Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A (CALABARZON)
Division of Cavite
ALFONSO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
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Detailed Lesson Plan for English 8

January 15, 2020

A. GENERAL STANDARDS
PROGRAM STANDARD: The learner demonstrates communicative
competence through his/ her understanding of literature and other texts types for a
deeper appreciation of Philippine Culture and those of other countries.
CONTENT STANDARD: The learner demonstrates understanding of: South
and West Asian literature as an expression of philosophical and religious beliefs;
information flow in various text types; reality, fantasy, and opinion in listening and
viewing materials; word decoding strategies; and use of information sources,
active/passive constructions, direct/reported speech, perfect tenses, and logical
connectors in journalistic writing.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD: The learner transfers learning by composing a variety
of journalistic texts, the contents of which may be used in composing and delivering a
memorized oral speech featuring use of properly acknowledged information sources,
grammatical signals for opinion-making, persuasion, and emphasis, and appropriate
prosodic features, stance, and behavior.
LEARNING COMPETENCIES:
EN8LT-IVg2.2.5: Determine key ideas, tone, and purposes of the author
EN8LT-IVh-3: Explain how a selection is influenced by culture, history, environment
EN8V-IVb-15: Use various strategies in decoding the meaning of words

I. Objectives
a. Identify the tone and purposes of the author though analyzing the poem
b. Relate personal experience to the featured literary text
c. Practice different skills by engaging to varied activities
II. Subject Matter
Topic: Telephone Conversation by Wole Soyinka

Reference/s: https://youtu.be/-6ac9oitxJk
http://www.literarydevices.com/tone/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wole-Soyinka

Material/s: Smart TV, Laptop, Chalk, Chips (for participation), copy of the poem
Learning Procedure:
Approach: Reflective Approach
Strategy: Self-evaluation and Self-reflection
Values Integration: to be aware of the discrimination that is evident not only in
the poem but also in surroundings

III. Procedure
 Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity

Daily Routine

1.Greeting
Good morning class. Good morning Sir!

2.Prayer
Miss____ kindly lead the prayer.
3.Checking of Cleanliness of the room
Before you take your seats, kindly pick up those
pieces of papers or any trash around you or under
your chairs.
Our Father who art in Heaven Holy Be Your Name
Your Kingdom come Your will be done on earth as
it is Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and
forgive us in our sins as we forgive those who sins
against us. Do not bring us to the test but deliver
us from evil. Amen.
The students will follow the instructions.

4.Checking of Attendance
Miss secretary is there any absentee today? None Sir!

Thank you. I’m glad to hear that everybody is

present today.

5.Checking of assignment
Let us check your assignment first. Yes, Sir!

Were you able to make your

assignment? The students will check their assignments.

Very good. Let’s start checking now.

6.Review
Let’s have a short recap about our
discussion yesterday. What can you remember
about our discussion yesterday? We discussed about____________________.

B. Lesson Proper

I . Motivation

“Before we proceed to our lesson for today,

let’s have an activity first.”

“DEEP THOUGHTS”

I have here pictures and all you have to do is

to pay attention, observe carefully and
describe what the pictures are trying to imply
or tell.”

1. What do you think picture no.1 is all

about? “It is all about the mother trying to lecture or
discipline the impatient child.”
 2. How about in picture number 2? What is
the picture trying to tell? “The picture is trying to tell us about two men with
different skin color shouting or arguing.”

“Very good!”
“These pictures show the tone or their
attitude with each other or the emotion it is
trying to tell us. And with that, this tone or
attitude or emotion is also evident or seen in
different literary texts.”

“For today, we are going to tackle about a

poem. But before that, let’s answer this first.”

UNLOCKING OF DIFFICULTIES: THINK TWICE!

Directions: Choose the correct meaning of the

underlined word from the box.

bad good
dark satisfy
ringed rubbing

________1. The food is having an unpleasant 1. bad

smell or rancid odor.
________2. Brunette people, such as Africans are 2. dark/brown
fond of playing basketball.
________3. The bell clanged because it was hit 3. ringed
by a metal.
________4. The subdivision is an indifferent place 4. good
because many people live there.
________5. The friction of sandpaper on wood 5. rubbing
produces a strange noise.

“Take note of the words because we are

going to encounter them as we go through
the poem, understand?” “Yes, ma’am!”

