DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH

I.Objectives: At the end of the lesson, students are expected to:

1. Identify the difference between direct and indirect speech

2. Answer comprehension question in the story “Ballad of a Mother’s Heart”
3. Give the moral of the ballad
4. Change the direct speech into indirect speech

II. Subject Matter: “Ballad of a Mother’s Heart” by Jose La Villa Tiera

Language Focus: Changing Direct Speech into Indirect Speec
Reference: Brutas, Ma. Luisa, & Tagay, Lourna.2009.Journeying through Literature and
Language Through Philippine Literary Texts. Philippines. Don Bosco Press.
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Materials: Picture, charts, Laptop, projector

III. Procedure:
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
A. Preparatory Activities
B. Drill
Good Morning,class!
I am Ma’am Razel and I will be your teacher for today.
Now, class. I have here strips of pictures. Now, I will split
the class into two, the first group will be called the Angry
Birds and the second group will be called Flappy Birds
Choose two representatives from your group and come here
in front. And then, I want you to connect these strips to
form the picture. The first one to finish will earn 20 points.
The group who garnered the higher points will receive a
reward later.
(After the puzzle is solved/completed)
And the winner is Group ______________!
So class, what picture did you formed? A picture of a woman with a
heart with caption The Ballad
of a Mother’s Heart
Okay, Excellent!

C. Review
Last meeting, we discussed about conjunctions. Now,
Let see if you really understood our lesson by answering
this activity.

Directions: Read the following sentences and encircle the coordinating conjunctions used.

1. Maria likes to dance and to sing.

2. He wanted to go to the party but his mother did not allow him.
3. Angelica loves James nor John.
4. What food do you prefer, cake or spaghetti?
5. Marco studies well but he still failed in Math.

D. New Lesson
a. Motivation
Let’s have another game, class. I know
you are familiar with this because most of you
 have cellphones. This game is called “4 PICS 1 WORD”.
With the same group, I want you to choose another
2 representatives.
Are the representatives ready? Yea Ma’am.
All you have to do is to guess what word is depicted by
the 4 pictures in the chart. The first one to finish and guess
the correct answer will be given another 20 points.
Am I clear, class? Yes, Ma’am.

MOTHER HEART
Wow! Good Job! Congratulations to the Winners!
And also congratulations to the whole class for doing their best!
b. Presentation
1. Unlocking of Difficulties

Directions: Read the underlined words carefully. Match the words in Column A to their synonyms in
Column B. Write the letter of your choice in the space provided before the number.
A B
____1. The boy plead for love a. lovely
____2. These flowers are rare b.uncommon, exceptional
____3. He is persistent to achieve his dreams c. uncaring
____4. Mothers are sweet and fond d. beg
____5. She is a fair woman e.determined
f. caring; loving

2. Discussion
This time class, I want you to keep silent and reflect to this question:
“To what extent can you do in the name of love?”
(Students will answer)
Now, let’s see how much did the young man
love the maiden and what he did just to prove his love to her.
a. Reading by the teacher
 b. Reading by the students

c. Comprehension Check Up

What is the title of the ballad? Ballad of a Mother’s Heart

Who is the author? Jose la Villa Tierra
Who were the characters in the ballad? Youth, Maiden, mother
Who is the speaker of the ballad? A narrator
What do you think is the message of the ballad? The message of the ballad tells us
how loving and forgiving our mother is.
That whatever we did to hurt her, she still
loves and understands us.
Another?

How did the youth proved his love to the maiden? By taking his mother’s heart.
If you were the youth, who will you choose: (answer varies)
your mother or your lover?
What do you think is the author’s purpose It is to inform the reader how much
in writing this ballad? A mother can sacrifice for her
child.
It informs how much a mother can
bear just to make her child
happy.

E. Language Focus
I have here dialogues taken from the ballad. Let’s read them.

“Go to your mother dear and bring her heart to me”, the maiden ordered.

