Metro Manila College

U-Site, Brgy. Kaligayahan

Novaliches, Quezon City

Semi-detailed Lesson Plan for Developmental Reading

Intended for 3rd Year College

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of Lesson 13, the students are expected to:

 discuss what synonyms are;

 give words synonymous with the given terms;
 comprehend texts with ease; and
 expand your vocabulary through the use of synonyms.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

A. Topic: Building Vocabulary through Synonyms
B. References: Developmental Reading 1, pages 157 to 171
C. Materials: TV, PowerPoint presentation, work sheets

III. PROCEDURE
A. Routine Activity
 Classroom Management (greetings, pick up pieces of trash...)
 Prayer (Student’s Prayer)
 Attendance (everyone is present)

B. Motivation
 Play the game “As Many as You Can” (modified).
Instruction: Give as many words as you can that best describes the picture.
Follow-up questions:
1. How many words were you able to think of?
2. Did you have difficulty in giving words?
3. What are those words called?
 Give a brief recall of the previous lesson about Antonyms.

C. Lesson Proper
 Cognitive strategy: Frayer Model (modified)
Procedures:
1. Have the students participate in the activities related to the topic Synonyms.
2. Pass out a blank copy of Frayer Model.
 3. During the lesson proper, students will fill out the four categories: Definition, Concepts, Examples,
and New vocabulary.
 Define Synonyms;
 Present the concepts and provide examples.
Etymology:
Ancient Greek:
Syn (with) + onoma (name)

Definition:
Synonyms are different words with identical or very similar meanings.

Concept 1:
 Synonyms are different words with identical or very similar meanings.

Example:
Exist - Live
Ask - Inquire
Reluctant - Hesitant
Old - Aged
Ridiculous - Absurd

Concept 2:
 Synonyms can be any part of speech (noun, verb, adverb, adjective, conjunction, or preposition).

Parts of speech Synonyms

Noun Individual Human
Adjective Taciturn Quiet
Verb Chase Pursue
Adverb Daintily Elegantly
Preposition On Upon
Conjunction And As well as

Concept 3:
 Synonyms would both have to be the same part of speech. This means that they would both have to
be nouns or both have to be verbs.

Example:
CRIMINAL
That person is a criminal!
Noun - proven guilty of a crime
Synonyms: lawbreaker, culprit, felon

What he did was criminal.

Adjective - illegal activity
Synonyms: illegal, unlawful, felonious
 D. Generalization
 Summarizing strategy: Shaping-Up Review work sheet (modified).
Procedures:
1. Have students participate in an activity related to the topic Synonyms.
2. In the upper left-hand corner, “The Heart”, have the students write one thing they loved learning
about synonyms.
3. In the upper right-hand corner, “The Square”, have the students write four important ideas about
synonyms.
4. In the lower left-hand corner, “The Triangle”, have the students write three facts they learned about
synonyms.
5. In the lower right-hand corner, “The Circle”, have the students write 1 statement that summarizes
all important ideas and facts about synonyms.

E. Application
 Work on guided activities individually and in a group; answer activity sheets. (see attachments)

IV. EVALUATION
1. What are Synonyms?
(Synonyms are different words with identical or very similar meanings.)

Give the synonyms of the following words:

2. Significant (important)
3. Hurry (rush)
4. Neatly (tidily)
5. Boulder (rock)
6. Illness (sickness)

Give the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence.

7. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions. (Careful)
8. The rain drenched not only my clothes, but also my spirits. (Soaked)

Use the synonym of following words in a sentence:

9. Brusquely (She harshly shouted at the poor boy)
10. Trembling (The poor boy walked wobbly with fear)

V. ASSIGNMENT
A. Answer Worksheet 5 on page 169 to 171.
B. Read about Context Clues on page 173 & 174.

Prepared by: Submitted to:

Marie Louise E. Gongora Prof. Evelyn Alagao