A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH III

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, 80% of the students shall have:
a. Identified and described the various types of conflict evident in a story or
situation;
b. arrived at the meaning of words through context;
c. explained the significance of conflict in life
II. Subject Matter
Skills: Describing or Identifying Types of Conflict
Text: “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield
TX, pp. 317 - 321
References: English Expressways III
Innovative Strategies in Communication Arts by Villamin, et. al.
Instructional Aids: visuals, illustrations
Form of Evaluation: Short Quiz
III. Procedure
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
A. Introduction and Motivation (7 minutes)
Ask: Do you watch drama series on In chorus: Yes ma’am...
television? Have you felt disliking the Shiela: Sometimes I don’t like Mara
because she let Clara abuse her...
characters because of their wrong
decisions or actions they have done? Joshua: I don’t like how Superman
wears his costume ma’am...
Okay, that is because just like real people,
they are all vulnerable and imperfect. As
persons we have weaknesses and flaws.
And we can only say few of the many Jeselle: Yes ma’am and we’re also
situations that prove that. How about you? vulnerable.
Do you also have the traits of such
characters?

Other than our imperfection as a person,

there’s always this one thing that causes
our problem. And that thing can be found in The students try to answer the puzzle
the situations below. Do you know what it or question on the board, and they will
is? come up with the word CONFLICT.
• The homeless child stole a toy from
his playmate.
• Oliver carries thirty sacks of rice to
the granary to earn P100.
• People hate Noel who shouts and
frowns at every people he met.
• Two friends became lovers and ran
away from their families.
• Lee trains wild elephants for a living.
• Indians die from hunger and
sickness.
• The cyclist broke his leg from joining Robert: The answer is CONFLICT
races his age could not bear. ma’am.
• Terry doesn’t have a religion.
Arthur: It means a clash ma‘am, a
*Clue: Arrange the underlined letters to
problem or a disagreement.
find out what is present in all the
situations given.

In chorus: No one ma’am...

Very good Robert, now what do you
know about the word conflict? What does it
mean?
B. Lesson Proper (12 minutes)
Thank you Arthur, do you think we also
experience these conflicts in real life? Who Amer: I agree with her ma’am, we
among you has never experienced even a
single conflict in his/her life?
Jerci: I think no one has never
experienced a conflict because it’s a
proof that we are truly human.
encounter problems because of our
imperfections, shortcomings and
weaknesses or vulnerability.

Well now, as we consider conflict as a

common experience, we can identify them
into two types and four kinds. The two
kinds are: internal and external. What is Floyd: An internal conflict ma’am I
your idea of an internal conflict? How about guess is experienced by a person
external ones? within himself... while the external
conflict is caused by other things
Definitely Floyd. The internal conflict as the outside oneself.
name suggests occurs inside the person,
his or her problem lies within himself not
anything else, while the external conflict Georgia: Yes ma’am. Man vs. Man....
are caused by outside forces, things, or Frederick: Man vs. Circumstances...
persons. John Robin: Man vs. Society...

Students ask questions or

Under those two types, we have more clarifications.
specific types of conflicts. Will you read for
us the types of conflict Georgia? Frederick?
John Robin?

Students guesses the words through

Thank you. So those are the more specific arranging the jumbled letters and
identification of conflicts. Do you have through the context when it is used in
questions so far? a sentence.

Now class, we are to read and discuss the

story of Miss Brill who is also troubled by a
conflict, let’s try to find out what kind of
conflict she is experiencing in the story
Miss Brill. Before we start, we have some In chorus: Yes ma’am...
vocabulary words to learn. We will unlock
their meaning through context clues.
Probable Answers:
Asking what’s happening or the
Now, we’ll read the episodes of Miss Brill’s changes in her.
story silently and I will ask you some She is listening to other’s conversation
questions after each episode okay... Are and watch people go to and fro.
you ready? Let’s read the 1st Episode. She intends to listen because she
doesn’t have anyone to talk to.
SILENT READING OF EPISODE I (3 minutes)
Questions:
What is Miss Brill asking herself on the first She sees negative things about people,
paragraph? criticizing them from small details.
What is she doing every Sunday? Why do
you think she intends to listen to other Yes, her youth, when she was an
people’s conversation? actress on a stage and everybody
quite knows her.
SILENT READING OF EPISODE II (3 minutes)
Questions:
What is her usual perspective in watching
 at people? Are they positive or negative
thoughts? Can you cite some of her They’re laughing about Miss Brill’s fur,
positive/negative thoughts? and her habitual appearance at the
Is Miss Brill longing for something already place.
gone? What is it? Or what are those? What She wears her old eiderdown because
things is she missing? she misses her life before when she
was an actress on stage,
SILENT READING OF EPISODE III (3 minutes)
Questions:
What are the two young couple laughing at She has an internal conflict, Man vs.
about Miss Brill? How did that conversation Herself.
affect Miss Brill? I think she should move on to what life
Why do you think Miss Brill wears her old brought her at present, not to dwell on
red eiderdown? Do you think she finds it the past because there are lots of
hard to forget about her past life? things that she can appreciate even if
she’s not on stage anymore.
POST-READING (7 minutes) Yes ma’am. No, it’s not healthy...
If that is her problem, then what kind of
conflict does she have? What can you
advice for Miss Brill’s situation?
Do you also compare the life that you had
before and the life that you have now? Is ANSWER KEY:
that healthy? Why? 1. Internal; man vs. self
2. External; man vs. circumstances
3. Internal and external; man vs.
C. Evaluation (15 minutes) self, man vs. man
SHORT QUIZ – ¼ sheet of paper 4. External; man vs. man
Identify the type(s) of conflict in the 5. External; man vs. man
following situations. Choose from external 6. External; man vs. circumstances
and/or internal; Man vs. Man, 7. Internal; man vs. self
Circumstances, Society, or Self. 8. Internal; man vs. self
1. The homeless child stole a toy from
his playmate.
2. Oliver carries thirty sacks of rice to
the granary to earn P100.
3. People hate Noel who shouts and
frowns at every people he met.
4. Two friends became lovers and ran
away from their families.
5. Lee trains wild elephants for a living.
6. Indians die from hunger and
sickness.
7. The cyclist broke his leg from joining
races his age could not bear.
8. Terry doesn’t have a religion.

IV. Assignment
1. In a ½ sheet of paper, write a conflict you have experienced in life and tell
how you overcame it.
2. Be ready for your poetry interpretation performance.
Reference: Mechanics on Poetry Interpretation, Effective Speech
Communication by Flores et. al., pp.234-236

PREPARED BY:
Krysette Gala, BSE- English