Republic of the Philippines

Commission on Higher Education

Region I
San Fernando City, La Union
ST. CAMILLUS COLLEGE OF MANAOAG FOUNDATION. INC.
Brgy. Licsi, Manaoag, Pangasinan
T EACHING AND ASSESSM ENT OF LIT ERAT URE

A Detailed Lesson Plan

in

English Grade 10

Robin T. Riturban
(BSED III- English)

Dr. Zarex Andree E. Cabatbat

(Instructor)
 I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, students are able to

a. Analyze the short story The Last Leaf by sequencing of events

through the use of photographs.
b. Analyze the relationship between characters and events in
the story.
c. Appreciate the moral of the story by listening and viewing
the story and learn the language and new words.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic: The Last Leaf by O. Henry
Reference: Celebrating Diversity through World Literature, page
377- 380
Materials: PowerPoint Presentation, Video, Photos, Cartolina,
Visual Materials
Values Integration: Cooperation, Gratitude, Courage

III. PROCEDURES

Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity

A. DAILY ROUTINE
1. Prayer

Good morning my dear students! Before

we officially start our class, May I ask PRAYER
everyone to please stand. Let us have
Jolo to lead us the prayer.

Thank you Mr. Jolo

2. Greetings

Again! Goodmorning class. Good morning Sir Robin.

How was your day class? We are having a good day Sir!

It's good to know that everyone is having

a good day.

3. Classroom Management

Please pick up all the pieces of trash The student will pick up all the piece of
around you and arrange your seats trash around them and arrange their
properly. chairs properly.

Thank you Sir.

You may now take your seat.

4. Checking of Attendance

Now, let us check your attendance, None Sir.

Class secretary, is there anyone absent?

Well, Im glad to hear that. Im glad that

everyone is here with me today because
I have something exciting to share for
your class.

5. Review

How was your yesterday?

Did you review our previous discussion?
Yes Sir.
Thats good! Well, because you will be
using your previous knowledge in our
discussion today.

So class, what was our lesson yesterday? Sir, it was all about the Barriers of
Communication

Yes very good. Yesterday, we discussed

about the barriers to communication.
Can someone tell once again what is Sir.
communication barriers?

Communication Barrier is anything that

Yes Juram. comes in the way of receiving and
understanding messages. These various
barriers of communication block or
interfere the message that someone is
trying to convey because
Yes Very Good!

How about some examples of

communication barriers? Anyone who
can give me atleast one thing that can Sir
hamper communications? Then explain.
Yes Chloe. Sir lack of attention and interest. If the
message is irrelevant to the receiver or if
there are distraction around them, then
the message might not be
communicated properly.
Precisely! I’m glad that you still
remember those barriers to
communication. Is there any questions None Sir.
about our previous topic?

B. LESSON PROPER

1. Motivation

Before we start our discussion, we are going

to have an activity called “Paste Me”
The task that you will do is very simple. You
need to understand the instructions very well
because I will read and flash it on the screen Yes Sir!
once only.

INSTRUCTIONS:
Pick leaves from the basket. Every leaves has a
respective numbers. Write instances where you
almost gave up and someone came to save
you. State who are they and what they have
does to make you feel better. Also, there are four
leaves Write your answers inside the leave and
paste on the board. Make sure that you should
paste the leaves on its corresponding number on
the board.

Timer starts now! (Students will do the activity)

Okay, times up. Go back to your proper

places. Let us see your answers.
Everybody has different experiences! Very
Good Class!

Now try looking at the leaves you have Sir, the leaves formed in different letters
pasted on the board, can you notice
something?

Yes that’s right. The leaves you have pasted HOPE Sir.
formed into letters

They are H,O,P,E .With those letters, what

word can you compose?

Very Good! We compose HOPE.

Now what is hope for you? It is feeling of expectation and desire for
certain thing to happen.

Yes that’s right. Hope is the power to believe

that anything is possible and we desire for
something good in the future or to wish upon
a miracle.

Where do you really seek hope? Parents, friends, special someone, and
God
Very well said! Later on, you will discover the
connection of this word and these people to
our discussion.

