Holy Angel University

School of Education

A Detailed Lesson
Plan in “JAPANESE LITERATURE”

Prepared by:
Sarmiento, Dessa Mae C.
BSEd English
 LESSON PLAN FOR GRADE 8

ENGLISH

I. OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson, the students shall be able to:

a) Identify unique characteristics of the Japanese culture and history.

b)
Manifest an understanding on what Haiku is through answering thequestions
being asked by the teacher.

c) Describe the characters through double-entry character grid.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

a) Topic: Introduction to Japanese Literature

b) Materials: Afro-Asian Literature Book

Technology Aids: Laptop, Projector, PowerPoint
and speaker.
c) Time Frame: 2 hours

III: Procedures:

Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity

A. Preliminaries

i. Prayer (Student comes in front and leads the

Kim, please lead the prayer.
prayer.) Almighty God, we glorify you for
giving us the Angelite Charism. We thank
you for the gift of your Son, Jesus Christ,
who is the Way, Truth and Life. We bless
you for the continuous guidance of the

Good morning class! Kindly pick up the pieces
of paper under your chairs and keep them first
inside your bags.
ii. Checking of Attendance
Class monitor, are there any absentees?
iii. Review
Janey, can you now give us a recap of what
we had last time?
Very good Janey!
What did you learn from our discussion about
Chinese’s Literature?
Yes Angela?
Well said Angela!
B. Pre-Learning Activities
i. Motivation
Class, before we start with our new lesson, I
will have you watch a short video.
(teacher will play a short video)
Class, what can you say about the video?
Holy Spirit. Grant us, we pray, courage
and strength that we may give perpetual
praise to you in whatever we do. We ask
this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Oh, Holy Guardian Angels guide us and
protect us! Laus Deo Semper!
(Students will do what the teacher says.
Ma’am we’re glad to say that there are no
absentees for today!
Ma’am, last meeting, we tackled the story
of A Country Boy Quits School and
discussed the Literature of China.
Ma’am we discussed the culture, traditions
and beliefs of Chinese. I learned in the
story about A Country Boy Quits School
which has a moral lesson that we should
not take things literally because it might
harm us.
(Students will watch the video.)
Mam there were Japanese in the video,
some information about their culture,
literature and some beautiful places in
Japan.
What do you think is the race of those people Obviously Ma’am they are Japanese!
who are dancing in the video?

Exactly!

ii. Analysis
For this Activity, you will be grouped by 6.
Each group must have a representative.

This Activity is called 4PICS 1 WORD..

The teacher will introduce the topic by facilitati

ng a game called 4 Pics, 1Woed. The teacher
will show four pictures with rumbled letters to
the students and ask them to guess the hidden
word based on the pictures. Then teacher will
elicit insights from the students about
their schema regarding Haiku.

iii. Discussion

The teacher will be using power point

presentation in giving the lesson. The students will participate during
discussion.

Briefly introduce Japanese Literature

Who wants to read the first slide? Mam me!

Japanese literature is one of the major

bodies of oriental literature. It is less
Yes Raquel. voluminous than Chinese literature, but is
comparable to Arabic, Persian, and Indian
literature.

Thank you Raquel!

iv. Application (15-20mins)
Students will start writing their Haikus.
Ask students to think of one important moment
in their lives and compose a haiku poem about
it using the guidelines listed on the board.

Line 1: 5 syllables
Line 2: 7 syllables
Line 3: 5 syllables

When all students have finished their haiku

poems, ask them to read and share their haiku
poems with the class.

D. Generalization:

Now that you understand the Japanese
Literature, what can you say or about lesson?
Mam I learned that Japanese literature is
one of the most important literatures in the
world and that Japanese have built their
buildings and gardens that are big part of
their culture.

What about Haiku? What did you understand Mam it is the shortest form of Japanese
about Haiku? poetry with only 17 syllables, in 3 lines of 5
– 7- 5 arrangement. Mostly, haikus deal
with the appreciation of nature.

Very good! I think you all listened to what we

have discussed today.

IV. Evaluation:

In a whole sheet of paper, answer this question in 5-8 sentences.

Does the form and shortness of haiku poetry make it more or less
engaging? Explain briefly.