Semi-detailed Lesson Plan in English 7

Date: December 4-12, 2014

I.

Specific Objectives
During and after the discussion, the students are expected to:
1. Read and analyze the short story entitled "Footnote to Youth" by Jose Garcia Villa;
2. Compare and Contrast the qualities of the characters in the story with the characteristics of
todays youth; and
3. Understand the value of apt decision making in life as inculcated in the story.

II.

Subject Matter
Main Topic: Footnote to Youth
Values to be integrated: Listening to Parents, and decision making
Reference: Galang, G.V., etal. (2010). Soaring to Greater Heights. Footnote to Youth. pp. 112121. 1946-A, F. Torres St., Corner Diamante Ext., Sta. Ana, Manila Vicarish Publication and
Trading, Inc.
Instructional Materials: Book, Chalk and Board, LCD and Laptop, and Cartolina

III.

Instructional Procedures
A. Daily Routine
1. Prayer
2. Greetings
3. Checking of Attendance and Sitting Arrangements
4. Inspecting the Physical condition of the classroom
5. MOL
What is the name of the disease of fear of long words?
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B. Preparation
(Note: The students will be asked to read the story before the day of the lesson as an
advanced reading.)

Group Activity: The teacher will have a crisscross activity, wherein the students will
give their own descriptive words in each letter of the word Y-O-U-T-H that will
describe the Youth in our present time.
From the given adjective words, the teacher will ask the students to analyze if those
words describe the Youth in the story entitled Footnote to Youth by Jose Garcia
Villa.

C. Presentation
There are unfamiliar words used in the story that the students might not understand
while reading it, and to unlock those difficulties of the students, they will have the
vocabulary enrichment to know the meaning of those words.
1. Footnote
2. Unhitch
3. Burrow
4. Virility
5. Resentment
6. Tremulous

Teacher will introduced the author of the story and give a brief background.

D. Comparison and abstraction

The teacher will dwell on discussing the story by asking questions to the students for
them to understand it deeply.

E. Generalization
Question:
Do you think the title Footnote to Youth is applicable in the story?
The teacher will emphasize the moral or the story.
F. Application
Goal: To make a venn diagram comparing and contrasting Dodong and yourself with a
minimum of five characteristics.
IV.

Assignment
There will be no assignment for this lesson.
Prepared by:

Erika Joyce M. Santos

BSED 4

Checked by:

Ms. Jacquie Bamba Zamora

Cooperating Teacher

Mr. Enrico Rosales

Principal, Basic Education Department