*What did the maiden directly ordered? “Go to your mother dear and bring
her heart to me.”
*What kind of sentence is this? a statement, Ma’am.
*Who is the addressee of the order? The youth
*What pronoun can be used to pertain to the boy? Him,he,his, Ma’am.
*If you will be the one to report it the
Other person, how will you say it? The maiden ordered him to go to
Write it on the board,please. his mother and bring his mother’s
heart to her.
 What are the changes in the sentence?
What happened to the verb tense?
Mother asks “Were you hurt, child?”
*What did the mother directly asks?
*What kind of sentence is this?
*Is the question answerable by yes or no?
*Who is the addressee of the order?
*What pronoun can be used to pertain to the boy?
*If you will be the one to report it the
Other person, how will you say it?
Write it on the board,please.
What are the changes in the sentence?
What happened to the verb tense?
“Why have you kept me waiting all these years?” asked the Youth.
*What did the youth directly asks?
*What kind of sentence is this?
*Who is the addressee of the order?
*What pronoun can be used to pertain to the maiden?
*If you will be the one to report it the
Other person, how will you say it?
Write it on the board,please.
What are the changes in the sentence?
What happened to the verb tense?
F. Generalization
DIRECT SPEECH
 ALSO KNOWN AS QUOTED SPEECH
 IT IS SAYING EXACTLY WHAT THE PERSON
HAD SAID
 WHAT THE PERSON SAID DOESN’T NEED TO
 USES QUOTATION MARKS
 THE VERB TENSES DO NOT CHANGE SINCE
WE JUST COPY WHAT THE PERSON HAD
SAID.

DIRECT SPEECH
PRONOUN:
The first sentence has quotation
marks and the second has none.
The pronoun him/his is added.
Still in the present tense, Ma’am.
“Were you hurt, child?”
a interrogative sentence, Ma’am.
Yes, Ma’am.
The youth
Him,he,his, Ma’am.
Mother asked him if he was hurt.
The first sentence has quotation
marks and the second has none.The
pronoun ‘you’ was changed to him
and added the word if.
It changed into past tense, Ma’am.
“Why have you kept me waiting all
these years?”
a WH-question, Ma’am.
The maiden
Her,or she, Ma’am.
Youth asked the maiden why did she
kept him waiting all those years.
The first sentence has quotation
marks and the second has none.The
pronoun ‘me’ was changed to ‘him’.
Still in past tense, Ma’am.
INDIRECT SPEECH
 ALSO KNOWN AS REPORTED SPEECH
BE WORD FOR WORD.
 IT DOESN’T USE QUOTATION MARKS
 VERB TENSES CHANGE
INDIRECT SPEECH
 I He/she
Me Him/her
My His/hers
We They
Us Them
Our Their
Ours Theirs
Yours Theirs/s
you I/ me/us/they/them

TENSES:
Can Could
Am Was
have had

G. Application
Directions: Read the sentences carefully and correct the wrong punctuations.

1.She said that “she was watching TV.”
2. “I will buy a new car Bob said.”
3. He said, Let’s watch the movie together.
4. His father told him that “He had to take good
care of his sisters.”
5.”The doctor told him,” that he needs to rest.
She said that she was watching TV.
“I will buy a new car,” Bob said.
He said, “Let’s watch the movie together.”
His father told him that he had to take good
care of his sisters.
The doctor told him that he needs to rest.

IV. Evaluation

Directions: Rewrite the following direct speech into reported speech.

1. “Please leave that bag here”, the passenger requested.

2. “Take this breakfast to your sister in her room now”. Mom ordered Jim.
3. “Whose wallet is this?” Leo asks.
4. “May I pay you a visit tomorrow?” Henry asked Mary.
5. “Lala, I am not feeling fine today,” said Matthew.
6. “is your dad at his office now?” Mr. Aguilar asked.
7. “I will watch Othello at the Phiamlife Theatre this Saturday,” announced Marilyn.
8. “Aren’t you used to doing it this way?” Mirna asked Anthony.
9. “I will soon buy this bungalow for my mother.” Said the young engineer to his friend.
10. “We shall send you a letter regarding your application for a job in Saudi two days after
tomorrow,” the secretary assured the applicant.

V. Assignment
Directions: Work with a partner. Write your own humorous story and write the dialogue.
Retell the story in reported speech in the class next meeting.

PREPARED BY:

ANGEL MAY S. GONZAGA