I.

Objectives
At the end of the lesson, 90% of the students with 85% level of proficiency should be
able to:
a. Judge the relevance and worth of ideas presented in the video
b. Identify the meaning of the words taken from a literary text
c. Identify the personality of the characters from the literary text
d. Understand how literary texts are influenced by ones culture, status and
environment
e. Continue the story by writing a dialogue between the characters
f. Write their opinion regarding integrity

II.

Subject Matter
Topic: Thank You, Maam by Langston Hughes
Reference: A Journey Through Anglo-American Literature, pp. 216-224,
www.youtube.com
Materials and Equipment: pictures, chalk and board, laptop and projector
Values: integrity

III.

Procedure
Teachers Activity

Students Activity

Preliminary Activities
1. Prayer
Jasmin, please lead the prayer.
2. Checking of Classroom
Environment
Make sure that your seats are properly
arranged.
3. Greeting the Class
Good morning, class!
You may now take your seats.
4. Checking of Attendance
Jovie, is everybody present today?
Very good. Give yourselves a good job
clap. Ready? One, two, three

We ask this through Christ Our Lord, Amen.

(Students follow.)
Good morning, Sir!
Thank you, Sir!
I am glad to say that everybody is present
today.
(Students do the good job clap.)

5. Checking of Assignment
Yesterday, I gave you an assignment.
Please pass your assignment to the
aisle then forward.
6. Review of the Past Lesson

(Students pass their assignments.)

Yesterday, our lesson was about voices of

verbs.

What did we discuss yesterday?

Thats right. Will you please recall our
lesson yesterday?

Very good! Do you have any question about

our
topic yesterday?

There two voices of verbs. These are active

and passive voice. We say that the sentence is
in the active voice if the subject is the doer of
the action. On the other hand, the sentence is
in the passive voice if the subject is not the
doer but the receiver of the action.

None, Sir.

Good. If you dont have any question, I am

sure that you are all ready for our next lesson.
I have prepared varied activities so you will
enjoy our topic today.
A. INITIAL TASKS
Task 1. What To Do?
Class, I have prepared some pictures here. Tell
me what each picture is about then state what
you are going to do if you see the same
scenario in real life.

Yes, Sir!
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Did you get the instructions?

Alright! Lets start with picture number one.

The first picture shows an old woman who is

crossing the street.

If I see a woman who needs to cross a street, I

will help her.
Nice observation! What are you going to do if
you witness the same scenario?

Nice answer. Let us now proceed to the

second picture.

The second picture shows a lady who is

carrying heavy books.

What do you see in the picture?

If I see a lady carrying heavy books, I will carry

the books for her.

Good! Now, what are you going to do if you

see a teacher carrying heavy books?

Very good! What about the last picture?

The third picture shows a child who is lost in a

crowded place.

If I witness the same scenario, I will take the

child to the nearest police station.

Alright. What are you going to do if you see

the same scenario in real life?

Very good! I am glad that you are all ready to

help others who are in need.

Yes, Sir!

Task 2. Kindness Begets Kindness

(Students watch the video.)

Now, you will watch a video which is entitled

Life Vest Inside-Kindness Boomerang. Watch
the video closely and I will be asking
questions afterwards.

The video is about a man who helped a child

who stumbled on his skateboard. The cycle of
kindness went on and on.

Are you ready?

(Teacher plays the video.)
What is the video all about?

Very good. It is about the people who was

helped by others and who helped others in
return.

Why is it entitled Kindness Boomerang?

The reason why it is entitled Kindness

Boomerang is because a boomerang is
something that when you throw, it comes
back to you. The man who helped the child
who stumbled on his skateboard is the man
who was given a glass of water at the end of
the video. When you do good deeds to others,
they will do the same to you, too
Yes. With all the tragic things that are
happening on our world today, we can still see
people who reach out and help others without
asking for anything in return.

Thats right! Do you believe that people

nowadays can actually help and work with
each other with kindness?

