A Detailed Lesson Plan

In English

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to:
A. Demonstrate understanding of rhyme through recitation; and
B. Determine rhyme scheme of a poem.

II. Subject Matter

Topic: Rhyme scheme
Subtopic: Rhyming words
Materials: Poem (If Thou Must Love Me), Speakers, Overhead projector, Balloons, Visual aids and flash
cards
References: http://www.shmoop.com/rhymes/o4Lrhymescheme/summary.html
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19429
IIII. Procedure

Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity

A. Preparatory activities
1. Customary greetings
Good morning class. : Good morning, Sir.

Take your seat. : Thank you, Sir.

2. Checking of attendance
3. Motivation
What is your favorite song class? : You’re beautiful by James Blunt, Sir.

What else? : More than words by Extreme, Sir.

Any other song class? : Don’t know what to do by RicSegreto, Sir.

Why do you like that song? : I like it Sir because the sound is good.

What about you Charles James? Why do you like the

song More than words? : I like the song because the lyrics are beautiful, Sir.

What is the element we need to create a song? : Sir, we need words or lyrics to create a song.

You’re right. Excellent! Is a lyric song can also be called

a lyric poem? : (Yes/no)

If no, why? : it is not because a lyric song needs an

accompaniment to make it a song while a lyric
poem is just consisting of words that doesn’t
need a melody.

Alright! Who would answer yes, why? : It is because a lyric poem and a song lyric both
use well-chosen words, Sir.

Very well-said. In a song and also in poem, we need

well-chosen words.

(The teacher tacks the material on the board.)

 Is it okay if I call you mine? Like when I hear your name, 
Just for a time  Or see a place that you've been 
And I will be just fine  Or see a picture of your grin, 
If I know that you know that I’m  Or pass a house that you've been in 
Wanting , needing your love  At one time or another. 

If I ask of you is it all right  It sets off something in me I can't explain. 

If I ask you to hold me tight  And I can't wait to see you again. 
Through a cold, dark night  Oh, babe, I love your love  
‘Cause there may be a cloudy day in sight  And what I'm trying to say isn't really new 
And I need to let you know that I might  It's just the things that happen to me 
Be needing your love  When I'm reminded of you

And what I’m trying to say isn’t really new 

It’s just the things that happen to me 
When I’m reminded of you 

Is the material on the board a song or a poem Jollirey? : A song lyrics, Sir.

Correct guess. This is a song. Is it possible that this is

also a poem class? : Yes, Sir.

Let us all listen to the song class.

(The teacher plays the song)

Do you find the song interesting class? : Yes, Sir.

What makes it interesting? : The lyrics and the melody of the song make it
interesting, Sir.

Very Good! A song lyric can also be called a poem.

Originally, song starts as poem, and then we add
melody to it so it becomes a song.

B. Presentation
Take a look at this poem class. You read along with
your eyes while I am reading the poem.

(The teacher tacks the material and reads the poem

softly with emphasis on the last word of each line.)

If Thou Must Love Me

If thou must love me, let it be for naught

Except for love’s sake only. Do not say,
“I love her for her smile – her look – her way
Of speaking gently – for a trick of thought
That falls in well with mine, and certes brought
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day” –
For these things in themselves, Beloved, may
Be changed, or changed for thee – and love, so
wrought,
May be unwrought so. Neither love me for
Thine own dear pity’s wiping my cheeks dry –
A creature might forget to weep, who bore
Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby!
But love me for love’s sake, that evermore
Thou may’st love on, through love’s eternity.
What do you think of the poem class? Does it appeals
to you?
The poet in the poem does not want to be loved “for
her smile, her look” and her “way of speaking gently.”
What reason does she give?
According to her, for what reason alone should her
loved one love her?
Very good! Should a person love someone because of
pity? Why or why not?
The author reiterates her preferred reason for being
loved in the last two lines. Do you agree or disagree
with her? Explain your stand.
What is the message of the poem?
Anything else?
Do you like the poem class?
Which did you enjoy more Jilmer, the poem or the
song?
What about you Marjorie?
: Yes. The poem is interesting, sir.
: She said that these things may change and be
changed and even the love that was created may be
removed.
: He should love her except for love so that he can’t
find any reason to not love her if she has this
imperfection that erases the reason that made him
love her.
: No, because pity and love is a very different
concept. When you love someone because of pity,
you will be unfair to yourself and to him or her as
well.
: Yes sir. Because loving someone with love as the
only reason means that whatever will happen
between you, the love you had will always be
forever.
: Loving someone doesn’t need any reason at all
and suddenly it’s magic.
: Do not love someone because you pity them,
because you’ll just hurt both of you at the end.
: Yes, Sir.
: The poem Sir because it talks about true love.
: I enjoyed the song more, Sir because it’s melody
made it even more interesting.
What do you observe in the poem Manny? : The words in the end of each line have the same
sound, Sir.

Very good! Will you give me ending words in the

poem that have the same sound Mariel? : Naught and thought.

What else Vilma? : Say and way.

Will you give me another example Florencio? : brought and wrought, sir.

