Detailed Lesson Plan on 21st Century Literature

In English 11

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the student will be able to:
a) Display understanding on the story The Devil wears Prada,
b) Identify the following elements of a story from the literary text,
c) Respond critically to the given question and to the story; and
d) Understand what ideology means and how it can affect everyday life.

II. Subject Matter

Topic: Critical Issues in the 21st century
Literary text: The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
Reference:
Materials: PowerPoint Presentation

III. Procedure
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
A. Preliminary Activity
Good morning, class!
Good morning, ma’am!

Before we start, let us first wait for the

others to join in. We will start after 5
minutes.

(5minutes later)
Okay, ma’am!
I guess 25 is a good number to start.
Anyway, we will just admit them along
the course of our discussion. Is that
okay?
Yes, ma’am.
Okay, good morning again, class!

But before anything else, I would like

you to know our house rules.

(screen sharing)
Always remember these house rules,
class.
1. Listen attentively.
2. Be participative.
3. Mute your mic unless you want to
talk.
4. Click the raise hand button if you
want to recite. if you don”t have a raise
button just type in the in call messages.
5. Open your camera always.
Is that clear, class? Noted, ma’am.

Yes, ma’am.
Do you understand, class?

Also, may I take this opportunity to ask

you, my students, how are you today? We’re good, ma’am.

How about the others? We’re fine, ma’am.

That’s good to hear because I want

every one of you to have fun in our
class . So last time, you had the chance
to study the story “years end” so (someone raises a hand)
anyone who can tell me what this story
is about? Kindly tap the raise button if This is about a college student's home
you want to answer. for the holidays, who finds that he has a
new stepmother and
stepsisters. ,ma’am.

That’s right. So who are the characters

of the story?

Wow! Very good, Tara!

Good job, students! I’m sure that you’re Yes, ma'am.

now again ready. Am I right, class?
Ma’am Joyce?

B. Motivation
I have several questions here, class.
These questions will make you share
your personal opinions. Don’t worry
because no answers will be rejected. I
will respectfully accept your answers.

Are you now ready, class?

Okay. Let’s start!

(first question is being flashed in the

screen) I would like to be an assistant to a
celebrity, and he is Boy Abunda because
a) Would you like to be an assistant of a I know that I have a lot of things to
celebrity? Who will it be and why? learn from him, he is an intelligent
person and also a good role model to
Remember that your recitation will be everyone.
recorded.

Raise your hand.

Thank you. I agree. I also admire Boy

Abunda because he is very smart and
articulate.

Let's move onto the next question.

b) What are you willing to do to achieve

your dreams? Will you be willing to
sacrifice your principles for the sake of
your dreams? I’ll do my very best just to achieve my
dream job but in a way that I am not
going to sacrifice my principles.

Thank you. Yes, that’s right. A good

dreamer must have integrity in all ways.

Thank you to those who shared their

answers. Here’s ma’am Shane for
another activity.

C. Presentation of the Topic

Now, before we read and analyze the
literary text, you will first guess the
photos we will flash on the screen
which are related to the story.

So the instructions are here so we are

going to flash 4 photos on the screen
and I want you to be quick guys and
type your answers in the chat box. First
person to guess correctly will be the
winner . understood? Yes, ma’am.

Are you ready, class? Yes, maam.

Okay. So, here are the pictures. (the

pictures are being flashed on the
screen)

So here's number one. Devil

Who wants to try? Anyone? Yes, Kayle

wears

Number 2
Prada

Number 3
Class

Number 4 Ideology

Number 5 Cultural

Number 6 Forms

Number 7

Very good class. So maam Joyce will

now take over. Maam joyce?

D. Lesson Proper

Since ma’am Shane gave some clues, “The Devil Wears Prada”
anyone who can guess what is the title
of the story or the novel?

Very good!

Before proceeding on to the story, let

us first know about the author of it, so Lauren Weisberger, ma’am.
who is the author of the “The Devil
Wears Prada”?

Very good. Lauren Weisberger is the

New York Times bestselling author of
The Devil Wears Prada, which was
published in forty languages and made
into a major motion picture starring
Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway.

Moving on, let us grasp the message of

"The Devil Wears Prada" by exploring a
variety of categories that will guide us
in understanding the story.
Yes, ma’am.
Have you read the summary of it? Or
watched the film?

Okay, that’s good. So now, we should

identify the elements of a story as being
able to identify these is important in Ma’am, the elements of a story are
understanding any literary piece. Can setting, characters, point of view,
anyone name the elements? theme, tone, style, and plot (exposition,
rising action, climax, falling action, and
resolution).

That’s great! I am happy that you can

still remember the elements of a story.
So since you’ve read the story, I’m sure
that you are now ready to answer some
of my questions.

