Quezonian Educational College, Inc.

Atimonan, Quezon
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

A 4A’S DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH GRADE 10

JUNE 15, 2023
I. OBJECTIVES

A.Content Standard
The learner demonstrate communicative competence through his/her understanding of
British-American Literature, including Philippine literature and other texts for a deeper
appreciate of Philippine Culture and those of other countries

B.Performance Standard
The learner react to lay value judgement on critical issues that demand sound
analysis and call prompt action.

I. OBJECTIVE
At the end of the discussion the learners will be able to:

a.) Define Connotation and Denotation.

b.) Appreciate the importance of Connotation and Denotation.
c.) Compare and contrast the Connotation and Denotation.
II. SUBJECT MATTER:
SUBJECT: Connotation and Denotation
REFERENCES: English for the 21st Century learners
MATERIALS: Laptop, manila paper, cartolina and marker

III. PROCEDURE
TEACHER’S ACTIVITY LEARNER’S ACTIVITY
A.Preliminary Activity

 Prayer

“Now let’s have our opening prayer.
May I call on the President of the class to lead the
prayer”
Thank you Lord for this day, guide us with our
session today with Ma’am FIONA, we hope that
we learn a lot from this discussion that help my
task on my school paper, thank you again Lord.
Amen.

 Greetings

“Good morning grade 9 HUMILITY

How’s your day going?

Yes, Ma’am we are all fine
Are you all fine?

Yes, That’s great!

Okay, I hope we get a well and nice day until the end of
“Thank you, Ma’am we hope so po”
our day
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 Classroom Management

Before we proceed to our discussion let me tell you my

rules during our lesson
Everybody please read
Rule #1 – before we strat please pick up the
Rule #1 – before we strat please pick up the pieces of pieces of paper under your chair.
paper under your chair.
Rule #2 – I want an organized classroom until the end Rule #2 – I want an organized classroom until
of the class. the end of the class.
Rule #3- Speak English only Rule 3- Speak English only

Yes Ma’am!
Are we clear?

 Attendance

“Who is our class secretary? May I know who is the ” The secretary will respond to the teacher”
absent as well as the present for this session?”

Review
“Now let us take a short review”
“Ma’am, An oxymoron is a figure of speech that
Last time, ma'am sheena discuss about Oxymoron who combines contradictory words with opposing
among you still remember what is oxymoron. meanings

Very good! Now let us proceed to the next topic.

B.Developmental Activity

 Motivation

I have a dice, and anyone wants to respond will roll it.

Whatever number appears, it accompanied by a
sentence and the student will determine what word in
the sentence its literal and non-literal meaning.
ANSWER:

1. I’m confident that I will win this contest. 1. Confident

2. The new girl in school has a attractive eyes. 2.Attractive

3.Strong
3. The Miss Universe has a strong personality.
4.Pushy
4. The boy was pushy. 
5.Frugal
5. The woman was frugal.
6.Bull-headed
6. He was bull-headed. 
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Lesson Proper

a. Activity

LET US HAVE A GAME!

ARRANGE ME CUTIE

Instructions: I have here math problem all you have to

do is solve. After you solve the given problem, the word
will be shown. After you get the words, you’re going to
place the given word in the given sentence.

 3 + 5 +10 = 18(Flower)
 10 - 3 = 7(Denotation)
 5 x 5 = 25(Affordable)
 40 ÷ 8 = 8(Connotation)
 15 + 5 +10 = 30(Raining)

1. This clothing is _______. ANSWER:

1. Affordable
2. It is _______ really hard outside.
2. Raining
3. Red rose is red _______ bore by a thorny shrub. 3. Flower
4. A words ______ refers to its suggested or 4. Connotation
implied. 5. Denotation
5. A words _____ is the literal meaning.

b.Analysis

Our topic for today is Connotation and Denotation

First let's discuss what is Connotation
A connotation is a feeling or idea that a word has,
in addition to its literal or main meaning. Often, a
series of words can have the same basic
definitions, but completely different connotations
—these are the emotions or meanings implied by
a word, phrase, or thing.

For example, “This clothing is affordable!”

versus “This clothing is cheap!”

Student answer may vary.

