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Lesson Plan for Teaching Demonstration in English Literature

Prepared by: Rosel E. Gonzales

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson the students should be able to:

a) recall the major characters of the play written by Shakespeare ; “A Midsummer

night’s dream”
b) unlock new vocabularies
c) express views and opinions about the major theme of the play and;
d) create and show a storyboard that captures the concept of a Five Act Structure by
making a six cell storyboard.

II. Subject Matter

Topic: A Midsummer's Nights Dream

Sub-topic: Plot Structure
References:
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/index.html
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/midsummer/full.html
Materials: PowerPoint Presentation, Laptop, Projector, Speaker, Character
Flashcard/Pictures, Picture Puzzle, Seat Plan sheet, Tape

III. Procedure
A. Learning Activities
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
A. Preliminary Activities
a. Prayer
Let us pray first. Ricky, please lead the Let us pray. Dear God… (Student’s Prayer)
prayer.
“Good Morning Class...” “Good Morning Ma’am Rosel !”
Before you take your seats, kindly check if
there are pieces of paper under your chairs, (Students pick up the pieces of paper and arrange
pick them up and arrange your chairs their chairs then sit down.)
properly before you sit down.

b. Checking of Attendance
So let me check your attendance.
Make sure you are sitting on your chair
or else you will be mark absent. “Yes Ma’am!”
(Teacher will check attendance through
her seat plan)
Alright. Everybody’s here. That’s great!
 A. Lesson Development

“So how’s your day? Is it good so far?” “It was great Ma’am!”

“That’s good to know. So, are you ready “Yes Ma’am!”

to discuss our new topic today?’

But before that, let us have a quick

review about our topic last week. “Ma’am, we studied about Geoffrey Chaucer and
What was our topic last week? the Canterbury Tales”.
Anyone who remembers? Yes, Cyrus?

Very good! And how about the story we “Ma’am, we had read a story about “The Wife of
read? Yes, Cecille? Bath’s Tale”.

That’s right. Thank you.

a. Motivation (Puzzle Game)

Now please look under your chair and (Students will check if there is a puzzle piece
check if there’s a puzzle piece stick into it. under their chair)
Is there? “Yes Ma’am there is!”

Okay. Now, please take it out and to those (Student will come forward)
lucky students who got the puzzle pieces,
please come forward.

Each piece has corresponding prizes and “Aha! Aha!”

you can only get your prize after
completing the puzzle in 1 minute.
Ready? If you are, say “Aha! Aha!”

Your time starts now! (Students will solve the puzzle)

Congratulations! You can now carefully

get your prizes.

Class, let’s give them a ” Yes Clap.” (Do Yes Clap)

Now look at this picture posted on the
board. What do you think is this picture all “Ma’am, I think it is all about the story of fairy
about? Yes, ______. and love.”
That’s right. And it is all about the story I
assigned you to read last week.
“A midsummer night’s dream.”

Who among you are in relationship here?

Please raise your hand. Who are still (Student will raise their hands)
single and waiting for the right guy/girl?
Thank you. So that means you all have an “Yes Ma’am!”
idea of what love is? Right?

Let’s see what ‘s the hidden question of

the picture:
Hidden Question: “If you need to choose,
“Who are you going to choose; the one (Student’s answer will vary)
you love but your parents disapproved or
the one who loves you and your parents
approved? And why?”
Anyone who would like share his/her
ideas?

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and

ideas. Our today’s lesson is connected to “Yes Ma’am!”
that question you’ve answered.
Are you ready?

b. (Vocabulary game)
(Unlocking Vocabularies)

Alright, but before we proceed to our

proper lesson, let’s learn some new
vocabularies. These words are the words
you’ve encountered while reading the
play script. Let’s play a vocabulary game. (Students will play a vocabulary game)

Let’s divide the class into two. Group 1

will be on the left side and group 2 will be
on the right side. Form a circle. The group
who will get the higher score will declare
as the winner. Are you ready?

(Part 1) Direction: The letters are given in

the wrong order.
Try to find the correct word and let’s see
how much you are good at it 
(Part 2) Direction: This time letters are given
randomly. Try to guess the word.

Good job class! Congratulations group

____. You’ll get extra points in our class (Do fireworks clap)
activity today. Class, give yourselves a
fireworks clap.

c. Presentation of the Lesson

Now, go back to your seats. Last week, I “Yes. Ma’am”.

gave you 5 questions to answer as your
assignment right?

Please bring out your assignment and (Student will exchange notebook.)
we’ll check it during our discussion.
Exchange notebook please.

Let’s answer question number one.

Who wrote the play “A midsummer
night’s dream?”
Yes, ______. You’re raising your hand? “Yes, Ma’am. It was William Shakespeare.”

Great! And who is William Shakespeare? “William Shakespeare was an English poet,
Let’s learn more about him. (PPT playwright and actor, widely regarded as the
presentation) greatest writer in the English language and the
_______ Please read. world's greatest dramatist.”

Thank you. In addition to that,

Shakespeare’s plays are typically divided
into three categories: comedy, tragedy,
and history. Shakespeare's tragedy and
history plays tend to be his longest.
His comedies are also referred to as
romances, or romantic comedies.

