Learning Plan in English 9

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson the learners will be able to:
a. Analyze the meaning of the poem per stanza
b. Draw the image of the man with the hoe in two perspective
c. Interpret the message in the poem

II. Subject Matter

Topic : The Man with the Hoe by Edwin Markham
References : Anglo-American Literature 9 (Learner’s Material)
Materials : Power Point Presentation, Video Clip

III. Learning Activities

Daily Routine
 Prayer
 Greetings
 Checking of Attendance

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

ACTIVITY TASK 1
Examine closely the picture. He is a farmer.
What can you say? He is holding a hoe.
He seems very tired.

SHOWING PICTURE OF A FARMER

ACTIVITY TASK 2: VOCABULARY

Rapture
A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
Despair
A state in which all hope is lost or absent
Stolid
Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
Stun
Overwhelming surprise or shock
Censure
Harsh criticism or disapproval
Portents
A sign of something about to happen
Infamies
extreme dishonor
Fraught
Marked by distress
Perfidious
Tending to betray
Reckon
Take account of

ACTIVITY TASK 3
The students will read the poem The Man with the Hoe.
ANALYSIS

1. What is the image of the man with the hoe?

2. How does the poet describe him?
3. What does the line, “What to him are Plato and the swing of Pleiades?”
4. What does the bent body of the man with the hoe signify?
5. According to the poet, who is responsible for the condition or state of the man with the hoe?
6. As a child of the “future”, how would you respond to the question, “How will the future reckon with
this Man?” posed by the persona?
7. Who are the modern “man with the hoe”?
8. How does the society treat them?

ABSTRACTION
(Group Activity)
In a manila paper write an explanation for the stanza assigned in your group.
Group 1 1st stanza
Group 2 2nd stanza
Group 3 3rdstanza
Group 4 4thstanza
Teacher 5th stanza

APPLICATION
(Spot the Difference)
Illustrate the man with the hoe based on two perspectives. Illustration A should be an
interpretation of how the persona of the poem perceives him. Illustration B should show how God
intends him to be. Use the 2nd column to cite lines from the text to support your illustration. Write on
the 3rd column your interpretation of the cited lines.

Illustration A

Line/s from the text Explanation

Illustration B

Line/s from the text Explanation

CLOSING
To throw oneself to the side of the oppressed is the only dignified thing to do in life.
Edwin Markham