A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN LITERATURE

(FAIRYTALE)

I. Objectives:
At the end of the lesson 85% of the pupils will be able to
a. Summarize the story of Thumbelina.
b. Classify who are the main characters
c. Apply the moral lessons of the story to their everyday life.
II. Subject Matter:
Topic: Thumbelina
Materials: Laptop, video clip, visual aids, pictures
Reference: https://www.kidsgen.com/fables_and_fairytales/

III. Procedure

Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity

A. Preparatory Activities
1. Prayer
Let us all rise and feel our Lord's
presence.
2. Checking of Attendance
Leaders, please report your group's
attendance.
B. Lesson Proper
1. Review
Good evening, kids! Before we move
on to our next topic or lesson for
today, let us go over what we covered
yesterday.
There were four princesses on the
board who needed assistance in
answering their question; who would
like to help the princesses first?
Students will read the prayer
Each leader will keep track of attendance.
(The volunteer students will select the princess
they wish to help and answer the hidden
questions.)
Student 1: What is fairytale? A fairy tale is a
fantastical story or work of literature told
through a variety of media. Stories with magical
or fantastical settings, plots, characters, and
happy endings.
Student #2: What is the style of fairy tale?
• Use of magic or possibly supernatural
powers with no scientific basis but are
supported by repeatable evidence.
• Impossible mental powers are used.

Student #3: Give me at least 2 common

elements of Fairy Tales.

• Often have happy endings, based on the

resolution of the conflict or problem.
• Usually teach a lesson or demonstrate
values important to the culture.
 Student #4: Give me two examples of fairy tale
setting.
• Place is imaginary or of another world
or universe.
• Fantasy time, any time or any place,
timeless or placeless, or long long ago.

2. Motivation
Have you already planted a flower?
Have you ever seen a Tulip flower? Yes teacher.
What does it look like? Could
someone please describe the tulip (The volunteer students answer)
flower?
Have you ever seen a human that was None Teacher!
only half the length of your thumb?
Okay, are you ready to hear the
story? Yes teacher.

C. Development of the Lesson

1. Presentation
Now, let me
introduce you to our fairytale for Yes, we are.
today,
(Show the cover of the book)
would someone read the title for (Students will to read the title)
me?”
Very good! It's about a tiny,
beautiful girl named Thumbelina.
2. Motive Question
Do you have any questions about the (Depends on the students’ questions)
story that you'd like to have
answered?
3. Unlocking of Difficulties
Each of the sentences below contains The students will match the following:
context clues. match the picture that
corresponds on the underlined words. 1. barleycorn

A. Here is a barleycorn of a different

kind to those which grow in the
farmer's fields.
B. Round this plate were wreaths of
flowers
B. A large, ugly, wet toad crept 2. wreaths
through a broken pane of glass in the
window,
C.
D. The cockchafer did not trouble
himself
 E. Took a leaf which she had used for
her own counterpane. 3. Toad

4. cockchafer

5. counterpane.

Do you now understand the meaning Yes, teacher we do!

of those words?

4. Standards for Reading

What will you do while reading the Pay attention to the teacher.
story? Keep quite
5. Reading Proper
(The teacher reads the story first, and
then some of the students are asked to Answer the follow through questions.
continue reading.)

(After reading the first two

paragraph, ask the follow through
questions)

1. What is the woman's wish?? To have a little child

2. What kind of seed does the witch Barleycorn
give to the woman?
The chosen student will continue reading
____ please continue reading.

(After the 3th paragraph, ask these

questions)

3. What is the name of the little

maiden who sat on the green Thumbelina
velvet stamens?
 Request that another student read The reading continues.
on.

(After 10th stanza, give this

follow through questions)
4. Why did ugly Toad kidnap He wanted her for his son
Thumbelina?? In the swampy margin of a broad stream in the
5. Where Toad crept live? garden.
6. Where the toad placed On a water lily leaf
Thumbelina in the middle of the
pond?
7. Why the beetle did not keep because she was too different than them
Thumbelina?

Ask another student to continue reading

until the end.

6. Discussion/Comprehension Check-up

Do you like the fairy tale? Yes, we do.

The story wants us to learn to be kind.
What is the story trying to teach us?
The story wants us to learn to be helpful to
What else? others.

Very good! All of your answers are

correct.

Let us now answer the story's

questions.
1. Who wished for a little child at
A woman
the beginning of the story?

2. What did the woman have to do She had to plant a barleycorn that the fairy gave
to get a child? her

3. What animal helped Thumbelina A fish

escape from the toad?

4. What is a swallow? A bird

5. Who met that offered her a place A mouse

to stay?

6. Why did Thumbelina run away She was shocked to see that someone could
from the mouse and his friend?
treat another like this.

She met the swallow

 7. Who did Thumbelina meet when
she was spending her last day To the kingdom of flower
above ground?

8. Where the swallow brought

Thumbelina? True

9. Thumbelina fell in love with the

King and agreed to marry him. Flower queen
True or false?

10. Thumbelina married the King and

became the?

IV. Evaluation
Fill in the blanks with your answers to
the statements below.
Choose your answer in the box.

Wanted made was dreamed

Gave saw wondered took
Didn’t want ate & drank

1. Once upon a time,

there ________ a woman

2. She __________ of having a little

girl.
3. A fairy ______ the woman a seed.
4. The woman __________ a beautiful
bed, in a walnut shell.
5. She _________ two fish swimming
toward her.
6. Thumbelina __________ in the
forest.
7. She ________ pollen and _____ dew
because she was hungry.
8. Mrs. Mouse __________ Thumbelina
to visit a rich mole.
9. The mole ________ to marry
Thumbelina
10. Thumbelina ______________ to live
underground.

V. Assignment
Select a fairy tale in any reading materials
and make three (3) sentences based on
the characteristics of every character in
the story. Share it to the class tomorrow.

Prepared by:
Group 5