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TEACHING ASSESSMENTS OF THE MACROSKILLS

Name: dela Cruz, Bryan D. Professor: Ms. Wilma J. Balon

Year/Course: 3.3BSEDENG SUMMER CLASS

PROJECT: When you have finished going through the experiences and reading resources
contained in this module, you will write an integrated lesson plan showing the interconnection
and integration of macro skills in a language or literature lesson.

I. Objectives

At the end of the lesson, 100% of the students with 75% level of proficiency shall be able
to:
a) Distinguish the elements of a short story
b) Discuss the importance of contentment, simplicity, and honesty

II. Subject Matter

Topic: Elements of a Short Story

Listening Text: “The Midnight Goat Thief” by Niki Msipa - Ndebele
References: English for a Better World III
Emerita G. Magsajo- Sarno, Ph.D., Esther L. Baraceros, Ph.D., Pilar R. Yu
Pages 308-316
Today’s High School Readers, Book One by Benoza Reyes
http://www.shmoop.com/monkeys-paw/literary-devices.html
Materials: Cartolina, power point presentation, pictures, necklace, box
Skills: Listening: Remembering facts and sequence of the story
Reading: Analyzing a vocabulary word using context clues
Speaking: Discussing of ideas, pronouncing words and names correctly
Writing: Describing a concept or entity
Values: Cooperation, self-confidence, collaboration, valuing the life at present, honesty,
contentment
III. Procedure:

A. Activate:

Teacher Student
a. Preliminaries

i. Prayer
ii. Greeting the class
iii. Checking of Attendance
iv. Passing of Assignments

b. Developmental Activities

i. Pre-listening Activity

a. Motivation

Before we start our interesting lesson for The students group themselves into three.
today, I want the class to be divided into 3
groups. I will give each group an envelope
that contains puzzle pieces to be arranged and
afterwards, you are
going to post it on the board. Kindly assign a
representative from each group to give an idea
about the image formed out if the puzzle “Yes, Sir”
pieces. There are only 3 minutes for you to do
the activity. Is that clear?

(Teacher distributes the envelopes)

May the representatives of each group come (The students will do the activity)
in front and say something about the picture
formed by your group? Based on the given
pictures, what do you think is our lesson for
today?
Answers vary
(Posting of objectives)

Let us have first our listening text.

ii. Listening Activity Yes, Sir

The Midnight Goat Thief
A Ndebele folktale from Zimbabwe

Once upon a time, Hare, tired of living alone,

 decided it was time to find himself a
companion. He decided to make the journey
to the neighboring village to meet his future
in-laws.

As was customary, he needed someone to

accompany him on this important occasion.
So, he asked his long-time friend and happy-
go-lucky fellow Baboon. He readily agreed.

Then, Hare and Baboon were on their way to

the in-laws.

When they were half through the journey,

Hare stopped Baboon near a dense shrub and
said,

“Say friend Baboon, there is one important

favor I need to ask of you.”

“Yes, friend Hare, let me know what it is I

can do.”

‘Do you see this herb?’ said Hare.

“Yes, friend. It is the herb used to cure a

tummy ache,” said Baboon.

“Well done friend!” said Hare. “When we get

to my in-law’s place, they will give us food.
When I eat the food, I may suffer from a
tummy ache. Friend, you will quickly run
back to this exact place, to this shrub. Dig up
the roots and bring them back to cure me.”

Baboon agreed and they continued their

journey. At sunset, they reached the in-law’s
village. Hare and Baboon were well received
and given a room to rest. Both Hare and
Baboon were hungry and looked forward to
the meal. A feast was made in their honor and
brought to their room. As they took the first
bite of the meal, Hare interrupted Baboon.

“Friend, I think that problem is already

starting. My tummy is rumbling and is
starting to ache. Do you remember the herb?
Rush and get me some of it! Otherwise, I may
 not survive the night!”

