Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Schools Division of Capiz
District of Tapaz West
Fourth (4th) Quarter

Curriculum Area: English 8

Content standards: The learner demonstrates communicative competence through their
understanding of Afro-Asian Literature and other text types for a
deeper appreciation of Philippine culture and those of other countries.
MELC: Compose Effective Paragraphs EN8WC-11a-2.8

I. Objectives

At the end of the lesson, the student should be able to:

a. define and identify the structure of a paragraph

b. construct a short paragraph that applies the parts discussed, and
c. develop love of nature by composing a paragraph that dealt with the problem in the
community

II. Subject Matter:

Topic: Composing Effective Paragraph

References: DepEd Alternative Delivery Mode CO_Q4_English_8_Module 4
Materials: Visual aids

III. Procedure

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENTS ACTIVITY

A. Preparatory Activity
1. Preliminary Activities
 Prayer
“Everybody, please stand (Students will stand up and pray)
up. Let us pray, who can
lead the prayer?”

 Greetings
“Good morning, class! Good morning, Ma’am!
Thank you. Before you sit
down, kindly pick up some (Students will pick up some pieces of papers and
pieces of papers and arrange their chairs properly)
arrange your chairs
properly.
Now, you may take your
seats. “
  Checking of attendance (The students will tell who is/are absent in class.)
“Who is absent?”

2. Review
“Yesterday, we studied about
the kinds of sentences. Who
can tell me what a simple
sentence is?
“Very good! How about the
complex sentence?”
A simple sentence is a sentence that consists of
just one independent clause.
A complex sentence is a sentence that contains an
independent clause and one or more dependent
clauses.

3. Motivation
“Okay. Before we start our lesson,
Yes, ma’am!
let’s have first an activity. The title
of it is, Arrange me. I will group (The students will go to their respective groups
you into three (3), this will be the and help each other to answer the questions.)
group 1, group 2 and this will be
the group 3. I have here envelopes
with letters. Arrange the letters to
form a word and I’ll give you 2
minutes to do it, clear?”
“Your time starts now.”

Words:
Composing – Group 1
Effective - Group 2
Paragraphs - Group 3
( The students will read their work)
“Time’s up! Please sit down now
class. Let’s read your work.”
“Everybody, please read the words.

“Very good!”

4. Unlocking of Difficulties
“Let’s define some of the
words that you will encounter
later in our discussion.” (The students will read each word and its
meaning.)
Composing- Means to write
and create.
Effective- Successful or
fulfilling.
Paragraph- It is a group of
sentences organized to discuss
a topic.
Conclude- to end a speech or
paragraph.
Trait- characteristic, quality,
or tendency that someone or
something has.
Genes- The basic unit of
heredity passed from parent to
child.
IV. Evaluation

“In a one whole sheet of paper, think the existing environment problem in your community.
Compose 2-3 paragraphs advocating the solution to the problem you have identified. Be sure
to follow the parts of a paragraph that we have discussed.”

V. Assignment

Read the principle of a paragraph.

 B. Lesson Proper
1. Presentation
“Our topic for today is about Composing Effective Paragraph.
I have here an example of a paragraph, I’ll give you 1 minute Yes, ma’am!
to read and understand it with your eyes only. Clear?”

My sister looks like my father. First, they have the same

eyes, nose, and even smile. Second, the way they walk and (The students will read the
laugh are alike. They both have dimples on their cheeks. Most paragraph silently)
of their traits are the same. For all these reasons, my sister
inherits my father’s genes.

Questions:
 What have you noticed in the paragraph? (The students will try answering
 What do you think is the purpose of the first, and the last the questions.)
sentences? How about the middle sentences?

2. Discussion

What is a paragraph?
Is a group of sentences organized to discuss a topic? In fact,
the main rule of a paragraph writing is to focus one idea or
topic.
(The students are going to listen,
Question: and participate for the entire
 Do you think long sentences make good paragraph? discussion.)

Long paragraph doesn’t mean it is a good paragraph. An effective

paragraph has one idea or topic. As we go on with our topic we will know
if a paragraph is effective or not.

Parts of a Paragraph

1. Topic sentence- It presents the topic of the paragraph. It is the

most important sentence in the paragraph. That is why it is also
called a “controlling idea” of a paragraph. It is usually comes at
the very start of the paragraph, but not all the time.

“Based on the given sentence strip, who can go to the board and
identify the topic sentence? Paste it on the given organizer.

Question:

 Class, do you think your classmate’s answer is correct?

Why do you say so?

“Very good! Now, let’s go to the second part.

2. Supporting sentences- It is the body of the paragraph. It gives a

reader details to understand a main idea, or evidence to show why
a claim is true or correct. You will find supporting sentences in the
middle of a paragraph – after the topic sentence, and before a
concluding sentence.
 “Now who can go to the board and identify the supporting
sentences?”

Question:

 Is it correct? What made you say that these are the

supporting sentences?

“Very good! Next, let’s talk about the third or the last part of a
paragraph.”

3. Concluding sentences- The last sentence in a paragraph. Its job is

to summarize the main idea of the paragraph. It comes after all the
details have been included in the body or supporting sentences.

“Now who can identify the concluding sentence?”

Question:
 Is it correct? Why do you think that this is the
concluding sentence?

“Very good! Do you understand now the paragraph and its parts?
Do you have any questions?”

Yes, ma’am.
C. Post Activities
(Each group will choose their
topic, and help each other
1. Application
composing paragraphs, and
“Okay. Let’s have an activity. I will group you into two, this present it to the class.)
will be the group 1 and this will be the group 2. I have here 2
different topics. Choose one and construct a short, effective
paragraph and make sure to apply the parts that we discussed.
At least 5 sentences. I’ll give you 2-3 minutes to do it. Then
after that, choose one representative to present your work?
Clear?

Topics:
Favorite subject (Students will raise their hands to
Favorite meal or food. answer the questions.)

2. Generalization

“To sum up our lesson today,”

 What is a paragraph?
 How many parts are there in a paragraph? What are
those?
 Define topic sentence.
 Define supporting sentences, and
 Define concluding sentences.