DETAILED LESSON PLAN

IN
ENGLISH IV

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of fifty-minute class discussion, the pupils with at least seventy-five
percent degree of proficiency should be able to:
a. give examples of adjectives;
b. identify adjectives in a sentence;
c. construct sentences using adjectives

II. SUBJECT MATTER

A. Topic: Adjectives
B. References: English VI for You and Me (page146), retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp5QtAgsjuY (The Dove and Ant story)
C. Materials: cartolina for motivation, short story for discussion, visual aids for
presenting information, cartolina for generalization, envelopes and cartolina for
the activity
D. Skills: describing, differentiating, listening, write sentences using adjectives
E. Value in Focus: Showing kindness to others

III. LESSON PROCEDURE

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY PUPIL’S ACTIVITY

A. A. Preparatory Activities
1. Drills

Good morning class!

Good morning Ma’am!

How are you today?

We are great Ma’am.

Ok class, I have here a picture. What can

you say about the picture?
(The pupils will answer the question.)

2. Developmental Activities
1. Motivation

Today class we are going to watch a

short story entitled “The Dove and The
Ant”.
Before watching the video, let us first
look for the meaning of difficult words
used in the story using a matching type.
Match column A with its meaning in
Column A Column B
1. balance a. shouted
2. screamed b. a person
3. struggling who
4. pluck off hunts/kills
5. hunter animals
c. having a
hard time
d. stability
e. tear off
f. a person
who
raises
animals
Column B.

(The pupils answer the following.)

1. stability
2. shouted
3. having a hard time
Let’s find out how did the dove save 4. tear off
the ant from the water and how did 5. a person who hunts/kills
the ant save the dove in return? And animals
what value did the dove and ant
demonstrated?
What will you do if you are watching?

What else?
Listen attentively.
Do not make noise.
Listen carefully because at the end of
the story, I will ask you some questions Take down notes.
to answer.
2. Discussion
Who are the characters in the story?

What happened to the ant while walking

nearby a riverbank? The characters in the story are the
dove, ant and the hunter.

How did the dove save the ant from the

water? The ant lost its balance and fell into
the water.
How did the ant save the dove from a The dove plucked off a leaf and
cruel hunter? dropped it into the water near the
ant.

Would you do the same if anyone needs
your help?
Class, what moral lesson did you learn
from the story?
The ant bit the heel of the hunter
until the dove flew away from the
forest.

Yes Ma’am.
What else?

The moral lesson of the story is we

should show kindness to others.
I have here some sentences. Let’s find
out what is all about these underlined We should help those who are in
words. need.

1. The poor ant lost its balance.

2. The ant saw a bad hunter with a
gun.
3. The current of the water is strong.
4. The little ant is in trouble.
In the first sentence, what does the word
“poor” describes?
Is ant a noun?
How about in the second sentence? The word “poor” describes the ant.
Is hunter a noun?
Yes Ma’am.
In the 3rd sentence, what does the word
The word “bad” describes the hunter.
“strong” describes?

Yes Ma’am.
How about the fourth sentence?
The word” “strong “describes the
current of the water.
So, How do you call the underlined
words in given sentences? The word “little” describes the ant.
Very Good! So, Class what is an adjective
based from the sentences given?
Adjectives Ma’am.

Adjectives are words that describes

Exactly, Adjectives are words that
a place, person, thing, animals, or an
describe a noun or pronoun.
event.
I have here some objects and tell
something about them.
(The teacher shows some objects.)
1. Body scrub
2. Bag
3. Cup cake

3. Values Integration

What have you learned from the

(The pupils answer the activity.)
story?

If you see someone asking for help,

what should you do?
We should be kind to others Ma’am.

We should help others because God

bless those who do good deeds.

Very Good children!

4. Generalization Help him/her as long as we can
Ma’am.
What is an adjective?

Kindly give me some examples of

adjectives. An adjective is a word that describes
a noun or a pronoun.

5. Application
beautiful, small, good, pretty, lovely
Class, I will group you into three. Ma’am.
Each group will be given a task
and you will finish it within 5
minutes.

RUBRICS:
Appropriateness -5 points
Teamwork -3 points
Time-bound -2 points
Total 10 points

Group 1- Write an adjective in the

box to describe the picture.
Group 2- Use the following
adjectives used in the sentence.
 Group 3- Construct sentences
using adjectives based from the
picture given.

What will you do when doing an

activity?

Cooperate with the group.

Do not make noise.
Do not disturb others.

(The pupils will do the assigned task.)

IV. EVALUATION
Direction: Read the following sentences and encircle the adjectives.
1. Linda’s hair is gorgeous.
2. I met a homeless person in the market.
3. Disasters are horrible nowadays.
4. Some animals are harmful.
5. The circus is colorful.

V. ASSIGNMENT
Write a paragraph about your family with 4-5 sentences using adjectives.