Baboon panicked and quickly sprinted off to

get the herb for Hare’s tummy. Meanwhile,
Hare settled comfortably and devoured the
whole feast all alone. When he had his fill, he
called for the dishes to be removed. Soon,
Baboon, huffing and puffing, tumbled into the
room with the herb.

“Here you are friend, I ran as fast as I could. I

found the tree. I dug the roots and I brought
them to cure your aching tummy!”

Hare exclaimed, “Hmm, about that …! As

soon as you left my tummy suddenly felt
better and I could eat. Now I feel quite
strong!”

“So, where is my food then?” asked Baboon.

Hare told Baboon the host had cleared the
dishes. Baboon was disappointed but the two
friends went to sleep. In the middle of the
night, hunger kept Baboon awake. Hare
suggested a plan to steal and eat a goat from
the pen outside. Baboon readily agreed to the
plan and soon the two pals accomplished their
mission and returned to their room.

But lo and behold, while Baboon slept, Hare

stealthily smeared him with the blood of the
goat they had just eaten, which he had
secretly brought with him to the room.

In the morning, the hosts woke up to find

their goat missing. They questioned the two
friends who both denied the crime until they
saw Baboon stained with blood. He was
apprehended and killed. Hare apologized for
his friend’s behavior, thanked his hosts and
left.
Meanwhile, Jackal, a friend to Baboon,
received word on how Hare had tricked his
friend and led him to his death. Jackal decided
to avenge Baboon’s death. So, Jackal visited
Hare and asked for his company to his in-
law’s village. In the same manner, as they
 were halfway through the journey, Jackal
asked Hare,

“Say friend Hare, there is one important favor

I need to ask of you.”

“Yes, friend Jackal, let me know what it is I

can do.”

“Do you see this herb?” said Jackal

“Yes, friend. It is the herb used to cure a

tummy ache.”

“Well done friend,” said Jackal. “When we

get to my in-law’s place, they will give us
food. When I eat the food, I may suffer from a
tummy ache.

Friend, you will quickly run back to this exact

place, to this shrub. Dig up the roots and
bring them back to cure me.”
Hare agreed but before they continued their
journey, he excused himself for a bathroom
break. Without Jackal noticing, Hare secretly
dug up the roots of the shrub and hid them
away. They continued their journey. At
sunset, they reached the in-laws’ village.

As usual, the visitors are welcomed, given a

room and they retire for some rest. Soon, food
was served.

“Friend,” said Jackal, “I think that problem is

already starting. My tummy is rumbling and
is starting to ache. Do you remember the
herb? Rush and get me some of it! Otherwise,
I may not survive the night!”

Immediately, Hare produced the herb and

Jackal had no choice but to share the meal
with Hare.
Again, in the middle of the night, Jackal woke
Hare up, spelled out the plan and they killed
and ate a goat. Jackal secretly kept some
blood on his hands to later smear on Hare
while he slept. They retired and Jackal waited
for Hare to fall asleep. But Hare’s eyes
 remained wide open. He checked again and
again until the sun came up!

Soon, the in-laws burst into the room looking

for the midnight goat thief. Jackal was caught
literally red-handed with blood! Hare had
slept peacefully through the night even
though his eyes never closed for a single
moment!

Do you understand the story of “The

Midnight Goat Thief”?

iii. Post-Listening Activity

before we proceed with our next activity this

morning, I want you to describe what you
think is the moral of the story.

In understanding short story, we have

elements that
will guide us to make it comprehensive and
clear.
We are going to watch a video and you may
jot
down notes about the facts presented in the
video.
Are you now ready?

(Teacher plays the video)

Since, the video presentation has helped you

to have
knowledge about the 5 elements; you will be
the one
to define each as I post the terms on the
board.

iv. Lesson Proper

Elements of a Short Story: Yes, Sir

- Characters
- Setting
- Plot

Parts of a Plot: Answers vary

 - Introduction – the starting point of the
story.
- Climax – the highest point of the
story.
- Ending – the concluding part of the
story.

