Lesson 27 Give the main idea and identify nouns Date:________________ I.

Learning Objectives Give the main idea of a selection listened to Identify nouns in the selection read Write the main idea of a selection listened to Subject Matter A. Topic: Identifying the Main Idea Identifying nouns B. References: PELC 4, P. 23 Dynamic Series in English 6 pp. 163-164 Growing in English (Reading) pp 91-92 C. Materials: charts, cd

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Procedure A. Preparatory Activities 1. Pronunciation Drill The Consonant Sound Key word THOUGH this weather feather theirs wither northern those another gathering thoughbrother brothersome 2. Review What are the elements of the story? How do you recognize the setting, main character, climax and ending of a story? 3. Motivation Guessing game Choose the pupils. Instruct them to think of some actions (e.g. playing, talking and act them out in front of the class. The other pupils will then guess the action shown. Ask: Do you think it is easy to communicate without language. Do you think language is important? Why? B. Presentation 1. Have the pupils listen carefully to the selection as the teacher reads it aloud. Do you realize how important language is? Without language you would have to talk to one another by means of signs. If you had a headache and you wanted to tell your mother about it; you would have to use signs, such as pointing to your head or eyes. By means of language, you can tell one another what you feel and what you think. You can share your experience with others. You become more truly a part of humanity. Language is a wonderful gift. It opens your mind and leads into a magic world of dreams and fancies. By means of words, you see the rain fall in slanting silver lines, you look afar and you see the misty mountain tops of early morning; you thrill to the burning colors of a dazzling sunset. Look upon language, therefore with respect. Learn to use it correctly. Try your best to gain mastery of words because words lead to knowledge and power.

2. Comprehension Check-up What is the selection all about? Do you realize how important language is? Why is it important? how should we look upon language? How should we use language? 3. Reading of the selection by the pupils 4. Discussion a. Have the pupils identify and mention the nouns used in the selection. Have them explain why they are called nouns. b. What is the main idea of the first paragraph? What is the main idea of the third paragraph? What is the main idea of the whole selection? What are the details that support the main idea? 5. Fixing Skills Listen to the paragraphs. Choose the sentence that states the main idea. 1. Books are important to man. You get a lot of information from them. They tell stories of all sorts from sad to funny, to exciting to scary. Some books tell true stories and facts. Others are fictional. Books can be our best friends. a. Books are important to man. b. Books are fun. c. Books are our best friends. 2. Plants are useful to both man and animals. They are the source of food for the two. They provide shelter for some animals. They are used to make clothes for man. Most importantly, plants provide the oxygen that we need in order to live. a. Plants are useful to man and animals. b. Plants are needed by living things. c. Plants provide oxygen to man. 3. Man can live without food for several days but not without water. Water is very essential to man, animals and other living things. Without water, nothing will survive on earth. Water is now getting scarce. We should start conserving it. a. We should conserve water. b. We need water. c. Water is essential to living things. 4. There are different kinds of trees. Some are ornamental and others are fruit-bearing. Ornamental trees make our surroundings lovely and pleasant. Their main function is to beautify our environment. The calachuchi tree and firetree are good examples. Fruit bearing trees, on the other hand, are those that produce fruits for our consumption. The mango tree and the coconut tree are some of them. a. Some trees are ornamental. b. There are different kinds of trees. c. Trees beautify our surroundings. 5. Plants cannot move, but their seeds can move from one place to another. Some seeds are blown by the wind while others are carried by water from the rain. Some seeds even stick to the fur of animals or on peoples clothes. That is how they move from one place to another. Whenever seed fall on fertile ground, they grown into new plants and propagate. a. How seeds grow b. How seeds multiply c. How seeds travel 6. Generalization How do you identify or tell the main idea of a selection? 7. Application A. Guided Exercises Have pupils listen over a recorded reading of a paragraph and choose the sentence that gives the main idea.

