WHOLE BRAIN LESSON PLAN

1st QUARTER
SUBJECT: English LEVEL: Grade 7
UNIT TITLE: Appreciating My Self WEEK:
LESSON TITLE: Searching for my Beginnings NO. OF SESSIONS:

I. CONTENTS
1. The Philippines during the Pre-Colonial Period
2. The Sounds of Language
3. Words of Wisdom/The Origin of Proverbs

II. LEARNING ENDSTATES: What skills & competencies, values & attitudes (7 mastery skills) are being developed? To what degree
should students be assessed?
1. Learning to THINK: Understands the role of language and literature as a means of connecting to a significant past.
2. Leaning to DO: Writes original proverbs that reflects Filipino culture and identity.
3. Learning to FEEL: Appreciates the uniqueness of Filipinos through understanding proverbs of different ethnic groups.
4. Learning to COMMUNICATE: Expresses thoughts, feelings and opinions based on their understanding of Filipino cultures during Pre-
Colonial period
5. Learning to INTUIT: Reflects on the importance of knowing one’s beginnings through understanding ancestors’ proverbs.
6. Learning to LEAD: Encourages others to learn and reflect on our ancestors’ folk wisdom on how to act and live well.
7. Learning to BE: Proud Filipino
III. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
1. Based on the video, what are the differences between the way of life of Filipinos before and now?
2. Supposing you lived in the past, how would you feel if the present generation does not recognize the gifts of the past?
3. What is the essence of knowing your beginnings?
IV. MATERIALS, METHODS AND ACTIVITIES TO ACHIEVE ENDSTATES
A.
 MATERIALS METHODS ACTIVITIES
Pictures Depicting Pre-Colonial Period Video presentation Watching and Analyzing a Video
Slide share (Phil. Pre-Colonial Period)

B. Learning Output
Draw the Philippine Map emphasizing the places where specific proverbs originated.

V. INSTRUCTIONAL PHASES LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Task 1: The Philippines during the Pre-Colonial period.
ACTIVATE Through the video, let them describe the kind of life the Filipinos had during the pre-colonial period.
Discuss the life of Filipinos had during the pre-colonial period.

Task 2: A Way of Life

Agreement of statement and justifying thoughts.
Use the process questions:
1. Based on the video, what are the differences between the way of life of Filipinos before and now?
ACQUIRE
Fill in the Yesterday and Today Chart (Activity Sheet No. 1)
2. Supposing you lived in the past, how would you feel if the present generation does not recognize
the gifts of the past? Draw a sad emoji if the statement does not recognize the gifts of the past;
and happy emoji if it recognizes them. (Activity Sheet No. 2)

APPLY, PRACTICE, FORMATIVE Task 3: Sounds of Language

ASSESSMENT Enhance pronunciation of few and critical vowel-consonant sounds, diphthongs, blends and glides.
Read the conversation between a grandfather from the province and his grandchild who has come
home for the first time from Hawaii.

Decide which of the underlined statements give information and write them in the treasure chest.
And those sentences that do not inform will be written inside the trash box. (Activity Sheet No. 3)
 Task 4: The Origin of Proverbs. Discuss proverbs, their definition and origin. Connect how proverbs
can persuade. Discuss further here the purpose of informative and persuasive statements,
paragraph or essay.
Get your Bible. Locate 5 verses from the book of Proverbs that can motivate. To whom is each
proverb addressed? Write them inside this church. Choose the location where they can be easily
seen by the churchgoers. (Activity sheet No.4)

Study the Philippine map and compare it with this unlabeled map. Can you identify the places?
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT,
Label at least 5 places in the map and write inside each, its notable proverb. (see rubric below)
CLOSURE AND REFLECTION
(Activity Sheet No. 5- Enrichment)

VI. Rubric for Assessing the Learning

4
5 3 2 1
CATEGORIES Very TOTAL
Excellent Convincing Developing Beginning
Impressive
Content (elements of the illustration
contributed to the over-all message)

Originality (Parts of the illustration are

original)

Delivery (Delivered information related to

the task)
Impact (Presentation conveyed a strong
message)
Appearance (The over-all appearance is
attractive in terms of design and neatness)