LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH 9

September 28, 2015

I. Objective
Analyze literature as means of valuing other people and their various circumstances in
life. (EN9 9-IIc-15)
II. Subject Matter
A. Reading Text/Topic: The Man with the Hoe by Edwin Markham
B. Skill/Domain: Literature
C. Materials: Learners Materials pages 134-136
D. Reference: Grade 9- Learners Materials pages 80-81
III. Procedure:
A. Drill
Adverbs of Place
Make sentences and put the adverbs (in boldfaced) in its proper place.
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is / over there / the cinema she / not / been / here / has were / everywhere / we / for / looking / you we / anywhere / you / find / couldn't she /towards/me/ran

B. Review
Read the paragraph and identify its parts and the type of the paragraph.
This past weekend I had the best time of my life. First, Friday night, I had my best
friend over and we made a delicious, mouth-watering pizza. After we ate, we had a
friendly video game competition. On Saturday, my dad took us out on the boat. The
weather was perfect and the water was warm. It was a great day to go for a swim. Later
that night, we went to the movies. We saw an action packed thriller and ate a lot of
popcorn. Finally, on Sunday, we rode our bikes all over town. By the end of the day, my
legs were very tired. I only hope that next weekend will be as fun as this one.
C. Pre-reading Tasks
Presentation/Motivation:
Task 1: Picture Talk
Examine closely the picture. Then, accomplish the graphic organizer below.

Words that I
can connect

This
reminds of
.

Questions in
my mind

Task 2. Author and Me

Background of the Author

In 1899 an American school teacher, Charles Edward Anson Markham (1852-1940), who
used the penname Edwin Markham was inspired by an 1863 painting (the image) to write a
poem. The painting was L homme a la houe by Frech artist, Jean-Francois Millet (18141975) the poem was The Man with a Hoe.
The poem quickly became as famous as the painting. Both continue to be moving
testimonies to what the too prevalent inhumanity can cause.
Task 3. Words to remember!
Directions: Pick out the context clue that point to the meaning of each of the italicized words,
then choose the meaning of each word.
1. Liars often distort to suit their purposes.
A. balance
B. explain
C. twist
2. God has dominion over all of creation.
A. control
B. duty
C. right
3. Bare narra trees are a portent that summer is near.
A. announcement
B. indication
C. significance
4. Despite societys and governments censure or drug abuse, there are still many users and
pushers.
A. full commitment
B. favourable action
C. strong disapproval
5. AIDS is a dreadful disease because it is immedicable.
A. Contagious
B. incurable
C. painful
6. The non-believers profaned the Blesses Sacrament and burned the church during one of
their raids.
A. insulted
B. respected
C. venerated

7. Never trust a perfidious friend like Judas.

A. doubtful
B. treacherous

C. vindictive

Task 4. Motive Question:

What circumstance is the persona faced with?
Reading of the Poem
First Reading: Digital Reading of the Poem
Second Reading: By the students
Directions: Read the poem The Man with the Hoe. Then, accomplish the guided
comprehension per stanza below.
The Man with the Hoe
by Edwin Markham
Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans
Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground,
The emptiness of ages in his face,
And on his back the burden of the world.
Who made him dead to rapture and despair,
A thing that grieves not and that never hopes,
Stolid and stunned, a brother to the ox?
Who loosened and let down this brutal jaw?
Whose was the hand that slanted back this brow?
Whose breath blew out the light within this brain?
Is this the Thing the Lord God made and gave
To have dominion over sea and land;
To trace the stars and search the heavens for power;
To feel the passion of Eternity?
Is this the Dream He dreamed who shaped the suns
And marked their ways upon the ancient deep?
Down all the stretch of Hell to its last gulf
There is no shape more terrible than this
More tongued with censure of the worlds blind greed
More filled with signs and portents for the soul
More fraught with danger to the universe.

What gulfs between him and the seraphim!

Slave of the wheel of labor, what to him
Are Plato and the swing of Pleiades?
What the long reaches of the peaks of song,
The rift of dawn, the reddening of the rose?
Through this dread shape the suffering ages look;
Times tragedy is in that aching stoop;
Through this dread shape humanity betrayed,
Plundered, profaned and disinherited,
Cries protest to the Judges of the World,
A protest that is also prophecy.
O masters, lords and rulers in all lands,
is this the handiwork you give to God,
This monstrous thing distorted and soul-quenched?
How will you ever straighten up this shape;
Touch it again with immortality;
Give back the upward looking and the light;
Rebuild in it the music and the dream;
Make right the immemorial infamies,
Perfidious wrongs, immedicable woes?
O masters, lords and rulers in all lands,
How will the Future reckon with this Man?
How answer his brute question in that hour
When whirlwinds of rebellion shake the world?
How will it be with kingdoms and with kings
With those who shaped him to the thing he is
When this dumb Terror shall reply to God
After the silence of the centuries?
Comprehension Check (Whole Class)
1. What is the image of the man with the hoe? How does the poet describe him?
2. What does the bent body of the man with the hoe signify?
3. Examine the first four questions, to whom are these questions addressed?
4. Describe the condition of the man with hoe in the second stanza, is he the ideal man made
by God, the creator of suns and who designed their path over the oceans?
5. What two questions are raised in the third stanza? What is the primary focus of these
questions?

