement Activities: rather than a pencil.
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5. Who owns the bag?
2. Review: Checking of assignment: 6. To whom did the wallet belong?
Have 2 3 pupils give their
sentences using gerund used as direct Have the pupils read the following
object, object of the preposition and as statements taken from the dialogue.
an appositive.
1. It must be Kenneths.
3. Motivation: 2. It is JCs bag.
The teacher will present 3. I thought it was Jannelles wallet.
different things and will ask the
question: 5. Discussion:
Whose pencil is this? What is added after the name of a
Whose bag is this? person in the sentence? How many own
Whose notebook is this? Etc. the bag? Who owns the wallet?
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What do we use to express
possession? 8. APPLICATION:
Guided Practice:
REMEMBER: Direction: Make your own
A noun that expresses possession, dialogue using possessive nouns
ownership, or connection is in the correctly.
possessive case.
The sign of the possessive case is the GROUP 1:
apostrophe and s. (s) Your group was asked by the
The phrase of the is used with principal to help look for the owners
of the items deposited at the schools
lifeless or inanimate objects.
lost and found nook.
Possessive case of nouns may be
formed in several ways:
GROUP 2:
1. To form the possessive singular, add
You talked among yourselves
s to the singular form of the noun. about the food served at your school
Example: canteen.
Marys song girls dress
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(butterfly) 7. A _____ wings are made
up of scales. 5. Discussion:
(deer) 8. The ____ horns are called What is the first thing to do with
antlers. the dirty plates?
(abbot) 9. The _____ hood is What is done next?
missing. What is the next step to take?
(grandparents) 10. Our ______ farm is wide What step follows?
and airy. What is done next?
What is done last?
IV. EVALUATION: This time, write the steps in
A. GOLD: Direction: Rewrite each washing plates.
sentence. Change each underlined
phrase to include a possessive noun. 6. Fixing Skills:
Have the pupils read the
1. The safety habits of the students experiment given on how plants get water
should be perfect. from the soil. Then let them answer the
2. The students listen to the opinions of questions given.
the adults.
3. The comments of the visitors are Have a stalk of celery ready.
helpful. Have a clear glass half filled with
4. The hands of many pupils are raised water.
now. Put a little red food coloring in the
5. The principal reminds students to use water.
the office of the nurse.
Mix it well.
Then drop the stalk of celery in the
TS (Transfer Stage) glass with colored water.
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill:
Let it stay for two hours.
Have the pupils read the
following words with /v/ sound: Observe what happens.
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Then measure 3 cups of rice. How to Grow a Plant from a
Wash the rice 2 times. Seed
Put 3 cups of water in the washed rice. Get 5 seeds of white beans. (Patani
Cook until the rice is done. seeds)
Put the stove to low fire. Pour a little water on the seeds in a
Then let the rice to cook for two more deep plate.
minutes to cook the rice well. Let them stay overnight.
In the morning you will see a root
Questions to answer:
coming out.
1. What is the first thing to do when
cooking rice? Prepare the pot where you will
2. How many times will you wash the plant the seed.
rice? Put sandy loam soil in it and
3. How much water will you add to 3 cup choose the best seed.
of rice? You will put the seed with its root
4. What must be done when there is no down in the soil. Plant the other
more water? seeds on the ground or in another
5. What is the last step to do to cook the pot of soil. Water them a little and
rice well? let them stay where there is
sunlight.
B. Read the paragraphs below. Observe how the plant grows.
Father went to the farm and
suddenly it rained hard. He got wet and Questions to answer:
caught colds. He asked for medicine 1. What is the first thing to do with
from their family doctor. seed?
Here is the prescription he got. 2. How long will you let the seeds
stay in the plate?
Allyson Gale G. Francisco, M.D. 3. What steps follow?
4. How will you position the seed you
East Ave., Medical Center will plant?
Room 13 MWF 10 12:00 NN 5. What do you do next?
6. Where will you put them?
Patients Name: Pedro Canlas Age: 40
Address: 1512 Nacar Sex: M V. ASSIGNMENT:
Date: Apr. 15/10
A. GOLD: Direction: Change the
Px underlined group of words to include a
Phonyl propanolamine HCl 25 mg possessive noun.
- # 15
Chlorphenamine malcate 2 mg & 1. The farm of my aunt is in Laguna.
paracetamol 500 mg 2. The school of my cousins is in a
(Neozep forte) nearby town.
Sig: 1 tablet every 6 hrs for 5 3. The truck of my uncle takes them
days. to school.
______________ 4. The apartment of Uncle Brad is in
Lic. No. _________ the city.
PTR: ___________ 5. The name of my cousin is Celia.
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Allyson Gale G. Francisco, M.D. Materials: strips of cartolina. Index cards,
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bits of sweet foods that younger members of What had become Sundri?
her colony loved to eat after their meal. (Answer: Sundri had become one
Going to and fro between trees and shrubs, of the most beautiful butterflies Bina had
Bina suddenly smelt the sweet aroma of ever seen.)
pastry. She quickly went around the bush
and there she saw it a large bit of pastry 2. Comprehension Check:
with a whole raisin in it. Just then she
looked up and saw something hanging from d. Who is the ant in the story?
the leaf of a bush. Looking closer, she saw e. Why is she scurrying about in
that it was a tiny tail. It seemed to be all search of food?
wrapped up in something, as if bandaged. f. What did she see something
hanging from the leaf of a
Oh, you poor thing! What a sad bush?
fate you have Sundri! I can run anywhere I g. Why did BIna pity Sundri?
wish, climb trees, or go over mountains. h. Do you think Bina was right to
And look at you, you are trapped in your pity Sundri? Why?
shell. All you can do is move your tail i. If you will be Bina, will you do
around a bit. Even ant children can run the same with Sundri?
around and do as much as we can. They are j. Is it right to boast with
free. You are all bound up and cannot even somebody? Why?
move. What a life you must have!
2. Engagement Activities:
But there was no answer from the Have the pupils perform the
chrysalis. So Bina went on and walk away following activities under time
with her piece of pastry. Bina did not know limit.
it, but the thing was a chrysalis, the pupa
of a butterfly.
A few days later, Bina came that way GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA,
ACTION!
again hoping to find more pastry or biscuit
lying around. What part in the story did you like
best? Make a script and dramatize it
It was unusually hot that day and before the class.
she was sweating. Suddenly, a cloud seemed
to come over and she felt a soft cool breeze.
She looked up. Wow! One of the most GROUP 2: I WRITE A SONG!
beautiful butterflies she had ever laid eyes Identify the lesson of the story
on! Light blue spotted with light pink and and compose a song that tells the
yellow dots. moral lesson of the story. Prepare to
sing your song to the class.
Look at me, Bina. I am your much-
pitied friend. You boasted of being able to GROUP 3: WRITE ME A LETTER!
run around and climb mountains. But now
try to get me to listen. Choose your most liked
character or most disliked character
and write a letter to the character
How beautiful and how lucky it is expressing your feelings to him/her.
to be able to fly around free!
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Drill: Pronunciation drill. Why do we say so? (It expresses
Have the pupils recite the given only one idea)
tongue twister: (Do the same questioning for
sentences b, c , d.)
Betty bought a bit of butter but she (use the concept in the
found the butter bitter/ generalization during the discussion)
So she bought a bit of butter to
make the bitter butter better.
8. Generalization:
4. Review: Kinds of a sentence: What is a simple sentence?
Identify whether each sentence is How do we form a simple
declarative, interrogative, imperative or sentence?
exclamatory.
REMEMBER:
i. The teacher speaks clearly. A simple sentence has one
ii. Turn on the radio. independent clause. An independent
iii. Is there news about clause has a subject and a verb and
the hurricane? expresses one complete thought.
iv. Ms. Cruz feed the
chicken. A simple sentence can be formed
v. How heavy the in four ways:
rainfall is!
Simple Subject and Simple
5. Motivation: Predicate
What is a hobby? The food is packed in three
What are your hobbies? ways.
How does your hobby help you?
(Have the pupils write a few sentences to Compound subject and simple
tell about their hobbies.) predicate
Air, water and sunlight are
6. Presentation: needed to make plants grow.
Have the pupils read the following
sentences: Simple Subject and Compound
Predicate
i. Karl collects shells.
ii. Karl collects and sells The rain fell and flooded the
his collection. streets.
iii. Ysa and Princess
make dresses for their dolls. Compound Subject and
iv. Sherwin and Jazzer Compound Predicate
collect poems and write their Butterflies and other insects
own haikus. alight on the flowers and sip
their nectar.
7. Discussion:
What is the subject in the first 9. Application:
sentence? Guided practice:
(Karl) Direction: Make five
What is the predicate? (collects) simple sentences of your own
How many subjects do we have in following the instructions for you.
the first sentence? (One)
How many predicate? (One) GROUP 1:
Your group was asked by your
What kind of subject do we have in
English teacher to write a sentence
the first sentence? (Simple subject) describing your family.
What kind of subject do we have in
the firs sentence? (Simple predicate) GROUP 2:
What kind of sentence is this? You talked among yourselves
(Simple sentence) about the food served at your school
canteen.
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1. bright
GROUP 3: 2. thick
When you arrived home, you find
3. pleasant
out that your father has just arrived from
the States. 4. wonderf
ul
5. pretty
GROUP 4:
Write 5 sentences about the things
that you would love to do during Christmas 3. Motivation:
B. Independent Practice: Match the phrases under column A
Direction: Put a check (/) on the with the phrases under column B to
blank before each number if the sentence complete the thought.
tells a simple sentence and cross (x) if it is
not. A B
__1. An apple a day a. ..make the
_____1. Big papayas are raised in that farm. air fresh and
_____2. To get a good grade, you must clean
finish your project early. __2. Exercise and proper bkeeps the
_____3. We waited long hours at the bus diet. doctor away.
terminal. __3. Chain-smoking... c. can cause
_____ 4. Every day, I watch the incoming a
ships. lung cancer.
______5. Tricia and Allyson moved and __4. Trees around us... d. make our
removed their furniture. body strong
and healthy.
IV. EVALUATION:
GOLD: Direction: Complete each 4. Presentation:
simple sentence with a compound Have the pupils read the paragraph
predicate. given:
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What will happen if fishermen use effect. These are so, thus, as a result, and
dynamites in fishing? therefore.
6. Fixing Skills:
Number the statement 1 if it
happened before (cause) and 2 if it happened 2. Early people had strange ideas about
after (effect). how the body works because they very
little scientific knowledge.
1. _____ Lucille got low grades in Math.
_____ She did not study hard. 3. If we understand our bodies, we can
better take care of them
2. _____ Kyle graduated
valedictorian of his class.
____ He made his parents very proud.
4. Amy is so interested with the human
3. _____ Computers help us a lot in body, therefore, she decided to become
our school work. a doctor.
_____ Information is easy to gather with
just one click of a finger.
4. _____ Mother praised Jamaica. 5. Exercise daily so your body will stay
_____ Jamaica got high grades in her fit and trim.
report card.
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all subjects in and offices used 4. __________ scampered out of their
the first quarter. power generators way.
___2. Louie was to resume their 5. __________ looked on with
not able to attend amusement.
services.
his classes.
___3. An old b. A big fire B. TS. Direction: Read each pair of
woman fell started from the sentences. Write C before the sentence
asleep unmindful old womans that tells the cause and E before the
of a lighted house. one that tells the effect.
candle on a c. His parents 1. _____The player trained
table. prohibited him vigorously for the contest.
___4. There was _____She bagged the gold medal.
from playing
a power
interruption in computer games 2. _____She became fit and ready for
the entire city and hanging-out competition.
for five hours. with friends. _____She trained long and hard
___5. Father had d. He was absent everyday.
a severe from his work.
headache e. He was not able 3. _____Despite her success, she is sweet
and gentle.
to take the test
_____Most people, especially her
scheduled for neighbors, adore her.
that day.
4. _____The champion made many
IV. EVALUATION: Filipinos proud.
TS. Direction: In each pair of _____She was greeted and cheered by
sentences, which is the cause a huge crowd upon arrival.
and which is the effect? Write C for the
cause and E for the effect. 5. _____She is studying sports medicine.
_____She wants to improve the health
1. _____ Math problems are difficult. condition of the athletes.
_____ Raquel was worried and
unhappy.
3. _____She kept her mind in her work. GLR: 1. Enjoy listening to a story
_____ Pauline turned off her TV set. CT: 2. Answer questions from the story
listened to.
4. _____The sea waves were too rough. GOLD: 3. Use a variety of sentence as to
_____The fishermen did not go out to structure; compound sentence
the sea. 4. Form compound sentence.
TS: 5. Recognize words with ph
5. _____The fisherman was happy. 6. Spell words with ph
_____The fisherman made a god catch
last night. III. Subject Matter:
GLR: Gabi and the Engkanto
V. ASSIGNMENT: GOLD: Forming Compound Sentence
GOLD: Direction: Complete each TS: Recognizing Words with ph
simple sentence with a compound
subject. Reference: 2002 Basic Education
Curriculum
1. _______________ lent their bikes. PELC Speaking 6; Listening:
2. _______________ rode around the Dynamic Series in English p. 9
park. Explore your World through Language and
3. _______________waved to us. Literature pp 58 - 61
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Language Arts Today p. 14 19 She lived in a humble nipa hut with
Linking the World through English pp. 328 a beautiful garden where different flowers
like santan, gumamela, sampaguita and
Materials: strips of cartolina. Index cards, rosal could be found. Gabi took care of
her plants and flowers by watering them
III. PROCEDURE: morning and afternoon. She also removed
GLR (Genuine Love for Reading) the dry leaves and flowers and trimmed
A. Pre-reading Activities: the branches whenever they had grown
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: too long.
Have the pupils read the ed in
the following words pronounced as Beside Gabis garden was a swiftly
/ Id/. flowing river. Its banks were lined by great
balete trees. The people believed that
1. demanded Gabis flowers grew beautifully because
2. dedicated the river water had magical powers. The
3. blended spirit of the water, they said, had favored
4. waded Gabi.
5. reported
6. snorted Gabi didnt believe that the river
7. collected was enchanted for she had gone there
8. raided many times and had seen nothing at all.
9. descended
10. painted But the river was truly enchanted.
A river spirit, Engkanto ng Ilog had lived
2. Motivation: there for a hundred years. He watched
Is it important to be beautiful? Gabi silently every day. He could not be
Why? seen as he was invisible.
Which is more important, to be
kind or to be beautiful? Why? One morning, while Gabi was
filling her jug, the river spirit appeared
3. Unlocking of Difficulties: before her and introduced himself. He told
Have the pupils identify the her of his desire to love Gabi as his wife
meaning of the following words: and if she agreed she would have all his
riches. Gabi turned down his offer and
. Enchanted (charmed) told him that she did not need his wealth.
. Orphan Engkanto told her that he would return
. Magical (the unexplained) next summer and would ask for her final
. Invisible (unseen ) answer.
. Vengeful (unforgiving)
Gabi was afraid, closed her eyes
4. Motive Question: and opened them again. The river spirit
Was the Engkanto ng Ilog had become invisible again, so she
vengeful? How? thought it was just a dream.
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heart turns soft and she decides to marry
him.
GOLD (Grammar, Oral,
-Adapted by Jasmine Roshua Cupcupin Language Development)
from Marla Yotoko Chorengels Gabi and the
Engkanto
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill:
Have the pupils read the following
CT. CRITICAL THINKING phrases after the teacher.
C. Post Reading Activities:
1. Answering the motive question: 1. night and day
Was the Engkanto ng Ilog 2. ice cream and cake
vengeful? How? 3. bread and butter
(Yes, because she turned Gabi into a 4. touch and go
gabi plant so that no one else could have 5. push and pull
her.) 6. by hook or by crook
7. rich or poor
2. Comprehension Check: 8. coffee or milk
a. Who is the main character in the 9. black or white
story? 10. take it or leave it
b. How did Gabi take care of her
garden? 2. Review: Checking of assignment
c. What was the peoples belief about Direction: Complete each simple
Gabis beautiful garden? sentence with a compound subject.
d. Did Gabi believe them? Why?
e. Who was the river spirit? What did he 1. __________lent their bikes.
offer Gabi? 2. __________rode around the park.
f. Did Gabi accept the Engkantos offer? 3. __________waved to us.
Why? 4. __________scampered out of their
way.
5. __________looked on with
3. Engagement Activities: amusement.
Have the pupils perform the
following activities under time limit. 3. Motivation:
When can we say that a sentence
GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, can stand alone?
ACTION!
GROUP 2: I WRITE A SONG! a. They loved her and they called her
Gabi for short.
Identify the lesson of the story b. I am very sorry but I cannot go
and compose a song that tells the with you.
moral lesson of the story. Prepare to c. You will marry me or you will
sing your song to the class.
forever remain a plant.
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Discuss further what a compound
sentence is. Use the concept under You can form compound sentences
Remember. by joining two or more independent
clauses or complete sentences. Each
6. Fixing Skills: sentence that makes up the compound
A. Direction: Write YES on the blank if the sentence has a subject and a predicate
sentence is a compound sentence and of its own.
then underline the two independent
clauses. Write NO on the blank if the 8. Application:
sentence is not a compound sentence. Guided Practice:
Direction: Form a compound
_____1. Mount Pinatubo erupted in sentence from the given simple
1991 but I was not in the sentence by using the appropriate
Philippines then. conjunction.
_____2. She cajoles everyone to get up 1. The lights dimmed. The audience
to read a poem or recall favorite became quiet.
stanzas. 2. The beginning was too boring. The
music was too loud.
_____3. Tess read the poem I Know 3. Lightning flashed all night. It
Why the Caged Bird Sings and didnt rain.
blew us away. 4. Uncle Mario didnt see the snake.
He would have jumped back.
_____4. Manila looked mysterious from 5. Romeo wants to build his model
the 40th floor and she wanted to house. He has no place to work on
paint its beauty on canvas. it.
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4. The amusement park was open. The
children were lining up for the rides. Psalm 126:2
5. The mouse saw the cat. The cat didnt We are filled with laughter
see her. and we sang for joy
And the other nations said,
What amazing things the LORD has
TS. Transfer Stage done for them.
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill:
Have the pupils read Psalm 98:6
the given tongue twister:
With trumpets and the sound
A big blue bug bit the bold bald bear of the ram horn make a joyful
And the bold bald bear bled blood symphony
badly. before the LORD the King!
3. Motivation:
How do you call a story of ones life,
his present and past experience, dreams or 5. Discussion:
plans or ambitions? (biography)
Study the underlined words,
what do you notice?
4. Presentation:
Answer: They are words that have
Show the psalms printed on cartolina
consonant combinations and
strips
sounded the same when read. They
Read the psalms emphasizing the words
are sounded as /f/ when read.
with gh and ph sounds
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1. roughness 1. cough
Demonstrate the correct position of the 2. toughness 2. tough
tongue to stress the sound /f/. 3. laughable 3. rough
4. laughing 4. enough
haughty blaspheme 5. coughing
triumph laughter
orphans right 6. Fixing Skills:
symphony prophets Guess the key words based on the
meanings given using configuration
Study the words further. clues.
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The two consonants in sequence or 2. It is important that a beginning
digraph ph is pronounced as /f/. reader should have
Phonetics analysis of a word helps us awareness.
to understand the meaning of a word. 3. An earthquake is a natural that
Some words have consonant we can hardly predict.
combinations which are sounded the 4. Those are the only
same when read but their spelling are souvenirs of the grand reunion.
different. 5. Do you agree that our country, the
Example: ph and gh are sounded , is the Pearl of the Orient
as /f/ Seas?
Some words show irregularity in 6. exercises help us
spelling. pronounce the words correctly.
Example: words with augh and ough. 7. When I go to college, I will take up
, Arts and Letters.
8. Application: 8. He is as as a warrior
A. Oral Practice: when he is faced with problems.
Have the pupils read the 9. His and colds terribly
following words correctly. trigger his headache.
10. The and rocky road
ph said as f caused the car engine to stop.
hyphen sapphire
siphon phosphorus Answer Key:
phenomenon phlegm 1. paragraph 2. phonemic
physics pamphlet
phonetic headphone 3. Catastrophe 4.
phosphate mimeograph photographs
ophthalmology photogenic 5. Philippines 6. Phonetic
orphanage hemophilia
7. Philosophy 8. tough
B. Use the words given to complete the
following sentences: 9. cough 10. rough
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A. GOLD. Direction: Combine the Have the pupils read the words
following simple sentences into a with initial, medial and final /p/
compound sentence using conjunctions sound.
and, or and but.
1. The book was funny. It was exciting.
2. The cat needed excitement. He became Initial
bored. 1. pacify
3. Maz had adventures. He always escaped. 2. panic
4. The cat could go to the right. He could 3. pastor
go to the left. 4. petite
5. He was brave. He was also intelligent. 5. passion
Medial
B. TS. Direction: Use the following words 1. rampant
with ph in meaningful sentence. 2. stipend
3. trample
1. paragraph 4. nepotism
2. philosophy 5. participle
3. biography Final
4. phrases 1. bleep
5. geography 2. shape
3. creep
4. shop
5. soup
LESSON # 9
2. Motivation:
I. OBJECTIVES: Have you seen a lion?
Show a picture of lion.
GLR: 1. Enjoy listening to a story Have the pupils describe the
CT: 2. Answer questions from the story lion.
listened to.
GOLD: 3. Use a variety of sentence as to 3. Unlocking of Difficulties:
structure; complex sentence Have the pupils read the
4. Form complex sentence. clues then arrange the following
TS: 5. Tell the key concept implied. jumbled letter to form the correct
word.
II. Subject Matter:
The King of Beasts and His Three a. bsetas ( The Lion is called the King
Advisers of ______ because he is big and
Forming Complex Sentence strong.)
Telling the Key Concept Implied b. bleatiirr (The Lion had an ____
mood because his wife told him
Reference: 2002 Basic Education that he had a bad breath.)
Curriculum c. nuplaesnat (The Queen Lioness
PELC Speaking 6; PELC Reading 4 said that the Lion has the most
Explore your World through Language and unpleasant smell.)
Literature pp 58 - 61
Language Arts Today p. 14 19 4. Motive Question:
Linking the World through English pp. 284 Why were the animals afraid of the
lion?
Materials: strips of cartolina. Index cards,
B. During Reading Activities:
III. PROCEDURE: Have the pupils listen as the teacher
GLR (Genuine Love for Reading) reads the story.
A. Pre-reading Activities:
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: The King of Beasts and His Three
Advisers
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The lion is called the king of beasts. He Have the pupils answer the
is big and strong. So, the animals are afraid following questions:
of him. But not his wife, Queen Lioness.
a. When did the lion roar loudly?
One morning, the king of the forest was b. Why was the lion very angry?
in an irritable mood. His wife, the Queen c. What did the sheep tell the lion?
had said something he did not like. Queen d. Why did the sheep give an honest
Lioness ha told King Lion that his breath answer?
was most unpleasant. So King Beast called e. Why did the goat tell a lie?
the animals. First, he called the sheep. f. Who among the animals did the
right thing?
Friend Sheep, he roared, opening 3. Engagement Activities:
wide his big mouth, would you say that my Have the pupils perform the
breath smells unpleasant? following activities under time limit.
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A. Direction: Underline the
2. Review: Checking of assignment independent clause once and the
Direction: Combine the following subordinate clause twice.
simple sentences into a compound
sentence using conjunctions and, or and 1. Norie asked where we could buy a
but. cheaper imitation of your bag.
2. Although Sally did not pass the
1. The book was funny. It was exciting. test, she still hoped to pass the
2. The cat needed excitement. He subject.
became bored. 3. If you are truthful, others will
3. Maz had adventures. He always respect you more.
escaped. 4. June is the month when we
4. The cat could go to the right. He celebrate Independence Day.
could go to the left. 5. The book which I read taught me a
5. He was brave. He was also lesson about friendship.
intelligent.
B. Direction: Supply the appropriate
3. Motivation: conjunction for each sentence. Choose
What kind of media and technology from the given conjunction inside the
do you use? box.
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after before though 1. The brain, which is located in the
although if unless skull, is part of the nervous
because as until system.
whenever where since 2. What he did to me will not be
whereas than when taken against him.
wherever 3. I did not receive the bag which
you bought in Hong Kong.
Example: 4. They were already quarrelling
It had been this way since her husband before you arrived.
(Independent clause) (subordinate clause) 5. The king who treats his
had left them. subordinates with respect is well-
loved by everybody.
