Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION VIII - EASTERN VISAYAS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CATBALOGAN CITY
SAMAR NATIONAL SCHOOL

SEMI-DETAILED LESSON PLAN

IN
ENGLISH 8
GRADE LEVEL STANDARD: The learner demonstrates communicative competence
through his/her understanding of FRO-Asian Literature and other texts types for a
deeper appreciation of Philippine Culture and those of other countries.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD: The learner transfers learning by composing and
delivering a brief and creative entertainment speech featuring a variety of
effective paragraphs, appropriate grammatical signals or expressions in topic
development, and appropriate prosodic features, stance, and behavior.

I. OBJECTIVE:
The learner is expected to:
• Use appropriate idiomatic expressions in a sentence (EN8V- Ie-4)
II. CONTENT:
TOPIC: Idioms
KBI: Using idiomatic expressions make the
statement unique and interesting.

LEARNING RESOURCES:
- ENG8LM Q1 M2
- Visual Materials (Cartolina and manila paper where Task,
lesson, activities and exercises are written)
- Power point presentation (aid for the discussion)
Other Learning Resources:
- Internet (Google website: Poem “Idioms”)
- Other examples of Idiomatic expressions
III. Procedure:
Preliminaries:
- Prayer and greetings
- Check students’ attendance
 1. ACTIVITY
A. DRILL:
•Have students listen to a waray-waray song
“Basuni ko Ha Dughan”

B. REVIEW: recall on previous grammar lesson

•coordinates – FANBOYS
•have students cite an example of a sentence using
coordinating conjunctions
- Process

C. Motivation-
- Do you love poems?
- have students read the poem “IDIOMS”
- Did you understand the poem? What is it all about?
- answers vary
- process students’ answers
D. Presentation:
- present the task
- process the task
E. Controlled Practices:
Directions: Choose the appropriate idiomatic expression
To be used in the sentence below. Choose your answer from
The list of idiomatic expressions inside the box.
Cream of the crop odds and ends
pros and cons Piece of cake ups and downs

1. The Teacher asked us to talk about the ______ of industrial

Development.
2. Do not worry about the problems you have in your business.
You know there are always ________ in business.
3. The Police found nothing special in the house of the criminal
As he had taken all the important documents with him leaving
just _________.
4. If you think that doing this Math problem is______, just try it.
 5. Vince and Calvin are the __________ of their school.

- Check students’ answers

- Process
2.ANALYSIS
•Based on the activity that you have done awhile ago, what do you
Observed of the words from the box? Are you familiar of these
•What do you think is the topic that we are going to discuss?
3.ABSTRACTION
•discussion about Idioms/Idiomatic Expressions
- Why ahuthors use idioms in their writing
- give more examples for better understanding
A.

B. Go back to the waray-waray song…have student cite the idiomatic

expressions or lines used in the song.

F. Generalization- What is an Idiom or Idiomatic expression?

- answers vary
Valuing – What is the significance of idiomatic expressions in
Literature, especially in poetry?
- Answers vary
- Process students’ answers

4. APPLICATION

Directions: Choose the appropriate word to complete the

meaning of the idiom. Write ocean, music, rags,
 cold, and pie in the blanks provided.
1. All these promises the politicians make are just ___ in the
sky.
2. The small amount of the money donated is just a drop in the
_____ compared to the large sum of money needed.
3. He has been successful in life. He went from ____ to richest.
4. They had a dispute yesterday. That’s why she gave him a
_____ shoulder.
5. I had to face the _____ all by myself, although I was not the
only responsible for the problem.

--- check and process students’ answers

IV. Assessment:
Directions: Guess what idiomatic expression used
And give the correct meaning. Choose the letter with the
correct meaning of the idiomatic expression in column B.

COLUMN A COLUMN B

1. “Sorry, guys, I have to hit the hay now!” a.) very happy
2. She was tickled pink by the good news. b.) not well
3. I could play outside till the cows come c.) for a very long time
Home
4. That sound is driving me up the wall d.) feeling irritated
5. I’ve been feeling under the weather. e.) to go to bed

- Check and determine students’ scores

V.Assignment:
Use the following idiomatic expressions in a sentence.
1. keep one’s eyes open
2. back off
3. rub elbows with
4. birds of the same feathers
 5. heavy hand
VI.Remarks:

VII.Reflections:

Prepared by:

REBECCA AYAG GAPUD

SST-III ENGLISH 8