DETAILED DAILY LESSON PLAN

In ENGLISH for GRADE 8

School Grade Level Grade 8

Teacher Learning Area English
Teaching Dates
Week 2 Day 2 Quarter Second
& Time
I. Objectives
A. Content Standard: The learner demonstrates understanding of: East Asian
literature as an art form inspired and influenced by nature; relationship of visual,
sensory, and verbal signals in both literary and expository texts; strategies in
listening to long descriptive and narrative texts; value of literal and figurative
language; and appropriate grammatical signals or expressions suitable to patterns
of idea development.
B. Performance Standard: The learner transfers learning by composing and
delivering a brief and creative entertainment speech featuring a variety of effective
paragraphs, appropriate grammatical signals or expressions in topic development,
and appropriate prosodic features, stance, and behavior.
C. Learning Competencies/Objectives:
Describe the notable literary genres contributed by East Asian writers. EN8LT-IIa-
9.1:
 Determine the similarities and differences of Thailand and Philippines in
terms of customs, traditions, and beliefs based on the literary piece
discussed
Identify the distinguishing features of notable East Asian poems, folktales, and
short stories. EN8LT-IIa-9.2:
 Write character analysis for the main character of the story
 Compare and contrast one’s character traits to that of Makato
II. Content:
Makatao & His Cowrie Shells ( Thailand)
III. Learning Resources
A. References
1. Teacher’s/ Curriculum Guide Pages:180
2. Learner’s Material’s Pages: 137-141
3. Textbook Pages:
4. Additional Materials from Learning Resource (LR) Portal:
B. Other Learning Resources
 https://brainly.ph/question/537311#readmore
 http://globalwords.edu.au/units/Neighbours_JSY7_html/documents/Makato.pdf
IV. Procedures
Preliminaries
 Prayer
 Orderliness
 Checking of Attendance
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
A. Reviewing Thailand is…. (2 minutes)
Previous Lesson or The teacher will ask the The students will share
Presenting the New students. their ideas and recall
Lesson  What comes first to their previous knowledge
your mind when you of Thailand’s culture. (as
hear the word discussed in the previous
 “Thailand”?
 What do know about
their culture?
B. Establishing a What Do You Think (2
Purpose for the minutes)
Lesson The teacher will say
“Reading stories of foreign
origin will give us a glimpse
of their culture and tradition”
Do you agree or disagree?
Explain your stand.
C. Presenting Pair it up! (6 minutes)
Examples/Instances The words and definitions
of the Lesson will be written separately on
strips of
cartolina/construction paper.
The teacher will then divide
the class into four (4)
groups, and will distribute
the strips of papers to each
group. Students will match
each word to its accurate
meaning and will earn
points if the will be able to
use the word appropriately
in a sentence.
lesson)
The student will give
varied ideas
The students will
participate actively in the
activity and will give the
following answers:
wages - money
you earn that is
paid according to the
number of hours, days, or
weeks that you work
Example: Anita
earns a good wage.
starve-to suffer or die
 because you do not
have enough to eat.
Example: She will
either die from the cold or
starve to death
sensible- reasonable, 
practical, and showing
good judgment.
Example: It’s
sensible to keep a note
of your student number.
good-tempered -
pleasant, kind, and not
easily made angry.
Example: I have
always admired my mom
for being
good-tempered.
fertile -  fertile land
or soil is able to
produce good crops.
Example: We
bought a fertile land.
journey - especially
British
English an occasion whe
n
you travel from one place
to
another, especially over a
 long distance.
Example: She was
always
with me in my journey
across Europe.
kind-hearted- kind 
and generous.
Example: She has
an unbelievable kind-
hearted sister.
splendid - very good
Example: Her ideas are
always splendid
cowrie - a
small shiny shell that was
used in the past as
money in parts of Africa
and Asia.
Example: The
cowrie has no value
nowadays.
prosperous - rich and 
successful.
Example: We
wished for a prosperous
new year.
D. Discussing New Reading activity (10 The student assigned will
Concepts and minutes) then read the story in
Practicing New Skills The teacher will select front of the class.
#1 somebody that the class
unanimously voted as the
best story teller in the group
and provide him a copy of The students will give
the story “Makato and the varied answers to the
Cowrie Shell”. questions
 The teacher will
guide the class in
the discussion of the
story.
What kind of life did
-- Makato have at
the beginning of the
story?
- What motivated
him to leave his
place?
- Do you thing he did
the right decision?
E. Discussing New Do the Web (10 minutes)
Concepts and The teacher will ask the The students will fill in the
Practicing New Skills students to do the Character web format
#2 “Character web activity” given by the teacher.

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F. Developing Makato and Me (10

Mastery minutes)
(Leads to Formative The teacher will ask the
Assessment 3) students to fill in the venn
diagram with the
comparison of Makato’s
characteristics to that of
your own.
The students will fill in the
venn diagram with
personal characteristics
compared to that of
Makato’s

Processing of the students’

answers will then be done
after the activity

G. Finding Practical Compare and Contrast (5

Applications of minutes) The students will give
Concepts and Skills The teacher will ask: varied answers like:
in Daily Living  After reading the  People in
story, what do Thailand are
you think are the hard-working
similarities and just like us,
differences of Filipinos
Thailand and  They also
Philippines in value respect
terms of and honesty
customs,  Etc.
traditions, and
beliefs?
H. Making Life’s Lessons (5 minutes)
Generalizations and The teacher will ask: The students will share
Abstractions about What lessons in life have their ideas.
the Lesson you learned from Makato’s
experiences?
I. Evaluating “What Makato Did vs.
Learning What I’ll Do”. (10 The students will make
minutes) their own story board for
The students will compare “What Makato Did vs.
and contrast their own What I’ll Do”. Group of 5
 qualities to that of Makato’s, members)
given the following Example:
circumstances using a story
board.
 Makato’s ambition
 When Makato found
the cowrie shell
 Makato hasn’t that
much money to buy
seeds.
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ato-and-the-cowrie-shell
J. Additional The teacher will ask the The students will give
Activities for students: varied opinions to be
Application or  As a Filipino, if you written a sheet of paper.
Remediation were the author of
“Makato and the
Cowrie Shell”, how
will you end the
story? Why?
V. REMARKS

VI. REFLECTION
A. No. of learners who earned 80% in
the evaluation
B. No. of learners who require
additional activities for remediation
C. Did the remedial lessons work? No.
of learners who have caught up with
the lesson
D. No. of learners who continue to
require remediation
E. Which of my teaching strategies
work well? Why did these work
F. What difficulties did I encounter
which my principal or supervisor
can help me solve?
G. What innovations or localized
materials did I use/discover which I
wish to share with other teachers