APPOINTMENT WITH LOVE

By S.L. Kishor
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Objective: To enable students to explore, interpret and appreciate S.L. Kishor’s story, Appointment
with love.

Value Infusion: Virtue of patience and being gentleness

Literary Focus: Characters

Time Frame: 3 Hours

Parts:

Preliminaries
 Schema Activation – Wonderful Tonight
 Word Game : Concept map & Word Search Puzzle
 Link It!

Interaction

 Reading Comprehension Check

 Literary Focus

Hook Up
 Venn Diagram
 Flow Chart

Gallery
 Constructivist Folio
 The Short Story
Preliminaries
Preliminaries

Learning Aims

 Infer details from an article to answer specific questions

 Articulate ideas and opinions with ease and confidence
 Associate words with the given words
 Relate a short story read to prior knowledge

A. Schema Activation
Do you have text mates? Have you experienced having an eyeball with him/her? Before you go
and meet other, are there some preparations you do?
One famous saying goes this way, “First Impression Lasts”. In order for you to impress that
person you are going to meet, you should give your best personal outlook. Look at the title of the
selection below and as you read the selection, find out how the two characters meet each other.
You may also sing using the lyrics while I’m playing the music.

Wonderful Tonight
By Eric Patrick Clapton

It’s late in the evening

She’s wondering what clothes to wear
She’ll puts on her make up
And brushes her long blonde hair

And then she asks me, “Do I look all right”

And I say, “Yes, you look wonderful tonight”

We go to a party
And everyone turns to see
This beautiful lady
That’s walking around with me

And then she asks me, “Do you feel all right?”
And I say, “Yes, I feel wonderful tonight.”

I feel wonderful
Because I see the love light in your eyes
And the wonder of it all
 Is that you just don’t realize how much I love you
It’s time to go home now
And I’ve got an aching head
So I give her the car keys
And she helps me to bed

And then I tell her as I turn out the light

I say, “My darling, you were wonderful tonight
Oh my darling, you were wonderful tonight.

How do you like the song? Below are some questions for discussions. Try to answer them.

Brief discussion:

1. How do you like the song?

2. Why is it titled Wonderful tonight?
3. What are the preparations of the woman implied in the song?

A. Word Game

 Concept Map

Below is a concept Map. Inside it, are words for you to give words that would associate to the
word given? Do this individually and be able to explain later.

APPOINTMENT
WITH
LOVE
Have you successfully accomplished the task given to you? Let’s see how you worked well. Definitely,
with this activity, you will be able to understand the story. Now, show you’re worked in the class.

 Word Search Puzzle

Direction: Look for the 25 words below based from their given meaning. You can find
the words written horizontally, vertically, diagonally, downward or upward, words are
also written backward.

A D I E L O P N E R H E S I T A T E K U O
C T V V R O I Q U E V A N N B F B J B L I
H N T I E W M U A W E M U R M U R M O K Y
B E S T E G I N G O Q J B N L E P A L L B
E M Y E P O D A R I G H B V T X P C R U X
G T Y K U A S H I P P E D Z A E C E E L M
G N W O C K T D N L C A I H D K D V G D N
E I Y V O L B U N U K D O I U N L C I A H
D O D O L J U H I M M E N S E O E S L E J
R P E R T J O T N P J D J T A E W Y B D K
Y P A P A O D E G T W C E O K E K C O H C
W A R U O T Y I W Z Q P O L I I L I O A C
S S E F N O C E S S E O Z E P C B P E N V
N I E F G U H T K G D T X R N M I E N I F
X D I N E D A O R B U F D A S X U T I N Y
Z C H R T V A I E M P S J N U X C M M A Z
M U C B Y P D B P I U I T T Y Y M M U M B

Word Meaning:
1. Strong aversion
2. Muttered complaint: low distinct sound
3. Fold of the front of a coat
4. Hold back; in doubt; pause
5. Acknowledge or disclose one’s misdeed; to tell the truth
6. Incite to anger; stir p on purpose
7. Visit often
 8. Allowed deviation
9. To extend over a large area from side to side; wide
10. Owing something, such as gratitude or appreciation to another
11. A feeling of dissatisfaction
12. to breath with great difficulty
13. To grasp or seize firmly
14. Extremely large or huge
15. To hesitate to believe
16. Well rounded and full in form; chubby
17. Moved with leaps
18. A plea of guilty; an earnest request
19. To cheat; to beg to mumble
20. To asks earnestly or politely
21. Soft or delicate
22. To give a big smile
23. To help assist; serve and avail
24. Position close to or surrounded by others
25. Smoked out

Have you found all the words? Words found in the puzzle appeared in the short story.
Definitely, it will help you understand it.

C. Link It!
Verbal Response

How do you relate the song, “Wonderful Tonight” to the short story, Appointment with love by
S.L.Kishor? What do they have in common? Share your thoughts in class.

