Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI – Western Visayas
NAISUD NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Naisud, Ibajay, Aklan

DETAILED LESSSON PLAN in ENGLISH 10

(COT 3rd QUARTER)

I. Objectives:

A. Content Standard:
The learner demonstrates understanding of how world literature and other text types serve as sources of wisdom
in expressing and resolving conflicts among individuals, groups and nature; also how do we use evaluative
reading, listening and viewing strategies, special speeches for occasions, pronouns and structure of modification.

B. Performance Standard:
The learner skillfully delivers a speech for a special occasion through utilizing effective verbal and non-verbal
strategies and ICT resources.

C. Learning Competencies/Objectives:
1. EN10LT-III-d14 Explain how the elements specific to a selection build its theme
a. Cite the lines from the story where the elements of short story can be found.

II. Content
The Last Leaf by O. Henry

III. Learning Resources

DepEd Learning Portal

D. References
1. Teacher’s Guide Pages Pp.322-324 2.
2. Learner’s Material Pages Pp.376-380 3.
3. Textbook Pages Pp.376-380
4. Other Learning Resources
Video clip (url:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t eHasbE_gqM)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS80T-xTNgs

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY LEARNER’S ACTIVITY

IV. Procedure

A. Daily Routine
1. Prayer
“May I ask everyone to please stand.”

“Let’s have Isaiah to lead us in prayer”

“Amen!”

2. Greetings
“Good morning class!”

3. Classroom Management
“Please pick up all the pieces of trash around you and
arrange your seats properly”.

“You may now take your seats”.

4. Checking of Attendance

“Mr. Secretary, is there any absent today?”

 5. Review
“Remember the elements of short story that we discussed Yes, Ma’am!
yesterday?
What are those elements? Characters, Setting, Plot (exposition, rising/falling
action, conflict,climax, resolution) and theme

“Exactly! Do you have any questions about our previous

topic?

B. Lesson Proper
1. Vocabulary Enrichment

WORKSHEET NO. 1
Task 1. Picture Perfect

Directions: Match the word with the picture and its

meaning. Draw a line to connect the picture to its meaning.

2. Author’s Background
“William Sydney Porter is his original name”.
“Yesterday, I gave you an assignment. What have you “Moved to Austin Texas where he worked as a bank
researched about Mr. O. Henry? teller, moved back to Houston in 1895 and became a
newspaper columnist”.
“In 1896, he was charged of fraud but he fled to
Honduras and stayed there for 6 months”.
“Upon his return, he had a trial and was sentenced with
3 years at Ohio prison. That is when he started to write
short stories under the pen name O. Henry”.
“He was released in 1901, moved to New York where he
wrote many stories including The Last Leaf, The Green
Door, and his most famous story The Gift of Magi.”

3. Motivation
The teacher will present a short video clip that shows what
sacrifice is. (Valuing)

“It’s a heartwarming video about a father who is willing

to do everything for his daughter.”
“Who would like to share his or her insight about the
video?” “The father is willing to sacrifice everything for her
daughter’s life”.
“Yes! Okay another?”

“Thank you for sharing your thoughts and ideas class.”

“In this lesson that we will have today, we will see the
greatest art, a person can do and its effect to those who see
it."

4. Presentation of the Lesson

THINK
“Do we have an artist here in the class?” “Ma’am! I play musical instruments”.
“I draw portraits ma’am!”
“Cool!”
“Look at this picture class.”

“What does this art says to you class?” (ARTS) “This art represents the present situation sir, that most or
some people help someone just because of fame or likes
that they will get on their social media accounts.”

“The artist who made that is called Banksy class. He’s a

famous graffiti artist whose aim is to open the eyes of the
people, not just to be a famous artist”. (MAPEH)

“Based on your perspective, what is a masterpiece?” “Masterpiece is a person’s greatest work ma’am”.

“Good! As we go deeper to our discussion, we will see the

greatest masterpiece a person can do”. Narrator: Greenwich Village, which is a section of New
York, is a place for people who are interested in art.
DISCUSS Among those artists are Johnsy and Sue. Both of them
Let the students watch the video clip about the short story had recently come to New York to make their living.
“The Last Leaf”. However, In November, Johnsy had pneumonia and was
stuck at her bed looking through the small window at the
black wall of the opposite building. One morning, the
doctor talked to Sue and said:
Doctor: “She has about one chance in ten to live,” “And
that one chance depends upon her desire to get better.
But your little friend has made up her mind that she is
going to die. Is she worrying about something?”
Sue: “She wanted to paint a picture of the Bay of Naples
someday,”
Doctor: “No, something more important---a man
perhaps?”
Sue: “No.”
Doctor: “Well, perhaps it is a result of her fever and her
general physical weakness.
But when a patient begins to feel sure that she is going
to die, then I subtract 50 percent from the power of
medicines. If you can succeed in making her interested
in something, then I can promise you a one-to-five
chance for her instead of one-to-ten.”
Narrator: After the doctor had gone, Sue went into her
own room and cried. Later, trying not to show her
sadness, she went into Johnsy’s room, whistling.

