Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan in English 9

Time Frame: 1 hr

I. OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the lesson, the learners are expected to:

a. make connection between the present text and the previously read text
b. draw generalizations and conclusions from the material listened to
c. use synonyms of words to clarify meaning

II. SUBJECT MATTER: Topic: Coping with Challenges

References: A Journey through Anglo-American Literature

pp. 68-75

Mother to Son by Langston Hughes

Materials: Printed worksheets, meta strips

Value Focus: Strength, Determination

III. PROCEDURE

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY LEARNERS’ ACTIVITY

A. Daily Routine

B. Recapitulation
Ask the learners review questions on the
previous lesson.

Possible Answers:

1. Who is King Arthur? King Arthur was a great King of England.

2. What are his characteristics as a King? Fair, brave, noble

3. What is the most notable action of King He fought his fight until the end.
Arthur in the story? He did not leave his people.

C. Warm Up Activity/Motivation
The learners will be paired for their initial task.
Each pair will be given a worksheet which they
can work on together.

Make a Synonym Match Challenge

Fill each blank with a single letter to form
these pairs of words into synonyms.
Example : __ACTUAL __RUE
FACTUAL TRUE
1._ COLD _ HIDE
2._ EARNING _ RAVING
3. _ ALLY _ CORE
4._ AVER _ ALTER
5._ ROUND _ OIL
6._ ARROW _ LENDER
7. _ LIMB _ SCENT
8. _ TUMBLE _ RIP
9._ INDICATE _ LEAR
10._ WELLING _ BODE

• Find the meaning of these set of words.

D. Lesson Proper

Tell the learners to reflect on the following

questions:
1. To what can you compare life?
2. Do words have the power to help a person
get through hard/difficult times?.

Read the poem “Mother to Son” by Langston

Hughes.

Processing questions: The learners will listen to the poem and find
1. To what did the mother in the poem out how it will help them achieve insights
compared life with? What about you? about difficult times.
2. Did the mother in the poem experienced
hardship in life, or was life just easy for her?
3. What was her response to these
circumstances?
4. What do you think is the main message of
the mother to her son?

Small Group Differentiated Work

The class will be divided into three and each
group will be given different tasks.

Group 1. Words, words, words Group 1 will read the poem and list the words
that they find difficult. They will use a
dictionary to find the synonym and antonyms
of words and share their findings in class.

Group 2. Meaningful significant experience Group 2 will read the poem and answer the
following guide questions:
1. Who is the speaker/persona in the poem?
2. To what does the speaker compare her life?

Group 3. Salient points
E. Application
Let the class perform the activity “Extra-
Challenge”.
F. Evaluation
The learners will identify if the following
statements are challenges or ways of coping
up. In their ½ sheet of paper, they will write C
for challenge and CU for ways of coping up.
1. Lisa’s father lost his job.
2. Anthony got a low mark on his project in
3. What is the speaker doing?
4. What kind of stairway is it?
5. What kind of stairway is the mother’s life
different from?
6. What does the mother tell her son?
The answers will be written inside the following
illustration.
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5.
4.
3.
2.
1.
Group 3 will read the poem and discover the
answer to the following:
1. What is the poem about?
2. The poem is divided into three parts. Which
lines of the poem talk
about hardships? Responses to hardships?
Mother’s advice to keep?
Use the following table for your responses.
Hardships Responses to Mother’s advice
Hardships to keep
The learners will be given 5 minutes to roam
around the class and interview three of their
classmates about what they consider as their
greatest challenges in life and how do they
cope up with it. They will be tasked to choose
one among the responses, write it in a meta-
strip, and post it on the board. The class will
rank the responses from the most challenging
to the least challenging.
The learners will be given 10 minutes to
complete the task.
Science.
3. Ana takes care of her siblings during
weekends so that her parents can go to the
field.
4. Flora helps her mother in scraping piña fiber
every time she has no class.
5. During Saturdays, Paolo joins his father in
hauling sacks of cement from Agbatuan so
that he will have his own money to pay for
school projects.
6. Rina was taken out as 4P’s beneficiary.
7. Nery was not able to go to school last
Monday because her mother was sick and she
had to take care of her younger sister.
8. Joan was tasked to look after her baby
brother Toto, but when Baby Toto is asleep,
she takes the time to read and study her
lessons.
9. Rosa continued her studies even if she’s
pregnant.
10. Biboy has to walk 2 hours every day just to
go to school.

G. Remarks

F. Reflection

Prepared by:

MAYFLOR GAY F. SALAZAR-CASTRO

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