Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VIII -Eastern Visayas
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CATBALOGAN CITY
SAMAR NATIONAL SCHOOL

CATBALOGAN CITY
SY 2022-2023

DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN PRACTICAL RESEARCH I

Content Standard: The learner demonstrates understanding of the criteria in selecting,

citing, and synthesizing related literature and ethical standards in writing related literature.

Performance Standard: The learner is able to select, cite, and synthesize properly related
literature, use sources according to ethical standards, and present written review of related
literature.

Learning Competency: The learner cites related literature using standard style (APA, MLA or
Chicago Manual of Style) CS_RS11-IIIf-j-2

I. Objective: Students are able to understand MLA citation style/format in research paper.

II. Subject Matter

Topic: APA Citation Style/Format
Materials: Powerpoint Presentation, Chalkboard
Reference: https://libguides.csudh.edu/citation/apa-7

III. Procedure
A. Preliminary Activities

Teacher Student
Prayer “Ms. Cris, please lead the prayer.” Martha volunteered.
”Let’s pray. Heavenly Father, thank
you for the gift of life. We pray that
you bless each one of us with
wisdom, understanding, and love in
this room. Amen.”
Greetings “Good afternoon, class.” “Good afternoon, Ma’am Karen,”
the class greeted.

“How’s your day, class?” “We’re good, ma’am,” Janet replied.

“It’s good to see you once again!”

Attendance “Who is absent today” “Mr. Carlo is absent today, ma’am,”

 the secretary replied.

“That’s noted, Ms. Loryn.”

1. DRILL
Task: Students will all together read the paragraph about MLA.
Teacher Student
“Class, all together please read the
paragraph.”

1. Betty bought butter but the butter was

bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make (Students participated in the
the bitter butter better. reading drill)
2. “Surely Sylvia swims!” shrieked Sammy
surprised. “Someone should show Sylvia “That was fun, ma’am.”
some strokes so she shall not sink.”
3. Brisk brave brigadiers brandished broad
bright blades, blunderbusses, and bludgeons
—balancing them badly.

“Thank you for participating in the drill,

class.”
“Thank you, ma’am.”

2. REVIEW
Warm up, check for understanding; and activate prior knowledge.

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

“Last meeting, we discussed about APA I learned last meeting that APA
Citation Format. citation format has different
Anyone who would like to share components and that includes
something about what you’ve learned? author, date, title, and sources.

“Any other lessons you’ve learned so “Ma’am, I learned the importance of

far?” using APA, when and where it is
“What about its importance?” usually used. As far as my mind
remembers, it is usually used in
subjects like Economics, Humanities,
Natural Science, etc.

“Impressive!”

3. MOTIVATIONAL ACTIVITY
Task: Students will be grouped into four (4) and arrange the strips of paper
 with the definition of MLA Style/Format given. In three (3) minutes they need
to finish the activity.

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

“You will be given strips of paper. Arrange
them according to the definition of MLA. Your
three (3) minutes start now. (Students started arranging
the strips of paper)

“Are you done, class?” “Yes, ma’am.”

“Okay. Please post your outputs in front.” (Students posted their

arranged strips of paper for
the definition of MLA)
“Let’s start with Group 1.”
“Next, let’s have Group 2.” (All groups presented)
”How about Group 3?”
“Last group, please present your definition.”

“Let’s see whose group got it right.”

“Group 1 got it correct.”

(Present the correct definition)

“MLA style refers the style recommended by

the Modern Language Association (MLA) for
preparing scholarly manuscripts and student
research papers. It concerns itself with the
mechanics of writing, such as punctuation,
quotation, and, especially, documentation of
sources.”

IV. PRESENTATION
Present the objectives to the class.

A. ACTIVITY

Directions: Students will be grouped into four (4). Each group needs to arrange the

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

“To further understand what MLA format is all about, “Okay, ma’am.”
let’s have a game activity. This is called ‘MLA Station’.
For five (5) minutes, let’s start the activity.

“We have here three (3) different stations.

