Holy Angel University

School of Education

A Detailed Lesson for Grade 8

Prepared by:
Sarmiento, Dessa Mae C.
BSEd English
 I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
a. define argumentative text;
b. extract important information from argumentative text;
c. illustrate through a chart the pros and cons of a given problem; and
d. develop logical reasoning

Value Focus: Open-mindedness

II. Subject Mattter

a. Topic: Argumentative Text

b. Reference: A Journey through Anglo – American Literature 9 page 237-239
c. Materials: Visual aids; PPT Presentation; Worksheets; Chart and Paper Strips

III. Procedure

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENTS’ ACTIVITY

A. PREPARATORY ACTIVITIES
1. GREETINGS
Good morning class! Good morning ma’am!
How are you today? Fine ma’am
Great! Are you ready for today’s topic? Yes ma’am
Excellent!

2. REVIEW
3. MOTIVATION
Class, who can name the picture presented in Cellphones ma’am
the slide?

Very good! It’s a cellphone. Who among you (Student’s will raise their hands)
here have his or her cellphone?

Ok, how important in your daily activities or It makes work easier

school activities the use of cellphones or (Solicit answer)
technologies?

Boring, Sad,
Try to imagine this class, there are no
cellphones or technologies nowadays, what
will you feel? (Solicit answers)

What do you think might happen to us and to

our daily activities? (Solicit answers)
If you were to choose a machine that you want
to compare yourself, what would that be?
Why?

Very good!

So class before we discuss our topic for today

let’s read first a text entitled The Telephone by
Edward Field, but before that you are going to
unlock some unfamiliar words present from the
text so that you will understand clearly what Yes ma’am
the text is all about.

Are you all ready?

Great! So bring out ¼ sheet of paper because

this will be an activity that will be recorded.
Each item will be equivalent to 5 points.

4. UNLOCKING OF DIFFICULTIES
Direction: Arranged the jumbled letters to get
the correct answer.

1. To become twisted together into a jumbled TANGLE

mass, or make something become twisted into
a jumbled.
EGLANT

2. Conversation about the personal details of GOSSIP

other people's lives, whether rumor or fact,
especially when malicious
SSIPOG

DROWNING
3. To die by being underwater too long and
unable to breath.
DORNWIGN
SHADOWY
4. Full of shades and shadows, not clearly seen
or understood.
DSHAWOY AMBLE

5. To walk slowly in a free and relaxed way. Yes ma’am

AMLBE

Did you enjoy your activity class?

5. READING PHASE
Model the reading of the poem “The
Telephone” by Edward field then after that ask
the students to read the poem for the second
time
PRE LEARNING ACTIVITY

Task 1. Group the class into five to discuss the

message of the poem. Have each group discuss The speaker is happy because he had those
the given part of the poem prompted by the machines that can satisfy his needs in life
guide questions.

My happiness depends on an electric

appliance.
And I do mind giving it so much credit.
Guide questions:
What is the predominant feeling of the Friends are being disconnected because they
speaker in these lines? Why does he feel that are very busy in all their activities living in the
way? city

With life in the city being what it is

Each person separated friends
By a tangle of subways and buses
Guide question:
Why are friends disconnected? With the use of telephones the speaker is
alerted and connected to chatters

Yes my phone is my joy

It tells me that I am in the world and wanted
It rings and I am alerted to ,love or gossip
I go comb my hair which begins to sparkle
Guide question: He compared man’s situation to a bear in a
How does the speaker justify his joy of cave
having a telephone?
People value telephones as their device in
Without it I was like a bear in a cave linking to the world
Drowsing through a shadowy winter
It rings and spring has come
Guide questions:
a. To what did the speaker compare man’s
situation before the advent of the telephone?
b. What value do people give to the
telephone when he has the access to it? He is hunger for the human voice and the good
news of friends. Yes he was able to connect to
the world with the use of his phone
I stretch and amble out into the sunshine
Hungry again as I pick up the receiver
For the human voice and the good news of Yes ma’am
friends
Guide question:
What does the speaker hunger for? Was he
able to connect to the world?

Is it clear now class?

B. Development of the Lesson

1. PRESENTATION
Class, do you like arguing with your seatmates,
classmates, brothers and sisters when it comes
to technologies or machines? Yes/No ma’am

What technologies or machines you usually

argue about? Answers may vary

So, anyone from the group who can guess what Argumentative Text ma’am
is our lesson for today?

Brilliant!

2. DISCUSSION

What is argumentative text? Argumentative Texts are intended to

persuade and convince the audience in
terms of communicative functions.

Correct! It is intended to persuade

and convince the audience. And in
Argumentative text we have? Pros and Cons ma’am

Very good!

Pros are an argument or consideration in favor

of something. Take note of the word “Favor”

Cons are an argument or opinion against

something. Remember the word “Against”

(The teacher will give her examples then after

giving her examples the students will do the
activity)
Task 1. From the hidden paper strips under
your chairs paste it if they belong to pros and (Student’s will do the activity)
cons.
Given Problem: Use of technology in school
works
Yes ma’am
3. GENERALIZATION
Did we get across class? Argumentative Texts are intended to persuade
and convince the audience in terms of
What is an argumentative text again class? communicative functions.

Pros ma’am
It is the favorable and advantageous in an
argument? Cons ma’am
How about the unfavorable, against and
opposing opinion or views?

Excellent!
(Student’s will answer)
From the given text class, can you give me the
pros or cons of it
C. Post Learning Activities
1. APPLICATION
Group Activity
Divide the class into two (2). Let the group leader pick from the bowl if they will be the Group
Pros or Group Cons then after that the teacher will give the problem.

Problem: Use of tablets as textbooks

PROS CONS

IV. EVALUATION
INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY
Write five (5) pros and five (5) cons of “Bringing Mobile Phones to School”. (Worksheet)

V. ASSIGNMENT
In a one (1) whole sheet of paper. List five (5) advantages and five (5) disadvantages of the
following communication technology.
1. Computer/Laptop
2. E-mails
3. Voice mail