8. Application:
A. Guided practice: TS. Transfer Stage:
Direction: Underline the dependent 1. Drill: Pronunciation drill:
clause. Circle the subordinating Have the pupils read the
conjunction; box the simple subject and following words correctly:
the predicate verb of each dependent
clause. Words with stress on the first syllable
1. Since Liza was totally blind, her A*sia BAN*dit
achievements in school could be METH*ane BEA*con
considered extraordinary. FAM*ine CUR*few
2. Life isnt easy when your vision is COT*tage DE*pot
impaired. HUS*band LAV*ish
3. When she was in high school, Lizas GOB*let AD*vo-cate
classmates elected her president of LIB*er-ty MEM*o-ra-
the class. ble
4. Because she was brilliant, she
graduated valedictorian. 2. Review: Checking of assignment
5. Before she went to college, Liza Direction: Use the following words
spent summer as a music and with ph in meaningful sentence.
dramatic counselor.
1. paragraph
B. Independent Practice: 2. philosophy
Direction: Underline the independent 3. biography
clause. Supply the appropriate 4. phrases
conjunction for each sentence. 5. geography
1. The cake _____ you baked makes 3. Motivation:
my mouth watery. How do we communicate with
2. The woman ______ car was other people?
carnapped was crying the whole day. Is it important to communicate
3. I admire beautiful girls ______ I am with them?
a lover of beauty.
4. The jacket ______ you bought is too 4. Presentation:
thick. Have the pupils read the
5. ______ I know about you will not paragraph given. Let them identify
affect your candidacy. the key concept.
Evaluation: Communication is derived from the
A. GOLD; Direction: Underline the Latin word communis which mean
independent clause in each commonness. It is the process of
sentence once and twice the transmitting knowledge, ideas, information,
subordinate clause. Box the attitudes, feelings and the like. There are
conjunction used. numerous meanings but the essence in only
one. It is the transmission or exchange of
messages.
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In our everyday life, we encounter
many problems. If we are able to
discuss our problems with someone,
5. Discussion: we feel relieved even if the problem is
What is the key concept implied in not yet solved. We always feel the need
the sentence? to unload our burdens on people
What are the details that support the whom we trust. Communication is
key concept? curative and s also a medium to
Have the pupils fill in the story maintain our good health.
frame with details about the selection.
IV. Evaluation:
Title: ________________________ B. TS. Direction: Read the
paragraph and determine its key
Key concept: ___________________ concept and the details that support the
Supporting details: key concept.
________________________________
________________________________ The communication process is the
_____________________________ change that takes place in the course of its
doing. It is a process that can be
compared to life. It keeps on changing and
never stays as is. The words keep on
multiplying each day.
6. Generalization:
What is a key concept? Title: ________________________
Where can we find the main idea or
the key concept? Key concept: ___________________
Supporting details:
REMEMBER: ________________________________
________________________________
The main idea or the key concept is the _____________________________
central thought of a paragraph. All the
sentences in the paragraph develop it.
Without a main idea, the paragraph would
just be a confusion of sentences. All the V. Assignment:
sentences in the paragraph should develop A. GOLD. Direction: Pick out the
the main idea. independent clause and the
subordinate clause in each
The key concept of the paragraph can be sentence. Write your answers in the
found in the beginning, in the middle or at table provided.
the end of a paragraph.
1. We went shopping in the mall since
it was still too early to go home.
7. Application: 2. I must stay here until my daddy
Direction: Read the following group of returns.
sentences. Identify the key concept 3. Where the fire originated is not yet
implied in the sentence. known.
4. She narrated everything to Mrs.
1 Castro who is our principal.
We are very special and unique 5. He completed several projects
creations of God. We are gifted with the when he was still the president of
power to think and the ability to Science Club.
communicate. Because of these, we are
superior to the other creations of God. Independent Clause Subordinate Clause
Our achievements and accomplishments 1. 1.
in life are made through effective 2. 2.
communication. 3. 3.
4. 4.
2
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5. 5. GLR (Genuine Love for Reading)
A. Pre-reading Activities:
B. TS. a. Drill: Pronunciation drill:
Direction: Read each paragraph. State Have the pupils read the following
the key concept or implied main idea. verse drill correctly:
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Bullawong, Bullawon, I will sing you a song, as I go along
I will sing you a song, as I go along
Bullawong, Bullawon, Bullawong then spoke and said,
I will sing you a song, as I go along Are you tires, boy?
Bullawong then spoke, and he said, Yes, I am very tired, said the little
Are you hungry, boy? brown boy.
Yes, I am hungry, said the little Then I will find you a cradle. Look
brown boy. to the left bank and you will see a boat
Then, I will send you fish. Look in tied up by the tree.
front of you and you will see a pool with So the little brown boy looked to the
many silver fish. left bank and he climbed into the boat and
So the little brown boy looked in front lay down to rest.
and in the pool, he saw a silver fish and he Do you like my boat? asked the
ate it. river.
Do you like my silver fish? asked Yes, said the little brown boy, it
the river. is very pleasant. And he closed his eyes
Yes, said the little brown boy. It was and sang.
very good. And he swam about and he Bullawong, Bullawon,
sang. I will sing you a song, as I go along
Bullawong, Bullawon, Bullawong, Bullawon,
I will sing you a song, as I go along I will sing you a song, as I go along
Bullawong, Bullawon, And the boy was fast asleep, and the
I will sing you a song, as I go along boat rocked him to and fro, to and fro, to
Bullalwong then spoke, and he said, and fro.
Are you thirsty, boy?
Yes, I am thirsty, said the little C. Post Reading Activities:
brown boy.Then, I will send you water to 1. Answering the motive question.
drink. Look to the right bank, and you will What were the things that
see a crystal stream that flows into my Bullawong did for the boy?
waters.
So the little brown boy looked to the 2. Comprehension Check:
right, and he drank of the crystal stream. Have the pupils answer the
Do you like my crystal stream? asked following questions:
the river.
Yes, said the little brown boy, it is 1. What kind of relationship did the river
clear and fresh. And he swam about and Bullawong and the boy have?
sang. 2. In your opinion, what kind of river was
Bullawong, Bullawon, Bullawong?
I will sing you a song, as I go along 3. If you were the boy, what would you
Bullawong, Bullawon, ask from the river?
I will sing you a song, as I go along 4. If you were Bullawong, would you
Bullawong then spoke, and he said, give what the boy needs? Why?
Are you strong, boy?
Yes, I am very strong, said the little 3. Engagement Activities:
brown boy. Have the pupils perform the
Then I will send you waves to fight. following activities under time limit.
Look behind you and you will see wild
waves rushing at you. GROUP 1: CERTIFICATE OF
So the little brown boy looked behind, RECOGNITION
Describe Bullawongs attitude.
and he dived into the waves and broke them. Make a certificate of recognition for
Do you like my waves? asked the him.
river.
Yes, said the little brown boy, they GROUP 2: I WRITE A SONG!
are wild and rolling/ And he swam about
and sang. Identify the lesson of the story
Bullawong, Bullawon, and compose a song that tells the
I will sing you a song, as I go along moral lesson of the story. Prepare to
sing your song to the class.
Bullawong, Bullawon,
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Voters from the village are omnivorous;/
Group 3 Varsity volunteers are vigorous.//
Episodal Web:
Complete the episodal web with 2. Review: Checking of assignment:
details from the selection. Direction: Pick out the
independent clause and the subordinate
Where was the boy clause in each sentence. Write your
walking one sunny day? answers in the table provided.
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Storm Caloy is expected to reach
the Philippine area of Responsibility
by tomorrow morning.
6. Generalization:
How do we change the direct Group 3:
discourse to a reported statement/indirect Direction: Read the dialogue. Change
discourse? the following direct discourse into
indirect.
REMEMBER:
In changing statements to Faye: What are you reading?
reported statements: Adriele: Im reading an article about
the coming election in the
1. Use said that to introduce the Philippines.
statement. Faye: It will be the first time of the
Ex. Kuya Kim said that. Filipinos to use the Automated
Election.
2. Change the verbs to past form. Adriele: They are very excited
Ex. said that Storm Caloy was. although there are threats of failure of
election and massive cheating.
3. Change the pronouns. Faye: I hope this will be a successful
He/him refers to a boy/male election.
She/her refers to a girl/female Adriele: And I hope no one will try to
They/them- refers to more than foil the election.
one person.
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GOLD: Using indefinite pronouns
Fathers father, my worthy TS: Writing the main idea of a
grandfather, lives farther down the paragraph read that is explicit or implied
southern part of the town. Mother
wants my grandfather to join a Reference: 2002 Basic Education
brotherhood of weathermen up north. Curriculum
But grandfather thought that it isnt such PELC Speaking 7; 7.1;PELC Reading 8
a worthy idea. So they decided to have a Milestone in Reading 6 p. 205
family gathering instead of going out of Explore your World through Language and
the town. Literature pp 58 - 61
Across the Border Through Language p.
IV. Evaluation: 57
TS. Direction: Have the pupils write the Linking the World through English pp.
paragraph to be dictated by the teacher. 284
139
1. Answering the motive questions.
Why do you think the goat
c. leap believed the fox? Explain
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Have the pupils read the
verse below.
Characters Setting Events Only in the Wind
________ ________
Someone is knocking at my door,
___________ Place Initiating Somebody scrapes shoes on the floor,
___________ ________ Events And I ask, Is anybody there?
____ ________ But nobody answers
Except the howling of the wind.
Time: Internal
Response I listen hard
Resolution Everything is quiet once more
For several are tired
Attempt And all are asleep
___________ I listen and wait again,
_________
Consequence Nothing moves
It must have been only the wind.
Theme
5. Discussion:
What are the italicized words in the
_________ verse given?
_________ Do they refer to a particular
_ person, palace or thing?
What are these words? (Indefinite
GOLD. Grammar, Oral, Language Pronoun)
Development What verb comes after each
1. Drill: pronunciation drill: Have the indefinite pronoun?
pupils read the verse drill given: Discuss further.
3. Motivation:
Have you seen a wind? How do we
COMMON INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
know that there is a wind?
Singular Plural Singular or
Plural
4. Presentation:
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Anyone Both All
Anybody Few Any
Anything Many Most
Everyone Most None
Everybody Others Some
Everything Several
No one
Nobody
Each
Nothing B. Independent Practice:
Either Direction: Write the appropriate
Neither indefinite pronoun in each blank.
One
Someone 1. _______ has to preside at a
Somebody] meeting. The one who presides is
Something called the chair.
2. ______ must read the minutes of
the meeting. This is usually the job
7. Application: of the secretary.
A. Guided Practice: 3. _______ listens attentively.
4. _______ reports on the assignment
Group 1: given to him.
Direction: Circle the indefinite pronoun. 5. _______ asks questions about the
Underline the correct verb form. project.
1. Several (is, are) pulling the weeds.
2. Each (bring, brings) some herbal plants
IV. Evaluation:
3. Most of the boys (plant, plants) seedlings A. GOLD: Direction:
in their plots. Underline the indefinite
4. Everyone (is, are) busy doing a share of pronoun used in each sentence and
their work. circle the correct form of the verb.
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Are all the paragraphs have the
topic sentence that tells the whole ___Municipal pest control
message of the writer? officers may be consulted
about pests.
8. Generalization ___Plant pests and diseases
Main idea of a are the worst enemies of
paragraph tells us what the cultivated crops.
paragraph is all about. It ____Plants pests and diseases
may be stated in the paragraph or need to be controlled.
explicit and it may not be stated or
implied) 5. Soil is very important to plants.
Plants depend heavily on the
9. Application soil for root anchorage and for
i. Activity 1 essential nutrients such as
Grasping Implied Ideas nitrogen, phosphorous and
potash. They also depend upon
What main idea do the the soil for water and other
following paragraphs imply? mineral nutrient
Underline the right word in the Plants depend heavily in soil.
parenthesis. Soil has nutrients needed by
plants.
a. Sgt. Cruzado was about to enter Soil is very important to
his tent when he saw one of his plants.
comrades lying flat near his 6. Many farm crops are very specific
post. He quickly reached him. in their temperature requirements.
He asked for water and he gave Examples are melons, squash,
him his reserve water. sweet potatoes and beans. They
(merciful, forgiving, brave, grow best in warm temperatures.
friendly) Slight rain can destroy them.
b. A young soldier volunteered to Pechay, mustard, Kangkong, and
walk ahead of the troop to check if the radish, on the other hand, grow
way was safe to pass through. When well during summer and can also
he spotted a troop of enemies, he withstand rain.
quickly made a signal to pass other
way and they reach their camp safely. Many farm crops are very
(merciful, kind, forgiving, specific in their temperature
brave) requirements.
c. A soldier carried to safety a Plants can grow in warm
wounded companion through temperature.
continuous firing from the enemies. Slight rain can destroy plants.
(merciful, brave, sacrificing,
reckless) ii. Enrichment
Activities
Activity 2
Choose the main idea of the Gallery of Text
following paragraphs. Put a check
before the right sentence. Teacher will display several
short paragraphs cut from
4. Plant pests and disease are the newspapers, old magazines or
worst enemies of cultivated written on manila paper. Pupils are
crops for food and seed given three minutes to choose from
production. Municipal pest the paragraph what they want to
control officers may be consulted read.
as soon as these pests and
diseases are observed in the Directions: Read silently the
farm. For more protection, clean paragraph of your choice. Write on a
cultural practices should be piece of paper the main idea of the
observed. Removing and paragraph. As I call on you, read
destroying all possible breeding your paragraph and its main idea
places of plant pests and aloud.
diseases around the vicinity of
the garden is suggested. IV. Evaluation
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Read the following ______1. Everyone is waiting inside
paragraphs. State its main the room.
idea and write on your answer ______2. Several of the audience is
sheet. from my hometown.
______3. No one have been calling
1. Different birds use different
Dana ever since she
materials for their nests. Most
birds use scraps of grass, leaves,
arrived.
and twigs. One kind of bird pushes ______4. Many are in the small plastic
and molds these materials into a bag.
cuplike home between the ______5. Neither of the boys
branches of a tree or among are walking alone in
grass. It uses saliva or mud to hold the forest.
the materials together.
2. A dolphin is a mammal like cats, B. TS. Copy a five paragraph from
dogs and people. It has warm any reading material. Write the
blood. It cannot breathe under main idea below each
water. Like other mammals, its paragraph.
babies are born alive. It gives milk
to its babies.
3. The bread was like a pet; I took LESSON #12
care of it, made sure that it was
properly stirred, and saw to it that OBJECTIVES:
it was alive and doing well. You
see bubbles appear on the surface GLR: 1. Enjoy listening to a story
just to let you know that there is CT: 2. Answer questions from the story
really something truly alive inside. listened to.
Adapted: Manila Bulletin Taste
March 14, 2007 p. 5
GOLD: 3. Use demonstrative pronouns.
4. The Malate Church have always TS: 4. Identify the authors purpose
been a haven for people in need. in writing.
In the past, it served as the
fortress of British forces against
the Spaniard. Today, supplicants II. Subject Matter:
continue to pray to Our Lady of GLR: How Butterflies Came To Be
Miraculous Medal in time of GOLD: Using Demonstrative pronouns
trouble. Founded by the TS: Telling the writers purpose
Augustinians friars, the church
was built in the 18th century. Reference:
Adapted: A Tour of Seven
Churches 2002 Basic Education Curriculum
By Clifford Ray Olanday PELC Speaking 7; 7.1
1. Style Weekend PELC Reading 8
Manila Bulletin Milestone in Reading 6 p. 205
2. March 30, 2007 Growing in Reading p. 83; 107;
p. 21
Across the Border Through Language p.
5. Even kites can be dangerous! You
can get pulled by your kite when
66
there are strong winds, or you can Linking the World through English pp.
get hurt when the string attached 156
to the kite rubs on your hand. A
kite can even cause a helicopter Materials: strips of cartolina. Index cards,
to crash!
Adapted: Fly High Junior Inquirer III. Procedure:
May 20, 2007 p. 5
V. Assignment GLR: Genuine Love for Reading
A. GOLD: Direction: Put a check mark A. Pre-reading Activities:
(/) on the blank if the sentence is 1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: Have
written correctly. If it is not, the pupils recite the following
underline the incorrect part and write verse drill.
the proper structure above it.
Paul the southpaw had a bad fall,/
He landed at the orthopedic hall.//
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One night/ Paul got a haunting call/ One time, a young couple visited
From a sorceress who was very tall.// the village. They were proud and hated
anything ugly.
When the doctor called the roll,/
Paul was nowhere in the orthopedic hall./
They chanced upon the old
He had left to follow the haunting call./
Of the sorceress who was very tall.//
womans flower garden at the edge of the
lake, and entered it to gather some
2. Motivation: bouquets. The old woman asked them to
Think of a prominent person. How leave, but instead of obeying, the young
does this person earn respect? man and woman made fun of her because
they found her ugly.
3. Vocabulary development:
Match the definition in column A To punish them, the old woman
with the word being defined in touched them with a cane and said that
column B. since they like only beautiful things, they
will be turned into the most beautiful
Column A insects.
1. it means to take care of (a) So the next time you see tow lovely
2. it means to do something unplanned butterflies hovering near some flowers,
(b) youll remember that haughty young
3. it refers to a bunch of flowers (c) couple.
4. it means to be flying in one spot (d)
5. it means to behave in an arrogant -Domiana Eugenio
Origin of Butterflies
way (e)
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Direction: Put a check mark (/) on
the blank if the sentence is written
___________ Place Initiating correctly. If it is not, underline the
___________ ________ Events incorrect part and write the proper
____ ________ structure above it.
_________ 3. Motivation:
_________ Have you been to a science
_ laboratory? What are the things that we
can see there?
Group 2
Fill in the values web. 4. Presentation:
Have the pupils read the following
sentences.
WHAT I LEARNED FROM
THE STORY
1. See this aluminum? This will be the
source of electrons.
2. The electron receivers will be the
Group 3: Energize your thoughts copper. These will be called
Complete the paragraph electrodes.
3. Look at that solution on the shelf.
If I had the power to change the event of That is called an electrolyte.
the story, I 4. See those ingredients over there? We
would______________________________ will use those to make the electrolyte
___________________________________ solution that will move the electrons
___________________________________ on our aluminum and copper
___________________________________ electrodes.
REMEMBER:
Group 4: Lights, Camera, Action! 5. Discussion:
Demonstrative pronoun points out a
particular person,
Study the details how the young What are the place or thing.
italicized words in
couple walked to the house of the old This and that are singular
each sentence?
woman. Act out how they insulted the old demonstrative pronoun.
woman. Do these words point to a
Examples:
particular thing?
1. This is the chair of the High King
What
of the are
Lake.the words this, that,
GOLD (Grammar, Oral, these,2. and
Thatthose
is thecalled? (Demonstrative
gift of the acacia tree to
Language Development) pronoun)the sky.
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: When do we use this? That?
Have the pupils recite the following: These? Those?
These and those are plural
Discuss further.
demonstrative pronouns.
She sells seashells by the seashore. Examples:
If she sells seashells by the seashore, 1. These are the eyes of a thousand
6. Generalization:
Wheres the seashells she sells by the snakes.
What are demonstrative pronouns?
seashore? 2. When
Those are
do thewewarriors
use from
this?theThat?
Kingdom of Rain.
These? those?
2. Review: Checking of
This and these refer to things near the
assignment:
speaker.
That and those refer to things far from
147 the speaker.
When this, these, that and those are
used before nouns, they are
adjectives not pronouns.
1. Madam Curie is a leading scientist
of the modern age. This is what
almost everyone knows about her.
2. Because of her experiments, she
was constantly exposed to radium.
This damaged her bone marrow.
3. That is what her daughter eve tells
us in her biography.
4. These contained the precipitates
and liquids needed for their
experiments.
5. This miserable old shed where she
conducted her experiments was the
happiest.
B. Independent Practice:
Direction: Complete the statements
with appropriate demonstrative
pronoun.
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Explain to the pupils that a
TS. Transfer Stage material, story or a book that contains
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: facts was written for the purpose of
Have the pupils read the informing. On the other hand, a selection
following verse drill. that contains the opinions and views of the
author was written to persuade.
But if you are unsure,/how can you
decide?/ Explain also that identifying the
But if you think of all the buts/ how can authors purpose for writing helps readers
you reach the summit?/ to better understand what they read.
(Use the information written in the
One who achieves the ultimate/ generalization.)
Is willing to catch a sunbeam/
Hes willing to know the unknown/ 6. Generalization:
And conquer the unconquerable./ How do we determine the purpose
of the author in writing a
2. Review: Checking of assignment: selection?
Direction: Identify the character trait
being shown by the following REMEMBER:
situation: The authors purpose is to inform if:
You learned specific facts from
1. Sir, this is your wallet. You dropped the story.
it, the boy said to the old man. The story gives true information.
2. Dont touch my doll! It is mine! The characters in the story are
Mara said.
real.
3. Faye obeys her teacher and older
The selection gives data,
classmates.
statistics, dates and figures.
3. Motivation:
Ask the pupils what type of stories The authors purpose is to persuade if:
they like to read and have them tell the
reason for their choice. The selection tries to influence the way
you think and feel.
4. Presentation: The author convinces the reader of his
Have the pupils rearrange the point of view.
scrambled letters to form a word. The selection calls for action and
warns of consequences for each action.
FROMIN (inform) The author makes use of words like
ETNREATIN (entertain) should, must, in my opinion, etc.
PRESAUDE (persuade)
DSECIREB (describe) The authors purpose is to entertain if:
NRARAET (narrate)
The selection affects the emotions of
Have the pupils choose from the given the readers.
formed words the describe words: The selection gives pleasure,
enjoyment, and amusement.
1. Keeps readers amused.
The characters in the story are not real.
2. Explains the details of things and
events. The selection is funny, shocking, scary,
3. Paints a picture through words. make-believe, intriguing etc.
4. Relates an event.
5. Gives reasons to convince his 7. Application:
readers. A. Guided Practice:
Read the following titles of reading
Answers: (1. entertain; 2. inform; 3. materials. Decide which of these were
describe; 4. narrate; 5. persuade) written to entertain or to inform. Write
the number of your answer inside the
5. Discussion: appropriate circle.
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_____ 5. A letter requesting assistance for
a. Rosys Book of Cookie Recipe a Clean and Green project.
b. Origami The Art of Paper Folding (persuade)
c. The Amazing Adventure of Squirmy
the Worm V. ASSIGNMENT:
d. .The Book of Knowledge A. GOLD: Underline the correct
e. Aesops Fable demonstrative pronoun for each of the
f. Harry Potter and the Order of the following sentences.
Phoenix
g. The Illustrated Dictionary of Animal 1. (This, These) are the leaves from the
Life talking tree.
h. How the Ants Finally Won the War 2. He is looking for the liquid stone in
i. How to Survive the Information Age (that, those) caves.
j. The Powerpuff Girls 3. In (these, that) valley lives the
daughter of the sun and the moon.
INFORM ENTERTAIN 4. The ants carries the prince in (those,
this) wooden box.
5. (These, This) are the eyes of a
thousand snakes.
B. Tell the authors purpose for each of the B. TS. Write the purpose of the author in
following titles: writing the following article/ titles:
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Across the Border Through Language p. 80 Can you leap over this snail?
Linking the World through English pp. 156 the elephant asked.
Yes, I can! Ill show you, the
Materials: strips of cartolina. Index cards, kangaroo replied. The kangaroo
leaped over the snail.
III. Procedure: Can you leap over this monkey?
GLR: Genuine Love for Reading the elephant asked.
A. Pre-reading Activities: Yes, I can! Ill show you, the
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: kangaroo replied. The kangaroo
Have the pupils say the following leaped over the monkey.
phrases with the /oi/ sound. Have the Can you leap over this goat?
pupils know that the /oi/ is a single the elephant asked.
syllable, not two. Yes, I can! Ill show you, the
kangaroo replied. The kangaroo
1. the noise of the boys leaped over the goat.
2. toys made from coconut coir Can you leap over this cow? the
3. the poise of a joyful man elephant asked.
4. join a tour of Troy Yes, I can! Ill show you, the
5. spoiled the broiled meat kangaroo replied. The kangaroo
6. avoid the muddy soil leaped over the cow.
7. toiling at the hoists Can you leap over me? finally
8. a gold coin for poison he asked. If you can do that, Ill give
9. join the loiterers you a free swing on my tusk every day
10. doilies that coincide but if you fail, you will instead brush
my sides every day.
2. Motivation: Yes, I can, said the kangaroo.
Do you believe that Ill show you, he added. But before
sometimes smaller ones have better the kangaroo could leap over the
ideas than big ones? elephant, the elephant had stood up to
its tall height.
3. Vocabulary Development: The kangaroo thought the elephant
Have the pupils know the was clever. It thought and thought. It
meaning of the following words: didnt want to scrub the sides of the
elephant. At last, an idea came to the
a. leap (action) kangaroo.
b. tusk (picture) On one condition! it shouted.
c. clever (The clever ant bit the right leg of What condition? the elephant
the hunter.) asked.
d. condition (Ill give you this money on That you will close your eyes
condition that you will use it well.) while I jump! the kangaroo
e. agree (action) explained.