We can discuss the following events

through the PLOT structure of the story.
Let's talk about the plot now, and we
have a Freytag's Pyramid here that
depicts the five major stages of a story.
It will assist us in better understanding
the story's sequence of events.

So the first one is the exposition. In New York, Andrea, a fresh graduate
What is the exposition of the story? in journalism is hired to work as the
Let me hear from Mark. assistant of Miranda Priestly, the
ruthless and merciless executive of the
Runway fashion magazine.

Andrea Sachs, a simple and naive recent

Okay, let’s see if that is correct. journalism graduate, is employed as
Please read, Kate. Miranda Priestly's second assistant in
New York.

Thank you!
Andrea just wants to be a journalist
however she chose to be an assistant of
Miranda hoping that she can help her to
achieve her dreams.
Miranda Priestly is the cruel and vicious
Next one is the rising action, so what is boss of the Runway fashion magazine,
the rising action of the story? so Andrea gets busy with her work.
Andrea and her boyfriend broke up
because of her work. Her best friend
also doesn't understand her. and she
has to tell Emily that Miranda chooses
Andrea to go to Paris and not her. So,
she has to choose whether she will tell
or she will lose the job.

Okay. Thank you.

Let's see if your answer is right. Andrea changes her attitude and
Please read, Rica Mae. behavior, affecting her private life and
the relationship with her boyfriend
Nate, her family and friends. Andrea's
relationship with her boyfriend and her
best friend ended because of her job.
She also needs to inform Emily that
Miranda has chosen Andrea to
accompany her to Paris rather than her.
 As a result, she must decide whether to
tell or risk losing her job.

Thank you. Yes, you are correct. Andrea

is busy in her work to the point that she
did not attend her boyfriend's birthday
party.

We are now at the climax, who can Andrea got her senses that everything
share what is the climax of the story? has changed in her life. A realization of
Let me hear from Gwyneth. how her social world changed when she
works as Miranda's assistant..

Thank you, Gwyneth. It happens at the Fall fashion show for

Let's see if your answer is correct. Christian Dior in Paris. The internal
Please read, Julia. reflection had been building for some
time in terms of wondering how her
working for Miranda had changed her,
how her social world had dwindled to
only Miranda.

Thank you.
Yes, you are right .
She left Miranda in the event and
Next is the falling action, anyone? walked away with a smile on her face.
Yes, Mark

Okay. Let's see if you got the correct Andy finally confronts this in an
answer. extraordinary manner, she abandons
Please read, Julia. Priestly and reconnects to her
boyfriend. Thus, she realizes that there
are things more important in life
.

Thank you. A self-realization that she

doesn't like the life of Miranda.

The last one is the resolution of the Andrea, found another job and she is
story. now a journalist.
Let me hear from Kate.

Andrea gets back in New York, she

Thank you, Kate. Let’s see if Kate is carves out a new path for herself and
correct. Please read, Rica. frees herself from the temptation that
Miranda offers.

Yes indeed. Andrea learns that life is

made of choices. She applied at another
company and got hired. She saw
Miranda and she smiled at her sweetly.

I hope you really understand the story.

Okay, we’re done with PLOT. I hope you
understand the story, given that you
also read or watched the film. And
now we are going to discuss the other
elements of the story.

Let’s start with the setting of the story. New York and Paris, ma’am.
So, what is the setting of the story?
Anyone from the class?

Thank you. so it happened in New York

and the other events happened in Paris
when Miranda and Andrea attended
some fashion shows. The characters in the story are Miranda,
Okay, next is the characters. Who are Andrea, Nate, Nigel, Emily, and Lily.
the characters of the story? Anyone?

Very good. So I hope you really

understand the story because ma’am
Shane is going to discuss the critical
issues in the story.

Good day students. Welcome to

another day of learning. Last meeting,
we gave you a task to read the Yes, ma’am.
summary of The Devil Wears Prada. Did
you read it, class?
 Scary,bad and so on
When you hear the word devil what
comes into your mind?

All of your answers are correct class

So in the 21st century we encounter

issues on class, ideology and cultural
forms.
“To be yourself in a world that is
So class, any volunteer who wants to constantly trying to make you
read the slide. Yes,mae? something else is the greatest
accomplishment.”

What do you think it is all about?

Ideology, maam.

That’s right ,Mary so kindly read what

was on the screen. Ideology
A system of ideas and ideals, especially
one that forms the basis of economic or
political theory and policy.

It can be interpreted as type of a “False

Consciousness” but this itself is a
misperception since it assumes that
there is a “True” Consciousness out
there that
we only need to imbibe in order to get
the heart of reality.

