Detailed Lesson Plan in English for Teaching Demonstration

Total Physical Response (English Second Language Teaching Approaches and Methods)
Time Frame: 45 minutes
Prepared by: Rena Rose N. Limson

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson the students should be able to:
1. Define what Total Physical Response is.
2. Explain how Total Physical Response is use in a classroom interaction.
3. Value the use of Total Physical Response in classroom interaction.
4. Exhibit cooperation in the classroom activities.

II. CONTENTS

Topic References Materials

Total Physical Response English Language Teaching: Visual Aids, Envelope, and
(English Second Language Approaches and Methods activity sheet.
Teaching Approaches and MELS 102
Methods)

III. PROCEDURE
A. Learning Activities

Teacher’s Activities Students’ Activities

Let us start our day with a short prayer.

(leads the prayer)

Good morning class! Good morning teacher.

How’s your day? Good teacher.

Okay, so is someone absent in our class today? None.

Very good.

B. Motivation (Group Activity)

Game: Word Search

The class will be divided into 6 groups. Each group will be given an envelope with a paper inside. The
paper contains letter boxes and the students are task to search for the words inside it. The students can
connect the letters diagonally, horizontally and vertically to form into a word. The group will choose
one member to share the words they have found. I will give you 5 minutes to work.
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Teacher’s Activities Students’ Activity
P E G C K X Q R X H
Are you done? Yes.
O D A A I U F R P I
N L P S D Z V B J N
Very good.
S C P M E T H O D G
E representative
The L R F H T group
of each V G can H C
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B EC. HPresentation
T U K K N D A

Teacher’s Activities Students’ Activity

Excellent class!

All groups have found and presented all the given

words inside the letter boxes.

Let us give all of you a clap. (clap)

Now, who can repeat the words that you have

found inside the letter boxes?

Yes, Maddie. Total, Physical, Response, Teaching, Methods and

Approach.

Very good.

Based on our activity, do you have any idea of

what is our topic today?
It will be all about a teaching method teacher.
That is correct! Our topic for today is all about a
teaching method or approach specifically about
the Total Physical Response.

D. Discussion

Teacher’s Activities Students’ Activity

Do you have any idea about Total Physical It is one of the approaches or method used in
Response? teaching a second language that use physical
activities teacher.

That is right!

TPR or Total Physical Response is an approach

used in teaching second language that is designed
to reinforce comprehension.

Please read what’s on the board. (Students read)

TPR or Total Physical Response is an approach

that follows the idea of “learning by doing”. Do In this approach, the students learn more when
you have any idea what does it mean? they do what they ought to learn.

Excellent answer.

The idea of “learning by doing” is applied in TPR

approach through physical activities.

In a more concrete example, when we teach the

learners about the words “slow” and “fast”, we
can use a physical movement such as running-in-
place whereas they can run-in-place in a “slow”
and “fast” manner.

The learners learn about the words by doing a

physical movement that best describes it.

Who can read the next sentence? (a student will volunteer)

Yes Sofia. (a student will read)

Thank you.

In TPR approach the beginners will learn English

through a series of repetitive actions.

For example, we can incorporate songs and let the

learners sing while acting-out the words in the
song.

In this situation, they will be able to learn

effectively as they know the names of the action
they are doing together with the song lyric.

Are we clear? Yes teacher.

Good.

Now, who can give me an example of a classroom We can use poems.

scenario using TPR approach?

Poems. In what way poems can be used in TPR? The learners can act-out the words in the poems
miss.

Very good. While reciting the poem, the learners

can act-out the words written in it.

Another example of a classroom interaction that

we can use in this approach is the game called
“Simon Says”, whereas the class will be grouped
and given a word or phrase. The group will form a
line and the leader will whisper “Simon says
(insert the given phrase or word) to the following
member, the member will whisper the phrase or
word to the following member and so on.

Do you understand? Yes teacher.

E. Analysis’

Teacher’s Activities Students’ Activities

It seems that you understand the lesson very well.

We will now have a short activity.

Are you ready guys? Yes.

The activity will be a skit. The class will be

grouped into 2 groups and each group will make a
two-minute skit in which you show a certain
classroom scenario that used TPR approach in
learning English as a second language.

You can base your skit on the given examples we

had in our discussion which are songs, dances,
poems, or you can be creative as you want.

Do you understand? Yes teacher.

Very well.

After your presentation, choose a member that

will explain how you used the TPR approach in
the classroom interaction. The explanation will be
30 seconds to 1 minute only.

Make sure that every member will greatly

cooperate in this group activity.

(the teacher will group the class)

(the students will perform)
 F. Generalization

Teacher’s Activities Students’ activities

Very well class.

Let us always remember that there are different

approaches and methods that we can use in
teaching English as a second language. One of it
is the Total Physical Response or TPR approach.

It is the approach that used the idea of “learning

by doing” and used repetitive activities in order
for the learners to learn effectively.

TPR can be a fun approach or method in teaching

as the teacher can utilize fun and enjoyable
activities for the learners.

Are we clear? Yes teacher.

G. Application

Game: Simon Says

The students will be group into two. Each group will form a line. The first person in the line will be
given a paper with a tongue twister written on it and he/she will past it to the next member and so on.

IV. EVALUATION
True or False
Direction: Write T if the statement is true and F if otherwise.
1. TPR is a teaching approach that uses physical activities.
2. TPR approach has the idea of “learning by doing”.
3. In TPR approach the beginner learners can use repetitive actions to learn the words.
4. The teacher cannot use poems, songs, or dances in utilizing TPR approach.
5. TPR is the only approach a teacher can use in teaching a second language.
6. Simon Says is a game that can be used as an activity when using TPR as a teaching approach.
7. There is no physical movements in using TPR.
8. TPR stands for Total Physical Repetitiveness
9. Teacher R uses TPR approach and let her students to read quietly inside the classroom.
10. TPR can be a fun approach as the teachers can use fun and enjoyable activities.

V. ASSIGNMENT
Research for other English Second Language Teaching Approaches and Methods. Write it in you
assignment notebook.
Answer key:
1. T
2. T
3. T
4. F
5. F
6. T
7. F
8. F
9. F
10. T