Dannivel C.

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Block A2 BSED II

A Detailed lesson Plan in English

(Grade 7- Junior High School)

I. Objectives
1. Identify the figures of speech that show comparison (Simile, Metaphor, and
Personification).
2. Construct sentences using different types of figurative of speech (Simile, Metaphor, and
personification).
3. Appreciate Mother nature.
II. Subject Matter:
A. Topic: Identifying Figures of speech (simile, Metaphor, and personification).
B. PELC II3
English for all Times, Reading 6,PP.144-147
Fun in English, Reading 6,PP,136-139
C. Materials: Picture of a cloud, bond paper, Manila paper and Marker
D. Values: Love for nature

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY ACTIVITY

A. Preparatory Activities
 Good afternoon class  Good afternoon, ma’am
 Let us pray first  Yes ma’am (Our Father Who art in
heaven hallowed be thy name, The
kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth
as it is in heaven, gives us this day our
daily bread and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against
us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver
us from evil. For thine is the kingdom,
The power and the glory, for ever and
 Who are absent this Afternoon? ever. Amen.
 (The pupil will report the absent)
1. Stretching Drill
 Straight leg  (The pupil will doing stretching)
 Arm swings

2. Review
 Before we proceed to our lesson
this Afternoon, let’s have a short
review of your previous lesson,
about prepositional phrase.
 Again, what is a prepositional
phrase, class?  A prepositional phrase is a group words
 Very good that begins with a preposition and ends
 I have here sentences. What with a noun or a pronoun which is the
you’re going to do is to underline object of preposition.
the prepositional phrases, and
draw a circle around each
preposition.
1. The girl in the red costume won first 1. The girl in the red costume won first
place. place
2. I came before you did.
3. The stranger disappeared through the 2. I came before you did.
woods 3. The stranger disappeared through the
4. The boy chimed over the wall. woods.
5. People went out during the
intermission 4. The boy climbed over the wall
5. People went out during the intermission
 3. Unlocking of Difficulties:

 I have here a puzzle. You’re going to fill

up the correct words that will solve the
puzzle. Choose the words from the box
below.

Across:
1.A young sheep
3.The beginning of the day; the first light in  Lambs
the east.  Dawn
4.Wanting or taking one’s own man.  Wilful
6.An animal except man, especially a four-  Beasts
footed animal.  Rills
7.A tiny stream; a little brook.

Down:
2.Low grassy land by the bank of the stream  Meadows
5.Extremely large  Huge
8.Shinning; bright; beaning
 Radiant
9.A drop of salty water coming from the eyes.
 Tears
10.Sign or hint
 Clue
4. Motivation:

 Have you looked up the sky this

morning, class?
 What did you see?  Yes, ma’am
 What can you say about the  Clouds, birds etc..
picture?  The cloud is white, soft and beautiful
 How would you describe a cloud?
 I have here a poem entitle,
“clouds”.

5.Motive Questions:
 After reading the poem be able to answer
this question.
 “To what are clouds being compared to in
the poem”?

B. Development Activities

1. Presentation
 One of your classmates will read the
 Listen attentively
poem for us
 Understand what is being read.
 While your classmate is reading the
 Do not talk with your seatmates.
poem, what will you do?

“CLOUDS”
Clouds all like silver lambs on low green hills,
feeding on blue meadows
watered by rills.
Clouds are like snowy down
Playing with winds;
Clouds are small, will full clues
With playful minds.

Clouds are huge butterflies

Radiant with rays;
Clouds are beast of the winds
On stormy days.
Clouds are the sky giants
Their tears are rain
Dropping on leafy plants
Down the plain.

 To what are clouds being

Compared to in the poem?
 In the first two lines of the poem,
 What are clouds being compared to?
 Have you seen a lamb, class?
 What characteristics of a clouds make
then silver lamb?
 Give the similarities of the clouds and the
lamb?
 Very Good. Clouds are being compares to
a silver lamb because of its white colour.
 Clouds are compared to silver lambs,
snowy down, small, wilful clues, beats of
the wilds, huge butterflies, sky giants.
 To a silver lamp
 Yes, ma’am
 Its fur or skin covering is white in colour.
 Their colour are both white.

