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FINAL OUTPUT FOR DEVELOPMENTAL READING

Student Name: Arvy Shaun C. Yorac

Year/Section: 4th Year Block A

FIGURE OUT YOUR THOUGHTS

DIRECTIONS: Working in groups, identify barriers to children’s critical and creative thinking. Indicate
home and classroom situations that may impede their development. Give concrete solutions.

Action
Problem
Solution
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Answers:

Action: Parents should interact

with their young ones once they
ask certain questions so that they
can boost their critical and creative
thinking.
At Home: Usually when children
inquires to parents or other
relatives with questions they
usually get simple answers with out Solution: Answer their questions
clarification. with accuracy. clarify to them and
let them understand clearly so that
they will have a better
understanding. help them as much
as possible so that they will be
satisfied with the answers.

Action: Teachers should be patient

enough to answer the questions
even if it is not related to the topic.

inside the classroom: When a

student asks questions not related
to the topic but are eager to know Solution: A Teacher can answer
something out of curiousity. formally to the questions without
being neglectful. this shows them
good sense of smart feedback
(answering in a good way). and
thus, helping them in gaining more
knowledge.
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ACTIVITY 1: DEVELOPING CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING SKILLS

DIRECTIONS: Based on your observations, share your insights about students’ critical and creative
thinking skills.

1. Aside from the techniques implemented by the teacher, what do you think are the other
techniques which can be used to develop creative and thinking skills of children?

Answer: brainstorming or sharing ideas can be a good technique in boosting the critical and
creative thinking of children. It helps them to use the ability to generate thoughts and ideas
from the certain topic. Another technique that can be used is role-playing scenarios, it will
help them to analyze and create solutions or outcomes.

2. What specific ways or practices should be provided to children to develop their critical and
creative thinking?

Answer: Teachers should have their own form of creative teaching. Creative teaching is a form
of creativity techniques or methods that encourage creative actions. It focuses on a variety of
aspects of creativity, including techniques for idea generation and divergent thinking,
methods of reframing problems, changes in the affective environment and so on. These kind
of practices can help sharpen a child’s reasoning skills and sparks a child’s own creative
solutions to conflicts.

3. In what way can family members help in developing their child’s critical and creative thinking
skills?

Answer: family members can help in developing their child’s critical and creative thinking skills
by giving them fun games that nurtures their thinking skills and can add personal knowledge.
Let them explore. Children should have the time to explore on their own it can help them
pursue their passions. Family members must support and cultivate them by discussing the
things that they love and the things that they are curious about.
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ACTIVITY 2: DEVELOPING CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING SKILLS

Instructions for Focus Group Discussion

 Reexamine the lesson plan “The Boy and The Mermaid” in terms of the following:
a) Pre- reading activities
b) Jigsaw reading approach
c) Post reading activities
 Identify the strong points of the lesson plan in developing critical and creative thinking. Focus
on the pre-reading and jigsaw reading approach.

Answer: The strong key points of the sample lesson plan in developing critical and creative
thinking is present on the pre-reading and jigsaw approach.

 Asking information and predictive questions basing from the story and
 Checking for understanding and closure to the learners.

 Determine also the weak points of the lesson plan.

Answer: The weak key points of the sample lesson plan is the accuracy of the objectives. The
teacher must be accurate and be detailed when planning a lesson plan especially on the
objectives. It should also have the objective to let learners understand not only the behavior
of characters rather the reason of why the behavior of characters are shown and the moral
lesson of the story.

 Revise the lesson plan to suit the critical and creative thinking skills of your students.

Answer:
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A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING

“THE BOY AND THE MERMAID”

BY: MAXIMO RAMOS

OBJECTIVES:

 To help learners understand the lesson, introduce the boy and the mermaid, the characters,
and the plot of the story.
 To analyze the behavior and attitude of the characters as well as explaining their personal
thoughts on certain situations.
 To infer on the progression of events based on important details.
 To predict the outcome of the characters’ behavior
 To understand the situation of each characters in the story and identify the moral lesson of
the story.

I. Pre-Reading

Working in groups, members will share their opinions about the questions assigned to
them.

Questions:
 If you were given a chance, will you exchange your family to a person who can
give all your wants and needs?
 Do you consider wealth as a source of love, happiness and fulfillment? Why or
why not?
 Which do you prefer, a big but an empty house or a small yet a happy home?
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II. Jigsaw Reading

The teacher reads aloud the story to the students. After each paragraph, the teacher asks
information and predictive questions. The students will compare their answers to
information in the story.

INTERACTIONS

Teacher Student

It happened once that boy, while playing on a (Students listening to the story)
riverbank, saw a beautiful woman bathing in the
water. She smiled sweetly at him and said: “come
here, son. I shall tell you a wonderful story”

Q: why did the woman ask the boy to come near

her? Possible answer: the woman will tell the boy a
Q: Do you think the woman really has a story to story.
tell? Possible answer: Yes or No.

