LIBUNGAN INTEGRATED HIGH SCHOOL

LIBUNGAN, COTABATO

DETAILED LESSON PLAN

ENGLISH 9- PRUDENCE
FEBRUARY 17, 2017, 7:20-8:20

I. OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:

a. recite the poem “ Telephone” by Edward Field; and
b. discuss the message of the poem with 80% accuracy.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

a. Topic: “ Telephone” by Edward Field

b. Reference: A Journey through Anglo- American Literature pp. 234 - 239
c. Materials: speaker, audio, manila paper,cartolina

III. PROCEDURE

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENTS’ ACTIVITY

A. PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES
1. Prayer Prayer Leader: Let us pray…
May I request the prayer leader to
lead us the prayer.
2. Greetings Good morning ma’am!
Good morning class! We are doing good ma’am.
How are you today?
3. Checking of Attendance None ma’am.
By the way, who are not around this
morning?
4. Review of the Past Lesson Our topic yesterday was…
Who can give us a recapitulation of
our previous lesson?
B. LESSON PROPER
1. Motivation Students will raise their hands.
Who among you here have his or her
cellphone? It makes work easier.
How important is the use of
cellphones or technologies in your
daily activities or school activities?
[Solicit answers] Boring. Sad.
Try to imagine if there are no
cellphones, telephones or
technologies, what will you feel?
[Solicit answers]

2. Unlocking of Difficulties
Direction: Arrange the jumbled
letters to get the correct answer.
A. To become twisted together into
a jumbled mass, or make
something become twisted into a
jumbled.
EGLANT TANGLE
B. Conversation about the personal
details of other people’s lives,
whether rumor or fact, especially
when malicious.
SSIPOG GOSSIP
C. Full of shades and shadows, not
clearly seen or understood.
DSHAWOY SHADOWY
D. To walk slowly in a free and
relaxed way.
AMLBE AMBLE

3. Activity
I will play an audio of the poem, so The students will listen to the audio.
please listen attentively.

[The teacher will play an audio of the

poem “Telephone” by Edward Field.]

The teacher will let the students The students will recite the poem.
recite the poem by group.
4. Analysis
The teacher will group the class into
five to discuss the message of the
poem.
The group will discuss the given part of the
poem prompted by the guide questions.
Group 1 Gratitude
My happiness depends on an electric appliance
And I do not mind giving it so much credit.
Guide Questions: What is the predominant
feeling of the speaker in these lines? Why does
he feel that way?
Group 2 Obstacle
With life in this city being what it is
Each person separated from friends
By a tangle of subways and buses
Guide Question: Why are friends disconnected?
Group 3 Pleasure
Yes my telephone 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: How does the speaker justify
his joy of having a telephone?
Group 4 Spring
Without it I was like a bear in a cave
Drowsing through a shadowy winter
It rings and spring has come
Guide Questions:
a. To what does 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?
 Group 5 Connection
I stretch and amble out into the sunshine
Hungry again and I pick up the receiver
For the human voice and the good news of
friends

Guide Questions: What does the speaker hunger

for? Is he capable of connecting to the world?
Explain.

And now that you have finished

discussing with your group, you will
present your output to the class. The groups will present their output to the class.
5. Abstraction
You all did great in our activity. So
now, let us go to the discussion

Generalization
Are there any questions?
So let us have a recap.

6. Application
Why does the author say “Without it
I was like a bear in a cave”? Does the
telephone give him so much pleasure
or displease him?

IV. EVALUATION
Do you agree or disagree with the
author’s perception about telephone?

V. ASSIGNMENT
Research the radio play entitled
“Sorry, Wrong Number” by Lucille
Fletche.
Prepared by:
Kristen T. Caalim BSED ENGL- 4