All right. I agree, answered the
4. Motive question: elephant.
What made the kangaroo As the elephant closed its eyes, the
think that elephant was clever? kangaroo hurriedly walked behind the
elephant to go to the other side.
B. During Reading Activities: That is the reason why the
Have the pupils listen as the teacher kangaroo in our story gets a free
reads the story. swing on the elephants tusk every day.
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Have the pupils answer the GOLD (Grammar, Oral, Language
questions given: Development)
Drill: Pronunciation drill:
a. When the kangaroo was about to leap Have the pupils recite the
over the elephant, what did the elephant following:
do?
b. What made the kangaroo think that the Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater/
elephant was clever? Had a wife and couldnt keep her/
c. Was the kangaroo willing to scrub the He put her in a pumpkin shell/
sides of the elephant? What condition And there he kept her very well//
did he give before he could leap?
d. Who is more clever, the kangaroo or the 2. Review: Checking of
elephant? Prove your answer. assignment:
Direction: Underline the correct
3. Engagement Activities: demonstrative pronoun for each of the
Group the pupils into four. Have following sentences.
them perform the following activities:
1. (This, These) are the leaves from the
GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACION! talking tree.
2. He is looking for the liquid stone in
Choose the part that you liked best (that, those) caves.
in the story. Then make a script and 3. In (these, that) valley lives the
dramatize the chosen part.
daughter of the sun and the moon.
4. The ants carries the prince in (those,
this) wooden box.
GROUP 2: Thank you, God! 5. (These, This) are the eyes of a
Being clever is Gods gift to us. What thousand snakes.
we do is our gift to Him. Have you done
something which you think is your gift to God?
If you have, recall and write them here. 3. Motivation:
Have you read the stories, The
_______________________________________ Ugly Duckling, The Little Mermaid, The
_______________________________________ Tinder Box, The Snow Queen, The
_______________________________________ Princess and the Pea and The Emperors
_______________________________ New Clothes? Who has written these
stories? (Hans Christian Andersen)
Group 3 4. Presentation:
Fill in the values web. Have the pupils read the following
sentences taken from the story about the
famous author, Hans Christian Andersen.
WHAT I LEARNED FROM
THE STORY
1. His mother, herself, spent long hours
reading stories to him.
2. His father saved money so Hans could
GROUP 4: DRAW ME! go to the theater, and he, himself, took
Draw the elephant and the kangaroo in the boy there.
the story. Make a dialogue between the two 3. To encourage Hans to go back to
using the bubble. school, his friends told him that they,
themselves, would shoulder his
Elephant: Kangaroo: expenses.
5. Discussion:
What are the italicized words in the
sentences?
What do these words do with the
Allow the pupils to perform the nouns or pronouns that precede them?
activities under limited time.
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What does the pronoun herself 3. The teachers, themselves, assist
emphasize? himself? themselves? the pupils to visualize what they
What are these pronouns called? want to write.
Can you leave out the intensive 4. Larry, himself, offers for the
pronoun without changing the meaning illustrations.
of the sentence? (yes) 5. All the children, themselves, enjoy
Discuss further. writing poems.
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What was the last movie you have
watched?
What was it all about?
Have the pupils tell the feeling or
mood the movie put them in.
(happy)
Clapping hands
?
c. The shark slowly appeared from the
deep water and started circling the boat. The Concert
It is big and silvery white with small
eyes and saw-like teeth that made the
fisherman tremble.
_______________ A. people talking B. quiet
(fearful) music
C. people singing D. loud
5. Discussion: music
Have the pupils understand that aside
from inferring about character traits, it is 7. GENERALIZATION:
also important to infer the general mood
of a selection they read. Making an inference is seeing
other meanings that directly stated details
As you read each situation, what in a passage imply, suggest, or hint at. An
feeling do you get from reading it? inference is going beyond the surface
What does mood mean? details.
How do we infer the general mood
of a selection? Authors use words, phrases and
Discuss further. images to catch the attention of the
readers and to work on their emotions and
6. Fixing Skills: create the mood of the selection.
Read the passage below. Infer the
mood each situation brings by selecting What is a mood? Mood is the
from the given choices. (Reading for feeling you experience while reading. It is
Meaning 6 p. 158) the atmosphere which covers a whole
range of moods; from anger to sadness; to
Don watched the crowd grow. excitement and fear.
Music blasted out of the speakers. He
could feel the beat through his body. 8. Application:
When the lights went out, everyone
pushed forward. People started chanting
the names of their favorite band members
and clapping their hands. Don smiled and 154
started clapping, too. He knew it would be
a great concert.
Have the pupils read the following Quotes Mood
paragraphs. Then, infer the general 1. wished it could 1. ___________
mood of each selection. Arrange the talk
letter of the following words to identify 2. had to sit still and 2. ___________
the mood given. keep quiet.
3. with a great roar, 3. ___________
1. Roland frowned. He wanted to watch a the mountain threw
basketball game TV. But Maricel was the rock high into
watching another program. He suddenly the sky.
switched to another channel. Maricel 4. it flew through the 4. ___________
shouted. How impolite! air and landed in a
____________ (ngaer) river.
5. cant talk but at 5._____________
2. Karl and Jazzer are boy scouts. They least can travel.
have been learning to give first aid. They
have learned what to do with the cuts,
MOOD BANK
bruises, sprains and how to dress
wounds. One day, while the boys were Anger sadness resignation
walking home from school, they saw a Joy surprise appreciation
car hit a little girl. Karl and Jazzer ran
quickly to the child. She was
unconscious and blood was spurting V. ASSIGNMENT:
from a wound on her wrist. A. GOLD: Direction: Complete each
__________ (chlleagne) sentence with intensive pronouns.
Underline the noun or pronoun
3. What a place! Cockroaches which the intensive pronoun refers
everywhere, cobwebs, and dust thick to.
enough to plant potatoes in it!
___________ (gutsdis) 1. Neil Armstrong, _______,
prepared well fro the flight to
IV. EVALUATION: space.
TS: Direction: Read the passage below. 2. His teachers, _______. Told
Infer the moods directly stated by the quotes about Neils excellence in
given. The MOOD BANK can serve your Science and Math.
guide to identify the mood being referred to. 3. The lesson for learning to fly a
plane was expensive, but Neil,
Once there was an old rock on top of _______, earned the money for
a mountain that wished it could talk. Now it.
and then, a person or an animal came by. 4. The training program,
Some climbed onto the rock to look at the ________, was difficult.
view. 5. The U.S. President, ________,
congratulated the three
Hey! the rock wanted to say. astronauts.
Watch your step! But it could not.
Thousands of years came and went B. TS.
but the rock could not come and go like the Direction: Infer the
people and the animals. It had to sit still mood of the following
and keep quiet. selection. Choose your answer
form the given choices inside the
Then, one day, something changed. box.
The earth moved. With a great roar, the
mountain threw the rock high into the sky. It 1. Please dont cry. Tell the kids that
flew through the air and landed in a river their daddy is fighting for them, for
miles away. his wife, for his people, and for his
country, said the departing soldier.
Well, the rock thought to itself. I _____________.
still cant talk, but at least, I can travel.
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2. All the children were opening their 1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: Have
gifts. Their faces brightened up as the pupils recite the given tongue
each took out a toy from inside twister:
colorful wrappers. But Lita had no
gift to open. Tears started to flow Kimbo Kemble kicked his kinsmans
down her cheeks. If only my kettle.
parents were alive, she thought. Did Kimbo Kemble kcik his
3. The Francisco family was up early, kinsmans kettle?
and so were the rest of the people in If Kimbo Kemble kicked his
the whole town. Bands have been kinsmans kettle,
playing merrily since six oclock in Wheres the kinsmans kettle Kimbo
the morning. Church bells have been Kemble kicked?
ringing gaily, too. The town fiesta
has begun. 2. Motivation:
How do you treat a visitor?
Merry excited
3. Vocabulary Development:
Sad sorrow Read the following sentences.
Use context clues to decide
which word from the box make
LESSON # 14 sense in each sentence.
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had enough money left to live innkeeper is asking for you if your
comfortably for the rest of his life. So representative doesnt appear in thirty
one beautiful sunny day, Janos went to seconds.
see and repay the innkeeper who had
helped him when he was penniless and Just in time, the gypsy came
starving. bursting through the door. Your
majesty, I apologize for being late. You
How surprised the innkeeper was see, I was boiling corn at home, trying
when he saw Janos. Hello. Fifteen to turn it into more corns!
years ago, you gave me three boiled
eggs when I was very poor and hungry. I Everyone in the chamber roared in
came back to reward you for your laughter.
kindness by paying for those eggs a
hundredfold. How silly you are! How can you
make more from boiled corn? asked
Unfortunately, the generous the King.
innkeeper became a greedy one after
fifteen years. He figured out what have The gypsy grinned and said, Well,
happened if the three eggs had hatched Your Majesty, how can you hatch
into little chickens and if those chickens chicks from boiled eggs?
had grown up and hatched for more
chickens, and so on. Finally, he greedily The King stared at the gypsy
concluded that Janos must give him thoughtfully. I think youre right. The
everything he had, including his savings. boiled eggs could not hatch into chicks
anymore. Finally, he said, Janos,
Janos almost fell dead in surprise you have to pay only for the eggs you
with how his kind gesture was met with ate.
by such unimaginable greedy demands.
The story of his predicament spread like How thankful Janos was to the
fire throughout the land. The King of King and most especially to the gypsy
Hungary heard the story and traveler. As for the innkeeper, there
volunteered to sit in the jury. was no more reward just a few cents
for his boiled eggs.
Janos became more and more upset
as the time drew near for him and the Adapted
innkeeper to face the king in court. Soon
his hard-earned savings would C. Post Reading Activities:
disappear like a bubble for he presumed 1. Answering the motive
that the king would decide in favor of questions.
the crafty innkeeper.
2. Comprehension Check:
A week before the final day, while he Have the pupils answer the
was thinking about his misfortune, a following questions:
gypsy came by. Why are you wearing a
long face, goodman? he asked a. What did the poor Hungarian owe the
cheerfully. Janos told him everything. innkeeper?
Dont you worry. Ill present the case b. How much did the innkeeper want the
to the king and youll surely win. You poor man to pay?
should know how clever gypsies are. c. Who depended the poor man? How?
Janos accepted the offer even if he had d. If you were the gypsy, how would you
little hope that anyone could really him. depend the poor man?
e. If you were the King, would ypu do
On the day of the trial, Janos was the same?
looking for the gypsy in the chamber. He
was nowhere to be found. After sitting 3. Engagement Activities:
and waiting for a long time, the King Have the pupils perform the
grew impatient. Janos Kadar, he said. following activities under time
Prepare to give all that which the limit.
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1. Neil Armstrong, _______, prepared
GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACION! well fro the flight to space.
2. His teachers, _______. Told about
Choose the part that you liked best Neils excellence in Science and
in the story. Then make a script and Math.
dramatize the chosen part.
3. The lesson for learning to fly a plane
was expensive, but Neil, _______,
earned the money for it.
GROUP 2: Thank you, God! 4. The training program, ________, was
Being clever is Gods gift to us. What difficult.
we do is our gift to Him. Have you done
5. The U.S. President, ________,
something which you think is your gift to God?
If you have, recall and write them here.
congratulated the three astronauts.
_______________________________________ 3. Motivation:
_______________________________________ Which of the stories written by
_______________________________________ Hans Christian Andersen have you
_______________________________ read already?
Group 3 4. Presentation:
Fill in the values web. Have the pupils read the following
sentences:
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_____3. At first, Mr. and Mrs.
B. Complete the following sentence Salamanca, themselves,
with reflexive pronoun. encouraged her in her work.
_____4. As a doctor, Olivia cared more
1. Neil Armstrong prepared _____ for her patient than for
well for the flight to space. herself.
2. The lessons for learning to fly a _____5. Today, tuberculosis, itself, is a
plane were expensive but Neil curable disease.
earned the money for it _____.
3. Neil applied _____ for the IV. EVALUATION:
astronaut program but was not GOLD: Direction: Complete the
optimistic about his chance following sentence with the correct
because there were many reflexive pronoun.
applicants.
4. Nobody else but Neil _____ was 1. I find ____ enjoying biking around
surprised when he was accepted. the neighborhood.
5. It was Neil ______ who became 2. Jazzer learned ____ playing the
the first human being to step on guitar.
the moon. 3. The teachers gave _____ time to
relax during Teachers Da.
7. GENERALIZATION: 4. The girls collect shells and stamps
What is a reflexive pronoun? for _____.
5. Allyson make an album of
REMEMBER: butterflies for _____.
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paper. She will post it on at a
time for discussion. Metaphor is a figurative
c) Teacher reads a poem twice. language that makes direct
comparison of two unlike
NIGHT things that make something
By William Blake in common.
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_____ 1. The flower swayed happily the V. ASSIGNMENT:
wind. GOLD: Make/Write 5 sentences
_____ 2. The dictionary is the using Reflexive Pronoun.
bankbook that guides us in
use of the words and their TS. Direction: Identify the figurative
meanings. words used in each sentence.
_____ 3. The airplane was swallowed Write S for simile, M for
by the thick clouds. metaphor, P for
_____ 4. The leaves whisper their personification.
words to each other as the
wind passes by. ______1. An army of fleas attacked
_____ 5. To be in the museum is to be the dogs.
at a time machine set back ______2. The wrinkled sea beneath
long time again. him crawls.
______3. The taxis roll along the
Possible Answers: avenue like spools of
1. Personification 2. Simile colored threads.
3. Metaphor 4.Personification ______4. The wind slapped my face
5. Metaphor like an old man.
5. The car eats lot of gas.
B. Enrichment Activities
Direction: Study the following
lines from the poems given to
your group. Underline and identify
the figurative words used. (Simile, LESSON # 15
Metaphor, Personification)
Here are the poems. OBJECTIVES:
The moon like a flower GLR: 1. Enjoy listening to a story
In heavens high bower
CT: 2. Answer questions from the
With silent delight
Sits and smiles in the night
story listened to.
GOLD: 3. Use relative pronouns.
From: NIGHT by William TS: 4. Sequence the key concepts
Blake or big ideas to show
wholeness of the story/
My turtle is a tidy boy! selection
When he is tired of play,
He folds himself up II. Subject Matter:
carefully GLR: The EDSA Revolution
And puts himself away. GOLD: Using Relative Pronouns
TS: Sequencing the Key
From: TIDY TURTLE by Polly Chase Concepts or Big Ideas To Show
Wholeness of the Selection
IV. Evaluation
Direction: Identify the
figurative words used in Reference:
each sentence. Write S for 2002 Basic Education Curriculum
simile, M for metaphor, P for PELC Speaking 7.4
personification. PELC Reading 7.1
Growing in English p. 204
______1. The kettle sings as it sits on
the stove. Milestone in Reading 6 p. 205
2. The grass dances with the Grammar in Focus p.
wind. Across the Border Through Language p.
3. The sun is a ball of fire. 80
4. The clouds are as white as Linking the World through English pp.
cotton. 156
______5. Her brother was a tower of
strength during those hard Materials: strips of cartolina. Index cards,
times.
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III. Procedure: Have the pupils formulate
GLR: Genuine Love for Reading their own questions.
A. Pre-reading Activities:
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: B. During Reading
Activities:
Betty bought a bit of butter but she Have the pupils listen as the
found the butter bitter/ teacher reads the story.
So she bought a bit of butter to
make the bitter butter better. The EDSA Revolution
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laborers, housewives forming a Have the pupils answer the
strong chain, they all surged forward following questions:
risking their lives as they faced the
advancing armored tanks. What did the Filipino people
Hold on! one man shouted. fight for during the four-day
EDSA Revolution?
How did EDSA become the
center of drama during the
revolution?
Who gathered at EDSA?
How did the people stop the
military tanks from dispersing
them?
How did the nuns and the
crowd soften the wooden
heart of the soldiers?
Engagement Activities:
Join us, the people told the A great number of people came
soldiers, let us not kill one other. We to EDSA after a call for help was
are all Filipinos and brothers. The aired through the TV and radio
soldiers went down and abandoned stations.
the tanks and joined the crowd to the (COOPERATION)
great joy and applause of the people. Let us not kill one another. We
are all Filipinos and brothers, the
At last, Malacaang fell. All the people pleaded the soldiers.
people stormed its gates and rushed (LOVE FOR FELLOWMEN)
through the rooms of the palace. As the crowd waited in the
concrete pavement, many of
People Power had won over them prayed while others sang
the dictators rule. A long night had spiritual hymns.
ended. It was the break of a new (FAITH)
dawn. The Filipino people had shown Locked in each others arms like a
to the world that a non-violent strong chain, the people
struggle for freedom can be won approached the advancing tanks.
through the unity and prayers of a (UNITY)
people determined to live the way of
The people offered food, soft
peace, justice and freedom.
drinks and cigarettes to the tired
and hungry soldiers.
C. Post Reading Activities:
(CHARITY)
1. Answering the motive questions:
2. Comprehension Check:
GROUP 3:
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Fill the story grammar with details Have the pupils read the following
from the selection. sentences taken from the history of the
Philippine National Anthem:
STORY GRAMMAR ORGANIZER
The Philippine National Anthem is
Have the pupils complete the story a song that expresses well the
grammar organizer: story of our struggle for
Title: _________________________ independence.
Author: _______________________ Emilio Aguinaldo who had
commissioned the song, intended
Who is the main character? it to be part of the proclamation
rites of the Philippine
Independence Day.
Where and when did the story take place? Jose Palma, who was a great poet,
wrote the lyrics of the song.
What is the problem or conflict?
4. Discussion:
What did the main character do to solve What are the italicized clauses in
the problem? each sentence?
What is the function of each
clause?
How did the story end? What word introduced each
clause?
What are these words?
What is the function of relative
GROUP 4:
pronoun?
WRITE ME A LETTER Discuss further.
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5. Seven years later, the general ____
REMEMBER: lay dying on his bed, kissed the
flag for the last time.
A relative pronoun is a pronoun that
may introduce an adjective clause. It
joins its antecedent of which it is part. TS. TRANSFER STAGE:
Relative pronoun should be placed as 1. Drill: Pronunciation Drill:
close as possible to their antecedents. Have the pupils recite the
following tongue twister:
Note that the pronouns
who, whom, and whose are used She sells seashells from the
to refer to people; seashore/
that is used to refer to people and If she sells seashells from the
things; seashore,
which is used to refer to things Wheres the seashells she sells
and animals. from the seashore?
7. Application: 2. Review
A. Direction: Supply the following Do you still remember the basic
sentences with the correct elements of a short story?
relative pronoun: (Title, Main Character, Setting, Plot,
Ending)
1. Kawit, Cavite ____ is the site of
the Declaration of the Philippine Presentation:
Ask the pupils the title of the
Independence, is a place
selection. Ask them to count the
memorable to me. number of paragraphs in the
2. My mother, ____ is very dear to selection.
us, used to narrate how we were
taken home to Kawit, Cavite. 4. Analysis and Discussion
3. A special train ____ Grandfather
had hired was waiting for us. Guide pupils to identify the key
4. From then on, our family ____ concept or big ideas involved in
Grandfather cared for so much, each paragraph through these
stayed in Kawit. comprehension questions. Use the
5. Grandfather needed someone ___ chain of events to sequence the key
could host his numerous visitors. concepts.
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Paragraph 4: How did the people stop clock alarmed. So father woke him
the military tanks from dispersing up and helped him prepare for
them? school. Eventually, Darwin arrived
(People formed a strong chain, risked late in school.
their lives to block the advancing
tanks.)
Father woke up Darwin and
Paragraph 5: How did the nuns and helped the latter prepare for school.
the crowd soften the wooden heart of Darwin studied for his exam until
the soldiers? late at night.
(The nuns and the crowd offered Darwin was not able to wake up
flowers, food and drinks to the when the clock alarmed.
hungry soldiers.) Darwin arrived late in school.
6. Generalization
Paragraph 6: How did the crowd How do we sequence the key
encourage the soldiers to step down concepts to show the wholeness of
from their tanks and join them? the selection?
(The people said, Let us not kill one
another, we are brothers, join us!.) To sequence events is to arrange the
events according to how they happened
Paragraph 7: What did people do upon in the story.
reaching Malacaang Palace?
(People stormed its gate and rushed
We identify the key concept
through its rooms.)
of a paragraph and arrange
them according to the sequence
Paragraph 8: What did the world
of events in the selection.
witness in the event?
(The world witnessed a non-violent
7. Application
struggle for freedom won through
unity and prayers.)
A. MINI THEATER RESENTATION
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____ The soldiers accepted the
He approached the old woman and food and cigarettes
offered help and the latter gladly accepted offered by the people.
____ Families and organizations
the offer.
prepared food such as
fried chicken, sandwiches,
When the two reached the other side of the and soft drinks as if going
street, the old woman rewarded Pepito a to picnic.
big seed. ____ People power won and
democracy was restored.
When Pepito came home, he planted the ____ People came in great
numbers and camped on
big seed. The next morning he found a
the pavement of EDSA.
money tree on the place where he put the
____ Fidel Ramos and Jose Ponce
seed! Enrile broke away from
Marcos.
Strips of events for B groups: ____ The people locked arms
and met the advancing
One evening, Rhodora went to sleep without tanks.
fixing her schoolthings. While she was
sleeping, she was interrupted by some noise. (Key to Correction: 4, 7, 6, 3, 8,
2, 1,5)
It was her school things the bag, books, V. ASSIGNMENT:
notebooks, pens and papers that came alive! GOLD: Write the correct relative
pronoun to complete the
Her school things were mad at her for not sentence:
fixing them.
1. The colors ____ we see around
us can influence our moods.
Rhodora asked forgiveness from her school 2. Scientists ____ measured the
things and promised to take care of them. temperatures of colors have
Suddenly, she opened her eyes realizing found out that reds and
everything was just a dream. oranges are actually warmer
than blues and greens.
Say: Mothers, stay in your group and send 3. The instrument ____ the
each of your daughter to other group. scientists used to measure the
You read to the daughters the event temperature of color is called
written in the strip. Daughters, listen thermopile.
4. Color coding ____ people use
very carefully to the event. After that
in their business files, help
go back to your mother group and them speed up their work.
share what you have listened to. The 5. Map makers ____ use color
group then arranges the events in codes make it easier for us to
order forming a story. Finally, retell identify the different features
the story to the class. of the maps.
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Pupils copy:
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Read the passages below and
underline the word that best describes
the character in each.
nervous tired
7. Motivation: peaceful
How will you describe your mother?
Your father? Your friends? Etc.. 7. There is nothing you can do,
child, pleaded her mother. She
8. Presentation: realized that Ivy wanted to go out
Have the pupils rearrange the in the storm alone. Ivys mother
jumbled letters to identify character traits. was ______.
7. Generalization:
5. Discussion: What are the different traits that we
What can you say about Michael? can infer from a character?
(selfish)
Why? Remember:
What character traits could you infer
that Michael has? When you read, you can use
Discuss further information from a story to help you learn
more about a character that the story tells
6. Fixing Skills: you directly. The clues you may use
include what a character says or does and
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what other characters say about that person.
When you do this, you are inferring Evidence:
character traits the qualities that a
character has. What a character says, does,
thinks and feels tells you a lot about him or
her. What other characters say can also give 3. Gale cleaned the tables and put away
you clues. the dishes fro her mother. She made
tea for her father when he was sick.
8. Application: Delia is _______.
A. Form small groups. Talk about the
character traits of each member of the messy neat
group. Use the Venn Diagram. helpful
Evidence:
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______1. Everyone is waiting inside the TS: Writing a Model Composition
room. Arranging Details in Order
______2. Several of the audience is
from my hometown. Reference: 2002 Basic Education
______3. No one have been calling Curriculum
Dana ever since she arrived. PELC Speaking 5; PELC Writing 3. p 23
______4. Many are in the small plastic Explore Your World Through Language
bag. and Literature p. 102 103.
______5. Neither of the boys are English For You and Me Reading p 21 - 23
walking alone in the forest. Across Borders Through Language pp. 5
-7
B. TS. Direction: Identify the character Dynamic Series in English p. 260
trait being shown by the Materials: strips of cartolina. Index cards
following situation:
III. PROCEDURE:
6. Sir, this is your wallet. You dropped GLR (Genuine Love for Reading)
it, the boy said to the old man. Pre reading Activities:
7. Dont touch my doll! It is mine! 5. Drill: Pronunciation drill:
Mara said. Have the pupils read the following
8. Faye obeys her teacher and older rhymes:
classmates.
