Detailed Lesson Plan

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English 9

I. OBJECTIVES

At the end of the discussion, the students should be able to:

a. unlock the meaning of unfamiliar words;

b. identify the theme of the story;
c. construct a reflective essay on the given topic.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

a. Topic: “Discovery of a Father” by Sherwood Anderson
b. Reference: British – American Literature 9. Unit II pages 112 – 118
c. Materials: Visual Aids, Cut-outs, Pictures

III. PROCEDURE

A. Learning Activities

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

Prayer and Greetings

“Good Morning, Class” “Good Morning, Ma’am”

“Everybody stand and let us pray. Class President, (One student will lead the prayer)
please lead the prayer.”

Attendance and Classroom Management

“Please arrange your chairs properly and pick up (The class secretary will report the number of
the pieces of paper around you and be seated. attendees in the class.)
Secretary, please report the class attendance, now.”

MOTIVATION

“Once again, a pleasant morning, class. Before

we head up to our new lesson today, I prepared
here some pictures.
(teacher will post the following pictures)

“What can you say about the pictures posted in “ A picture of a father, Ma’am”
front?”

“Very good. Now, I want you to use a symbol or (Student 1: draws a heart as a symbol of a loving
 draw something that symbolizes a father and father)
write the word it describes on a piece of paper,
any sheet of paper may do.

“Okay, class are you done?” “Yes, Ma’am”

“Now, please pass your papers in front.

B. Lesson Proper
Presentation of the Lesson

Before we head up to our lesson for today, let’s “Yes, Ma’am”

have an activity first. Are you ready, class?”

So, I have here pool of unfamiliar words and I

also prepared here a box with cut-outs that
contains the answer of the following unfamiliar
words. Now, I want you to pick and place the
correct answer beside the unfamiliar word.

(Post the activity on the board and call on random (random students will post the answers infront)
students)

Unfamiliar words:
1. Druggist “a person who sells or dispenses drugs and
medicines”
2. Civil War “ a war between opposing groups of citizens of the
same country”
3. Absurd “having no rational or orderly relationship to
human life”
4. Hooted “a loud laugh or call made by a person”

5. Shucks “used especially to express mild disappointment or

embarrassment”
6. Loafing “to spend time relaxing instead of working”

7. Windbag “a person who talks too much”

8. Burr “a rough humming sound”

9. Immaculate “perfectly clean”

10. Queer “oddly unlike the usual or normal”

“Very good. So let us all read the words and its (The students will read what’s posted in front)
meaning posted in front.”

“Good job, class.”

“So are you all set and ready to discuss our lesson “Yes, Ma’am”
for today?”

DISCUSSION

“These unfamiliar words are found in our topic for

today, and our topic is a short story entitled
“Discovery of a Father” by Sherwood Anderson.”

“Before we proceed with the story, let us first know

the brief background of the author.
 (Posts the visual aid)

“Yes, Miss kindly read the background of the “Sherwood Anderson was born in Camden, Ohio.
author” He was an American novelist and short story
writer, known for subjective and self-revealing
works. Self-educated, he rose to become a
successful copywriter and business owner in
Cleveland and Elyria, Ohio.

“I want you to open your books to page 112. Since

the story was a little bit long, I prepared here a
summary of the literary piece. Class, please read it
aloud and understand the story well.

D. GENERALIZATION

Going back to the terms or words you used to “Yes, Ma’am”

describe a father, the words are somehow
connected or gives essence to the story, right?

Now, scan your books to pages 112 – 118.

Who do you think is the author of the story? Why? “The author of the story is the small boy, because
of the personal pronoun “I” was used in the short
story.”

In a few lines away from the story how can you say “He is a caring father because he manages to be
that he still cares to his family even though he away from his family just to serve them a good
stayed away for weeks? food to dig in even if it happened just once still I
have to acknowledge his simple act of kindness.”

Now, in what way or how can you say that he loves “He loves his family because if he doesn’t he will
his family and he is dedicated to them even though never make an effort to give them a food to eat and
it was lightly recognizable in the story? if he doesn’t, he will never recognize them as their
home.”

About the word “hero”? I mentioned it a while “He is a hero, because when times get rough he is
back, right? Relating it to your father, how can you the stronghold of the family.
say that he is a hero?

“You can’t also hide to yourself the negativities

about your father just like how the author who
always have to second guess on the doings of his
father.”

The ending of the story was great, because he

discovered the feeling of closeness to his father
when it hit the time wherein he caught the heavy
face of his father, and for the first time he took
acknowledgement of his father through the things
that made him irritated. He laughed softly and said
“I laughed knowing that I would never again be
wanting another father.” It ended well, because
they developed their close family ties.

E. APPLICATION

(Group Activity)
Divide the class into four.
Directions: Team up with your group members and
identify the theme of the story and tell why. One of
your members will represent the group and share to
the class the answer. Do it in 3 minutes.

Enrichment Activity

Directions: On the same group, answer the

following questions and put it on a whole sheet of
paper. Answer it in 5 minutes.

1. What is the moral of the story?

2. What will you do if you were in the position of
the small boy? Will you still acknowledge your
father?

IV. EVALUATION

In connection to the short story, construct a reflective essay with a minimum of 70 words.

V. ASSIGNMENT

Make an advance reading on the next topic.

PREPARED BY:

CHRISTINE JOY G. CALLUENG

PRACTICE TEACHER, BSED – ENG