Dela Cruz, Keshia Chyraine S.

March 28, 2023

BSED IV (English)

DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH GRADE 10

4 A’s Approach
Critique a Literary Selection Based on some Approaches

I. OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson, the student’s will be able to:
a. Identify the approaches in critiquing a literary selection.
b. Explore different views on how the approaches in critiquing literary selections are
done.
c. Analyze texts according to approaches used in critiquing literary selections.

II. SUBJECT MATTER:

a. Lesson: Critique a Literary Selection Based on Some Approaches
b. Reference: CapSLET English Quarter 3 Week 7 and https://galasnhs.zdnorte.net/wp
content/uploads/2022/03/English-10-Q3-Mod-5.pdf
c. Teaching Materials: Visual Aids.

III. LEARNING STRATEGIES

TEACHERS ACTIVITY STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

A. Classroom Routine
1. Greetings
Students: Good Morning Ma’am,
Ma’am Dela Cruz: Good Morning Class… Good Morning Classmates!

2. Prayers
Ma’am Dela Cruz: Okay, before we start our Students: Let us Pray. In the name of
formal class, May I call ---- to lead the prayer. the Father and of the Son and of The
Holy Spirit Amen. “Our Father…”
3. Cleaning
Ma’am Dela Cruz: Before you take your sit,
please pick up some pieces of papers and arrange Students: Yes, Ma’am.
your chairs.

4. Checking of attendance
Ma’am Dela Cruz: Ok, very good. I will now
 be checking your attendance.

Ok, very good class, no one is absent for today.

5. Classroom rules
Ma’am Dela Cruz: Before we start our lesson, Students A: Be polite in your manner
let us recall our Classroom rules first, can anyone and speech
in the class give me the first classroom rule?

Ma’am Dela Cruz: How about number 2? and Student B: Always be prepared
the last one is? Exactly, very good class! Student D: Always do your best
Student C: Be proud of your work
5. Review
Ma’am Dela Cruz: Lat week, we tackled about
how to use pronouns effectively. Let’s have a
small recap on what have remembered from our
lesson and if you have understood it.

Name the Nine Rules of Pronoun - Antecedent (Students give their answers)
Agreement in order.

Very Good!

B. Drill/Motivation
Ma’am Dela Cruz: Do you still remember the
following questions that you need to follow Students: Yes, Maam
whenever your going to critique a text?

Very Good! For today’s first activity you will be

working in groups. I have printed out different
articles. And I want you to critique these
following articles. You have 20 minutes to work
on your critique paper. And when your done, I
want you to present it in front of the class.

understood? You may start now..

C. ACTIVITY
Ma’am Dela Cruz: Ok class, let’s have another
activity. As you can see on the board. I have a
text and I want you to read it silently and make
sure to understand the selection. Because when
your done reading, we will be having Ten items
test about the selection on the board.

Are you done class? Exchange your papers.

(Students will be giving their

D. ANALYSIS
answers)
The teacher will ask the students with the
following:

1. What do think about our activity today?

Very Good.

E. ABSTRACTION
Ma’am Dela Cruz: For todays lesson, we are
going to talk about Critiquing a Literary
Selection based on some some approaches.

Critiquing a literary selection like the one I gave

you demands a lot of thinking. Your creativity
and your critical thinking skills are being honed,
when you try to engage in critiqing a certaine
literary material.

Through this lesson you are expected to learn

several approaches in critiqing a literary
selection.

So, here are the following approaches to critiqing

a selection:

(Present A Visual Aid)

1. Structuralist/Formalist
= Scrutinize a text as a “self-contained object”
 where generally emphasizes the form of the work.
in this approach, it focuses on the following: (a)
form of each individual part of the text, that
includes the individual chapters and scenes, (b)
characters, (c) setting, (d) tone, the point of view,
(e) diction and all other elements. The critic
underlines on how these elements: point of view,
setting, chracters, plot, symbols and theme work
together to give sense to the text (Writing a
Formalist Literary Analysis. Accessed September
1, 2020).

2. Moralist
= Judges literary works, not according to formal
standards, but moral principles. Basically, it is
not censorious or ‘moralizing’ in its method,
although it is possible; nor does it unavoidably
suggest a Christian viewpoint, although it often
does (“Moral Criticism.” Oxford Reference.
Accessed September 2, 2020).

3. Marxist
= Examines the text as “an expression of
contemporary class struggle.” It is based on the
theories of Karl Marx whereby it concerns on the
implications and complications of the capitalist
system. In this approach, literature is viewed not
plainly as a matter of personal taste or expression.
It certainly focuses on political and social
conditions. More or less, Marxist literary critics
would dwell on the following questions: Is the
text a mirror of social values? Is it a form of
propaganda for the ruling classes? Can literature
challenge social norms (“Intro to Marxist Literary
Theory.” The Nature of Writing, August 3,2020).

4. Feminist
= Analyzes the text in the context of women’s
knowledge in literature as well as valuing their
 experiences. A feminist literary critic battles
traditional norms or expectations. It includes the
following basic methods: Identifying with female
characters and reevaluating literature and the
world in which literature is read. Further,
‘Feminist literary criticism is distingushed from
gynocriticism because it may also analyze and
deconstruct literary works of men.” (Napikoski,
Linda. “What is Feminist Literary Criticism?”
ThoghtCo. Accessed August 29,2020).

5. Historical
= Involves the understanding of events and
experiences encompassing the construction of
the work, particularly the author’s life, and
utilizing the results as means of interpreting that
work of literature (Historical Criticism. Accessed
August 30, 2020).