Very good! I am positive that everybody got

the message of the video clearly.
Task 3. Word Climb
The literary piece that we will discuss today is
somewhat connected with the video that you
watched earlier.

But before with proceed with our short story

today, let us first have some unlocking of
difficulties.

Yes, Sir!

Here are some of the words that appear in

Langston Hughess story. Read the sentence
and get the meaning of the italicized word
through context clues.

The answer is pull.

I will call somebody to answer item number

one and then that student who answered will
be the one to call another student to answer
the succeeding item. You have to read the
sentence first then encircle the letter of the
correct answer. Did you get the instructions?

The meaning of the word permit is allow.

Okay. Lets start!

1. The strap broke with a single tug.
a) force
b) pull
c) steal
d) shoot
2. The guards do not permit them to go
inside.
a) allow
b) keep
c) push
d) worry
3. He turned at the barren stoop and
looked back at the large woman behind
the door.
a) a platform or entrance stairway
of a house
b) run away
c) bend over
d) fool
4. Will you stop bothering me?
a) whispering
b) annoying
c) stealing
d) meeting

Stoop means a platform or entrance stairway

of a house

Bothering is synonymous to the word

annoying.

Frail also means delicate.

The meaning of the word sweat is

perspiration.

5. She felt somehow drawn to the picture

of a frail looking girl with dark eyes.
a) strong
b) tall
c) athletic
d) delicate

Snatch and grab have the same meaning.

6. Pete felt a bead of sweat trickle down

his face.
a) perspiration
b) tears
c) rain
d) water

The synonym of the word frowned is

grimaced.

Yes, Sir!
7. He might snatch the stick from her and
use it as a weapon against her.
a) trick
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b) watch
c) grab
d) follow
8. He frowned when he saw me then he
shook his head.
a) grimaced
b) ignored
c) smiled
d) laughed

Tug-pull
Permit-allow
Stoop-bend over
Frail-delicate
Bothering-annoying
Sweat-perspiration
Snatch-grab
Frowned-grimaced

Are all the answers correct?

Good job! Now, let us read the italicized words
and their meaning.

The child said thank you.

One, two, three, begin!

Yes, sir!
We say thank you to people who help us.

Very good! Be sure to remember the words

because you will encounter them as we go
along with our story today.
A while ago, you watched a video that shows
how kindness follow a cycle that goes on.
Now, what did the child who stumbled on his
skateboard tell the man who helped him?

That is a thank you booth.

Yes, Sir!

Good observation! Are there people who

helped you even in small things?
What do you tell people who help you?

(Students give their short thank you

message.)

Good! At least you manage to thank the

people who are there to lend a hand when you
are in need.
Task 4. Say Thank You
Class, I prepared something for you. (Teacher
unfolds the booth.)
What is this?
Thats right. I will call students who will stand
here and will give a short thank you message
to anybody whom they want to thank.
Is that clear?

(Students get a copy of the story.)

Alright, lets start.

(Teacher calls students.)

Yes, Sir!

Class, thank you are magical words that set

everything right. Be sure to thank people who
help you even in small things.
B. YOUR TEXT
Now, I will tell you the story which is entitled,
Thank You, Maam by Langston Hughes.
Langston Hughes was also the writer of the
poem Mother to Son that we discussed
during the first quarter so I am very sure that
you know him already.
I have provided copies of the story. Please get
one and pass.
I will be playing an audio narration to guide
you as you read the story. Is that clear?
Okay, lets begin.
(Teacher plays the audio narration.)
Thank You Maam
by Langston Hughes
She was a large woman with a large purse
that had everything in it but hammer and
nails. It had a long strap, and she carried it
slung across her shoulder. It was about eleven
oclock at night, and she was walking alone,
when a boy ran up behind her and tried to
snatch her purse. The
strap broke with the single tug the boy gave it
from behind. But the boys weight and the
weight of the purse combined caused him to
lose his balance so, instead of taking off full
blast as he had hoped, the boy fell on his back
on the sidewalk, and his legs flew up. The
large woman simply turned around and kicked
him right square in his blue-jeaned sitter.
Then she reached down, picked the boy up by
his shirt front, and shook him until his teeth
rattled.
After that the woman said, Pick up my
pocketbook, boy, and give it here. She still
held him. But she bent down enough to
permit him to stoop and pick up her purse.
Then she said, Now aint you ashamed of
yourself?
Firmly gripped by his shirt front, the boy said,
Yesm.
The woman said, What did you want to do it
for?
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The boy said, I didnt aim to.