Station 1: You will choose your group color.
Station 2: You need to select your category.
Station 3: You will arrange again a jumbled citation
reference.
 Category: Journal Article
Works Cited List:
Latartara, John. "The Timbre of Thai Classical
Singing." Asian Music, vol. 43, no. 2, 2012, pp. 88-
114. ProjectMUSE, https://doi.org/10.1353/amu.2012.
0013

Category: Website
Works Cited List:
Andaya, Barbara. "Introduction to Southeast
Asia." Center for Global Education, Asia Society,
2017, asiasociety.org/education/introduction-
southeast-asia. Accessed 17 Dec. 2021.

Category: Book
Works Cited List: 
Olsen, Dale A. Music of El Dorado: the
Ethnomusicology of Ancient South American Cultures.
UP of Florida, 2002.

Category: e-Book
Works Cited:
McClean, Shilo T. Digital Storytelling: The Narrative
Power of Visual Effects in Film. MIT Press, 2007. eBook
Comprehensive Academic Collection
(EBSCOhost), unr.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.
ebscohost.com/login.aspx? “Ma’am, we’re
direct=true&db=e025xna&AN=446856&site=ehost- finished.”
live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_Cover.

“Okay, I’ll flash the answer and compare your group’s

answer to these.”

B. ANALYSIS

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

“What have you learned from the activity?” “We got the book category
where we found out
components such as
Author’s Last Name, First
Name. Title. Publisher, Year.”

“Is the title italicized?”

“Yes, ma’am.”
“Alright!”
“No, ma’am. In terms of the
“Is it the same with the APA style?”

“What about the other category?”
“As you can observe, every category has
different format which means what?”
author’s format, they are
really different. We only use
last name and first initial in
APA while we use the last
name and first name in
MLA.”
“Ma’am, we have different
format from others. Like in
e-book, we have Author's
Last Name, First
Name. Title. Edition if given
and is not first
edition, Publisher Name
often shortened, Year of
publication. Name of Library
Database,  Permalink URL.
“Which means we need to
have techniques to identify
as to what category it
belongs and in what way it is
written.”

C. ABSTRACTION

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

Where do you think MLA is commonly used?
”Ma’am, MLA style is most
commonly used to cite sources
within the language arts,
cultural studies, and other
humanities disciplines. This
resource, revised according to
the 9th edition of the MLA
manual published in April 2021,
offers examples for the general
format of MLA research papers,
in-text citations, and the Works
Cited page.”

“Very good. Now. Let’s look at these common

citations”

“Look at the following examples, what do you

observe, class?”
“I can observe that there are
author’s last name and first
name, title of the book,
(Show them the exact citations for each category) publisher, and year of
publication.”
Common Citations

1. Book Format

Works Cited List: Author’s Last Name, First

Name. Title. Publisher, Year.
In-text: (Author Last Name Page Number)

Examples

Works Cited List: Olsen, Dale A. Music of El

Dorado: the Ethnomusicology of Ancient South
American Cultures. UP of Florida, 2002.

In-text: (Olsen 25)

2. E-Book Format

Author's Last Name, First Name. Title. Edition if

given and is not first edition, Publisher Name often
shortened, Year of publication. Name of Library
Database,  Permalink URL.

Example

McClean, Shilo T. Digital Storytelling: The Narrative

Power of Visual Effects in Film. MIT Press,
2007. eBook Comprehensive Academic Collection
(EBSCOhost), unr.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://se
arch.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?
direct=true&db=e025xna&AN=446856&site=ehost-
live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_Cover.

3. Journal Article from Database Format

Works Cited List: Author Last Name, First Name.

"Title." Journal/Magazine/Newspaper Title,
Publication Information [volume, issue/number,
year, pages]. Name of Database, DOI, Permalink or
shortened URL for article in the database. 

In-text: (Author Last Name Page Number)

Examples

Works Cited List: Latartara, John. "The Timbre of

Thai Classical Singing." Asian Music, vol. 43, no. 2,
2012, pp. 88-114. Project
MUSE, https://doi.org/10.1353/amu.2012.0013
 In-text: (Latartara 97-8)

4. Website Format

Works Cited List: Author Last Name, First Name.

