Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
REGION IV-A Calabarzon
Division of Rizal
District of Pililla
PILILLA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Pililla, Rizal

School Pililla National High School Grade Level Grade 9

LESSON PLAN Student Teacher Janina Vanya S. Garduque Learning Areas English
(ENGLISH 10)
Teaching Date March 20, 2023 Quarter 3
Teaching Time 9:15 am – 11:45 am No. of Days 2
Archimedes/Bernhard

I. OBJECTIVES
A. Most Essential Learning Critique a literary selection based on the following approach:
Competencies (MELC) ▪ Feminist
B. Enabling Competencies • Analyze the story “The Last Leaf” by using audio-visual
skills.
• Give emphasis to the values demonstrated in the story.
• Describe the emotional appeal of a listening text and
react intelligently and creatively to it.
II. CONTENT
A. Topic The Last Leaf by O. Henry
B. References Reference: Celebrating Diversity through World Literature, page
377-380
a. Teacher’s Guide MELCs English G. 10 Q3
Pages English 10 PIVOT 4A
b. Learner’s Material English 10 PIVOT 4A
Pages
c. Textbook Pages
d. Additional Materials Internet Sources:
from Learning https://litpriest.com/short-stories/the-last-leaf-summary/
Resources
C. Materials PowerPoint Presentation, Pictures, Charts
D. Subject Integration MAPEH and ESP
III. PROCEDURES
A. Preparatory ❖ Opening Prayer
Activities ❖ Greetings
❖ Checking of Attendance
❖ Checking of Assignment
Review
The teacher will recall the previous lesson by asking questions:
• What was our lesson last meeting?
 • What are the 7 Literary Approaches?
B. Motivation
Draw Me
The teacher will hand out bond papers to the students, and then
provide instructions which she will repeat twice. The students
will listen attentively to ensure they understand the instructions.

• First step, draw a tree.

• Second, draw a sun at the upper right side of the tree.
• Next, most of the leaves of the tree fell to the ground and
only one leaf was left on a branch.
• Finally, write your name on the uppermost left side of
your paper and below, your grade and section, The full
name of your English Intern and the date today.

(The teacher will proceed in asking process questions after the

activity.)

1. What have you noticed about your drawings?

2. What season do we usually see this kind of view?

IV. LESSON PROPER

Author Presentation
A. ACTIVITY
The teacher will post a blank sheet of manila paper on the board
and a word pool full of details about the author will be presented
on the screen.
The students will fill in the manila paper with the correct
information. They will get the answer from the information
presented on the screen.

AUTHOR’S PROFILE
Profession:
Famous Quote:
Date of Birth:
Other work:
Pen name:
 Key to Correction:
Profession: American Short Story Writer
Famous Quote: “When one loves one’s art, no service seems
too hard.”
Date of Birth: September 11,1862
Other work: The Gift of Magi
Pen name: O. Henry

(After filling in the boxes with information. The teacher will ask
B. ANALYSIS questions about the author)
Here are the questions:
1. On what date was William Sydney Porter born?
2. What is his pseudonym?
3. What was his profession?
4. What is the other work of O. Henry?
5. What is Henry’s famous quotation?

I. Unlocking of Difficulties
Give the meaning of the italicized words through the use of
context clues.
1. He touched Johnsy and she lay, scarcely moving on her
painted iron bed.
a. well moving b. hardly c. happily
2. Mr Behrman was a fierce, intense little man who considered
himself as a watchdog for the two young artists living above
him.
a. enemy b. suitor c. protector
3. “Are there people in the world who are foolish enough to die
simply because leaves fall from an old vine? Why do you permit
such silly ideas to her?
a. wise b. serious c. senseless
4. He is an old, weak man, and the attack is very severe.
a. serious b. mild c.slow
5. As the winter arrives, pneumonia strikes the city.
a. surrender b. hit c. agonize

KEY TO CORRECTION:
1. B. hardly
2. C. protector
3. C. senseless
4. A. serious
5. B. hit
C. ABSTRACTION DISCUSSION

The students will watch a short video clip of the short story, “The
Last Leaf” by O. Henry

‘The Last Leaf’: Summary

In the artists’ colony in Greenwich Village, New York lives two
friends called Sue and Johnsy. Johnsy’s real name is Joanna.

Sue and Johnsy met for the first time in a restaurant and found
their interests similar which resulted in them sharing a studio
apartment on the top of a triple-story building.

As the winter arrives, pneumonia strikes the city. Johnsy falls ill
and a doctor comes to examine her. After examining her, he
tells Sue that Johnsy has lost hope of getting well while it
depends on her will power which is half the cure.

Sue comes in to complete her painting for a magazine but she

hears a voice so she moves to Johnsy’s bedside and sees her
looking out of the window, staring at the empty yard of the
neighbouring brick-house. Sue hears her counting backwards.
She asks Johnsy that what she is counting. Johnsy replies,
looking at the autumn-stricken ivy vine in the yard of the
neighbouring brick-house, that with each falling leaf of the ivy
vine, the time of her death is coming closer. She tells Sue that
the moment the last leaf falls, she will die.

Sue advises her to stop thinking negatively and take rest. She
then goes downstairs to call Behrman, to pose as a model for
her because she cannot afford a professional model.

Behrman is an old man living downstairs in the same building.

He wants to paint a masterpiece but is unable to do so for years.
His earnings come from the artists for whom he poses as a
model.
Sue tells Behrman about Johnsy’s illness and her lost hope.
When they come upstairs to Johnny’s room, they find her
sleeping so they move to another room. They look out of the
window to the yard of the neighbouring brick-house and watch
the ivy vine when it is raining outside mixed with snowfall.