Excellent. We call these words The Rhyming words

or rhymes. Based on those examples, what are
rhyming words? : They are words that have the same ending sound,
sir.

Let us read the poem If Thou Must Love Me again

class. : (The students read the poem.)

Is there a pattern of rhyme in the poem Keenan? Why : There is, sir because the end sound of first line is
do you say so? the same with the end sound of third line while
the second line and the fourth line have the same
sound.

Very good observation. If a poem has a pattern of

rhyme, that is what we call rhyme scheme.

Let us try to determine the rhyme scheme of the first

quatrain of the poem.

If thou must love me, let it be for naught

Except for love’s sake only. Do not say, .
“I love her for her smile – her look – her way
Of speaking gently – for a trick of thought

Now, let us try to represent each new sound with

letters starting with latter A then B and so on. Similar
end sounds will receive the same letter.

The first line will be marked A. Does the second line

rhyme with the first line Margie? : No, sir.

What letter shall we use then since there is a new

ending sound Joice? : B, sir.

Correct. What line has the same sound as the third

line Harvey? : Second line, sir.

So, what will be the letter used John Mark? : B, sir.

What then is the rhyme scheme of the first quatrain

Jemalyn? : ABBA, sir.
 Excellent! Let us continue with the second quatrain. In
what letter did we stop on the first quatrain? : B, sir.

So, what letter shall we use for the next stanza then
Marisol? : C, sir.

That’s right. We will use letter C if the next line in the

second quatrain doesn’t rhyme with any of the end
words in the first quatrain. Does the first line of the
second quatrain rhyme with any of the end words in
the first quatrain. Read the second quatrain class.
: That falls in well with mine, and certes brought
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day” –
For these things in themselves, Beloved, may
Be changed, or changed for thee – and love, so
wrought.
: Yes, sir. The 4 lines on the second quatrain
rhyme with the end words of the first quatrain.

What would be rhyme scheme of the second quatrain

then? : ABBA

Will you do the last quatrain and the couplet then?
: May be unwrought so. Neither love me for
Thine own dear pity’s wiping my cheeks dry –
A creature might forget to weep, who bore
Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby!
But love me for love’s sake, that evermore
Thou may’st love on, through love’s eternity.
CDCDCE

C. Generalization

When a poem has a rhyme, what is the characteristic

of the poem Hommer? : The end sound of each line sound alike, Sir.

In determining rhyme scheme, what are the steps we

have to do class, will you try Darryl? : First look at the rhyming words at the end of each
lines, sir.

What is the next step Jayson? : Mark each new end sound with letters Sir starting
from A.
ID. Application
Now, we are going to play a game. Here are two sets
of words. All you have to do is to flip one flash card
from both sets. If the words from both sets rhyme,
you will be given one plus points for your recitation.
The game will end when all flash cards are matched.
Any question from the heroes?

Set A Set B

Valentine Eglantine
Adore More
Kind Unwind
Blow Know
Kin Seen
Being King
Love Above
Zillion Lion
Sight Kite
Creep Deep
Red Thread

Let’s have another game class. Here ares sets of

numbers. Each numbers has a corresponding poem.
What you have to do is to choose a number and
determine the rhyme scheme of the poem. Three
wrong answers in every poem and you will lose a
turn. Any questions class? : None, sir.

Let us start the game. : (The first player chooses an number.)

Read the poem. : But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes,
Feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel,
Making a famine where abundance lies,
Thyself thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel

What is the rhyme scheme? : ABAB Sir.

Next player. : Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove
ABAB

Very good. Let’s have the next player.
: Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
ABAB CDCD

You are correct! Excellent! Let’s have our next player

then. : My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
Coral is far more red than her lips' red
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. 
: The rhyme scheme is ABAB.

Very good. Next player. : Mr. Brown the Circus Clown

puts his clothes on upside down.
 He wears his hat upon his toes
and socks and shoes upon his nose.
:The rhyme scheme is AABB.

Absolutely. Now let us call the next player. : Today I had a rotten day.
As I was coming in from play
accidentally stubbed by toes
and tripped and fell and whacked my nose.
: The rhyme scheme of the poem is AABB.

IV. Evaluation
Bring out a whole sheet of paper, lengthwise, and do
the activity. Will you read the directions? : Identify the rhyme scheme of the poem below.

Read the poem class.

Sonnet 29

When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,

In all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself, and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possess’d,
Desiring this man’s art, and that man’s scope,
With what I most enjoy contentment least;
Yet in all this thoughts myself almost despising
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven’s gate;
For thy sweet love remember’d such wealth brings,
That then I scorn to change my state with kings. (The students will be given 5 minutes to do the
activity.)

Are you done? : Yes, sir.

Pass your paper to the center and pass it forward.

V. Assignment

Identify Rhyming words in the song IS It Okay If I Call

You Mine. Write on one half sheet of paper crosswise

Prepared by:
TERENZ KHRYST P. ARELLANO
Teacher Applicant
Valentine
Adore
Kind
Blow
Kin
Being
Love
Zillion
Sight
Creep
Red
Eglantine
More
Unwind
Know
Seen
King
Above
Lion
Kite
Deep
Thread