Polytechnic University of the Philippines

Maragondon Annex – Alfonso Campus

Alfonso, Cavite

A Detailed Lesson Plan for Grade 8

South African Social upliftment by Chris Marais

I. Objectives

At the end of the lesson the students should be able to:

a. Identify the characteristics of literary text and informational text

b. Compare and contrast a literary and an informational text about the same topic
c. Participate actively on the given task

II. Subject matter

Topic: Literary Text vs Informational Text

Reference/s: Grade 8 E - module for English pg. 461 to 462.
https://neopode.net/literary-text/
https://www.pdesas.org/module/content/resources/18244/view.ashx

Material/s: Smart TV, Laptop, Chalk

III. Learning Procedure

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

Daily Routine

A. Routinary Activities

1. Prayer
“Our Father who art in Heaven Holy Be Your
“Let us all stand and _____ kindly lead the Name Your Kingdom come Your will be done on
prayer. 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.”
2. Greeting

“Good morning class!” “Good morning Ma’am!”

3. Classroom Management The students will follow the instructions.

4. Checking of Attendance

“Class monitor, are there any absentees “I’m glad to say that there are no absentees
today?” today.”

“Very Good! Give yourselves a round of

applause”

5.Checking of assignment

Let us check your assignment first.

Were you able to make your assignment? Yes, Ma’am.

Very good. Let’s start checking now. The students will check their assignments.

6.Review
 Let’s have a short recap about our discussion
yesterday. We discussed about____________________.

What can you remember about our discussion

yesterday?

Lesson Proper

I. Motivation

II. Discussion
“Voice refers to the form of a verb that indicates
when a grammatical subject performs the action
or is the receiver of the action. When a sentence
is written in the active voice, the subject performs
the action; in the passive voice, the subject
receives the action.”

PASSIVE VOICE ACTIVE VOICE Answer :

1. D

“In academic writing, it is generally preferred to 2. A

choose an active verb and pair it with a subject
that names the person or thing doing or 3. B
performing the action. Active verbs are stronger
and usually more emphatic than forms of the 4. C
verb “be” or verbs in the passive voice. “
5. E
Active: The award-winning chef prepares each
meal with loving care.

Passive: Each meal is prepared with loving care

by the award-winning chef.

In the above example of an active sentence, the

simple subject is “chef” and “prepares” is the
verb: the chef prepares “each meal with loving
care.” In the passive sentence, “meal” is the
simple subject and “is prepared” is the verb:
each meal is prepared “by the award-winning
chef.” In effect, the object of the active sentence
becomes the subject in the passive sentence.
Although both sentences have the same basic
components, their structure makes them different
from each other. Active sentences are about
what people (or things) do, while passive
sentences are about what happens to people (or
things).

often uses a preposition (usually by):

Active: The car struck the pedestrian.
Passive: The pedestrian was struck by the
car.
Why is the active voice more effective than
the passive voice?
Sentences in which the subject performs the
action are more direct or vivid.
 Weak Better A new fiscal plan was drafted at
the staff meeting yesterday.
Yesterday, staff members drafted a new
fiscal plan.
Hands were clapped, cheers were shouted
and tears were shed by the fans when the
Cardinals were declared winners of the World
Series.
Fans clapped, cheered and cried when the
Cardinals won the World Series.

The active voice emphasizes who or what is

performing the action. (In the passive voice,
the person or thing performing the action
often does not even appear in the sentence.)
Passive Active Mistakes were made by me.
I made mistakes. Often, the by clause is
dropped entirely by the writer in a passive
sentence. Often, the writer drops the by
clause entirely in a passive sentence.
Subjects that act require powerful verbs that
stimulate the imagination and senses.
Weak Better The Jeep was driven down the
street.
The Jeep careened down the street. The
horse was ridden down the lane.
The horse bolted down the lane.

