Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region II-Cagayan Valley
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CAGAYAN
Lal-lo South District

English- 9 DETAILED LESSON PLAN

I. OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson, 90% the students should be able to:

a. Define Gerund;
b. identify the uses of gerund based on the given examples;
c. determine the significance of gerunds in their lives as students and
d. construct sentences using gerunds through poem, jingle, song or chorus reading.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

TOPIC: GERUNDS
REFERENCES: http://www.ef.com/english-ressources/english-grammar/gerund.
MATERIALS: PowerPoint presentation, laptop, paper and Glue.

III. PROCEDURE
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
- Preliminary Activities:

: (student recite the prayer)

- Prayer
- Checking of attendance
- Checking of assignments : Good morning sir.
-

: (The Students will arrange their chair

Very good. We will have a and pick up the pieces of papers under
new topic for today. the chair)

- ACTIVITY : Yes sir

Now class, let’s have a short story

activity.

Class I’m expecting everyone to : Stage sir.

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participate and give all your effort in

doing the activity.

Everybody please read the following

inspirational piece entitled “Praying is a
sweet perfume”.

“Praying is a sweet perfume”

Praying with all the fervors of your

Good job everyone! Thank you for the
active participation. Give yourselves a
mommy D clap!
Now, what is the message of the piece
you have just read?
Very good. Do you pray always?
Good, Now what you have noticed from
the given paragraph?
heart will light up your soul.
Expressing all your heart’s desire to
God is the beginning of strength.
Putting aside our worries into His
powerful hands will make our load
lighter. Looking on the bright side of
every situation can bring a ray of
sunshine to even the darkest day.
Trusting God’s prefect timing will
direct us to a beautiful revelation.
Praying to God in the dark of night,
through the twinkling stars, bring forth
the sweetest perfume.

: Students will do the mommy D clap.

Ok! very good, and what are those Very good (clap), very good (clap),
words?
Very good (clap).
Can you enumerate them?

: The importance of prayer.

Very good. Now, class what is your
observation with the words?
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And what do you think are these words

that end with “ing”?
: Sir there are high lightened words.

Exactly.

- Presentation of the - Praying

lesson. - Expressing
- Putting
Now, based on the extracted words from - Looking
the piece, our lesson for today is all about - Trusting
Gerunds.

Class, these are our Lesson Objectives : The words are ending with “ing” sir.
for the day. Please read Shane.

: Gerunds sir!

Thank you. Our lesson for today will dig

deeper on Identifying the Gerunds and
their uses.

- Lesson discussion a. Define Gerund;

Let’s go back you the piece you have
read. Please highlight all the sentences
with gerund found it.
b. identify the uses of gerund
based on the given examples;
c. determine the significance of
gerunds in their lives as
students and
d. construct sentences using
gerunds through poem, jingle,
song or chorus reading
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Thank you, now let us analyze the
sentences one by one. All eyes on me.
For the first sentence, who can identify
what is the subject of the sentence?
Please circle the answer.
Good, Let’s see sentence No. 2
What about sentence No.3
Sentence no. 4
Class can you follow? Let us go to sentence
no. 5
And the last one sentence no. 6
Very good. Class take closer look, are the
subject in the sentences noun or verb?
Very good Roderick. And what made you say
that it is a noun not verb? Could you
elaborate your answer?
Very good. Now take a look these example
class:
Let us take sentence no. 1 example and
analyze it:
Praying with all the fervors of your heart
1. Praying with all the fervors of
your heart will light up your soul.
2. Expressing all your heart’s desire
to God is the beginning of
strength.
3. Putting aside our worries into His
powerful hands will make our load
lighter.
4. Looking on the bright side of
every situation can bring a ray of
sunshine to even the darkest day.
5. Trusting God’s prefect timing will
direct us to a beautiful revelation.
6. Praying to God in the dark of
night, through the twinkling stars,
bring forth the sweetest perfume.
1. Praying with all the fervors of
your heart will light up your soul.
2. Expressing all your heart’s desire
to God is the beginning of
strength.
3. Putting aside our worries into His
powerful hands will make our load
lighter.
4. Looking on the bright side of
every situation can bring a ray of
sunshine to even the darkest day.
5. Trusting God’s prefect timing will
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S function as a noun direct us to a beautiful revelation.