9. Laurence has saved his money since Young lambs to sell,
he was in Grade 3. If Id much money
10. I love to sing and dance. I enjoy my As I could tell,
studies, Mae said. I wouldnt be crying
Young lambs to sell.
6. Motivation:
Which is better, to be tall or to be
small?
LESSON PLANS IN
ENGLISH VI USING THE 7. Unlocking of Difficulties;
FOUR PRONGED Have the pupils identify the
APPROACH meaning of the following words by
answering the configuration clues
given.
LESSON # 1
5. more distant;
I. OBJECTIVES: remote
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9. Answering the motive question:
What is the best thing to be,
squeezed cackle according to the giraffe?
farther scratch
10. Comprehension Check:
8. Motive Question: Have the pupils answer he
What is the best thing to be, following questions:
according to the giraffe? a. Who was very tall? Very
short?
C. During Reading Activities: b. Why is it good to be tall? How was
Have the pupils listen to this shown in the story?
the story. Let them take c. Why is it good to be short? How
down important details was this shown?
about the story. d. What became the giraffe and the
pullet at the end of the story?
THE LONG NECKED GIRRAFE e. Do you agree with the giraffe that
AND THE HUMBLE PULLET it is best to be what you are? If
so, give examples.
There was a giraffe that was very
tall. He always said, It is good to be tall. 11. Engagement Activities:
Oh, how good it is to be tall. Have the pupils perform the following
activities:
Oh, no. It is good to be short.
Honesty, it is wonderful to be short, said GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION
the pullet.
Choose the part that you liked best in the
Let us take a walk and see, the story. Then make a script and dramatize the
giraffe answered back. They came upon a chosen part.
wall. There trees near the wall. The giraffe
ate and ate leaves of the trees while the
GROUP 2: WRITE ME A LETTER
pullet just looked and looked.
Choose your most liked character
See, it is good to be tall! I told you or most disliked character and write a letter
so, the giraffe said to the pullet in between to the character expressing your feelings to
big bites. him/her.
The giraffe remarked. You know Identify the lesson of the story and
compose a song that tells the moral lesson
what I think? I think it is best to be what you of the story. Prepare to sing your song to
are. the class.
You are right, my friend, cackled
the pullet happily.
And then they became the best of GOLD (Grammar, Oral
friends. Language Development)
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Have the pupils recite the given What are the nouns used in the
tongue twister: letter above?
Have the pupils write the nouns
Harry Hunt hunts heavy hairy hares such as time, city, expressway,
Does Harry Hunt hunts heavy hairy flyovers, skyscrapers, center, sights,
hares? farmhouse, and wildlife
If Harry Hunt hunts heavy hairy What do you notice about the
hares, nouns time, center and sights? (They
Where are the heavy hairy hares are one-word nouns)
Harry Hunt hunts? How about the words expressways,
flyovers, skyscrapers, farmhouse, and
2. Motivation: wildlife, what characteristics do they
Look for the nouns in the crossword have in common? (They are formed
puzzle below. by putting two nouns together.)
What are the nouns that make up
I J H L V D S H M O
expressways, flyovers, skyscrapers,
K C V O I C E K A G
Q M E L O D Y G S T farmhouse, and wildlife?
W F V T L B U Q T F How do we call these nouns?
A U C T I O N E E R (They are called compound nouns)
A B I P N W B R R O How are compound nouns formed?
GROUP 4:
Make compound word by matching the
nouns in the two columns. Then write its
plural form.
9. way boat
10. tug path
11. teller knob
The following rules are applied to 12. suit barrow
13. house story
form the plural of compound nouns: 14. flower case
15. wheel dog
1. When the second word is a noun 16. door sun
(noun + noun, verb + noun), add s at
the end of
the compound. This rule also applies to the B. Independent Practice:
majority of compound nouns. (verb +
adverb). Match the words in column A and
column B to form compound words. Then
2. In combinations such as noun + write the plural form of the compound
adverb, noun + adjective, noun + word formed.
prepositional phrase, add s to the main A B
noun. 1. river hook
2. board car
16. APPLICATION: 3. bell bar
A. Guided Practice: Divide 4. fish bank
the pupils into group. Have the 5. box card
pupils perform the activities given. 6. salad bath
7. bird fruit
GROUP 1:
Form a compound noun based on IV. EVALUATION:
the given definition. Then write its plural
form. B. GOLD. Direction: Match the words in
6. a store where medicines or drugs column A with column B to form
are sold. compound nouns. Then write its plural
7. a person who pushes drugs form.
illegally.
8. a drop of tear.
GROUP
9. a 2:road crossing a main road A B
10. aAnswer
ball gameeach
playedquestion
by foot with a
compound noun. Then write its plural form. 11. guard field
12. wheat top
6. What do you call the yard at the
13. tree house
back of the house?
7. What kind of belt is used in a car or 14. earth shell
an airplane? 15. egg worm
8. What do you call the shoe of a 16. horse cry
horse? 17. fire child
9. What kind of fruit has a star in its
18. god man
name?
10. What kind of bird has a black 19. flower fighter
feather? 20. battle bed
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TS (Transfer Stage)
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: REMEMBER:
Have the pupils read the pair of
A good paragraph must have an
words. Note the difference in their effective beginning and ending. The body
sounds. contains the details that support the topic
well.
/e/ /i/
tell till
sell sill 14. APPLICATION:
Have the pupils write the
dead did composition on a piece of paper. Be sure
red rid to apply the correct punctuation and
bless bliss capitalization. Note the indention at the
fell fill beginning paragraph. Write neatly and
spell spill clearly.
lead lid
wet wit IV. EVALUATION:
TS. Direction: Call on a volunteer to read
2. Review: aloud his/her composition in class. Guide
How do we write sentences? the pupils to evaluate it considering these
questions:
3. Motivation:
How do you feel about a 7. Does it have an effective beginning
storm? sentence?
8. Do all the supporting details keep
4. Presentation: to the topic?
Present the picture of a storm and its 9. Is the ending sentence effective?
effect.
Have the pupils talk about their V. ASSIGNMENT:
feeling about a storm. A. GOLD. Direction: Write the plural
form of the following compound
5. Discussion: nouns:
(Give each pupil a meta card for
them to write all the answers to the 1. sleepwalker
questions to be given by the teacher.) 2. aide de camp
3. school day
What do you encounter/ experience 4. commander in - chief
during and after storm? 5. dustbin
What activities do you enjoy when
there is a storm? B. TS. Have the pupils rewrite the
What activities cant you enjoy? composition on their theme notebook.
What things delight you?
(Have the pupils paste their answers
on the board)
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GOLD: 3. Use nouns plural in form but 1. Have the pupils listen to the
singular in meaning. story. Let them take down
TS: 4. Sequence events of a story important details about the
listened to through guided story.
questions.
JUAN TAMAD SELLS RICE
II. SUBJECT MATTER: CAKES
GLR: Juan Tamad Sells Rice Cake
GOLD: Using nouns that are plural in Wake up, Juan. The sun is already
form but singular in meaning. high in the sky, said Mother.
TS: Sequencing events through guided
questions. But I am still sleepy, Mother.
Get up now. Dont just sleep all day.
Reference: Help your mother do some work in the
2002 Basic Education Curriculum house.
PELC Speaking 5.6; PELC Listening 5 p 23 I do help you sometimes, Mother.
Phoenix 21st Century English 6 p 39 Then, get up and go to town. Sell
English for You and Me Reading p 21 - 23 these rice cakes I have baked early this
Across Borders through Language pp. 5 -7 morning.
Dynamic Series in English p. 260 With this, Juan Tamad got up. He
stretched his arms and legs thinking how it
Materials: strips of cartolina, index cards would be nice to still stay in bed.
When Mother came back, she placed a
III. PROCEDURE: twisted towel on Juans head so that he
GLR (Genuine Love for Reading) could carry a basket of rice cakes on his
A. Pre-reading Activities: head.
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: Have the Now go and sell the rice cakes like
pupils recite the tongue twister: how good boys do. Be sure you are paid
twenty centavos for each rice cakes, said
I do like cheap sea trips, Mother.
Cheap sea trips on ships. And Juan went whistling gaily as he
I like to be on the deep blue sea, walked. The basket of cakes was on his
When the ship she rolls and dips. head as he shouted: Rice cakes for sale!
Rice cakes for sale! Come and buy my rice
10. Motivation: cakes!
Do you know Juan Tamad? Cheep, cheep! said the birds.
Do you know any story about Juan They are twenty centavos each,
Tamad? Juan said.
Cheep, cheep the birds said and
3. Vocabulary Development: flew away.
Have the pupils identify the meaning If you do not want to buy my rice
of the italicized words in the sentences. cakes, somebody else will.
Juan continued walking. The sun was
5. When one is whistling gaily, he is hot. The basket was getting heavy. He
whistling ____. (happily) called again, Rice cakes for sale! Who
wants to buy rice cakes?
6. Describe a brook. How is it different Soon he came to an acacia tree. I
from other bodies of water? (stream) shall rest for a while, he said. Juan sat
under the shade of the tree. He put the
7. What do chores mean? (household basket of cakes beside him. Soon, he
tasks) began to feel hungry. He got one of the
8. Motive Question: rice cakes and ate it.
What is peculiar (strange) in the He saw some butterflies in the acacia
story? tree. Here, pretty ladies, are some rice
cakes, he said.
B. During Reading Activities: The butterflies did not say anything.
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They are very good. See, Ill get To whom? I do not see anybody,
another one. Come and taste them. The said Mother.
butterflies flew away. There! said Juan. Here is my
mother. Give her the money. Pay her for
You think you are too good for my rice the rice cakes.
cakes? I shall sell them to somebody else, Ko-kak! Ko-kak! said the frogs.
said Juan. He got his basket of cakes and They say they have no money now,
walked on. Mother.
Pretty soon, Juan came to a brook. How You foolish boy! Did you give the rice
cool the water looked! It would be good for cake to the frogs?
his tired feet. Juan waded in the brook. He Yes, Mother. They liked your rice
saw some green frogs on the stones. Rice cakes very much. They ate them all.
cakes for sale! Do you want to taste my rice With this, Juans mother became very
cakes? angry. How could you sell the rice cakes
Ko-kak! Ko-kak! said the frogs. to the frogs?
Oh, you want to taste the rice cakes. Juans mother dragged him back home
Here is one. Juan threw a rice cake to the and made him do all the house chores as
frogs. They ate it up. punishment.
You want some more? It is only twenty -Adapted
centavos each.
Ko-kak! Ko-kak! said the frogs. CT. CRITICAL THINKING
Juan threw one more rice cake to the C. Post Reading Activities:
frogs. Then he threw another one. More 1. Answering the motive question.
frogs came. Ko-kak! Ko-kak, said the What is peculiar in the story?
frogs. Juan kept throwing his cakes until
none was left. 3. Comprehension Check:
Now pay me. Have the pupils answer the
What! You have no money now? following questions:
Ko-kak! Ko-kak! f. In the beginning of the story, what
You will pay me next week? All right. I gives you the idea that Juan is
shall be back next week. lazy?
Juan was happy that he sold all the g. What did his mother ask him to
cakes. He went home, whistling gaily. do?
When Juan got home, his mother asked, h. Narrate Juans encounter with the
Did you sell the cakes? following animals:
Yes, Mother. 1. birds 2. butterflies 3. frogs
Where is the money? i. If you were Juans mother, would
They will pay me next week. you have reacted in the same way?
The following week, Juan went to the Why?
brook to ask payment from the frogs. He j. Do you know other stories about
said, Where is the money for the rice Juan Tamad?
cakes? You said you will pay me this week.
Ko-kak! Ko-kak! said the frogs. 3. Engagement Activities:
What! You will pay me next week Have the pupils perform the following
again? Be sure you do, said Juan. When activities.
Juan came home, his mother asked for the
GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACION!
money. He said, They will pay next week.
Another week passed again, and still Choose the part that you liked best
Juan went home without the money. His in the story. Then make a script and
mother became angry. dramatize the chosen part.
I will go with you, Juan, she said.
Let us go and get the money for the rice
cakes.
GROUP 2: WRITE A SONG!
Juan leads his mother to the brook.
When they were near, they heard the frogs Identify the lesson of the story and
say, Ko-kak! Ko-kak! compose a song that tells the moral lesson
There is where I sold the cakes, said of the story. Prepare to sing your song to
Juan. the class.
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Have them read the following phrases:
GROUP 3: STORY GRAMMAR
ORGANIZER A silly kitten a dripping pitcher
Have the pupils complete the story Spilled milk kill the insect
grammar organizer: Hit with a stick a big fish
The fifth gift fit for a king
Title: _________________________ A written will with a grin
Author: _______________________
2. Review: Checking of assignment.
Direction: Write the plural form of the
Who is the main character? following compound nouns:
Where and when did the story take place?
1. sleepwalker
2. aide de camp
What is the problem or conflict? 11. school day
12. commander in - chief
13. dustbin
What did the main character do to solve
3. Motivation:
the problem?
Have the pupils read the following
words:
Aeronautics news
How did the story end?
Physics series
Civics species
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6. Physics (is, are) Karls favorite
subject.
7. The news (is, are) aired today.
8. Economics (is, are) a subject in high
school.
9. Politics (is, are) an interesting topic GROUP 3:
for debate. Place a check on the blank if the
10. Mumps (is, are) contagious disease subject agrees with its verb. If not, rewrite it
and it usually breaks out during in the correct form.
summer. ____1. The Philippines is made up of more
than seven thousand islands.
7. GENERALIZATION: ____2. Mathematics are interesting and
What form of the verb enjoyable subject.
____3. Billiards is becoming popular
is used with nouns plural
among youngsters now a day.
in form but singular in ____4. Measles are epidemic in rural areas
meaning? especially during summer time.
____5. Physics is a difficult among
REMEMBER: students.
.
Nouns such as aerobatics, billiards,
civics, mumps, mathematics, measles, GROUP 4:
politics all end in s. Yet this does not In each sentence, find a noun that
mean that it is used in the plural form. is plural in form but singular in meaning.
Although these words end with an s, they
are still considered singular. Hence, the 5. Ivy helps Ferlin with her report on the
verb used is singular. different species of insects.
6. Many students find Physics difficult.
7. Have you heard the good news?
8. The Philippines is the home of many
8. APPLICATION: talented artists.
Have the pupils perform the
following activities given.
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Than father lather me. After painting the picture of a dragon,
When father lathers, Ben left it to dry. He framed his picture
He lathers rather free. and hung it on the wall.
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Popsicle Ep - sicle
13. Who is the main character?
14. Where and when did the story take
place? 3. Fill in the missing event in the third
15. What is the problem or conflict? frame. Select from the choices given.
4. What did the main character do to solve
the problem? In 1905, Frank Epperson made a fruit drink
5. How did the story end? that turned into an icy pop.
IV. EVALUATION:
TS: Direction: Read the following Frank started a business making and selling
selection. It is about Frank who ice pops.
made something by mistake. As you
read, think about the order in which
things happen.
HOW POPSICLES CAME
ABOUT Today, Franks producing 30 kinds of
popsicles far and wide.
One winter night in 1905, eleven-
year old Frank Epperson from San V. ASSIGNMENT:
Francisco, made a fruit drink. First, Frank A. GOLD. Direction: Write the noun
mixed the drink with a wooden stick and left being described with the following clues.
it at the back porch all night long. Choose your answer form the given nouns.
The weather got very cold. Franks 11. Somewhat a difficult subject because
drink turned to ice and the stick would not of mathematical problems and
move. In the morning, Frank pulled out the computation.
fruit ice, held it, and tasted it. It was great! 12. It is now a subject for both girls and
boys.
Frank called his icy pop the 13. It has three big groups of islands.
Epperson Icicle. Soon, he changed it to 14. It is a contagious disease like mumps
Ep-sicle. and chicken fox.
15. It is the daily happenings heard over
The next summer, he made these the radio and on the television.
pops at home and sold the pops to his 16. It concerns with citizenry, for the
neighbors at five cents each. general welfare or betterment of life.
In 1923, Frank turned 29 ad started 17. Concerns with the affairs of the
a business of making and selling ice pops. government.
His children called them pops sicle and 18. It is an acute contagious disease
later changed to Popsicle by Frank. He marked by fever and by the swelling at
made 7 kinds of popsicles. There are now 30 the side of the face near the ear.
kinds and orange is the best seller. 19. It is a systematic exercise performed in
rhythm by a group with or without
1. What happened one winter night in 1905? light hand apparatus.
A. Frank started a business. 20. The art of performing an activity with
B. Frank mixed a drink, left it at the body contortions.
back porch all night long.
C. Frank sold the drink to his Philippines news
neighbors. Mathematics politics
D. Franks fruit drink turned into ice. Home Economics mumps
Physics measles
Economics calisthenics
2. How did the ice pop get its name? Civics acrobatics
Number each name in correct sequence.
Write 1,2,3,4 in each box.
Pops sicle Epperson B. TS. Arrange the following events in
Icicle order. Number them 1 5.
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_____ The Japanese caught him delivering What kind of toy do you want to
messages to the Filipino guerillas. have?
_____ His fellow prisoners called him KID. What do you do to get this toy?
_____ Pedro was then imprisoned and
tortured. 7. Vocabulary Development:
_____ Pedro Flores was in Grade 5 when Have the pupils identify the
the war broke out. meaning of the following words.
a. fantasized -
i m g e
b. glimpse - p p
c. luxury - f t
c o
d. leverage - p w r
LESSON #3 e. desperate -
d
w r r e
I. OBJECTIVES: (Answer: imagine; peep; comfort;
power; worried)
GLR: 1. Enjoy listening a story
CT: 2. Answer questions from the story 8. Motive Question:
read. What did the boy do in order to
GOLD: 3. Use gerunds as subjects and take his wish?
predicate noun/nominative.
TS: 4. Sequence the episodes of the story B. During Reading Activities:
through story grammar. 1. Have the pupils listen to the story.
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inches tall, dressed in white, complete with
blue sash. CT. CRTICAL THINKING
C. Post Reading Activities:
The little boy prayed alternately to 1. Answering the motive question.
Jesus above the bed and the mother of Jesus What did the boy in order
on the side table. The plea was the same. to take his wish?
Please send me the blue bicycle from the
general store in town. I will do anything if 2. Comprehension Check:
you give me the toy. Have the pupils answer the following
Since Christmas was coming, the questions:
young lad used the occasion as leverage.
Christmas will soon be here. Please 7. What was the dream of the eight-
consider a gift for me. There is only one toy year old son of the farmer?
I want in the world. Nothing less matters 8. How did his dream start?
me. All I want this Christmas is the blue 9. Why cant he get his dream?
bicycle. 10. What was his only recourse then?
11. What did he do when he wasnt
Night after night, he prayed with all able to get his dream?
intensity (dasal na buong taimtim) but 12. If you were the eight year old
nothing happened. He went to bed full of boy, what will you do in order to
hope and expectations, especially after his get your dream?
evening prayers. In the morning he would
run to their living room to see if the bicycle 3. Engagement Activities:
had been delivered during the night. Then Have each group perform the
the boy would open the kapis (flat shell) different activities assigned under time
window to check if the toy was packed in the limit.
yard fronting the main barrio road. GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION
Still nothing happened. The young Choose the part that you liked best in
lad had become desperate. Several times he the story. Then make a script and
heard adults citing a proverb as follows: dramatize the chosen part.
Kung hindi makuha sa santong dasalan,
kunin sa santong paspasan. (If you cant GROUP 2: WRITE ME A LETTER
get it through fervent prayers, get it by
force.). Choose your most liked character
or most disliked character and write a letter
The boy went to the side table and to the character expressing your feelings to
him/her.
got the image of the Virgin Mary. He
wrapped it in an old newspaper and tied it
with string. Carefully, he placed the bundle GROUP 3: I WRITE A SONG!
in an empty shoe box and covered it
properly. As double precaution, he tied the Identify the lesson of the story and
compose a song that tells the moral lesson
box with another piece of string. of the story. Prepare to sing your song to
the class.
Then he went to the rice bin
(bigasan) which was a small barrel with a
GROUP 4: STORY GRAMMAR
wooden cover. With his right hand, he dug ORGANIZER
out the husked rice (bigas) and put it in the
shoe box. He covered the box with rice, Have the pupils complete the story
forming a mound. grammar organizer:
Title: _________________________
Then the boy returned to the Author: _______________________
bedroom and talked to Jesus Christ. now, if
you want to see your mother again, you
Who is the main character?
have to send me the blue bicycle.
Meanwhile, I am holding her hostage.
Juan M.
Flavier Where and when did the story take place?
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How do we call sewing and cooking?
What is the problem or conflict? Discuss further.
6. Fixing Skills:
A. Change the italicized subjects
What did the main character do to solve
into gerunds.
the problem?
6. To read biographies is Chesters
hobby.
How did the story end?
7. To draw portraits is my brothers
pastime.
8. To write poems has become
GOLD (Grammar Oral, Allysons hobby.
Language Development) 9. To play guitar is Sherwins hobby.
10. To jog around our lawn every
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: Have the pupils morning remains my fathers habit.
read the following
B. Underline the gerund in each sentence.
/o/ - /a/ Identify whether it is used as a subject or
block black top tap predicate nominative.
sock sack hot hat
lock lack cop cap 1. Exercising helps a person maintain a
bottle battle pod - pad healthy lifestyle.
2. Dancing is a relaxing activity.
10. Review: Checking of assignment: 3. My aunt teaches dancing.
Use nouns plural in form but 4. Her motto was winning.
singular in meaning. 5. One exciting sport is rowing.
3. Motivation: 7. GENERALIZATION:
Do you have a hobby? What is a gerund?
What is your hobby? What are the uses of gerunds? How
Show pictures of children who are are gerunds used in the sentence?
reading, singing, dancing, swimming, etc.
REMEMBER:
4. Presentation: A gerund is a verb form ending in
Have the pupils read the following -ing. It is used as a noun in a sentence.
sentences: Just like a noun, a gerund can function as a
subject of the sentence and predicate
5. Sewing keeps Rosalie busy on noun or subjective complement.
Saturdays.
6. Dancing is a good exercise. Example:
7. Aurefes interest is cooking. Subject:
8. My hobby is reading. Farming became their main source
of income.
5. Discussion:
Predicate Noun/Nominative:
What are the underlined words in the
sentences?
My hobby is reading.
How do these words end? (-ing)
A gerund and the words (modifiers
What is the root word of sewing?
and objects) that go with it make up a
Dancing? Cooking? Reading?
gerund phrase.
What part of speech is sew? cook? Ex.
Dance? Read? (verb) Catching a cold is ordinary.
How is sewing used in the first Gerund phrase
sentence? (Subject) 8. APPLICATION:
Dancing? (Subject) A. Guided Practice:
How is cooking used on the third
sentence? (Predicate Nominative)
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Answer the following questions _____ Pedro Flores was in Grade 5 when
using gerunds used as subject or predicate the war broke out.
noun.
3. Motivation:
6. On windy days, what would you love What do you think happens when
doing outside the house? an alligator lizard is attacked by an
7. At summertime, what do children enjoy enemy?
doing?
8. Do you enjoy going to the beach? What 16. Presentation:
do you enjoy doing most when youre at Have the pupils read the selection
the beach? given.
9. What is your fathers hobby?
10. What do you enjoy doing on weekends? The Tail That Saves
When an alligator lizard is
B. Independent Practice: attacked by an enemy, it drops its tail. The
Underline the complete gerund tail has a part where the bone breaks off
phrase in each sentence. easily. The break closes quickly to stop the
lizard from bleeding.
1. Riding on a plane is one of my worst
fears. The tail keeps wriggling after it
2. Drinking eight glasses of water a day is a leaves the lizards body. The attacker
healthy habit. thinks its still part of the lizard and
3. Driving a car is difficult. pounces on it. This gives the lizard time to
4. I waited for the signing of the contract. get away. In time, the lizard grows a new
5. I choose swimming in the pool instead of tail.
bathing in the river. Adapted from Jane
Ervin
Reading for Meaning 6
IV. EVALUATION:
B. GOLD: Direction: Think of an appropriate 17. Discussion:
gerund that will complete each sentence. Have the pupils study the Graphic
Organizer below.
6. Sherwins favorite pastime is _______.
7. _______ interests Allyson a lot.
8. Karls favorite exercise is _______.
9. _______ broadens ones knowledge. The tail
10. Jazzers hobby is _______. An The breaks off
enemy lizard and the break
attacks a drops its closes to
TS (Transfer Stage) lizard. tail. prevent
bleeding.
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill.
Have the pupils recite the tongue
twister given.
