Department of Education

CARAGA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

SCHOOLS DIVISION Republic of the Philippines
OF AGUSAN DEL NORTE
TUBAY DISTRICT I
TUBAY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

A Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan in Teaching

English 9

Content Standard: Performance Standard

The learner demonstrates understanding of how Anglo-
American literature and other text types serve aa
means of connecting to the world; also how to use
ways of analyzing one-act play and different forms of
verbals him/her to skillfully perform in a one-act play.
The learner skillfully performs in one-act play through
utilizing effective verbal and non-verbal strategies and
ICT resources based on the following criteria: Focus,
Voice, Delivery and Dramatic Conventions.

Learning Competency:
EN9VC-IIIa-1.2/2.2: Interpret the message conveyed in a material viewed
I. Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
A. Analyze the meaning and message of the poem,
B. Extract information from an informative video clip;
C. Participate actively in small group differentiated activities
D. Recognize the value of telephone in their daily life
I. Subject Matter
A. Topic: Analyzing the Meaning and Message of the Poem
Poem “The Telephone” by Edward Field
B. Teaching Materials: Pictures, Laptop, Smart TV/Projector, Speaker
C. References:
MELC p.140
A Journey through Anglo-American Literature Learner’s for English 9 pp. 236-239
Online References: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob/Dvso8
II. Learning Procedure
1. Preliminary Activities:
Prayer
Greetings
ESWM
Checking of Attendance
Reading of Lesson Objectives
2. Review
What are the elements of poetry?
3. Motivation
Do you know who invented the telephone?
Let the students watch a video about the telephone’s short history entitled,
 “The Invention of the Telephone “ (Science and Health Integration)

Guide Questions:
1. Who invented the first telephone?
2. When was the first phone call
3. How was the first telephone invented?

4. Lesson proper

A. ACTIVITY
1. Presentation
Our lesson for today is “ Analyzing the Message and Meaning of the Poem entitled, “The
Telephone “,by Edward Field
2. Read the short background of the author
3. Unlocking of difficult words found in the poem
Let them find out the meaning of the underlined words using context clues
4. Reading of the poem

B. ANALYSIS
1. What is the theme of the poem?
2. What is the tone of the speaker in the poem?
3. What literary devices are used by the author in writing the poem?
4. What is the meaning of the following lines in the poem?

C . ABSTRACTION
1. What is the overall message of poem?
2. What is the importance of telephone in your daily life?

D . APPLICATION
Small Group Differentiated Activities
Group the class into 3 through color coding
The ones who got the blue name tag will be in the blue team, pink name tag will
be in the pink team and those with orange name tag will be in the orange team
Read the group activity scoring rubric
Assign each group the different activities
1. List the advantages of phones in our daily lives
2. Act out a scene showing the importance of telephone in an emergency situation
3. Create a quote or slogan about using phones in a valuable way and explain it.
Give them 3 minutes to prepare and 2 minutes for group’s presentation.
 Small Group Differentiated Activities Scoring Rubric

Criteria 4 3 2 1
Ideas Idea about the topic Idea about the topic Idea about the topic Idea about the topic
is very evident is evident is somewhat evident is not evident
Participation All members actively Almost all members Some members Few members
/Cooperation participated and took participated and participated and participated and
initiative in helping worked agreeably could be persuaded offered suggestions
the group get with partners to cooperate
organized
Communication Communicated ideas Communicated ideas Communicated ideas Communicated the
with no errors with 2-3 errors with 4-5 errors ideas with more than
5 errors.
Total

E . Evaluation
Read each item carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Who invented the first telephone?
a. Thomas Edison b. Alexander Graham Bell c. Benjamin Franklin
2. What message does the poem give to its reader?
a. The telephone is a valuable device that connects people anywhere.
Having it gives joy because we will be updated with the latest news and can communicate
easily with love ones.
b. The telephone impacts the racial discrimination in the society
c. It is about deep love that comes through time spent
3. In the line, “Without it I was like a bear in a cave’.The literary device used by the author is
a. irony b. simile c. personification
4. What is the predominant feeling of the speaker in these lines:
My happiness depends on an electric appliance
And I do not mind giving it so much credit
a. A deep sense of gratitude for having a telephone
b. The speaker is pessimistic in the use of electric appliance
c. The speaker has gloomy feeling in the use of telephone.
5. The literary device used by the author in the line, “It rings and spring has come “.
a. alliteration
b . consonance
c . rhyme
 E . Agreement:
Let them read in advance, “ Sorry , Wrong Number”, LM page 240-251

Prepared by : Noted by:

YVETTE JUNE REAL ESTANISLAO IVY H. BELDAD

SST – III School Principal

OBSERVERS

IVY H. BELDAD DELIA P. ALCANTARA MARY GRACE H. BALAGOT

P-I MT – II MT – I