6. According to the speaker, who is responsible for the condition or state of the man with
the hoe?
7. Who are the modern man with the hoe?
8. How does the society treat them?
Differentiated Tasks
Group1. The literary writers
1. Discuss the authors appeal for the poor. Tell whether Markhams appeal for the poor is
still the same as the appeal of the labor group today.
2. Explain the universal message of the poem. It is still relevant today? Why do you think it
has remained so?
Group 2. The artists
Draw the image of the man with hoe and your modern concept of the man with hoe.
Compare and contrast them.
Group 3. The Singers
Think of a song that describes a circumstance a person faced with. Sing it to the class.
Group 4. The Dramatists
Compose a skit and role play the situation the man with hoe faced as described in the
poem.
Evaluation: Read each statement and choose the letter that corresponds to the correct
answer.
1. Which of the following statements best paraphrase for the speakers description of the
man with the hoe?
Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans
Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground,
The emptiness of ages in his face,
And on his back the burden of the world.
A. A peasant man bent over a rustic farming tool
B. An old man plowing his field all day long
C. A poor farmer with his oxen
D. An old man planting with his hoe
2. The speaker of the poem asks a series of questions about this tragic figure, this empty,
broken, burdened man. Which statement best sums up these series of questions:
Who made him dead to rapture and despair,
A thing that grieves not and that never hopes,
Stolid and stunned, a brother to the ox?
Who loosened and let down this brutal jaw?
Whose was the hand that slanted back this brow?
Whose breath blew out the light within this brain?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Who killed the man with the hoe?

Who stole the soul of this poor man?
Who punished the man with hoe?
Who are responsible for killing this poor man?

3. The following describe and explain the condition of the man with the hoe in the second
stanza EXCEPT__________.
A. The man with the hoe does not lament; neither does he see a ray of hope.
B. He is degenerated, dehumanized by sufferings.
C. The figure of this farmer is more terrible than of someone living in the darkest region
of hell.
D. This is the man who shows forth the world's blind greed. He has within himself a
great danger to the universe than any other thing in the world.
4. The following statements describe the situation the man with the hoe is facing in the third
stanza EXCEPT________
A. There is a big difference between the farmer and those who are powerful. While the
powerful enjoy the status of the highest angel, the farmer is reduced to the level of a
slave.
B. To such a degenerated symbol of humanity, the philosophy of Plato, the world of
astronomy, and the wonders of music, the beauty of the Dawn as well as the blooming
of roses have no significance.
C. The hoemanwho has become a representative of the suffering masseshas been
deprived of his rightful possessions.
D. The heavy burden of labor makes the man with the hoe back bend low and has made
him insensitive to human emotions such as ecstasy, hope, and despair.
5. Which of the following best describe the structure of the poem?
A. An account of mans suffering followed by a consideration of how to alleviate it.
B. The depiction of the farmers tragedy followed by the interrogation of those who
caused it.
C. A description of the farmers labor followed by a plea for technology.
D. A portrayal of an age of peace followed by foreshadowing of an age of strife.
6. The poems overall them concerns the __________
A. Destructive evil of Capitalism
B. Total uselessness of farming
C. Developing death of intellectualization
D. Widespread loss of religion
7-10 Reflect on The Man with the Hoe. What do you feel for him? What socioeconomic conditions shaped him? Do we still have men with the hoes today? Explain
your answer in three sentences.

V. Assignment:

Localization/Contextualization
Interview your parents or other people concern to get ideas in order to answer the
following questions:
1. What privileges or benefits does our government give to our laborers?
2. Is there a need to improve such laws on labor? Why?
3. How can you manifest empathy to workers such as maid, janitor, laborers?
Remarks:
No. of students within the mastery level_______________________
No. of students need remediation ____________________________

Prepared by:
JOSENIA P. CONSTANTINO
Teacher I

Noted:
JUAN P. CABRERA
Principal