They both look worried.

The next morning, Johnsy asks Sue to push open the curtains
because she wants to see the last leaf fall but she sees that the
last leaf is still there on the ivy vine. It gives her some hope. She
realizes that it is wrong to lose hope. She even asks Sue to give
her some soup and says that one day she will paint the Bay of
Naples.

When the doctor comes to see her, he tells Sue that Johnsy was
fine now. The doctor also tells her that Behrman is suffering
from pneumonia and now he is admitted to the hospital.

The next day Sue informs Johnsy of Behrman’s death. She tells
her that he has died of pneumonia. The sweeper found him in
pain lying in his room. He had spent the cold snowy night
outside, painting his masterpiece. The leaf that did not move or
fall was his masterpiece that he painted when the last leaf fell.

CHARACTERS ANALYSIS
The story ‘The Last Leaf’ has three main and one minor
characters.

BEHRMAN
Behrman is an old man living downstairs in the same building in
which Johnsy and Sue are living. He is a failure in art and wants
to paint a masterpiece but is unable to paint it for years. He
earns a little by posing as a model for artists.

JOHNSY
Johnsy is one of the main characters of the story ‘The Last
Leaf’. She is an emerging artist and wants to paint the Bay of
Naples but becomes ill and suffers from pneumonia.
 SUE
She is another main character and friend of Johnsy. She is also
an artist and has the same interests as Johnsy. She has a great
role in Johnsy’s recovery from pneumonia. She takes good care
of Johnsy during her illness. She encourages Johnsy to never
lose hope and supports her emotionally and financially.

DOCTOR
He is kind towards Johnsy and wants her to get well from
pneumonia. He encourages Sue to take care of Johnsy and to
make her think positively. He advises Sue to guide Johnsy
towards positivity and bring her back to life.

MR. PNEUMONIA

THEMES IN THE LAST LEAF

HOPE VS HOPELESSNESS
NEVER LOSE HOPE
SACRIFICE
IMPORTANCE OF ART
FRIENDSHIP

SETTING OF THE STORY

The short story ‘The Last Leaf’ is set in the colony of artists in
Greenwich Village, New York. The setting is significant in
drawing the plot of the story because the main characters in the
story are artists living in a colony of artists.

CONFLICT
The conflict in the story is internal as well as external.
 INTERNAL CONFLICT
Johnsy’s lost hope.
External conflict
The example of external conflict in the story is pneumonia.
TONE
The tone of the story is serious and hopeless.
POINT OF VIEW
The point of view of the story is third-person narrative.
SYMBOLISM
THE LAST LEAF
PNEUMONIA

Let’s Do this!
A. The Commonality in Diversity
Using the diagram below, state the differences and
similarities of the vine and Johnsy.

D. APPLICATION

B. Envisioning Pro-Activism
Complete the phrases below to express to the author
how the story he wrote gave you wisdom in coming up
with realizations and learnings in life.

C. Make a promise to your parents regarding positive

changes in your life. Write specific traits which you want
to change on the upper portion of the diagram, the
plan/methods of changes which you have to do on the
wider portion, and your vision of yourself as a truly
 transformed individual at the bottom.

V. Evaluation Direction: Read the following passages or literary texts carefully

and identify the literary approach being employed in each.
Choose the best answer from the options provided.
1. In "The Last Leaf," what does Johnsy believe will cause her
death?
A) Pneumonia
B) Consumption
C) Malaria
D) Cancer
2. What is the name of Johnsy's roommate?
A) Sue
B) Joanna
C) Mary
D) Sarah
3. What is the subject of the painting that Johnsy becomes
fixated on?
A) A tree
B) A river
C) A mountain
D) A person
4. What is the name of the old artist who lives on the ground
floor of the building?
A) Mr. Behrman
B) Mr. Johnson
C) Mr. Smith
D) Mr. Brown
5. What is Mr. Behrman's profession?
A) Artist
B) Writer
C) Musician
D) Actor
6. What does Mr. Behrman decide to do after hearing about
Johnsy's illness?
A) Paint a portrait of her
B) Write a poem for her
C) Visit her in the hospital
D) Paint a masterpiece on a blank canvas he has had for
years
7. How does Mr. Behrman's decision affect his health?
A) He becomes sick with pneumonia
B) He breaks his leg
C) He has a heart attack
D) He is not affected at all
8. What happens to the last leaf on the tree outside Johnsy's
window?
A) It falls off and dies
B) It remains on the tree
C) It is blown away by the wind
D) It turns brown and withers
9. What is the significance of the last leaf to Johnsy?
A) It represents the fragility of life
B) It represents the hope of recovery
C) It represents the beauty of nature
D) It represents the inevitability of death
10. What is the final outcome of Johnsy's illness?
A) She dies
B) She recovers
C) She is left permanently weakened
D) The story doesn't reveal her fate.
KEY TO CORRECTION
1. A) Pneumonia
2. A) Sue
3. A) A tree
4. A) Mr. Behrman
5. A) Artist
6. D) Paint a masterpiece on a blank canvas he has had for
years
7. A) He becomes sick with pneumonia
8. B) It remains on the tree
9. B) It represents the hope of recovery
10. B) She recovers
VI. Reflection

VII. Assignment Do an advance reading of the short story A Day in the Country
by Anton Chekhov.

Prepared by:

JANINA VANYA S. GARDUQUE

Student Teacher

Checked by:

MRS. JULIE ANNE M. BARING

Cooperating Teacher