Department of Education

VI- Western Visayas

Schools Division of Iloilo
MINA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Mina, Iloilo

Lesson Plan in Grade 8 English

Content Standard:
The learner demonstrates understanding of African Literature as means of exploring forces that human
beings contend with various reading style vis-à-vis purposes of reading; prosodic features that serve as carriers of
meaning, ways by which information may be organized, related and delivered orally, parallel structures and
cohesive devices in presenting information.

Grade Level Standard:

The learner demonstrates communicative competence through his/her understanding of Afro Asian
Literature and other texts types for deeper appreciation of Philippine Culture and those of other countries.

Performance Standard:
The learner transfers learning by composing, delivering informative speech based on a specific topic of
interest keeping in mind the proper and effective use of parallel structure and cohesive devices and appropriate
prosodic features, stance and behavior.

Learning Competencies
1. EN8LT-Ia-1.1: Describe notable genres contributed by African writers.
2. EN8LT- Ia-8.1: Identify distinguishing features of notable African chants, poems, folktales and short stories to
determine the meaning of the unfamiliar words or expression
3. EN8VC-Ia-8: Use context clues from materials read

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
1. Share knowledge about the qualities African people and their culture.
2. Identify the different elements of a story.
3. Arrange notes using different graphic organizers
II. Content: Searching for Knowledge
 Topic: How Anansi Got All the Stories: An African Folktale
 Skill Focus: Reading/ Literature
III. Procedure:
A. Motivation: Show picture of folktales told by Filipinos. Let the learners say something about it.

B. Lesson Proper:
 Pre- Reading:
A. Building the Background
(The teacher will read a little background of Africa and some of the people’s belief.)
 It was in Africa, the second largest continent in the world, where the earliest human beings were
discovered.To the African people, their folklore is an indispensable part of their traditions and customs.
Tricksters and animals are common characters in African folklore. They serve to entertain and at the
same time teach lessons, values and ways of survival. Among the popular ones are the following:
 Trickster
A wandering trickster spirit who linked with change and quarrels in most Yoruban (West African people)
tales. In some stories, he is the messenger between the world and the supreme God.
 Legba
The guard and trickster of crossroads and entrances. He acts as facilitator among the gods, so he speaks all
languages. He has the power to remove stubling blocks and make available chances. Rituals begin and end
with Legba.
  Anansi
One of the most important animal tricksters in West African legends, who is often depicted as a spider, a
human, or both.

B. Unlocking of Difficulties
1. Yearned
But Kwaku Anansi, the spider, yearned to be the owner of all stories known in the world. Yearned
means… A. Longed B. Sought C. Looked
2. He cut a gourd from a vine and made a hole in it. Gourd means…
A. a bark of tree B. a part of the vine C. a fruit of a certain plant
3. He took a large calabash and filled it with water. Calabash means…
A. a large plastic pail B. a large fruit C. a large tumbler
4. When Osebo came prowling in the black of the night, he stepped into the trap. Prowling means…
A. searching B. walking C. running

4. While Reading: The teacher will use Directed Reading and Thinking Activity ( DRTA)
In the beginning, all tales and stories belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. But Kwaku Anansi, the spider,
yearned to be the owner of all the stories known in the world, and he went to Nyame and offered to buy them.
The Sky God said: “I am willing to sell the stories, but the price is high. Many people have come to me offering to
buy, but the price was too high for them. Rich and powerful families have not been able to pay. Do you think you
can do it?” Anansi replied to the Sky God: “I can do it. What is the price?”

