INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN (IPLAN) IN ENGLISH 7

Name of Teacher MARILOU L. ARBASTO Grade/Year Level VII

Learning Area: ENGLISH Quarter: 4 Date:

Competency: Distinguish between and among a capsule biography, biographical sketch , and feature
article
iPlan No. 8 Duration (minutes/hours) 60 minutes

Key Specific information points out the similarities and differences of the literary genres.
Understanding to
be developed
Learning Knowledge Point out the similarities and differences between and among a
Objectives capsule biography, biographic sketch ,and feature article
Skills Distinguish bits of information as capsule biography, biographical
sketch and feature article based on the given text
Attitudes Apply critical thinking in classifying different literary genres
Resources Needed: A. Reference: www.google.com, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_P._Romulo
B. Materials: Photocopied activities. Meta strips
Elements of the Plan Methodology
Preparations
-How will I make the Introductory Activity  Can you still remember the different literary
Learners ready? (5 minutes) genres?
-How do I prepare the
learners for the new (Volunteer students are asked to give brief description of
lesson? the different literary genres.)
-How will I connect my
new lesson with the
past lesson?
Presentation Activity Game - # OTP ( One True Pair )
-(How will I present the (10 minutes) Directions:
new lesson?) 1. Instruct students to look for a star in their respective
-What materials will I seats.
use? 2. If they find stars, they will qualify to participate in the
-What generalization game.
/concept/conclusion/ The stars contain texts of capsule biography,
Abstraction should the biographical sketch, feature article and the words
learners arrive at “capsule biography, biographical sketch and feature
article”.

Game proper:
The students who find stars containing the texts will
look for his/her partner whose stars contain the correct
classification of the genre. After forming the correct pair,
one will read the text and the other will show the star
containing the classification.

Analysis Do they make the right pair? Why? Why not?

(10 minutes) What makes a text a capsule biography? Biographical
sketch? Feature article?
 Valuing What attitude did each member of the game show that
(5 minutes) made him/her accomplish the tasks?

Abstraction How do capsule biography, biographical sketch and feature

(10 minutes) article differ from each other? How about their
similarities?

Practice Practice/ Application Using a Venn Diagram, illustrate the similarities and
-What practice (10 minutes) differences of each non-fiction genre.
exercises/ application
activities will I give to
the learners?

Assessment Assessment Matrix

Levels of Assessment What will I How will I assess? How will I score
Assess?
Knowledge

Process or Skills Retention Skill Students are Rubric:

(10 minutes) presented with 1 point each
strips of paper correct answer
containing bits of
information. They
have to classify
each information
as capsule
biography,
biographical sketch
or feature article.
Understanding

Products/performance
(Transfer of
Understanding)
Assignment Reinforcing the
day’s lesson
Enriching the Research and bring sample copy of either of the following
day’s lesson –capsule biography , biographical sketch or feature article
Enhancing the
day’s lesson
Preparing for the
New lesson
Concluding Wrap-up
Activity
( Optional) Finale

REMARKS

iP8 Attachment A
  Biographical Sketch

A biographical sketch is a brief summary of you or other individual's professional, educational

accomplishments, publications, and affiliations. It is more like or somewhat similar to a curriculum vitae
and is meant to highlight important aspects of your life including training, experience, and areas of
interest.
NESTOR VICENTE MADALI (N.V.M.) GONZALES
(September 8, 1915-November

Born: September 8, 1915 (Romblon, Philippines)

Died: November 28, 1999 - 84 years old (Libingan ng mga Bayani)
Occupation: Teacher, Author, Journalist, Essayist
Language: English/Filipino
Nationality: Filipino
Notable Awards:
Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship
Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature
City of Manila Medal of Honor
Philippine National Artist
WORKS:
A. Novels
-The Winds of April (1941)
-A Season of Grace (1956)
-The Bamboo Dancers (1988)
B. Short Fiction
-A Grammar of Dreams and Other Stories. University of the Philippines Press, 1997
-The Bread of Salt and Other Stories. Seattle: University of Washington Press,
1993; University of the Philippines Press, 1993
-Mindoro and Beyond: Twenty-one Stories. Quezon City: University of the
Philippines Press, 1981; New Day, 1989
-Selected Stories. Denver, Colorado: Alan Swallow, 1964
iPlan 8 Attachment B
-Look, Stranger, on this Island Now. Manila: Benipayo, 1963
-Children of the Ash-Covered Loam and Other Stories. Manila: Benipayo, 1954;
Bookmark Filipino Literary Classic, 1992
-Seven Hills Away. Denver, Colorado: Alan Swallow, 1947
C. Essays
-A Novel of Justice: Selected Essays 1968-1994. Manila: National Commission for
Culture and the Arts and Anvil (popular edition), 1996
-Work on the Mountain (Includes The Father and the Maid, Essays on Filipino
Life and Letters and Kalutang: A Filipino in the World), University of the Philippines
Press, 1996

iP8 Attachment B
  Capsule Biography

Capsule biography is a quick reference to concise a information about a person. This is relatively
shorter than a biographical sketch. Hereunder is a sample.