Are you ready class?

2.Author Presentation

I will be posting a picture of a noble person,

he is not my father nor my brother, not also
anyone else anyone else in the No Sir.
neighborhood. Do you know this person
class?

He is the author of the story that we will Yes Sir!

watch later.Are you ready to meet him?

But first, I want you to fill in the trunk of the

trees with the correct information. Get the
answer from the information posted on the
leaves. Did I make myself clear?

Yes Sir!

Who wants to volunteer? Sir

Yes Juram?
Are you ready?
ANSWER BOX
Profession “When one loves one's Art no service seems too
hard. “

11 September 1862
Famous
quote Other work
The Gift of Magi

American short story writer.

Birth Pen Name O. Henry

(After filling in the boxes with information. I will ask

questions about the author)

Here are the questions:

1. In what date was William Sydney Porter 11 September 1862
born?
O. Henry
2. What is his pseudonym?
American short story writer.
3. What was his profession?
The Gift of Magi
4. What is the other work of O. Henry?
“When one loves one's Art no service seems
5. What is Henry’s famous quotation? too hard. “

3.Vocabulary
After meeting the author, let us unlock the
difficulties and answer the following for you
to understand the story better.

Give the meaning of the italicized words through

the use of context clues.

1. He touched Johnsy and she lay, scarcely

moving on her painted iron bed. Hardly
a. well moving b. hardly c. happily
 2. Mr. Behrman was a fierce, intense little man Protector
who considered himself as a watchdog for
the two young artist living above him.
a. enemy b. suitor c. protector

3. “Are there people in the world who are

foolish enough to die simply because
leaves fall from an old vine? Why do you Senseless
permit such silly ideas to her?
a. wise b. serious c. senseless

4.Analysis
Presentation of the story
You will be watching the story “The Last Leaf”
by O. Henry. All you have to do is to watch
and listen carefully. Note the significant
events in the story.

Is that clear? Yes Sir.

Very Good!

(Video Presentation for about 11 minutes and 25

secs)

4. Abstraction

Do you understand the story class? Yes Sir.

If that so, let us all answers the

questions.

1. Who are the main characters in the story? The main characters in the story are Johnsy
Describe each character. and Sue. Sue is the friend of Johnsy who took
care of her .Johnsy is the girl who has a
pneumonia and admitted to herself that she
will die if the last leaf will fall on the ground.

2.What is Johnsy’s illness? Johnsy’s illness is pneumonia.

3.How is pneumonia described in the story? It is unseen stranger who attacks the people
in Greenwich Village in New York.

4. What did the doctor tell Sue about the The doctor said that Johnsy is to weak to
condition of Johnsy? recover and she admitted to herself that she
will die.
5. What is the significance of ivy leaves? In the story, the ivy leaves are significant
because for Johnsy, they have become a
measure of her time on earth.

6. How did Mr. Behrman save Johnsy’s life? When he saw that the last leaf fell off the ivy
vine, he had braved the cold rain and snow
to paint a replacement leaf on the vine.

7. What was the reaction of Johnsy and Sue They were both happy and cried, because
when they saw the last leaf? Johnsy will be better.

8. Why did Mr. Behrman die in the story? He died because of pneumonia and his
selfless action, they found him in his room
helpless with pain and fever, his shoes were
completely wet and icy cold.

9. What is the greatest work Mr. Behrman made? The greatest work Mr. Behrman made was
the last leaf.

It is a story of hope, love and friendship

10. How is the Last Leaf a story of hope, friendship because Sue and Mr. Behrman did not give
and love? up on restoring Johnsy’s will to live. Instead,
they offer their loving efforts to help Johnsy
regain her health, and Mr. Behrman
sacrificed his life for Johnsy.

Very good class! It seems like you really

understand the story.

5. Application
Now, lets put everything you have learned
into an action. We are going to use your
groupings earlier. We will used randomizer to
find out what kind of activity you will be
doing later on.

INSTRUCTIONS:
Group 1: The Singers

Think of a song that shows appreciation about

someone elses kindness. Perform it in front of the
class.

