A Detailed Lesson Plan in English (Reading)

I. Objectives At the end of the lesson, the pupils are expected to:
a. State the sequence of the story
b. Identify the different seasons describe
c. Appreciate the story read
II. Subject Matter
Topic: The Tiny Seed
Reference: Reading
Network, pages 103- 108
Author: Delia Hamoy Soroy
Materials:
Charts, pictures
III. Procedure
A. Preparation
A, Preparation Pupils’
Activities
Teacher’s Activities
1. Energizer
I have here a song entitled “ Minicar “.
I’ll sing it first then afterwards we will sing it together.
The song goes like this
. Minicar(2x)
Beep(3x)
the minicar Stop and go(3x), the minicar
Camera (2x) Click (3x)
the camera Smile and pose (3x)
to the camera
B. Motivation
Form 3 groups. Each group should
have 2 members to arrange the puzzle in front.
The first group who can arrange the puzzle
will get additional points in your quiz later.
The picture
What picture is formed? formed is a
seed.
Have you seen a seed? Yes Teacher!
Can you describe the seed that you have seen? The seed that I have
seen is rough.

What can you say about their size? The size of the seed
I’ve seen is tiny.

The story that we’re going to read today

has something to do with the picture that you’ve
formed. The story is entitled “ The Tiny Seed “.

C. Presentation
1. Motive Ivestion
Before we start,
I’ll leave one question for you to think
of as you go on reading the story.
How does being small affects you in achieving your goal?

2. Silent Reading Proper

Read the story “The Tiny Seed “
on pages 103- 108 in
Your Reading Network book.
Be sure to understand the story.

C. Summarizing the story Yes Teacher!

Did you understand the story?
Let me see if you really understood the story.
What is the title of the story? The title of the story is
“ The Tiny seed “
What comes into your mind when you hear the word
tiny? Tiny means small
.
As we discuss the story we will know
why did the author entitle the story as “The Tiny Seed “.

The author of the story

Who is the author of the story? is Eric Carle.

Who are the characters in the story? The characters in the

story are the tiny
seed and the other
seeds.
 Where did the story happen? The story happened in different places such as
near the sun, on icy mountain, in the water, in
the desert and on the ground.

The story happened in four different seasons:

When did the story happen? during autumn, summer, winter and spring

A strong wind blown the flower seeds high in

What happened first in the story? the air and carried them across the land.

In what particular season is there when It is autumn when there is a strong wind
there is a strong wind blowing? blowing.

How many seeds do you think are there in There are ten seeds in the story. So let’s find
the story? out whether your answer is correct.

How was the main character described in The main character described as tiny and
the story? smaller than the others.

As the wind continued to blow one of the The sun’s hot ray burned it up! One seed was
seeds flew higher than the others, what already burned.
happened to this seed?

How many seeds There were nine seeds remained.

remained?

How about the tiny seed? What happened to The tiny seed sailed on with the others. That’s
it during this time correct! The tiny seed together with the other
flower seeds Continued to sail with the wind
until they have reached a certain place.

What is this place? The place is a mountain

How would you describe the mountain? The mountain has ice that never melts and
seeds cannot grow on it

What happened to one of the seeds that One of the seeds that landed on this place died
landed on this place? because of the ice. Two seeds were lost. The
rest of the seeds flew on but the tiny seed did
not go as fast as the others.
What happened next as the rest of the seeds One of the seeds fell into the water. There
flew over the ocean? were seven seeds remained.

What happened next after one of the seeds fell One of the seeds drifted down onto the desert.
into the water?

How would you describe the desert?
What happened to one the seeds that drifted
down in this place?
The desert is hot and dry and seed cannot
grow there.
One of the seeds that drifted down in this
place died because of the hot temperature. Six
seeds were remained.

How would you describe the tiny seed as it The tiny seed flew very low but the wind
flew? pushed it on with the others. But after a long
trip, the wind finally stopped and the seeds
including the tiny seed gently fell down on
the ground.

But what happened to one of the seeds? One of the seeds was eaten by a bird.

Was it the tiny seed that was eaten? No Teacher!

Very Good! That’s correct It was not the tiny

seed because the tiny seed was too small for
the bird to see. There were five seeds
remained. Then winter came. After a long
period of sailing on the wind, the seeds have
finally settled down and they were covered by
snow.

What happened to one of the One of the seeds was eaten by a mouse for his
seeds? lunch who also lived on that place.

So, four seeds were remained. Spring came

and snow has melted. The sun shone and rain
fell. Therefore seeds started to develop into
plants but the tiny seed hasn’t begun to grow
yet.

However there was a big fat weed that took One of the little plants died because the plant
all the sunlight and the rain. What happened cannot catch rain and get sunlight because it
to one of the little plants? was covered by a big fat weed.
There were three seeds remained. After A boy accidentally broke one of the growing
sometime, the tiny seed started to grow into a plants. There were two seeds remained.
plant. Because it was summer, children were
out to play. What happened as they played?

There were two seeds remained. The tiny seed The flower of the neighboring plant was
grew fast but its neighboring plant grew even picked by a boy and gave it to his friend.
faster and already had flower. What
happened to the flower of the neighboring
plant?

One seed was left. So, the only plant left was The tiny plant from the tiny seed has grown
the tiny plant from the tiny seed. What very tall and a flower has grown on it. Many
happened to the tiny seed? people came to look at its giant flower.

Who else visited the flower? The birds, the bees, and the butterflies also
visited the giant flower.

Autumn came again…. What happened to the
giant flower?
So that is how the story ended.
The giant flower bent as the wind blew harder
and lost almost all of its petals until the
flower seed pod opened and came the tiny
little seed that quickly sailed far away on the
wind.

E. DISCUSSION Answer the following The journey of the tiny seed is adventurous
questions based on the story that you have one. The tiny seed had gone several
read. How can you describe the journey of challenges brought by different seasons
the tiny seed? before it got settled and grown as a plant.

If you were given a chance to change the title If I were given a chance to change the title
of the story, what would it be and why? of the story I will change it into “The journey
of the seeds” because the story is about how
the seeds travel in different places.
F. Answering the motive Invention Let’s
answer now the question that I have given.
How does being small affects you in achieving
your goal? Being small doesn’t affect me in achieving
my goal because the size or height is not the
G. Generalization Graphic organizer is basis if someone can achieve something. Even
provided for you. All you need to do is to if one is small but he/ she has the will nothing
arrange the sequence of the story from could stop him/ her from achieving his/ her
seed one to seed ten. Pick the right details for goal.
each seed and paste to the appropriate seed
number.
H. EVALUATION DIRECTION: match column A with column B.

Column A Column B
1. The seed that was eaten by a mouse on the ground. a. SEED 4
2. The seed that was eaten by a bird on the ground. b. SEED 3
3. The seed that was drowned in the water. c. SEED 5
4. The seed that was drifted down onto the desert. d. SEED 2
5. The seed that landed on a tall and icy mountain. e. SEED 6

Answers:
1. E
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. D
IV. ASSIGNMENT
Study the sample story grid on page 109 on your Reading Network book.