I. Objectives.

At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to:

a. select and state a scene in the story wherein they think was the most
important,
b. relate the story in real life situation,
c. grasp the moral lesson of the story,
d. justify Dodong’s decision to Blas whether it’s right or wrong; and
e. realize that marriage requires maturity and responsibility.

II. Subject Matter

Topic: Footnote to Youth by Jose Garcia Villa

Reference: The Literature of the Philippines
by: Lacia F. et.al.
Materials: Laptop, Powerpoint Presentation, Handouts, Photos
Values: Have an Idea about Teenage Pregnancy

III. Procedure

Teacher’s Activity Students Activity

“Good Morning Everyone” “Good Morning Ma’am/Sir!”

“Let us pray first, by Mr._______ heading “(Praying) Amen”

us”

“Before we start, arrange yourself first.

Pick up the pieces of paper around you,
and please align your chairs”

Motivation: Before we start lets watch

an overview about out topic for today!

“So I have a picture here, tell me what “The Girl/Lady is sad”

can you say about the picture?”

“Maybe she is depressed”

“What makes you think that she is “Maybe she got pregnant at her young
sad?” age?”

“Yes, another answer?”

“Yes!, Very good Thank you for your

opinions. So as you can see, she
became pregnant at an early age, and
it is one of the current issue in our
country and it’s called Teenage
Pregnancy” “Because some of teenagers today
lacks knowledge about having the
“What do you think are the reasons why proper relationship with his/her partner,
teenagers became pregnant at an early and maybe most teenagers hardly
age nowadays?” listen to their parents anymore”

“Thank You!” “Yes Ma’am/Sir.”

“Okay last meeting I told you to include

on your assignment to read the story
“Footnote to Youth by: Jose Garcia
Villa.””

“But Before moving to the story, let us

first have a brief discussion about who
the author is/who is Jose Garcia Villa.”
“Jose Garcia Villa was a poet, a literary
critic and a short story writer. He was
also a painter. He was known because
of his stylr in writing poetry which has
the use of commas after each words.
Too much for that let’s move on, on one “It is the basic story of marrying at a
of his known literary piece “Footnote to very young age and questioning the
Youth”. wisdom of making life choices at our
young age which we must lived with.”
“On your own understanding what do
you mean, what do you think Footnote
to youth is?”

“Thank you! The story “Footnote to

youth” is an eye opener to us who were
classified as youth. Nowadays, we can’t
deny the fact that there are so many
teenagers that were getting pregnant
accidentally or unintentionally. We all
know that one of the major causes why “Because of his intense love and
youth now had been engaged to that affection”
immorality was our curiosity isn’t it?
And that is premarital sex. But in the
story, what is the reason why Dodong “ For me, is when a short story colorless
marry Teang? worm march blindly to dodong’s foot
and crawled damnily over it”

“Okay, bring out you Homeworks. We’re

going to have discussion on that. Who
wants to share his/her answer? Did you
able to find words or group of words
that shows the plot of the story?”
“What did dodong do? And what does
that show? May you justify your
answer?”
“Dodong got tickled and jerked his foot
flinging the worm into the air. He was
not bothered. For me it only means that
dodong did not think about his future.
He follow what he feels and not
conscious about the consequences he
might face.”
 “His father was sad and afraid on what
maybe the result of what he is
planning. It is maybe because his father
already experienced it”
“Okay on the first part of the story,
what can you say about his father’s
reaction when he asks permission to
marry teang?”

“It made him feel guilty because he

already realized that he was not yet
ready for paternity. It was too early”

“Very Good! What did Dodong feel

when Teang was giving birth?”

2nd part

“We all know that Dodong had some

regrets about teang having birth to “The Baby Cried”
their first child. Dodong came out to
have breathe some air. He still cannot
believe that this all is happening.”

“What happen to the baby that made “Dodong was delighted when he saw
Dodong come to Teang?” his baby he finally accepted the fact the
Dodong is now a father.”

“Very Good! Okay now what did Dodong

felt when he came to his wife and their
firstborn baby?”
“His name is Blas”

“What was the name of their baby?”