Sentences using the active voice are more

concise.
Weak Better The bouquet was caught by
Molly.
Molly caught the bouquet.
Is the passive voice ever a good option? The
passive voice does have legitimate uses. It
can be an effective choice when:
• You want to emphasize the receiver of the
action, not the doer:
Joplin was leveled by a tornado.
Ninety interviews were conducted for the
report. The bill was passed unanimously.
• You do not know who or what performed
the action:
The painting was stolen last night.
The vase was smashed to smithereens.
• You do not want to say who performed an
action:
Layoffs will be announced today.
Angry words were spoken at the meeting.
• You want to create a particular mood or
effect :
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that
all men are created equal, that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable rights….” How do I recognize the
passive voice? To test whether or not a
sentence is written in the passive voice, ask:
1. What action is being performed? 2. Who is
performing the action? 3. Is the performer the
subject of the sentence? “Yes, Ma’am!”
Take, for example, the following sentence:
The dragon was killed by George.
1. What action is being performed? killed 2.
Who is performing the action? George 3. Is
the performer the subject of the sentence?
No. Therefore, this sentence is constructed “Some upliftment project of South Africa is to
in the passive voice. promote their country to the whole world through
One last tip: Don’t confuse the passive tourism that will help Them to show their rich
voice with the past tense. Just remember culture and tradition and especially the beautiful
this simple rule: You can express any verb scenery that they have.”
tense in active or passive voice.

You can express any verb tense in active or
passive voice. (present tense, active voice)
Any verb tense can be expressed in active or
passive voice. (present tense, passive voice)
She was taught that any verb tense could be
expressed in active or passive voice. (past
tense, passive voice)
She learned that she could express any verb
tense in active or passive voice. (past tense,
active voice)
“Okay, did you understand our lesson for today?”
“Let me asks you few questions first before we
proceed to our activity.’
1. What are the different uplifment projects in
South Africa?
“The goal of social upliftment projects of south
africa is to find a win-win path that helps redress
past inequalities, and support South African
community tourism, to increase quality of life and
in many cases, to offer visitors a deep and
enriching tourism experience.”
“Through tourism it helps their country to earn
more profit and also gives opportunity to the
people of south africa to have a job especially for
those people that live in the rural parts of south
Africa.”
“Ma’am I think that we should still give
importance to the tourism but we should be more
careful and we should be aware of everything
that tourism might bring to our country.”

( Student answer may varied )

2. What is the goal of the social upliftment
projects in South Africa?
”I want to buy imported goods because of their
brands.”
“Our local products are cheaper.”
“By buying our own products and by being proud
of our own country.’

3. Why is tourism the best way to achieve this

goal?

4. In your own perspectives, do we Filipinos still

need to focus on tourism now that we are
threatened by the Novel Corona Virus?

III. Abstraction

1. As a filipino which one are you willing to buy

local products or imported products? Explain
your answer?

2. As a student how can you show patriotism in

your country?

IV. Application
“Class, I think everybody already knows our topic
for today, let us have an activity.”

“I will group you into four groups and each group

will need to choose one representative to get
your task card every taskcard has contain
differentiated task.

TASK :
Task 1 : Perform a short skit about promoting
local products.

Task 2 : make a slogan about promoting your

country to the tourist.

Task 3 : through news casting feature some

famous places in your town.

Task 4 : make a 2 stanza poem that shows that

you are proud being a filipino.

“You will be graded according to this criteria:

Content & Organization of Topic: 40%

Creativity & Presentation of Idea: 40%

Instilling Values to Students: 20%

(The student will present their group activity )
TOTAL 100%

“You only have 15 minutes to brainstorm and 3

minutes to perform.”

“Timer starts now.”

Time is up! Go back to your seats & we will

have your presentations now.

V. Evaluation

On a ½ crosswise, answer the following

questions.

1. Has the reading text give you a new way

of looking at Africa? Explain.
2. What new perspective of Africa does the
article provide you?

VI. Assignment

Write an essay about respecting the different

perspectives of everybody.

Prepared by:

Kathlyn Joy O. Mercado