Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A (CALABARZON)
Division of Cavite
ALFONSO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
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Detailed Lesson Plan for English 8

February 12, 2020

A. GENERAL STANDARDS

PROGRAM STANDARD: The learner demonstrates communicative competence

through his/ her understanding of literature and other texts types for a deeper appreciation of
Philippine Culture and those of other countries.

CONTENT STANDARD: The learner demonstrates understanding of: South and

West Asian literature as an expression of philosophical and religious beliefs; information flow in
various text types; reality, fantasy, and opinion in listening and viewing materials; word decoding
strategies; and use of information sources, active/passive constructions, direct/reported speech,
perfect tenses, and logical connectors in journalistic writing.

PERFORMANCE STANDARD: The learner transfers learning by composing a variety of

journalistic texts, the contents of which may be used in composing and delivering a memorized
oral speech featuring use of properly acknowledged information sources, grammatical signals
for opinion-making, persuasion, and emphasis, and appropriate prosodic features, stance, and
behavior.

LEARNING COMPETENCIES: EN8LT-IH-3- Explain how a selection influenced by culture,

history, environment or other factor.

I. Objectives
a. Identify the meaning of the unfamiliar words in the poem through context clues
b. Reflect to the message of the poem through sharing their insighst and individual thoughts
c. Perform varied activities related to the poem “Bumboat Cruise on Singapore River by Miriam
Wei Wei Lo”

II. Subject Matter

Topic: Bumboat Cruise on Singapore River by Miriam Wei Wei Lo
Reference/s: Grade 8 E - module for English pg. 497- 499
https://www.poetryinternational.org/pi/poet/14885/Miriam-Wei-Wei-Lo/en/tile
https://kenyakagami.blogspot.com/2019/03/bumboat-cruise-on.html?m=1
Material/s: Smart TV, Laptop, Chalk

Values Integration: to be aware of the drastic changes happening around

Learning Procedure:

Approach: Integrative Approach

Strategy: Scaffold-Knowledge Integration

Method: The 4 As Activity

III. Procedure

Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity

A. Routinary Activities
1. Prayer
“Let us all stand and _____ kindly lead the “Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God’s
prayer.” love, commits me here. Ever this day, be at my side,
2. Greeting to light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen.”
“Good morning class!”
3. Classroom Management “Good morning ma’am!”
“Okay, before you sit down please pick up all
of the pieces of trash around arrange the
alignment of chairs and sit properly.”

4. Checking of Attendance

“Class monitor, are there any absentees for

today?”
4. Checking of Attendance
“Class monitor, are there any absentees for “I’m glad to say that there are no absentees for today
today?” ma’am!”
5. Review of the previous lesson
“Before we start our discussion, what was our “Ma’am, our topic yesterday is all about ___________.
previous lesson yesterday?”

B. Lesson Proper

Activity

Motive Question:
(Students’ answers may vary.)
Have you ever ridden a boat? How was your
experience?

“Before we proceed to our new lesson for today,

let’s have an activity which is entitled “Describe
Me”
“Yes, Ma’am!”
“DESCRIBE ME”

“I have here some pictures and all you have to do

is to pay attention, observe carefully and describe
what the pictures are trying to convey or tell. Do
you understand?”

Analysis

“What can you observe on the pictures you have “We noticed that the picture shown above is an
seen?” example of before and after photo of Singapore
and it also show the transition of Singapore from a
simple country into rich, powerful and modernized
country.”
“Nice answer!”
“The photo is all about the evolution of Singapore
from a simple country into a rich, powerful and
modernized country.

“For today, we are going to tackle about a poem.

But before that, let’s answer this first.”

UNLOCKING OF DIFFICULTIES: VOCAB

CHECK!

DIRECTIONS: Choose the letter that best

describes the underlined word in a sentence from
the box.
A. Kept within a limited particular location.
B. To twist like a worm.
C. To be irritated.
D. To appear in an impressively great or exaggerated
form.
E. Skill in effective use of speech.

1. Another baseball strike looms, and nobody

cares about the fans.
2. The audience was impressed by the rhetoric Answer:
the young girl used in his speech.
3. The baby’s skin will chafe if the strap is too 1. D
tight. 2. E
4. The dog was kept in confinement until it was 3. C
determined to be healthy. 4. A
5. The children are squirming into happiness. 5. B

“Excellent! You have successfully unlocked

the meaning of difficult words. These are only
few words that we are about to encounter as
we read the poem.”

Discussion

“The lesson that were about to discuss today is

about the poem “Bumboat cruise in Singapore
river by Miriam Wei Wei Lo”.
“But before we further discuss the topic itself, let
me introduce first the author of the poem.”

Miriam Wei Wei Lo

“Miriam Wei Wei Lo was born in Canada,

raised in Singapore, and has lived in Australia
since 1993. She is of Chinese-Malaysian descent
on her father’s side and Anglo-Australian on her
mother’s side. Lo’s poetry explores family, home
and heritage, unfolding the histories that
underwrite the everyday realities of living in
relation to others in the intimate space of the
family and within the broader context and
“tangled knots of ethnicity and nationality”.
.
“Her poetry explores family histories with
openness, sincerity and a gift for
characterization, giving detail and depth to the
conflicts and prejudice, nurturing and love, of the
strong women of her family”

“Now, let us read the poem “Bumboat Cruise on

Singapore River by Miriam Wei Wei Lo” with
comprehension because I will be asking
questions after. I will first read the first paragraph
then I will call someone to continue reading it. Is
that clear?
 “Yes Ma’am!”

