Detailed Lesson Plan in English (Grade 10)

Elements of a Short Story

Time Frame: 1 hour
I. Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. identify all the elements of a short story;
2. explain the significance of learning the different elements of a short story;
3. create their own plot through rewriting a short story.

II. Contents:

Topic Reference Materials

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III. Procedure

Teacher’s Routine Student’s Activities

A. Preliminaries
a. Prayer May I request Miss Amario to lead (Miss Amario will gladly lead the
us a prayer. prayer in front)

b. Greetings Good afternoon class! Good afternoon, Ma’am!

c. Checking of (Teacher will check the (Students will say present, and
attendance: attendance) they will tell if there’s an absent
in the class)
B. Lesson Proper:
1. Motivation May I request everyone to stand (Students will stand up)
up.

Let’s all have a tiktok dance that

will lead to us by Miss Bu-hian and (The teacher and students will
Labanon. dance)
(Teacher will play a tiktok song
“Mini Miss U”)

Okay wow, everybody now sit Yes ma’am.

down. Is everyone refreshed?

Another thing I want you to do is (Students will follow what the

that, to look at your seatmates, teacher said)
 smile and greet her/him a pleasant
afternoon, and then ask him/her if
he/she is feeling okay.
All right, we must always (Students are listening)
remember that no matter how
stressful we are, we are the one
who can pave it away, whether
through dancing, or by choosing to
make other people smile right?
because at the end of the day, a
little encouragement from
ourselves or from others can
make our day better.

2. Presentation So now class, before we proceed (Students are listening carefully)

to our lesson for today, let’s have
first an activity. I will divide this
class into two groups. Group A
and Group B. Each group will be
given 3 words but each word is in
a jumbled letters and as I say GO,
everyone should participate to
arrange and figure out the words.
The words should be posted on
the board. The group who posted
first in the board and arranged the
words correctly will be hailed as
winner and will be receiving a
price.

Okay class, are you ready? (Yes maam)

(Teacher will give the jumbled (Group representative will get the
letters to the 2 groups) jumbled letters)

Okay now, GO! (Students will respectively

cooperate to their group to help
arranged the words)

(Results may vary)

All right, good job everyone, the 2

groups got all the correct answers,
but we have a winner, who posted
their answers first on the board.
(Teacher will said what group is (Winner group will get their price)
the winner and give them their
price)
3. Discussion So, as you noticed class, those
words I gave you in the activity (Students will listen attentively
earlier has something to do with and will response if the teacher
our lesson for today. will ask)

Those words you arranged class

are the Elements of a Short
Story.
So now, what is a short story?

I. Explain what is a short story.

-short story is a work of short,

narrative prose that is usually
centered in one single event. It is
limited in scope and has an
introduction, body and conclusion.
Although a short story has much
in common with a novel, it is
written with much greater
precision.
- a work of prose fiction that can
be read in one sitting—usually
between 20 minutes to an hour.
There is no maximum length, but
the average short story is 1,000 to
7,500 words, with some outliers
reaching 10,000 or 15,000 words.

II. Discuss the different

elements of a short story.

a. Characters
 The characters in a short
story are the people or
animals that the story
focuses on.
5 Types of character:
 Protagonist – The
protagonist is the main
character in the story and
is often considered as the
"good guy”.
 Antagonist – An
antagonist is a character in
a story who is presented
as the main enemy and
rival of the protagonist.
 Flat or Static – A static or
flat character is one that
 doesn't change from the
start of the story through to
the end.
 Dynamic – A dynamic
character is one who
changes and evolves
throughout the story.
 Round – A round
character refers to a
character in a fictional
work with depth or a
complex personality.

b. Settings
 The setting of a short story
includes when and where
the short story takes place.
The setting in a short story
is usually different than the
setting described in a
novel because of the
length of the work.

c. Plot
 The plot of a story is made
up of sequence of events
that happened in the story.
5 Parts of the Plot:
1. Exposition – It is where
the story begins and
provides background
information of the setting
and the character details.
2. Rising action – It is the
part of the story where the
"plot thickens". Challenges
and conflicts are
introduced.
3. Climax – This is the
turning point of the story,
tensions in the plotline
come to a head.
4. Falling action – this
segment is brief but maybe
necessary to conclude the
key scenes that occurred
in the climax.
5. Resolution – It is the end
of the story. It focuses on
how the conflict is
ultimately resolved.
 Plot Pyramid

d. Conflict
 The conflict in a short story
includes the problems or
things that go wrong. Short
stories generally have just
one conflict, or struggle,
that the main character
experiences.
Main Types of Conflict:
1. Protagonist vs.
Antagonist
2. Protagonist vs.
Nature
3. Protagonist vs. Self
4. Protagonist vs.
Society

e. Theme
 The theme of a story is the
central idea of the story. It
is the main message that
the story is trying to get
across.
4. Generalization (The teacher will review what was
discussed by asking) (One of the students will answer)

“Why is it important for us to “Learning about the different

study and learn about the
different elements of a short
story?”
elements of the short story will
help us, as the audience or
reader in better understanding
of the author’s
message and purpose.”

Yes, very good! Do you have any None ma’am!

questions about our topic?
5. Application So now, for you to apply what you
have learned, let’s have an activity
called “Guess Me”.

Directions: 5 students in the class

will pick up a piece of paper in the
box with an element written on it
and through introducing
themselves the rest of the class
will guess what element he/she is.
(The rest of the class will answer)
Student 1(Character)
“I am Cinderella, Snow White, CHARACTER
Rapunzel, and I can also be Elsa”

Student 2(Setting)
“I am in the forest, I can be 3 pm SETTING
in the afternoon, I can also be a
sunny day”

Student 3(Conflict)
“I am the witch in Snow White, the CONFLICT
wolf in Little Red Riding Hood, I
am also Mother Grethel in
Rapunzel”

Student 4(Plot) PLOT

“I am what you are not prepared
for, I shocked you all of the time”

Student 5(Theme) THEME

“I am the moral lesson; I can be
negative or positive”

All right, clap for yourselves

everyone, you all did a good job,
and as what I observed you all are Yes ma’am!
ready for our quiz, are you class?
IV. Evaluation

Now for our quiz class, get ¼

sheet of paper. I will be reading a
short story, right after that I will
also read to you a few questions
and try to identify what I am
referring to. Are my instructions Yes ma’am!
clear? Okay ready.
(Students will listen thoroughly)
(Teacher will read a short story)

A young girl, Little Red Riding

Hood, sets off through the woods
to visit her sick grandmother.
Along the way, she meets a wolf.
The wolf asked her where is her
destination and she replied she
will get medicine for her
grandmother. The wolf rushes
ahead to her grandmother’s home,
where he impersonates Little Red
Riding Hood to gain access, then
the wolf eats her grandmother.
When Red arrives, the wolf
pretends to be her grandmother
and eats her too.

Questions: (Answers may vary)

1. Who are the characters in
the story?
2. Where is the setting of the
story?
3. What do you think is the
theme or lesson in the
story?
4. If you will be given a
chance to rewrite the
ending of Little Red Riding
Hood, would you give it a
happy ending? Yes or no,
then why?
V. Assignment

Okay for your take home activity Okay ma’am!

class. Rewrite the story of “Little
Red Riding Hood in a 1 whole
sheet of paper, change and make
your own plot using the plot
pyramid. Pass it next meeting,
okay?

Any questions? None ma’am!

Okay, if that’s the case then, let’s

call it a day, good bye class. Thank you and good bye ma’am!