1. One Sunday, shortly after receiving my learners permit, I drove my parents to church. After a long, rough ride, we reached our destination. I stopped at the front doors to drop my mother off and when she got out of the car, she said Thank you. Anytime, I replied. As my mother slammed the door, I heard her call out, I wasnt speaking to you. I was talking to God.. a. The mother was angry with the son. b. The mother has been in prayers all along for fears that the son who is just learning to drive might not make it to the destination. c. The mother was grateful. 2. I love to work with wood and decided to carve a rocking horse for our unborn grandchild. As part of the horse were shaped, my intention became clear to my next door neighbor. You must be about to have a grandchild, he called over me. Our first, I replied. I have six, he went on, After the first three youll buy something plastic at a discount store. a. Being a grandfather is expensive. b. The excitement about having grandchildren wears off as more and more of them come along. c. The grandparent does not love the other grandchildren as much as the first ones. 3. I had just started a job and money was tight. Nonetheless, I could not resist buying a bottle of favorite perfume. Mother instantly recognized the expensive box and asked, Nancy why are you spending all that money on perfume? When I wear beautiful, I feel beautiful, I explained. Mother answered thoughtfully, Its too bad they dont make perfume called Responsible or On Time. a. Mother wants Nancy to save her money for more important things. b. Nancy is irresponsible and always late. c. Mother has no money to buy expensive perfume herself. 4. I never eat food with additives or preservatives, boasted a health fanatic. And I never touch anything thats been sprayed or fed chemical grain. Wow, thats wonderful, her friend marveled. How do you feel? Hungry, she moaned. a. Additives or preservatives are bad for the health. b. The health fanatic is proud and boastful. c. One will go hungry if he considers that all foods are practically sprayed with additives or preservatives. 5. A Japanese dignitary was visiting the factory where I was consulting Physician in the first-aid room. Just before he arrived a tour guide explained to us the importance of a low bow as a sign of respect. So when the dignitary entered the room and bowed, I bowed lower. He smiled, bent again and pointed to the floor. I bowed even lower, whereupon he smiled and bowed and pointed downward again. Wondering what I was doing is wrong, I stopped as low as my back would allow. Then the tour guide whispered, You can stop now. He wants you to check his stubbed toe. a. Bowing among Japanese is a sign of respect. b. The physician also tried to be respectful by bowing. c. The messages or signals both were sending did not conform to the real one. B. Independent Exercises Divide the class into 5 groups. Ask each to choose a leader. The pupils will listen as the teacher reads the selection. Then have them answer the questions that follow and be able to report it to the class.

A meteor is solid matter that fells from space. It is made of iron and stone. A million meteors enter our earths atmosphere every hour. Some meteors are very large, and others are as small as a speck of dust. All meteors burn as they come through the atmosphere, most of them burn up completely. Sometimes, a meteor can be seen as a bright trail or light in the sky. The light id caused by the friction made when the meteors come through the air around the earth. Meteors are sometimes called shooting stars or falling stars because they look like stars that are falling from the sky. Not all meteors actually reach the earths surface before burning up. The ones that do are called meteorites.
1. What is the main idea of the paragraph? a. Meteor is a solid matter from space. b. Meteor is also called shooting star. c. Meteor is also called meteorites. d. Meteor is very large. 2. What is true about the paragraph? a. All meteors burn so they come through the atmosphere. b. Some meteors burn as they come through the atmosphere. c. All meteors burn up completely. d. All meteors are very large. 3. Meteors are sometimes called shooting stars because _________. a. They have bright trail of light. b. They are failing from the space. c. They look like stars. d. They reach the earths surface. 4. Those meteors that can reach the earths surface is called _______. a. Small meteors b. Falling meteors c. Earths meteors d. Meteorites 5. Meteors are made up of ___________. a. iron and fire b. iron and stone c. stone and fire d. fire Evaluation Listen to the following selections. Then write the main idea of each on your paper. 1. Serious things can happen when an area is deforested. The topsoil can be eroded-washed or blown away because no roots hold it firmly in place. In some deforested areas, weather patterns can change because no trees absorb and store water and recycle the moisture. Then severe drought can occur. Prolonged drought can turn a place into a desert, a phenomenon called desertification. a. Drought can turn a place into a desert. b. Weather pattern changed in deforested areas. c. Deforestation can have serious effects. 2. Pesticides are the chemicals used in farming, gardening and indoors to combat pests. Unfortunately, more pesticides are harmful not only to pests but to the soil and to the farmers or gardeners who use them. They are harmful to the people who eat contaminated foods as well. Pesticides may also leak into the earth and poison the underground water. Thus, they may kill wildlife and possibly trigger the spread of pesticides resistant strains of bugs and weeds. a. Pesticides are harmful. b. pesticides may leak into the earth and poison the underground water. c. Pesticide may kill wildlife. 3. Besides food, clothing, shelter and medicine, another essential in life is laughter. Since life is full of problems and difficulties, we cannot do without laugher. It enables us to see the brighter side of things. It lightens our daily burdens. It attracts sunshine and happiness in our lives.

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a. We need sunshine and happiness in our lives. b. Laughter makes the world brighter. c. Laughter is as essential as our basic needs. 4. All men are equal before God and in the eyes of the law. There are no whites, blacks, browns, nor yellow. There are no rich or poor. There are no privileged few nor exploited majority, but all men deserve to be treated equally. a. Men belong to different races. b. All men are equal. c. Majority should always win. 5. When unsure of the source of your water supply , it is best to boil your drinking water. If your water supply is drawn from a water pump or well, see to it that your water containers are properly covered to prevent dust and other materials from getting into them. You can also purify your water by allowing suspended particles to separate them from the water. a. Make your water safe to drink and use. b. Drinking water should come from clean sources. c. Water from underground is unsafe to drink. Assignment Choose a selection from your book and write its main idea.