Bumboat Cruise on the Singapore River

By Miriam Wei Wei Lo

Rhetoric is what keeps this island afloat.

Singaporean voice with a strong American accent,
barely audible above the drone of the bumboat
engine:“ Singaporeans are crazy about their food.
They are especially fond of all-you-can-eat
buffets. Why not do as the locals do and try out
one of the buffets at these hotels along the
waterfront.” The Swissotel looms. The Grand
Copthorne. The Miramar. All glass and upward-
sweeping architecture. Why not do
as the locals do. Here in this city where
conspicuous consumption is an artform. Where
white tourists wearing slippers and singlet’s are
tolerated in black tie establishments. Dollars.
Sense.
How did I ever live in this place? Sixteen years of
my life afloat in this sea of contradictions, of which
I was, equally, one: half-white, half-Chinese; the
taxi-driver cannot decide if I am a tourist or a local,
so he pitches at my husband: “Everything in
Singapore is changing all the time.” Strong
gestures. Manic conviction. “This is good. We are
never bored. Sometimes my customers ask me to
take them to a destination, but it is no longer
there.” We tighten our grip on two squirming
children and pray that the bumboat tour will exist.
Nothing short of a miracle this small wooden boat
which is taking us now past Boat Quay, in its
current incarnation, past the Fullerton Hotel.
to the mouth of the Singapore river, where the
Merlion still astonishes: grotesque and beautiful
as a gargoyle. The children begin to chafe at
confinement. My daughter wails above the drone
of the engine. There’s talk of closing the mouth of
the river. New water supply. There’s talk of a
casino. Heated debate in the Cabinet. Old Lee
and Young Lee locked in some Oedipal battle.
The swell is bigger out here in the harbour,
slapping up spray against the sides of the boat, as
if it were waves that kept it afloat, this boat, this
island, caught between sinking and swimming, as
I am caught now. As if rhetoric mattered. As if this
place gives me a name for myself.
Abstraction
In majority the poem talked about the Singaporeans’
1. What is the poem all about? culture and their economy.
2. Can you cite some lines where there are Sometimes my customers Ask me to take them to a
proofs of changes? destination, but it is no longer there Everything in
Singapore is changing all the time. Strong gestures.
Manic conviction. “This is good We are never bored.
Nothing short of a miracle This small wooden boat
which is taking us now past boat quay, In its current
incarnation, past the Fullerton Hotel.
 3. How can we say that changes in Singapore We can say that the changes in Singapore move really
are really fast? fast because there are exchanges of new ideas. This
is supported by the last part of the poem.

4. How does the author view Singapore? The author view Singapore as a fast changing country
which brought development. And also it is evident that
they are one of the Asian dragons.

5. How do the Singaporeans adjust to changes? Be open to changes without forgetting our cultural
heritage.

6. Do you believe that the Philippines is not what Answer may vary
it is today without any changes? Why or why not?

7. What are the things that we have to consider Answer may vary
when we want to change something in the
community?

“Good answer!”

Application

“Class, I think everybody already knows our topic

for today, let us have an activity.”

Group 1 – Perform a mannequin challenge on

how you feel about the changes in the
surroundings
Group 2 - Write a short letter about your
thoughts in the poem
Group 3 – Perform an interview about the
Singaporeans remarkable traits or characteristics
Group 4 – Make a song about the drastic
changes of Singapore.

“For the evaluation of your outputs, here is our

criteria in grading:

Content & Organization of Topic: 10 points

Creativity & Presentation of Idea: 10 points
Instilling Values to Students: 5 points
TOTAL 30 points

“You have 15 minutes to finish your work.”

“Start doing it now”

C. Evaluation (Pen and Paper)

“For our last activity, _____, kindly read the

directions.”

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct

answer.
1. b
1. What was the taxi driver’s reaction towards 2. b
Singapore? 3. a
4. a
a. He thinks it is bad? 5. c
b. He thinks they would never get bored.
c. He thinks it is negative

2. What was the reaction of the children upon

seeing the Merlion?
a. Children are scared upon seeing the Merlion.
b. They are amazed.
c. They cried.

3. What was the description of the author about

Boat Quay?
a. an incarnation
b. a flying boat
c. the boat was weird

4. How does the author describe Singapore?

a. There were big changes in Singapore.
b. Singapore was not improving.
c. Singapore looks like the Philippines today.

5. What should be the action of the Filipinos so

that they will productive like Singaporean?
a. Filipinos doesn’t want to become productive.
b. Filipinos should love each other.
c. Filipinos should be business oriented.

D. Agreement

Make a Venn Diagram about the similarities and

differences of Philippines and Singapore in terms
of people. Write it on 1 whole sheet of pad paper.

“That would be all for today. Good bye class.”

Prepared by: Checked by:

Ma. Charlota C. Pel Ms. Ma. Alexandra R. Cruz
Student Teacher Cooperating Teacher