So then, as you read the play “A

Midsummer night’s dream”. What
category it is belongs? Anyone?
Yes, _________. “It is a comedy, Ma’am.”
Very good! Let’s proceed to question
number 2. “What is the play all about?”
Good job! That’s complete information,
_________.
Class let’s give him/her an Angel clap.
And this play has( Q3.) How many Acts?
Yes, _________.
Exactly. You really did your assignment,
_________.
Question No. 4 “Who are the main
characters of the Play?”
Yes, _________. Give me one.
Please choose one character flashcard
and describe the character.
(EXAMPLE FLASHCARD)
Who else?
(Every student who will answer will get a
reward from the “Reward box”.)
And for the summary of the story.
Let’s watch this.
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy
written by William Shakespeare in 1595/96. It
portrays the events surrounding the marriage
of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to Hippolyta
(the former queen of the Amazons).
(Do an Angel Clap)
“Ma’am, It has 5 acts.”
Thank you Ma’am.
(Students’ answers will vary)
Characters:
PUCK or ROBIN GOODFELLOW - A playful fairy
THESEUS – The fair-minded Duke of Athens
EGEUS – A nobleman, Hermia's strict father
LYSANDER – Young nobleman, in love
with Hermia
DEMETRIUS – Young nobleman, currently
in love with Helena, formerly
with Hermia
BOTTOM – Commoner, a weaver and
amateur actor
HIPPOLYTA - Queen of the Amazons,
engaged to Theseus
HERMIA – Young noblewoman, Egeus'
daughter who is in love with
Lysander
HELENA – Young noblewoman, in love
with Demetrius
OBERON - King of the Fairies
TITANIA - Queen of the Fairies.
(Student will watch the 6-7 mins. clip )
 (After watching the Clip)

So that’s the summary of the play. Did you

guys have the same summary of the story as “Yes Ma’am!”
presented in the video clip?
That’s great! Later we will try to summarize
it again through making the PLOT.

But first let’s review the parts of it. What are (Students raising their hands)
the parts of the Plot? Yes, _________. Ma’am, the first part is the Exposition or
Prologue.

That’s right. Exposition/Prologue is where Ma’am next is the Conflict.

you state the beginning of the story with the
characters and settings. What else?

Very good. This is where you state the Ma’am, after Conflict is the Rising action.
problem in the story. Give me the next one It is a series of relevant incidents that create
after the conflict. By the way what is suspense, interest, and tension in a narrative.
conflict?

That’s right! We have the exposition, “…after rising action is the Climax. It is the most
conflict, rising action and then… What’s intense and exciting part.”
next? Yes, _______.

Excellent! Then here comes the falling “Ma’am, Falling action is part of a story after the
action. Is that right? What is falling action climax and before the very end. It is when the
again? Yes, _______. main problem of the story resolves.”

Absolutely! And for the last part, we have “Ma’am the last part is the Denouement. It is the
the _____________. You’re raising your hand final part of a play, where matters are explained
____________? or resolved.

Great job class!

d. Application:

Now for our next activity, let’s create and

show a storyboard that captures the concept
of a Five Act Structure by making a six cell
storyboard, like the one below.
For each cell, you have to create a scene that
follows the acts in order: Prologue, Conflict,
Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and
Denouement.

Let’s divide the class into 3. Group 1 will do

the prologue and climax then group 2 will do
conflict and falling action and group 3 will do
rising action and denouement.

I’ll show you the scene that you are going to

act but during the presentation, you will
have to use your own script. Did you
understand? (Teacher will show the five act
diagram)

I’ll give you 5 minutes to talk about your (Students’ will brainstorm about their act s then
task. presents in front of the class.)

(after 5 minutes) Times-up! It’s show time. (Student’s presentation)

Let’s see how well you are at acting.

Great acting skills class! Give yourselves an (Do Amazing Clap)

“amazing clap. “

And for the last question we have in our
assignment, Q5. What is the major theme of
the play? Yes,__________.
Very good! And how about the morals we
can get from the story? Anyone who would
like to share his/her ideas? Yes, _________.
That’s right! Thank you for sharing your
thoughts.
“Ma’am, I think, it’s about difficulties of Love.”
“The fairies try to help the mortals. All they do is
make things worse though. One lesson that I have
learned in A Midsummer Night's Dream is that if
you love someone it should not be because of
their appearance but because of their
personality.”

And as we end this class discussion, I would

like to ask you one more question. “If you
were in Hermia’s situation, What are you (Student’s answer may vary.)
going to do? Will you choose Demetrius, the
one who loves you and got your parents
approval; or Lysander the one you love but
your parents disapproved? ”
Anyone who would like share his/her ideas?
Very good class.

Thank you for an active participation in our

class today.
 IV. EVALUATION

Directions: Complete the following statement by choosing the correct answer. Encircle the
letter of the correct answer.
Whom do you love?

1. Lysander loves ________

a. Helena
b. Hermia
c. Eva Mendes
d. Titania
e. Hippolyta

2. Helena loves ________

4. Robin Goodfellow
a. Demetrius
loves_________________.
b. Lysander
a. Flowers
c. Chord Overstreet
b. Merry-making
d. Egeus
c. Mischief
d. Sleep
3. Oberon loves (or is at least married
to)___________.
5. Nick Bottom
a. Titania
loves_________________.
b. Cobweb
a. Weaving
c. Peaseblossom
b. Dancing
d. Robin Goodfellow
c. Match-making
e. Puck

V. ASSIGNMENT

Read another work of Shakespeare “Macbeth” and answer the following questions.

1. Who and where do the witches plan to meet?

2. How is Macbeth described at the beginning of the play?

3. What three prophecies do the witches tell Macbeth?

4. What makes Macbeth believed the witches prophecies?

5. Who does King Duncan declare will be the king after him?

6. After the letter from Macbeth, what does Lady Macbeth plan to do?

7. Where does the king spend the night?

8. How does Lady Macbeth persuade her husband to kill King Duncan?

9. What strange things happen after the death of King Duncan?

10. Why do Duncan son flee after his death?