The tail The enemy The lizard
The shape-shifter, keeps pounces on gets away.
Shaped like a ship, wriggling. the tail.
Shifts his shape to a shapely sheep.
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sequencing events. Furthermore,
knowing how to sequence events helps
in developing the ability of presenting
ideas in related, orderly manner. _____a. The lizard eggs hatch.
_____b. Trees, vines, roots and weeds are
18. Fixing Skills: carried out to sea.
C. Arrange the following events in _____c. The plants wash up onto a beach
order. Number them 1 5. on the new island.
_____d. A fat green lizard crawls on the
____ Fernando Maria Guerrero studied law island.
at the University of Sto. Tomas.
____ He was sent to the United States to B. Arrange the following events in
help work for Philippine order. Number them 1 5.
Independence.
____ He finished his college education at _____Balagtas fell in love with a beautiful
the Ateneo de Manila. lady from Pandacan.
____ He was made an officer by General ___ He wrote better poems than his
Antonio Luna. teacher.
____ He worked for La Independencia. ___ Balagtas was already weak when he
got out of prison.
___ He married a good and beautiful
7. GENERALIZATION: maiden from Bataan.
How do we arrange events in a ____ He began his studies with the town
story? priest.
REMEMBER:
Events in a story happen in certain IV. EVALUATION:
order or sequence. Knowing the Direction: Read the story
sequence can help you understand why then complete the organizer
things happen. Understanding the order below.
helps you understand the story. To point
out how events are connected in time, Life Cycle of a Butterfly
SEQUENCE CLUE WORDS are
used. Butterflies go through four stages
of life; egg, larva, (caterpillar), pupa
Examples of sequence clue words: (chrysalis) and adult. This process is
First next afterward called metamorphosis. A butterflys larva
is called a caterpillar and it spends its
after that Before then
days munching leaves. When a caterpillar
reaches full growth, it spins a cocoon.
finally early morning Inside the protective sack, it undergoes
meanwhile during great changes and eventually a beautiful
at the end as flying adult emerges as butterfly.
8. Application:
A. Have the pupils read the
paragraph. Number the events to show
the correct sequence.
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PELC Speaking 5.5.5; PELC Reading 1.4
waiting placing flying
standing protecting being Phoenix 21st Century English 6 p 297
watching driving staying Reading for Meaning p 46 - 59
picking guarding Growing in English Lang. p. 10 -15
Readings and Communication Skills in
English p. 252
Im giving this scarecrow the job of _____ Linking the World through English pp.
in the field. _____ it in a good spot in 288 - 292
important. I enjoyed ____ a scarecrow on
the job. Its presence has changed the crows Materials: strips of cartolina. Index cards,
habit of ____ in the fields. Now, its usual
activity is ___ above the corn. By ____ the III. Procedure:
crow away, the scarecrow is doing its job. GLR: (Genuine Love for Reading)
A. Pre-reading Activities:
B. TS. Direction: Arrange the following 5. Drill: Pronunciation drill:
events in order. Have the pupils read the following
words:
_____ When the fight for our freedom /u/
started, Apo Mena joined the rebels.
_____ He served as governor of Ilocos Sur. uncle love study
_____ He was sent to the U.S. to represent come public utter
the country in the World Fair. subway us done
_____ He spent his time in keeping alive up son
the peoples interest in arts, letters, enough
and music. under some
_____ He formed bands and orchestras country
which played native music.
6. Motivation:
Do you believe in magic?
7. Vocabulary Development:
Have the pupils know the
meaning of the following words by
rearranging the letters to form the
words.
flat invisible
pneumonia rummaged
LESSON # 4 wiggle pills
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1. Have the pupils listen to the story. Let His mother prepared his lunch box
them take down notes about the story and brought him to school. When his
they are going to listen. Uncle Ramon was sick, it was his
mother who took care of Bobby and
THE MAGIC his little brother.
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again in the house. And the sun shone Cecille likes to sell a pencil
brighter through the kitchen window A pencil Cecille likes to sell
and made rainbows. Looks like a pen with a seal
-Adapted from Highlights for Rather than a pencil.
Children
4. Review: Checking of assignment.
CT. CRITICAL THINKING
A. Post Reading Activities: 3. Presentation:
1. Answering the Motive Question: Have the pupils read again the
paragraph.
10. Comprehension Check:
Have the pupils answer the We, Filipinos, appreciate good
following questions: taste in our food. We love eating very
much. We are satisfied by preparing
A. Were Uncle Ramon and our food with the least cost required.
Bobbys secret magic a real
thing? Why? 4. Discussion:
B. Why did Uncle Ramon create it in How are we satisfied?
the first place?
C. How did Bobby enjoy the magic We are satisfied by preparing
of Uncle Ramon? our food with the least cost
D. How was the magic returned? required.
E. How did it affect Uncle Ramons
health? What word comes before the
F. Was Uncle Ramon a good uncle? gerund in the sentence? (by)
G. How did the story end?
What kind of word is by?
11. Engagement Activities: (preposition)
Have the pupils perform the How is gerund in the sentence
following activities under time limit. used? (object of the preposition)
GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION Have the pupils read the given
sentences: Have them identify the
How did Bobby show his love for his
uncle? Make a script and dramatize it.
gerund used in the sentence.
Was Uncle Ramon a good uncle to 8. She improved her Math skills by
Bobby? How? Show though a drawing. practicing.
GOLD: (Grammar, Oral, 9. We should know the benefits of
Language Development) listening from learned men.
3. Drill: Pronunciation 10. Claire will report on the basics of
drill: dancing.
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11. My favorite sport, playing tennis, GROUP 3:
keeps me in shape. Suppose you won in a lottery
12. His field of specialization, amounting to P 1,000,000. Write a
paragraph telling how you will spend
advertising, requires creativity. the money. Use gerund in the
sentence.
13. GENERALIZATION:
What are the other uses of gerunds?
GROUP 4:
What do you do during summer?
REMEMBER: Have each member of the group answers
the question using gerund as object of
A verb that ends in ing and is used the preposition, and appositive.
as a noun is a gerund. Aside form being
used as a subject and predicate
noun/subjective complement, a gerund also Independent Practice:
performs the same function as any other Direction: Underline the gerund used
noun in the sentence such as: in the sentences and then write its
function.
3. Object of the Preposition when the
gerund used comes after the 5. Some painters use sponges for
preposition. mixing colors.
Example: 6. His work, baking bread, helps the
She will report on baking. community.
prep. Gerund 7. Thank you for getting me out
4. As an appositive there.
Example: 8. Ill explain about sewing next
She spends most of her time in time.
productive pastime, baking cookies.
IV. EVALUATION:
14. APPLICATION: B. GOLD: Direction: Underline
a. Guided practice: Have the pupils the gerund in each of the
perform the following activities with following sentences and
the group: identify its function:
GROUP 1:
Write sentences for the following 6. The crop was ready for harvesting.
gerunds with their given function: 7. The project, keeping the
community clean and green, I
5. cooking (appositive) supported by the people.
6. fencing (object of the preposition)
7. jogging (appositive) 8. The crop was ready for harvesting.
8. traveling (object of the preposition) 9. Their job, baking cookies,
provided more earnings.
10. Their newfound work, tilling
GROUP 2: and weeding the land,
Underline the gerund in each proved to be very
sentence. Write whether it is used as
exciting.
object of the preposition or as an
appositive.
TS (Transfer Stage)
5. Mabini became one of the pillars of the 1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: Have the
Revolution, committed to the ideal of
pupils read the following words
freeing the Philippines from the
Spaniards. focusing in /I/ and /iy/
6. A congested classroom is not
conducive to learning. /I/ /iy/
7. Eds talent, painting, is his greatest mill meal
contribution in the school.
sit seat
8. His job, writing articles for the La
Solidaridad, was a well-kept secret. win wean
still steal
rid read
live leave
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pill peal
din dean
thrifty narrow
idle lose
frown 192
GLR: 1. Enjoy reading a story f. someone who cannot act efficiently
CT: 2. Answer questions from the story because of disablement
read. g. someone with peculiar
GOLD: 3. Use gerunds as direct object characteristics.
TS: 4. Write a home reading report.
6. He was such a duck and everyone
II. SUBJECT MATTER: loved him!
GLR: Gombay and the Wild Ducks 7. The outgoing president knew that his
OLD: Using gerunds as Direct Object decisions would eventually be
TS: Writing a Home reading Report challenged by the incoming president.
He is what one may call a lame duck.
Reference: 2002 Basic Education 8. He had some light clothes made out of
Curriculum duck.
PELC Speaking 5; PELC Reading 1.4 9. He ducked the moment he sensed a
Phoenix 21st Century English 6 p 297 revolver aimed at his head.
Growing in English Lang. p. 10 -15 10. It would not be cowardly to duck when
Readings and Communication Skills in you spot an angry fist coming your
English p. 252 way!
Linking the World through English pp. 288 -
292 4. Motive Question:
How did Gombay came to be one
Materials: strips of cartolina. Index cards, of the ducks?
picture of a duck
B. During Reading Activities:
III. PROCEDURE: 1. Have the pupils listen to the story.
GLR (Genuine Love for Reading) Let them take down notes about
A. Pre-reading Activities: the story they are going to listen.
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: Have the
pupils read the tongue twister given: Gombay and the Wild Duck
What does Watt-watt White want? Once there lived a hunter named
Watt-watt White wants a pair of Gombay. There was a pond near his house
white pants. where wild ducks came to play. He had
A pair of white pants is what Watt- been getting one for each day as his father
watt White wants. had before him. But one day he thought,
If I can catch a hundred wild ducks in a
6. Motivation: day, I can be as lazy as I want for ninety-
Have you ever heard of the story nine days. It seemed like a very good
about the man who was allowed to own plan.
as much land as he could and in the end
got just enough to bury him six feet Immediately he set the snare of a
under the ground? hundred loops made with one rope. Then
What does that say about wanting he hid himself behind a tree. It was just
more than you need? before dawn, and he could count ninety-
nine ducks in the loops. He waited for one
3. Vocabulary Development: more duck. Finally, the sun began to show
A word can have more than one bright on his face. Then the birds were
meaning. Have the pupils decide which surprised to know they were in a trap, and
meaning of duck is used in the following flew up all together at once.
sentences. Gombay, holding the end of the rope
went high up in the sky, too. Help, help!
a. a swimming bird he cried from the sky, but nobody could
b. to dive or dip the head hear. Alas, the rope snapped suddenly, and
c. to avoid or evade he went down. Soon, he realized he had
d. cotton fabric become a wild duck as he was falling
e. someone who is considered down. Yes, he was flying now as freely as
attractive or a darling he wanted. It was like a dream for
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Gombay, but he had to live as a wild duck,
anyway. He felt hungry, so he flew down
near a pond. He found a small fish GROUP 3: WRITE ME A LETTER
swimming in the pond. He was going to
catch it for a tasty meal, but he was caught In the story, Gombay already had what
with a snare like the one that he had used. he needed but succumbed to wanting
more. If you will be given a chance to write
to him, what will you say?
Gombay became sorrowful and said to
himself, What a pity when even one duck is
caught! And I tried to get a hundred ducks GROUP 4: I WRITE A SONG!
at a time. It is indeed the punishment of
God. He shed tears, and they dropped on Identify the lesson of the story and
the rope. Then it snapped. What a miracle! compose a song that tells the moral lesson
of the story. Prepare to sing your song to
Gombay was so glad that he shed tears the class.
again for his great joy. This time the tears GOLD (Grammar, Oral,
flowed down and got his clothes wet. What a Language Development)
miracle again! He became Gombay as he
was. Since then, he stopped hunting wild 2. Drill: Pronunciation drill: Have
ducks and he became an honest, kind the pupils read the following words:
hearted farmer and lived happily forever.
-Yoshimasa Kogawa
jar guard arm card
large charm smart car
CT. CRITICAL THINKING scarf market dark park
C. Post Reading Activities: yard chart hard harm
1. Answering the motive question:
How did Gombay came to be one of Have them read the following
the ducks? phrases. Have them read the words with
/a/ sound well.
2. Comprehension Check:
Have the pupils answer the carve a heart a large scarf
following questions: a mark on the guitar a jar in the barn
a card for Arthur an ark in the park
9. Who is Gombay?
10. What kind of person is Gombay? 2. Review:
11. What did he decide to do one day? Transform the following verbs into
12. What experiences did he have when he gerunds then use each one of them in
became one of the wild ducks? sentences as subject and predicate noun.
13. Did he enjoy being a wild duck?
14. What freed him for being a wild duck? 6. Climb
15. When he was back to being Gombay, 7. Write
what lesson did he learn form his 8. Read
experience? 9. Cook
16. To prove his resolve to be a better 10. Study
person, what did he give up?
7. Engagement Activities: 3. Motivation:
Have each group perform the Have the pupils answer the
following activities. following using questions using gerund.
What do you usually do during
GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION weekends?
Choose the part that you liked best in
What do you like to eat during
the story. Then make a script and recess time?
dramatize the chosen part. What is your fathers hobby?
8. Presentation:
GROUP 2: DRAW ME Have the pupils read the paragraph:
What do you think would have
happened to Gombay if he did become
human again?
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We, Filipinos, appreciate good taste 2. Direct Object when the gerund
in our food. We love eating very much. comes after the verb. It answers the
We are satisfied by preparing our food question what.
with the least cost required. Example:
She likes stitching very much.
9. Discussion: verb gerund
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mountain-volcano. It was named after the
_____ When the fight for our freedom beautiful maiden Magayon.
started, Apo Mena joined the rebels.
_____ He served as governor of Ilocos Sur. Plot: a. Magayon and Gat Malayo
_____ He was sent to the U.S. to represent met and fell In love and
the country in the World Fair. decided to marry.
_____ He spent his time in keeping alive b. Datu Buhawen threatened
the peoples interest in arts, letters, and Magayon to a forced
music. marriage.
_____ He formed bands and orchestras c. Before the ceremony, Gat
which played native music. Malayo arrived and a battle
commenced.
3. Motivation: d. Buhawen was killed and so
Do you enjoy reading a story? was Gat Malayo.
e. Magayon killed herself when
4. Presentation: she saw her lover fall.
To be able to read well includes the f. A mountain-volcano rose
ability to interpret and summarized from their common grave.
accurately the content of what you read.
Careful analysis and evaluation are also Moral Lesson: Nothing good comes out
an important part of good reading. from selfishness.
Give an example of home reading Comment: The story has a tragic
report. ending. Because of mans
selfishness, many lives
Book Title: Stories of our were sacrificed.
Country
Title: The Legend of 13. Discussion:
Mayon Volcano What was the title of the home
Author: Amado L. Agorilla reading report?
Place and Date Who is the author?
of Publication: Manlapuz Publishing Who Is Magayon? Gat Malayo?
Co., Manila 1989 Datu Buhawen?
Number of Pages: 3 Why did Magayon consent to the
Setting: Kingdom of Albay marriage with Datu Buhawen?
Characters: Daragang Magayon, What happened when Gat Malayo
Gat Malayo, and Datu tried to stop the wedding of Magayon and
Buhawen Datu Buhawen?
Theme: Love and Sacrifice What is the moral lesson of the
Brief Summary: story?
Magayon was the most beautiful Discuss the parts of a home
maiden in the kingdom of Albay. She fell in reading report.
love with Gat Malayo, a prince from a
Tagalog Kingdom in Tayabas. The two 14. GENERALIZATION:
decided to marry, but Datu Buhawen, the What are the parts of a reading
bravest in Albay kingdom, threatened to kill report?
Magayons loved ones if she would not What does each part tell?
agree to marry him. Magayon consented to
the marriage. On the day of the wedding, REMEMBER:
Gat Malayo arrived and a fierce battle These are the different parts of a home
began. Datu BUhawen was killed. When reading report:
Gat Malayo was about to claim Magayon as
his bride, a friend of Datu Buhawen stabbed 2. Title
him to death. When Magayon saw her lover 2. Author: the writer of the story
dying, she took the dagger and killed 3. Place and Date of Publication: where
herself. The two were buried in a common and when the story was published.
grave. After a few days, the earth on their 4. Number of pages
grave rose and turned into a beautiful 5. Brief summary: important points
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6. Setting/ Characters where and when V. ASSIGNMENT:
the story happened, major and minor A. GOLD: Read Marlons story.
characters Complete his story by using the
7. Theme what topic is the story about appropriate gerund. Choose from the list
8. Plot sequence of events. inside the box.
9. Moral Lesson what learning the story
teaches. waiting placing flying
standing protecting being
10. Comments what the reader think about watching driving staying
the story. picking guarding
7. Practice Exercise:
Have the pupils read a short story. The crow likes ______ on the
Have them write a book report using the fence. It never gets tired of _____ for me
format given. to leave. _____ our corn is its favorite
pastime. My job is _____ the corn form
Title: the crows. That is why Im giving this
Author scarecrow the job of _____ in the field.
Place and Date of Publication _____ it in a good spot in important. I
No. of Pages enjoyed ____ a scarecrow on the job. Its
Brief summary presence has changed the crows habit of
Setting: ____ in the fields. Now, its usual activity is
Characters: ___ above the corn. By ____ the crow
Plot: away, the scarecrow is doing its job.
Lesson:
Comments: B. TS. Direction: Have the pupils read a
short story. Have them make a reading
IV. EVALUATION: report for the story that they are going
A. TS. Direction: Have the to read.
pupils read the story. Have
them write a book report using the given
format. LESSON # 6
The Rose Bush and the Apple Tree I. OBJECTIVES:
(Adapted)
GLR: 1. Enjoy listening to a story
Near the apple tree grew a rose bush. CT: 2. Answer questions from the story
The rose bush saw how much she was listened to.
admired and said, Who can compare with GOLD: 3. Use the possessive form of
me, and who is as worthy as I am? My nouns.
flowers are beautiful to the sight and sweet 4. Form the possessive of nouns.
to the nostrils. True, the apple tree is bigger TS: 5. Follow series of directions in
than I, but what pleasure does he give to prescriptions and experiments.
mankind?
II. SUBJECT MATTER:
When the apple tree heard this, he GLR: Pandoras Box
said, Even though you are worthier than I GOLD: Using the possessive of nouns.
in the beauty of your blossoms and the Forming the possessive of nouns.
sweetness of your smell, you are less worthy TS: Following Series of Directions
in goodness and friendliness.
Reference: 2002 Basic Education
Tell me, the rose bush said, what Curriculum
is evidence of your goodness? PELC Speaking 5; PELC Reading 2.1;2.2
And the apple tree answered, You Dynamic Series in English p. 42
do not give flowers to man unless you first Phoenix 21st Century English 6 p 28
wound him with your thorns. But I give my Linking the World Through English pp.
fruit to all, even to those who throw stones 288 - 292
at me. Materials: strips of cartolina. Index cards,
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library quietly.
III. PROCEDURE: _________________________
GLR (Genuine Love for Reading)
A. Pre-reading Activities: 12. All the members of the family
4. Drill: Pronunciation drill: were there. Tears kept falling from
Have the pupils recite the tongue their eyes. Their sick father, almost
twister: dying, was giving his last will.
________________
Lily Lee listens to lessons,
As Lily Lee listens to lessons, 13. Mario received one gallon of ice
She listed eleven lessons cream from his grandfather as a
on how to listen to lesson. present. Lito, his youngest brother,
asked for some but Mario didnt
5. Motivation: mind him until he had eaten all the
What does a myth mean? ice cream. _____________
Have you heard a myth story?
14. An old lady, wearing ragged
6. Vocabulary Development: clothes in front of Dona Narcisas
Have the pupils read the house, was asking for a piece of
following situation. From the box bread. Dona Narcisa yelled at her
below, choose the best word that and asked her to go away.
describes the situation. _______________________
4. Motive Question:
tidiness curiosity Why did Pandora open the box?
meanness grief
cruelty wickedness
greed B. During Reading Activities:
4. Have the pupils listen to the story.
Let them take down notes about
8. Vira, the stepdaughter of Dona Mary, the story listened to.
was washing the clothes one PANDORAS BOX
morning. Another pile of soiled
clothes was given to her and when When man had been made, Jupiter
she was about to complain, Dona decided that he would make woman, and
Mary hit her with her cane. send her down to earth. He called on all
___________________________ the gods and goddesses to help him, and
they did.
9. Angelo, a naughty boy in Mrs.
Cabrals class was thinking of Venus gave her beauty. Apollo
putting the used bubble gum on his gave her the gift of music. Minerva gave
classmates seat. her wisdom and skill in spinning and
_____________________________ weaving. The mischievous Mercury stirred
in for spice a few very human failings,
10. Martha was very eager to know curiosity among them.
whats inside the forbidden room. When she was finished, she was
___________ lovely. Quite proud of their handiwork, the
gods named her Pandora which means
11. Miss Castro asked the children to the gift of all the gods and Jupiter put
research in the library. After an hour, into her hands a chest of ivory, quite small
the bell rang. The children, except but intricately carved, with an odd golden
for Arleen, gave the books to the clasp. He cautioned her to keep it by her
librarian and went away. Arlene always, but never to open it. Then, he sent
cleaned the mess that her classmates her down to earth and presented her to
left. She pushed the chairs back and Epimetheus.
picked all the pieces of papers
scattered around. She returned the And she made Epimetheus a very
books she borrowed and left the good wife. She was a good cook; she kept
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the house tidy; she wove a beautiful cloth; Have the pupils in each group
and she obeyed her husbands wishes in perform the following activities:
everything. In spite of herself, however, she
GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION
found her thought turning too often to that
ivory box she had brought with her. Finally, Choose the part that you liked best in the
there came a time when it seemed to her story. Then make a script and dramatize the
that she and the box could not possibly be in chosen part.
the same house any longer unless she knew
what was in it. So she took the little golden GROUP 2: DRAW ME
key that hung from it by a silken cord, and
turned it in the lock. The she lifted the lid What do you think would have
just a little, just for a glimpse. happened if Pandora followed what was
instructed to her?
Alas, poor Pandora! In an instant,
the room was filled with tiny ugly winged GROUP 3: STORY GRAMMAR
creatures, buzzing around the walls and ORGANIZER
streaming through the windows. What had
she done? In a panic, she shut the lid again, Have the pupils complete the story
but it was too late. For in that box had been grammar organizer:
all the evil things the world had not known Title: _________________________
before Meanness and Greed, Cruelty and Author: _______________________
Pain, and a million others and as soon as
the lid was lifted, out they flew. They have Who is the main character?
been flying about ever since, causing all
sorts of grief and misery. What a pity she
ever let them loose! Where and when did the story take place?
But there is one thing to be said for What is the problem or conflict?
Pandora when, in her panic, she clapped
the box lid shut again, she did just in time.
For in the chest, there with the wicked
What did the main character do to solve
winged things was Hope. If Hope had
the problem?
escaped with the rest, the world would have
been far worse off than it is. But fortunately,
she was left behind. And whatever could we How did the story end?
do without her? Myth-
GROUP 4: I WRITE A SONG!
CT. CRITICAL THINKING
C. Post Reading Activities: Identify the lesson of the story and
5. Answering the motive question: compose a song that tells the moral lesson
Why did Pandora open the box? of the story. Prepare to sing your song to
the class.
6. Comprehension Check:
Have the pupils answer the
following questions: Allow the pupils to perform the
activity under time limit.
7. Why do you think Jupiter made a
woman? GOLD (Oral, Language
8. What did Venus, Apollo, Minerva and Development)
Mercury contribute to Pandora? Drill: Pronunciation drill:
9. What does the word Pandora mean? Have the pupils recite the given
10. Did Epimetheus and Pandora have a tongue twister:
happy marriage?
11. What were inside the box? Cecile likes to sell a pencil/
12. What do they mean? A pencil Cecile likes to sell,
Looks like a pen with a seal/
7. Engagement Activities: rather than a pencil.
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11. Who owns the bag?
2. Review: Checking of assignment: 12. To whom did the wallet belong?
Have 2 3 pupils give their
sentences using gerund used as direct Have the pupils read the following
object, object of the preposition and as statements taken from the dialogue.
an appositive.
1. It must be Kenneths.
3. Motivation: 5. It is JCs bag.
The teacher will present 6. I thought it was Jannelles wallet.
different things and will ask the
question: 5. Discussion:
Whose pencil is this? What is added after the name of a
Whose bag is this? person in the sentence? How many own
Whose notebook is this? Etc. the bag? Who owns the wallet?
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What do we use to express
possession? 16. APPLICATION:
Guided Practice:
REMEMBER: Direction: Make your own
A noun that expresses possession, dialogue using possessive nouns
ownership, or connection is in the correctly.
possessive case.
