Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region XII
Division of Sarangani

A Detailed Lesson Planin English

I. Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
a. identify the message of the poem;
b. interpret each stanza of the poem; and
c. create an essay using the following questions as guide

II. Subject Matter:

Topic: “i apologize, waling-waling”
by Peter Solis Nery
Reference: Language in Literature
Author:Lourdes M. Ribo,Linda D. Reyespp. 290-291
Instructional Materials: visual aids,laptop, projector

III. Procedure:
Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity

A. Preparation

a. Prayer
 Regulating everyone to stand up The students will stand up and pray.
for a prayer

b. Greetings “Good morning Sir Red. Good morning

 “Good morning class?” classmates. It is nice to see you again.”
 “It’s nice to see you too. You may “Thank you, sir.”
now take your seats.”

c. Checking of Attendance
 “Who are not arround?” “Everyone is present sir.”

B. Review/Drill

(The teacher will give a short activity as follow

up to his previous lesson.)

Identify the type of each sentenceby pasting

the answer before the number.

C.Motivation

“Are you fond of using social media?" “Yes Sir!”

“Cite some examples of those?” “Facebook, Twitter,Instagram”

 “When do you say they are useful? “It’s easy to communicate with others.”

“When it is bad?” “Other people are even hacking and take

advantage of your personal life.”

D.Unlocking of Difficulties

Match the given word to their respective

meaning on the board. 1. clumsy–(adj.) moving in a very awkward
way.
He is clumsy on the dance floor.

2. velvet – (n) a soft type of cloth.

She reached into the velvet pouch.

3. clench – (v) : to hold fast

He clenched his fist in anger.

4. throng – (n) : a large group of people.

Shoppers thronged the field to celebrate.

5. hastened – (v) : to move or act quickly.

His death was hastened by alcohol
abuse.

E. Presentation/Discussion

 About the author

- He was born on January 06, 1969 in

Dumangas, Iloilo, Philippines.
- He is a Filipino poet, fictionist, author
and filmmaker.
- He was awarded“Outstanding
Student”in the University of the
Philippines in 1990.
- He was awarded the “1992 Literature
Grant for Hiligaynon Poetry”in the
“This man here receiving an award is Mr. Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Peter Solis Nery. To know more about him,
Richard, please read the provided
information.”
 “i apologize, waling-waling”
by Peter Solis Nery

i am coming back
for you, waling-waling
 Pre-reading listen to me for a moment
(The students will read the poem.) and try to understand

however clumsy my explanation

spread out your velvet petals
and let my story gently open
your clenched moist anger

betray you I did not

i was faithful to my promise
i kept the secrecy of your place
my intentions were pure
i only wished…

oh, that the world would

love you and protect you
i trusted they would respect
your beauty and your peace
but their greed defeated me.

and who would ever imagine

that three pictures
would lead the wild throng to you.
i did not betray you, waling-waling
i pleaded on your behalf
but the loggers’ chainsaws were deaf

i never intended greed

i never aimed selfishness
all I ever wanted was a happy forest
and your safety
from the madness of greed

forgive me, waling-waling

for the hastened fall of the forest
it was the luster of money
that my deal partners saw
i tried to stop them

but there were too many of them

and they tied me down
i cry for the orphans of the forest
because believe me
my intentions were pure
 “Sir, the persona is telling the waling-waling
“What do you think is the idea of the first stanza flower that he/she back and that he/she
you read?” going to explain himself/herself.”

“Very good! In the first stanza, the persona

tellthe waling-waling flower that he/she
came backsoonand calling the attention of
the flower to listen and understand him/her
for what he wants to tell.Class you have to
understand that the persona is not literally
talking to the flower. Waling-waling, here, is
a symbol used by the author to address
Mother Nature.”
“Sir, the persona asked the flower to listen as
“How about in the second stanza?” he/she was faithful to his/her promise and
did not mean any harm to the flower.”

“That’s correct! The personawanted to tell

Mother Nature to give him/her the chance
to explain his/her side and hear what he/she
has to say.”

“Sir, I think the persona is explaining to the

“What do you think about in the third stanza?” flower that he/shewas faithful to his/her
promise and did not mean any harm to the
flower.”

“Good answer! In this stanza, the persona

started to tell what really happened.
According to him/her, he/she didn’t break
his/her promise. He/she only wanted to
show everyone the beauty of nature and
tried to maintain its preservation but he/she
failed.” “Sir, the persona thought that, like him, the
people will love and respect the waling-walin
“What is your explanation in fourth stanza? “ g flower but he was wrong.”

“Very good! He had this misconception that

the people, upon seeing how beautiful
nature is, will love and protects it. Instead,
they did the opposite. Their greed exploited
nature’s peace and beauty.” “Sir in the fifth stanza, the persona told the
waling-walingflower that the three pictures
“Explain the fifth stanza.” he took was the reason why the waling-
waling flower was discovered.”
 “Excellent! In this stanza, it seemed that
when the persona captured nature’s beauty
thru pictures, it caught the people’s
attention and it triggered them to search for
nature’s hidden beauty. According to the
persona, he/she tried to plead in behalf of
nature, but the people did not listen.”
“Sir, the persona continued to explain that
“How about in the sixth stanza?” he/she never wanted for anything bad to
happen. All he/she ever wanted is a happy
forest and the safety of the flower.”

“Very well said! In this stanza, the persona

stated that he/shedreamsto preserve
nature’s beauty and safety. Only later did he
find out that selfishness and greed will
destroy that dream of his/hers.”
“Sir, the persona was apologizing to the
“Explain the seventh stanza.” waling-waling flower for what happened.”

“That is right. In this stanza, the persona is

begging for forgiveness for what became the
results of his actions. According to the
persona, it’s not the beauty of nature that
the people saw but the money they can earn
from it.”
“Sir according to the persona he/she tried to
“How about the last stanza?” stop the people from destroying the forest
but he/she failed because there were too
many of them.”

“Well said! According to the persona,he /she

tried his best to stop the people from what
they are doing but since he is fighting single-
handedly, what he did was no use. Thus,
even though his intentions were pure,all he
can do now is grieve for what happened.”
“Yes Sir.”
“Did you understand?”

“Very Good! Do you have any question or

“None Sir.”
clarification?”

F.Enrichment

“What is the message of the poem?”

“Don't give our trust easily to the people who
are doesn't really knows and not all things
that we discover is needed to share to
become ourselves famous about this, be
careful to our decisions.”
 G. Generalization:
“To sum up,what again is the title of our
lesson today?”
“Correct! Who is the author of the poem?”
“Sir,“i apologize waling-waling”is the title of
the poem we discussed today.”
“Peter Solis Nery is the author of the poem
Sir.”

“Sir I learned it is not right to destroy nature

“That’s right! What moral value have you
learned from the poem?”
“Excellent! Any other answer?”
just to earn profit from it.”
“Sir we should take good care of Mother
Nature.”

“Yes Sir!”
“Very good! Bear in mind that nature is a
God-given gift, and since it has given us a lot
from food to shelter and everything, we
should be the ones to take care of it instead
of destroying it. Is it clear?”
“None sir!”
“Are there any more questions?”

IV. Evaluation:

Create an essay using the following questions as guide.

1. Proper ways on how to promote the beauties of nature.

2. After we discovered it, in what ways can we protect it while enjoying its beauty and
goodness?

V. Assignment:

1. Enumerate the different types of imperatives.

2. Differentiate the different types of imperatives.
3. Give 5 examples of each type.

Prepared by:

REYNALDO LABRADOR COLEGADO, JR

Teacher Applicant