Semi-detailed Lesson Plan

In English 7

Class Time/ Time Frame: 50 minutes session

DATE: October 27, 2021

I. Learning Competency

Use direct and reported speech appropriately in varied contexts.

II. Objectives

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.

III. Subject Matter

a. Topic: Figurative Language (Comparison and Contrast)

b. Reference: Journeying Through Literature and Language 7 (Revised Edition)
Lesson 6, Pp. 138 – 139
c. Materials: PowerPoint Presentation; Laptop/ Mobile Phone, Paper & Pen

IV. Procedure
A. Preliminaries
 Prayer
 Attendance

B. Drill

The students will observe the following pictures shared by the teacher on the
screen.

Ask for volunteer to answer the ff. questions.

a. What have you observed to those pictures?
b. Which of the pictures are more attractive than the other? Why?

C. Lesson Proper

a. Activity

1. Share the two different stories on the screen.

2. Let the students read the two stories and think 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.

b. Analysis

1. After they read the two stories, Ask the students these ff. questions.
2. What have you observed after you read the two stories?
3. Which do you think is more interesting to read? Why do you think so?

c. Abstraction

a. Introduce to the students the definition of Figurative language and the

Literal language.

 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.

b. Discuss the Figurative Language (comparison) and explain each

example

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 object 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.

c. Discuss the Figure of Speech and explain each example.

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 every time 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

1. Share a poem on the screen.

2. The students will be tasked to find the figurative languages in the
poem.
3. 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

V. Evaluation

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 shouldn’t be living at this hour.
VI. Assignment

Give at least two examples of each type of figurative language (comparison) and
each type of figure of speech (contrast.

The students will put their answer on MS word. The layout must be:

 A4 size
 12 font size
 Arial

Prepared by:
ALMADIN, ZORINA MAY S.
BSED – Student

Checked by:
PUEBLA JR., VICTOR M.
Developmental Reading 1
Instructor