A SEMI-DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH 9

Prepared by: Mich M. Resuera

I. OBJECTIVES:

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

a. share prior knowledge about the topic
b. process information mentioned in the text you have heard
c. perform tasks by following instructions infer thoughts, feelings and intentions in the
material to view
d. provide words or expressions appropriate for a given situation
e. analyze literature as a means of discovering the self

II. SUBJECT MATTER:

Topic: The Seven Ages of Man (from ‘As You Like It’)by William
Shakespeare
Reference: (English 9) K to 12 Essential English in Literature and Language
Grade 9 Department of Education Curriculum Module
Authors: Liza Almonte, Adelle Chua Soliaban, Lerma Flandez, Nedia
Lagustan, Lito Palomar and etc.
Materials: PowerPoint, Charts, Laptop, Color Strips
Values: Comprehension, Collaboration, competency and discipline

III. PROCEDURE:

A. Preparatory Activities

 Prayer
 Checking of Attendance
 Energizer
 Review

B. Motivation

 Activity:

“2 Minutes Letter Search Riddle Game” -The teacher will present five sentences
and the students will analyze these to get the inferred letter. After the
identification of letter, they will now guess the missing letters in the last question
that will become the idea of the whole topic for the day.
 C. Presentation

 Learning Task
 Unlocking of difficulty (Chart: “PicMe”)

D. Discussion

 Teacher presents PowerPoint presentation

 The teacher reads aloud the poem
 The teacher introduces the poem Seven Stages of man by William
Shakespeare through an activity called “Interactive Discussion”
 Questions for “Interactive Discussion”

Pair 1 or Teacher: What do the first three lines imply?

Pair 2: What imagery do you see in these lines? Reflect on your experiences or
prior knowledge. (Give an age bracket)

Pair 3: What imagery do you see in these lines? Reflect on your experiences or
prior knowledge. (Give an age bracket)

Pair 4: What imagery do you see in these lines? Reflect on your experiences or
prior knowledge. (Give an age bracket)

Pair 5: What imagery do you see in these lines? Reflect on your experiences or
prior knowledge. (Give an age bracket)

Pair 6: What imagery do you see in these lines? Reflect on your experiences or
prior knowledge. (Give an age bracket)

Pair 8: What imagery do you see in these lines? Reflect on your experiences or
prior knowledge. (Give an age bracket)

 Follow up questions

What does the persona trying to say as a whole?

What are the Seven Ages of man according to the poem and your classmates’ answers?

Can you relate your experiences in his poem? Give one.

Do you agree with these seven stages and roles humans’ life has to partake? Why?

Now at your age, what are your roles in life?

 E. Application

The teacher groups her students to four with the following assigned task.
Groups 1, 2, 3 have 4 members each and the presumed group 4 has only 2.

Group 1: Summarize the 1st to 3rd stage through a radio broadcast type of role play.

Group 2: Summarize the 4th and 7th stages of life by William Shakespeare in a
broadcast type role play.

Group 3: Give your agreement and disagreement in the parts of the Poem.
Cite at least 6 and relate it to your experiences.

Pair 4: Ask these questions to your pair and present your answers like in a radio talk
show.

Who do you consider as a person who inspires you because he/she is very effective in
performing his/her role in life?

What do you think are his/her qualities that lead him/her to become successful in
performing his/her role in life?

RUBRICS

CRITERIA 5 10 15 TOTAL
Delivery The The The
presentation presentation was presentation
wasn’t well good and the was well
executed topic was executed and
explained clearly the topic was
explained
clearly

Clarity Students’ Students’ voices Students’

and voices cannot can be partially voices are
Loudness be heard heard and some heard
and there intense ideas Clearly with
were no where dull the exact
feeling at all stress
Timeliness Students did Students finished Students
not finish the the task just in finished the
task on time time task before
the time limit
 Group Most group Only some of the All group
Dynamics members did group members members
not worked together participated
participate worked well
together

F. Generalization

 The teacher summarizes the topic in a brief discussion with a PowerPoint

presentation and talks about roles.

IV. EVALUATION

A. Directions: Read and analyze each statement carefully. Identify the correct answer.

1.) A ___________________has a beard like a leopard and keeps swearing all the time
while trying hard to protect his honour.
A. old man
B. Judge
C. Soldier
2.) "Last scene of all, that ends this strange eventful history, is second childishness and
mere oblivion, sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. What is referred to
here?
A. Justice
B. Old man
C. School boy
3.) The title of the poem is a comparison of life to a...
A. Drama
B. Cycle
C. Dream
4.) “And shining morning face, creeping like a snail" Which stage of human life is
described in the above lines
A. School boy
B. Soldier
C. Infant
5.) 10. As a young lover, according to the poet, man
A. Learns to dance
B. Composes ballads for his beloved
C. Does exercises to build his muscles
B. Direction: Enumerate the Seven Stages of Man.

Seven Stages of Man

1. Infant
2. School Boy C. Direction: Answer and discuss the questions below.
3. Lover
4. Soldier Is there a shift in your life’s rule as you grow up? Give at least one
5. Justice and compare the changes.
6. Pantaloons
7. Old Age
V. ASSIGNMENT

1.) Write the at least five figures of speech used in the poem and identify what it is?

2.) Prepare your materials and outline of your “Community Service Brochure” that tells
about the activities you are going make as to fulfilling your role as a member of the
youth in your community.