SEMI-DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH II

I. Objectives

At the end of the one and a half-hour lesson, ninety percent of the students should be able to:

 Distinguish the difference between Simile and Metaphor

 Interpret the meaning of Similes and Metaphors in context
 Speak out the importance of knowing the limitation of comparing person and things
directly

II. Subject Matter

Topic: Difference between Simile and Metaphor (Figures of Speech)

Reference: English Language For Everyday Living I (Marie D. Rodriguez, 2010), pages 98-99

Materials: computer-based instructional material, multimedia, activity sheets

Value Infused: Considering Other Person’s Feelings

III. Procedure

A. Routinary Activities

1. Greetings
2. Classroom Management
3. Prayer and Bible Verses
4. Checking of Attendance

B. Drill

The class will be divided into four groups. Each group will spell their section using
their butts. Their classmates should be able to understand each letter.

8- Pythagoras
C. Review
-What was our topic last meeting?

-How will you define figures of speech?

-On your own words, what is Simile? How about Metaphor?

-Can you give an example of Simile? How about for Metaphor?

D. Motivation

The class will be divided into five groups. Each group will be given an activity sheet.
Using the multimedia, the song Fireworks by Katty Perry will be played and each group will
fill out the missing lyrics. The group with the highest score wins.

Fireworks
Katty Perry

Do you ever feel like a plastic ___

Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?
Do you ever feel, feel so _____ thin
Like a house of _____, one blow from caving in?

Do you ever feel already buried deep six feet under?

_______ but no one seems to hear a thing
Do you know that there's still a chance for you
'Cause there's a _____ in you?

You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine

Just own the night like the ___ of July

'Cause, baby, you're a ________

Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go, "Aah, aah, aah"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y

____, you're a firework

Come on, let ____ colours burst
Make 'em go, "Aah, aah, aah"
You're _____ leave 'em all in awe, awe, awe
 - What have you noticed on the lyrics?
- Can you pick out the Similes and Metaphors on the lyrics of the song?
- The objectives of the lesson will be presented to students.

E. Lesson Proper
Pay attention to the poem and be ready to answer the questions. (Poem reading
using power point presentation)
WORD ALERT: Defer- postpone. (Mario deferred his wedding with his fiancé.)
Fester- infect with bacteria. (The wound in my knee is festered badly
that I can’t walk properly.)
Sag- sink, subside, or bulge downward underweight or pressure or
through lack of strength. (My bag sags on the water.)
Syrupy- having the consistency or sweetness of syrup. (Joe’s
girlfriend seems syrupy when they are together.)

What Happens to a Dream Deferred?

Langston Hughes-Harlem

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
And then run?

-What are being compared in the first three lines of the poem?
-What are their qualities being compared?
-Are they compared directly? Therefore what figure of speech is used?
-How about in the 4th and 5th lines?

Does it stink like rotten meat?

Or crust and sugar over--
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
 Or does it explode?

-Does a deferred dream is the same with a rotten meat? How about a syrupy sweet or a
heavy load? If not, what is a deferred dream really?
-Therefore, what does the author want to say?
-Do you have a deferred dream? How does it feel? Is it the same with the author’s ideas?
-What can you infer from the bold sentences below?

My father is a carabao in a field.

-Is the father really a carabao or he is a hard working father?

-Is it a direct or indirect comparison of a father to the carabao?
-What figure of speech is the direct comparison of unlike two nouns again?
-How is it formed?

I am a horse because of my legs.

-Is the subject I really a horse? If not, what does this sentence really mean?
-Is it a Simile or a metaphor? How can you turn it into an indirect comparison?

F. Generalization

-What is Simile and Metaphor again?

-Can you compare them?
-Can you give an example of a Simile or a Metaphor and explain its meaning?
-By having enough knowledge with simile and metaphor, is it always right to compare
people with other things directly? Why or why not?

G. Application

Group Activity: Each group should have a representative who must answer these questions.
Do you think that we still have to consider other people’s feelings in comparing them to
other things? Isn’t a sign of stupidity? Why or why not?
IV. Evaluation

On a one-half sheet of paper, answer the following questions.

I. What do these figurative languages mean?

1. George is lightning as he runs the race.
-George runs fast.
2. Cindy is a fish when she swims.
- Cindy swims very well.
3. Mary was as sweet as pie.
-Mary was pleasant and polite.
4. Tom is like a computer when he does his math.
- Tom solves mathematical problems very fast.
5. Mark’s voice is velvet.
-Mark has a very smooth voice.

II. Before the number, write S if the sentence in part I is simile and M if it is metaphor then turn
simile into metaphor and metaphor into simile.
M 1. George is like a lightning as he runs the race.
M 2. Cindy is like a fish when she swims.
S 3. Mary was a sweet pie.
S 4. Tom is a computer when he does his math.
M 5. Mark’s voice is velvet.

V. Assignment

On a short bond paper, make a three-stanza jingle using simile and metaphor. It will be
presented next meeting. Be creative!

Prepared by:
Rielle C. Balajonda