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To This Day
To This Day
Competencies:
EN12Lit-IIg-35: examine the relationship between text and context
EN12Lit-IIh-36: understand literary meanings in context and the use of critical
reading strategies
I Objectives
1. Gather facts related to the literature.
2. Compare the text to personal experience.
3. Analyze the elements of the literature that makes it an example of spoken word
poetry.
4. Infer from the text the author’s intention of writing the piece.
5. Address the issue of bullying and how to solve it.
II Subject Matter
A. Lesson
To This Day
Shane Koyczan
B. Sources
21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World for Senior High
School
C. Materials
Pictures
Copies of To This Day
Activity Sheets
Response Journal
Pens
Preparatory Activities
1. Prayer
2. Greetings
3. Checking:
3.1 Attendance
3.2 Uniform
3.3 Classroom/Seating Arrangement
4. Review of the past lesson
From what you have learned from the article excerpt, why is bullying considered a
serious problem? In what ways do you think bullying can “leave a mark” on a person?
Analysis
Read and watch the example of spoken word poetry.
To This Day
Spoken Word Poetry performance by Shane Koyczan
One day
News of this silly little story quickly spread through the school
Pork Chop
To this day
As if broken bones
It does
Or learn to stay still like statues giving no clues that we were there
To this day
Because of a birthmark
Adopted
To this day
He is a stick of TNT lit from both ends
To this day
Hey stupid
Hey spaz
We were freaks
Oddities
But at night
It was practice
And yes
Some of us fell
Is just debris
We used to be
You signed it
Don’t worry
Of course
They did
Continue to be
A balancing act
Summarizer
*Reader to Text
Character Investigator
1. Who were the other bullied The poet spoke about
kids that the poet speaks about the other bullied kids
in the poem? How were they who were adopted,
bullied? How did those depressed, with
experiences scar their lives? physical deformity.
Plot Analyst
1. In one powerful segment of It means that words
the poem, the poet said: “As if could hurt more than
broken bones hurt more than physical injuries to a
the names we got called.” What person.
does it mean?
Setting Illustrator
1. Why were school halls School halls became
likened to battlegrounds? the vey places where
bullying happened.
Literary Luminary
1. What makes the selection a The text uses poetry
perfect example of spoken word that is written with
poetry? rhythm and is spoke
creatively
Lesson 2 (Double Period)
40 mins The teacher provides feedback Assessment for learning
on the output of learners’ and peer learning is
discussion with reference to the promoted in the process.
role sheets collected. The teacher and peer
The teacher displays some feedback and
insightful analysis or flawed suggestions for
ideas and encourages learners improvement help
to comment on the validity of the learners to reflect on
ideas presented, which extends their own understanding
learners’ thinking and guides of the story and refine
them to further develop the the answers on the role
ideas. sheets.
30 mins The teacher plays the role of The hot-seating activity
the narrator in the story. is designed to deepen
Learners take turns to express students’ learning
a message for the narrator and experience and
ask the narrator questions. The encourage their
teacher responds to the imaginative expansion
messages and answers the and personal response
questions in the role of the to the story. It also
narrator. offers some room for
the teacher to present
an alternative view to
the story to help
learners analyse and
appreciate the story
from a different
perspective.
10 mins The teacher asks learners to
reflect on the experience of the
literature circle and share their
views on this mode of learning
and exploring the text.
Abstraction
How do you think should the problem be addressed?
Application
What does the performance add to your understanding and appreciation of the text?
Write a short review.
IV Closure
Listen to Mel C’s song Northern Star.
Validated by:
______________________________
MARIA CHRISTINA B. CEQUENA
SBIHS Subject Coordinator, English