Students’ response: ___________________________________________________________________

Interaction

Learning Aims

 Infer details from a short story to answer specific questions.

 Describe the qualities of the characters in a story.
 Identify the type of character shown in the story.
  Explain thought provoking sentences in a story.
 Interpret the title of the short story.

A. Reading Comprehension Check

What is so exciting about having a person to meet especially your text mate? Of course, you are
happy and nervous, mixed emotions are felt. You are curious of what kind of person is she/he? You are
excited to meet him/her. You are also confused about your personal appearance because at first, you have
to impress that person you are going to meet.

What part of the story can you relate it and why? Let us see how well you understood it by answering
the following questions.

Brief Discussion:

1. Describe the setting of the story.

2. Who is Lt. Blandford?
3. Who is he meeting with?
4. How will they know each other?
5. How did they know each other?
6. If you were Hollis Meynel, would you do the same? Why or why not?
7. Why do you think the story is entitled Appointment with love? Explain?

B. Literary Focus
What moved you in the story? It is Love, right? But sometimes too much love will kill you. What
can you say about the characters? By the way what is a character?

Character is a portrayal of a human being. A character may be revealed directly by means of the
descriptions of his/her physical appearance/comments of the narrator. His personality maybe
indirectly disclosed through his/her speech, thoughts, feelings, or actions or through the reactions of
other character in the story.

To explore a character, the reader should determine his/her traits, distinctive sort of behavior or
response, his/her rapport with other character and his/her motivation, his/her reason for
acting/thinking in a certain way.

Perhaps you are now ready for the next task. Form yourselves into groups of four and accomplish
the character map below to characterize the story characters. Write your answers on the lines
provided.
 Lt. Blandford

________________________ ______________________

________________________ ______________________

________________________ ______________________

________________________ ______________________

Hollis
Meynell

______________________ _______________________

______________________ _______________________

______________________ ________________________

______________________ _______________________

Were you able to finish the activity? Now, lets us see your work? Show it in class.
Hook Up

Learning Aims

 Compare and contrast the character traits of the story characters using the Venn diagram.
 Identify the positive and negative traits of the characters in the story using the flowchart.

What did you feel and realized after reading the story? Did you sympathize with the characters? This
sense of acquaintance confirms that you are engaging or relating someone in the story.

Let us see how well you can relate with the characters in the story. Discover your links to him/her.

A. Form again a group of four, complete the Venn diagram below and characterize Lt. Bland ford
and Hollis Meynell.

Lt.Blandford Hollis Meynell

DIFFERENCES SIMILARITIES DIFFERENCES

 A. Below is a flowchart to characterize Lt.Blandford and Hollis Meynell with their positive and
negative traits.

Lt. Blandford Hollis Meynell

Positive Traits Negative Traits Positive Traits Negative Traits

What have you learned from the characters based from the activity?

Gallery

Learning Aims

 Write a song based on the lessons learned from the story.

 Sing the composed song through choral presentation.
 Make a tableau on their favorite part of the story.
 Collaborate actively in working a group task.

The story “Appointment with Love” you have just read show lessons which are helpful for you as
teenagers. Some are: 1.Love can wait and 2.learn to wait for the right person and 3. based from the story
wait for your true love in a right time. The lessons can be best realized when reflected to music.

A. Who among you loves music? Why do you love music? Yes, music is a universal language; it
is the heart of the soul. Indeed, it is a catalyst for human understanding for it is through music
where one can express his/her sentiments, emotions and feeling.

Now, form a group of three then write a song about the lessons which can be derived from the story
“Appointment with Love”. Be able to include the message of the author- what he want to convey. Supply
it with appropriate melody which maybe original or can be adapted from songs. Have a rehearsal or
practice for the choral presentation. You may use musical instruments. Are you ready? Let’s starts the
song writing workshop.

The following are the criteria for evaluation:

CRITERIA:

Relevance of the script to the poem 60%

Articulation of the dialogue 25%
Facial Expressions and Gestures 20%
Uniqueness and Creativity of Ending 15%
Musicality 10%
100%

Did you enjoy the workshop? What considerations did you think of before composing the song? Let’s
see who among the groups composed the best song.

Good luck for the choral presentation!

B. Partner Learning

This time, find your partner this activity will only consume 30 seconds.

Direction: With your partner, choose a part (situation) of the story you like best then present it in class in
a tableau. I will give you a minute to practice and a minute to present.

The following criteria will be used in assessing your performance:

CRITERIA:

Relevance 50%
Stage Presentation 50%
100%
Constructivist Folio
Dear student, how well did you respond to the lesson? Did you construct according to your
expectations? Write your thoughts on the freedom board. Go and unload your thoughts.

Student!

