PINDANGAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Sison, Pangasinan
SEMI-DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH 8
September 18, 2019, Wednesday, 11:00-12:00am
I. Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
1. Identify the form of literature used in the selection.
2. Create a story house by writing the details of the story.
3. Use appropriate documentation by improving sentence construction.
4. Show appreciation of their parents’ efforts through a letter.

II. Subject Matter:

Topic: “The Taximan‘s Story” by Catherine Lim
Reference: Grade 8 English Learner’s Module, pages 177-178

III. Procedure:
a. Daily Routine:
1. Prayer
2. Checking of Attendance and Uniform
b. Motivation: Say: Sometimes, the simplest person can be the most truthful person you will ever meet.
Will you ride in a taxi with a driver willing to share his personal stories? Have you ever experience riding in
a taxi? Will you share your experience to the class.
c. Presentation of the Lesson:
Check Your Vocabulary
Study the words in Column A. Thenmatch
these words with their corresponding
definition in Column B.

Column A Column B

1. Taximan a. a cunning or deceitful action or device

2. tricks b. someone who drives a taxi for living
3. tourists c. having committed unrighteous acts
4. boasting d. wear or display in an ostentatious or
5. coaching proud manner
6. wicked e. someone who travels for pleasure
f. teach and supervise
Activity:

Task 1: Silent Reading of the Story

Task 2: Asks the following questions:

1. How do you find the story?
2. Did you understand it in your first reading?
3. How do you find the language of the taximan?
4. What form of literature is it?

Analysis: Answer the following questions:

1. What is the irony of this story?
2. What are the themes raised in the story?
3. How realistic is the story?
4. What do you think of the taxi man? Do you sympathize with him? Explain.
5. Do you agree with his lamenting?
6. What about the other characters in the story? Do you feel sympathy over them?
7. What do you think on the way the story is written? How does it relate to the taxi man?
8. How does this story appeal to the ―strict discipline image of Singapore?
e. Generalization:
Ask some volunteers to summarize briefly what they have learned for today.

IV. Evaluation:
Group Activity:
Complete the story house below by writing the details about the ―The Taximan‘s Story.
V. Assignment: A Letter to my Parents
The students will make a letter stating their appreciation for their parents’ efforts in providing them their needs.

Prepared by:

CRISLYN J. CACDAC
Teacher I
Checked by:
DOMINGA G. POSIDIO
Head Teacher III

Noted:
ROWENA G. LALATA
OIC, SHS Assistant Principal II