Detailed Lesson Plan in English

Mente: Benjamin T. Nini III

Denmark R. Villa
Mentor: Mr. Rey S. Pepito

School: J.H. Cerilles State College- Dumingag Campus

Subject: English

I. Objectives:
At the end of the lesson the students will be able to:
a. infer the author’s purpose in writing the poem;
b. identify the imagery used in the poem; and
c. put a tune on the poem

II. Subject Matter: The Rainy Days

Reference: The Victorian Era England facts about Queen Victoria, Society & Literature
Materials: Visual Aids (Power Point presentation, Multimedia), questionnaire
Value Integration: Never Give Up and Problems are momentary.

III. Procedure: Appreciation Method

Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity

Preliminary Activities
● Prayer
Who can lead the prayer for today? One student volunteers.
● Greetings
Good morning, class. Good morning, Sir.
● Checking of Attendance
Okay, please visit the Padlet link given to you.
Take a selfie and post it in the Padlet and have a
caption on what are you expecting in this class
today. These will serve as your first activity as
well as your attendance for this class. Okay Sir.
● Passing of Assignments
Do you have any assignments class?
Yes/no, Sir.
● Setting of Classroom Standards
While the class is going on, avoid going in
and out of the classroom. If you have personal
necessities, just raise your hand for you to be
recognized. Also, have your cellphones in silent
mode or simply turn it off so that it cannot
 disturb the class. Is that clear?
Yes Sir.
(The teacher presents the objectives.)
(Students read the objectives.)

A. Preparation
1. Motivation
Okay class, who among you here can handle
his/her problems? Me Sir, I can handle all my problems.

How did you overcome and handle such I set/make list of possible solutions to it.
problem?

I usually shared my problems to my parents,

friends, etc.
Except from yourself, who do you usually share
your problems?

Exactly! This morning we will talk about life

and its difficulties.

2. Unlocking of Difficulties

But before proceeding to our lesson, let us unlock

first the difficult words found in the poem. cloudy
perishing
Directions: Find the synonyms of the underlined blow
words and pass your answers in the Padlet. stop desire
unite

_______1. The day is cold, and dark, and dreary.

_______2. The vine still cling to the mouldering wall.

_______3. Every gust the dead leaves fall.

_______4. Be still, sad heart and cease repining.

_______5. Thoughts still cling to the mouldering past.

B. Presentation

This morning, we will discuss a poem titled, “To

a Tree Near a Boulevard” by Anthony Tan. I will read to
you first the author’s biography.
(The teacher reads the biography.)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a famed 19th

century scholar, novelist and poet, known for works like
'Voices of the Night,' 'Evangeline' and 'The Song of
Hiawatha. Born on February 27, 1807, in Portland,
Maine, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow became a Harvard
scholar versed in several European languages. He was
heavily influenced by Romanticism and made a name as
a poet and novelist with works
like Hyperion, Evangeline, Poems on Slavery and The
Song of Hiawatha. He was also known for his translation
of Dante’s The Divine Comedy. Longfellow died on
March 24, 1882, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Over the
next 15 years, Longfellow would produce some of his
best work such as Voices of the Night, a collection of
poems including Hymn to the Night and A Psalm of Life,
which gained him immediate popularity. Other
publications followed such as Ballads and Other Poems,
containing “The Wreck of the Hesperus” and the “Village
Blacksmith.” During this time, Longfellow also taught
full time at Harvard and directed the Modern Languages
Department. Due to budget cuts, he covered many of the
teaching positions himself.

● First Reading
Listen carefully as I read the poem for I will give
questions later.

The Rainy Days

By Henry Wardsworth

The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;

It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.