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The Short Story
Appointment with Love
By S.L. Kishor

Six minutes to six, said the great round clock over the information booth in Grand Central
Station. The tall young Army lieutenant who had just come from the direction of the tracks lifted
his sunburned face, and his eyes narrowed to note the exact time. His heart was pounding with a
beat that shocked him because he could not control it. In six minutes, he would see the woman
who had filled such a special place in his life for the past 13 months, the woman he had never
seen, yet whose written words had been with him and sustained him unfailingly.
He placed himself as close as he could to the information booth, just beyond the ring of people
besieging the clerks…
Lieutenant Blandford remembered one night in particular, the worst of the fighting, when his
plane had been caught in the midst of a pack of Zeros. He had seen the grinning face of one of
the enemy pilots.
In one of his letters, he had confessed to her that he often felt fear, and only a few days before
this battle, he had received her answer: “Of course you fear … all brave men do. Didn’t King
David know fear? That’s why he wrote the 23rd Psalm. Next time you doubt yourself, I want you
to hear my voice reciting to you: ‘Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I shall fear no evil, for Thou art with me.’” And he had remembered; he had heard her imagined
voice, and it had renewed his strength and skill.
Now he was going to hear her real voice. Four minutes to six. His face grew sharp.
Under the immense, starred roof, people were walking fast, like threads of color being woven
into a gray web. A girl passed close to him, and Lieutenant Blandford started. She was wearing a
red flower in her suit lapel, but it was a crimson sweet pea, not the little red rose they had agreed
upon. Besides, this girl was too young, about 18, whereas Hollis Meynell had frankly told him
she was 30. “Well, what of it?” he had answered. “I’m 32.” He was 29.
His mind went back to that book - the book the Lord Himself must have put into his hands out of
the hundreds of Army library books sent to the Florida training camp. Of Human Bondage, it
was; and throughout the book were notes in a woman’s writing. He had always hated that
writing-in-habit, but these remarks were different. He had never believed that a woman could see
into a man’s heart so tenderly, so understandingly. Her name was on the bookplate: Hollis
Meynell. He had got hold of a New York City telephone book and found her address. He had
written, she had answered. Next day he had been shipped out, but they had gone on writing.
For 13 months, she had faithfully replied, and more than replied. When his letters did not arrive
she wrote anyway, and now he believed he loved her, and she loved him.
But she had refused all his pleas to send him her photograph. That seemed rather bad, of course.
But she had explained: “If you’re feeling for me has any reality, any honest basis, what I look
like won’t matter. Suppose I’m beautiful. I’d always be haunted by the feeling that you had been
taking a chance on just that, and that kind of love would disgust me. Suppose I’m plain (and you
must admit that this is more likely). Then I’d always fear that you were going on writing to me
only because you were lonely and had no one else. No, don’t ask for my picture. When you come
to New York, you shall see me and then you shall make your decision. Remember, both of us are
free to stop or to go on after that - whichever we choose…”
One minute to six - he pulled hard on a cigarette.
Then Lieutenant Blandford’s heart leaped higher than his plane had ever done.
A young woman was coming toward him. Her figure was long and slim; her blond hair lay back
in curls from her delicate ears. Her eyes were blue as flowers, her lips and chin had a gentle
firmness. In her pale green suit, she was like springtime come alive.
He started toward her, entirely forgetting to notice that she was wearing no rose, and as he
moved, a small, provocative smile curved her lips.
“Going my way, soldier?” she murmured.
Uncontrollably, he made one step closer to her. Then he saw Hollis Meynell.
She was standing almost directly behind the girl, a woman well past 40, her graying hair tucked
under a worn hat. She was more than plump; her thick-ankled feet were thrust into low- heeled
shoes. But she wore a red rose in the rumpled lapel of her brown coat.
The girl in the green suit was walking quickly away.
Blandford felt as though he were being split in two, so keen was his desire to follow the girl, yet
so deep was his longing for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned and upheld his own;
and there she stood. Her pale, plump face was gentle and sensible; he could see that now. Her
gray eyes had a warm, kindly twinkle.
Lieutenant Blandford did not hesitate. His fingers gripped the small worn, blue leather copy of
Of Human Bondage, which was to identify him to her. This would not be love, but it would be
something precious, something perhaps even rarer than love - a friendship for which he had been
and must ever be grateful.
He squared his broad shoulders, saluted and held the book out toward the woman, although even
while he spoke he felt shocked by the bitterness of his disappointment.
“I’m Lieutenant John Blandford, and you - you are Miss Meynell. I’m so glad you could meet
me. May…may I take you to dinner?”
The woman’s face broadened in a tolerant smile. “I don’t know what this is all about, son,” she
answered. “That young lady in the green suit - the one who just went by - begged me to wear this
rose on my coat. And she said that if you asked me to go out with you, I should tell you that
she’s waiting for you in that big restaurant across the street. She said it was some kind of a test.
I’ve got two boys with Uncle Sam myself, so I didn’t mind to oblige you.”