A Semi- Detailed Lesson Plan in Identifying Themes, Moral Lessons and Point of View
of the Movie "Moby Dick"
I. Subject Matter
Title: Recognizing / Identifying Themes, Moral Lessons and Point of View of the movie
"Moby Dick"
Source: Movie and readings
Frame: 20 minutes
Instructional materials:
Powerpoint presentation
Features a student response pattern through activities
II. Learner Goals: To identify the themes, point of view and moral lesson in Herman
Melville’s Moby Dick.
III. Objectives
Within the lesson, students are expected to:
• Determine how to relate the themes and moral lesson in real life scenario.
• Identify the parts of the story that supports the theme.
• Describe the importance of themes, moral lesson and point of view in the story.
• Act the concepts related to themes and moral lesson of the story.
IV. Procedure:
1. Daily Routine
1.1 Opening Prayer
1.2 Attendance Monitoring
2. Motivation
The students will be given a short dance video that each an everyone of them
should follow. The short video consists of a dance moves which is all about
catching a tuna.
3. Presentation of the lesson
The teacher will discuss about the themes, point of view and moral lesson
that can be found in Herman Melville’s novel called “Moby Dick”. The teacher
will explain their importance and significance in the movie.
V. Generalization
The students will be ask by the teacher to test how they understand the lesson being
discussed.
a. What is the importance of themes, point of view and moral lesson in a story?
b. How can we identify the themes, point of view and moral lesson in a story?
c. How can you relate the moral lesson of the story in real life scenario?
VI. Evaluation
a. Bingo game
Students are grouped into two groups. Each groups will be given a 3x3 blank bingo
card.
They will be given words/phrases to write inside the box. These words are:
Friendship Free Will Nature and Man
Revenge Fate Limits of Knowledge
Faith Religion Slavery
Racism Duty First Person point of view
Madness Obsession Sacrifice
Then, alternatively, each members of the group will pick a scenario in the bingo bowl
and they will read the content aloud. The groups will try to analyze the situation and
guess the concept that it means. The answers are on the bingo card and the students
will mark X the word/s which they think is the correct answer. The first group to mark
three X horizontally, vertically, or straight will be the winner.
b. Charades
The teacher divides the class into two and let them play a game called charades.
The teacher will bring a box consisting of the list of themes, moral lesson and point of
view of the story. They must guess the themes, point of view and moral lessons of the
movie " Moby Dick " being executed by their team members. The first group to have the
most correct answers will be the winner.
Instruct the learners of the game mechanics:
1. Select which team and player will go first and set a time limit for each round.
2. Once the time starts, the starting player must draw a slip to act out and try to come
up with a system of conveying information without words to help your team narrow
down guesses.
3. If your team guesses the answer before the time runs out for the round, you get a
point, otherwise, no points are awarded once the time runs out.
4. The other team chooses a person to act out a slip of paper and the time resets.
5. Play continues with players rotating who is acting until all the concepts are used up.
6. The winner is the team with the most points.
VII. Assignment
Answer the following questions in a one whole sheet of pad paper.
1. What are the themes and moral lessons you have learned?
a. Explain the themes and moral lessons you have drawn.
b. Identify the part in the movie that supports the theme.
