A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH GRADE – IX

I. OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson, students are expected to:

A. identify the Figures of Speech(rhyme, alliteration, assonance, consonance, and

onomatopoeia) used on the poem
B. classify the use of Figures of Speech (rhyme, alliteration, assonance,
consonance, and onomatopoeia) on the poem
C. appreciate reading poems

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic: The Figures of Speech (The Seven Ages of Man)

References: A Journey through Anglo-American Literature pages 9-15

Materials: Book, visual aids, flashcard, picture, tape, and scissor

Values: Awareness

III. PROCEDURE

A. Learning Activities

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

1. Opening Prayer

“Good morning, class!” “Good morning, Ms. Bantuas!”

“Okay, take your seat.” “Thank you!”

“You’re welcome!”

(Checking of Attendance) (Student will say present when name has been called.)

“Say present as I call your name.”

2. Review

“Alright! Let’s have a recap.” “Our topic last meeting was all about Roles in life.”

“What was our lesson last meeting?”

“None.”
“Very good!”

“Is there anything else that you can add?”

B. Developmental Activities

1. Motivation

Show a picture of the Stages of a man/woman

“Okay, I have here a picture. Now, can you describe “Sure! It is a picture of a baby, a boy, a man, a father,
it?” a grandfather and a grave.”

“I think it’s a life cycle.”

“That’s correct, however, what does the picture trying
to express?”

”Absolutely! The picture tells or shows us about the

stages of life from birth to death.”

“Alright! This picture is related to our topic for today.

The Seven Ages of Man it is a poem written by
William Shakespeare”

2. Lesson Proper

“Now, I’m going to group the class into 6 to read the

poem. Open your book on page 9. Read the poem The
Seven Ages of Man. Let’s start with:

1. And all the men and women are merely

players;
GROUP 1 2. They have their exits and entrances,
3. And one man in his time plays many parts

4. His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,

5. Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms;
GROUP 2 6. And then the whining school boy, with his
satchel
7. And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
GROUP 3
8. Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
9. Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier
10. Full of strange oaths, and bearded like a pard,
11. Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel,
12. Seeking the bubble reputation

GROUP 4 13. Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the

justice,
14. In fair round belly with good caper lined,
15. With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
16. Full of white saws and modern instances;
17. And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
GROUP 5
18. Into the lean and ,slippered pantaloons,
19. With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
20. His youthful hose well saved, a world too
wide
21. For his shrunk shank; and his big manly
GROUP 6 voice,
22. Turning again toward childish treble, pipes

23. And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,

24. That ends this strange eventful history,
“Now let’s discuss the poem.” 25. Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
26. Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans
everything.
“What is the title of the poem?”

“Very good!”

“What is your understanding on the poem?” “The title poem is The Seven Ages of Man.”
 “Who can give me the seven stages of man?”
“The poem compares the world to a stage and life to a
play.”

“Excellent! “The seven stages of man are: infant, schoolboy, lover,

soldier, justice, pantaloons, and old age, and facing
“Now let’s discuss the figures speech.” imminent death.”

“Open you book on page 9”

“Based on the book what are the figures of speech used

on the poem?”

“Alright! Kindly read the definition of Rhyme.” “The figures of Speech that were used on the poem
are: Rhyme, Onomatopoeia, Alliteration, Assonance,
“Correct! Rhyme is one of two or more words or and Consonance.”
phrases that end in the same sound.”
“Rhyme is ending sounds of words are repeated.”
“Rhymes can appear only at the end of the lines called
end rhyme in poems, but it may appear within the line
called internal rhyme.”

“I will give you an example of words that rhyme within

the line or called Internal Rhyme and words that
rhyme at the end of the line or called End Rhyme”

Examples:

Internal Rhyme on the poem The Seven Ages of Man

And all the men and women are merely players

Explanation:

“The words that rhyme within the line were men and
women.”

End Rhyme on the poem The Seven Ages of Man

And then the whining school boy, with his satchel

And shining morning face, creeping like snail

Explanation:

“The words that rhyme at the end of the line were

satchel and snail”

“Now, who can give me an example of words that

rhyme within and at the end of line?”

“Sure!” “Ms. Bantuas, I would like to give an example in the

poem.”

“The words that rhyme were found in the line number

“Very good! How about the words that rhyme at the 5. Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms. The
end of line?” words that rhyme were mewling and puking, it is an
example of internal rhyme.”