She said, You a lie.
By that time two or three people passed,
stopped, turned to look, and some stood
watching.

If I turn you loose, will you run? asked the

woman.
Yesm, said the boy.
Then I wont turn you loose, said the
woman. She did not release him.
Im very sorry, lady, Im sorry, whispered the
boy.
Um-hum! And your face is dirty. I got a great
mind to wash your face for you. Aint you got
nobody home to tell you to wash your face?

Nom, said the boy.

Then it will get washed this evening, said
the large woman starting up the street,
dragging the frightened boy behind her.
He looked as if he were fourteen or fifteen,
frail and willow-wind, in tennis shoes and blue
jeans.
The woman said, You ought to be my son. I
would teach you right from wrong. Least I can
do right now is to wash your face. Are you
hungry?
Nom, said the being dragged boy. I just
want you to turn me loose.
Was I bothering you when I turned that
corner? asked the woman.
No,m.
But you put yourself in contact with me,
said the woman. If you think that that
contact is not going to last awhile, you got
another thought coming. When I got through
with you, sir, you are going to remember Mrs.
Luella Bates Washington Jones.
Sweat popped out on the boys face and he
began to struggle. Mrs. Jones stopped, jerked
him around the corner in front of her, put a
half-nelson about his neck, and continued to
drag him up the street. When she got to her
door, she dragged the boy inside, down a hall,
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and into a large kitchenette-furnished room at

the rear of the house. She switched on the
light and left the door open. The boy could
hear other roomers laughing and talking in
the large house. Some of their doors were
open, too, so he knew he and the woman
were not alone. The woman still had him by
the neck in the middle of her room.
She said, What is your name?
Roger, answered the boy.
Then, Roger, you go to that sink and wash
your face, said the woman, whereupon she
turned him looseat last. Roger looked at the
doorlooked at the womanlooked at the
doorand went to the sink.
Let the water run until it gets warm, she
said. Heres a clean towel.
You gonna take me to jail? asked the boy,
bending over the sink.
Now with that face, I would not take you
anywhere, said the woman. Here I am trying
to get home to cook me a bite to eat and you
snatch my pocketbook! Maybe, you aint been
to your supper either, late as it be. Have
you?
Theres nobody home at my house, said the
boy.
Well, you didnt have to snatch my
pocketbook to get some suede shoes, said
Mrs. Luella bates Washington Jones. You
could have asked me.
Mam?
The water dripping from his face, the boy
looked at her. There was a long pause. A very
long pause. After he had dried his face and
not knowing what else to do, dried it again,
the boy turned around, wondering what next.
The door was open. He could make a dash for
it down the hall. He could run, run, run, run,
run!
The woman was sitting on the day-bed. After
a while she said, I were young once and I
wanted things I could not get.
There was another long pause. The boys
mouth opened. Then he frowned, but not
knowing he frowned.
The woman said, Uh-hum! You thought I was
going to say but, didnt you? You thought I

Yes, Sir!

was going to say, but I didnt snatch peoples

pocketbooks. Well, I wasnt going to say that.
Pause. Silence.
I have done things, too, which I would not tell
you, sonneither tell God, if he didnt already
know. So you set down while I fix us
something to eat. You might run that comb
through your hair so you will look
presentable.
In another corner of the room behind a screen
was a gas plate and an ice box. Mrs. Jones got
up and went behind the screen. The woman
did not watch the boy to see if he was going
to run now, nor did she watch her purse which
she left behind her on the day-bed. But the
boy took care to sit on the far side of the
room where he thought she could easily see
him out of the corner of her eye, if she wanted
to. He did not trust the woman not to trust
him. And he did not want to be mistrusted
now.

