A DETAILED LESSON PLAN

GRADE 10 ENGLISH

A. Content standard
B. Performance standard
C. Learning competencies

I. OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson the students will be able to:

1. identify the prepositional phrase in the given sentences;

2. discover the story through video clip presentation;
3. retell the story using varied concept maps and a song;
4. state the moral of the story in relation to real life situation;

II. SUBJECT MATTER

TOPIC: (Viewing) “The Last Leaf” by O. Henry

REFERENCE: Celebrating Diversity through World Literature (pp. 377381)
INTERNET REFERENCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?=teHasbE_gqM
MATERIALS: Cartolina, Pictures, Video Presentation, Chalk and Chalkboard, PowerPoint
Presentation

III. PROCEDURE

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENTS’ ACTIVITY

1. ROUTINARY ACTIVITIES

A. Prayer

Everybody stand.

Realyn, lead the prayer. Lord true source of light and wisdom…

B. Greetings

Good Morning class! Good morning ma’am it’s nice to see you this
morning.
It is nice to see you too.

C. Attendance

Who is absent today? None ma’am.

D. Setting Classroom Rules

Before we start our lesson, let me state my rules Yes, ma’am.

and regulations inside this class first, turn off your
phones, second, don’t talk to your seatmates while
I’m discussing and third, listen to me. Do you
understand class?
2. REVIEW

What did we discuss yesterday? Our topic yesterday was all about the story written
by Antoine de SaintExupery entitled “The Little
Prince.”

Very Good!

Who were the characters in the story? The characters in the story are The Little
Prince, the fox and the Rose.

Why did the little prince tame the fox? The prince tamed the fox because he wants to
have a friend.

If you were the little prince, would you do the Yes, because I want to have a companion in life.
same?
No, because if he wants me to become his friends
then he should be the one to tame me.

3. MOTIVATION

(The teacher will show a vine with one leaf.)

What can you say about the vine? The vine has one leaf.

What do you think happened to the other leaves? They fall. Perhaps because of the bad weather
or blown with the wind.

What will happen to the vine if there are no I think the tree will die.
leaves?

4. PRESENTATION OF THE LESSON

This morning we will watch a story video. Let’s

find out how the main character survive from her
illness and the connection of the vine’s last leaf in
her recovery. The story is entitled “The Last Leaf”
by O. Henry.

5. LESSON PROPER

A. AUTHOR’S BACKROUND

Let us first get to know the author. I will read to

you the biography of O. Henry.

William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 –

June 5, 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry,
was an American short story writer. His stories are
known for their surprise endings.
William Sidney Porter was born on September 11,
1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina. He changed
the spelling of his middle name to Sydney in
1898. His parents were Dr. Algernon Sidney
Porter (1825–88), a physician, and Mary Jane
Virginia Swaim Porter (1833–65). William's
parents had married on April 20, 1858. When
William was three, his mother died
from tuberculosis, and he and his father moved
into the home of his paternal grandmother. As a
child, Porter was always reading, everything from
classics to dime novels; his favorite works
were Lane's translation of One Thousand and One
Nights, and Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy.[2]

 Now that you already know O. Henry. Let

us all watch the video of the Last Leaf.

(WATCHING THE VIDEO)

See:https://www.youtube.com/watch?
=teHasbEgqM

B. DISCUSSION OF THE STORY

I have here some questions regarding the video.

Expected answers:
1. Who were the main character in the story?

2. What are the characteristics of the main Johnsy, Sue, Mr. Berhman and the Doctor
character?
Sue – thoughtful talented, pretty, hardworking,
optimistic

Johnsy – pretty, loner, long hair, talented,

hopeless

Mr. Berhman – friendly, old, positive, weak,

talented

The Doctor – gray hair, smart, kind, pitiful, old

3. Where does the story takes place?

4. What was Johnsy’s illness? The story took place in the Town in High Hill.

5. Where and how did Johnsy acquire his
illness?
6. What do you think made Johnsy consider
that her possible death would be
simultaneous with the last leaf to fall?
What is the connection with her illness?
Johnsy’s illness was pneumonia.
The cause of her illness was the cold weather
and a dirty place.
Johnsy believed that like a leaf it won’t stay
longer to its branch, it will soon fall down, and
psychologically she taught that if it falls she
 7. How did Johnsy recover from her illness? would die.
Do you think it is psychological in nature?
Why? The last leaf, it gives her hope. Yes, it is
psychological because it’s all depends on her
perspective. If she thinks negatively she feels
weak. If she thinks positively it gives her strength.

8. To whom does Johnsy’s analogy of death

of the vine happen? Is it really connected
to how people endure life and face the
most difficult challenge of one’s
surpassing death? Explain.
9. How does Mr. Behrman emphasize the
connection of Johnsy’s faith to be healed
with the vine’s ability to hold the leaf
(based on Johnsy’s point of view)?
10. If you were Johnsy would you feel the
same?
To the people who believed the same way that life
is just like a leaf, here today and gone tomorrow,
without believing that there is a Supreme Being
(Vine) who controls everything, able to hold that
leaf (life) and to extend its moment.
Through painting a leaf. A green leaf which
symbolizes “Full of life.” That there is that
powerful vine (God) to hold the leaf from falling
down in the midst of storm. (trials)
No, because pneumonia today is curable. Maybe
at that time pneumonia is epidemic.

No, because my life will not depend on the ending

of the falling leaves.
GRAMMAR POINTS

Let us discuss about Prepositional phrase.

1. They liked the bohemian life of the village.

2. Mr. Berhman was a painter who lived on the

first floor.

 What is the preposition used in sentence 1

and 2?
 What is the object of the preposition in Expected answers:
sentence 1 and 2?

