A Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan

In English 6

I. Objectives
1. Identify the 4Ws and 1H
2. Complete the graphic organizer
3. Show contentment with what you already have
*Contentment
II. Subject Matter
A. Topic: The Tale of the White Squash
B. References: English for All Times 6 pp.48-50
C. Materials: graphic organizer: event map, chart, story

III. Procedure
A. Review
Recall the story “The Giving Tree”
(The teacher will ask the title of the story, the characters, and the moral lesson.)
B. 1. Motivation
The teacher will play the video, “The Greedy King”
(The teacher will ask the title of the story, the character and moral lesson.)
2. Presentation
The teacher will show a picture of a white squash.
“The Tale of the White Squash”
3. Discussion
Before reading the story, the teacher will unlock difficulties by presenting
vocabulary words found in the story.
The teacher will read the story first. She will call three pupils to speak as the
husband, the wife and the baby and read the story for the second time. After
reading the story, the teacher will ask questions about it.
4. Generalization
The teacher will ask the following: who are the characters in the story, their
characteristics and what they have learned from the story.
5. Fixing Skills
Direction: Answer what is asked in the graphic organizer, “Event Map.”

Who

How The baby did not When

grant the wish of
the couple.

Why Where
IV. Evaluation
An Unusual Friendship
(adopted)
Some animals and plants have a special kind of friendship. They develop this friendship
so that they can help each other. Often, they develop on each other for survival. This kind of
friendship is called symbiosis. Symbiosis means that two completely different kinds of animals or
plants help each other in order to live.
One example of the symbiosis is the relationship between man and plants. Plants give off
oxygen which man needs for breathing and man gives off carbon dioxide which plants need for
making food. A similar relationship exists between plants and animals that live in a body of
water.
Perhaps the most unusual friendship is shown by the small bird known as the African
honey-guide and the animal known as the ratel.
The African honey-guide loves beeswax. Although it can find a beehive on her own, it
cannot break it open. So this little bird looks for a ratel. Chirping to get the ratel’s attention, the
honey-guide leads the ratel to the beehive.
Upon reaching the beehive, the ratel jumps on it, tears it apart with the claws, and eats the
honey greedily. The angry bees try to sting the ratel but its thick fur and though skin give it
protection.
When the ratel has finished eating the honey, it leaves happily, still surrounded by the
angry bees. As soon as they are gone, the honey-guide goes to the honeycomb and enjoys
peacefully its favorite beeswax meal.

Who

How African honey-guide and

the ratel show most When
unusual friendship.

Why Where

V. Assignment
Read the story “My Most Unforgettable Character” and answer the following:
1. Who was the speaker in the story?
2. What is his father’s view on painting?
3. Where and when did the story happen?
4. Why do you think did the speaker say that “understanding is through seeing?”
5. How did the speaker understand the painting?