SEMI- DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH 9

I. OBJECTIVES

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

a. EN9RC-IIIa-20: Analyze a one-act play.

b. EN9LT-IIIa-20.1: Explain how the elements specific to a one-act play contribute to the development of its
theme.
c. EN9F-IIIb-3.11: Produce the English sounds correctly and effectively
d. EN9LC-IIIa-6.1: Extract important information from argumentative/persuasive texts.
II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic: The Telephone by Edward Field

Subtopic: Argumentative Text
Reference: CG, LM, TG, "The Telephone" by Edward Field, from Counting Myself Lucky. © Black Sparrow Press
Materials: CG, TG, laptop, chalk and board, projector, pen and paper

III. Procedure
A. Preliminary Activities
1. Daily Routine
a. Opening prayer
b. Checking of attendance

2. Review
The teacher will ask the following questions:
a. What are the things you learned during our 2nd grading period?
b. Did you enjoy the first half of your journey as grade 9 students?
c. How would you summarize the first half of your journey?

3. Drill
Sounding Words Correctly

4. Motivation

B. Procedure
1. Presentation of the Lesson
TASK 2. Linking Together
 2. Discussion of the Lesson
The teacher and the students will be engaged in an active discussion on the following:

Extracting Information
Through technology, you are able read, watch and listen to a lot of information. This information may
influence you to believe certain ideas and push you to take some form of action. Some information may also dissuade
you from believing or doing other things.

Many writers use argumentative texts to persuade the readers to agree to their points of view. Writers do so,
not just by presenting information, but by showing the pros and cons of an issue. In extracting information from an
argumentative text, you must be able to note the issue and the supporting (pros) and opposing (cons) opinions about
the issue.

Task 3. Breaking Barriers

Reading of the text:
a. by the teacher
b. by the students
The Telephone by Edward Field

My happiness depends on an electric appliance

And I do not mind giving it so much credit
With life in this city being what it is
Each person separated from friends
By a tangle of subways and buses
Yes my telephone is my joy
It tells me that I am in the world and wanted
It rings and I am alerted to love or gossip
I go comb my hair which begins to sparkle
Without it I was like a bear in a cave
Drowsing through a shadowy winter
It rings and spring has come
I stretch and amble out into the sunshine
Hungry again as I pick up the receiver
For the human voice and the good news of friends
"The Telephone" by Edward Field, from Counting Myself Lucky. © Black Sparrow Press, 1992.

3.Practice Exercise
Task 4. Bonding Together
Students work in groups of 7-10 to discuss the message of the poem.

Group 1. Gratitude
My happiness depends on an electric appliance.
And I do not mind giving it so much credit.
Guide questions: What is the predominant feeling of the speaker in these lines? Why does he feel that way?

Group 2. Obstacle
With life in this city being what it is
Each person separated from friends
By a tangle of subways and buses
Guide question: Why are friends disconnected?

Group 3. Pleasure
Yes my telephone is my joy
It tells me that I am in the world and wanted
It rings and I am alerted to love or gossip
I go comb my hair which begins to sparkle
Guide question: How does the speaker justify his joy of having a telephone?

Group 4. Spring
Without it I was like a bear in a cave
Drowsing through a shadowy winter
It rings and spring has come

Guide questions: a. To what did the speaker compare man’s situation before the advent of the telephone?
b. What value do people give to the telephone when he has the access to it?
c. What literary device is used here?

Group 5. Connection
I stretch and amble out into the sunshine
Hungry again as I pick up the receiver
For the human voice and the good news of friends

Guide questions: What does the speaker hunger for? Was he able to connect to the world? Explain.

4.Generalization

The teacher will ask the following questions:

a. What are the different text types?
b. Differentiate each type of text.?
c. What is the other term for argumentative text?
d. What is the purpose of an argumentative text?
e. What is the poem all about?
f. What is the purpose o the author for writing the poem?
g. What is the theme of the poem?
h. Who is the author of the poem?

IV. Evaluation
Direction: Choose from the topics inside the box and complete the table below. Put at least 5 reasons and 5
details (in a form of sentence) that will support your stand. Write it on a whole sheet of pad paper.

Banning cellphones inside the school Lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 12 yrs. old
Legalizing death penalty in the Philippines Banning Facebook and other social media sites in the Phil.
Legalizing Marijuana for medical use
V. Assignment
Direction:
Watch news and gather information about a specific issue and write a simple argumentative text.

Rubrics:
Organization- 6 pts.
Clarity- 6 pts.
Cleanliness- 3 pts.
Total- 15 pts.