Detailed Lesson Plan in

English – Grade 10

I. Objectives

Through a poem, students are expected to do the following with at least 75% level
of proficiency:
a. Express permission, obligation, and prohibition using modals.
b. Read texts with correct enunciation.
c. Recognize roles in shaping oneself to become a good person.

II. Subject Matter

Topics
 Language: Modal Verbs
 Literature: The Seven Ages of Man by William Shakespeare (Poem)

References:
 Voyagers: English for Junior High School Grade 10; pp 23-25, 39-40, 56-57
 https://sites.google.com/site/poetryshopping/-the-seven-ages-of-man-by-william-
shakespeare
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxTb24gXRL8

Materials: pictures, worksheets, ICT’s

Valuing: Appreciating life

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

PRELIMINARY ACTIVITY
A. Review
Recall the lesson that we had about modals. Fill in the
blanks with the correct answers.

Deepening:
Can you make intelligent sentences? Based your
sentences from the pictures and statements. Tell
whether your sentence expresses prohibition,
obligation, or permission.

Eating is permitted in this area.

You have to show your ID.

You’re not allowed to swim here.

DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES
A. Motivation
Are you familiar of the movie The Lion King?
Do you still remember the music for that movie?
Today, I will take you back to the theme song of the
movie. The title is The Circle of Life.

Listen and watch closely the lyrics of the song.

B. Valuing
What does the song tries to convey us?

Can you pick a striking line from the song and share It's the circle of life
what lesson is gained from it? And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
'Til we find our place

It reminds us of the complications and

victories that each one of us has to
face throughout our lifetimes. How we
should not take more than we give to
each other, to the world, the planet
and how we should strive to unite so
that we honor as a whole instead of
partaking in destroying every living
thing in the world.

The song speaks about the circle of our lives. That all
living things are connected and that we must respect
and appreciate all forms of life.

It is the circle of life that moves us all. Through despair

and hope. Through faith and love.

B. Presentation
The song actually leads you to understand and
appreciate the poem of the greatest English poet,
William Shakespeare. It is entitle The Seven Ages of
Man.

C. Setting of Standards
Before we move on to our lesson, I will group you.
Count 1 to 6. After counting, all numbers 1 to 6 will
form a group.

Are you ready?

What do you expect to learn from the poem?

D. Unlocking of Difficulties
Before giving you the poem, I want you to look closely
at the puzzle.

Using the worksheet, look closely the puzzle. Each grid

contains words included in the poem. Find words from
the grid and match them with their meanings in the
box.

Take note of the given first letter as your clue and the
number of letters per word.

After 5 minutes, each group must submit their work.

1. A small bag used for carrying books, notebooks. Satchel
S __ __ __ __ __ __

2. The highest range of sounds

T __ __ __ __ __ Treble

3. The condition of forgetting or having forgotten

O __ __ __ __ __ __ __
Oblivion

4. It is a castrated male chicken.

C __ __ __ __ Capon

5. A serious promise of telling the truth.

O __ __ __ Oath

6. It means ‘to vomit’.

P __ __ __ __ __
Puking
7. To whimper or to cry weakly.
M __ __ __ __ __ __ Mewling

8. It is unpleasant or causing a lot of physical pain.

S __ __ __ __ __ severe

E. Discussion
1. Literature

Let us take a look at the poem. Listen as I read it.

The Seven Ages of Man
by William Shakespeare

All the world’s a stage,

And all the men and women merely players,
They have their exits and entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.
Then, the whining schoolboy with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden, and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice
In fair round belly, with good capon lin’d,
With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws, and modern instances,
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slipper’d pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side,
 His youthful hose well sav’d, a world too wide,
For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
Turning again towards childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

2. Text Abstraction
From the poem you have read, William Shakespeare
compares the world with a stage and every person is
described as an actor, who plays seven different plays
on that stage.

It tells us that the actor has its own entrance and exit
in the stage. The entrance denotes life while the exit
tells about death.

To further check your understanding about the poem,

answer the following questions briefly.

How many stages of man in life as reflected in the

poem?

Illustrate and explain each stages of man in life.

First Stage? 1. The first one is an infant, who

cries in the arms of his nurse.
2. Then he grows to a schoolboy
Second Stage?
trying to skip the school; the boy is
taught some routines.
Third Stage? 3. The third stage is a teenager: a
young man, lovesick and
composing a ballad to his love.
Fourth Stage? 4. Next one is a youth, a grown-up
soldier, ambitious, devoted to his
vows and short-tempered.

Fifth Stage? 5. Later a soldier retires and

becomes a judge, where at this
point men and women begin to
settle down.
Sixth Stage? 6. The sixth actor is shown old age,
in his home clothes, losing the
sharpness of mind and strength of
body.
Seventh Stage?
7. The last age of man is the
extreme old age which is returning
to the infant state (losing one’s
sight, taste and hear and slowly
going into oblivion or the second
childishness.)

F. Generalization
Revisit your understanding about the two lessons.

What are the three uses of modals?

What roles can you perform that you think could make
a difference in your life?

G. Application
Our world today is facing global crisis such as (a)
poverty and hunger (b) conflict (c) climate change
(d) child abuse (e)COVID-19.

As a Grade 10 student, how can you perform your role

in the present situation? Use modals in expressing your
role or purpose.

Each group is given a minute or 2 to discuss. Then a

representative will share it to the class.

IV. Evaluation
Using the timeline, fill out with salient features of all
the seven stages of man.

For each stage, write a sentence that a person do

during the given stage with emphasis on using modals.
Underline the modals.

The first stage is done for you.

Infancy
A child must
be taken
cared by the
parents

V. Assignment
Study the following pictures. Write a wise rule/advice
for each picture. Do NOT forget to use modals.