A Detailed Lesson Plan in English II

I. OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
Discuss the features of poetry.
Identify the elements of a literary form which is poetry.
Determine the figures of speech used in the poem.
Single out and explain figurative language used in each stanza/line.
Show appreciation for poetry and the values they represent.
II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic: Elements of a Short Story

Materials: Teacher-made visual aids and chalkboard


III. PROCEDURE


Teachers Activity

Daily Routine

1. Greetings
Good morning class!
2. Prayer
Please stand up for our prayer.
3. Checking of cleanliness of the
classroom and attendance
Please pick up the pieces of paper
under your chair.
Whos not present today?


So how was your weekend class?
A. Motivation

The teacher will be instructing the students
to read the poem You Are the Light.
Afterwards, the teacher will be asking the
students to observe the poem and take note
the figurative language used in the poem.
The teacher will explain the difference
between literal and figurative language.


B. Presentation

Literal language is language that means
exactly what is said. Taking this sample
sentence, Ive eaten so much I feel as if I

Students Activity




-Good morning, Maam!

(One student will lead the prayer.)


(Students will pick up the pieces of paper)

(Students will tell whos absent for the
day.)

-It was great Maam!
-It was good Maam.
















could literally burst!

What can we notice from the sentence? Is
the speaker narrating in exact language or
was there a use of creative description?

Whenever you describe something by
comparing it with something else,
you are using figurative language.
Figurative language creates figures
(pictures) in the mind of the reader or
listener. These pictures help convey the
meaning faster and more vividly than
words alone. Today we will be discussing
elements of poetry.

Poetry is a form of writing that uses not
only words but also recited in lines or
verses. Poetry is an imaginative awareness
of experience expressed through meaning,
sound, and rhythmic language choices so as
to evoke an emotional response.

On our previous discussions, we have
tackled on elements of other literary forms
such as short stories and drama. Now we
would be directing our attention to
elements of poetry.


Rhythm is the pattern of beats or stresses
in a poem. Please read the lines class.




What are the words or lines emphasized
by the writer?


Okay very good. We can note that these
words were given emphasis by the writer
thats why the stress and repeated
mentioning of the ideas were present in the
lines.


Rhyme is the repetition of the same or
similar sounds, usually in stressed syllables
at the ends of lines, but sometimes within a
line. Kindly read the lines class.

What were the words that have similar
sounds?

Correct! The two words were done and



We have noticed Miss that the speaker
explains in straightforward language.
There was no creative description in
explaining his/her experience.






















Shewas a child and I was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a lovethat was
morethan love
I and my Annabel Lee;

Miss the words are child, king, by, sea,
love, more, I and the name of the girl.









Hickory, dickory dock, the mouse went
up the clock.
Miss the words that rhyme were dock and
clock.


sun which are found in the last part of every
line. Rhymes can also be found not only on
the end but also on the beginning and the
middle part of lines/stanzas.


Rhyme scheme The rhyming pattern that
is created at the end of lines of poetry.
Please read the lines class.



We can see class that this stanza has a
pattern of lines. This can be shown in the
second and fourth lines. The words snow
and go are the rhyming words. The pattern
is A-B-C-B.

Alliteration is the repetition of consonant
sounds at the beginnings of words. Read
the line class.

What was the letter or consonant being
emphasized by the writer?


Okay thank you for your answer. We can
perceive that the consonant S was being
used by the writer by writing similar ideas
related to the letter itself.



Onomatopoeia are words that are used to
represent particular sounds. Example is The
firecracker made a loud ka-boom! It
mimics the sounds of real life forms or
movements of objects.
Repetition refers to the repeating of a
particular sound devise to create an effect.
To create emphasis, a poet may repeat
words or lines within the poem. Please read
the lines class.
What were the repeated words or lines
class?

Imagery is when poets use words that
appeal to the readers senses of sight,
sound, touch, taste, and smell. Please read
the following lines class.


