LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH 7

I. Objective:

At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:

a. Differentiate figurative from literal meaning;

b. Appreciate and express their own reaction about figure of speech;

c. Identify the figure of speech that show comparison and contrast and their

examples;

d. Identify figure of speech used in the sentences.

II. Subject Matter

a. Topic: Figurative Language (Comparison and Contrast)

b. Materials: PowerPoint Presentation; Laptop; Mobile Phone, Paper, Pen

c. Reference: Journeying Through Literature and Language 7 (Revised Edition)

Lesson 6, Pp. 138 – 139.

III. Procedure

A. Preliminaries

a. Prayer

b. Greetings

c. Checking of Attendance

d. Review
B. Lesson Proper

a. Motivation

Observe the following pictures.

1. Which of the photos are more attractive than the other? Why?

b. Activity

Read the following two stories and think about what makes them different.

Story 1:

Toby was lost. He is already crying. He must have wandered off from his

family during their morning hike because around noon he realized that he

was all alone in the middle of the woods. He was definitely anxious to find his

family before evening. The thought of spending a night in the woods alone

was a scary one. Heaving a sigh, Toby walked on.

 Story 2:

Toby was totally lost, as any needle in a stack of hay. He already cried a

bucket of tears finding his way home. He must have wandered off from his

family during their morning hike because around noon he realized that he

was alone in the middle of the wide whispering woods. Thonk! Thunk! went

his feet on the soft pine needles that covered the ground like a soft brown

blanket. Birds twittered and tweeted from the sky-scraping branches of trees,

but there was no sound of his family. “Mom! Dad!”, he screamed. He was as

anxious as a fish out of water to find his family before evening. The thought of

spending a night in the woods alone was one that made his heart dance a

fearful frenzied jig in his chest. Heaving a sigh, Toby tiredly trudged on.

1. What have you observed after you read the two stories?

2. Which do you think is more interesting to read?

Why do you think so?

The same with pictures, it is more attractive or engaging if there are

colors to stories or selections that we read. If the reader can create mental

image because of the words they read on a selection, comprehension is more

likely to occur. Thus, reading will be not be boring and too demanding.

c. Abstraction

Figurative language refers to expressions with meanings that cannot be

taken literally. It uses figures of speech.

 Literal language uses words in their ordinary meaning without

exaggeration or inventiveness. Figurative language, on the other hand,

departs from the ordinary meanings of words to emphasize ideas and

emotions.

We use figures of speech in "figurative language" to add colour and interest,

and to awaken the imagination.

Figurative Language (Comparison)

1. Simile is a figure of speech that compares two seemingly unlike

things by using words such as, like, and as…as.

Examples:

Her beauty is like a flower that is about to bloom.

His intelligence is as sharp as the butcher’s knife.

2. Metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things

without using connectives.

Examples:

People who lend a hand are the good Samaritans of today.

Filipino soldiers are lions in the battlefield.

3. Personification is a figure of speech that attributes human

qualities to inanimate objects.

Examples:

The poles of the fence sway to the rhythm of the strong

wind.

The earth swallowed the abandoned building during the

strong earthquake.
 4. Apostrophe is a figure of speech that addresses a person absent

or dead as if he or she were present; an inanimate objects as if

were alive.

Examples:

O, Rizal, look what has happened to the youth of today.

Happiness and prosperity, why have you deserted me?

5. Hyperbole is a figure of speech that uses exaggeration of ideas

for emphasis.

Examples:

I walk thousands of miles just to attend your birthday party.

Jimmy ate a mountain of food during lunchtime.

Figure of Speech (Contrast)

1. Oxymoron is a figure of speech where two opposing ideas are

joined together. Normally, the format is: adjective + non with

contradictory definitions.

Examples:

You are seriously funny everytime I see you.

Please bring original copies of your birth certificate.

2. Paradox is a figure of speech that looks to be silly, odd, or self–

contradictory. It also gives an opinion or statement that

contradicts with the traditional ideas.

Examples:
 “What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young”. –

George Bernard Shaw

“I must be cruel to be kind”. – William Shakespeare

(Hamlet)

3. Irony is a figure of speech where contradiction is shown

between what is said and what is really meant.

Examples:

Traffic jam when you’re already late. – Alanis Morissette’s

song Ironic

The bad news is that everyone passed the unit test last

week.

d. Application

The students shall be given a copy of a poem. They will be tasked to find

the figurative languages in the poem. After five minutes, the students shall

show their answers on the screen and present it in class.

A Pizza the Size of the Sun

I’m making a pizza the size of the sun, a pizza that’s sure to weigh more

than a ton, a pizza too massive to pick up and toss, a pizza resplendent

with oceans of sauce. I’m topping my pizza with mountains of cheese,

with acres of peppers, pimentos, and peas, with mushrooms, tomatoes,

and sausage galore, with every last olive they had at the store. My pizza is

sure to be one of a kind, my pizza will leave other pizzas behind, my pizza

will be a delectable treat that all who love pizza are welcome to eat. The oven
 is hot, I believe it will take a year and a half for my pizza to bake. I hardly can

wait till my pizza is done; my wonderful pizza is the size of the sun. - Jack

Pretulsky A Pizza the Size of the Sun

IV. Assessment

Identify the figure of speech used in the following sentences.

1. The old stairway groaned with every step we took.

2. I wandered lonely as a cloud.

3. You’re an ant, while I’m a lion.

4. The sky misses the sun at night.

5. My heart has turned to stone.

6. The squatters need roofs for their heads.

7. She was a spring flower.

8. Milton! Thou should'st be living at this hour.

V. Assignment

In a one-half sheet of paper, write two examples for each figurative language already

discussed.