Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Division of Camarines Norte
Bulala High School

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson the student are expected to:
A. Identify unfamiliar words.
B. Discuss the concept of Divine Comedy by Dante Aligieri.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

A. Topic: The Divine Comedy: Inferno by Dante Alighieri
Reference: English 10 Learner’s Material pp. 123

B. Materials: Textbook, pen and paper, speaker

III. PROCEDURES

A. Preliminary Activities

a. Greetings
“ Good morning class.” “Good morning ma’am.”
“ How’s your day?” “Good, ma’am”
“That’s good to hear.”

b. Checking of Attendance
“I will be checking your attendance, please say (Students will say present if they are in
present if you are here and absent if not.” the class and absent if not)

c. Review
“For those who were here yesterday, what is our “Ma’am, we have discussed about the
lesson yesterday?” 4 Conflict Situations among
Teenagers.”

“Okay, yesterday we have tacked about the 4 “Gossip, Fighting, Parent-child

conflict situations among teenagers. What are conflict, and Cyberbullying”
those 4 conflict situations?”

B. Developmental Activities

Motivation
“Before we start our lesson for today, let’s have
an activity. On page 123 of your book, you can
see there Task 5 which is Think Through. You
are going to read each definition and then choose
the defined word from the pool. Write your
answer in your notebook.”
 Primordial Retrograde
Lamentation Throng
Blaspheme Scourge
Omnipotence Coil

1. Existing from the beginning 1. Primordial

2. A series of loops; spiral 2. Coil
3. An agency or force of unlimited power 3. Omnipotence
4. To speak of or address with irreverence 4. Blaspheme
5. To crowd together in great numbers 5. Throng
6. A crying out in grief 6. Lamentation
7. To beat as if by blows of a whip 7. Scourge
8. Being or relating to the rotation of a satellite in 8. Retrograde
a direction opposite to that of the body orbited

“Very good every one!

C. Lesson Proper
1. Introduction to the Topic

“Now let’s proceed to the our lesson for today.

We are going to discuss about the excerpt
Inferno by Dante Alighieri. But first let us know
who is Dante Alighieri.”

Dante Alighieri is an Italian poet, prose writer,

literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political
thinker.
“According to the book, what was his best “Divine comedy:Inferno, ma’am.”
known work?

“Very good, remember that that is his best

known work. Before we discuss his best known
work, who among you knows what is Inferno?
(Students who knows the answer will
will be called.)
Inferno resembles hell or purgatory.
“Why do you think that Dante Alighieri named
his work The Divine Comedy if it talks about
hell?” (Students who knows the answer will
will be called.)

According to the Ancient Greeks, comedy is the

opposite trajectory to that of tragedy. When we
say tragedy, the character is defeated at the end
or most tragedies end in deaths. Now when we
say comedy, it is the opposite of it. It ends in that
person’s triumph or the character at the end is
victorious.”
 “Did you understand it?” “Yes, ma’am.”
“In his work, we have this term Canto which
means a section of long poems. Divine Comedy
has three parts, Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.
Inferno has 34 cantos, then the last two have 33
cantos each so there’s a total of 100 cantos in
Divine Comedy. Canto III was already provided
there in your textbook. In Canto III, Dante sets
up the intellectual structure of hell. In the
entrance, it was placed there the people who
refused to choose either good or evil. The
opportunist, the uncommited, the people who
refused to make a choice.”

“Any clarifications?” “None, ma’am.”

D. Application
“Now for your task, we will have a game. The instruction
is you are going to pass this pen of mine while I play the
song INFERNO by Bella Poarch and when the music
stops, whoever has the pen should answer my question.

“Is it clear?” “Yes, ma’am.”

(Starts with the game.)

Possible Questions:
1. How many cantos are there in Divine Comedy? 1. 100
2. How many parts are there in Divine Comedy? 2. 3
3. What are those 3 parts he/she mentioned? 3. Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso
4. Who is the italian poet that created the Divine 4. Dante Alighieri
Comedy? 5. 34
5. How many cantos are in Inferno? 6. 33
6. How about Purgatorio? 7. The opportunist
7. What did Dante call the people who refuse to choose 8. Canto
either good or evil? 9. Tragedy
8. What do you call a section of long poems?
9. The opposite of comedy.

Very good everyone! Give yourselves a round of

applause.

E. Generalization

Okay. Did everyone understand the lesson about

The Divine Comedy? “Yes, ma’am.”

F. Evaluation
“Now let’s have a quiz. Get 1/4 sheet of paper. Answer
the questions that I will asks you.”
1. It is something that is shared by two individuals where
in there’s a mutual understanding.
2. -5. Four causes of Family Conflict according to K. Lee
Banks.
6. -9. Four conflict situations among teenagers.
10. How many cantos are there in Divine Comedy:
Inferno?
 G. Assignment

For your assignment you are going to read the

excerpt, INFERNO by Dante Alighieri. Then
answer the questions on page 129 of your book. State
where you find your answers in the excerpt to prove
it.

Any question class? None, ma’am.

If you don’t have any questions.That will be all for

today.

Goodbye class. See you tomorrow. Good bye ma’am.

Prepared by:

MARIA CRISTINA N. LOLOS

Student-Teacher

Process Observers:

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