(Students do the activity.)

Do you need somebody to go to the store,

asked the boy, maybe to get some milk or
something?
Dont believe I do, said the woman, unless
you just want sweet milk yourself. I was going
to make cocoa out of this canned milk I got
here.
That will be fine, said the boy.

Mrs. Jones is an African American. She is

physically strong and she is not afraid.

She heated some lima beans and ham she

had in the icebox, made the cocoa, and set
the table. The woman did not ask the boy
anything about where he lived, or his folks, or
anything else that would embarrass him.

Roger said that he wanted to buy a blue suede

shoes.

Instead, as they ate, she told him about her

job in a hotel beauty-shop that stayed open
late, what the work was like, and how all kinds
of women came in and out, blondes, redheads, and Spanish. Then she cut him a half
of her ten-cent cake.
Eat some more, son, she said.
When they were finished eating she got up
and said, Now, here, take this ten dollars and
buy yourself some blue suede shoes. And next
time, do not make the mistake of latching
onto my pocketbook nor nobody elses
because shoes come by devilish like that will
burn your feet. I got to get my rest now. But I
wish you would behave yourself, son, from
here on in.

Mrs. Jones kicked the boy, picked him by his

shirt and shook him until his teeth rattled.
Mrs. Jones reaction was unbelievable because
most people would feel nervous and afraid if
they would be in that situation.
When they arrived at the boarding house,
Roger was planning to run because he was
afraid that Mrs. Jones would take him to jail.
Yes, because he let the boy wash his face. He
even prepared dinner for him and even gave
him money before he left.
Yes, Mrs. Jones is a person of integrity.

She led him down the hall to the front door

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and opened it. Goodnight! Behave yourself,

boy! she said, looking out into the street. The
boy wanted to say something else other than
Thank you, mam to Mrs. Luella Bates
Washington Jones, but he couldnt do so as he
turned at the barren stop and looked back at
the large woman in the door. He barely
managed to say, Thank you before she shut
the door. And he never saw her again.
Did you understand the story?

No, because she said that she had also done

some things when she was young but she did
not reveal that to the boy.
Yes. Mrs. Jones altered the way of boys life by
being good to him and by giving him the
choice to direct his own life.
Hughes titled the story Thank You, Maam
because that was the only words that Roger
managed to say before he left.

Task 5. Of Similarities and Differences

Let me see if you really understand the story.
With your seatmate, you will make a Venn
diagram to list what you know about Mrs.
Jones and Roger. You will write your answer on
your notebook.

Mrs.
Roger
Jones

I will only give you two minutes to work on

this activity. Your time starts now.

Economic status could have influenced their

decisions. Roger stole the purse because he
doesnt have the money to but the blue suede
shoes. Mrs. Jones works late at night because
of her economic status, too.
Culture
and
environment
could
have
influenced the literary text. As we have
discussed before, being an African American
himself, Langston Hughes portrays the nobility
of common people and the vitality of his
African American culture in his works. He
focused on the universal power of love and
trust in Thank You, Mam. He also shows in
his works the condition of the African
Americans and the environment that they
were in during the Harlem Renaissance.

(After two minutes)

Okay, time is up.
Let us check your activity.

Mrs. Jones implicitly taught Roger the value of

ones choice in life and integrity. Roger
managed to thank Mrs. Jones for treating him
nicely.

(Teacher calls students to share their answer.)

Alright. Thats a positive sign that you
understand the story. But to see if you have
really analyzed the story, let me have some
few questions for you.

Task 6. One with the Text

What do you know about Mrs. Luella Bates
Washington Jones from her name and from
what she says?

What did Roger say when he tried to steal Mrs.

Jones pocketbook?

How did Mrs. Jones react when Roger try to

steal her purse?
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Was her reaction believable? Why or why not?

When they arrived at the boarding house,

what do you think Roger was planning to do?

None, Sir!

Did Mrs. Jones like the boy? Why? Why not?

