Department of Education

NEGROS ISLAND REGION (NIR)

Division of Negros Occidental
LA CASTELLANA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Ramon I. Ligason, Sr. , Dr. Gomez St. , La Castellana, Negros Occidental

English Lesson Plan for Grade 9

Anglo-American Literature
I. Objective
Use adverb of manner in narration.
II. Learning Tasks
A. Topic: Adverbs of manner
B. Concepts:
Adverb is a word used to modify a verb, an adjective or another adverb. Adverb of
manner modify verbs, i.e., they rell how an activity is done or the manner of an action.
Students need simply to ask the question “how?” in order to recognize an adverb of manner.
The suffix “-ly” on most adverbs is added at the end of an adjective. However, not all adverbs of
manner (well, fast)have an “-ly” suffix.

C. Skills: Reading and Writing

D. Reference: A Journey Through Anglo-American Literature (p. 140- 141)
E. Materials: Learner’s materials, visual aids
F. Value- focus:

III. Developmental Activities

A. Review:
1. What are the different parts of speech?
2. Which part of speech describes a noun?
3. Give examples of adjectives.
B. Motivation:
Change the following adjectives into adverbs.
1. Soft 6. Graceful
2. Nice 7. Rapid
3. Quick 8. Quite
4. Slow 9. Safe
5. Careful 10. Silent

C. Presentation
We have different kinds of adverbs, but we will only study one type today. It is called
“Adverbs Of Manner”.(explain to students that adverbs of manner tell us how something is
done or how someone does something. They usually come after the verb they describe.

D. Activity: Circle the adverb of manner in each sentence.

1. Beth listens attentively.
2. George ran quickly.
3. Justine did his work quietly.
 4. Jean sits nicely.
5. Dan speaks fluently.

E. Analysis

1. What is the adverb of manner for sentence 1,2,3,4,5?

2. An adverb usually ends with?
3. What does an adverb of manner describe?
F. Abstraction:
1. What are adverbs of manner?
2. How do we form adverbs of manner?

G. Application
A. Change these adjectives into adverbs of manner.
1. Sad 6. bad
2. Happy 7. lazy
3. Loud 8. honest
4. Soft 9. elegant
5. Correct 10. nervous

B. Complete these sentences using suitable adverbs of manner.

1. The teacher speaks _________.
2. Jabber shouts ___________.
3. Johnny rode his bike __________.
4. Allen treats his friends __________.
5. Janelle runs ________.

IV. Evaluation:
Choose the best word that completes each sentence. Underline your answer.
1. The worker walked (careful, carefully) on the platform.
2. The farmers have to finish their work (skilful, skilfully, skilfully).
3. Tomas does not really work (hard, hardly).
4. He is walking too (fastly, fast).
5. Sometimes, he arrives (late, lately) for work.

V. Agreement
Remediation: Choose the best word to complete each sentence.
1. Maria works (hardly, the hardest) in the cannery.
2. The farmers have to finish their work (quick, quickly)
3. They have to speak (quiet, quietly) or else the other crew members would be disturbed.
4. It was raining too (hard, hardly) that work was cancelled.
5. It is important to work (serious, seriously) on tasks assigned to you.

Enrichment: What is periodical?