COLEGIO DE LA PURISIMA CONCEPCION

The School of the Archdiocese of Capiz

Roxas city

College of Education
College of Arts, Sciences and Education

Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan

LISTENING

I. Objectives:
a. interpret the story entitled “ The Monkey and the Turtle”;
b. relate the story by having an instinct about the importance of listening; and
c. dramatize to the class their interpretation of the story.

II. CONTENTS:

Subject matter: The Monkey and the Turtle

Reference: https://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/folk/folk-
l01.htm
Materials: pictures or power point slides, photocopy,
Skills: Listening, Comprehension, and Critical Thinking Skills.

III. PROCEDURES:

A. Motivation
1. The teacher will show a slide presentation or a picture of the Ugly
Duckling and other characters of the story.

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2. The teacher will ask questions to the students, based from the slides
or from the pictures given.
a. What do you think is the story that we will discuss today?
b. Are you familiar with this story?
B. Unlocking of Difficult Words
1. While listening to the story, let the students jot down unfamiliar
words they heard.
2. Let the students identify each word and find the meaning after the
story telling.

C. Reading of the Story

1. The teacher will read the story of “the monkey and the turtle” to the
class, and the students should listen attentively to the teacher.

A Monkey, looking very sad and dejected, was walking along the bank of the
river one day when he met a turtle.

"How are you?" asked the turtle, noticing that he looked sad.

The monkey replied, "Oh, my friend, I am very hungry. The squash of Mr. Farmer
was all taken by the other monkeys, and now I am about to die from want of food."

"Do not be discouraged," said the turtle; "take a bob and follow me and we will
steal some banana plants."

So they walked along together until they found some nice plants which they dug
up, and then they looked for a place to set them. Finally, the monkey climbed a tree and
planted his in it, but as the turtle could not climb he dug a hole in the ground and set his
there.

When their work was finished they went away, planning what they should do
with their crop. The monkey said:

"When my tree bears fruit, I shall sell it and have a great deal of money."

And the turtle said: "When my tree bears fruit, I shall sell it and buy three
varieties of cloth to wear in place of this cracked shell."
 A few weeks later they went back to the place to see their plants and found that
that of the monkey was dead, for its roots had had no soil in the tree, but that of the
turtle was tall and bearing fruit.

"I will climb to the top so that we can get the fruit," said the monkey. And he
sprang up the tree, leaving the poor turtle on the ground alone.

"Please give me some to eat," called the turtle, but the monkey threw him only a
green one and ate all the ripe ones himself.

When he had eaten all the good bananas, the monkey stretched his arms around
the tree and went to sleep. The turtle, seeing this, was very angry and considered how
he might punish the thief. Having decided on a scheme, he gathered some sharp
bamboo which he all around under the tree, and then he exclaimed:

Crocodile is coming! Crocodile is coming!"

The monkey was so startled at the cry that he fell upon the sharp bamboo and
was killed.

Then the turtle cut the dead monkey into pieces, put on it, and dried it in the
sun. The next day, he went to the mountains and sold his meat to other monkeys who
gladly gave him squash in return. As he was leaving them he called back:

"Lazy fellows, you are now eating your own body; you are now eating your own
body."

Then the monkeys ran and caught him and carried to their own home.

Let us take a hatchet," said one old monkey, "and cut him into very small
pieces."

But the turtle laughed and said: "That is just what I like. I have been struck with a
hatchet many times. Do you not see the black scars on my shell?"

Then one of the other monkeys said: "Let us throw him into the water."

At this the turtle cried and begged them to spare his life, but they paid no heed
to his pleadings and threw him into the water. He sank to the bottom, but very soon
came up with a lobster. The monkeys were greatly surprised at this and begged him to
tell them how to catch lobsters.
 "I tied one end of a string around my waist," said the turtle. "To the other end of
the string I tied a stone so that I would sink."

The monkeys immediately tied strings around themselves as the turtle said, and
when all was ready they plunged into the water never to come up again.

And to this day monkeys do not like to eat meat, because they remember the
ancient story.

D. Discussion
Animal tales are stories in which animals take on human qualities. They
usually show how an animal outwits another animal through clever or
deceptive tricks. A very ancient and well-known animal tale is "The Tortoise
and the Monkey" made fan by Dr. dose Rizal. It is about a tortoise and a
monkey who plant halves of a banana tree. Thinking that the upper part with
leaves would bear fruit soon, the greedy monkey plants the upper half but it
withers. The tortoise, on the other hand, gets the ugly-looking lower portion
with the roots, but it flourishes and soon is laden with fruits. The tortoise,
however, cannot climb the tree to gather the fruits, so the monkey
volunteers to pick them. But he eats all the bananas while he is up on the
tree, throwing the skin down on the tortoise. Angry, the tortoise plants some
pointed snails around the tree and hides under a coconut shell. The monkey
comes down and gets his just desserts. Wounded and bleeding, he searches
and finds the tortoise. As punishment he gives the tortoise two choices: to be
pounded with a mortar or be thrown into the water. The clever tortoise
chooses the mortar and deceives the monkey into thinking that he is afraid
of drowning. The monkey throws the tortoise in the water, where the latter
soon surfaces laughing.
1. The teacher will throw questions to the students.
a. If this scenario will happen to you and your friend, how can you
deal with it?
b. Do you think the turtle and the monkey will be friends again?
c. How can you reflect this story into the present society?
2. The teacher will also draw out ideas from the students.
E. Formulation of the Theme
1. The monkey and the turtle story has the subject of conflict between
the monkey and the turtle because of the greediness of the monkey.
The theme of the fable is to not be selfish. The story shows that the
consequences of selfishness can leave you with nothing in the end.
IV. ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION (AUTHENTIC):
1. The teacher will group the class into two (2) or three (3).
2. Each of the members of the group will choose a leader, and the leader will be
the one who will lead the group.
3. After 10 minutes of practice, each group will present or dramatize the story
in front.

V. ASSIGNMENT:
1. Write the memorable scenario base on the story that you have listened.
2. In 10 sentences, write a reflection about the story “The Turtle and the
Monkey”.