II. Analysis
Discussion

“Our lesson for today is all about Telephone Telephone Conversation

Conversation by Wole Soyinka.” by Wole Soyinka

“Wole Soyinka, in full Akinwande Oluwole The price seemed reasonable, location
Soyinka, (born July 13, 1934, Abeokuta, Indifferent. The landlady swore she lived
Nigeria), Nigerian playwright and political Off premises. Nothing remained
activist who received the Nobel Prize for But self-confession. "Madam," I warned,
Literature in 1986. He sometimes wrote of "I hate a wasted journey—I am African."
modern West Africa in a satirical style, but hisSilence. Silenced transmission of
serious intent and his belief in the evils Pressurized good-breeding. Voice, when it came,
inherent in the exercise of power usually was Lipstick coated, long gold rolled
evident in his work as well.” Cigarette-holder pipped. Caught I was foully.
"HOW DARK?" . . . I had not misheard . . . "ARE
“His works are based from societal issues YOU LIGHT
and real-life experiences that are reflected to OR VERY DARK?" Button B, Button A. Stench
his works which earned him a lot of Of rancid breath of public hide-and-speak.
 recognition and awards that made him Red booth. Red pillar box. Red double-tiered
popular not only in Africa but also around the Omnibus squelching tar. It was real! Shamed
world.” By ill-mannered silence, surrender
Pushed dumbfounded to beg simplification.
“Let’s now proceed to the poem. And with Considerate she was, varying the emphasis--
that, I’ll be playing a short video clip about "ARE YOU DARK? OR VERY LIGHT?"
telephone conversation and share your Revelation came.
thoughts with me.” "You mean--like plain or milk chocolate?"
Her assent was clinical, crushing in its light
Impersonality. Rapidly, wave-length adjusted,
I chose. "West African sepia"--and as
afterthought,
"Down in my passport." Silence for spectroscopic
Flight of fancy, till truthfulness clanged her accent
Hard on the mouthpiece. "WHAT'S THAT?"
conceding
"DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS." "Like brunette."
"THAT'S DARK, ISN'T IT?" "Not altogether.
Facially, I am brunette, but, madam, you should
see
The rest of me. Palm of my hand, soles of my feet
Are a peroxide blond. Friction, caused--
Foolishly, madam--by sitting down, has turned
My bottom raven black--One moment, madam!"--
sensing
Her receiver rearing on the thunderclap
About my ears--"Madam," I pleaded, "wouldn't you
rather
See for yourself?"

1. What does the video wants to show? “It shows a telephone conversation between the
white landlady and black African.”
2. Who do you think is the persona speaking
in the poem? “The persona speaking in the poem is an African.”

3. What do you think is the attitude of the

landlady towards the speaker in the poem? “The landlady shows unwillingness and
discrimination to the caller when she knows that
the caller was a black African.”

4. How did the speaker react towards the

landlady’s attitude to him? “The speaker was shocked on how the landlady
questioned his nationality and physical
appearance but he is an intelligent person.”

5. What do you think is the tone of the poem? “The tone of the poem was humorous and playful.
The speaker compared the education level
between him and the landlady and expressed his
anger towards this incident; on the other hand, he
also mocked the landlady as his own enjoyment.”

The speaker in the poem said to the

landlady:

“I am brunette, but madam, you should see the rest

of me. Palm of my hand, soles of my feet are a
peroxide blonde.”
“Madam, wouldn’t you rather see for yourself?”
 6. What do you think the speaker wanted to
say in these lines? “The speaker wanted to say that do not judge
people based on their appearance and
discriminate other people because that doesn’t
define their personality.”
7. Why do you think the author created this
poem? “The author created this poem to show that no
one is allowed to be a racist or discriminate
people with their race or nationality.”
“Also, for the people to be aware that
discrimination happens everywhere at any time.”
III. Abstraction

“Based on what you have learned,

1. If you were the landlady, would you do the (Answers may vary.)
same?
2. If you were the African/caller, how would (Answers may vary.)
you feel?
3. What have you learned from the poem? Do not discriminate people with their race and
nationality.

IV. Application

“I will group you into four and all you need to

do is to follow the tasks given to you.”

Group 1 – Present a short role play about

Racial Discrimination that was reflected in
the poem.
Group 2 – Perform a mannequin challenge
that describes meaning of the poem.
Group 3 – Compose a Slogan that shows
the lesson of the poem.
Group 4 – Make a song that mirrors the
intention of the author (in any tune)

“You will be graded according to this rubrics:

Preparation and Content: 15

points Overall
understanding of the topic: 10 points
Instilling Values to audience: 10
points
Speaking and Audience Contact 5
points
TOTAL: 40
points

“You only have 10 minutes to brainstorm and

5 minutes to perform.”

“Timer starts now.”

V. Evaluation

“For our last activity, _____, kindly read.”

Situation: You have a new classmate whose skin

was dark/brown in complexion and from other
country. He/she experienced racial discrimination
from his/her old school before. Given the fact that
he/she is new, what will you do to make him/her
comfortable and welcome as your classmate?
Make a short essay about it.

VI. Agreement

Have an advance reading about Topic

Sentences.

“In learning, you will teach and in teaching, you will learn.” – Phil Collins

Prepared by: Checked by:

Jazer R. Ronsairo Mrs. Christine Tinio Suarez
Student Teacher Cooperating Teacher