6. Praying to God in the dark of
Will light up your soul.
night, through the twinkling stars,
YOU ARE PRAYING with all the fervors of bring forth the sweetest perfume
your
: The subjects are noun sir.
S VP

Heart will light up your soul.

: Because praying in the sentence does
(Flash on screen through PPT) not function as a verb instead it serves
as the noun.
DID YOU NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE TWO SENTENCES CLASS?
Take note, that not all words ending with
“ing” are gerunds. So be careful in
identifying your gerunds

Ok. Now, let us see if you really understood.

Any volunteer to give a sentence having a
gerund as the subject that serves as a noun.

Yes Reden.

Where is the subject?

Is the subject a noun or verb?

What about a sentence where the word with

“ing” serves as the verb?

Yes jocelyn.

Where is the verb?

So what is the function of loving in the

sentence?

Excellent. So it seemed everything is clear to

you that gerunds are nouns that is being
formed from the base form of a verb+ “ing” : Seeing my crush made my day
wonderful.
Now class, based from your observation,
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who can define Gerund? : Seeing sir.

Yes, Jonathan. : Noun sir.

Very good, please read Jamela what gerunds

are.
: I am loving you secretly

: Loving sir.
There you have it class. Now we’ll have a
three most common uses of gerunds so that : Verb sir
you could better understand what gerunds
is.

Janela please read the first use of a gerund.

: Sir
Thank you. Have a look at the example.
Everybody please read. : (Jonathan will give his own
definition)
Class, the gerund in the sentence is HIKING

Now, I want you to give your own example

using gerund as the subject. : A gerund is a verbal, or a word
derived from a verb ending in “ing”
Yes kate. that plays the role of a noun.
Ryzza, on the board.

So, I can see you already understood the

first use of gerund.
: A gerund is used as the subject of the
We now proceed with the second use. sentence.
Arnold please read.
Hiking can be relaxing and rewarding
Now let’s take a more careful look at the activity.
example. Angel kindly read.
GERUND
The gerund used in the sentence is going.
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And to distinguish the Direct object. It is

answerable by the question WHAT?
Now, MJ give me a sentence using a gerund
as the direct object.
Any Volunteer for another example?
: kate will write a sentence on the
board, read and underline the gerund.
: Ryzza will write a sentence on the
board, read and underline the gerund.

Good, class can you follow the two uses of : A gerund is used as an object of a
gerunds? verb.

That’s good. For the third use of Gerund gerund

please read Ashley.
: I like going to work

Thank you. By the way, what are your

prepositions again class for a short recall?

Very well said, I’m glad you didn’t forget

your prepositions.
Pay attention at the fist example. Kristine
please read.
Where is the gerund in the sentence?
Good, and helping is preceded by the
preposition what class?
: The student will write the sentence in
the board, read and underline the
gerund.
: The student will write the sentence in
the board, read and underline the
gerund.

Can you follow class?

: Gerund as Object of a preposition.

May I have then your own example for the
use of gerund as object of preposition?

Who can give another example?

: With, at, form, into, during, including,
until, among, of, to, in, for, on, by,
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The uses of gerunds may seem confusing about, like, after, and since.
you only have to carefully analyze the
sentences to use the gerunds preposition Gerund

Group activity. Let’s have a short drill to : Thank you for helping me carry the
check if you truly understood the gerund packages to the post office.
and its uses. Are you ready?
: Helping sir
I have here on the board three flowers
: For sir
whose petals were fallen. Please help me
find and return the petals and make it a
beautiful and bring back the sweet perfume.

