Miriam College Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City Higher Education Unit English Department Reading Lesson

Plan I. Objectives: At the end of the period, the students are expected to: A. tell whether they agree or disagree with a given statement; B. express their insights regarding the importance of reading in their lives; C. give the meaning of words using context clues; D. create a video campaign advertisement to promote reading; and E. show the value of reading by writing an essay. II. Subject Matter The Importance of Reading by Aurora H. Roldan Reference: Roldan, A.H. (2010). College Reading and Writing. Pasig City: Anvil Publishing, Inc. III.Value Statement Reading remains to be an indispensable and essential tool every person uses in order to cope with the demands of a progressive society (Curugan, 2007). We learn to read in order for us to read to learn. Indeed, reading paves the way to bigger and greater bodies of knowledge. IV. Procedure: A. Daily Routine 1. Checking of classroom condition 2. Prayer 3. Attendance B. Motivation Anticipation Guide The professor asks the students to read the opinions about reading today. The students are expected to agree or disagree with the statements. Reading Trends (adapted from Richards, J. & Sandy, C., 2008) Obviously, everything you find in a book you can learn from TV and movies, so reading is a waste of time. - Elaine Greeley, Ireland The Internet and e-books could potentially lead to the end of printed books as we know them. - Leobardo Rueda, Mexico 1

Overall, people are putting too much emphasis on technology. The content of a book or article the ideas passed from one human to another is what truly matters. - Aleks Holovnia, Poland Not surprisingly, literature doesnt interest people as much as it used to, given theres so much other reading material now available. - Thierry Lancino, France Think-Pair-Share The professor asks the question, What is the role of reading in your life? Then, the students will share their thoughts with a partner and later on, the professor asks some students to share with the class what transpired in the activity. Vocabulary Activity Using context clues, match the italicized item in Column A with the meaning in Column B. Write the letter of your answer on the space provided. COLUMN A 1. Teachers have to always update themselves with the latest teaching strategies so they attend seminars to be abreast with the trends in education. _____ 2. The students felt an avalanche of information while listening to a fivehour lecture. _____ 3. Anna needs to make an important decision so she went on a vacation to contemplate on it._____ 4. When Leo was sick, the doctor used a therapeutic approach to make him feel better. ______ 5. Rose did not follow the procedures while cooking so it resulted to an unsavory food. _____ COLUMN B 6. Her excellent performance received positive appraisal from the audience. ____ 7. Her winning in the contest boosted her esteem which was good for her ego. _____ A. up to a particular standard or level especially of knowledge and recent developments B. something that states an opinion about the value, condition, or importance of something C. to assess the value D. a sudden, overwhelming rush or accumulation of something E. providing or assisting in a cure 2

F. very pleasing and appealing G. the opinion that you have about yourself H. to view or consider with continued attention

I. unpleasant to taste or smell

C. Lesson Proper The teacher distributes the copy of the text entitled The Importance of Reading by Aurora H. Roldan. The students are given 5 minutes to read the text silently. Then, the professor facilitates a part-by-part discussion of the text. The students read a part orally and the professor asks questions about what was read. In the discussion, the professor highlights the importance of reading in the lives of students. Essay Writing After the discussion on the importance of reading, the professor asks the students to reflect on their own thoughts about the importance of reading in their own lives. The professor asks the students to write their reflection entry in their respective journals. V. Evaluation The professor asks the students to answer the discussion questions found in the hand-out. The students will submit their written output for evaluation purposes. VI. Assignment Video Campaign Advertisement After the discussion, the professor divides the class into 5 groups. Each group will be tasked to come up with a video campaign advertisement that will promote the value of reading to students and to the people in general. The groups will be asked to brainstorm on the project and prepare for the concept of the advertisement. The video output will be presented the following week.

RUBRIC INDICATORS FOR THE LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE TOTAL EXCELLENT GOOD POOR POINTS (4-5 POINTS) (3 POINTS) (1-2 POINTS) The message is presented The message and The message is vague clearly and effectively. content are good enough and ideas remained Content is relevant to the to be remembered. unclear. topic. Visual devices were used to The visual techniques There is lack of visual 3

CRITERIA MESSAGE AND CONTENT VISUAL

make the output appealing to used appeal to most the audience. audience. Creative ideas leave lasting Ideas were simple yet CREATIVITY impact to audience. meaningful. APPEAL Prepared by: Torreon, Rachelle I.

appeal to the target audience. Ideas have already been used before.