LEARNING RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SECTION (LRMS)

Department of Education
Region VI - Western Visayas
Schools Division Office of Kabankalan City

Second Quarter - Week 2: Note Details Regarding

Character, Setting and Plot

Written by:

MARICEL P. ESTRADA
Teacher I
Esteban R. Abada Memorial School - West
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Lesson Exemplar in Remedial Reading
Second Quarter - Week 2: Note Important Details

I. OBJECTIVE (First Day)

Learning Competency: Note important details (EN3LC-Ia-j-2.1)

II. LEARNING RESOURCES

Skill Focus: Noting details in the story listened to
Contextualized Story: The Honest Tricycle Driver by Maricel P. Estrada
Materials: Pictures, chart, copies of the story

III. LEARNING ACTIVITIES

A. Pre-reading Activities
1. Drill
The teacher will flash a word card. The teacher will let the pupils read
the words.
a. honest d. market
b. driver e. passenger
c. tricycle

2. Motivation
Who among you here has a father or kuya who is a tricycle driver?
Did they share their experiences of being a driver?
Why is there a need to be honest?

3. Unlocking of Difficult Words

a. honest (someone or something that is truthful)
An honest child doesn’t tell a lie.
b. Tuberculosis (an infectious bacterial disease or highly contagious
infection)
His mother died of Tuberculosis.
c. porter (a person whose job is to carry things, burdens or baggage
of passengers or travelers)
My father is a porter in the public market.
 B. During Reading
Set standards for reading.
The teacher and pupils take turn in reading the story.
The teacher will read the first part of the story and ask the following
questions:
• Where did the story happen? How did Lope earn money at
young age?
Call one pupil to continue reading the next part of the story or the
second paragraph an ask the following questions:
• Why did Lope stop going to school? How did he help his
family?
Call another pupil to read the last part of the story and ask the
following questions:
• What happened one day? Who left her bag in the tricycle?
What did Lope remember

The Honest Tricycle Driver

by Maricel P. Estrada

Lope is one of those tricycle drivers driving within the city proper of
Kabankalan City. He is an honest driver.
He was only ten years old when his mother passed away due to
Tuberculosis. He is the eldest among the seven siblings. At a young age, he
learned how to earn money by selling balut and boiled peanuts after classes.
During weekends, he collected old scraps around the city proper. The money
he collected were given to his father to buy food and to support their
education.
Lope’s father is a porter at the market and has no regular work. So, at
the age of eighteen, Lope decided to stop going to school and help his
father instead in raising their family. As a tricycle driver, he is admired by
everyone because aside from being honest, he is very polite and helpful. He
always returns the excess change, greet passengers politely and carry their
heavy bags.
One day, an old woman left her bag in Lope’s tricycle. He
remembered that he brought his passenger to the old municipal hall in front
of the plaza. He immediately returned the bag to the old woman. The old
woman was very thankful because of Lope’s honesty.
IV. EVALUATION
Directions: Reread the story. Answer the questions by encircling the
letter of your answer.
1. How did Lope earn money at young age?
a. by selling balut and peanuts c. by selling kakanin
b. by carrying heavy baggage
2. Why did Lope stop schooling?
a. to work as a porter c. to sell balut
b. to help his father in raising the family
3. What happened one day?
a. Lope met an accident. c. Lope’s mother died.
b. An old woman left her bag in the tricycle.
4. What did Lope remember?
a. He brought the old woman to the old municipal hall.
b. He brought the old woman in the plaza.
c. He brought the old woman in the market.
5. What kind of driver was Lope?
a. Generous c. courageous
b. honest
ENGLISH 3
Lesson Exemplar in Remedial Reading
Second Quarter - Week 2: Note Details Regarding Character,
Setting and Plot

I. OBJECTIVE (Second Day)

Learning Competency: Note details regarding character, setting and plot
(EN3 RC-I0-2.2)

II. LEARNING RESOURCES

Skill Focus: Note details regarding character, setting and plot by
completing the story map
Contextualized Story: The Honest Tricycle Driver by Maricel P. Estrada
Materials: contextualized story map, pictures, chart, copies of the story

III. LEARNING ACTIVITIES

A. Pre-reading Activities
1. Drill
The teacher will flash a word card. The teacher will let the pupils
read the words.
a. honest d. market
b. driver e. passenger
c. tricycle

2. Motivation
Who among you here has a father or kuya who is a tricycle driver?
Did they share their experiences of being a driver?
Why is there a need to be honest?

