NABUNTURAN NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL

Purok 3, Poblacion, Nabunturan, Davao de Oro

School Year 2019-2020
Lesson Plan for English 8
Fourth Quarter

I. OBJECTIVES: At the end of a 60-minute discussion, 90% of the students

are expected to:
A. identify the characteristics of Indian literature;
B. appreciate India through advertising and promoting it; and
C. write sentences describing India.
II. SUBJECT MATTER
A. Topic : Indian Literature
B. Reference : Essential English: Worktext in
Literature and Language
C. Materials : Computer, Television
D. Code Number : EN8LT-IVb-13.1
E. Learning Competency : Identify the distinguishing features
found in religious texts, epics,
myths, drama, and short stories
contributed by South and West
Asian writers
III. LEARNING PROCEDURE
A. Preliminary Activities
 Prayer
 Greetings
 Classroom Management
 Recapitulation
B. Lesson Proper
a. Activity: “Say What?”
Procedure:
 The teacher will be showing pictures.
 The class will guess who or what will be the name of each photo.
b. Analysis
 Where can we find those places?
 What practices of Indian people do you know?
 How are these similar to the practices in the Philippines?
c. Abstraction
India
- World's 2nd most populous country next to China. The Indian
Constitution recognizes 22 official languages, but Hindi is the most widely
used language of the 30% of the population. Early settlers called their
land“Bharat Varsha” or “Bharat”. India and Bharat are both official names.
Religions in India
 Hinduism -
 Buddhism -
 Jainism -
 Sikhism -
Periods of Literature
1. Vedic → 1500 BC - 200 BC; principally religious and lyric
2. Sanskrit → 200 BC - present; many types of literature achieved
distinction
The Vedas
1. Rig Veda - an anthology of 1028 hymns to various gods
2. Sama Veda - (Book of Chants) liturgies, mostly repetitions of
hymns in the Rig Veda
3. Atharva Veda - (Prayer Book) additional many prose formulas
4. Yajur Veda - (Book of Spells) incantations, notions about
demonology and witchcraft
Famous Authors
 1. Kalidasa - leading lyricist famous for a large number of poems of
sentiment; India's foremost Sanskrit dramatist and poet.
2. Jayadeva - author of the Gitagovinda (love-making of Krishna)
3. Rabindranath Tagore - Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913
Famous Epics
1. Ramayana - written by Maharshi Valmiki, known as Adi Kabe, the
first poet
2. Mahabharata - the longest epic in the world; composed by Vyasa
d. Application: “It’s More Fun in India”
Procedure:
 The class will be divided into 3 groups.
 Each group will pick one among trailer, vlog or advertisement.
 Each group should make a presentation according to what they have
picked, promoting India.
 They will be given 10 minutes to prepare and 3 minutes to perform.
 They will be graded according to a rubric.
IV. EVALUATION
Instructions: In a 1/4 sheet of paper, identify what is described in
each number:
1. One of the oldest and richest literature around the world
2. Most widely used language of the 30% of the population of India
3. The early settlers called India as
4-5. Give atleast two (2) religions of India
6-7. The two (2) periods of Indian Literature
8. Also known as the Book of Chants
9. The longest epic in the world
10. India's foremost Sanskrit dramatist and poet
V. AGREEMENT
Instructions: Read the epic Ramayana.
Prepared by: Checked by:
CLEOFE P. LAZARO WEREN DACERA, LPT.