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A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH LITERATURE

FOR GRADE 10
I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
A. identify famous “AFRICAN” authors and their works;
B. analyze representative text from “AFRICAN LITERATURE; and
C. show the value of respect despite cultural differences.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

A. Topic: “AFRICAN LITERATURE”.
B. Materials: LapTop, Flashcards, Manila Paper, Chalk, Cartolina, and Pictures.
C. References: https://pdfcoffee.com/english-8-module-1docx-pdf-free.html
D. Value Integration: Reflecting, Appreciating, and Internalizing.
E. English Skills:
- Listening
- Speaking
- Reading
- Writing

III. PROCEDURE
TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENTS’ ACTIVITY

A. Greetings
Good Morning, class! Good Morning Sir!
B. Prayer
May I request everyone to please stand for the Students will stand. (One student
prayer. will lead the prayer)
PRELIMINARY C. Checking the attendance
Class, did you log your book? YES SIR!
ACTIVITIES D. Classroom rules and regulations
My expectations of you daily:
- Be prepared for class everyday. YES SIR!
- Be responsible for your actions. Thank you for the reminders.
- Be respectful of each other and the
teacher.

“That’s good to know. I believe that you

are all ready for our lesson today.”
 The teacher will ask “QUESTIONS” for the
students to review the previous lesson.
1. What is Asian Literature?
2. What are the “FOUR DIVISIONS” of
REVIEW OF THE Asian Literature?
LESSON
EXACTLY! VERY-WELL SAID.
A. AWARENESS (MOTIVATION)
This class will be divided into four (4) groups.
Each group will be given pieces of papers.
The task is to arrange the cut-out papers to
form a picture. Then, each group will identify
the best “HASH-TAG” to be used for the
picture formed.
They will be able to form the following
pictures and give correctly the appropriate
HASH-TAG:
#SLAVERY
#DISCRIMINATION
LESSON PROPER
#VIOLENCE
Sir, “Asian literature encompasses
the rich and widely diverse cultural
and ethnic heritages found in such
countries as China, India, Japan,
Vietnam, Korea, and more.”
Sir, the four divisions of Asian
Literature are “Classical Indian
literature, Classical Chinese and
Japanese literature, Classical West
Asian literature, and Modern Asian
literature.”
1. SLAVERY - is the practice
of forced labor and
restricted liberty.
2. DISCRIMINATION - is an
everyday reality.
Discrimination is the unfair
or prejudicial treatment of
people and groups based on
characteristics such as race,
gender, age, or sexual
orientation.
3. VIOLENCE - affects society
in many ways, including
higher medical costs,
reductions in quality of life
because of fear of gun
violence, and stresses on
the criminal justice system.
4. HUNGER - is the distress
associated with lack of food.
 #HUNGER

B. ANALYSIS
Very Nice! I am very happy that you were able
to finish the task given to you. Now, let’s discuss
Sir! We were deprived of nutritious
your answers. What have you noticed about
food, and so we were suffering with
these pictures here?
health problems. We could hardly get
rice and salt during the days when we
Good Observation! Have you experienced any
had no work.
of these problems here? How did you overcome
or manage it?
Sir, I feel very happy. I remember how
That’s Good! We should always be positive
sick she was then, and how healthy
despite being surrounded by many problems.
she is now, and I am so grateful.
Also, we have to value respect between and
among others.

PRESENTATION EXCELLENT CLASS!

OF THE LESSON C. ABSTRACTION
Now, let me show you a short video
presentation. Try to ponder this.

https://youtu.be/vTrWNOfQGOo

QUESTION: What was the video all about?

Who are the persons involved?
EXACTLY! VERY-WELL SAID.
AFRICA - THE DARK CONTINENT
Second largest continent was
colonized and divided up by
countries like FRANCE, THE
NETHERLANDS, GREAT BRITAIN,
BELGIUM, SPAIN, ITALY,
PORTUGAL, and GERMANY.
 Between colonial DOMINATION
AND VIOLENCE, SLAVERY,
RACISM, DISCRIMINATION, and
theft of natural resources, it would
be easy to focus on the darkness in
the continent’s history.
People stood up to oppose injustice
and to EXPRESS THEIR
EXPERIENCES AS AFRICANS IN
FRONT OF THE WORLD.
African Literature consists of a body
of work in DIFFERENT
LANGUAGES AND VARIOUS
GENRES, RANGING FROM ORAL
LITERATURE TO LITERATURE
WRITTEN IN COLONIAL
LANGUAGES (FRENCH,
PORTUGUESE, AND ENGLISH)

Okay, this time! Let’s have a guessing game.