Johnsy: “Twelve,”... “eleven,” ... , “ten”... “nine”...

“eight”... “seven.”
Sue: “What is it dear?”
Johnsy: “Six,” “They are falling faster now. Three days
ago there were almost a hundred. It makes my head ache
to count them. But now it’s easy. There goes another
one. There are five left now.”
Sue: “Five what, dear? Tell me!”
Johnsy: “Leaves. The leaves of that vine. When the last
leaf of that vine falls. I must go, too. I’ve known that for
three days. Didn’t the doctor tell you?”
Sue: “The doctor didn’t say such thing. That is pure
foolishness,” “What connection have those old leaves
with your getting well? And you used to love that old
vine so much. Please, don’t be silly! The doctor told me
this morning that your chances of getting well soon were
excellent. Now try to take some of your soup and let me
get back to work so that I can make money to buy you
some good port wine.”
Johnsy: “There’s no use buying any more wine,” “There
goes another leaf. That leaves just four. I want to see the
last one fall before it gets dark. Then, I’ll go, too.”
Sue: “Jonhsy, dear,”, “will you promise me to keep your
eyes closed not to look out of the window until I have
finished working? I must deliver these drawings
tomorrow. I need the light; otherwise I would pull down
the curtain.”
Johnsy: “Can’t you draw in your room?”
Sue: “I’d rather stay here with you,” “Besides, I don’t
want you to keep looking at those silly leaves.”
Johnsy: “Tell me soon as you have finished,” “Because
I want to see the last leaf fall. I’m tired of waiting. I’m
tired of thinking.”
Narrator: Old Mr. Behrman was a painter who lived on
the first floor beneath them. He was more than 60 years
old. Behrman was a failure in art. He had always wanted
to paint a masterpiece, but he had never yet begun to
paint it. He drank much whisky and when he was drunk
always talked about the great masterpiece he was going
to paint. He was a fierce, intense little man who
considered himself as a watchdog and protector for the
two young artists living above him, of whom he was
very fond. Sue told him of the strange idea which Johnsy
had concerning the last leaf, and Sue said that she feared
that Johnsy would really die when the last leaf fell.
Old Berhman: “Are there people in the world who are
foolish enough to die simply because leaves fall from an
old vine? I have never heard such a thing. Why do you
permit such silly ideas to come into her mind? Oh, that
poor little Miss Johnsy!”
 Sue: “She is very ill, very weak,” “and the fever has left
her mind full of strange ideas.”
Narrator: When Sue woke up the next morning, she
found Johnsy with dull, wide open eyes, looking at the
window.
Johnsy: “Put up the curtain. I want to see,”
Narrator: After the heavy rain and the strong wind, one
leaf was still hanging on the vine. The last leaf. Still
dark green, it hung from a branch some twenty feet
above the ground.
Johnsy: “It is the last one,” “I thought it would surely
fall during the night. I heard the wind and the rain. It
will fall today and I shall die at the same time.”
Sue: “Dear Johnsy,” “Think of me if you won’t think of
yourself. What shall I do?”
Narrator: The day passed slowly, and then, with the
coming of the night, the wind began to blow again, and
the rain began to fall heavily. But the next morning
when Johnsy commanded that the curtain be raised
again, the leaf was still there. Johnsy lay for a long time
looking at it. And then she called to Sue.
Johnsy: “I’ve been a bad girl, Sue,” “Something has
made the last leaf stay there just to show me how bad I
was. It was a sin to want to die. You may bring me a
little soup now—and then put some pillows behind me I
will sit up and watch you cook.”
Johnsy: “Sue, someday I want to paint a picture of the
Bay of Naples.”
Doctor: “You are doing fine,” “In another week or so,
you will be perfectly well. And now I must go to see
another patient downstairs. His name is Behrman. He is
some kind of artist, I believe. Pneumonia, too. He is an
old, weak man, and the attack is very severe. There is no
hope for him, but I am sending him to hospital in order
to make him more comfortable.”
Narrator: The next day, Sue came to the bed where
Johnsy lay.
Sue: “The doctor tells me that soon you will be perfectly
well again,”
Sue: “Isn’t it wonderful?” “But now I have something
important to tell you. Old Mr. Behrman died in the
hospital this morning of pneumonia. He was sick only
two days. They found him in his room the morning the
first day, helpless with pain and fever. His shoes and
clothing were completely wet and icy cold. They
couldn’t figure out where he had been on such a terrible
night. And then they found a lantern, still lighted, a
ladder, and some other things which showed that, during
the wind and rain, he climbed up and painted a green
leaf on the wall of the house opposite. Didn’t you think
it was strange that the leaf never moved when the wind
blew? Ah, darling, it was Behrman’s real masterpiece—
he painted it there the night that the last leaf fell.”