Vicente Y. Sotto

Senator Vicente Sotto was born in Cebu City on April 18, 1877 to Marcelino Sotto and
Pascuala Yap.

He finished his secondary education at the Colegio de San Carlos in Cebu City. He obtained
the degree of Bachelor of Laws and Judicial Science and passed the bar examinations in 1907.

In 1902, Senator Sotto entered politics when he ran for the municipal councillorship of Cebu
and won. In 1907, he was elected mayor despite his absence during the election owing to his
involvement in a court battle caused by a kidnapping suit lodge against him by his opponent, and
was forced to stay in Hongkong. After seven years in the Crown Colony, Senator Sotto decided to
return to the country in 1914.

In 1922, he was elected representative of the second district of Cebu until 1925. On
November 1946, he ran for Senator and won and served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on
Finance until 1950. http://www.senate.gov.ph/senators/former_senators/vicente_sotto.htm

iP8 Attachment C
  Feature Article

A feature is a special human interest story or article that is not closely tied to a recent news event.
It focuses on particular people, places, and events, and it goes into great detail regarding concepts and
ideas of specific market interest. Read the sample below. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feature_story

Vicente Sotto Y. Yap

By: Januar Yap

THE lone photograph of Vicente Sotto in his most current Wikipedia entry shows at once the
“recalcitrant, principled” man his Senate colleagues described him to be. If you hold it before a
clueless commuter, the picture comes out as that of a hoodlum’s—a brush cut, knitted eyebrows,
flaring nostrils, an unlighted cigarette in mouth. But, in a suit and coat, you can say you’re looking at
an Asian Corleone.

He’d get an interesting description later from a fellow Visayan, the 8th president Carlos P.
Garcia, who said Sotto was a “rock of Gibraltar” whose knees knew no bending, his conviction
rugged, and his soul made of steel. For one moment, you thought he was describing Optimus Prime.
But, no, Sotto was real, as real as his grandson tucking “libel” into the Cybercrime Law while we
weren’t watching, or say while we were amused at Corona’s fainting fits and his Ninja smokescreen
acts.

Anyway, about the grandfather first. I talk about the grand old man routinely in Philippine
literature classes because you can’t deny his contribution to Cebuano literature. You can’t imagine
our literature without the “Father of Modern Cebuano Writing,” as local history portrays him to be.

But he is required discussion, too, in journalism classes. One of Sotto’s greatest

achievements was his authorship of the Press Freedom Law or the RA 53, which is also known as
the Sotto Law. The law protects journalists from revealing their sources.

Looking at it now, you can see the insight in his foresight since today we think that a
journalist’s biggest source is the one named “anonymous.” Nameless citizens shed light on
otherwise dark trails enterprising journalists have to grope for in the act of truth-telling.
Anonymous’s contribution is partly responsible for the success of Julius Assanghe’s Wikileaks.

So on the occasion of the Cebu Press Freedom Week, I also take the occasion of looking back
at Sotto’s life because recent events see the sharpest irony of all.

Roughly half a century later, Sotto’s grandson finds amusing to stretch his Eat Bulaga jokes
into the august halls of the Senate. When the social network was swamped with Sotto jokes—and I
like that photograph showing the façade of the “Sotto Copy Center”—he warned those who took
part in the Sotto-bashing to better watch out once the Cybercrime Law is passed.

It turns out he had made “stealthy,” as journalist Raisa Robles describes it, amendments into
the law. The comedian copy-pasted, er, imported the libel law into the Cybercrime Law, a dangerous
act considering how crude the law gets when placed on a platform whose grace takes inspiration
from its inherent freedom. As journalists knock on heaven’s door for the Freedom of Information
Bill, Sotto has put up a war on another front.

Think about its chilling effect each time you feel the urge to “like” or “share” a Sotto joke on
Facebook. ROFL!
 Whatever I talk about, I talk about Sotto, and a student once got curious, “Sir, why do you
dislike Sotto?” I told him because I am an Eraserheads fan, which left him with a quizzical look.

Years ago, your beloved senator tried to ban the E-heads song “Alapaap” because it talked
about taking a flight into the clouds and that means getting high. I thought his reasoning was
clouded so, dude, look who’s stoned.

When Martial Law was declared, Marcos’s first Letter of Instruction was to silence the
media, which is like a thief subduing the dog to consummate a crime in the silence of the night.
Sotto’s part in the Cybercrime Law is just that kind of gesture. Everybody should “unfriend” him.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/opinion/2012/09/20/yap-vicente-sotto-y-yap-243949

iP8 Attachment D
Name: ______________________________ Year & Section: ______ Date: ______ Score: ______
Distinguish the given information as capsule biography, biographical sketch or feature article.