: The student will write the sentence in

the board, read and underline the
gerund.

: The student will write the sentence in

the board, read and underline the
gerund.

Group activity

“FINDING YOU COMPLETES ME”

Direction: The class will be equally

divided into three groups. First group to
complete the flower sentence will win.
Write your group numbers on a ¼ sheet
of paper.
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Search the room and find the missing

petals with sentences on it. Post the
sentences on the board to its proper use
and appropriate color. Winning group
will get a reward of 10 points.

You are given 3 minutes to do the

activity.

“9 sentences are posted under the

Did you really enjoy the activity class?
Thank you for your cooperation. Group 3
completed the task first so let us give them a
WOW CLAP. Kindly Submit the list of your
group members. Kindly write plus 10 to the
group.
- Generalization
chairs. Three big flowers template are
posted on the board. Students will post
the appropriate use of gerund to the
appropriate flower color”.
Pink flower sentences:
S- Grouping in the dark is not my idea
of fun.
DO- Inyong enjoys laughing at movies.
OP- of all my interest, I care most
about swallowing.

There you have your gerunds class. Yellow flower sentences:

Now, who can define what is gerund is?
S- Leaping is the grandest movement of
ballet.
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DO- Mikko does exercising twice a

Yes it is! Can you enumerate the different
uses of gerund we have discussed?
Cjhay what is the first use?
What about the second use Richmond?
And the third use is?
week. OP- Myrna keeps herself in
good shape by jumping.
Green flower sentences:
S- Driving is Jaylord’s favorite hobby.
DO- My father always enjoy eating.
OP- The woman insisted on running.

Just as you have the three uses of Gerund.

: The class will do the WOW Clap.
Do you have any questions class?
Clap (5x) W-O-W!

: Sir a gerund is a verbal, or a word

derived from a verb ending “ing” that
plays the role of a noun.

: Sir Gerund as the subject

: Sir Gerund as the Direct Object
: Sir Gerund as the Object of
Preposition

IV. APPLICATION
Group activity: INTERACTIVE ORALL DRILL. This activity is timed for 5
minutes.

Direction:
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Identifying whether the underlined Gerunds in the sentences is used as a Subject, Direct
Object, and Object of Preposition.

Write S if it is the Subject of the sentence. DO if it is the Direct object and OP if it is Object
of a Preposition.

You will have 30 seconds every question to answer Sentences will be shown through
PowerPoint.

1. Kurdapya is good at singing. ___________ . (OP)

2. They prefer online rather offline. _________. (DO)
3. I find relaxation in my Gardening.________ (OP)
4. Buying liquor in that market is a difficult affair. _______ (S)
5. In Spite of missing the train, we arrived on time. _________(OP)
6. Brushing your teeth is important. _________ (S)
7. Doing homework is boring. _________(S)
8. Begin reading the book. _________(DO)
9. Cooking gourmet meals can be very expensive. _________(S)
10. Smoking is bad for your health. _________(S)

V. EVALUATION

Group activity: this activity is timed for 3mins.

Direction: The class will divided into four groups. Each group will construct 4-5 sentences
and will be given a particular task and present your output in front through the following:

1. Poem 2. Jingle 3. Song 4. Chorus reading

Output will be written in a cartolina and post it in the board before presentation.

RUBRICS

CONTENT 40% accuracy of the subject

DELIVERY 30% speaks clearly and maintain

audience interest

ENTHUSIASM 20% Demonstrate strong enthusiasm

about the topic during the entire
presentation.
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AUDIENCE IMPACT 10% loudest cheer.

TOTAL SCORE = 100%

VI. ASSIGNMENT
A. FOLLOW UP
Give at least two (2) examples each function of gerunds.

B. ADVANCE
Make an advance reading “SIMILE, METAPHOR and PERSONIFICATION”.

Keith Daryll A. Genobebe

Practice-Teacher

Dominador U. Bulaqui, LPT

Cooperating Teacher