LESSON PLAN

Grade 11- 21st CENTURY LITERATURE

July 2019

Content Standard: Performance Standard:

The learners shall be able to:
A. The learner will be able to understand
and appreciate the elements and
contexts of 21st century Philippine
literature from the regions.
The learners shall be able to:
demonstrate understanding and appreciation
of 21st Century Philippine literature from the
regions through:
1. an adaptation of a text into other creative
forms using multimedia

I. LEARNING COMPETENCIES

Learners will be able to:

Analyze the figures of speech and other literary techniques and devices in the text
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Objectives:
After the lesson, the students are expected to:

1. Differentiate Figurative language from Literal language

2. Identify and categorize examples of figurative language from the given text
3. Discuss through a flow chart how can figurative language devices: simile,
metaphor, personification, hyperbole be identified

II. LEARNING CONTENT

A. Lesson: Canonical authors and works of Philippine National Artists in Literature;
names of authors and their works, and backgrounds of the literature from
the region where the high school is located

Materials:
Tarpapel
Worksheet
Index card
References:
https://study.com/academy/lesson/interpreting-figurative-language-in-fiction.html

III. LEARNING TASKS

Review: (5 minutes)

Teacher will say:

In our previous lesson, we talked about literary elements, in particular, elements of
poetry. Can you give examples of these elements?
Unlocking of difficulty:

Teacher will say: Our lesson for today has something to do with the literary element
“imagery.”

When you hear the word, image what comes into your mind?

From that concept, how would you explain imagery as a literary element?

Imagery involves a lot of figurative language. So how do we know what figurative

language is?

Preliminary Activity: (5 minutes)

Activity: Board work

1. Some students will be given meta cards with the following sentences:

Miguel’s room is messy. My eyes were stabbed by the flash of the neon lights.

The strong winds made the trees sway heavily. Miguel’s room is a pigsty.

The trees were dancing angrily. I was dazzled by the flash of the neon signs.

Pia has very bad eyesight. Pia is as blind as a bat.

2. They will be asked to post each sentence on the board and classify them whether it
is an example of figurative or literal language

Figurative Language Literal

3. Teacher will ask:

A. How were you able to classify the sentences presented to you?
B. How would you differentiate figurative from Literal Language?

A. Activity: (15 minutes)

Teacher will present the following the text:
 Sound of Silence

Hello darkness, my old friend

I’ve come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone

Narrow streets of cobblestone
‘Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw

Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared Disturb the sound of silence

Fools”, said I, “You do not know

Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you”
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed In the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed

To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, “The words of the prophets are written on the
subway walls
And tenement halls”
And whispered in the sounds of silence

Songwriters: Paul Simon

The Sound of Silence lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

Teacher will instruct five students to read the text one stanza at a time. Once all the
stanzas are read, the teacher will ask the class:

1. What form of literature do you classify the text we just read?

2. What do you think is the message being implied by the text?

Teacher will say:

“Let me now take you to the flower era through the text but in a different form this time.

Teacher will integrate Social Science through the pop culture known as Flower Power in
1960s and early 1970s, as well as the “cold war” present during that time.

The teacher will play the song: Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel
Students will be asked to explain what the song is all about and its message based on
its lyrics, and socio-cultural context presented.

B. Analysis: (5 minutes)
1. Were you able to figure out the message of the song from the literal meaning of
the lyrics? If not, how did you interpret the figurative language expressed in the
song?
2. Can you recall the different kinds of figurative language or figures of speech
which are commonly used in literary works, as part of imagery?

C. Abstraction: (15 minutes)

Teacher will say: The term figurative language covers a wide range of literary
devices and techniques, a few of which include:

 Simile
 Metaphor
 Personification
 Hyperbole

Group Activity: Go with the Flow

The students will be asked by the teacher to make a process flow (to integrate logic)
that will show how the different figures of speech can be identified.

Teacher will say:

If you are asked to define the following, based on the flow chart, how would you go
about it?

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Hyperbole
 D. Application (10 minutes)

Teacher will ask:

(Integration of Numeracy/Geometry)

1. Do you see the figure of speech

In this picture? Can you identify what type is it?

A. Draw an area composed of 5x4 squares

B. Based on the explanation showed on the picture,
Compute for the area of a room with 5x4 tiles that measures
50x50 cm each. Express your answer in meters.

=(50x5 )(50x4) =(5x4)(50x50)

=250 x 200 =20x2500
=50000 cm/100 =50000/100
=500 sq. meters =500 sqm

3. Teacher will say: Let us revisit our song lyrics. Read closely and try to find figures
of speech which correspond to simile, metaphor, personification and hyperbole.
List them down in ¼ sheet of paper.

Figures of speech Classification

naked light
Neon god
in the naked light I saw ten
thousand people maybe
more
Silence like cancer grows
My words like silent
raindrops fell
The words of the prophets
are written on subway walls
and tenement halls and
whispered in the sounds of
silence

Reflection:
“Your life is your canvas, and you are the masterpiece. There are a million ways to be
kind, amazing, fabulous, creative, bold, and interesting.” - Kerli

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