The sign of the possessive case is the GROUP 1:
apostrophe and s. (s) Your group was asked by the
The phrase of the is used with principal to help look for the owners
of the items deposited at the schools
lifeless or inanimate objects.
lost and found nook.
Possessive case of nouns may be
formed in several ways:
GROUP 2:
9. To form the possessive singular, add
You talked among yourselves
s to the singular form of the noun. about the food served at your school
Example: canteen.
Marys song girls dress
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(butterfly) 7. A _____ wings are made
up of scales. 13. Discussion:
(deer) 8. The ____ horns are called What is the first thing to do with
antlers. the dirty plates?
(abbot) 9. The _____ hood is What is done next?
missing. What is the next step to take?
(grandparents) 10. Our ______ farm is wide What step follows?
and airy. What is done next?
What is done last?
IV. EVALUATION: This time, write the steps in
A. GOLD: Direction: Rewrite each washing plates.
sentence. Change each underlined
phrase to include a possessive noun. 14. Fixing Skills:
Have the pupils read the
6. The safety habits of the students experiment given on how plants get water
should be perfect. from the soil. Then let them answer the
7. The students listen to the opinions of questions given.
the adults.
8. The comments of the visitors are Have a stalk of celery ready.
helpful. Have a clear glass half filled with
9. The hands of many pupils are raised water.
now. Put a little red food coloring in the
10. The principal reminds students to use water.
the office of the nurse.
Mix it well.
Then drop the stalk of celery in the
TS (Transfer Stage) glass with colored water.
9. Drill: Pronunciation drill:
Let it stay for two hours.
Have the pupils read the
following words with /v/ sound: Observe what happens.
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Then measure 3 cups of rice. How to Grow a Plant from a
Wash the rice 2 times. Seed
Put 3 cups of water in the washed rice. Get 5 seeds of white beans. (Patani
Cook until the rice is done. seeds)
Put the stove to low fire. Pour a little water on the seeds in a
Then let the rice to cook for two more deep plate.
minutes to cook the rice well. Let them stay overnight.
In the morning you will see a root
Questions to answer:
coming out.
6. What is the first thing to do when
cooking rice? Prepare the pot where you will
7. How many times will you wash the plant the seed.
rice? Put sandy loam soil in it and
8. How much water will you add to 3 cup choose the best seed.
of rice? You will put the seed with its root
9. What must be done when there is no down in the soil. Plant the other
more water? seeds on the ground or in another
10. What is the last step to do to cook the pot of soil. Water them a little and
rice well? let them stay where there is
sunlight.
B. Read the paragraphs below. Observe how the plant grows.
Father went to the farm and
suddenly it rained hard. He got wet and Questions to answer:
caught colds. He asked for medicine 7. What is the first thing to do with
from their family doctor. seed?
Here is the prescription he got. 8. How long will you let the seeds
stay in the plate?
Allyson Gale G. Francisco, M.D. 9. What steps follow?
10. How will you position the seed you
East Ave., Medical Center will plant?
Room 13 MWF 10 12:00 NN 11. What do you do next?
12. Where will you put them?
Patients Name: Pedro Canlas Age: 40
Address: 1512 Nacar Sex: M V. ASSIGNMENT:
Date: Apr. 15/10
A. GOLD: Direction: Change the
Px underlined group of words to include a
Phonyl propanolamine HCl 25 mg possessive noun.
- # 15
Chlorphenamine malcate 2 mg & 1. The farm of my aunt is in Laguna.
paracetamol 500 mg 2. The school of my cousins is in a
(Neozep forte) nearby town.
Sig: 1 tablet every 6 hrs for 5 3. The truck of my uncle takes them
days. to school.
______________ 4. The apartment of Uncle Brad is in
Lic. No. _________ the city.
PTR: ___________ 5. The name of my cousin is Celia.
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Allyson Gale G. Francisco, M.D. Materials: strips of cartolina. Index cards,
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bits of sweet foods that younger members of What had become Sundri?
her colony loved to eat after their meal. (Answer: Sundri had become one
Going to and fro between trees and shrubs, of the most beautiful butterflies Bina had
Bina suddenly smelt the sweet aroma of ever seen.)
pastry. She quickly went around the bush
and there she saw it a large bit of pastry 2. Comprehension Check:
with a whole raisin in it. Just then she
looked up and saw something hanging from a. Who is the ant in the story?
the leaf of a bush. Looking closer, she saw b. Why is she scurrying about in
that it was a tiny tail. It seemed to be all search of food?
wrapped up in something, as if bandaged. c. What did she see something
hanging from the leaf of a
Oh, you poor thing! What a sad bush?
fate you have Sundri! I can run anywhere I d. Why did BIna pity Sundri?
wish, climb trees, or go over mountains. e. Do you think Bina was right to
And look at you, you are trapped in your pity Sundri? Why?
shell. All you can do is move your tail f. If you will be Bina, will you do
around a bit. Even ant children can run the same with Sundri?
around and do as much as we can. They are g. Is it right to boast with
free. You are all bound up and cannot even somebody? Why?
move. What a life you must have!
2. Engagement Activities:
But there was no answer from the Have the pupils perform the
chrysalis. So Bina went on and walk away following activities under time
with her piece of pastry. Bina did not know limit.
it, but the thing was a chrysalis, the pupa
of a butterfly.
A few days later, Bina came that way GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA,
ACTION!
again hoping to find more pastry or biscuit
lying around. What part in the story did you like
best? Make a script and dramatize it
It was unusually hot that day and before the class.
she was sweating. Suddenly, a cloud seemed
to come over and she felt a soft cool breeze.
She looked up. Wow! One of the most GROUP 2: I WRITE A SONG!
beautiful butterflies she had ever laid eyes Identify the lesson of the story
on! Light blue spotted with light pink and and compose a song that tells the
yellow dots. moral lesson of the story. Prepare to
sing your song to the class.
Look at me, Bina. I am your much-
pitied friend. You boasted of being able to GROUP 3: WRITE ME A LETTER!
run around and climb mountains. But now
try to get me to listen. Choose your most liked
character or most disliked character
and write a letter to the character
How beautiful and how lucky it is expressing your feelings to him/her.
to be able to fly around free!
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Drill: Pronunciation drill. Why do we say so? (It expresses
Have the pupils recite the given only one idea)
tongue twister: (Do the same questioning for
sentences b, c , d.)
Betty bought a bit of butter but she (use the concept in the
found the butter bitter/ generalization during the discussion)
So she bought a bit of butter to
make the bitter butter better.
15. Generalization:
11. Review: Kinds of a sentence: What is a simple sentence?
Identify whether each sentence is How do we form a simple
declarative, interrogative, imperative or sentence?
exclamatory.
REMEMBER:
i. The teacher speaks clearly. A simple sentence has one
ii. Turn on the radio. independent clause. An independent
iii. Is there news about clause has a subject and a verb and
the hurricane? expresses one complete thought.
iv. Ms. Cruz feed the
chicken. A simple sentence can be formed
v. How heavy the in four ways:
rainfall is!
Simple Subject and Simple
12. Motivation: Predicate
What is a hobby? The food is packed in three
What are your hobbies? ways.
How does your hobby help you?
(Have the pupils write a few sentences to Compound subject and simple
tell about their hobbies.) predicate
Air, water and sunlight are
13. Presentation: needed to make plants grow.
Have the pupils read the following
sentences: Simple Subject and Compound
Predicate
i. Karl collects shells.
ii. Karl collects and sells The rain fell and flooded the
his collection. streets.
iii. Ysa and Princess
make dresses for their dolls. Compound Subject and
iv. Sherwin and Jazzer Compound Predicate
collect poems and write their Butterflies and other insects
own haikus. alight on the flowers and sip
their nectar.
14. Discussion:
What is the subject in the first 16. Application:
sentence? Guided practice:
(Karl) Direction: Make five
What is the predicate? (collects) simple sentences of your own
How many subjects do we have in following the instructions for you.
the first sentence? (One)
How many predicate? (One) GROUP 1:
Your group was asked by your
What kind of subject do we have in
English teacher to write a sentence
the first sentence? (Simple subject) describing your family.
What kind of subject do we have in
the firs sentence? (Simple predicate) GROUP 2:
What kind of sentence is this? You talked among yourselves
(Simple sentence) about the food served at your school
canteen.
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6. bright
GROUP 3: 7. thick
When you arrived home, you find
8. pleasant
out that your father has just arrived from
the States. 9. wonderf
ul
10. pretty
GROUP 4:
Write 5 sentences about the things
that you would love to do during Christmas 3. Motivation:
D. Independent Practice: Match the phrases under column A
Direction: Put a check (/) on the with the phrases under column B to
blank before each number if the sentence complete the thought.
tells a simple sentence and cross (x) if it is
not. A B
__1. An apple a day a. ..make the
_____1. Big papayas are raised in that farm. air fresh and
_____2. To get a good grade, you must clean
finish your project early. __2. Exercise and proper bkeeps the
_____3. We waited long hours at the bus diet. doctor away.
terminal. __3. Chain-smoking... c. can cause
_____ 4. Every day, I watch the incoming a
ships. lung cancer.
______5. Tricia and Allyson moved and __4. Trees around us... d. make our
removed their furniture. body strong
and healthy.
IV. EVALUATION:
GOLD: Direction: Complete each 4. Presentation:
simple sentence with a compound Have the pupils read the paragraph
predicate. given:
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What will happen if fishermen use effect. These are so, thus, as a result, and
dynamites in fishing? therefore.
6. Fixing Skills:
Number the statement 1 if it
happened before (cause) and 2 if it happened 7. Early people had strange ideas about
after (effect). how the body works because they very
little scientific knowledge.
6. _____ Lucille got low grades in Math.
_____ She did not study hard. 8. If we understand our bodies, we can
better take care of them
7. _____ Kyle graduated
valedictorian of his class.
____ He made his parents very proud.
9. Amy is so interested with the human
8. _____ Computers help us a lot in body, therefore, she decided to become
our school work. a doctor.
_____ Information is easy to gather with
just one click of a finger.
9. _____ Mother praised Jamaica. 10. Exercise daily so your body will stay
_____ Jamaica got high grades in her fit and trim.
report card.
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all subjects in and offices used 10. __________ scampered out of their
the first quarter. power generators way.
___2. Louie was to resume their 11. __________ looked on with
not able to attend amusement.
services.
his classes.
___3. An old g. A big fire B. TS. Direction: Read each pair of
woman fell started from the sentences. Write C before the sentence
asleep unmindful old womans that tells the cause and E before the
of a lighted house. one that tells the effect.
candle on a h. His parents 6. _____The player trained
table. prohibited him vigorously for the contest.
___4. There was _____She bagged the gold medal.
from playing
a power
interruption in computer games 7. _____She became fit and ready for
the entire city and hanging-out competition.
for five hours. with friends. _____She trained long and hard
___5. Father had i. He was absent everyday.
a severe from his work.
headache j. He was not able 8. _____Despite her success, she is sweet
and gentle.
to take the test
_____Most people, especially her
scheduled for neighbors, adore her.
that day.
9. _____The champion made many
IV. EVALUATION: Filipinos proud.
TS. Direction: In each pair of _____She was greeted and cheered by
sentences, which is the cause a huge crowd upon arrival.
and which is the effect? Write C for the
cause and E for the effect. 10. _____She is studying sports medicine.
_____She wants to improve the health
6. _____ Math problems are difficult. condition of the athletes.
_____ Raquel was worried and
unhappy.
8. _____She kept her mind in her work. GLR: 1. Enjoy listening to a story
_____ Pauline turned off her TV set. CT: 2. Answer questions from the story
listened to.
9. _____The sea waves were too rough. GOLD: 3. Use a variety of sentence as to
_____The fishermen did not go out to structure; compound sentence
the sea. 4. Form compound sentence.
TS: 5. Recognize words with ph
10. _____The fisherman was happy. 12. Spell words with ph
_____The fisherman made a god catch
last night. VII. Subject Matter:
GLR: Gabi and the Engkanto
V. ASSIGNMENT: GOLD: Forming Compound Sentence
GOLD: Direction: Complete each TS: Recognizing Words with ph
simple sentence with a compound
subject. Reference: 2002 Basic Education
Curriculum
7. _______________ lent their bikes. PELC Speaking 6; Listening:
8. _______________ rode around the Dynamic Series in English p. 9
park. Explore your World through Language and
9. _______________waved to us. Literature pp 58 - 61
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Language Arts Today p. 14 19 She lived in a humble nipa hut with
Linking the World through English pp. 328 a beautiful garden where different flowers
like santan, gumamela, sampaguita and
Materials: strips of cartolina. Index cards, rosal could be found. Gabi took care of
her plants and flowers by watering them
III. PROCEDURE: morning and afternoon. She also removed
GLR (Genuine Love for Reading) the dry leaves and flowers and trimmed
A. Pre-reading Activities: the branches whenever they had grown
5. Drill: Pronunciation drill: too long.
Have the pupils read the ed in
the following words pronounced as Beside Gabis garden was a swiftly
/ Id/. flowing river. Its banks were lined by great
balete trees. The people believed that
1. demanded Gabis flowers grew beautifully because
2. dedicated the river water had magical powers. The
3. blended spirit of the water, they said, had favored
4. waded Gabi.
5. reported
6. snorted Gabi didnt believe that the river
7. collected was enchanted for she had gone there
8. raided many times and had seen nothing at all.
9. descended
10. painted But the river was truly enchanted.
A river spirit, Engkanto ng Ilog had lived
6. Motivation: there for a hundred years. He watched
Is it important to be beautiful? Gabi silently every day. He could not be
Why? seen as he was invisible.
Which is more important, to be
kind or to be beautiful? Why? One morning, while Gabi was
filling her jug, the river spirit appeared
7. Unlocking of Difficulties: before her and introduced himself. He told
Have the pupils identify the her of his desire to love Gabi as his wife
meaning of the following words: and if she agreed she would have all his
riches. Gabi turned down his offer and
. Enchanted (charmed) told him that she did not need his wealth.
. Orphan Engkanto told her that he would return
. Magical (the unexplained) next summer and would ask for her final
. Invisible (unseen ) answer.
. Vengeful (unforgiving)
Gabi was afraid, closed her eyes
8. Motive Question: and opened them again. The river spirit
Was the Engkanto ng Ilog had become invisible again, so she
vengeful? How? thought it was just a dream.
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heart turns soft and she decides to marry
him.
GOLD (Grammar, Oral,
-Adapted by Jasmine Roshua Cupcupin Language Development)
from Marla Yotoko Chorengels Gabi and the
Engkanto
9. Drill: Pronunciation drill:
Have the pupils read the following
CT. CRITICAL THINKING phrases after the teacher.
C. Post Reading Activities:
1. Answering the motive question: 11. night and day
Was the Engkanto ng Ilog 12. ice cream and cake
vengeful? How? 13. bread and butter
(Yes, because she turned Gabi into a 14. touch and go
gabi plant so that no one else could have 15. push and pull
her.) 16. by hook or by crook
17. rich or poor
2. Comprehension Check: 18. coffee or milk
a. Who is the main character in the 19. black or white
story? 20. take it or leave it
b. How did Gabi take care of her
garden? 10. Review: Checking of assignment
c. What was the peoples belief about Direction: Complete each simple
Gabis beautiful garden? sentence with a compound subject.
d. Did Gabi believe them? Why?
e. Who was the river spirit? What did he 6. __________lent their bikes.
offer Gabi? 7. __________rode around the park.
f. Did Gabi accept the Engkantos offer? 8. __________waved to us.
Why? 9. __________scampered out of their
way.
10. __________looked on with
3. Engagement Activities: amusement.
Have the pupils perform the
following activities under time limit. 11. Motivation:
When can we say that a sentence
GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, can stand alone?
ACTION!
GROUP 2: I WRITE A SONG! d. They loved her and they called her
Gabi for short.
Identify the lesson of the story e. I am very sorry but I cannot go
and compose a song that tells the with you.
moral lesson of the story. Prepare to f. You will marry me or you will
sing your song to the class.
forever remain a plant.
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Discuss further what a compound You can form compound
sentence is. Use the concept under sentences by joining two or
Remember. more independent clauses or
complete sentences. Each
14. Fixing Skills: sentence that makes up the compound
A. Direction: Write YES on the blank if the sentence has a subject and a predicate
sentence is a compound sentence and of its own.
then underline the two independent
clauses. Write NO on the blank if the 16. Application:
sentence is not a compound sentence. Guided Practice:
Direction: Form a compound
_____1. Mount Pinatubo erupted in sentence from the given simple
1991 but I was not in the sentence by using the appropriate
Philippines then. conjunction.
_____2. She cajoles everyone to get up 6. The lights dimmed. The audience
to read a poem or recall favorite became quiet.
stanzas. 7. The beginning was too boring. The
music was too loud.
_____3. Tess read the poem I Know 8. Lightning flashed all night. It
Why the Caged Bird Sings and didnt rain.
blew us away. 9. Uncle Mario didnt see the snake.
He would have jumped back.
_____4. Manila looked mysterious from 10. Romeo wants to build his model
the 40th floor and she wanted to house. He has no place to work on
paint its beauty on canvas. it.
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9. The amusement park was open. The
children were lining up for the rides. Psalm 126:2
10. The mouse saw the cat. The cat didnt We are filled with laughter
see her. and we sang for joy
And the other nations said,
What amazing things the LORD has
TS. Transfer Stage done for them.
8. Drill: Pronunciation drill:
Have the pupils read Psalm 98:6
the given tongue twister:
With trumpets and the sound
A big blue bug bit the bold bald bear of the ram horn make a joyful
And the bold bald bear bled blood symphony
badly. before the LORD the King!
3. Motivation:
How do you call a story of ones life,
his present and past experience, dreams or 5. Discussion:
plans or ambitions? (biography)
Study the underlined words,
what do you notice?
4. Presentation:
Answer: They are words that have
Show the psalms printed on cartolina
consonant combinations and
strips
sounded the same when read. They
Read the psalms emphasizing the words
are sounded as /f/ when read.
with gh and ph sounds
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1. roughness 1. cough
Demonstrate the correct position of the 2. toughness 2. tough
tongue to stress the sound /f/. 3. laughable 3. rough
4. laughing 4. enough
haughty blaspheme 5. coughing
triumph laughter
orphans right 6. Fixing Skills:
symphony prophets Guess the key words based on the
meanings given using configuration
Study the words further. clues.
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The two consonants in sequence or 12. It is important that a beginning
digraph ph is pronounced as /f/. reader should have
Phonetics analysis of a word helps us awareness.
to understand the meaning of a word. 13. An earthquake is a natural that
Some words have consonant we can hardly predict.
combinations which are sounded the 14. Those are the only
same when read but their spelling are souvenirs of the grand reunion.
different. 15. Do you agree that our country, the
Example: ph and gh are sounded , is the Pearl of the Orient
as /f/ Seas?
Some words show irregularity in 16. exercises help us
spelling. pronounce the words correctly.
Example: words with augh and ough. 17. When I go to college, I will take up
, Arts and Letters.
8. Application: 18. He is as as a warrior
A. Oral Practice: when he is faced with problems.
Have the pupils read the 19. His and colds terribly
following words correctly. trigger his headache.
20. The and rocky road
ph said as f caused the car engine to stop.
hyphen sapphire
siphon phosphorus Answer Key:
phenomenon phlegm 1. paragraph 2. phonemic
physics pamphlet
phonetic headphone 3. Catastrophe 4.
phosphate mimeograph photographs
ophthalmology photogenic 5. Philippines 6. Phonetic
orphanage hemophilia
7. Philosophy 8. tough
B. Use the words given to complete the
following sentences: 9. cough 10. rough
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A. GOLD. Direction: Combine the Have the pupils read the words
following simple sentences into a with initial, medial and final /p/
compound sentence using conjunctions sound.
and, or and but.
6. The book was funny. It was exciting.
7. The cat needed excitement. He became Initial
bored. 6. pacify
8. Maz had adventures. He always escaped. 7. panic
9. The cat could go to the right. He could 8. pastor
go to the left. 9. petite
10. He was brave. He was also intelligent. 10. passion
Medial
B. TS. Direction: Use the following words 6. rampant
with ph in meaningful sentence. 7. stipend
8. trample
6. paragraph 9. nepotism
7. philosophy 10. participle
8. biography Final
9. phrases 6. bleep
10. geography 7. shape
8. creep
9. shop
10. soup
LESSON # 9
2. Motivation:
I. OBJECTIVES: Have you seen a lion?
Show a picture of lion.
GLR: 1. Enjoy listening to a story Have the pupils describe the
CT: 2. Answer questions from the story lion.
listened to.
GOLD: 3. Use a variety of sentence as to 3. Unlocking of Difficulties:
structure; complex sentence Have the pupils read the
4. Form complex sentence. clues then arrange the following
TS: 5. Tell the key concept implied. jumbled letter to form the correct
word.
III. Subject Matter:
The King of Beasts and His Three a. bsetas ( The Lion is called the King
Advisers of ______ because he is big and
Forming Complex Sentence strong.)
Telling the Key Concept Implied b. bleatiirr (The Lion had an ____
mood because his wife told him
Reference: 2002 Basic Education that he had a bad breath.)
Curriculum c. nuplaesnat (The Queen Lioness
PELC Speaking 6; PELC Reading 4 said that the Lion has the most
Explore your World through Language and unpleasant smell.)
Literature pp 58 - 61
Language Arts Today p. 14 19 4. Motive Question:
Linking the World through English pp. 284 Why were the animals afraid of the
lion?
Materials: strips of cartolina. Index cards,
B. During Reading Activities:
III. PROCEDURE: Have the pupils listen as the teacher
GLR (Genuine Love for Reading) reads the story.
A. Pre-reading Activities:
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: The King of Beasts and His Three
Advisers
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The lion is called the king of beasts. He Have the pupils answer the
is big and strong. So, the animals are afraid following questions:
of him. But not his wife, Queen Lioness.
g. When did the lion roar loudly?
One morning, the king of the forest was h. Why was the lion very angry?
in an irritable mood. His wife, the Queen i. What did the sheep tell the lion?
had said something he did not like. Queen j. Why did the sheep give an honest
Lioness ha told King Lion that his breath answer?
was most unpleasant. So King Beast called k. Why did the goat tell a lie?
the animals. First, he called the sheep. l. Who among the animals did the
right thing?
Friend Sheep, he roared, opening 3. Engagement Activities:
wide his big mouth, would you say that my Have the pupils perform the
breath smells unpleasant? following activities under time limit.
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A. Direction: Underline the
8. Review: Checking of assignment independent clause once and the
Direction: Combine the following subordinate clause twice.
simple sentences into a compound
sentence using conjunctions and, or and 6. Norie asked where we could buy a
but. cheaper imitation of your bag.
7. Although Sally did not pass the
6. The book was funny. It was exciting. test, she still hoped to pass the
7. The cat needed excitement. He subject.
became bored. 8. If you are truthful, others will
8. Maz had adventures. He always respect you more.
escaped. 9. June is the month when we
9. The cat could go to the right. He celebrate Independence Day.
could go to the left. 10. The book which I read taught me a
10. He was brave. He was also lesson about friendship.
intelligent.
B. Direction: Supply the appropriate
9. Motivation: conjunction for each sentence. Choose
What kind of media and technology from the given conjunction inside the
do you use? box.
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after before though 6. The brain, which is located in the
although if unless skull, is part of the nervous
because as until system.
whenever where since 7. What he did to me will not be
whereas than when taken against him.
wherever 8. I did not receive the bag which
you bought in Hong Kong.
Example: 9. They were already quarrelling
It had been this way since her husband before you arrived.
(Independent clause) (subordinate clause) 10. The king who treats his
had left them. subordinates with respect is well-
loved by everybody.
8. Application:
A. Guided practice: TS. Transfer Stage:
Direction: Underline the dependent 2. Drill: Pronunciation drill:
clause. Circle the subordinating Have the pupils read the
conjunction; box the simple subject and following words correctly:
the predicate verb of each dependent
clause. Words with stress on the first syllable
6. Since Liza was totally blind, her A*sia BAN*dit
achievements in school could be METH*ane BEA*con
considered extraordinary. FAM*ine CUR*few
7. Life isnt easy when your vision is COT*tage DE*pot
impaired. HUS*band LAV*ish
8. When she was in high school, Lizas GOB*let AD*vo-cate
classmates elected her president of LIB*er-ty MEM*o-ra-
the class. ble
9. Because she was brilliant, she
graduated valedictorian. 2. Review: Checking of assignment
10. Before she went to college, Liza Direction: Use the following words
spent summer as a music and with ph in meaningful sentence.
dramatic counselor.