 Based on the sentences, what is a

prepositional phrase?
 Prepositional phrase is a group of words
that begins with a preposition and ends
Very good! with a noun or a pronoun, which is called
the object of preposition.

Can you give another examples of prepositional

phrase?
Students answers may vary.
Very good!

Here are the following sentences. Identify the

prepositional phrase in the sentence.

1. Johnsy lay under the bedclothes.

 What is the prepositional phrase in the

sentence?
 The prepositional phrase in the sentence is under
Very Good! the bedclothes.
2. Sue looked out the window.

 Tell the prepositional phrase in the

sentence?
The prepositional phrase in the sentence is out the
3. Sue came to the bed where Johnsy lay. window.

 What is the prepositional phrase in the

sentence?
The prepositional phrase in the sentence is to the
bed.
I believe, you already know about prepositional
phrases.

6. FIXING SKILLS

Time: 10 minutes

Grouping Instructions: I will group you into

four and all you have to do is to do varied
activities which I will assign to you. Choose your
group leaders and all group leaders will come in
front and pick a ribbon. The color of the ribbon
that you pick will serve as your team.

(The teacher will call the group leaders.)

General Instructions: I have here another

metacards. Pick one. Read what is written in your
metacards. Do these activities in 10 minutes. After (The group leaders will come in front and pick a
such, you have to present it in class. ribbon.)

Green Team

Task: Story Grammar

Instructions: I will give you these 4 cards and

your task is to identify the elements of the story.

CHARACTERS
Johnsy, Sue
Mr. Berhman
SETTING And the Doctor

Town in high
THE LAST hill
LEAF
THE LAST
LEAF
PLOT
Johnsy suffers from illness called
Pneumonia. Her friend Sue, painted
So that she can pay expenses for the
Medication. Johnsy compare her life

THEME In the vine. If the last leaf falls, then

She will die. Mr. Berhman painted
Faith and Hope
 The last leaf to give hope to Johnsy

Yellow Team

Task: Commonality in Diversity

Instructions: I will give you this big leaf (vine)

and smiley (Johnsy). In these, state the differences
of the vine and Johnsy. Another is that I will give
you scroll and in this you have to state the
similarities of the vine and Johnsy.

Plant Human
Can’t talk Can talk
No feelings Has feelings
LEAF JOHNSY

LEAF JOHNSY

Living things.
Can acquire sickness.
Made by God.
SIMILARITIES

SIMILARITIES
Blue Team

Task: You’ve Got a Friend

Instructions: Compose a song about friendship

using a tune of a familiar song.
(The Blue Team will perform this said activity.)
Pink Team

Task: Character Map

Instructions: I will give you the characters in the

story and all you have to do is to describe each
characters.

Thoughtful

Talented
SUE Hardworking

SUE

Pretty Optimistic

Pretty

JOHNSY
Loner
Long hair

JOHNSY

Hopeless Talented

Old

MR. BERHMAN

friendly Positive
 MR. BERHMAN

Weak Talented

Old

Gray
THE DOCTOR Hair Pitiful

THE DOCTOR

Smart kind

8. GENERALIZATION

What is the author’s purpose in writing the story?

Cite evidences/situations from the story.
Maybe the author would like to inform the readers
that pneumonia is a curable illness.

Maybe the author would like to give inspirations

in the reader that there is always hope in spite
many trials.
9. VALUES INFUSION

 What moral values can we infer from the

story? Give specific situation, mentioned
in the story which you can relate to your
life as an individual, as a member of your
family, and society as a whole.
The lesson that I’ve learned from the story is that
don’t lose hope in every circumstances that we
may take. Always believe in God and have faith in
Him because he knows everything.

I’ve learned that you must have courage to face

trials in life.

IV. EVALUATION

Name: ______________________ Date: ________________

Grade: _____________________ Subject: _____________

Instructions: Read and answer the following questions carefully. Write your answer on the provided
space before each number.

a. Inflammation of the stomach and intestines.

b. Love sickness.
c. Respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung.
d. suffering from pinkeye or conjunctivitis
___3. Who were the main characters in the story?
a. Karen and Sue
b. Jasmine and Johnsy
c. Johnsy and Sue
d. Korina and Johnsy

___4. Why did Mr. Berhman paint the last leaf?

a. To give Johnsy a hope to live.
b. To become famous.
c. To sell it to the painting collectors.
d. To give illness and negativity to others.

___5. In the story, what were the wind and strong rain symbolizes?
a. the success
b. the trials
c. love and peace
d. betrayal

___6. How did Sue pay the expenses of Johnsy’s medication?

a. Sue sells apple in the market.
b. Sue made and painted illustrations for magazine.
c. Sue did nothing.
d. Sue went to the city hall and asked for help.

___7. Why was the “Last Leaf” consider as Mr. Berhman’s real masterpiece?
a. Because it won first place in the contest.
b. Because he is the Father of Pablo Picasso.
c. Because it gives hope to Johnsy.
d. None of the above.

___8. How did Johnsy recover from her illness?

a. She saw the last leaf that Mr. Berhman painted.
b. She eats fruits and vegetables.
c. She painted the doctor.
d. None of the above.

___9. What is the theme of the story?

a. Betrayal
b. Love of Country
c. Dreams and Ambitions
d. Faith and Hope

___10. What is the author’s purpose in writing the story?

a. To give inspirations and hope to the readers.
b. To become popular.
c. He just want to write.
d. None of the above.
V. ASSIGNMENT

Instructions: Complete the phrases below to express to the author how the story he wrote gave you
wisdom in coming up with realizations and learnings in life.

Dear O. Henry,

After reading the story “The Last Leaf” I realized that__________________________

___________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________.
I learned that __________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________.

The Reader,
(Name)

KEY TO CORRECTION

3. C
4. A
5. B
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. D
10. A