Lesson Plan

The Living Photograph

Lesson
Plan

Lesson

objectives :

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1) Listen to the recital of the poem The Living Photograph and fill in
the blanks with the correct word.
2) Recite the poem with correct pronunciation and intonation.
3) List down at least two moral values from the poem.

Previous knowledge: Students have learned about

other poems from the syllabus in the previous class.

Materials required for lesson: Pictures of a person

crying at a funeral, projector, speakers and whiteboard.

Procedures
Stage/Time:

Preparation (3

minutes)
What teacher will do:
Teacher shows a picture of a person
crying at a funeral.
Teacher asks the students several
questions related to the picture.
What

students will do:

Students respond to teachers

questions about the pictures.

Language content/Materials:
Picture of a lady crying at a
funeral.
Questions:
What do you see in this picture?
What do you usually do when you
encounter a person who has just lost
someone?
Expected

Answers:

A lady crying at a funeral.

Stage/Time:

Presentation (12 minutes)

What teacher will do:
Teacher distributes a worksheet containing the poem
with some omitted words to the students.
Teacher asks the students to listen to the recital of
the poem attentively and fill in the blanks while
listening.
Teacher pastes the poem on the whiteboard and
asks the students whether they get all the words
correct.
Teacher asks students to recite the poem together
out loud.
Teacher discusses the meaning of the poem stanza
by stanza.

What

students will do:

Students listen and fill in the blanks

with the correct words.
Students check their answers.
Students recite the poem out loud
together.
Language

Content/Materials:

-Worksheet
-Audio of poem recital.

Stage/Time: Practice (7 minutes)

What teacher will do:
Teacher gives an example of a moral value that can
be taken from the poem.
Teacher asks the students to work in pairs and list
down other moral values that they can take from the
poem.

What students will do:

Students discuss with their partner and list down the
moral values.
Students share their answers with the class.

Language Content/Materials:
Example of moral value taken from the poem:
We should learn to let go of the dead.

Stage/Time:

Production (8 minutes)
What teacher will do:
Teacher asks the students to write a
message to console the writer of the poem
who had lost her grandmother.
Teacher provides an example of a message.
What

students will do:

Students start writing the message as

instructed by the teacher.
Students share their message with the
whole class.

Language

Content/Materials:
Example of message:
Dear Jackie,
Im so sorry for your lost. I hope you
can be strong and cherish every
moment that you had with her. No
matter where she is right now, she
surely is in a good place.

Stage/Time:

Closure (2 minutes)
What teacher will do:
Teacher distributes a worksheet
containing questions related to the poem.
Teacher asks the students to complete
the worksheet as their homework.
What

students will do:

Students complete the task at home.

Language

Content/Materials:

Worksheet.