Republic of the Philippines

BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Rosario

College of Teacher Education
Namunga, Rosario, Batangas

LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
1. Identify the meaning of simile, metaphor, oxymoron, paradox,
hyperbole, and onomatopoeia and how they are effectively used in
writings.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the lesson through a group activity
which is writing a poem.
3. Share experiences related to the song which has simile, metaphor,
oxymoron, paradox, hyperbole, and onomatopoeia.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Lesson:
Simile, Metaphor, Oxymoron, Paradox, Hyperbole, and
Onomatopoeia
References: http://www.explorewriting.co.uk/how-to-effectively-usesimilies
and- metaphors-in-your-writing.html
poetryrubrics.com
http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems/best/paradox/oxymorons
http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems/best/hyperbole
http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/news/onomatopoeia-poetry-lesson-plan/
Materials/ Resources:
worksheets; music
Valuing:

power point presentation; photocopy of rubrics &

recognizing their self-efficiency

III. LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Students Activity

Teachers Activity

PRAYER
Let us bow our heads and feel
the presence of God.
(sign
of
the
cross)Dear

(They bowed their heads.)

(They

silently

prayed

with

Almighty Father, you are the

one that we glorify the most for
all of the blessings that you
have given to us most specially
our family, friends and teachers
and for more blessings to come
we thank you with all of our
hearts. Please forgive our
mistakes and sins, guide us in
every decision that we make,
and please help us gain more
knowledge for us to pursue our
goals in life. In Jesus name,
Amen. (sign of the cross)

respect.
Amen.)

All

of

them

said,

GREETINGS
Good afternoon class!
Before you take your sit kindly
arrange your chairs and pick up
the mess.

Good afternoon Maam!

They took their sit after
arranging their chairs and
picking up the mess.

ATTENDANCE
Do we have any absentee/s
today Miss Secretary?
Very
good!
Perfect
attendance.
Everyone
give
your
selves
a
round
of
applause.

None Maam.
(They gave themselves around
of applause.)

Teachers Activity

Students Activity

A. Activity
So class, I prepared a minus
one
song
entitled
(post
visuals) Firework by Katy Perry.
Are you familiar with this
song?
Thats great, so later on we
are going to sing this song and
at the same time you have to
concentrate on the lyrics for
Im going to ask some
questions later, okay?

Yes Maam

Ok Maam(they
straight)

sit

down

(They sing it in acapella)

 Okay, before we sing with

music, please sing the first
stanza to chorus in acapella.
So at the count of three, one
two three.
Alright, now are you ready to
sing it with music, class please
listen carefully in the music
ok?(Im going to play the
music.)
Okay class give youre selves
round of applause.

(They listen carefully to it and

sing gracefully.)

(They give their selves a round

of applause.)

B. Analysis
So did you like the song
class?
Let us see, who can give her
favourite line in the song?(I
will call a name)
How can you relate your own
story with the message of the
song?
Thank you very much
Moving on, class I want you
to look at this image. So as a
literal definition this is what?
Now class what words can
you associate with apple?
Very good, next image is
literally define as white dove,
so what words can you
associate with it?
Great answers, thus as we
identify the meanings of the
apple and white dove you will
notice that we used 2 ways for
each one which are the
denotation and connotation
meaning.
Now, class do you think that
the song has the words/ideas
that
have
deeper
interpretation? (I will call a
name.)
How can you say so that the

Yes Maam
(He/she explains it.)

(He/she relates his/her own

experience with the song.)
(He/she takes his/her sit.)
That is a fruit Maam

(They raised their hands and

answered.)

Yes Maam it has.

Maam it is because some of

the words/ideas in the song
dont have literal meaning.
Some of them raised their
hands.

song has the words/ideas that

have deeper interpretation?
Correct! So class here are
four cited lines from the song.
now let us identify if it really
have connotation meaning.(I
will call a name)
Therefore class what do you
call the forms of expression
that
have
connotation
meaning
which
gives
us
deeper interpretation.

Maam our lesson figures of

speech

C. Abstraction

Superb! So our lesson today

is about figures of speech
which are the forms of
expression
that
have
connotation meaning or give
us deeper interpretation.

So class at the end of this

lesson, you should be able to:
1. Identify the meaning of simile,
metaphor, oxymoron, paradox,
hyperbole and onomatopoeia and
how can you effectively use all of
it in your writings.
2. Demonstrate an understanding
of the lesson through group
activity which is writing a poem.
3. Share your experiences related
to the
song which
have
the
simile,
metaphor,
oxymoron, paradox, hyperbole,
and onomatopoeia.
Alright, now everybody eyes
on the board. Simile is a
literary technique that is used
to
compare
two
unlike
concepts in all aspects. It
usually carried with words as

(They are listening.)

(He/she cites some similes

from the song.)
(He/she gives his/her example

or like.
So who can cite some similes
from the song? (I will call a
name.)
Can you give your own
example of simile?
Ok class lets give him/her 5
claps
So metaphors dont keep the
unlike
concepts
but
considering that they are
one. For example
John's words were shards of
glass when he spoke such
hateful things.

of simile.)

Maam the two the unlike

concepts that merge as one
are Johns words and shards of
glass.

(He/she gives his/her

example of metaphor.)

own

Ok, who can mention the two

the unlike concepts that
merge as one? (I will call a
name.)
Exactly, which means Johns
words remains when he spoke
such hateful things.

(He/she gives his/her example

of oxymoron.)

So who can give an example

of metaphor?

Ok class lets give him/her 5

claps
Furthermore, oxymoron is the
combination of words that have
opposite
meanings.
For
examples

less more

living dead

light dark

Who can give an example? (I

will call a name.)
Ok class lets give him/her 5
claps
Next is paradox which is the
contradicting ideas that seem
impossible but are actually true

(He/she construct his/her own

hyperbole example)

Yes Maam, the line in the

or possible. For example

If you wish to preserve your

secret wrap it up in frankness.