Is made of a set of existing images,

discourses and ideas that allows us to
imagine
Thank you, Mary. So Ideology is
something that is the opinion of others;
it may be real or imaginative. It refers to
the dominant beliefs of society but it
doesn’t mean we have to fit in.

So in the story we encountered

ideologies which the protagonist had a
really hard time. So kindly state
ideologies that you’ve encountered in
the story?
Ma'am,uhm women should sacrifice
their friends and personal life in order
to fit in.

Maam, just like how andy did she

change the way she dresses in order to
excel in her job.
That is right guys.

The Devil Wears Prada reinforces the

ideology that women should not pursue
career goals if the career takes away
time from crucial figures of the
patriarchy: family, friends, and partners.

The story pushed that Andy should

dress fashionably in order to fit in. The
Devil Wears Prada reinforces patriarchal
ideals and the domination of the
feminine gender role. The film wants
the audience to acknowledge that
women have to be attractive to be
successful.

In real life there are certain things that

the society wants us to do and these
are ideologies but we are entitled to our
opinions and it is our choice to follow or
to continue being ourselves.

So which guys do you like to follow the In this world full of ideologies ma'am I
ideologies set by others to you or to just would rather be myself and enjoy my
be yourself? life. Than to live in a society set by
others for me.

Thank you.
Kindly read the next slide, gray.
The German Ideology
 Karl Marx and Frederick Engel’s
 Considered history from a materialist
perspective as opposed to the idealists
worldview propagated.
 Marx and Engel held that human lives
are ultimately governed by their
material conditions.

In simple words "The German Ideology"

is reality which creates the mind, and
not the other way around. According to
Marks, various positions and beliefs
held by people, be it religious, moral
and so on, are created and conditioned
by their material circumstances.

These materials made us who we are in

society. We might be both studying but
then the others have books,laptops and
the others don’t. only shows the social
class difference of people
So in the story when Andy dressed up
So how is this shownd in the story? Miranda and her Co workers began to
be nice and her works and this part her
social class improved.

Very good ,Grace.

Yes,ma'am.

Understood?

So next is class.

Anyone who can give me the definition? a set or category of things having some
Yes, Carlo? property or attribute in common and
differentiated from others by kind, type,
or quality.

Very good , Carlo! I think you also

encountered class in your biology
classes, am I right?

Like a Class in biology these are

organisms that share the same
attributes such as mammals and soon.

Kindly read the definition of class Class

please. Yes , mara? a set or category of things having some
property or attribute in common and
differentiated from others by kind, type,
or quality.

Thank you, mara. So for example guys

are the division between STEM,HUMSS
and ABM.

Those who are science inclined go to

STEM while those who love
reading,human/public works enrolls at Yes, ma'am.
HUMSS and ABM are those business
inclined students. Understood?

But there is also this Social Class. Who

can give me a simple definition of social
class?
a division of a society based on social
Yes anna? and economic status, maam.

Thank you, anna. Kindly read the slide, Social Class refers to divisions in society
edriel. based on economic and social status.
People in the same social class typically
share a similar level of wealth,
educational achievement, type of job
and income.

Thank you , edriel.

So in social class, students are divided

based on how our status is. For
example, before, we have the Maharlika
which includes the Datu and the royal
bloods/ warriors, the Tiwani or the
freemen and lastly the Alipin or the
slaves.

So we also encountered in the story

that the characters are divided in social
class. So what do you think it is? Where Maam, I think Andy belongs to the
does Andy belong and why? Raise your working class. With minimum wage
hands if you want to recite. because she dresses simply in the
beginning, not just like the other girls
who wore fancy clothes in their
luxurious apartment.

That’s right, thank you mae. How about

the other characters? Maam, the way Miranda lives is so
luxurious and successful. I think she
How about miranda? belongs to the elite.

Thank you, shy, you are actually all

right. They belong to different classes
and when they encountered each other
there seemed to be a conflict where the
other characters mocked her for having
low taste in fashion.

So you will see the difference in their

lives when Andy encounters a different
famous clothing brand which seems
normal for the other employees and
seems extravagant for her.

But then as the story goes on Andy

seems to be fitting in. She changed the
way she dresses and acts. She acts more
elite than she was when she entered
the Job. (raise hands)

Anything to add class? Social class and literary genres

Very good, now can you read the next -In Ian Watt's landmark study of the
slide, Nicole? Raise of Novels; Realism and Novel's
Form(1956), the author traces the
emergence of realism as an exemplary
form, the novel, to the rise of the
middle class in 18th century England.
So in Ian watts he showed the
emergence of realism . So what
happened in the 18th century?

So common people rise and also

realism. So when we say realism this is
the reality this is what happening in our
daily life. -According to him, Capitalism as made
of production made possible the
Kindly read the next one pl, Hailey? burgeoning of prose narrative that
involves into a realistic novel.