Give me some examples of Connotation sentence
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Let’s proceed to the 3 types of connotation. 3 types of

connotation

Positive Negative Neutral

A word A word A word

whose whose whose
connotation connotation connotation
implies implies is neither
positive negative positive nor
emotions emotions negative.
and and
associations. associations

For example, If we For

“the aroma exchange the example,
of my adjective when
grandmother’ “aroma” in speaking
s cooking” the above about a pet,
produces a sentence so the word
positive that it now “dog” has a
association, reads “the neutral
because the stench of my connotation;
word grandmother but, the
“aroma” ’s cooking,” word
implies that the meaning “mutt” has a
the smell is changes negative
pleasing and completely. connotation,
inviting. Though both and the
“aroma” and word
“stench” “purebred”
mean smell, has a
“stench” has positive
a negative connotation.
connotation;
thus, the
meal sounds
much less
appealing

Student answer may vary.

Now, can you give m an example sentence using
connotation?
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Denotation is the dictionary or literal meaning of

Now, let’s proceed on denotation. a word.

For example "blue is a color blue"

Denotation sentence example

The boy was pushy. (He was literally pushing

people.)

She was cold. (She was cold in temperature.)

It was too hard. (The object was too firm.)

The dog is a mutt. (The dog is a mix of several

breeds.)

Trevor is a bull. (The bull is named Trevor.)

The woman was frugal. (The woman is

economical when spending money.)

He was bull-headed. (He literally has a head of a

bull.)

The most common type of denotation that you’ll come

across is in literature. Denotation means the literal
definition of a word.

Principle methods of describing the meaning of a

Now, here’s the both meaning of Connotation and word's elements of a sign
Denotation

c.Abstraction

VENN DIAGRAM!

Direction: Compare and contrast the connotation and

denotation.
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d.Application
The student will listen to the discussion.
QUIZ BEE!

The learners will be divided into 3 groups.

1. The teacher will Give illustration board

2. The teacher will read the question and they’re going
to identify if it is a connotation or denotation
3. Each group will give 15 seconds to answer and raise
their board.

CHOICES:

A. Connotation B. Denotation
ANSWER:

 B
 I enjoy watching thrillers.  A
 You are the sun of my life.  B
 I’m looking for a biography.  A
 I invited a clown on my birthday.  B
 John is learning a Mozart piano sonata.  A
 My dog barks so loud.  B
 The only thing we have to fear is fear itself   A
 I love blue car.  B
 The greatest danger to our future is apathy.  A
 It’s too dark to find my pen.

ASSESSMENT

Direction: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

_______1. Connotation and Denotation are the two

ways to describe the meaning of?
A. Planets
B. Birds
C. Words
_______2. Denotation is a word's
A. Literal
B. Synonym
C. Antonym
________3. All words have a connotation and a
denotation. If you look up the word 'snake' in the
dictionary, it would define a reptile. If you called
someone 'snake', it would be an example of a
A. Positive connotation
B. Denotation
C. Negative connotation
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________4. A word's refers to it's suggested or implied.

A. Connotation
B. Denotation
C. None of the above
________5. A word's is the literal meaning or the
dictionary
A. Connotation
B. Denotation
C. Non of the above
_________6. Connotation is a word's
A. Synonym
B. Emotional meaning
C. Literally, dictionary definition
_______7. A word of denotative is a word of
A. Feelings
B. Emotions
C. None of the above
_______8. Sometimes connotation can vary
A. Language
B. Culture
C. All of the above
________9. The woman was frugal
A. Connotation
B. Denotation
C. None of the above
________10. The boy was pushy
A. Connotation
B. Denotation
C. None of the above

I. ASSIGNMENT

Instruction: Create your own sentence using 5 for

connotation and 5 for denotation.

Rubrics
Content 25%
Creativity 50%
Uniqueness 25%
Total 100%

To close our meeting, may I request the Vice President Thank you, Lord, for this day that you give to us,
of the class to lead the closing prayer? it was an informative and fruitful discussion from
our teacher today may all the knowledge and
learnings that we learned will apply to our
everyday life, please guide Lord throughout the
day. Amen.

Good day class, I hope you learned something from this “Good day, Ma’am. Thank you!”
session, thank you and God bless!
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A 4A’s DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH 9 HUMILITY

Prepared by:

FIONA A. DAPULA
Practice Teacher
BSED ENGLISH IV

Checked by:

JULIE ANN O. PAMESA

Cooperating Teacher

Noted by:

MARINA M. LAGAYA
JHS Coordinator

Approved by:

CARMENCITA L. ARAGON
FS2 Instructor
QECI Executive Vice-President