Conflict
- Two General Categories of Conflict:
o Internal Conflicts
o External Conflicts

Yes, Sir

Theme

Do you have any questions or clarifications

before proceeding to our activity?

v. Writing Activity

Moving on with our next activity, based on

your understanding with what you have listen,
I want you to write a story that is based on
your own experience that you thing you can
relate to our story today. It should be just 4 to
5 sentences with a precise and relative with Expected answers:
our story today.
- People that make up the story; could
Is my instruction clear? also be in a form of things, animals,
etc.
- The place or time of action
vi. Application - What happens in a story?

(Distributes worksheet)

On the given worksheet I want you to read

some passages from the story that we discuss
today. I want you now to look to it very
clearly and compare if it is on the correct
sequence. I will give you 10 minutes to finish
the activity.
1. “Say friend Baboon, there is one
important favor I need to ask of you.”
2. When they were half through the
journey, Hare stopped Baboon near a
Creates drama in the story
- Take place within the minds of the
characters
- Take place between individuals or
between individuals and the world
external to individuals
 dense shrub and said - Central idea in a work
3. ‘Do you see this herb?’ said Hare.
4. “Well done friend!” said Hare. “When None, Sir
we get to my in-law’s place, they will
give us food. When I eat the food, I
may suffer from a tummy ache.
Friend, you will quickly run back to
this exact place, to this shrub. Dig up
the roots and bring them back to cure
me.”
5. “Yes, friend Hare, let me know what it
is I can do.”

vii. Generalization
(Shuffled Images)

Looking on the images on the board, I want Yes, Sir

you to arrange the images according to this
question.

1. What lesson have you learned from

the story?

Alright, Sir

Excellent! What are the 5 Elements of a Short

Story?

Answer Key:
Correct! Do you have any questions regarding
our topic? 2, 1, 5, 3, 4.

viii. Assignment

For your assignment, improve your story on

the writing activity a while ago and you will
be sharing it tomorrow to the class.

Are there any questions?

Are you sure?

If that so, let us call it a day and goodbye

class.

We have learned that In life there are some

characters who are clever and very cunning –
they will always outwit you. Be careful not to
fall prey to them; neither should you try to
copy their ways because you may not have
the same wittiness or advantages as they do.

The five elements of a short story are the

characters, setting, theme, plot, and conflict.

None, Sir

None, Sir!

Yes, Sir
Goodbye and thank you Mr. dela Cruz, Have
a nice day!
C. Apply

Teacher Student
“Now that we’re finished discussing
about the Scholarship Jacket, We
will now have 5 activities. These
activities will be performed
individually.”

Listening Activity: Listen and

Draw a Story
“The teacher will read a word. He
will explain what the word is then
ask the students to draw it a sheet
of paper.”

Reading Activity: Find the Word

“From the text given to the
students, the teacher will read a
word that they need to encircle.
They will only be given 10 seconds
to find the word.”

Viewing Activity: Timed Journal

“The teacher will play the video
again. Giving the students 2-4
minutes, they will write their
personal opinion about the story.”

Writing Activity: What’s Your

Story?
“The teacher will ask the student to
write their own short story that
contains the 5 elements of a short
story. The story must contain
something that they have done that
almost lead them to being
hopeless.”

Speaking Activity: I Messed Up!

“The teacher will ask each students
to share their own short story in
front of the class. Telling these
stories creates a humorous
atmosphere and encourages
lightheartedness and self-reflection
in learning.”

IV. Evaluation

“The Teacher will prepare a quiz.”

1. Who is the main character if the story?

2. What did the grandfather wanted Martha to say to the principal?

3. What is the scholarship jacket?

4. Where is the setting of the story?

5. Who is the writer of the story?

V. Assignment

Create a 100 word essay about what you learned from the story discussed
today.