Detailed Lesson Plan for English Grade 10

I. Objectives

At the end of the lesson, 100% of the students can do the following tasks with 80%
proficiency.

1. Interpret attentively the piece of literature entitled “Federigo’s Falcon”.

2. Internalize the relevance of circumstances and acts of characters in the selection.
3. Compose a written output out from personal experiences or views relating to the
characters of the story.

II. Subject Matter

A. Topic: Literature, “Federigo’s Falcon
B. Reference: Textbook, Celebrating Diversity through World Literature, p. 202
C. Materials: Power Point Presentation
D. Values Integration: Respect, understanding and collaboration
E. Method: Inductive

III. Procedure
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

A Preliminaries

1. Prayer
Before we start, may I call anyone to please lead (A student lead the prayer)
the prayer.

2. Greetings (Students answer)

Good morning class!

How are you today? Did you learn something from (Students answer)
different classes you had?

3. Classroom management
Class, will you please fix yourselves and pick up any (Students respond accordingly)
piece of paper under your chairs.

Thank you! And you may now take your seats and (Students take their seats)
listen carefully.

4. Checking attendance
Say present when your name is called. (Students answer)

Class, I'm so thankful that you're all present as you

are wearing that beautiful and handsome faces.
(Students smile)

B. Motivation
Class, I have here a photo and say something that
comes to your mind upon seeing it.
(Students share their ideas)

C. Unlocking of difficulties
Class, before we start, let us first define the
following words: May I ask everyone to please read
and give its definition. (Students read)

prowess: extraordinary ability

(Students answer)
courtliness: elegant
(Students answer)
grieve: to cause to suffer
(Students answer)
aback: backward
(Students answer)
persuaded: convince
(Students answer)

D Presentation of the lesson

Class, for us to understand the masterpiece, let us

first discuss the life of the author. (Students listen)

Reading

Summary

I. The “Federigo’s Falcon” tells of a talented young

man who falls into poverty while trying to woo the (Students read and discuss)
woman he loves. Even in poverty, he continues to
give his all to her, and after many trials, the two are
married.
II. The story starts by listing the virtues of a young
man, Federigo, renowned both for his prowess with
weapons and his courtliness. Federigo falls in love (Students read and discuss)
with Monna Giovanna, one of the most beautiful
and charming women in Florence and spends his
money exorbitantly to court her. She, however,
doesn’t take any notice, and Federigo is forced into
poverty in the country with only his prized falcon
for company.

III. Giovanna’s husband dies, and she moves to the

country with her son for her mourning period. The
two live near Federigo, and the son often spends (Students read and discuss)
time with the man. Unfortunately, the boy falls ill
and asks for Federigo’s falcon to cure him. The
mother is troubled at the thought of taking
Federigo’s only source of income, but she decides
to try for the sake of her son.

IV. Federigo welcomes Monna Giovanna into his

house, but soon he becomes anxious when he
realizes that he has nothing to feed her for dinner.
To make a good impression, he orders the falcon (Students read and discuss)
killed and roasted for dinner. After dinner, Monna
Giovanna begs Federigo to give her the falcon,
whereupon he becomes inconsolable and bursts
into tears because he cannot comply with her
request.

V. Sadly, the son passes away, and Monna Giovanna

is required to remarry. She declares that she will
have no one but Federigo, and together with her
riches and Federigo’s newfound sense, they live (Students read and discuss)
happily for the rest of their days.

After Reading

E. Analysis

Now class, let us identify some elements of short

story. So let us start from the characters.
Class, there are ways of describing the characters of (Students listen)
a story. The first one is through his/her physical
appearance -is the character fat, muscled, with
green eyes, ebony hair. It can also be through what
the character thinks and feels and what other
characters tell.

Who would like to describe the first character?

(Students answer)
Very good! How about the other characters?
(Students answer)
Yes! Thank you! Where did the story happen?
(Students answer)

"Thank you! Very Good! Class, in short stories we

have this element called "conflict". A conflict is the
opposition of forces which ties one incident to (Students listen)
another and makes the plot move. We have three
classifications.

1. Man to Man - where the main character is

battling against another character. Protagonist vs.
Antagonist

2. Man vs. Himself where the main - character is

battling against an internal problem inside him.

3. Man vs. Nature - where the main character is

battling against the forces of nature.

"Class, what do you think is the conflict of the

story?" (Students answer)

Very good!

F. Application

Now class, I’d like you to group yourselves into four.

And answer the following questions to be assigned
by group. Present your answer in front of the class (Students group themselves)
creatively.

Group 1 - What is the difference between saying

that Monna "took no notice" of Federigo's love and
saying that she did not notice it? (Group 1 presents)

Is it important to explain this distinction? Why?

Group 2 - Federigo decided to kill his falcon. Is it in a (Group 2 presents)

way similar to Monna's decision to ask him for it?

Describe the sacrifice both of them had to make.

 (Group 3 presents)
Group 3 - What social and moral problems came up
when Monna Giovanna's son asked her to obtain
Federigo's falcon?
(Group 4 presents)

Group 4 - In the end, what characteristic of a

mother and a woman does Monna reveal?
(Students clap their hands)
Can we say that the two characters were models of
behavior? Why?

Thank you very much class for your presentations.

Let us clap ourselves for that.

(Students answer)

IV. Generalization
(Students answer)
Now class, let us generalize what we’ve discussed.
The story talks about what? (Students amswer)

How Monna sacrifice for the sake of her son?

In the end of the story, what do you think

Federigo’s realization when it comes to his
finances?

Great class! Now, you are all ready for our quiz.

V. Evaluation
Part I.

Direction: Listen attentively to answer the following questions.

1. Unlocking vocabularies: extraordinary abilities

Answer: prowess
2. Unlocking vocabularies: to cause to suffer
Answer: grieve
3. Unlocking vocabularies: backward
Answer: aback
4. Unlocking vocabularies: convince
 Answer: persuade
5. What is the title of the short story?
Answer: Federigo’s Falcon
6. Who is the author of Federigo’s Falcon?
Answer: Giovanni Boccaccio
7. Who is the main character of the short story?
Answer: Federigo
8. What was asked by Monna’s son to cure his illness?
Answer: Federigo’s falcon
9. What happened to Federigo’s falcon?
Answer: cooked for dinner
10. What was the conflict of the story?
Answer: Man vs. himself
11. Who is the lady whom neglects Federigo in first place?
Answer: Monna Giovanni
12. What was the most valuable thing for Federigo when he was neglected by Monna?
Answer: His Falcon
13. What happened to Monna Giovanni when his husband and son died?
Answer: she married Federigo
14. - 15. Name two places where the story took place.

Part II. ESSAY for 10 points.

Direction: Write a minimum of 100 words essay considering the following maxim:

“I would rather have a man who needs money than money that needs a man”

VI. Assignment
Read in advance the speech entitled “Follow your Heart, Pursue your Dreams by Jessie M.
Robredo.