Group 2 : Events Trackers

Arrange the following pictures that will show the

sequence of the events in the story.

Group 3: The Artist

Draw a visual representation of the reaction of

Johnsy when she found out that Mr. Behrman
painted the leaf outside and died because of
pneumonia.

Group 4: The Actors

Re-enact the last scene of the story when Johnsy

found out about everything

Lets start the randomizer! Are you ready? Yes Sir!

The group one will be the singers, the group

two will be the event trackers, the group
three as the artists and group four as the
actors.

You will be graded according to the

following rubrics:
10 The students did the task perfectly.
Maximum participation of each
member of the group is observed. The
topic or theme is excellently discussed
7 The students did the task correctly.
Everyone contributes and shares ideas
to arrive in good result. The topic or
theme is discussed
5 The students did the task. Everyone tries
to contribute and share their ideas. The
topic or theme is satisfactory discussed.
3 The students dis the task though they
encounter difficulties on the ideas to
be presented. The topic or theme is
stressed but needs more improvements
1 The students find difficulties to do the
task but they tried to present based on
their collective ideas and
 understanding. The topic or theme is
slightly stressed

Are you ready class?

Start your activity now.

Okay times up. Present now your work

.

Group 1. What song did you chose? Perform it in Glowing Inside by Nikki Gil
front of the class.
Very nice. I think everyone of us know that song.
Its very inspirin.

Group 2, your turn.

Very good. You got the correct sequence of the Presentation of work
events of the story.

Group 3, explain your work.

Wow! Very nice. You have shown your artistic Presentation of work
side. And I really like your interpretation.
Excellent!

And now, last but not the least Group 4. Show Presentation of work
what you bring for us.

Very Nice! I am really connected with your

acting. We have future actor and actresses here.

Very good class! All of you did a great job.

Give yourselves a round of applause! Thank you Sir!

A. Generalization

1. So again class, who is the author of the

story? William Sydney Porter

2. What was his pen name? O. Henry

3. In what date was O. Henry born? 11 September 1862

American writer
4. What was his occupation?
 Any question about the author? None, Sir.

5. And who are the characters in the story? Johnsy, Sue and Mr. Behrman

6. What is Johnsy’s ilness? Pneumonia

7. Did she recover from it? Yes, Sir.

8. How did Mr. Behrman die in the story? He died because of pneumonia and his
selfless action, they found him in his room
9. Do you think he is happy sacrificing his life for
helpless with pain and fever, his shoes
Johnsy?
10. were completely wet and icy cold.

B. Reflection/Values Integration Yes Sir.

Let us go back to our main characters,

Johnsy is like me. There are times that I
Johnsy, Sue and Mr. Behrman is a
am stubborn and don’t want to listen to
representation of someone in our lives.
someone else’s advice because I don’t
Do you know people who are like Johnsy?
want them to feel pity about my situation
Yes Juram

How about Sue and Mr. Behrman?

She represents my best friend who always
there to support me in times of trouble
Yes Jolo.
and Mr. Behrman is like my parents. They
are willing to sacrifice everything just to
make me feel better and that is the
greatest masterpiece they gave to me.
Just like what we saw in the video earlier.
Let me end our discussion with this quotation
and let us interpret these following quotes.

Student response
IV. EVALUATION

I. Directions: Write if the following statements below show the

character of Sue, Johnsy or Mr. Behrman.

______1. A student who lost his will to study

______2. A teacher who sacrificed her time to make her student feel
better.
______3. A brother who supports you whatever happens.
______4. A patient who doesnt want to be medicated
______5. A mother who works abroad and suffer the pain of being
separated from her kids just to give them a better life

II. Complete the phrases below to express to the author how the
story he wrote gave you wisdom in coming up with realizations and
learning in life.

V. ASSIGNMENT
Make a promise to your parents regarding positive changes in your life.
Write the specific traits which you want to change on the upper portion of
the diagram, the plan/methods of changes which you have to do on the
wider portion, and how do you see yourselves 10 years from now at the
bottom.