English Grade 7 Lesson Plan 3

Comparing Narratives
Key Idea
Comparing the same narrative storyline from different cultures.
Most Essential Learning Competencies
 Use appropriate reading strategies to meet one’s purpose (EN7RC-IV-b-10)
 Cite evidence to support a general statement (EN7RC-IV-g-10.4)
 React to what is asserted or expressed in a text (EN7RC-IIIe-2.1.7)
Lesson Components Recommended/Suggested
Activities
Component 1: Short Review REMEMBER ME!
Time: 7 mins
NARRATIVE
Questions:
1.How can you tell from the title that The
FABLE FOLKTALE
Carabao and the Shell is fictional rather than
factual?
THE HARE AND
2.Knowing that The Carabao and the Shell is a THE TORTOISE
THE CARABAO
AND THE SHELL

folk tale like The Hare and the Tortoise, what

do you expect it to be about? ANCIENT
GREECE BY
3.Knowing that The Carabao and the Shell is a AESOP
PHILIPPINES

Philippines version of The Hare and the

Tortoise, what do you expect to be different
about it?
Component 2: Lesson purpose/Intention Picture presentation of “The Hare
Time: 3 mins and The Tortoise” and “The
In this lesson, we are going to look at a Carabao and The Shell”.
different version of the same sort of plot, firstly
to see what it says and then to think about how
it is similar and different to The Hare and the
Tortoise.
Component 3: Lesson Language Practice Visual Representations!
Time: 5 mins In pairs, ask participants to draw
1. Carabao or find images that represent the
2. Banks (river) meaning of a given word.
3. Determined
4. Bathe
Component 4: Lesson Activity The first text will be read by half
Time: 25 mins of the class while the second text
Component 4A will be read by the other half.
 Read aloud the text.
Component 4B
Component 4C
Component 5: Conclusion [Teacher Notes: It would be
Time: 5 mins worthwhile to do this by getting
students to write on the
Worksheet, so you have some
feedback on the effectiveness of
the lesson and how they feel
about their learning experience.]
REMINDER: Collect student worksheets to
review and analyze students’ learning.