Felizardo C.

Lipana National High School

Guiguinto, Bulacan
Lesson Plan in Grade 10
I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
A. Differentiate round and flat characters in characterization
B. Distinguish round and flat characters from a set of given characters
C. Show mastery of the topic by completing the activity

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic: Round and Flat Characters
Materials: Pictures of Characters

III. PROCEDURE
Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity
A. Preliminary Activities
B. Motivation
“Class are you fond of watching
movies? Or a TV series?”
“Yes, Sir.”
“What sort of movies do you
watch?” (answers may vary)

“Who is your favorite character in

that movie?” (answers may vary)

“What makes him/her your (answers may vary)

favorite?”

“Okay, very well said. In movies,

stories or other literary works, we
may encounter characters that are
noticeable because of the way they
have been portrayed, or their very
nature makes them so interesting.
Some characters are introduced in a
certain way, and as the story
progresses, they change and
undergo some sort of character
development, which entirely
changes them and the tide of the
story (gives example). However,
some characters are introduced in a
certain way and they stay like that
 throughout the whole story. They
don’t change and unlike the
characters I’ve mentioned before,
they don’t undergo a complex
character development. These two
characters are what we call round
and flat characters.”
C. Discussion
“Round characters are complex
characters, and as the story
progresses further, they can undergo
changes. For example, a character
that was presented as a villain in the
beginning of the story, as the story
progresses, can change and be allies
with the protagonist, or vise versa.
However, a character doesn’t have
to change drastically for us to call
him/her a round character. If the
story shows another side of the
character, not just the side that the
character is initially presented with,
then that’s enough for us to consider
the character as a round character.
Take, for example, Charlemagne,
from The Song of Roland. Did he
become an enemy in the story?” “No.”

“What is your first impression of

Charlemagne?” “A king of France, conqueror of different
countries.”

“And then as the story progresses,

we were told that Charlemagne, the
supposedly bad-ass king who
conquered many countries, is a
weak, old man who can’t rule his
army without Roland, and then,
when Roland died, he transformed
into this savage king who trampled
King Marsillion’s army to avenge
his nephew’s death. This is why
Emperor Charlemagne is considered
a round character. Can you give
other examples of round
characters?” (answers may vary)
“Okay very good. Now if round
characters are complicated
characters, what are flat characters?
Flat characters are like what their
category suggests. Flat. Plain.
Simple characters. They are
relatively uncomplicated as
compared to the round characters. In
other words, we can say that flat
characters are the simple characters
in the literary work that doesn’t tend
to change throughout the work.
They are characterized or
distinguished by one or two traits.
The nature of the flat characters is
easily understandable by the readers
as they go on the very similar
pattern right from the plot sets and
doesn’t have that ability to surprise
the audience or reader. For example,
Ganelon from The Song of Roland.
Throughout the entire plot of the
story, we only know him as
Roland’s stepfather who hates
Roland, that’s it. Nothing in the
story made the readers change the
way we see him.” (give another
example)
“Can you give another example?” (answers may vary)

“Very good. So again what are

round characters?” “A round character is a complex character
that possesses various characteristics and
features, and with the story proceeding
further, it can undergo changes.”
“What about flat characters?”
“A flat character is a simple character.
They are uncomplicated and they don’t
change throughout the story.”
“Very good. Do you have questions
about the topic?”
“No, sir.”
“Okay, I have here some pictures of
some characters. I want you to
identify what kind of character they
 are.

IV. EVALUATION
In a whole sheet of paper, introduce yourself as you would introduce a round character.
Your introduction should have the following:
Different Characteristics
Personality Changes
Life-Changing Experience