March 20,2023(Monday)

Long Quiz for Module 4.

March 21,2023(Tuesday)
Remedial quiz

March 22,2023(Wednesday)
Lesson Plan in English 8

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson the students should be able to:
a. Define cohesive devices,
b. Use cohesive devices in making a sentence, and.
c. Make a diary entry using cohesive devices.
II. Subject matter
Topic: Cohesive devices
Skill: Using cohesive devices in making a sentence.
References: Module for grade 8 English.
Materials: Visual aids
III. Procedure

a. Preliminary Activities

Prayer

Greetings

Classroom management

Checking of attendance
b. Review of Previous Lesson
(A student from the class will recap the lesson)
“Before we proceed with our new lesson can
someone recap our lesson last week?”
c. Motivation:

d. Choose the correct word/s that makes the Phrases

correct.

e. 1. My favorite genre is fantasy ____ drama. (and, so)

2. Study Your notes, _____ you will pass the exams.

(So that, hence)

g. 3. Education is important, ____ we should also

practice good manner. (so, but)
h. 4. I just finished having dinner, ___ I am still hungry.
(so, yet)

5. Don't tell Jhon about our plans for his birthday,

____ tell it to our friends. (nor, for)

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Presentation
Read the selection below.
The Man with the Coconuts
Adapted story from Mabel Cook Cole, Philippine Folk
Tales

One day, there was a man who had been in the

forest to gather his
coconuts. He loaded his horse heavily with them. On
his way home, he met a boy
and a girl whom he asked on how long it would take
him to reach the house.
"If you go slowly," said the boy, looking at the load on
the horse, "you will
arrive very soon; but if you go fast, it will take you all
day."
The man could not believe this strange speech, so,
he hurried his horse.
However, the coconuts fell off and he had to stop to
pick them up. Then, he
hurried his horse all the more to make up for lost
time; still, the coconuts fell off
again. Many times he did this, and it was night when
he reached home.

1. Where did the story took place? -along the road.

2. Who are the characters?
3. Why did you think the boy told the old man that if
he goes slow he will be at the place where his
heading faster, but if he rushed he will take a long
time?
4. What do you think is the moral lesson of the story?
5. What have you noticed about the selection?
6. What are these highlighted words?
7. What do you call this words?
-the old man and the boy.
-because if the old man goes faster the coconut will fall and it will
take him time to pick it up.
-don’t rush things up, someday it will be your time to succeed.
- there are some highlighted words.
- these are words that are used to connect one thought to another.
- these are cohesive devices.

Discussion

What are cohesive devices? Cohesive devices- are sometimes called as linking words,
connectors, linker, discourse marker or transitional words.
 - words or phrases that show relationship between or sections of a
speech or texts.

Cohesion in writing can be achieved by the following 1. Repetition of words or ideas. This helps to focus your ideas and
means: to
keep your reader on track.
Example:

2. Use of synonyms for key words and phrases. Synonyms are

words
that have essentially the same meaning, and they provide some
variety
of word choices, helping the reader to stay focused on the idea
being
discussed.
Example:
At the end of the run, he was suddenly afraid. The height of
the tree terrified him.

3. Pronouns / Determiners. This, that, these, those, he, she, it, they,
and we are useful pronouns for referring to something previously
mentioned. Be sure, however, that what you are referring to is
clear.
Example:
Mr. Noviel Fraga is the CEO of Fraga Fisheries and Company.
He became the CEO in 2018.

yApplication/ Exercises
Directions: Identify the means that are used.
1. Sir DM is not feeling well, He asked a student to
buy him a medicine. - pronouns
2. I know I am beautiful, however they only see me
as attractive. - synonyms
3. Grade 8 students excel in English,but they are
struggling in other subjects. - pronouns
4. English is a subject loved by everyone. English
can help you express what you feel. -repetition of words
5. Cohesive devices are used as linker of one idea to
another. These can be used in writing paragraphs or -Determiners
speeches.
Evaluation
Identify the means thatare used in the following
sentences.
1. Literature is the mirror of the society. Literature - Repetition of words
can embody one's culture and tradition.
2. Greg is so annoying. He constantly calls me
names. - Pronoun
3. My name is Dan Manuel Bautista. I am also known
as DM.
4. The gown is so beautiful. It is made with the finest
swarovski Crystal. -synonyms
5. Jerome has a crush on April, He admires him from
a far. -Pronoun and Synonyms
6. Going to the gym helps you get fit. Gym
equipment helps you burn calories. -repetition of words
7. Michael loves cooking, his specialty is palabok.
8. Ella is so talented, she has a lot of skills under her -Pronoun
sleeves.
9. Social issues are issues that affect people. An -Pronoun and synonyms
example of social issues is poverty.
10. Jonathan is a genius, he always share witty -Repetition of words
taught to the class.

-pronoun and synonyms

Assignment
Write a diary entry on the things that you did today
using cohesive devices. Underline the cohesive
devices that you used.

Prepared by: Dan Manuel G. Bautista

Checked by: Mrs. Milagros B. Cantes