Department of Education

Region VI - Western Visayas

Division of Negros Occidental
ENRIQUETA MONTILLA DE ESTEBAN MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
RIEGO ST., PULUPANDAN , NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

Date:____________________
Lesson Plan in English

Year level: Grade 7

I. Objective:Discover literature as a tool to assert one’s unique identify and to better understand other people.

II. Subject Matter:

Topic: Pliant Like a Bamboo by I.V. Mallari
Teaching aids: Visual text written in manila paper, Grade 7 Learning Module
Reference: K-12 BEC English Learning Module,
Value Focus: Acknowledging diversity
Competency: ENG7LT-III-a-5

III. Developmental Activities:

Activity:Anticipation-Reaction Guide. Allow the learners to read the statements in the third column. Ask the
learners to tell if they agree or disagree with the statements. Remind students to remember their answers as
they read the selection Pliant Like A Bamboo.
Analysis: Process questions:
1. If you will become one of the trees in the story, who will you choose to be?
2. As a Filipino, will you consider yourself like the bamboo? Why? Why not?
3. Do you agree with the writer’s description of Filipinos?
4. What specific Filipino characteristic are you proud of? Why?
Abstraction:Let the learners generalize what they have learned from the story. Discuss the following questions
with them.
1. What does pliant mean?
2. How does the bamboo show its pliancy?
3. Can a person be plaint too? How?
Application: Guide the learners to determine whether the statements are true or false about the selection. If
false, tell them to correct the statement.
1. The Filipinos cannot be compared to anything.
2. The Filipinos bend and sway just like the bamboo when there are problems but still remain standing after.
3. They never learned to fight for their freedom.
4. They are dependent to other races

IV. Evaluation: Infer what character traits of a Filipino is exemplified by each sentence taken from the text.
Choose your answer from the word pool.

Proud friendly flexible good communicator humble strong

1. The mango tree stood fast. It would not yield.

2. When finally the wind got tired of its blowing, the bamboo tree still stood in all its beauty and grace.
3. For the Filipino will welcome any kind of life that the gods offer him that is why he is contented, happy and
at peace.
4. His voice is soft and he has the gift of language.

V. Assignment:
Draw or create a symbol of yourself using a wire or any material that you want. Then, explain why you chose
that symbol.