I’ll show you pictures of some “PROMINENT
AFRICAN WRITERS” then try to figure out
their correct names.

MAJOR WRITERS IN AFRICAN

LITERATURE

1. DAVID DIOP (JULY 9, 1927/ DIED

1960)

One of the most talented of the

younger FRENCH WEST AFRICAN
poets of the 1960’s, whose tragic
death in an airplane crash cut short
a promising career.
Coups de pilon (1956:
“POUNDING”), his only surviving
collection, are angry poems of
protest against EUROPEAN
CULTURAL VALUES, and
ENUMERATING THE
SUFFERINGS OF HIS PEOPLE.

CLASS, AM I RIGHT?
 2. NGUGI WA THIONG’O (JANUARY
5, 1938)

Kenyan writer who was considered

EAST AFRICA’S leading novelist.
His popular WEEP NOT CHILD
(1964) was the first major novel in
English African.
He began his writing career with
novels written in English, which
nevertheless revolved around
postcolonial themes of the individual
and the community in Africa and
colonial powers and cultures.

“NOW, LET’S READ THE POEM “AFRICA”

BY DAVID DIOP.”

Africa my Africa
Africa of proud warriors in ancestral savannahs
Africa of whom my grandmother sings
Sir, in the first line of the poem, the
On the banks of the distant river,
poetic device used is Apostrophe.
I have never known you
But your BLOOD FLOWS in my veins
Your beautiful BLACK BLOOD that irrigates the
fields.

The BLOOD of your SWEAT

The SWEAT of your WORK
The WORK of your SLAVERY

Africa, tell me Africa

Is this your back that is unbent,
This back that never breaks under the weight of
humiliation.
 This back trembling with red scars
And saying no to the whip under the midday
sun,
But a grave voice answers me
Impetuous child that tree, young and strong.
Sir, the poet attributes human traits to
Africa as reflected in the lines of the
poem like an unbent BLACK,
BLOOD, and SWEAT.

That tree over there

Splendidly alone amidst white and faded
flowers,
That is your Africa springing up anew
springing up patiently, obstinately
Whose fruit bit by bit acquires
The bitter taste of liberty.
D. APPLICATION
Let’s analyze the poem.
1. Identify TWO or THREE THEMES
you can extract from the poem.
Discuss your answer.
2. What have you LEARNED about
AFRICA based on the poem?
VERY-GOOD, CLASS!
1. He wonderful describes how
brave the people there, how
beautiful the place is, and
how he’s so proud of it even
though he doesn’t know it
well.
2. Africa is a poem that
certainly touches the heart
and a piece that can provide
readers a short knowledge
about the continent’s history.

E. GENERALIZATION
Now, did you understand the message of the
poem? What are the literary devices found in
the poem “AFRICA” by DAVID DIOP?

EXACTLY! So, I believed that you have really

understand the poem. We’ll proceed now.
Will you please get ¼ sheet of paper then
IV. EVALUATION answer this exercise.

“¼ CROSSWISE PAPER”
Direction: Identify the author of the given
literary works. Choose from the list of
“AFRICAN” witters.

“CHINUA ACHEBE”
“WOLE SOYINKA”
“NGUGI WA THIONG’O”
“NADINE GORDIMER”
“DAVID DIOP”

LITERARY WORK AUTHOR

1. “WEEP NOT, CHILD”

1. “NGUGI WA THIONG’O”.
2. “THINGS FALL APART” 2. “CHINUA ACHEBE”.
 3. “AFRICA”
3. “DAVID DIOP”.
4. “JULY’S PEOPLE” 4. “NADINE GORDIMER”.
5. “WOLE SOYINKA”.
5. “THE LION AND THE
JEWEL”

V. ASSIGNMENT
CLASS, ARE YOU DONE?

“1 WHOLE OF SHEET OF PAPER”

Choose one topic below. Relate it to your
personal experiences and give insights on how
to overcome it. (SLAVERY, DISCRIMINATION,
HUNGER, VIOLENCE)
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REMARKS

Prepared By:
Santos, John Kenneth F.

Checked By:
Daban, Rica Mae D.

Checked By:
Cruz, Jessa C.