Moving forward, hyperbole is

the use of language that is over
statement
or
full
of
exaggeration. For example

song that imitates sound is

Boom
Maam boom sounds like a
fire work.
Examples of onomatopoeia
are boom, pak, clang, pop,
and etc. Maam

I went home and made the

biggest sandwich of all time.

Old Mr. Johnson has been

teaching here since the Stone
Age.

Ok, who can give their own

hyperbole example? (I will
call a name.)
Ok class lets give him/her 5
claps
Lastly, onomatopoeia is the
creation of words that imitate
natural sounds.
Can
you
please
cite
onomatopoeia from the song?
So it sounds like what?
Alright, can you give other
examples (I will call another
name.)?
Very good!

D. Application
So, any question class?
Ok class group your selves
into five then form a circle
immediately.
Now lets start, please pass
these rubrics.
So you are going to write a
poem by group. Your theme is
anything under the sun but
make sure you will effectively
use
simile,
metaphor,
oxymoron,
paradox
and
onomatopoeia. Then use the
given rubrics as your guide.
Since every group have their

None so far Maam.

(They group themselves into
five then formed a circle.)
(They passed the rubrics)

(They read the rubric.)

copies, everybody please read

the rubrics silently.
Any question class?
Then I am giving you five
minutes to have a meeting
about your theme and you
better get started because
later on you are going to
present that. Is that clear?
Everyone please participate
and have cooperation with
your group mates, ok you may
now start.
(After five minutes), Class you
may now arranged your chairs
and sit down properly. Then,
group 1 you may now present
your poem here in front and
for next groups please be
ready.

None so far Maam

Yes Maam its clear (They
get started...)

(They performed
poem by group...)

their

lyric

Rubric on Writing a Poem

Form

Word Usage

Poetic
Techniques
(simile,

BEGINNING
1

DEVELOPIN
G
2

ACCOMPLIS
HED
3

Uses an
inappropriat
e
poetic form.
To few
stanzas or
stanza
length is
incorrect
Students
use of
vocabulary
is
very basic.

May use an
appropriate
poetic
form.
Fewer than
four stanzas
of four lines
each

Effectively
uses
an
appropriate
poetic form.
Complete with
four stanzas
of four lines
each.
Students use
of
vocabulary is
routine and
workable

Uses few
poetic
Techniques
such as

Uses some
poetic
Techniques
such as

Students
use of
vocabulary
is
more telling
than
showing

Uses poetic
techniques
such as
figurative

EXEMPLAR
Y
4
Creatively uses
an appropriate
poetic form.
Complete with
more than four
stanzas with four
lines each.

Students use of
vocabulary is
precise, vivid,
and paints a
strong clear and
complete picture
in the readers
mind.
Effectively uses
poetic techniques
such as figurative
language

S
C
O
R
E

metaphors,
oxymoron,
paradox,
hyperbole,
and
onomatopoe
ia)

Language
Conventions
(spelling,
grammar,
punctuation
)

Effort

figurative
language.

figurative
language to
reinforce the
theme.

language to
reinforce the
theme.

to reinforce the
theme.

May contain
frequent
and
numerous
errors in
spelling,
grammar,
and
punctuation
that
interferes
with the
readers
understandi
ng
Students
work
lacks
understandi
ng
of the
assignment.

May contain
many
errors in
spelling,
grammar,
and/or
punctuation
that
may
interfere
with the
readers
understandi
ng.

Has mainly
grade level
appropriate
spelling,
grammar, and
punctuation;
contains some
errors that do
not
interfere with
the
readers
understanding
.

Has grade-level
appropriate
spelling,
grammar, and
punctuation;
contains few, if
any, errors that
do not interfere
with the readers
understanding.

Students
work
demonstrate
s
some
understandi
ng of
the
assignment.

Students
work
demonstrates
an
understanding
of
the
assignment.

Students work
demonstrates a
complete
understanding of
the assignment
and goes beyond
the
requirements

poetryrubrics.com

IV. EVALUATION
Name:
Date:
Grade & Section:
Direction: Write your answer before each number if the following extracts
are
simile, metaphor, oxymoron, paradox, hyperbole, and
onomatopoeia.
Then, the at back of this answer sheet justify if they are really
simile,
metaphor, oxymoron, paradox, hyperbole, and onomatopoeia.
1. Like an old-stone savage armed" from Mending Wall by Robert Frostsimile
2. [www.english.uga.edu] /> Shelley: - paradox
Our sincerest laughter

with some pain is fraught;

our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
3. Galaxy of Gifts- hyperbole
The tip of my beating heart crashes under memory of hurt.
I have no place to turn, nowhere to hide, pressures upon my soul;
the pressures of the past.
4. "Idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean"- simile
From The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
5. Fossils by Ogden Nash onomatopoeia
At midnight in the museum hall
The fossils gathered for a ball
There are no dreams or saxophones
But just the clatter of their bones.
6. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? - metaphor
Thou art more lovely and more temperate
from Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare
7. Nothing is always something, -paradox
so something can be nothing,
a place where the lords of light and darkness
spin positivity into negativity,
and negativity blossoms into another rising sun,
from The Many Faces Of God
8. I must be cruel, only to be kind from Hamlet- oxymoron
9. The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe - onomatopoeia
hear the sledges with the bells-Silver bells!
What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
How they tinkle, tinkle tinkle In the icy air of night!
10.
A red sunset bleeds onto a blue sky, - hyperbole
behind branches of a majestic oak.
from Last Lingering Light-

BABYLYN C. PATEA
BSED 311- ENGLISH MAJOR