3. Unlocking of Difficult Words (through context clues or pictures)

a. honest (someone or something that is truthful)
An honest child doesn’t tell a lie.
b. Tuberculosis (an infectious bacterial disease or highly contagious
infection)
His mother died of Tuberculosis.
c. porter (a person whose job is to carry things, burdens or
baggage of passengers or travelers)
My father is a porter in the public market.
 B. Post-reading Activities
a. The teacher will again present and read the story.
b. The pupils will listen as the teacher reads first the story.
c. Let the pupils read the story silently.
d. The teacher will ask questions that will lead to the setting,
characters and plot of the story.
• When and where did the story happen?
• Who was the boy in the story?
• How did Lope help his family?
• What happened one day?
• How did the story end?
• What kind of driver was Lope?

The Honest Tricycle Driver

by Maricel P. Estrada

Lope is one of those tricycle drivers driving within the city proper of
Kabankalan City. He is an honest driver.
He was only ten years old when his mother passed away due to
Tuberculosis. He is the eldest among the seven siblings. At a young age, he
learned how to earn money by selling balut and boiled peanuts after classes.
During weekends, he collected old scraps around the city proper. The money
he collected were given to his father to buy food and to support their
education.
Lope’s father is a porter at the market and has no regular work. So, at
the age of eighteen, Lope decided to stop going to school and help his
father instead in raising their family. As a tricycle driver, he is admired by
everyone because aside from being honest, he is very polite and helpful. He
always returns the excess change, greet passengers politely and carry their
heavy bags.
One day, an old woman left her bag in Lope’s tricycle. He
remembered that he brought his passenger to the old municipal hall in front
of the plaza. He immediately returned the bag to the old woman. The old
woman was very thankful because of Lope’s honesty.
IV. EVALUATION
a. The teacher will post a big story map worksheet on the board.
b. Each pupil will be given a story map worksheet.
c. Pupils will complete the story map with the guide questions.

I. Where did the story happen?

II. Beginning
How did Lope earn money at a
young age?
Why did Lope stop going to school?
How did he help his family?

III. Middle
What happened one day?
Who left her bag in the tricycle?
What did Lope remember?
V. What is the
title of the story?

IV. End
What happened next?
How did the story end?
What kind of driver was Lope?
Why?
ENGLISH 3
Activity Sheet in Remedial Reading (Story Map)
Second Quarter - Week 2: Note Details Regarding Character,
Setting and Plot

Instruction: Complete the story map by answering the guide questions.

Name: _______________________________________ Date: _____________________
Grade & Section: _____________________________ Score: ____________________

If you were the character in the story “The Honest Tricycle Driver”, would you
do the same? Why? or Why not?
I. Where did the story happen?

II. Beginning
How did Lope earn money at a young age?
Why did Lope stop going to school?
How did he help his family?

III. Middle
What happened one day?
Who left her bag in the tricycle?
What did Lope remember?
V. What is the title
of the story?

IV. End
What happened next?
How did the story end?
What kind of driver was Lope? Why?

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ENGLISH 3
Activity Sheet in Remedial Reading (Reading Text)
Second Quarter - Week 2: Note Details Regarding Character,
Setting and Plot

The Honest Tricycle Driver

by Maricel P. Estrada

Lope is one of those tricycle drivers driving within the city proper of
Kabankalan City. He is an honest driver.
He was only ten years old when his mother passed away due to
Tuberculosis. He is the eldest among the seven siblings. At a young age, he
learned how to earn money by selling balut and boiled peanuts after classes.
During weekends, he collected old scraps around the city proper. The money
he collected were given to his father to buy food and to support their
education.
Lope’s father is a porter at the market and has no regular work. So, at
the age of eighteen, Lope decided to stop going to school and help his
father instead in raising their family. As a tricycle driver, he is admired by
everyone because aside from being honest, he is very polite and helpful. He
always returns the excess change, greet passengers politely and carry their
heavy bags.
One day, an old woman left her bag in Lope’s tricycle. He
remembered that he brought his passenger to the old municipal hall in front
of the plaza. He immediately returned the bag to the old woman. The old
woman was very thankful because of Lope’s honesty.
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