2. Discussion
 What are the unlike things compared to
clouds in the poem?
 What did we do just a white ago?
 Very good. What did we compare?
 What do you call to the comparison
made between two unlike things?
 Ok. What is again a figure of speech?
 Lambs, dawn, clues, butterflies, beasts,
and giants.
 We compare two things.
 We compare two different things.
 Figures of speech.
 The comparison between to unlike things.

3. Group Activity
 To better understand our lesson this
afternoon, we will have a group activity
 I will divide you into three groups.
 Each group will select a leader who will  Follow instructions correctly.
present your output.  Cooperate and share ideas with the group.
 Before we proceed to our group activity,  Do not make unnecessary noise
lest us recall the standards for you to  Finish work on time.
follow while performing your tasks.
 I will only give you ten minutes to
complete your tasks.

GROUP 1
 Use the following words in a meaningful
sentence using simile as a figure of
speech.
1. Rainbow
2. Flowers
3. Star
4. Ocean
5. Birds

GROUP 11
 Copy the sentences that expresses
metaphor
1. The English language is like a bankbook  The dictionary is the bankbook that helps
account of a million words. us use the words.
2. The dictionary is the bankbook that helps
us use the words
 3. The flowers, danced happily with the
wind.
4. The clouds are frisky puppies in the sky.
5. The wind is a cat that prowls at night
 (Presentation of the group output.)
 (Corresponding clap with the group)
4. Value integration
 What could we get from mother nature
 As a grade six pupil, how could you show
your love with her?
 That’s nice to hear from you, class.
5. Generalization
 What have you learned this afternoon,
class?
 Again, what is a figure of speech?
 How about its types?
 The clouds are frisky puppies in the sky
 The wind is a cat that prowls at night
 Food, shelter and other basic needs
 I will not abuse her
 I will throw garbage in the proper place
 I will plant more tress
 About figures of speech
 A figure of speech is a group of words
that expresses a comparison between two
unlike objects.
 Simile is a figure of speech that expresses
a comparison between two unlike objects
with the use of “like” or “as”.
 Metaphor is a figure of speech that
expresses a comparison between two
unlike without the use of “like” or “as”
 Personification is a figure of speech that
gives human characteristics to non-human
things

C. Post Activity:
1. Application:
 I will read lines from poems.
You’re going to clap your hands if the
figures of speech mentioned is a simile;  Clap
you will stump your feet it is a metaphor
and whistle if it is a personification.
 Are you now ready, children?  Whistle
 Zooming across the sky like a great bird
you fly, airplane silvery white in the
night.
 Little sampaguita with the wondering eye,  Stump
did a tiny fairy drop you where you lie?
 The sum is an orange dinghy sailing
across a calm sea. It is a gold coin  Clap
dropped down a drain in heaven
 The moon, like a flower in heaven’s high
lower with silent delight sits and smiles in  Stump
the night.
 Clouds are angry monster with a water
hose. They can make me cold and wet
they can plug my nose.

IV. Evaluation
Identify the figures of speech used in the sentences, whether it is simile, metaphor or
personification.
1. The bamboo tress swayed from left to right.
2. The face is like a garden full of flowers.
3. The rich fields were the farmer’s treasure.
 4. The stream was like a silver ribbon over the green plains.
5. The fat comedian is a plump as a pillow.
6. The north wind swings his whistling whip.
7. The traffic jam was a sea of metal.
8. The baby is as week as lamb.
9. The sun is a ball of fire.
10. The leaves whisper their secrets to one another.

V. Assignment
Copy the sentences below. Identify the figures of speech used in the sentence, write S for simile,
M for metaphor and P for personification.
1. His lips were as vinegar when he broke her mom’s favorite vase.
2. The infant’s simile was a vary sunshine to the whole family.
3. The moon faithfully controls the tide’s ebb and flow.
4. The contestant was a nervous butterfly on the stage.
5. Her hair shines like twinkling stars in the night.

Reflection:
It makes the sentence deeper and leaves the reader with a sense of wonder. It brings life to the
words used by the writer the figure of speech not only shows the writer’s intent but also his purpose in
using such language.

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DANNIVEL C. OPON
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