So, Capitalism is often thought of as an

economic system in which private
actors own and control property in
accord with their interests, and demand
and supply freely set prices in markets
in a way that can serve the best
interests of society.
-Louise Althusser, a French Critic who
When we say burgeoning means reworked the main ideas of Marx, coins
flourishing. Kindly read the next one pls, the term interpellation
Hazel.

Interpellation.refers to the operation by

which ideology assigns the individual
human being an identity as a subject.

individuals are interpellated from the

day that they are born—and perhaps
even before, since parents and others
conceive of the role and identity that
their child will assume. With this
concept of interpellation, Althusser
implies that there is no inherent
meaning in the individual. So means our
parents when the day we are born they
have a certain view on what we will
become and they will be part of it.

For example if your parents are doctors

they will assume that in the future you
will also become a doctor.

Interpellation is a process, a process in

which we encounter our culture's
values and internalize them.
Interpellation expresses the idea that
an idea is not simply yours alone (such
as “I like blue, I always have”) but rather
an idea that has been presented to you -For Marx and Althusser, religion is an
for you to accept. exemplary ideology in that it conditions
people to recognize or see themselves
Kindly read the next slide pls. in the Cristian narrative about God,
Crist
and Eternal Salvation.

Interpellating the Female

 Most popular genres for girls romance
novels chick lit.
Read the next slide pls, Raven.

(State movies)
Can you tell me chick lits that you
encountered?

Yes we also have the movie Legally

blondes where they show girls as
someone who wears skirts and purses
and they show how girls should be
spoiled and brats needing love.

But in The Devil wears Prada in the

beginning Andy breaks all the  The Task of Cultural Critique, Marxist
Stereotypes of femininity and also critic Teresa Ebert note that romance
Miranda though she dress well but she era,
is masculine in her work. conspicuously, narratives that operate
on female fantasies about love, sex and
marriage.

 Ebert claims that the genre is more

ironic than its predecessor in that it
rejects the sentimental quality of
romances.
E. Generalization

The story may be a work of fiction but it

does not mean it will not happen to us
in real life. It is good to learn from
experiences not of our own, even if that
experience happened only in a story.

From our discussion,what do you think

is the ideology of Miranda? How is Miranda is a power feminist. Miranda
Miranda the voice of the Feminist represents the subordinate narrative of
society? women and power in society. It is
okay for women to have power and use
power. Women can be effective
stewards of power. It is okay for a
woman to put herself first. Women do
not have to be “nice” in order to use
power and be successful. Women can
and do help other women to achieve
power and status. Women can and do
build effective power networks. There
are deeper messages embedded in this
movie.

Andrea is a product of a patriarchal

society and has thus become its voice.
How about Andy as the voice of the Andrea represents the dominant
patriarchal society? narrative of women and power in
society. Because she has low power in
society the character of Andrea is used
to
absorb the full force of society‟s
expectations for how women with
power should be viewed.

Someone raised their hands

Just a brief review class, what is

ideology?

Maam example is when Andy attends

 the party it just shows the difference of
So , how about social class? How is the her life with the elites with the
social class difference shown in the champagne and extravagant clothes
story? from the renowned designers.

Very good,jam. So another question:

when you find your dream job but don’t I think, ma'am I should start choosing
have enough time for your family , what myself but still make time for my family.
will you do?

Ma'am I think it is good as long as she is

happy. What will you do with all the
Do you think Andy’s choice is good? wealth and fame if you are empty
inside.

Describe Andy. How is her awareness of

her social class demonstrated in the Andy is a simple girl ma'am.
story?

How about Miranda, how is her social Miranda always wears designer clothes
class demonstrated in the story? maam.

Now that you understand the story as

well as the critical issues of the 21st
century, let's now proceed to
evaluation. Maam joyce.

IV. Evaluation

Activity. Answer the following questions. (10 points each)

1. Are you willing to go to any extent if your boss ordered you to do something
you didn't want to do just to keep your job, as Andrea did?   Why or why not?

2. Do you think that a successful professional life is compatible with a successful

personal life? Why?
Assignment

For your assignment, write an essay about your ideologies and how it affects
your daily life.

Delivery - 25%
Creativity - 25%
Organization - 25%
Format - 25%
100%

Prepared by:

JOYCE QUITASOL
Student, Experiential Learning 2

SHANE JOYCE QUINTAL

Student, Experiential Learning 2

Checked by:

JAMAICA V. GARCIA, Ph.D.

Teacher, Experiential Learning 2

Checked by:

MS. JUNELYN H. LOPEZ

Cooperating Teacher, Grade 11