6. Reader-Response
= “Typically, Reader-response criticism revolves
around the phenomena ‘Respond to Reading’.
The theory identifies the reader as a significant Students: No Ma’am
and active agent who is responsible to impart the
real meaning of the text by interpreting it. The
modern school of thoughts agrues on the
existing perception of the literature. According to
it, literature is like a performing art that enables
reader to create his own text-related unique
performance.” “A Brief Guide to Reader-
Response Criticism.” A Research Guide for
Students, August 22,2018).

“Do you have any questions? Clarifications?”

Ok, What must be considered in critiquing a

literary selection?

Very Good…
F. APPLICATION
Ma’am Dela Cruz: “Now let us have another
activity”

(Present Visual Aids)

General Instructions: Choose only the letter of the

correct answer.

IDENTIFYING LITERARY APPROACH

A. Identify the literary approach that is being

explained by each learning concept:

A. Structuralist/Formalist B. Moralist
C. Marxist D. Feminist
E. Reader-Response F. Historical

1. The critiquing is done in a way that the reader

generates his or her own text-related unique
performance.
2. It is focused on how women battle various
traditional norms or expectations.
3. It emphasizes on discussing both positive and
negative aspects of life, that will surely explore ways
on promoting good manners and right conduct.
4. In this critique, much emphasis is given to the
elements and the feature of the literary material.
5. It concerns on the insinuations and difficulties of
the capitalist system.
6. It is centered on analyzing ancient events and
experiences that are needed to understand the world
behind the text.

SUPPORTING THE LITERARY APPROACH

B. Draw a if the item supports any of the six

Literary Approaches. Leave it blank if it does not.
 7. The reader is an active agent in the reader-
response approach.
8. The Marxist’s way of analyzing text involves
mirroring concerns in which people become
estranged from one another through power, money
and politics.
9. The Formalist/Structuralist approach is
centered on literary elements.
10. The Historical approach argues that every
literary piece is a creation of its time and its world.

You have 15 minutes to answer. Answer it right

away.

Are done class? Please pass the pass the papers

forward.

IV. Evaluation
Ma’am Dela Cruz: Let’s see how much you
have learned today. I want you to answer a
three-part activity.

A. Analyze each text and identify whether it focuses

on any of the following approaches in critiquing a
literary selection: Write only the letter of the correct
answer.
A. Structuralist/Formalist B. Moralist
C. Marxist D. Feminist
E. Reader-Response F. Historical

1. The Adventures of the Huckleberry Finn by

Mark Twain. This book takes place in the American
South in the 19th century and follows a white boy.
Huck, as he helps a black slave, Jim, escape his
situation. Here we’ve got quite a bit more detail.
Instead of just two large classes, society is really
divided into several smaller ones. (Study.com.
Accessed August 28, 2020).
2. Judith Little and Megan S. Lloyd argue that Alice
is a “literally underground image of a woman”
battling the ‘system,’ but they also view Alice’s
insistence, activity and inquisitiveness as typically
“Un-Victorian” traits that make her an example of
seditious woman. But for Lloyd, Alice can also be
considered as an ideal role model for any society at
the same time (Criticism of ‘Alice’. Accessed August
17,2020).
3. “It is certain that woman misread “The Secret Life
of Walter Mitty.” I found myself initially wishing that
Mrs. Mitty would just let Walter daydream in peace.
But after reading the story again and paying attention
to the portrayal of Mrs. Mitty, I realized that it is
imperative that the women rebel against the texts that
would oppress them. By misreading a text, the
woman reader understands it in a way that is
conventional and acceptable to the literary world. But
in so doing, she is also distancing herself from the
text, not fully embracing it or its meaning in her life.
By rebelling against the text, the female reader not
only has to understand the point of view of the author
and the male audience, but she also has to formulate
her own opinions and create a sort of dialogue
between the text and herself…” (Nanci Love, Bay
College. “Introduction to Literature.” Lumen.
Accessed August 22,2020).
4. Samuel Johnson once stressed in his novel entitled,
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia the
following words: “I have here the world before me; I
will review it at leisure: surely happiness is
somewhere to be found… Happiness must be
something solid and permanent, without fear and
without uncertainty.” He simply recounts the story of
a prince’ who escapes from the valley of happiness,’
in order to search for perpetual bliss. However, he
realizes that, this kind of happiness does not exist
(“Moral – Examples and Definition of Moral.”
Literary Devices, May 28, 2017).
5. Through Phoenix’s strenuous journey in the wild
country of Natchez Trace, Eudora Welty uses her
protagonist to symbolically show the struggle of
African-American towards equality and integration in
the South after the Civil War (Writing a Formalist
Literary Analysis. Accessed September 1, 2020).
6. Chopin depicted in her stories heroines who were
way ahead of their time in terms of the impudence
and sensuality with which they challenged male
authority. She borrowed from her own experiences in
Louisiana to make her protagonist, who triumphed
over the domination and limitations that were brought
to bear upon them by society… (“The Story of an
Hour Literary Analysis Essay Example.”
Students: Goodbye and Thank you
Essaysprofessors.com. essayproffesors.com.
Ma’am Dela Cruz
Accessed August 30, 2020).

B. Unscramble the letters to form an approach in

critiquing a literary selection.

1. CALISTTRUSTUR =
2. OPRES- =
ERDAERNSE
3. TSEIMNFI =
4. MRASILTO =
5. MTSARIX =
6. SAHTLCIIRO =

To be submitted today. Cut-off is 4:00pm.

V. Assignment
Ma’am Dela Cruz: For your assignment please
study in advance about the Global and Local
Issues.

Now, our class has ended, I hoped you understood

our topic and learned from it. Goodbye Class and
see you tomorrow.