Detailed Lesson Plan for Proper Usage of Intonation

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
1. determine the proper use of intonation;
2. analyze its significance and values;and
3. recite the sentences posted by the teacher with correct usage of intonation.

II. Subject Matter

A. Topic : “Use of Intonation”
B. Reference(s) : internet,
C. Materials:
III.Procedure
Teacher's Activity Student's Activity

A. Greeting

Good morning everyone! Good morning Ma'am!

Can I ask everyone to stand up and let's start our

class with a prayer.
(one student will lead the prayer)

Good morning once again!

How are you feeling today? We are doing fine Ma'am.

B. Pre-Activity Yes!
Before we'll have our new lesson today, do you
like to have an exercise?

Okay, so by mean of exercise, I'm not referring

to the usual physical exercise. Instead, we will
be exercising your tongues. In activating your
tongues, Do the following exercises:

(1) Move the tongue from left to right in these

candeces: (doing the tongue exercise)
Right, left...right, left...right, left...
Right, left...right, left...right, left...
Right, left...right, left...right, left...

(2) Repeat the above exercise this time moving

the tongue upward and downward.

C. Motivation

I suppose everyone here knows tongue twister Yes Ma'am.

right? This time, we will practice your tongues
with this enunciation drill. The objective of this
exercise is to enunciate correctly the given
tongue twisters despite of the presence of
alliteration.

a. The fool pulls the whole pole full of holes. “The fool pulls the whole pole full of holes.”

Lovely! You're all doing just fine. How about

this one?

b. The sower with a mower and “The sower with a mower and
the plumber with a hammer the plumber with a hammer
took a shower at the tower with a flower. took a shower at the tower with a flower. “

Excellent! Let's see how will you do for the last

one.

c. You asked me if I know... “You asked me if I know...

And I said. No... And I said. No...
You asked me again You asked me again
“Do you know?” “Do you know?”
I said, Oh, no! I said, Oh, no!”

Good job! You are pretty good in tongue

twisters.

Thank you for cooperating class. Did you enjoy Yes Ma'am!
the enunciation drill?

D. Presentation of Lesson Yes.

As you may notice in our enunciation drill, you
utter the words in different sounds right?
The way we utter those words is the key to
speaking English fluently with good
pronunciation. We call this as Intonation.

Can you read what I posted on the board.

Intonation is variation of spoken pitch that is “Intonation is variation of spoken pitch that is
not used to distinguish words. It contrasts with not used to distinguish words. It contrasts with
tone, in which pitch variation in some languages tone, in which pitch variation in some languages
does distinguish words, and in other languages, does distinguish words, and in other languages,
including English, performs a grammatical including English, performs a grammatical
function. function. “

Good readers!

All languages use pitch pragmatically as

intonation — for instance for emphasis, to
convey surprise or irony, or to pose a question.
Tonal languages such as Chinese and Hausa use
pitch for distinguishing words in addition to
providing intonation.
Generally speaking, intonations are classified
into two basic patterns:

1. Rising Action
2. Falling Action

Can you read the meaning of Rising action (calls

one student)?
Rising Intonation means the pitch of the voice “Rising Intonation means the pitch of the voice
rises over time [↗] rises over time”

Exactly! Perfect.

Rising intonation is used in general questions, in

introductory phrases (at the beginning of the
sentence), in the first part of alternative
questions (before "or"), in the second part of tag
questions, in direct address, and in enumerating
items in a list.

Examples:
Do you go there /often?
Have you read this / book?

Moving on, who wants to read the definition of

falling action. (students raise their hands)

Falling Intonation means that the pitch falls “Falling Intonation means that the pitch falls
with time [↘] with time”

Brilliant!

Falling intonation is used in statements or

declarative sentences, special questions,
commands (imperative sentences), exclamatory
sentences, in the first part of disjunctive
questions and in the last part of alternative
questions.

Examples:
She is ten years \ old.
He doesn't have a \ car.

E. Generalization
Intonation is the melody or the music when it
comes to speaking. The two intonation patterns
are extremely important to use because they
convey meaning.

IV. Evaluation
Direction: Pronounce the following sentences according to the appropriate intonation.
1. Are you busy?
2. Where are you going?
3. Will you marry me?
4. Is it time already?