Is Mrs. Jones a person of integrity?

(Students present their output.)
Has she always been a person of integrity?
None, Sir.
Do you think Rogers encounter with Mrs.
Jones altered his life? In what way?

Why did Hughes title the story, Thank You,

Maam?

Roger and Mrs. Jones have choices as to

whether to do what they did in the story or
otherwise. What factor could have influenced
their decisions?

Today, I learned that we all have choices in life

and those choices in life are influenced by our
economic status, culture and environment.
I have learned that integrity does not only
mean having sound moral principles but it
also means being whole and complete. As a
result of integrity, fairness, respect and trust
can be developed.

Good. What factor could have influenced the

literary text as a whole?

In what way did the characters show what

they had accomplished at the end of the
story?

Very good! This large woman first recognizes

the dignity of the boys name, Roger. Then she
offers him cleanliness and self-esteem.
Equality and trust are other spiritual gifts. As a
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woman who must heat ham and beans on a

hot plate, Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
knows that food and money are necessary to
maintain dignity. Finally, she gives Roger the
greatest gift of all: the right to direct his own
life. She closes the door; he is left to choose
what he will do. As in most of Hughess
poems, satires, and sketches, circumstances
and society may be unfair, but the individual
has a choice. Roger, like Mrs. Luella Bates
Washington Jones, must create his own dignity
and freedom.
Good! I am very positive that you understand
the story.
C. DISCOVERY TASKS
Task 7. Group Thought
(Students share their answers.)
Now, with your group mates, do this activity
for five minutes.
Continue the story, assuming that the
characters meet again. Write a dialogue
between Roger and Mrs. Jones. Describe their
second encounter years later.

(Students pass their papers.)

After five minutes, two members of each

group, a boy and a girl will be presenting your
output in front.
Do you have any question regarding the
instructions?
You may start working on your activity.
(After five minutes)
Alright. Time is up.

None, sir.
Good bye, Sir! Thank you for teaching us!

Choose your representatives who will read

your output in front.
(Teacher provides feedback.)
Do you have any question about our lesson
today?
What did you learn today?

Very good. What about the others? What have

you learned today?

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Very good! I am glad you were able to extract

values out of the literary piece that we
discussed.
D. FINAL TASK
For your final task, answer this question of one
fourth sheet of paper.
Discuss how Langston Hughes explores
integrity including trustworthiness, fairness
and honesty through what his characters say
and do in Thank You, Maam. Support your
assertions with examples from the text.
Please be guided by the following rubrics for
grading.
Rubrics for Grading
10
A full, interesting response that shows
real effort, an intelligent understanding of the
prompt, sustained thought, the ability to early
and effectively, and a command of significant
details, examples, and evidence
9 A full, thoughtful and appropriate response
to the prompt that shows significant effort,
and appropriate details, examples and
evidence
8 A thoughtful and appropriate response to
the prompt that shows effort using details,
evidence or examples
7 A significant response that shows effort and
thought,
communicated with details, evidence, or
examples
6 An appropriate response showing some
thought and effort with limited details,
evidence or examples
5 An appropriate response with some minor
elaboration
4 Elaboration in response to the prompt with
some details
3
Some elaboration in response to the
prompt
2 Brief, general response to the prompt
1 A positive or negative answer without
elaboration

You only have five minutes to finish your task.

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Your time starts now.

(After five minutes.)
I will call two students to share their answers
to the class.
(Teacher call students.)
Alright. Pass your papers to the aisle then
forward.

IV.

Assignment

Does poverty cause people to lose their

integrity? Why or why not? Support your
answer with evidences.
Do you have any question regarding our
assignment?
Alright. That would be all for today.
Good bye, class!

Prepared by:
John Florence R. Gonzales
Checked by:
Ms. Jeseca A. Tamayao
Noted by:
Mrs. Renila L. Cornejo

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Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III
Division of Bataan

Mariveles National High School-Poblacion

San Carlos, Mariveles,Bataan

A Detailed Lesson Plan In English

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