"Title of Page or Article." Title of Site, Sponsor or
Publisher [include only if different from website
title or author], Date of Publication or Update
Date, URL. Accessed Date [optional; include date
you accessed source if it is likely to help readers].

In-text: (Author Last Name or page title)

Examples

Works Cited List: Andaya, Barbara. "Introduction

to Southeast Asia." Center for Global
Education,  Asia Society,
2017, asiasociety.org/education/introduction-
southeast-asia. Accessed 17 Dec. 2021.

“What do you think is the importance of knowing this

kind of format?”
”I think ma’am when it comes
to formulating certain kind of
academic writings where it is
commonly used helps it
become more unified and
“Execellent!” systematic.”

“What is again the correct sequence for citing a

book? What about for journal article?”

(Learners recited the sequence

for mastery)

D. APPLICATION
Task: In a 1/4 sheet of paper, students will answer “T” if the statement is True about
MLA and “F” if it is not. Afterwhich, they will exchange their papers with their seatmates to
compare their answers.

Teacher Student
“For your application, please get 1/4 sheet
of paper.” “Noted, ma’am.”
1. MLA stands for Mississipi Language
Association 1. F.
2. MLA style is used in subjects like 2. F.
Economics and Natural Science. 3. F.
Application 3. MLA uses References instead of Works 4. F
Cited. 5. F
 4. In writing the title of an MLA citation, it is
not necessary to italicize.
5. Only the last name of the author is
written

4. GENERALIZATION

Teacher Student
Generalization “Can anyone tell me the relevance of “As a learner, MLA style/format
MLA style?” will help me provide a paper that
is in accordance with the body.”

“Ma’am, through MLA style, our

works can completely stand out
because it will sound credible and
therefore, truthful.”

“What about the others?” “I also learned that through this

format, we will not be held liable
for what we copy on different
sources because we give the credit
where the credit is due.”
“Very good, class.”

E. ASSESSMENT

Task: In a 1/4 sheet of paper, answer what is asked.

 Teacher Student
Assessment For your assessment, please answer the
following: “Okay, ma’am.”

1. Look at this reference. What kind of

material is being referenced below?

Lopex, Lorna C. Digital Storytelling: The power of

Believing. MIT Press, 2008. eBook
Comprehensive Academic Collection
(EBSCOhost), unr.idm.oclc.org/login?
url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?
direct=true&db=e025xna&AN=446856&site=eho
stlive&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_Coer.

a. e-book
b. book chapter
c. book
d. journal article

2. Look at this reference. What kind of

material is being referenced?

Harby, Caryl A. Music of T’boli: The

Ethnomusicology of Ancient Philippines
Cultures. UP Los Banos, 2007.
The following are the
a. book chapter
answers`
b. book 1. a – e-book
c. web page 2. B – book chapter
d. journal article 3. D -  journal article
4. A - website
3. Look at this reference. What kind of 5. B - False
material is being referenced?

Latartara, John. "The Timbre of Thai Classical

Singing." Asian Music, vol. 49, no. 7, 2018, pp.
116-129. Project
MUSE, https://doi.org/10.1353/amu.2012.0013

a. web page
b. book
c. book chapter
d. journal article

4. Look at this reference. What kind of

material is being referenced?

Gomaez, Cathy D. "Introduction to Southeast

Asia." Center for Global Education,  Asia Society,
2017, asiasociety.org/education/introduction-
southeast-asia. Accessed 17 Dec. 2021.

a. website
b. book chapter
c. journal article
d. book

5. Identify the statement if it is true or false.

”In MLA, citing a book need not the first name
of the author.”
VI.ASSIGNMENT

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

“For your assignment, compare and contrast APA and MLA “Noted, ma’am.”
citation in a Venn Diagram. Make sure to label the parts and
provide at least five (5) similarities and differences. Write it in a
one-half sheet of paper (crosswise).

“Also, please read in advance about in-text citation. Write in

your notebook the information you gathered about this.”

“Goodbye, Ma’am Karen!”

“That’s it for today. Thank you, class. Goodbye!”

Prepared and Submitted by:

KAREN MAE A. GABEJAN

Practice Teacher

Checked and Approved by:

CYNTHIA R. LUAY
Cooperating Teacher