Department of Education

DIVISION OF MUNTINLUPA
Muntinlupa City

LESSON PLAN in PHILIPPINE LITERATURE Grade 11

(STEM Track/GAS Track)

I. OBJECTIVES:
At the end of 60 minute period, 75% of the students are expected to:

1. Explain the meaning of the poem;

2. Share ideas about the theme of the poem through differentiated activities;
3. Show love and care to mothers by writing a letter and giving comments in Facebook.

II. SUBJECT MATTER:

A. Topic: “Ballad of a Mother’s Heart” by Jose La Villa Tierra

B. References: http://renzpaz.blogspot.com/2010/11/ballad-of-mothers-heart-by-jose-la.html
http://www.answers.com/Q/Brief_biography_of_Jose_La_Villa_Tierra?#slide=1
C. Materials: projector, laptop, speaker, copy of the poem, pictures

III. LEARNING ACTIVITIES:

A. Daily Routine
1. Prayer
2. Setting the classroom atmosphere
3. Checking of attendance
4. Review of the previous lesson

 What was our lesson yesterday?

 What are the figures of speech?

B. Motivational Activity
1. The teacher shows a video “The Mother with One Eye”
2. Ask the motive questions:
What was the video all about?
How did the son treat his mother?
Describe the mother in the video.

C. Lesson Proper
1. Pre-reading
1.1. Presentation of the lesson through “FOUR PICS ONE WORD”
 1.2. Presenting the author’s background

 Jose La Villa Tierra comes from Atimonan, Quezon, Philippines. His

philosophy of education is: "No man is truly educated until he has
learned his two R's which are RIGHT and WRONG.
 In a 1935 issue of Philippine magazine, the author wrote a letter stating
that he adapted the poem from a popular folk tale.

2. While Reading
2.1. Oral reading of the poem by the teacher then, by the students.

“Ballad of a mother’s heart”

Jose La Villa Tierra

The night was dark, for the moon was young

And the stars were asleep and rare;
The clouds were thick, yet Youth went out
Too see his Maiden fair.

“Dear One,” he pleaded as he knelt

Before her feet, in tears,
“My love is true; why have you kept
Me waiting all these years?”

The maiden looked at him unmoved,

It seemed, and whispered low:
“Persistent Youth, you have to prove
By deeds your love is true.”

“There’s not a thing I would not do

For you, Beloved,” said he.
“Then go,” said she,” to your mother dear
And bring her heart to me.”

Without another word,

Youth left and went to his mother dear.
And opened her breast and took her heart.
He did not shed a tear!

Then back to his Maiden fair he ran,

Unmindful of the rain;
But his feet slipped and he fell down
And loud he groaned with pain!

Still in his hand he held the prize

That would win his Maiden’s hand;
And he thought of his mother dear
So kind, so sweet, so fond.

And then he heard a voice,

Not from his lips but all apart:
“Get up,” it said; “Were you hurt, Child?”
It was his mother’s heart.
3. Post Reading
3.1 Analysis through Reader’s Response
The students will be grouped into four. The stanzas of the poem will be divided into four
parts with each group having two stanzas to interpret. If in case you encounter some
difficult terms, you may refer to your Merriam-Webster dictionary, and app in your
phone.

GROUP 1 (Love): Stanza 1-2

Guide Questions: What time of the day was the setting?
Describe the feeling of the Youth to the Maiden?

GROUP 2 (Respect): Stanza 3-4

Guide Question: What condition did the Maiden tell to the Youth so he can win her
heart?
What does the maiden mean by “go to your mother dear and bring
Her heart to me?

GROUP 3 (Care): Stanza 5-6

Guide Questions: What action did the youth do to prove his love to the maiden?
Who matters most to the Youth, his desires or his mother?

GROUP 4 (Honor): Stanza 7-8

Guide Questions: What made the Youth regret his actions?
Describe the love of the Mother in the poem.
Describe the mother in the story.

D. Abstraction and Valuing

The teacher will show a video “ Sa Aking Pagtanda”

Guide questions:
1. What was the video all about?
2. Does it have a connection to our lesson?
3. Have you ever hurt your mother or father?
4. To what extent are you going to serve your parents?

E. Application
The students will be grouped into four and will share their insights about the theme of the
poem through differentiated activities.

#Cinemoto
Group 1(LOVE) : Role Play a situation showing Mother’s love

#SingMeYourSong
Group 2 (RESPECT): Think of a song about mother’s love and sing it in the class.

#PaintMyLove
Group 3 (Care): Make a poster showing Mother’s love

#ShoutOut
Group 4 (Honor) : Create an Acrostics for the word MOTHER

(For the RUBRICS, see attached sheet)

F. Assessment
Directions: Write a letter to your mother. Write everything you wanted to say to her.

Dear Nanay,

___________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________

Love,
_____________

IV. ASSIGNMENT
Directions: Post in your Facebook timeline about showing love to your mother. Encourage your
“friends” and “followers” to comment their ways on how to show love to their mothers. Aim to
get at least 20 likes. After 6-10 good comments, print screen your timeline, save in Microsoft
word and submit in 1 short bond paper.

Prepared by:

JOSEPHINE M. MONTERO
 RUBRICS for GROUP ACTIVITY

Category Description Score

Content Group members had a stronghold on the 5 pts.
content and content was thoroughly
addressed. No mistakes were made with
regard to content knowledge.
Organization Presentation was very organized and was 3 pts.
very easy to follow. Transitions between
group members were well planned and
executed cleanly.
Teamwork The group worked very well with each 2 pts.
other and the presentation was shared
equally among the group members.
TOTAL 10
pts.

RUBRICS for Letter Writing

Category Description Score

Content Ideas were expressed in a clear and 5 pts.
organized fashion. It was easy to
figure out what the letter was all
about.
Sentences & Sentences and paragraphs are 3 pts.
Paragraphs complete, well-constructed and of
varied structure.
Spelling & No errors in capitalization 2 pts.
Punctuations punctuation and spelling.
TOTAL 10 pts.

RUBRICS for FACEBOOK Post

Category Decription Score

Content The writer's tone or general control of 4 pts.
language consistently reflects a
confident personality. Word choice is
consistently precise, varied, economical
or inventive. The writing clearly shows
stylistic talent.
Likes Obtained the required likes and 4 pts.
comments.
Format Complied with all the requirements for 2 pts.
a facebook post.
TOTAL 10 pts.