Mary had a little lamb, A
Its fleece as white as snow. B
And everywhere that Mary went, C
The lamb was sure to go. B



Seven silver swans swam silently seaward.

The letter or consonant: S miss.







Oh quick, quick, quick quick hear the
song sparrow. Swamp sparrow, fox
sparrow. Follow the dance.

Miss these were the words quick and
sparrow.

Back, he spurred like a madman, shouting
curses to the sky.


We can imagine miss that he was crazy
and like a madman shouting and talking to
the sky. He is saying curses and complaints

What pictures can you form in this lines?
Does it narrate a story?



Thank you for your answers class.


Tone/Mood is the feelings the authors
word choices give the poem. Kindly read
the poem class.

We can connote that the writer was
amazed by the beauty of the woods. The
words used to describe the woods are based
on the perception of the writer.


Theme is the central or main idea of the
poem. To identify a poems theme, ask
yourself what ideas or insights about life or
human nature you have found in the poem.

Figures of Speech transcend literal
interpretations to figurative understandings.
This is another form of imagery because
they create pictures by making
comparisons. Let us have a recall, what the
figures of speech? As what you have
discussed in level 7 class?

Okay very good. We will also be
discussing today the figures of speech and
their examples in poems.

Simile is the comparison between two
unlike things, such as persons or things
usually with the words like or as. Read the
line class.
What were two things compared? Did the
writer use like or as?
on nature.


The woods are lovely, dark and deep.











Miss the figures of speech are simile,
metaphor, hyperbole and personification.







The muscles on his brawny arms are
strong as iron bars.
The two ideas compared were the muscles
of the man and iron bars. This means that
the man is very strong.

The road was a ribbon wrapped through
the dessert.


Thank you for your idea. Next, Metaphor
is implied comparison between two
relatively unlike things using a form of be.
The comparison is not announced by like or
as. Kindly read the line class.
The two things were directly compared
such as the road and the ribbon. There is no
need to use as or like because the line
already compared two things as if it were
the other.


Personification is the transfer of human
characteristics to inanimate objects or
ideas. Kindly read the lines class.

How is personification used in this line?
Was there an action designated to the
wind?

Good observation. We can see that the
wind was portraying a human action which
is yelling. In reality, this cannot be true, but
it adds effect to the poem.

Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement
used to heighten effect. It is not used to
mislead the reader, but to emphasize a
point. Read the line class.

How is this line exaggerated? Can you see
redundancy on this line?



Very good! Hyperbole is also an
exaggeration of the situation given in the






The wind yells while blowing.


The wind cannot yell. Only living things
can yell.





Shes said so on several million
occasions.



Miss we can see that there is an
exaggeration on the use of descriptive
words. Several means many times but it
was heightened by the word millions.
Meaning that the girl has refused a lot of
times.




Bitter sweet, living death or dead and a
deafening silence.
poem. This is done to emphasis the point or
mood of the writer.

Lastly, Oxymoron uses two contradicting
ideas which creates an image in the readers
minds. Kindly read the examples class.





Okay, we can notice that each example
presents two unlikely ideas. These things
are used to present confusion or two ideas
in the poem.

That ends our lesson on the elements of
poetry.


C. Generalization

What are the elements of poetry?




What are the figures of speech and what
are their features/characteristics?


D. Application and Evaluation

Now that you had discovered the
elements of poetry, lets answer a short
exercise. Applying what you have learned
in figures of speech, I will be posting a five
item seatwork. Please get a sheet
crosswise.

Direction: Which figures of speech are
used to describe the following?

1. My love is like a rose.
2. Her home was a prison.
3. The rose tipped its head as we passed
by.
4. He is older than the hills.
5. Sometimes, you have to be cruel to be
kind.
Routine:
Closing prayer

Final greeting:
Good bye class! See you next meeting!








The elements of poetry are rhyme, rhyme
scheme, rhythm, alliteration, repetition,
onomatopoeia, tone/mood and theme.

The figures of speech are simile,
metaphor, hyperbole, personification and
oxymoron.











Good bye and thank you Miss Ria.