1. What does Anansi want from Nyame?

2. Do you think Anansi can afford to buy the stories from Nyame?
3. What do you think is the price of the stories?
“My price is three things,” the Sky God said. “I must first have Mmoboro, the hornets. I must then
have Onini, the great python. I must then have Osebo, the leopard. For these thing I will sell you the right
to tell all the stories.” Anansi said: “I will bring them.”
4. What are the characteristics of the hornets? The python? The leopard?
5. Do you think Anansi the spider will be able to bring them to Nyame?
He went home and made his plans. He first cut a gourd from a vine and made a small hole in it. He
took a large bowl and filled it with water. He went to the tree where the hornets lived. He poured some of
the water over himself, so that he was dripping. He threw some water over the hornets, so that they too
were dripping. Then he put the bowl on his head, as thought to protect himself from a storm, and called
out to the hornets: “Are you foolish people? Why do you stay in the rain that is falling?”
6. Do you think he can capture the hornets?
7. If yes, how?
The hornets answered: “Where shall we go?”
“Go here, in this dry gourd,” Anansi told them.
The hornets thanked him and flew into the gourd through the small hole. When the last of them had
entered, Anansi plugged the hole with a ball of grass, saying: “Oh, yes, but you are really foolish people!”
He took his gourd full of hornets to Nyame, the Sky God. The Sky God accepted them. He said: “There are
two more things.”
8. Does Nyame believe that Anansi could bring the python and the leopard?
9. How do you think Anansi plan to capture Onini, the python?
Anansi returned to the forest and cut a long bamboo pole and some strong vines. Then he
walked toward the house of Onini, the python, talking to himself. He seemed to be talking about an
argument with his wife. He said: “My wife is wrong. I say he is longer and stronger. My wife says he is
shorter and weaker. I give him more respect. She gives him less respect. Is she right or am I right? I am
right, he is longer. I am right, he is stronger.”
When Onini, the python, heard Anansi talking to himself, he said: “Why are you arguing
this way with yourself?”
The spider replied: “Ah, I have had a dispute with my wife. She says you are shorter and
weaker than this bamboo pole. I say you are longer and stronger.”
Onini said: “It’s useless and silly to argue when you can find out the truth. Bring the pole
and we will measure.”
So Anansi laid the pole on the ground, and the python came and stretched himself out
beside it.
“You seem a little short,” Anansi said.
The python stretched further.
“A little more,” Anansi said.
“I can stretch no more,” Onini said.
 “When you stretch at one end, you get shorter at the other end,” Anansi said. “Let me tie you at the front
so you don’t slip.”
He tied Onini’s head to the pole. Then he went to the other end and tied the tail to the
pole. He wrapped the vine all around Onini, until the python couldn’t move.
“Onini,” Anansi said, “it turns out that my wife was right and I was wrong. You are shorter than the pole
and weaker. My opinion wasn’t as good as my wife’s. But you were even more foolish than I, and you are
now my prisoner.”
Anansi carried the python to Nyame, the Sky God, who said: “There is one thing more.”
10. Which characteristic of the leopard will Anasi use to trick it?
Osebo, the leopard, was next. Anansi went into the forest and dug a deep pit where the
leopard liked to walk. He covered it with small branches and leaves and put dust on it, so that it was
impossible to tell where the pit was.
 Anansi went away and hid. When Osebo came prowling in the black of night, he stepped into the trap
Anansi had prepared and fell to the bottom. Anansi heard the sound of the leopard falling and he said:
“Ah, Osebo, you are half-foolish!”
When morning came, Anansi went to the pit and saw the leopard there.
“Osebo,” he asked, “what are you doing in this hole?”
“I have fallen into a trap,” Osebo said. “Help me out.”
“I would gladly help you,” Anansi said. “But I’m sure that if I bring you out, I will have no
thanks for it. You will get hungry, and later on you will be wanting to eat me and my children.”
“I promise it won’t happen!” Osebo said.
“Very well. Since you promise it, I will take you out,” Anansi said.
He bent a tall green tree toward the ground, so that it’s top was over the pit, and he tied it
that way. Then he tied a rope to the top of the tree and dropped the other end of it into the pit.
“Tie this to your tail,” he said.
Osebo tied the rope to his tail.
“Is it well tied?” Anansi asked.
“Yes, it is well tied,” the leopard said.

The tree straightened up with a snap, pulling Osebo out of the hole. He hung in the air head
downward, twisting and turning. As he twisted and turned, he got so dizzy that Anansi had no trouble
tying the leopard’s feet with vines
Anansi took the dizzy leopard, all tied up, to Nyame, the Sky God, saying: “Here is the third thing.
Now I have paid the price.”
Nyame said to him: “Kwaku Anansi, great warriors and chiefs have tried, but they have been
unable to do it. You have done it. Therefore, I will give you the stories. From this day onward, all stories
belong to you. Whenever a man tells a story, he must acknowledge that it is Anansi’s tale.”
11. Anansi the spider is clever in this folktale, what trait of a spider suits this characterization?

5. Post Reading Activities

A. Comprehension Check
1. Based on the fact that they listened to Anansi, what can you infer about the hornets, the
python, and the leopard?
2. Why was Anansi able to do what warriors and chiefs have failed to do? What can you
conclude?
3. What were the customs, traditions, and lifestyle like in this particular tale?In your
opinion, how was this tale influence history?
B. The learners will answer different graphic organizers to test their comprehension skills.

Group 1 will fill out the cause and effect chart.

 Group 2 will identify the literary element in the story

Title of Tale:

Setting: When and where did the action happen?

Characters: Who are the main characters?

Summary of Plot: What is the tale about?

Conflict: What is the problem?

Climax: How did the characters solve the problem

Resolution: How did the tale end?

Group 3 will describe the characters

Anansi’s Tale
Character Adjectives Sentence from the tales that discuss the
adjective

Group 4 will identify sensory images presented in the story

Sensory Detail Chart
Sight Sound Touch Taste Smell

Group 5 Explain the theme of the tale. What particular event or scene in the story led you to
believe it. What is the moral lesson you get from the story.
IV. Evaluation:
1. The learners will present their graphic organizers and their answers.

V. Agreement:
Who is Nelson Mandela? What are his contributions to Africa?

Prepared by:

JULIET C. MAGBANUA
Teacher I

Observed by:

_____________________________ OLIVA P. ALFARAS GIL P. ABILLERA

Master Teacher I Head Teacher III Principal IV