Lesson Plan for Grade 8

I. OBJECTIVES

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

1. Distinguish rising and falling intonation in sentences;

2. Relate the importance of rising and falling intonation in daily conversations;

3. Perform a dialogue using rising and falling intonation.

II. INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES

A. Springboard: The Lion King- Scar and Mufasa video clip

Link: https://youtu.be/-8wgXRNYcPM

B. Reference: Searching for Knowledge Learning Module for English Grade 8

C. Learning Materials: Video Clip, Power Point Presentation, Speakers, Answer Sheets

III. LESSON PROPER

A. Preliminary Activities:

1. Opening Prayer

2. Checking of Attendance

3. Checking of Assignment

4. Review of the previous lesson

5. Stating of class rules.

B. Motivation

Ask the students the following questions:

1. What is your favorite movie?

2. What is your most favorite part/line/scene in the movie?

 Let the students watch The Lion King –Scar and Mufasa video clip and make them

notice how the characters spoke their lines. Inform the students that the lesson is related

to the way we speak different kinds of sentences/utterance.

Lesson Proper

I. Activity
1. The teacher will and the audio material.
2. The teacher will provide the script the dialogue to the students.
3. The students will read the script along with the tape using the same stress and
intonation as the speaker.
4. The students can repeat this exercise until their voice sounds familiar to the
voice on the recording.
5. Below is the script of the recording.
Marian: Have you heard about the Sojie Bill?
Jake: No? Why?
Lester: Don’t mention it, Marian. It’s giving me a headache.
Marian: Ha! You bet! Truly there are a lot of other important things to
bother with other than that kind of non-sense.
Lester: Do you really think so, because a lot of people seem to be rooting
for it.
Jake: Wait! Can you please explain what Sojie Bill is?
Lester: Oh no! Jake, just Google it.

II. Discussion
The teacher will ask the students the following questions:
1. Who are the speakers in the conversation?
2. What are they talking about?
3. Why do you think Lester and Marian are against the said bill?
 The teacher will discuss the definition of intonation as well as the rising and falling
intonation and when to usually use the intonations patterns in conversing. The teacher will also
provide more examples of sentences that make use of the two intonations. The students will
follow the lead of the teacher as she utters the sample sentences.

D. Synthesis/Generalization
The teacher will ask the following questions to the students.
1. How can intonation intensify the feeling or the emotion in the conversation?
2. How can intonation convey the meaning or the message in the dialogue?

IV. EVALUATION:

The class will be divided into five groups. The students will be assigned with daily
conversation scripts namely; giving directions and asking for specific information. They will
identify the kind of intonation patterns used in the conversations and will perform it in the class.
The students will be rated according to the following criteria:

Correct intonation patterns- 10 pts

Diction/Clarity of Voice- 10 pts

Pronunciation- 15 pts

Total: 25 pts