“The words that rhyme at the end of the line can be

“Very well said!”
“Alright! Let’s move forward. Kindly read the
definition of and examples of Onomatopoeia.”
found in the lines 20 and 21. With spectacles on nose
and pouch on side;
His youthful hose well saved, a world too wide. The
words that rhyme were side and wide.”

“Thank you!”
 “There are question guide to know if it’s an
onomatopoeia. These are as follows:
 What does it look like?
 What kind of sounds does it make?
 How does it move?”
“Onomatopoeia is a sound device used by poets to
suggest actions, movements and meanings. Examples:
The hissing of the snake made me shoo it away.
The bubbling brook breaks.”

“Examples of Onomatopoeia on the poem The Seven

Ages of Man”

Onomatopoeia in Seven Ages of Man.

Sample line/words:
MEWLING and PUKING in the nurse`s arms

What it looks like and Sound it makes?

Mewling is the sounds of meow while puking is like cry

of a baby

How it moves?

Mewling and puking in the poem is like a baby crying

or baby that needs something

“Who can give another examples of onomatopoeia on

the poem?”

“Very good!”
“An example of onomatopoeia is WHINING school
boy, what does it sounds? Whining is you're irritated,
and How it moves? Whining you're irritated to go at
“Kindly read the definition and example of school.”
Alliteration”

“Alliteration is the repetition of the consonant sounds in

the beginning of the words. Like in the given example
the letters that repeated were d.” “Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at
the beginning of the words like:

doubting, drearing, dreams no mortal

“Now, who can give me an example of alliteration on enter dared to dream before.
poem The Seven Ages of Man” --- Edgar Allan Poe, from “The Raven”

“An example of Alliteration on the poem can be found

in the line 22. Turning again toward childish treble,
“Kindly read the definition and example of Assonance” pipes. The consonant that repeats in that line is letter
t.”

“Assonance is the repetition of the vowel sounds in the

beginning of the words. In the given example vowel “Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within
sound that repeats is i.” words. Example:
along the window sill, the lipstick stabs
glittered in their steel shells.

“Now, who can give me an example of assonance on – Rita Dove, from Adolescence III”
poem The Seven Ages of Man”

“Excellent! In that example what is the vowel that

repeats?” “An example of assonance on the poem The Seven
“Very good!” Ages of man can be found in the first line.

“Who can read the definition and example of
Consonance?”
“Thank you! Consonance it the repetition of consonant
sound within the words. In the given example the
consonant letter that repeats was t.”
And all the men and women are merely players;
“The vowel sound that repeats was e.”
“Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds
within and at the end of the words. Example:

Some late visitor entreating entrance at

my chamber door
--- E.A. Poe, from “The Raven”
 “Now, who can give me an example of assonance on
the poem The Seven Ages of Man?”

“Very good! In that line what is the consonant letter “An example of consonance on the poem The Seven
that repeats? Ages of Man is:

And shining morning face, creeping like snail.”

“Very good!”
“The consonant that repeats was the letter n.”
“Okay class are we clear with the figures of speech
used on the poem?”

“Yes!”
3. Application

Multiple Choice: Choose the BEST possible answer for

each of the following questions.

1. The Poet compares the world to __________.

a. A story book
b. A film
c. A stage
d. A playground

2. The poet compares “exit” to ________.”

a. Birth
b. Life
c. Doors
d. Death

3. In the fifth stage of life, man is described as

a. The lover
b. The soldier
c. The judge
d. A senile man.

4. “Creeping like a snail” is an example of

a. Metaphor
b. Alliteration
c. Personification
d. Simile

5. The poem “Seven Ages” is written by

a. William Wordsworth
b. William Shakespeare
c. William Golding
d. Alfres Lord Tennyson
 IV. GENERALIZATION
V. EVALUATION

Test I. Look for the words that rhyme on the poem The Seven Ages of Man.

RHYMING WORDS in “The SEVEN AGES OF MAN”

End Rhyme Internal Rhyme

Test II. Find the onomatopoeia on the poem The Seven Ages of Man using these question guides:

 What does it look like?

 What kind of sounds does it make?
 How does it move?

ONOMATOPOEIA in “The SEVEN AGES OF MAN”

Sample line / words It looks like The sound it makes How it moves

Test III. Look for the lines that have alliteration, assonance, and consonance on the poem The Seven Ages of Man.

The Seven Ages of Man by: William Shakespeare

Alliteration Assonance Consonance

VI. ASSIGNMENT

Make a poem related to life and used the figures of speech as follows:

 Rhyme
 Onomatopoeia
 Alliteration
 Assonance
 Consonance