Department of Education

Negros Island Region

DOÑA HORTENCIA SALAS BENEDICTO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
La Carlota City

LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH 7

M1 L1 LP1 DATE:
I. OBJECTIVES The students should be able to:
1. Discover literature as means of connecting to significant past.
2. Recognize prosodic features: volume, projection, pitch, stress, intonation,
juncture, and speech rate that serve as carrier of meaning.
3. Determine words or expressions in a selection that are similar or opposite.
Materials Reading Materials, Listening Materials
II. LESSON Valuing Our Elders, LP p.3
III. PROCEDURE
A. Activities 1. Motivation QAR
Do you know who your elders are? Can you name them?

In our incoming lessons, you will learn to appreciate the wisdom of our
ancestors that continues to influence our experiences. Discover how their
proverbs serve as guideposts towards strengthening our values.
TASK 1 True or False?
On a half-sheet of paper, write T if the statement is true according to what you know
and F if it is False. Be ready to explain your answer with a partner.
___1. Philippine literature existed even before the Spaniards came.
___2. Proverbs express the unending wisdom of the old.
___3. Proverbs communicate only traditional beliefs and values.
___4. The form of proverbs is chiefly poetic.
___5. It is difficult to preserve proverbs.

TASK 2 What Did They Say?

Complete the grid below as you listen to the recording.
Description of the Description of the
Recording
Speaker’s Voice Speakers Message
1
2
3

TASK 3 Similar or Opposite?

In terms of meaning, a word may be synonymous (similar) or antonymous (opposite)
to another. Form the correct pairs of synonyms and antonyms used in the selection.
compiled native ancestors gathered
comprehensive limited complex brief
elders simple lengthy indigenous

SYNONYMS ANTONYMS

B. Analysis  Which of the tasks provided helped you to discover literature as means to
significant past?
 Which helped you recognize prosodic features such as volume, projection,
pitch, stress, intonation, juncture, and speech rate that serve as carrier of
meaning?
 Which helped you determine words or expressions in a selection that are
similar or opposite?
C. Abstraction Teacher explains the different tasks given and ask the following questions:
 Who do you think are our ancestors?
  Why do you think it is important for us to know our ancestors’ beliefs and
traditions?
 Do you think it is useful to know and understand the practices of our
ancestors?
D. Application Who are your grandparents/ ancestors?
What beliefs/ practices have you learned from them?
IV. EVALUATION I. Write T if the statement is true and F if the statement is false.
___1. Philippine literature existed even before the Spaniards came.
___2. Proverbs express the unending wisdom of the old.
II. Complete the grid below as you listen to the recording.

Recording Descriptions of the Description of the

Speakers Voice Speaker’s Message
3.
4.
5. Choose the correct synonym for the given word.
Elders - native simple ancestors

V. ASSIGNMENT Write down your favorite proverb.

PREPARED BY:

WILROSE MORENO, SST-1

CHARMAINE ROSE TROCINO, SST-1