Lesson Plan for Grade 7

Learning Competency: Express ideas and opinions based the text listened to.
Competency Code: EN7OL-III- f-2.4.1

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson students are expected to:
a. Distinguish ways on how convey one’s ideas and opinions through group
activities,
b. Express their ideas and opinions by doing a simple debate, and
c. Appreciate the importance of the lesson by actively participate in the activities.

II. ACTIVITY
a. Preliminary Activities
a. Routine: Prayer, Attendance, Greetings
b. Lesson Proper
Motivating Activity: WHICH IS BETTER?
Instructions: The class will be divided into four groups and are given a board
and chalk on which they are to write their answer of some questions. The teacher will
read the question twice and groups are given 20 seconds to write their answer. Be
ready to justify your answer. Surprise rewards will be given to the clever group
answers.
Which is better? To…
1. Lose your sense of taste or your sense of smell?
2. Live without music or without television?
3. Have your dream job or find your true love?
4. Live without music or without television?
5. Vacation in the mountains or at the beach?
6. Wake up in the morning as a dog or as a cat?

*Only 3 to 5 questions are to be asked.

Activity: RIDDLES OF MYSTERY

Instructions: In the same group, the class will listen to 3 mystery riddles which
will be played twice each. For each riddle, each group will have to come up an
answer to solve the problem. Groups are given 2 minutes to think of an answer and
the reason to justify it. After the time limit, each group will present their answer and
reason, after which the true answer will be revealed. The team with the most correct
answers will receive a surprise prize.

Mystery Riddles: From the video 7 Mystery Riddles Only the Smartest 5% Can Solve
at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0zrRIN_T5E&t=9s.

 MURDER AT SCHOOL
  TWO PILLS
 CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE

III. ANALYSIS
After the activity, the following questions will be added:
a. What have you observed from the activities done by the whole class?
b. What can you say about the answers of your classmates from the activities
done? Do you agree or disagree with their answers?
c. What do you think is the lesson for today, based on the activities you and
your classmates have done?

IV. ABSTRACTION

Every day we either read or heard different phrases where people express their
thoughts and ideas about certain topics on different types of media. Knowing how
to express your opinion in English is valuable whether you are speaking or
writing. Aside from social media, there are also other sources in the internet
where people could voice out their opinions such as blogs and personal websites.
Below are some common phrases that express opinion.
Example:
I think… I don’t think…
I believe… In my opinion…
I feel… I would say…

AGREEMENT AND DISAGREEMENT

The act of agreeing and disagreeing is part of everyday conversation in any
language. This simple act of saying you either agree or disagree is already an
expression of opinion. To show agreement or disagreement, you can use either
short or even longer statements.

Agreement
So do I Definitely
I suppose I agree
Me too I couldn’t agree more
Example:
I agree that we should respect each other.
I suppose being different is ok.

Disagreement
I disagree! I see what you’re saying but…
I don’t agree You have a point there but…
Yeah, but… I don’t think…
Example:
I don’t agree that we should bully others because of their race.
I don’t think he is a bad person.

EXPRESSING PERSONAL POINT OF VIEW

Expressing a Strong Opinion
I bet that… I’m sure that…
I dare say that… I strongly believe that…
I’m absolutely convinced that… I have no doubt that…
There’s no doubt in my mind that…
Example:
I bet that people with special needs are capable as we do.
I’m sure that she could strongly express herself even if she is mute.

Expressing a Neutral Opinion

I am not sure/certain, but… I tend to think that…
I think… I suppose that…
I feel that… It seems to me that…
In my view… I must admit that I’m not sure…
Example:
I feel that we are all equal even if we are different in many ways.
In my view men and women are equal.

Expressing a Subjective Opinion

In my experience… If you ask me…
What I’ve found is… As far as I am concerned, …
As I see it… As far as I know…
In my experience… As far as I understand…
To my mind... As for me / As to me, …
Example:
If you ask me, we should just love one another than hate each other.
As for me, I am proud being different.

Expressing General Point of View

We use these words and phrases to express a general point of view:
Some people say that… Everybody knows that…
Many/Most people think/believe that… According to scientists…
It is often said that… It is thought that…
It is generally accepted that… It is generally accepted that…
Example:
 Some people say that we should respect people despite their nationality.
Everybody knows that no two people are exactly the same.

V. APPLICATION

Activity (Graded): LET’S DEBATE

o Group the students into 4 equal groups (preferably the same group).
o Let the group write their names on a ¼ sheet of paper.
o The debate will be: Group 1 vs. Group4 and Group 2 vs. Group 3.
o A student will draw the topic of the debate for each group.
o The two presenting groups will play rock, paper, and scissor to see
who gets the affirmative and negative position.
o The members will determine the order of their presenters from first to
last.
o Each group is given 15minutes to prepare their thoughts and ideas.
o The first speaker of the group will state their stand about the topic. The
second and following members will give reasons why. The last speaker
will conclude their stand.
o A group will be assigned to give comments about the debate of the two
groups and then tell who they think will win.
o The rest of the class will be the judges and vote for the group who
convinced them more in the debate.

Topics to be debated:
1. Artificial intelligence, should they exist or not?
2. Smartphone for kids, necessity or luxury?
3. Should values education be taught again in schools?
4. Mercy killing, acceptable or not?

Rubrics for the Debate:

 (4) (3) (2) (1)
Amazing! Good Job! Not bad! Better Luck
CRITERIA Next time!
Organization & Completely Mostly clear Clear in some Unclear and
Clarity:  clear and and orderly parts but not disorganize
orderly in all parts overall d
Main arguments and presentation throughout
responses are
outlined in a clear
and orderly way.
Use of Argument:  Very strong Many good Some decent Few or no
and arguments arguments, but real
Reasons are given to persuasive given, with some arguments
support the arguments only minor significant given, or all
resolution given problems problems arguments
throughout given had
significant
problems
Presentation Style:  All style Most style Few style Very few
features were features features were style
Tone of voice, clarity used were used used features
of expression, convincingly convincingly convincingly were used,
precision of none of
arguments all them
contribute to keeping convincingly
audience’s attention
and persuading them
of the team’s case.
Group’s Overall Group Group Group Group
Behavior cooperation cooperation cooperation is cooperation
is highly is evident less evident is not
Cooperation and evident; noise although observed at
contribution of each is carefully noise is all
member to achieve managed. sometimes
the group’s success. distracting.

REFERRENCES:
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 BRIGHT SIDE. (2017, September 16). 7 Mystery Riddles Only the Smartest
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Prepared and Submitted by: Submitted to; Checked and Observed by:

JOSE DOMINIC L. GUTIERREZ DANTE O. CALAMBA, PhD

Social Literacy Skill Integrated:

 Open-mindedness-Most of the time the students will have to brainstorm, thus

they need to willingly listen to everyone’s ideas and opinions in order to
creatively produce results.
 Task performance-Since all of the activities require group efforts, students are
aware that each of them are responsible for their own and their group’s success.
Students will know what they will need to do and would even motivate their
group mates to accomplish the tasks.
 Engaging with others-The group works will have the students to socialize for
them to work on the tasks needed to be achieved.
 Collaboration-All of the activities require the cooperation of each student in
order for it to be accomplished. The activities would teach the students to
understand and trust their classmates as they work on the task.