6. paragraph
B. Independent Practice: 7. philosophy
Direction: Underline the independent 8. biography
clause. Supply the appropriate 9. phrases
conjunction for each sentence. 10. geography
6. The cake _____ you baked makes 10. Motivation:
my mouth watery. How do we communicate with
7. The woman ______ car was other people?
carnapped was crying the whole day. Is it important to communicate
8. I admire beautiful girls ______ I am with them?
a lover of beauty.
9. The jacket ______ you bought is too 11. Presentation:
thick. Have the pupils read the
10. ______ I know about you will not paragraph given. Let them identify
affect your candidacy. the key concept.
Evaluation: Communication is derived from the
A. GOLD; Direction: Underline the Latin word communis which mean
independent clause in each commonness. It is the process of
sentence once and twice the transmitting knowledge, ideas, information,
subordinate clause. Box the attitudes, feelings and the like. There are
conjunction used. numerous meanings but the essence in only
one. It is the transmission or exchange of
messages.
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In our everyday life, we encounter
many problems. If we are able to
discuss our problems with someone,
12. Discussion: we feel relieved even if the problem is
What is the key concept implied in not yet solved. We always feel the need
the sentence? to unload our burdens on people
What are the details that support the whom we trust. Communication is
key concept? curative and s also a medium to
Have the pupils fill in the story maintain our good health.
frame with details about the selection.
IV. Evaluation:
Title: ________________________ B. TS. Direction: Read the
paragraph and determine its key
Key concept: ___________________ concept and the details that support the
Supporting details: key concept.
________________________________
________________________________ The communication process is the
_____________________________ change that takes place in the course of its
doing. It is a process that can be
compared to life. It keeps on changing and
never stays as is. The words keep on
multiplying each day.
13. Generalization:
What is a key concept? Title: ________________________
Where can we find the main idea or
the key concept? Key concept: ___________________
Supporting details:
REMEMBER: ________________________________
________________________________
The main idea or the key concept is the _____________________________
central thought of a paragraph. All the
sentences in the paragraph develop it.
Without a main idea, the paragraph would
just be a confusion of sentences. All the IX. Assignment:
sentences in the paragraph should develop A. GOLD. Direction: Pick out the
the main idea. independent clause and the
subordinate clause in each
The key concept of the paragraph can be sentence. Write your answers in the
found in the beginning, in the middle or at table provided.
the end of a paragraph.
6. We went shopping in the mall since
it was still too early to go home.
14. Application: 7. I must stay here until my daddy
Direction: Read the following group of returns.
sentences. Identify the key concept 8. Where the fire originated is not yet
implied in the sentence. known.
9. She narrated everything to Mrs.
1 Castro who is our principal.
We are very special and unique 10. He completed several projects
creations of God. We are gifted with the when he was still the president of
power to think and the ability to Science Club.
communicate. Because of these, we are
superior to the other creations of God. Independent Clause Subordinate Clause
Our achievements and accomplishments 1. 1.
in life are made through effective 2. 2.
communication. 3. 3.
4. 4.
2
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5. 5. GLR (Genuine Love for Reading)
A. Pre-reading Activities:
B. TS. a. Drill: Pronunciation drill:
Direction: Read each paragraph. State Have the pupils read the following
the key concept or implied main idea. verse drill correctly:
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Bullawong, Bullawon, I will sing you a song, as I go along
I will sing you a song, as I go along
Bullawong, Bullawon, Bullawong then spoke and said,
I will sing you a song, as I go along Are you tires, boy?
Bullawong then spoke, and he said, Yes, I am very tired, said the little
Are you hungry, boy? brown boy.
Yes, I am hungry, said the little Then I will find you a cradle. Look
brown boy. to the left bank and you will see a boat
Then, I will send you fish. Look in tied up by the tree.
front of you and you will see a pool with So the little brown boy looked to the
many silver fish. left bank and he climbed into the boat and
So the little brown boy looked in front lay down to rest.
and in the pool, he saw a silver fish and he Do you like my boat? asked the
ate it. river.
Do you like my silver fish? asked Yes, said the little brown boy, it
the river. is very pleasant. And he closed his eyes
Yes, said the little brown boy. It was and sang.
very good. And he swam about and he Bullawong, Bullawon,
sang. I will sing you a song, as I go along
Bullawong, Bullawon, Bullawong, Bullawon,
I will sing you a song, as I go along I will sing you a song, as I go along
Bullawong, Bullawon, And the boy was fast asleep, and the
I will sing you a song, as I go along boat rocked him to and fro, to and fro, to
Bullalwong then spoke, and he said, and fro.
Are you thirsty, boy?
Yes, I am thirsty, said the little C. Post Reading Activities:
brown boy.Then, I will send you water to 1. Answering the motive question.
drink. Look to the right bank, and you will What were the things that
see a crystal stream that flows into my Bullawong did for the boy?
waters.
So the little brown boy looked to the 2. Comprehension Check:
right, and he drank of the crystal stream. Have the pupils answer the
Do you like my crystal stream? asked following questions:
the river.
Yes, said the little brown boy, it is 5. What kind of relationship did the river
clear and fresh. And he swam about and Bullawong and the boy have?
sang. 6. In your opinion, what kind of river was
Bullawong, Bullawon, Bullawong?
I will sing you a song, as I go along 7. If you were the boy, what would you
Bullawong, Bullawon, ask from the river?
I will sing you a song, as I go along 8. If you were Bullawong, would you
Bullawong then spoke, and he said, give what the boy needs? Why?
Are you strong, boy?
Yes, I am very strong, said the little 3. Engagement Activities:
brown boy. Have the pupils perform the
Then I will send you waves to fight. following activities under time limit.
Look behind you and you will see wild
waves rushing at you. GROUP 1: CERTIFICATE OF
So the little brown boy looked behind, RECOGNITION
Describe Bullawongs attitude.
and he dived into the waves and broke them. Make a certificate of recognition for
Do you like my waves? asked the him.
river.
Yes, said the little brown boy, they GROUP 2: I WRITE A SONG!
are wild and rolling/ And he swam about
and sang. Identify the lesson of the story
Bullawong, Bullawon, and compose a song that tells the
I will sing you a song, as I go along moral lesson of the story. Prepare to
sing your song to the class.
Bullawong, Bullawon,
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Voters from the village are omnivorous;/
Group 3 Varsity volunteers are vigorous.//
Episodal Web:
Complete the episodal web with 7. Review: Checking of assignment:
details from the selection. Direction: Pick out the
independent clause and the subordinate
Where was the boy clause in each sentence. Write your
walking one sunny day? answers in the table provided.
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Storm Caloy is expected to reach
the Philippine area of Responsibility
by tomorrow morning.
6. Generalization:
How do we change the direct Group 3:
discourse to a reported statement/indirect Direction: Read the dialogue. Change
discourse? the following direct discourse into
indirect.
REMEMBER:
In changing statements to Faye: What are you reading?
reported statements: Adriele: Im reading an article about
the coming election in the
5. Use said that to introduce the Philippines.
statement. Faye: It will be the first time of the
Ex. Kuya Kim said that. Filipinos to use the Automated
Election.
6. Change the verbs to past form. Adriele: They are very excited
Ex. said that Storm Caloy was. although there are threats of failure of
election and massive cheating.
7. Change the pronouns. Faye: I hope this will be a successful
He/him refers to a boy/male election.
She/her refers to a girl/female Adriele: And I hope no one will try to
They/them- refers to more than foil the election.
one person.
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GOLD: Using indefinite pronouns
Fathers father, my worthy TS: Writing the main idea of a
grandfather, lives farther down the paragraph read that is explicit or implied
southern part of the town. Mother
wants my grandfather to join a Reference: 2002 Basic Education
brotherhood of weathermen up north. Curriculum
But grandfather thought that it isnt such PELC Speaking 7; 7.1;PELC Reading 8
a worthy idea. So they decided to have a Milestone in Reading 6 p. 205
family gathering instead of going out of Explore your World through Language and
the town. Literature pp 58 - 61
Across the Border Through Language p.
IV. Evaluation: 57
TS. Direction: Have the pupils write the Linking the World through English pp.
paragraph to be dictated by the teacher. 284
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1. Answering the motive questions.
Why do you think the goat
c. leap believed the fox? Explain
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11. Presentation:
Have the pupils read the verse
Characters Setting Events below.
________ ________ Only in the Wind
12. Discussion:
_________ What are the italicized words in the
_________ verse given?
_ Do they refer to a particular
person, palace or thing?
GOLD. Grammar, Oral, What are these words? (Indefinite
Language Development Pronoun)
8. Drill: pronunciation drill: What verb comes after each
Have the pupils read the verse drill indefinite pronoun?
given: Discuss further.
Dont lose your keys,/ dont lose your face./ 13. Generalization:
If you lose your keys,/ dont fuss.// What are indefinite
If you lose your face,/ dont wince.// pronouns?
Dont lose your lace./ dont lose your sax.// What verbs are used for each
If you lose your lace,/ dont gaze.// indefinite pronoun?
If you lose your sax,/ dont laze.//
REMEMBER:
9. Review: Checking of assignment.
Change the following discourse to An indefinite pronoun does not
indirect. refer to a particular person, place or thing.
It is not immediately followed by a noun.
9. The young boy said, I saw a
Some indefinite pronouns are
rainbow in the sky. singular, others are plural.
10. Jane said, Lea Salonga and Martin
Nievera are really great performers. Use a singular verb with a
11. Mon said, Everything will turn out singular indefinite pronoun; use plural
right, Liza. verb with a plural indefinite pronoun.
12. Zaldy said, Intramurals will be held
from February 18 to 22. Use their when the antecedent is a
13. The schools fund raising project plural indefinite pronoun; use his or her or
was a big hit! said the director. it when the antecedent is a singular
indefinite pronoun.
10. Motivation:
Have you seen a wind? How do we
COMMON INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
know that there is a wind?
Singular Plural Singular or
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Plural
Anyone Both All
Anybody Few Any
Anything Many Most
Everyone Most None
Everybody Others Some
Everything Several
No one
Nobody
Each
Nothing B. Independent Practice:
Either Direction: Write the appropriate
Neither indefinite pronoun in each blank.
One
Someone 6. _______ has to preside at a
Somebody] meeting. The one who presides is
Something called the chair.
7. ______ must read the minutes of
the meeting. This is usually the job
14. Application: of the secretary.
A. Guided Practice: 8. _______ listens attentively.
9. _______ reports on the assignment
Group 1: given to him.
Direction: Circle the indefinite pronoun. 10. _______ asks questions about the
Underline the correct verb form. project.
5. Several (is, are) pulling the weeds.
IV. Evaluation:
6. Each (bring, brings) some herbal plants
7. Most of the boys (plant, plants) seedlings C. GOLD: Direction:
in their plots. Underline the indefinite
8. Everyone (is, are) busy doing a share of pronoun used in each sentence and
their work. circle the correct form of the verb.
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Are all the paragraphs have the
topic sentence that tells the whole ___Municipal pest control
message of the writer? officers may be consulted
about pests.
17. Generalization ___Plant pests and diseases
Main idea of a are the worst enemies of
paragraph tells us what the cultivated crops.
paragraph is all about. It ____Plants pests and diseases
may be stated in the paragraph or need to be controlled.
explicit and it may not be stated or
implied) 8. Soil is very important to plants.
Plants depend heavily on the
18. Application soil for root anchorage and for
i. Activity 1 essential nutrients such as
Grasping Implied Ideas nitrogen, phosphorous and
potash. They also depend upon
What main idea do the the soil for water and other
following paragraphs imply? mineral nutrient
Underline the right word in the Plants depend heavily in soil.
parenthesis. Soil has nutrients needed by
plants.
a. Sgt. Cruzado was about to enter Soil is very important to
his tent when he saw one of his plants.
comrades lying flat near his 9. Many farm crops are very specific
post. He quickly reached him. in their temperature requirements.
He asked for water and he gave Examples are melons, squash,
him his reserve water. sweet potatoes and beans. They
(merciful, forgiving, brave, grow best in warm temperatures.
friendly) Slight rain can destroy them.
b. A young soldier volunteered to Pechay, mustard, Kangkong, and
walk ahead of the troop to check if the radish, on the other hand, grow
way was safe to pass through. When well during summer and can also
he spotted a troop of enemies, he withstand rain.
quickly made a signal to pass other
way and they reach their camp safely. Many farm crops are very
(merciful, kind, forgiving, specific in their temperature
brave) requirements.
c. A soldier carried to safety a Plants can grow in warm
wounded companion through temperature.
continuous firing from the enemies. Slight rain can destroy plants.
(merciful, brave, sacrificing,
reckless) ii. Enrichment
Activities
Activity 2
Choose the main idea of the Gallery of Text
following paragraphs. Put a check
before the right sentence. Teacher will display several
short paragraphs cut from
7. Plant pests and disease are the newspapers, old magazines or
worst enemies of cultivated written on manila paper. Pupils are
crops for food and seed given three minutes to choose from
production. Municipal pest the paragraph what they want to
control officers may be consulted read.
as soon as these pests and
diseases are observed in the Directions: Read silently the
farm. For more protection, clean paragraph of your choice. Write on a
cultural practices should be piece of paper the main idea of the
observed. Removing and paragraph. As I call on you, read
destroying all possible breeding your paragraph and its main idea
places of plant pests and aloud.
diseases around the vicinity of
the garden is suggested. IV. Evaluation
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Read the following ______1. Everyone is waiting inside
paragraphs. State its main the room.
idea and write on your answer ______2. Several of the audience is
sheet. from my hometown.
______3. No one have been calling
6. Different birds use different
Dana ever since she
materials for their nests. Most
birds use scraps of grass, leaves,
arrived.
and twigs. One kind of bird pushes ______4. Many are in the small plastic
and molds these materials into a bag.
cuplike home between the ______5. Neither of the boys
branches of a tree or among are walking alone in
grass. It uses saliva or mud to hold the forest.
the materials together.
7. A dolphin is a mammal like cats, C. TS. Copy a five paragraph from
dogs and people. It has warm any reading material. Write the
blood. It cannot breathe under main idea below each
water. Like other mammals, its paragraph.
babies are born alive. It gives milk
to its babies.
8. The bread was like a pet; I took LESSON #12
care of it, made sure that it was
properly stirred, and saw to it that OBJECTIVES:
it was alive and doing well. You
see bubbles appear on the surface GLR: 1. Enjoy listening to a story
just to let you know that there is CT: 2. Answer questions from the story
really something truly alive inside. listened to.
Adapted: Manila Bulletin Taste
March 14, 2007 p. 5
GOLD: 3. Use demonstrative pronouns.
9. The Malate Church have always TS: 4. Identify the authors purpose
been a haven for people in need. in writing.
In the past, it served as the
fortress of British forces against
the Spaniard. Today, supplicants II. Subject Matter:
continue to pray to Our Lady of GLR: How Butterflies Came To Be
Miraculous Medal in time of GOLD: Using Demonstrative pronouns
trouble. Founded by the TS: Telling the writers purpose
Augustinians friars, the church
was built in the 18th century. Reference:
Adapted: A Tour of Seven
Churches 2002 Basic Education Curriculum
By Clifford Ray Olanday PELC Speaking 7; 7.1
3. Style Weekend PELC Reading 8
Manila Bulletin Milestone in Reading 6 p. 205
4. March 30, 2007 Growing in Reading p. 83; 107;
p. 21
Across the Border Through Language p.
10.Even kites can be dangerous! You
can get pulled by your kite when
66
there are strong winds, or you can Linking the World through English pp.
get hurt when the string attached 156
to the kite rubs on your hand. A
kite can even cause a helicopter Materials: strips of cartolina. Index cards,
to crash!
Adapted: Fly High Junior Inquirer VI. Procedure:
May 20, 2007 p. 5
V. Assignment GLR: Genuine Love for Reading
B. GOLD: Direction: Put a check mark C. Pre-reading Activities:
(/) on the blank if the sentence is 5. Drill: Pronunciation drill: Have
written correctly. If it is not, the pupils recite the following
underline the incorrect part and write verse drill.
the proper structure above it.
Paul the southpaw had a bad fall,/
He landed at the orthopedic hall.//
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One night/ Paul got a haunting call/ One time, a young couple visited
From a sorceress who was very tall.// the village. They were proud and hated
anything ugly.
When the doctor called the roll,/
Paul was nowhere in the orthopedic hall./
They chanced upon the old
He had left to follow the haunting call./
Of the sorceress who was very tall.//
womans flower garden at the edge of the
lake, and entered it to gather some
6. Motivation: bouquets. The old woman asked them to
Think of a prominent person. How leave, but instead of obeying, the young
does this person earn respect? man and woman made fun of her because
they found her ugly.
7. Vocabulary development:
Match the definition in column A To punish them, the old woman
with the word being defined in touched them with a cane and said that
column B. since they like only beautiful things, they
will be turned into the most beautiful
Column A insects.
6. it means to take care of (a) So the next time you see tow lovely
7. it means to do something unplanned butterflies hovering near some flowers,
(b) youll remember that haughty young
8. it refers to a bunch of flowers (c) couple.
9. it means to be flying in one spot (d)
10. it means to behave in an arrogant -Domiana Eugenio
Origin of Butterflies
way (e)
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Direction: Put a check mark (/) on
the blank if the sentence is written
___________ Place Initiating correctly. If it is not, underline the
___________ ________ Events incorrect part and write the proper
____ ________ structure above it.
_________ 3. Motivation:
_________ Have you been to a science
_ laboratory? What are the things that we
can see there?
Group 2
Fill in the values web. 4. Presentation:
Have the pupils read the following
sentences.
WHAT I LEARNED FROM
THE STORY
8. See this aluminum? This will be the
source of electrons.
9. The electron receivers will be the
Group 3: Energize your thoughts copper. These will be called
Complete the paragraph electrodes.
10. Look at that solution on the shelf.
If I had the power to change the event of That is called an electrolyte.
the story, I 11. See those ingredients over there? We
would______________________________ will use those to make the electrolyte
___________________________________ solution that will move the electrons
___________________________________ on our aluminum and copper
___________________________________ electrodes.
REMEMBER:
Group 4: Lights, Camera, Action! Discussion:
12. Demonstrative pronoun points out a
particular person,
Study the details how the young What are the place or thing.
italicized words in
couple walked to the house of the old This and that are singular
each sentence?
woman. Act out how they insulted the old demonstrative pronoun.
woman. Do these words point to a
Examples:
particular thing?
3. This is the chair of the High King
What
of the are
Lake.the words this, that,
GOLD (Grammar, Oral, these,4. and
Thatthose
is thecalled? (Demonstrative
gift of the acacia tree to
Language Development) pronoun)the sky.
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: When do we use this? That?
Have the pupils recite the following: These? Those?
These and those are plural
Discuss further.
demonstrative pronouns.
She sells seashells by the seashore. Examples:
If she sells seashells by the seashore, 3. These are the eyes of a thousand
13. Generalization:
Wheres the seashells she sells by the snakes.
What are demonstrative pronouns?
seashore? 4. When
Those are
do thewewarriors
use from
this?theThat?
Kingdom of Rain.
These? those?
2. Review: Checking of
This and these refer to things near the
assignment:
speaker.
That and those refer to things far from
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When this, these, that and those are
used before nouns, they are
adjectives not pronouns.
6. Madam Curie is a leading scientist
of the modern age. This is what
almost everyone knows about her.
7. Because of her experiments, she
was constantly exposed to radium.
This damaged her bone marrow.
8. That is what her daughter eve tells
us in her biography.
9. These contained the precipitates
and liquids needed for their
experiments.
10. This miserable old shed where she
conducted her experiments was the
happiest.
B. Independent Practice:
Direction: Complete the statements
with appropriate demonstrative
pronoun.
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Explain to the pupils that a
TS. Transfer Stage material, story or a book that contains
2. Drill: Pronunciation drill: facts was written for the purpose of
Have the pupils read the informing. On the other hand, a selection
following verse drill. that contains the opinions and views of the
author was written to persuade.
But if you are unsure,/how can you
decide?/ Explain also that identifying the
But if you think of all the buts/ how can authors purpose for writing helps readers
you reach the summit?/ to better understand what they read.
(Use the information written in the
One who achieves the ultimate/ generalization.)
Is willing to catch a sunbeam/
Hes willing to know the unknown/ 13. Generalization:
And conquer the unconquerable./ How do we determine the purpose
of the author in writing a
2. Review: Checking of assignment: selection?
Direction: Identify the character trait
being shown by the following REMEMBER:
situation: The authors purpose is to inform if:
You learned specific facts from
8. Sir, this is your wallet. You dropped the story.
it, the boy said to the old man. The story gives true information.
9. Dont touch my doll! It is mine! The characters in the story are
Mara said.
real.
10. Faye obeys her teacher and older
The selection gives data,
classmates.
statistics, dates and figures.
3. Motivation:
Ask the pupils what type of stories The authors purpose is to persuade if:
they like to read and have them tell the
reason for their choice. The selection tries to influence the way
you think and feel.
11. Presentation: The author convinces the reader of his
Have the pupils rearrange the point of view.
scrambled letters to form a word. The selection calls for action and
warns of consequences for each action.
FROMIN (inform) The author makes use of words like
ETNREATIN (entertain) should, must, in my opinion, etc.
PRESAUDE (persuade)
DSECIREB (describe) The authors purpose is to entertain if:
NRARAET (narrate)
The selection affects the emotions of
Have the pupils choose from the given the readers.
formed words the describe words: The selection gives pleasure,
enjoyment, and amusement.
6. Keeps readers amused.
The characters in the story are not real.
7. Explains the details of things and
events. The selection is funny, shocking, scary,
8. Paints a picture through words. make-believe, intriguing etc.
9. Relates an event.
10. Gives reasons to convince his 14. Application:
readers. A. Guided Practice:
Read the following titles of reading
Answers: (1. entertain; 2. inform; 3. materials. Decide which of these were
describe; 4. narrate; 5. persuade) written to entertain or to inform. Write
the number of your answer inside the
12. Discussion: appropriate circle.
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_____ 5. A letter requesting assistance for
a. Rosys Book of Cookie Recipe a Clean and Green project.
b. Origami The Art of Paper Folding (persuade)
c. The Amazing Adventure of Squirmy
the Worm V. ASSIGNMENT:
d. .The Book of Knowledge A. GOLD: Underline the correct
e. Aesops Fable demonstrative pronoun for each of the
f. Harry Potter and the Order of the following sentences.
Phoenix
g. The Illustrated Dictionary of Animal 6. (This, These) are the leaves from the
Life talking tree.
h. How the Ants Finally Won the War 7. He is looking for the liquid stone in
i. How to Survive the Information Age (that, those) caves.
j. The Powerpuff Girls 8. In (these, that) valley lives the
daughter of the sun and the moon.
INFORM ENTERTAIN 9. The ants carries the prince in (those,
this) wooden box.
10. (These, This) are the eyes of a
thousand snakes.
B. Tell the authors purpose for each of the B. TS. Write the purpose of the author in
following titles: writing the following article/ titles:
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Across the Border Through Language p. 80 Can you leap over this snail?
Linking the World through English pp. 156 the elephant asked.
Yes, I can! Ill show you, the
Materials: strips of cartolina. Index cards, kangaroo replied. The kangaroo
leaped over the snail.
III. Procedure: Can you leap over this monkey?
GLR: Genuine Love for Reading the elephant asked.
A. Pre-reading Activities: Yes, I can! Ill show you, the
5. Drill: Pronunciation drill: kangaroo replied. The kangaroo
Have the pupils say the following leaped over the monkey.
phrases with the /oi/ sound. Have the Can you leap over this goat?
pupils know that the /oi/ is a single the elephant asked.
syllable, not two. Yes, I can! Ill show you, the
kangaroo replied. The kangaroo
11. the noise of the boys leaped over the goat.
12. toys made from coconut coir Can you leap over this cow? the
13. the poise of a joyful man elephant asked.
14. join a tour of Troy Yes, I can! Ill show you, the
15. spoiled the broiled meat kangaroo replied. The kangaroo
16. avoid the muddy soil leaped over the cow.
17. toiling at the hoists Can you leap over me? finally
18. a gold coin for poison he asked. If you can do that, Ill give
19. join the loiterers you a free swing on my tusk every day
20. doilies that coincide but if you fail, you will instead brush
my sides every day.
6. Motivation: Yes, I can, said the kangaroo.
Do you believe that Ill show you, he added. But before
sometimes smaller ones have better the kangaroo could leap over the
ideas than big ones? elephant, the elephant had stood up to
its tall height.
7. Vocabulary Development: The kangaroo thought the elephant
Have the pupils know the was clever. It thought and thought. It
meaning of the following words: didnt want to scrub the sides of the
elephant. At last, an idea came to the
a. leap (action) kangaroo.
b. tusk (picture) On one condition! it shouted.
c. clever (The clever ant bit the right leg of What condition? the elephant
the hunter.) asked.
d. condition (Ill give you this money on That you will close your eyes
condition that you will use it well.) while I jump! the kangaroo
e. agree (action) explained.
