Tala High School

Caloocan City

Learning Plan in English 9

July 9, 2020

I. Learning Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
a. Identify the use of modals in the statement.
b. Use modals in expressing permission, obligation and prohibition
c. Foster the value of civic responsibility in dealing with the pandemic.

II. Learning Content:

Topic: MODALS
References:https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk018ma_6dtdbGvSTS7T1DzVuuDMhQQ
%3A1594118083688&ei=w08EX8zJKbuYr7wPjs2iqAI&q=precautionary+measures+of+covid+
https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/modal-verbs-1-permission-prohibition-
obligation-no-obligation'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Fe4QqEkH8

Concept: Modal is an auxiliary verb (helping verb) that expresses ability, permission, obligation
and prohibition. The modal verbs are: can, could, may, shall, should, must and have to.

III. Learning Strategy:

The teacher will use the Messenger Group Chat as the mode of learning in this lesson.
a. Preliminary Activity
a.1. Prayer
The teacher will ask the students to be in silence as they utter their personal prayer.
a.2. Greetings
The teacher will greet everyone in the chat group, a happy morning.
a.3 Motivation
The teacher will show pictures and let the students recognize and answer the following
questions:
1. What happened to the protagonist in that movie? What is the title?
2. How will you relate it to our present condition?
b. Presentation of the Lesson:
b.1. The teacher will let the students unveil the discussion through the pictures. They will be
given time to think.
(The teacher will send a voice record for the instruction)
1. What make these things essential to our lives nowadays?
2. How do you use these things?

And then, they will categorize their answers into this chart. (The teacher will ask the students in
which of their sentence expresses: Allowed/Not Allowed, Responsibility)

(possible answers)
Allowed Responsibility Not allowed

1. You can go outside using your 1. Everybody must wear mask or 1. You can’t go outside without
Quarantine pass to buy your face shield to protect themselves your Quarantine pass.
essentials. from the virus.

2. You may go to grocery stores 2. You must practice social 2. You may go to grocery stores
following the one-meter distancing. following the one-meter
distance. distance.

1. What word helps you to recognize their appropriate functions?

2. What do you call those words?

b.2. Lesson Proper: The teacher will let the students watch a short video clip about modal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Fe4QqEkH8
Guide Questions:
1. What is Modal?
2. What are the functions of modals?

b.3. Exercise 1: Use modal verb in expressing your thoughts about the pictures
(The teacher will send one set at a time and let the students give their sentences as examples.)

These are the changes brought by the pandemic.

 BEFORE AFTER

b.4. Generalization:
1. How do we use modals in the sentences?
2. How do you cope up with the present situation?

b.5. Quiz: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate modals.

1. You must practice sanitation. You ______ touch your eyes and nose after work. (musn’t)
2. People can’t stay outside. They ________ stay in their house to avoid from infecting from the virus.
(have to)
3. The grocery store has two customers, you _____ now enter and buy your stuffs. (can)
4. If you are sick for several days and accompanied by other symptoms of the virus, you ________ get
yourself check by the doctors. (have to)
5. We ________ do our part in helping our community and country in this battle. (must)

IV. Agreement:
Post your picture on how (in your little ways), you can help your community to fight this
pandemic by doing your civic responsibility.
Use modal in expressing your sentence based on your submitted photo.

Prepared by:
FLORENCE JOY B. BASAYSAY