1. Carlos Peña Romulo was born on born January 14, 1899 in Camiling, Philippines and died on
December 15, 1985 in Manila. He was a Philippine general, diplomat, and journalist known for his activities
on behalf of the Allies during World War II and his later work with the United Nations. In 1931 Romulo was
made editor in chief of TVT Publications, comprising three newspapers, one in English, one in Spanish, and
one in Tagalog. In 1937 he became publisher of another chain of newspapers. In 1941 Romulo won
the Pulitzer Prize for Peace for his prewar evaluations of the military situation in the Pacific area. In 1948 he
served as president of the United Nations Conference on Freedom of Information in Geneva. Romulo was
president of the General Assembly of the UN from 1949 to 1950 and in 1950 became secretary of foreign
affairs of the Philippines. In 1952 he was named ambassador to the United States. He served as president of
the University of the Philippines, near Manila in 1962 to 1968, and secretary of education from 1966 to 1968.
He then became secretary of foreign affairs in 1968 to 1978 and minister of foreign affairs from 1978 1984. In
his later years, while serving under Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos, Romulo became less democratic in his views.
Answer: ____________________________________
2.
CARLOS P. ROMULO by
President of the United Nations General Assembly Resident Commissioner to the U.S. House of
Representatives from the Philippine Islands
In office
1949–1950 In office
1944–1947
Preceded by Herbert Vere Evatt
Preceded by Joaquin Miguel Elizalde
Succeeded Nasrollah Entezam
by Succeeded Post abolished
by
Secretary of Foreign Affairs of thePhilippines
11th President of the University of the Philippines
In office
1968–1984 In office
1962–1968
President Ferdinand Marcos
President Diosdado Macapagal
Preceded by Narciso Ramos
Ferdinand Marcos
Succeeded Arturo Tolentino
Preceded by Vicente G. Sinco
by
Succeeded Salvador P. Lopez
In office
by
1963–1964
Personal details
President Diosdado Macapagal
Born Carlos Peña Rómulo
Preceded by Salvador P. López
14 January 1898
Succeeded Mauro Mendez Camiling, Tarlac, Philippines
by
Died 15 December 1985 (aged 87)
In office Manila, Philippines
1950–1952
Nationality Filipino
President Elpidio Quirino
Alma mater University of the Philippines
Preceded by Joaquin Miguel Elizalde
Profession Diplomat, Politician
Succeeded Joaquin Miguel Elizalde
Religion Roman Catholic

Answer: _________________________________

3. On the edge of Buenos Aires is a nothing little street called Pasaje C, a shot of dried mud
leading into a slum from what passes for a main road, the garbage-strewn Mariano Acosta. There is
a church, the Immaculate Virgin, toward the end of the pasaje—Spanish for passage—where, on
one occasion, the local priest and a number of frightened residents took refuge deep in the
sanctuary when rival drug gangs opened fire. Beyond the church, Pasaje C branches into the rest of
the parish: more rutted mud and cracked concrete form Pasajes A to K. Brick chips from the hasty
construction of squatter housing coagulate along what ought to be sidewalks. The wordasesino—-
murderer—is scrawled in spray-paint on the sooty wall of a burned-out house, which was torched
just days before in retaliation for yet another shooting. Packs of dogs sprawl beneath wrecked cars.
Children wander heedless of traffic, because nothing can gather speed on these jagged roads. But
even Pasaje C can lead to Rome.

As Cardinal and Archbishop of Buenos Aires, a metropolis of some 13.5 million souls, Jorge
Mario Bergoglio made room in his schedule every year for a pastoral visit to this place of squalor
and sorrow. He would walk to the subway station nearest to the Metropolitan Cathedral, whose
pillars and dome fit easily into the center of Argentine power. Traveling alone, he would transfer
onto a graffiti-blasted tram to Mariano Acosta, reaching where the subways do not go. He finished
the journey on foot, moving heavily in his bulky black orthopedic shoes along Pasaje C. On other
days, there were other journeys to barrios throughout the city—so many in need of so much, but
none too poor or too filthy for a visit from this itinerant prince of the church. Reza por mí, he asked
almost everyone he met. Pray for me.

When, on March 13, Bergoglio inherited the throne of St. Peter—keeper of the keys to the
kingdom of heaven—he made the same request of the world. Pray for me. His letter of retirement, a
requirement of all bishops 75 and older, was already on file in a Vatican office, awaiting approval.
Friends in Argentina had perceived him to be slowing down, like a spent force. In an instant, he was
a new man, calling himself Francis after the humble saint from Assisi. As Pope, he was suddenly the
sovereign of Vatican City and head of an institution so sprawling—with about enough followers to
populate China—so steeped in order, so snarled by bureaucracy, so vast in its charity, so weighted
by its scandals, so polarizing to those who study its teachings, so mysterious to those who don’t,
that the gap between him and the daily miseries of the world’s poor might finally have seemed
unbridgeable. Until the 266th Supreme Pontiff walked off in those clunky shoes to pay his hotel bill.

The papacy is mysterious and magical: it turns a septuagenarian into a superstar while
revealing almost nothing about the man himself. And it raises hopes in every corner of the world—
hopes that can never be fulfilled, for they are irreconcilable.

Answer: ______________________________________

ANSWER KEY FOR ATTACHMENT D

1. Capsule Biography
2. Biographical Sketch
3. Feature Article

Edited by:

MRS. WINEFREDA C. RUIZ

Mandaue City Division

MRS. MITCHEL F. MISA

Lapu-Lapu City