All right. I agree, answered the
8. Motive question: elephant.
What made the kangaroo As the elephant closed its eyes, the
think that elephant was clever? kangaroo hurriedly walked behind the
elephant to go to the other side.
B. During Reading Activities: That is the reason why the
Have the pupils listen as the teacher kangaroo in our story gets a free
reads the story. swing on the elephants tusk every day.
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Have the pupils answer the GOLD (Grammar, Oral, Language
questions given: Development)
Drill: Pronunciation drill:
a. When the kangaroo was about to leap Have the pupils recite the
over the elephant, what did the elephant following:
do?
b. What made the kangaroo think that the Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater/
elephant was clever? Had a wife and couldnt keep her/
c. Was the kangaroo willing to scrub the He put her in a pumpkin shell/
sides of the elephant? What condition And there he kept her very well//
did he give before he could leap?
d. Who is more clever, the kangaroo or the 2. Review: Checking of
elephant? Prove your answer. assignment:
Direction: Underline the correct
3. Engagement Activities: demonstrative pronoun for each of the
Group the pupils into four. Have following sentences.
them perform the following activities:
1. (This, These) are the leaves from the
GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACION! talking tree.
2. He is looking for the liquid stone in
Choose the part that you liked best (that, those) caves.
in the story. Then make a script and 3. In (these, that) valley lives the
dramatize the chosen part.
daughter of the sun and the moon.
4. The ants carries the prince in (those,
this) wooden box.
GROUP 2: Thank you, God! 5. (These, This) are the eyes of a
Being clever is Gods gift to us. What thousand snakes.
we do is our gift to Him. Have you done
something which you think is your gift to God?
If you have, recall and write them here. 3. Motivation:
Have you read the stories, The
_______________________________________ Ugly Duckling, The Little Mermaid, The
_______________________________________ Tinder Box, The Snow Queen, The
_______________________________________ Princess and the Pea and The Emperors
_______________________________ New Clothes? Who has written these
stories? (Hans Christian Andersen)
Group 3 4. Presentation:
Fill in the values web. Have the pupils read the following
sentences taken from the story about the
famous author, Hans Christian Andersen.
WHAT I LEARNED FROM
THE STORY
4. His mother, herself, spent long hours
reading stories to him.
5. His father saved money so Hans could
GROUP 4: DRAW ME! go to the theater, and he, himself, took
Draw the elephant and the kangaroo in the boy there.
the story. Make a dialogue between the two 6. To encourage Hans to go back to
using the bubble. school, his friends told him that they,
themselves, would shoulder his
Elephant: Kangaroo: expenses.
5. Discussion:
What are the italicized words in the
sentences?
What do these words do with the
Allow the pupils to perform the nouns or pronouns that precede them?
activities under limited time.
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What does the pronoun herself 3. The teachers, themselves, assist
emphasize? himself? themselves? the pupils to visualize what they
What are these pronouns called? want to write.
Can you leave out the intensive 4. Larry, himself, offers for the
pronoun without changing the meaning illustrations.
of the sentence? (yes) 5. All the children, themselves, enjoy
Discuss further. writing poems.
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What was the last movie you have
watched?
What was it all about?
Have the pupils tell the feeling or
mood the movie put them in.
(happy)
Clapping hands
?
f. The shark slowly appeared from the
deep water and started circling the boat. The Concert
It is big and silvery white with small
eyes and saw-like teeth that made the
fisherman tremble.
_______________ A. people talking B. quiet
(fearful) music
C. people singing D. loud
13. Discussion: music
Have the pupils understand that aside
from inferring about character traits, it is 15. GENERALIZATION:
also important to infer the general mood
of a selection they read. Making an inference is seeing
other meanings that directly stated details
As you read each situation, what in a passage imply, suggest, or hint at. An
feeling do you get from reading it? inference is going beyond the surface
What does mood mean? details.
How do we infer the general mood
of a selection? Authors use words, phrases and
Discuss further. images to catch the attention of the
readers and to work on their emotions and
14. Fixing Skills: create the mood of the selection.
Read the passage below. Infer the
mood each situation brings by selecting What is a mood? Mood is the
from the given choices. (Reading for feeling you experience while reading. It is
Meaning 6 p. 158) the atmosphere which covers a whole
range of moods; from anger to sadness; to
Don watched the crowd grow. excitement and fear.
Music blasted out of the speakers. He
could feel the beat through his body. 16. Application:
When the lights went out, everyone
pushed forward. People started chanting
the names of their favorite band members
and clapping their hands. Don smiled and 241
started clapping, too. He knew it would be
a great concert.
Have the pupils read the following Quotes Mood
paragraphs. Then, infer the general 6. wished it could 5. ___________
mood of each selection. Arrange the talk
letter of the following words to identify 7. had to sit still and 6. ___________
the mood given. keep quiet.
8. with a great roar, 7. ___________
4. Roland frowned. He wanted to watch a the mountain threw
basketball game TV. But Maricel was the rock high into
watching another program. He suddenly the sky.
switched to another channel. Maricel 9. it flew through the 8. ___________
shouted. How impolite! air and landed in a
____________ (ngaer) river.
10. cant talk but at 5._____________
5. Karl and Jazzer are boy scouts. They least can travel.
have been learning to give first aid. They
have learned what to do with the cuts,
MOOD BANK
bruises, sprains and how to dress
wounds. One day, while the boys were Anger sadness resignation
walking home from school, they saw a Joy surprise appreciation
car hit a little girl. Karl and Jazzer ran
quickly to the child. She was
unconscious and blood was spurting VIII. ASSIGNMENT:
from a wound on her wrist. A. GOLD: Direction: Complete each
__________ (chlleagne) sentence with intensive pronouns.
Underline the noun or pronoun
6. What a place! Cockroaches which the intensive pronoun refers
everywhere, cobwebs, and dust thick to.
enough to plant potatoes in it!
___________ (gutsdis) 1. Neil Armstrong, _______,
prepared well fro the flight to
IV. EVALUATION: space.
TS: Direction: Read the passage below. 2. His teachers, _______. Told
Infer the moods directly stated by the quotes about Neils excellence in
given. The MOOD BANK can serve your Science and Math.
guide to identify the mood being referred to. 3. The lesson for learning to fly a
plane was expensive, but Neil,
Once there was an old rock on top of _______, earned the money for
a mountain that wished it could talk. Now it.
and then, a person or an animal came by. 4. The training program,
Some climbed onto the rock to look at the ________, was difficult.
view. 5. The U.S. President, ________,
congratulated the three
Hey! the rock wanted to say. astronauts.
Watch your step! But it could not.
Thousands of years came and went B. TS.
but the rock could not come and go like the Direction: Infer the
people and the animals. It had to sit still mood of the following
and keep quiet. selection. Choose your answer
form the given choices inside the
Then, one day, something changed. box.
The earth moved. With a great roar, the
mountain threw the rock high into the sky. It 4. Please dont cry. Tell the kids that
flew through the air and landed in a river their daddy is fighting for them, for
miles away. his wife, for his people, and for his
country, said the departing soldier.
Well, the rock thought to itself. I _____________.
still cant talk, but at least, I can travel.
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5. All the children were opening their 1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: Have
gifts. Their faces brightened up as the pupils recite the given tongue
each took out a toy from inside twister:
colorful wrappers. But Lita had no
gift to open. Tears started to flow Kimbo Kemble kicked his kinsmans
down her cheeks. If only my kettle.
parents were alive, she thought. Did Kimbo Kemble kcik his
6. The Francisco family was up early, kinsmans kettle?
and so were the rest of the people in If Kimbo Kemble kicked his
the whole town. Bands have been kinsmans kettle,
playing merrily since six oclock in Wheres the kinsmans kettle Kimbo
the morning. Church bells have been Kemble kicked?
ringing gaily, too. The town fiesta
has begun. 2. Motivation:
How do you treat a visitor?
Merry excited
3. Vocabulary Development:
Sad sorrow Read the following sentences.
Use context clues to decide
which word from the box make
LESSON # 14 sense in each sentence.
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had enough money left to live innkeeper is asking for you if your
comfortably for the rest of his life. So representative doesnt appear in thirty
one beautiful sunny day, Janos went to seconds.
see and repay the innkeeper who had
helped him when he was penniless and Just in time, the gypsy came
starving. bursting through the door. Your
majesty, I apologize for being late. You
How surprised the innkeeper was see, I was boiling corn at home, trying
when he saw Janos. Hello. Fifteen to turn it into more corns!
years ago, you gave me three boiled
eggs when I was very poor and hungry. I Everyone in the chamber roared in
came back to reward you for your laughter.
kindness by paying for those eggs a
hundredfold. How silly you are! How can you
make more from boiled corn? asked
Unfortunately, the generous the King.
innkeeper became a greedy one after
fifteen years. He figured out what have The gypsy grinned and said, Well,
happened if the three eggs had hatched Your Majesty, how can you hatch
into little chickens and if those chickens chicks from boiled eggs?
had grown up and hatched for more
chickens, and so on. Finally, he greedily The King stared at the gypsy
concluded that Janos must give him thoughtfully. I think youre right. The
everything he had, including his savings. boiled eggs could not hatch into chicks
anymore. Finally, he said, Janos,
Janos almost fell dead in surprise you have to pay only for the eggs you
with how his kind gesture was met with ate.
by such unimaginable greedy demands.
The story of his predicament spread like How thankful Janos was to the
fire throughout the land. The King of King and most especially to the gypsy
Hungary heard the story and traveler. As for the innkeeper, there
volunteered to sit in the jury. was no more reward just a few cents
for his boiled eggs.
Janos became more and more upset
as the time drew near for him and the Adapted
innkeeper to face the king in court. Soon
his hard-earned savings would C. Post Reading Activities:
disappear like a bubble for he presumed 1. Answering the motive
that the king would decide in favor of questions.
the crafty innkeeper.
2. Comprehension Check:
A week before the final day, while he Have the pupils answer the
was thinking about his misfortune, a following questions:
gypsy came by. Why are you wearing a
long face, goodman? he asked f. What did the poor Hungarian owe the
cheerfully. Janos told him everything. innkeeper?
Dont you worry. Ill present the case g. How much did the innkeeper want the
to the king and youll surely win. You poor man to pay?
should know how clever gypsies are. h. Who depended the poor man? How?
Janos accepted the offer even if he had i. If you were the gypsy, how would you
little hope that anyone could really him. depend the poor man?
j. If you were the King, would ypu do
On the day of the trial, Janos was the same?
looking for the gypsy in the chamber. He
was nowhere to be found. After sitting 3. Engagement Activities:
and waiting for a long time, the King Have the pupils perform the
grew impatient. Janos Kadar, he said. following activities under time
Prepare to give all that which the limit.
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1. Neil Armstrong, _______, prepared
GROUP 1: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACION! well fro the flight to space.
2. His teachers, _______. Told about
Choose the part that you liked best Neils excellence in Science and
in the story. Then make a script and Math.
dramatize the chosen part.
3. The lesson for learning to fly a plane
was expensive, but Neil, _______,
earned the money for it.
GROUP 2: Thank you, God! 4. The training program, ________, was
Being clever is Gods gift to us. What difficult.
we do is our gift to Him. Have you done
5. The U.S. President, ________,
something which you think is your gift to God?
If you have, recall and write them here.
congratulated the three astronauts.
_______________________________________ 9. Motivation:
_______________________________________ Which of the stories written by
_______________________________________ Hans Christian Andersen have you
_______________________________ read already?
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_____3. At first, Mr. and Mrs.
B. Complete the following sentence Salamanca, themselves,
with reflexive pronoun. encouraged her in her work.
_____4. As a doctor, Olivia cared more
1. Neil Armstrong prepared _____ for her patient than for
well for the flight to space. herself.
2. The lessons for learning to fly a _____5. Today, tuberculosis, itself, is a
plane were expensive but Neil curable disease.
earned the money for it _____.
3. Neil applied _____ for the IV. EVALUATION:
astronaut program but was not GOLD: Direction: Complete the
optimistic about his chance following sentence with the correct
because there were many reflexive pronoun.
applicants.
4. Nobody else but Neil _____ was 6. I find ____ enjoying biking around
surprised when he was accepted. the neighborhood.
5. It was Neil ______ who became 7. Jazzer learned ____ playing the
the first human being to step on guitar.
the moon. 8. The teachers gave _____ time to
relax during Teachers Da.
7. GENERALIZATION: 9. The girls collect shells and stamps
What is a reflexive pronoun? for _____.
10. Allyson make an album of
REMEMBER: butterflies for _____.
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paper. She will post it on at a
time for discussion. Metaphor is a figurative
c) Teacher reads a poem twice. language that makes direct
comparison of two unlike
NIGHT things that make something
By William Blake in common.
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_____ 1. The flower swayed happily the V. ASSIGNMENT:
wind. GOLD: Make/Write 5 sentences
_____ 2. The dictionary is the using Reflexive Pronoun.
bankbook that guides us in
use of the words and their TS. Direction: Identify the figurative
meanings. words used in each sentence.
_____ 3. The airplane was swallowed Write S for simile, M for
by the thick clouds. metaphor, P for
_____ 4. The leaves whisper their personification.
words to each other as the
wind passes by. ______1. An army of fleas attacked
_____ 5. To be in the museum is to be the dogs.
at a time machine set back ______2. The wrinkled sea beneath
long time again. him crawls.
______3. The taxis roll along the
Possible Answers: avenue like spools of
1. Personification 2. Simile colored threads.
3. Metaphor 4.Personification ______4. The wind slapped my face
5. Metaphor like an old man.
5. The car eats lot of gas.
D. Enrichment Activities
Direction: Study the following
lines from the poems given to
your group. Underline and identify
the figurative words used. (Simile, LESSON # 15
Metaphor, Personification)
Here are the poems. OBJECTIVES:
The moon like a flower GLR: 1. Enjoy listening to a story
In heavens high bower
CT: 2. Answer questions from the
With silent delight
Sits and smiles in the night
story listened to.
GOLD: 3. Use relative pronouns.
From: NIGHT by William TS: 4. Sequence the key concepts
Blake or big ideas to show
wholeness of the story/
My turtle is a tidy boy! selection
When he is tired of play,
He folds himself up II. Subject Matter:
carefully GLR: The EDSA Revolution
And puts himself away. GOLD: Using Relative Pronouns
TS: Sequencing the Key
From: TIDY TURTLE by Polly Chase Concepts or Big Ideas To Show
Wholeness of the Selection
IV. Evaluation
Direction: Identify the
figurative words used in Reference:
each sentence. Write S for 2002 Basic Education Curriculum
simile, M for metaphor, P for PELC Speaking 7.4
personification. PELC Reading 7.1
Growing in English p. 204
______1. The kettle sings as it sits on
the stove. Milestone in Reading 6 p. 205
2. The grass dances with the Grammar in Focus p.
wind. Across the Border Through Language p.
3. The sun is a ball of fire. 80
4. The clouds are as white as Linking the World through English pp.
cotton. 156
______5. Her brother was a tower of
strength during those hard Materials: strips of cartolina. Index cards,
times.
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III. Procedure: Have the pupils formulate
GLR: Genuine Love for Reading their own questions.
B. Pre-reading Activities:
1. Drill: Pronunciation drill: B. During Reading
Activities:
Betty bought a bit of butter but she Have the pupils listen as the
found the butter bitter/ teacher reads the story.
So she bought a bit of butter to
make the bitter butter better. The EDSA Revolution
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laborers, housewives forming a Have the pupils answer the
strong chain, they all surged forward following questions:
risking their lives as they faced the
advancing armored tanks. What did the Filipino people
Hold on! one man shouted. fight for during the four-day
EDSA Revolution?
How did EDSA become the
center of drama during the
revolution?
Who gathered at EDSA?
How did the people stop the
military tanks from dispersing
them?
How did the nuns and the
crowd soften the wooden
heart of the soldiers?
Engagement Activities:
Join us, the people told the A great number of people came
soldiers, let us not kill one other. We to EDSA after a call for help was
are all Filipinos and brothers. The aired through the TV and radio
soldiers went down and abandoned stations.
the tanks and joined the crowd to the (COOPERATION)
great joy and applause of the people. Let us not kill one another. We
are all Filipinos and brothers, the
At last, Malacaang fell. All the people pleaded the soldiers.
people stormed its gates and rushed (LOVE FOR FELLOWMEN)
through the rooms of the palace. As the crowd waited in the
concrete pavement, many of
People Power had won over them prayed while others sang
the dictators rule. A long night had spiritual hymns.
ended. It was the break of a new (FAITH)
dawn. The Filipino people had shown Locked in each others arms like a
to the world that a non-violent strong chain, the people
struggle for freedom can be won approached the advancing tanks.
through the unity and prayers of a (UNITY)
people determined to live the way of
The people offered food, soft
peace, justice and freedom.
drinks and cigarettes to the tired
and hungry soldiers.
E. Post Reading Activities:
(CHARITY)
1. Answering the motive questions:
2. Comprehension Check:
GROUP 3:
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Fill the story grammar with details Have the pupils read the following
from the selection. sentences taken from the history of the
Philippine National Anthem:
STORY GRAMMAR ORGANIZER
The Philippine National Anthem is
Have the pupils complete the story a song that expresses well the
grammar organizer: story of our struggle for
Title: _________________________ independence.
Author: _______________________ Emilio Aguinaldo who had
commissioned the song, intended
Who is the main character? it to be part of the proclamation
rites of the Philippine
Independence Day.
Where and when did the story take place? Jose Palma, who was a great poet,
wrote the lyrics of the song.
What is the problem or conflict?
4. Discussion:
What did the main character do to solve What are the italicized clauses in
the problem? each sentence?
What is the function of each
clause?
How did the story end? What word introduced each
clause?
What are these words?
What is the function of relative
GROUP 4:
pronoun?
WRITE ME A LETTER Discuss further.
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10. Seven years later, the general ____
REMEMBER: lay dying on his bed, kissed the
flag for the last time.
A relative pronoun is a pronoun that
may introduce an adjective clause. It
joins its antecedent of which it is part. TS. TRANSFER STAGE:
Relative pronoun should be placed as 8. Drill: Pronunciation Drill:
close as possible to their antecedents. Have the pupils recite the
following tongue twister:
Note that the pronouns
who, whom, and whose are used She sells seashells from the
to refer to people; seashore/
that is used to refer to people and If she sells seashells from the
things; seashore,
which is used to refer to things Wheres the seashells she sells
and animals. from the seashore?
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not able to wake up even though
Paragraph 4: How did the people stop the clock alarmed. So father woke
the military tanks from dispersing him up and helped him prepare for
them? school. Eventually, Darwin arrived
(People formed a strong chain, risked
late in school.
their lives to block the advancing
tanks.)
Father woke up Darwin and
Paragraph 5: How did the nuns and helped the latter prepare for school.
the crowd soften the wooden heart of Darwin studied for his exam until
the soldiers? late at night.
(The nuns and the crowd offered Darwin was not able to wake up
flowers, food and drinks to the when the clock alarmed.
hungry soldiers.) Darwin arrived late in school.
13. Generalization
Paragraph 6: How did the crowd How do we sequence the key
encourage the soldiers to step down concepts to show the wholeness of
from their tanks and join them? the selection?
(The people said, Let us not kill one
another, we are brothers, join us!.) To sequence events is to arrange the
events according to how they happened
Paragraph 7: What did people do upon
in the story.
reaching Malacaang Palace?
(People stormed its gate and rushed
We identify the key concept
through its rooms.)
of a paragraph and arrange
them according to the sequence
Paragraph 8: What did the world
of events in the selection.
witness in the event?
(The world witnessed a non-violent
struggle for freedom won through 14. Application
unity and prayers.)
A. MINI THEATER RESENTATION
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Pepito saw an old woman who was ____ The people rushed through
hardly crossing the street. the gates of Malacaang
and entered all the rooms.
____ The soldiers accepted the
He approached the old woman and food and cigarettes
offered help and the latter gladly accepted offered by the people.
the offer. ____ Families and organizations
prepared food such as
When the two reached the other side of the fried chicken, sandwiches,
street, the old woman rewarded Pepito a and soft drinks as if going
big seed. to picnic.
____ People power won and
democracy was restored.
When Pepito came home, he planted the ____ People came in great
big seed. The next morning he found a numbers and camped on
money tree on the place where he put the the pavement of EDSA.
seed! ____ Fidel Ramos and Jose Ponce
Enrile broke away from
Strips of events for B groups: Marcos.
____ The people locked arms
and met the advancing
One evening, Rhodora went to sleep without tanks.
fixing her schoolthings. While she was
sleeping, she was interrupted by some noise. (Key to Correction: 4, 7, 6, 3, 8,
2, 1,5)
It was her school things the bag, books,
notebooks, pens and papers that came alive! V. ASSIGNMENT:
GOLD: Write the correct relative
pronoun to complete the
Her school things were mad at her for not sentence:
fixing them.
6. The colors ____ we see around
Rhodora asked forgiveness from her school us can influence our moods.
things and promised to take care of them. 7. Scientists ____ measured the
Suddenly, she opened her eyes realizing temperatures of colors have
everything was just a dream. found out that reds and
oranges are actually warmer
than blues and greens.
Say: Mothers, stay in your group and send 8. The instrument ____ the
each of your daughter to other group. scientists used to measure the
You read to the daughters the event temperature of color is called
written in the strip. Daughters, listen thermopile.
very carefully to the event. After that 9. Color coding ____ people use
go back to your mother group and in their business files, help
share what you have listened to. The them speed up their work.
group then arranges the events in 10.Map makers ____ use color
order forming a story. Finally, retell codes make it easier for us to
the story to the class. identify the different features
of the maps.
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home he feeds the pigs and chicken.
Lastly, Mr. Rodriguez fetches water
for his family.
Pupils copy:
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14. Fixing Skills:
Read the passages below and
underline the word that best describes
the character in each.
nervous tired
peaceful
15. Motivation:
How will you describe your mother? 7. There is nothing you can do,
Your father? Your friends? Etc.. child, pleaded her mother. She
realized that Ivy wanted to go out
16. Presentation: in the storm alone. Ivys mother
Have the pupils rearrange the was ______.
jumbled letters to identify character traits.
glad worried
a. tientap (patient) proud
b. cuarogesou (courageous)
c. azly (lazy) 8. An enormous tree was rushing
d. sseiuor (serious) along in the water like a battering
e. belumh ram. It was headed toward the
(humble) bridge support below the spot Ivy
was clinging. She held her breath
What are the words formed? as she watched the thing move
What are these words? upward and down in the river. Ivy
was _____.
Have the pupils read the following
story: excited frightened
foolish
Several days after he arrived at their
house, Eddie sat for some five-year old 9. Balikbayan Bridge is out! Ivy
twins, Michael and Michelle. Soon after he said and she collapsed on the floor.
arrived at their house, the twins began Ivy was _____.
arguing about a tricycle. Michael insisted
the tricycle was his. Even though he was exhausted sick
playing in the sandbox, he did not want cowardly
Michelle to use it.
All right, said Michelle, I wont 10. The passengers on the bus that Ivy
use your tricycle. Ill play in the sandbox and saved collected money to help her
make a sand castle. continue her schooling. The
No, said Michael, This is my passengers were _______.
sandbox because I was first to be here. You
cant play here until I finish building my grateful sorry
fort. angry
(Reading for Meaning 5)
15. Generalization:
What are the different traits that we
5. Discussion: can infer from a character?
What can you say about Michael?
(selfish) Remember:
Why?
What character traits could you infer When you read, you can use
that Michael has? information from a story to help you learn
Discuss further more about a character that the story tells
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you directly. The clues you may use include
what a character says or does and what other
characters say about that person. When you Evidence:
do this, you are inferring character traits
the qualities that a character has. What a
character says, does, thinks and feels tells
you a lot about him or her. What other 3. Gale cleaned the tables and put away
characters say can also give you clues. the dishes fro her mother. She made
tea for her father when he was sick.
16. Application: Delia is _______.
A. Form small groups. Talk about the
character traits of each member of the messy neat
group. Use the Venn Diagram. helpful
Evidence:
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______1. Everyone is waiting inside the 7. Dont touch my doll! It is mine!
room. Mara said.
______2. Several of the audience is 8. Faye obeys her teacher and older
from my hometown. classmates.
______3. No one have been calling 9. Laurence has saved his money
Dana ever since she arrived. since he was in Grade 3.
______4. Many are in the small plastic 10. I love to sing and dance. I enjoy
bag. my studies, Mae said.
______5. Neither of the boys are
walking alone in the forest.
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