Basic Education Department

Junior High School

A.Y. 2022-2023
Grade 7 English
Detailed Lesson Plan

Date of Implementation: February 9, 2023

Section: 7- ST. MARK
I. Learning Competency
Identify the author’s intentions for writing. EN7RC-III-g-9:

II. Learning Targets

I can determine the author’s intentions, techniques and purpose for writing.
I can write speech using persuade.
I can

Values Integration: Understanding

III. Subject Matter

Topic: Author’s intentions for writing
Reference: ECAS. English Communication Arts and Skills Through Philippine Literature.
Authors: Milagros G. Lapid and Josephine Serrano
Materials: Laptop, Presentation, Chalk and Board, Reading Materials

IV. Procedures
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
A. Preliminary Activity
1. Prayer
Let us all stand and pray. (The students stand and pray.)

2. Greetings
Good morning class. Good morning, Ma’am.

3. Classroom Management
Kindly pick the trash under your chairs and
arrange your chairs properly.

4. Checking of Attendance
Let us check your attendance. None.
Do we have absentees today?

5. Review We talked about the features of narrative writing.

What was the topic that we have discussed
last meeting?
B. Motivation
Act it out!
Instruction: The student will choose from the given
word and they will act what the word means. The
student who can guest the correct word will act next.

C. Lesson Proper
It is about the things that we plan to do.
Our topic is about the author’s intention for writing.
What do we mean by intention? Author is the one who writes a story.
Alright. How about the author? Do you know what is
author?

Very good. So, when we say author’s intention it is

about the author and on how they are willing to
write. Or the reason why they are writing. They write because they want to share their ideas,
passion or their story.
What do you think is the reason why authors keep
writing?

Yes. And authors keep on writing because of

different purpose. The author will attempt to persuade the reader to
agree with this point of view.
The first purpose is to persuade, when a text is
written to persuade, it will aim to convince the reader
of the merits of a particular point of view.  Students should ask themselves if they feel the
writer is trying to get them to believe something or
How can we identify if the author’s purpose is to take a specific action.
persuade?

They should learn to identify the various tactics and

strategies used in persuasive writing, such as
repetition, various types of supporting evidence,
hyperbole, attacking opposing viewpoints, forceful
Informational texts are geared toward imparting
phrases, emotive imagery and photographs etc.
information to the reader to educate them on a
The second purpose is to inform, they usually wish given topic. 
to enlighten their readership about a real-world topic.
Often, they will do this by providing lots of facts.

Examples: Many types of school books are written

with the express purpose of informing the reader.
Added to textbooks, we also have encyclopedias, If the author is informing us by putting a lot of
recipe books, and newspapers.  facts.

How can we identify if the author’s purpose is to The author will also likely provide the reader with
inform? some facts to convince them.

In the process of informing the reader, the author will

use facts, which is one surefire way to spot the intent
to inform.

The main difference between the two ways facts are

employed is that, when the intention is to inform,
facts are presented only to teach the reader. When the
author’s purpose is to persuade, they commonly The author making sure that the contents are
entertaining.
mask their opinions amid the facts.

The third purpose is to entertain, they will endeavor

to keep things as interesting as possible.
When writers attempt to entertain or amuse the
For example, we find entertaining examples in reader, they use various techniques to engage their
science fiction, romance, and fantasy. attention.

How can we identify if the author’s purpose is to

entertain?

 They may employ cliffhangers at the end of a

The author is trying to explain something.
chapter, for example. They may weave humor into
their story or even have characters tell jokes.

The fourth purpose is to explain. When writers write

to explain, they want to tell the reader how to do
something or reveal to them how something works.
If the type of writing organized into bulleted or
Examples: Writing with the purpose of explaining numbered points.
can be found in instructions, step-by-step guides,
procedural outlines, life hacks and recipes.

How can we identify if the author’s purpose is to

explain?

As it focuses on telling the reader how to do Telling quality of something or telling how beauty
something, often lots of imperatives will be used one thing.
within the writing. Diagrams and illustrations are
often used to reinforce the text explanations too.

And the last purpose is to describe. Can you give

your idea about the word describe?

Alright. Writers will use words to describe

something in more detail than be conveyed in a
photograph alone.
They used words to describe something.
Examples: We can find lots of descriptive writing in
obvious places like short stories, novels and other
forms of fiction where the writer wishes to paint a
picture in the reader’s imagination.
Yes, Ma’am.
How can we identify if the author’s purpose is to
describe?

Yes, the writer using lots of sensory details in the

text. In both fiction and nonfiction, readers will
notice the writer will rely heavily on adjectives in
their writing. Did you understand?

D. Application
Instruction:
E. Generalization
What is the importance of knowing the author’s
intention in writing?

V. Evaluation
Instruction: Read the story “The Thomasites in a
New Land”. Find out the author’s intention in
writing the text. Determine the techniques used and
the purpose of the author.

Note: Locate the story in your English 7 book on

pages 199-203.

VI. Closure

VII. Assignment