The boy was attracted by her long curls and her

charming smile and he walked to her. No sooner
had his feet touched the water and then the river
rose and the woman caught him in her arms.

Q: why was the boy convinced to go with the

woman?
Q: where do you think the woman will bring the Possible answer: the boy was attracted to the
boy? woman’s appearance.
Possible answer: to her world. / To her house.

“Let me go! Let me go! Screamed the boy, but the

woman held him firmly and said, “Be quiet son, and
I shall take you to my home”.
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My father and mother will be looking for me!” said

the boy the woman replied, “you will forget them
when you see my wonderful home”. “Please let me
go!”

Q: why did the boy suddenly react violently? Possible answer: he was held against his will. /
Q: do you think the woman allowed the boy to go He doesn’t want to go with her.
home? Possible answer: NO.

After they reached the sea, they came to a

beautiful house with a golden door and a gorgeous
hall. They sat down and the woman asks the
following questions:

“Tell me what vegetables you love to eat?

Do you eat fish?
The boy replied: “we never eat those things at
home. I never eat fish. We eat nothing but rice and
tomatoes”.

Q: why did the woman ask the boy what he eats at Possible answer: she wants to know what the
home? boy likes to eat. Or what he eats.
Q: how do you think the woman felt after the boy Possible answer: the woman felt glad.
answered her questions?

Suddenly, while hearing those questions, the boy

remembered that the woman asked those
questions to test people.

“That’s alright! Said the woman with a smile. “He

who eats fish is my enemy” the woman showed
him rooms with silver and gold furniture. All rooms
contained treasures.

Q: what did the woman say about those who eat Possible answer: “He who eats fish is my enemy”
fish? Possible answer: the woman lives in an
Q: where do you think the woman lives? enchanted house.

Left alone the boy tried to enjoy himself, but he

kept yearning for his parents, friends, his real home
he pretended to enjoy all the luxuries and wealth,
but his heart was not there. This went on day after
day, but the longer he stayed into his house, the
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more he longed for his parents. “Please tell me

how soon I can get back home”. The boy said. She
replied, “forget about home. This is your home
now. Call me mother.”

Everyday, the woman would leave the house and

returned home at the end of the day. But the boy
began to wonder why the woman always went to
the back part of the house before leaving.

Q: for the second time, did the boy try to convince

the woman to send him back home?
Q: what do you think the boy suspected?
As he was looking this way one day, he suspected
that there might be some passage that she kept
from him. Till he found out that it was a secret
door, a door well hidden.
Possible answer: Yes, the boy tried to convince
the woman to send him back home.
Possible answer: he suspects something at the
back part of the house. Maybe a secret passage
way.

Q: what did the boy discover?

Q: what do you think is inside the hidden door? Possible answer: he discovered a secret door.
Possible answer: might be an escape pod.
The following morning, as soon as the woman was
gone, the boy opened and entered the secret door.
There he found a large jar of shining gold, with
golden liquid. Then the boy remembered that since
he came into the woman’s house, he had not taken
a bath yet, so he poured the golden liquid into his
body.

Q: what do you think is the liquid for?

Q: do you think the boy will be able to return Possible answer: a magical element.
home? Possible answer: yes, the boy might be able to
return home.
Then a trap door opened beneath his feet. He Ran
down and followed a sandy path with bright
sunlight. Soon he found himself back to the river
where the woman had caught him. The whole
village rejoiced, specially his parents for his return.
Everyone was overjoyed and amazed at his story.

Q: what path did the boy take to escape? Possible answer: a sandy path with bright
sunlight.
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Q: what do you think happened to the woman?

For many nights after that, the villagers heard the Possible answer: the woman was left alone.
voice of the woman crying in the river.

Q: who do you think is the woman?

Q: what can you say about her?
Possible answer: the woman is a mermaid.
Possible answer: she is quite selfish. She wants
to possess everything she wants.
That is the end of our story.
Q: what moral lesson did you learn?

The moral lesson of the story is that we should

always be aware of our surroundings. Don’t talk
to strangers. Because looks can be deceiving.
Luxuries and wealth cannot buy you happiness.
Family, friends and the people you care about
are the source of our happiness.

III. Post- Reading

 Group work – Show and tell

Instructions:
Working in groups, members are assigned to do “show and tell”. Each group is
given a treasure box-like which contains some familiar things used by their
family members. Each group will choose three (3) things that symbolizes their
loved ones.

Then each member is asked to express the meaning of the chosen object.

 Sharing each other’s thoughts/ Ideas

Each members of the group will discuss their own thoughts by expressing the
things that they had learned from the story.

 Individual Work – Writing

Each student is provided with a picture of a boy and a mermaid. Describe the
picture focusing on each character. At the back of the picture, the student
writes a description about them.