Republic of the Philippines

JOSE RIZAL MEMORIAL STATE UNIVERSITY

Premiere University of Zamboanga del Norte
Dipolog Campus, Dipolog City

DETAILED LESSON PLAN FOR GRADE 7

I. OBJECTIVE:
At the end of the lesson, students must be able to:
a. identify the basic elements of poetry.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic: Basic Elements of Poetry
Reference: English Learner’s Module 7 pp. 423
Teacher’s Guide pp.
Learning Competencies: Grammar Awareness
Materials: Visual Aids, Marking Pen,Paper Strips, Box

III. PROCEDURE

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENTS’ ACTIVITY

A. Preparation

1. Prayer

Can we all stand for our prayer?

O God Almighty…….
2. Greetings

Good morning class.

Good morning ma’am.
3. Checking of Attendance

Who are absent from the class?

[Students mention the names of the absentees]
It is very essential to recall our important
classroom rules before starting our class. Am
I right class?
Yes ma’am.
Who can still recall those rules?
  Listen attentively
 Do not talk to our seatmate
 Raise our right hand if we want to answer
 Do not answer in chorus
 When you answer, be sure that you are
facing your classmates.
Very good! Now class, can I expect all your
active participation in my class? Yes ma’am.
This morning we will discuss another lesson
but before that, let us have an activity. Do you
want to play class? Yes ma’am.
Wow, I love the energy of your voices. Can
we use that energy in learning this morning? Yes ma’am.

B. Motivation

Before starting our class, let us first have an

activity. As you can see I have here a puzzle.
In this puzzle, there are words that you may
find. I want you to encircle those words. I
need four volunteers to do this activity. A S N S T A N Z A S I R
A R T M O K B Y T O H
H P H S M P T C D VP H
H I J Y K L M C K D C I
Q T H E M E D F A O E H
K I M A G E R Y S K L M
Now let’s check your answer. These are the words you have formed:
Stanza, rhyme, theme and imagery.
Excellent work class! You all got the correct
answers. Give yourselves a “Kris Aquino”
clap. [Students are clapping their hands.]

C. Presentation

Please read again the words that have been

formed. [Everyone is reading.]
Thank you! This morning we will talk about
“The Basic Elements of Poetry”. But before
we dig deeper to our discussion let us first be Objective:
acquainted to our lesson objective. At the end of the lesson, students must be able
 to:
a. identify the basic elements of poetry.

D. Discussion

Who has an idea what poetry is?

Poetry is a patterned expression of ideas or
imagination containing rhymes and meters.
Class, we five basic elements of poetry. These
are:

1. Stanza- a series of lines grouped together.

2. Rhyme- repetition of similar sounds. Ex

ample
I saw a fairy in the wood,
He was dressed all in green,
He drew his sword while I just stood
All realized I’d be seen.
In the example class, where is the rhyming
words?
The words that have similar sounds are wood,
stood, and green, seen.
Excellent idea class!

3. Theme- message of the poem.

In every story or poems, there is something

that an author wants to convey. That is why it
is vital that we are going to understand what
we are reading so that we can get the message
of the story.

4. Symbolism- symbols that convey ideas.

In every story or poems, there is some part of

it that has symbolism. The writers may use
objects. Like for example, the writer use
candle as symbolism. What does candle
symbolizes? Light ma’am.

Very good! Candle symbolizes light.

5. Imagery- device used for readers to create

an image that encompass the five senses.
For you to fully understand our topic this
morning, I have here a poem and let’s all
identify the basic elements of poetry.

Did you now fully understand our lesson this Yes ma’am.
morning class?

That’s good to hear. Do you have any None ma’am.

questions about the basic elements of poetry?

F. Application

Since you don’t have questions anymore, we

will have another activity. RUBRIC:

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TASKS:

Group 1: Create a one stanza poem about

friendship.

Group 2: Create a poem with rhyme.

Group 3: Choose three objects and give their

symbolisms.

Class, you are given only 3 minutes to [The students are doing their activity.]
prepare.
[The students are presenting their work.]
Okay class your time starts now.

Time’s up! It’s now your time to present your

work.
[The students are clapping their hands.]
[Teacher revisits the rubrics every after
performance.]

Congratulations for the job well done class.

For that, give yourselves a round of applause. Poetry is a patterned expression of ideas or
imagination containing rhymes and meters.

G. Generalization
We have five basic elements of poetry.
Again class, what is poetry?
The five basic elements of poetry are stanza,
 rhyme, symbolism and imagery.
Very good! How many basic elements do we
have?

What are those?

Very good! I believe that you really

understand our lesson this morning. Now,
let’s have a quiz.

IV. EVALUATION

Direction: In a ¼ sheet of paper, identify the word or phrase described in each statement. Choose
the letter of the correct answer. Answer directly.

1. It is a vivid description of things seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

a. poetry b. symbolism c. stanza d. imagery

2. It is the underlying message of the story.

a. theme b. rhyme c. poetry d. stanza

3. It is the repetition of similar sounds.

a. stanza b. rhyme c. symbolism d. theme

4. It is the object of the poem that symbolizes a significant idea.

a. rhyme b. theme c. stanza d. symbolism

5. It is a literary form simply defined as a patterned of expression of ideas or imaginative terms

usually containing rhymes and meters.
a. rhyme b. poetry c. symbolism d. theme

V. ASSIGNMENT

Search the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert frost. In your paper, write a poem and
identify and underline the elements of poetry that you may find in the poem.