My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;

 It rains, and the wind is never weary;
My thoughts still cling to the mouldering past,
But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast,
And the days are dark and dreary.
Be still, sad heart and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life someone rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
C. Intellectual Discussion
1. What is the poem all about?
2. In the first stanza, how did the persona
describe the rainy days?
3. In the second stanza, what were the
circumstances being stated?
4. In the first stanza, what had fallen during
every gust?
5. In the last stanza, what does the persona tries
to tell us?
6. What was the persona’s mood in the poem?
7. Why the writer did titled the poem “The
Rainy Days”?
8. What is the author’s purpose in writing the
poem?
9. What is the moral lesson of the poem?
● Second Reading
Now, I want the boys to read the first stanza,
while the girls will read the second stanza and on the thirs
stanza all of you will read. Am I clear?
The poem is all about the different occurrence
in life.
The persona described the rainy days a lazy and
skimpy day.
The circumstances stated are thoughts of the
past are still bothering and the hope of the youth
are slowly dying.
Every blow of the wind, a dried leaf falls.
The persona tries to tell us that no matter what
happen, problems are just problems.
The persona’s mood in poem is in a tiring
feeling.
The writer titled the poem “The Rainy Days”
because he wants to share that "Into each life
some rain must fall," meaning that everyone
will experience difficulty and heartache at some
point.
The author’s purpose in writing the poem is to
explain to us that even though we have many
problems in life, we should go on and never
give up.
The moral lesson of the poem is never give up
despite all the challenges in life.
Yes Sir.
There are three stanzas in the poem.
There are 15 lines.
There were 10 rhymed words.
The lines do not have the same number of
syllables.
It is a cinquains.
The tone of the poem is encouraging.
The poem contains figurative languages

D. Aesthetic Discussion
at the hip. And of course, 'dark, cold and dreary'
1. How many stanzas are there in the poem?
2. How many lines are there?
3. Are there rhymed words?
4. Do the lines have the same number of
syllables?
5. So, what kind of poem is it?
6. What is the tone of the poem?
7. Does the poem contain figurative languages?
What are these?
such as metaphor and personification. The
4th line of the 2nd stanza is a Metaphor. 'Sad
heart' is a Transferred Epithet. The 3rd line of
the 2nd stanza has two Personifications joined
is only one of the many obvious repetitions in
the poem.
The theme of the poem is you can conquer
everything like anyone else can.
It is the first person point of view because it
uses the pronoun my.
The rain symbolizes the necessities, hardships
and difficulties of a person’s life.
Yes Sir.

The lines “The day is called, and dark and

dreary”, “it rains and the wind is never weary.
The sense that perceive the imagery is the sense
of sight.

8. What is the theme of the poem?

9. What is the point of view used in the poem? (Students do as told.)

10. What does rain symbolize? Why?

11. Does the poet apply imagery in the poem?

12. What line in the poem that has imagery?

13. What sense perceive that imagery?

● Third Reading

Now, I want everybody to read the poem.

E. Reproduction

This time, I will group you into two. All you

have to do is to make a tune on the poem. I will give you
five minutes to prepare. Time starts now!

Rubrics: Henry Wardsworth

3
Choice of tune - 5 pts 15
February 27, 1807
Stage presence - 5 pts
The Rainy Days
Mastery - 5 pts
And the days are dark and dreary.
Delivery – 5 pts
The author
Total - 20 pts The moral lesson of the poem is never give up
despite all the challenges in life.
Cloudy

Blow
IV. Evaluation

Direction: We will be having a quiz through Kahoot,

an online quiz that are filled with questions that tackles
about the poem which is our lesson for today. All you
have to do is to choose the best answer for you can just
answer it with a limited time.

1. The author of the poem?

2. How many stanzas are there in the poem?
3. How many lines are there?
4. The author of the poem was born on?
5. What is the poem referring to?
6. What is line is being repeated in the last line of
the first and second stanzas?
7. Who is the persona of the poem?
8. What is the moral lesson of the story?

9. What word does dreary can be linked to?

10. What is the word that have similar meaning with

gust?
V. Assignment
Visualize the poem based on what you’ve
reflected. Make a poster using the online tool Canva.
Make sure to save your work in a Jpeg. form and pass it
in the padlet with your names on it.