“Yes!”
“Johnsy, Sue, Old Berhman and the doctor”.
“Did you understand the story class?”
“Who are the characters in the story?”
The teacher will present pictures that represent the “Sue is a young artist and Johnsy’s best friend who’s
characters. always there for her especially at times when she got
“Who is Sue in the story?” ill”.

“Sue’s friend and also a young artist who wants to travel

to Italy to paint the Bay of Naples. However, she got
“How about Johnsy?” pneumonia and was convinced that her life would end
once the last leaf falls”.

“He was described as a failure artist who wants to do a

masterpiece but can’t even initiate to do it. He’s also
“And Old Berhman?”
described as the watchdog who’s there to protect Johnsy
and Sue. On the latter part of the story, he created his
masterpiece, the last leaf which gave hope to Johnsy”.

“The fact that she has pneumonia made her feel

depressed because she will not be able to fulfill her
“Good observation class. If we analyze each
dream and that is to paint the Bay of Naples”.
characters,What do you think made Johnsy consider that
her possible death would be simultaneous with the last leaf
to fall? What is its connection with her illness?
The fact that the last leaf did not fall helped her
psychologically to feel better.
“What helps Johnsy recover from her illness? Do you think
it is psychological in nature? Why? (HOTS)
“To Mr. Berhman ma’am. He created a masterpiece and
that masterpiece saved someone else’s life.”
“To whom does Johnsy’s analogy of the death of the vine
happen?”
None ma’am!
“Great! Do you have any questions about our story class?”

ACTIVITY (Differentiated Instruction)

“Let us now put everything you have learned into action.
The class will be divided into 3 groups according to the
groupings that we had on our last activity.
 Group 1 will present a song.
Group 1 – Compose a song that shows your appreciation
about someone else’s kindness to your life. You can sing it
with the tune of your favorite song or using an original one.
Group 2 will present and explain their masterpiece.
Group 2 – Create your own masterpiece (drawing) and
explain why. (ARTS)
Group 3 will present a scenario about the situation given
Group 3 – Role play: You have a friend who is depressed to them.
and you found out that this made her think of ending his/her
life. How would you encourage his/her? (ESP)

You will be graded according to this rubric:

Score Description
20 The presentation was flawless.
Creativity and clarity of the content
was clearly shown in the presentation
15 The presentation has some flaws.
Creativity and clarity of the content
was not too clear in the presentation.

10 The presentation has some flaws.

Creativity and the content was not clear
in the presentation.

“Very good class!”

REFLECTION
“Let’s go back to our main characters, Johnsy, Sue and Mr.
Berhman whom do you think they represent in our lives.”
(Contextualization)
“Let me end our discussion with this quotation that I have
read:
“True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice.” - Sadhu
Vaswani 
“Johnsy is like me. There are times that I’m stubborn
and don’t want to listen to someone else’s advice and the
pneumonia represents the trials that I encounter in life.”
“Sue represents my best friend or my relatives who’s
always there to support me in times of trouble and Mr.
Berhman is like my parents. They are willing to sacrifice
everything just to make me feel better and that is the
greatest masterpiece they gave to me. Just like what we
saw in the video earlier”.
V. Evaluation

VI. Assignment
Make a promise to your parents regarding positive changes in your life. Write the specific traits which you want
to change on the upper portion of the diagram, the plan/methods of changes which you have to do on the wider portion,
and your vision of yourself as a truly transformed individual at the bottom.
e.g. Stubbornness
e.g. I will follow the advice of my parents.
e.g. I envision myself as a leader of our youth group.

Prepared by: Checked and approved by:

MARIA MAE A. DOLLOSA THELMA A. SITIOCO

Teacher III Principal I