“She became so thin and shapeless”

“So years passed Blas was not the only
child. Many more children came.”
“Dodong even blames himself for it. But
the children came and came. But what
happen to Teang? Can you describe
her?”
“Did she regret having married?”
“Okay, so can you please read this
passage?”
“You encountered the world
“querulous”, by using context clues,
what do you think us the meaning of
the word “querulous”.
“Very Good! That was correct, now on
the last sentence, Dodong stated a
question saying, why one was forsaken
for love, now if you were Dodong, and
would you say the same thing? Would
you blame love about all the things that
happened?”
“Yes, she even remembered his past
suitor and thought what if she married
him instead.”
“One night as he lay beside his wife, he
rose and went out of the house. He
stood in the moonlight, tired and
querulous. He wanted to ask questions
and somebody to answer him. He
wanted to be wise about many things.
One of them was why life did not fulfill
all of Youth’s dreams. Why it must be
so. Why one was forsaken…after love”
“It means someone who ask or who
want to ask many questions, or wants
to whine.”
“No, if I would be Dodong, I would
blame myself, not love. I would blame
myself because I can’t control my
temptations and I don’t think about
what will happen in the future about
what I will do.”
“Dodong would not fint the answer.
Maybe the question was not to be
answered. It must be so to make youth,

“”That was an excellent answer. But did
Dodong came up to an answer? Let’s
see. Can you please read the next text,
Ms. ______?
“So Dodong can’t find the answer, he
said that youth should be dreamfully
sweet. What do you mean by
dreamfully sweet?”
“One night, while Dodong was sleeping,
he hears footsteps. He then woke up to
see who it is. It was Blas, he watched
Blas undress and sleep quietly, Blas
was nervous and yet silent. Dodong
asked why he would not sleep. Then
Blas called his Itay Softly, saying he will
marry Tona (his girlfriend). Dodong
can’t say a thing”
“What do you think Dodong felt?”
“Okay for the last text, can you please
read it for us, Mr. ______?”
youth. Youth must be dreamfully sweet.
Dreamfully sweet. Dodong returned to
the house humiliated by himself. He
had wanted to know a little wisdom but
was denied it.”
“It should be like a dream, wherein you
can do whatever you want, being free”
“He is shocked about his Son’s
Decision, maybe he is also
remembering himself.”
“Dodong lay silent.
“I Love Tona… and I want her”
Dodong rose from his mat and told Blas
to follow him. Thay descended to the
yard, where everything was stilla dn
quiet. The moonlight was cold and
white.
“You want to marry Tona,” Dodong said.
He did not want Blass to marry yet. Blas
was very young. The life that would
follow marriage wold be hard…
“Yes”
“Must you marry?”

“Stop, thank you. Can you please
continue Ms. _______?”
“So in the end, Dodong let Blas marry
Tona although he really did not want
Blas to get marry yet. But in his
thoughts, Youth should prevail, and
Youth should be
“Dreamfully Sweet”
“Now what do you think is the moral
lesson of the story?”
Application:
“ Okay before we end, let’s have an
activity.
I would like you to form into group
Blas Voice stilled with resentment. “I
will marry Tona.”
Dodong kept silent, hurt.
“You have objections itay?” Blas asked
cridly.
“Son… n-none…” (But truly, God I don’t
want Blass to marry yet… not yet. I
don’t want Blass to marry yet…)
But he was helpless. He could not do
anything. Youth must triumph… now.
Love must triumph… now
Afterwards… it will be life.
As long ago Youth and Love did triumph
for Dodong… and the Life Dodong
looked wistfully at his young son in the
moonlight. He felt extremely sad and
sorry for him.
“I think the moral lesson of the story is
to always think first about what you will
do and what will it’s consequences be.
And also, always listen to your parent’s
advice”
(Group Performance)
comprising 4 members each. This
activity is called closure method
wherein each group/ your group will
assume that the story we read was not
yet done and what you’re going to do is
you will predict your own ending of the
story. Talk to your group and formulate
thoughts and have your leader who will
speak in front.

“There you go! Your own endings are

very interesting.”
IV. Evaluation

Comprehension Question
1. What was Dodong asking permission for from his father?

2. How many children did Dodong and Teang had?

3. What did Dodong and Teang feel about their marriage after almost ten
years?

4. What did Dodong realize after being married for a long time?

5. What was Blas asking permission from Dodong? Did Dodong allow him?

V. Assignment:

Individual: In a piece of short bond paper create a vendiagram, comparing

and contrasting the characters of Dodong and his son Blas.
 New Era University
College of Education

Detailed Lesson
Plan in
Appreciation of a
Short Story

Submitted by:
Genewel F. Geneza
STC 3-11 Thursday 2-3:00pm

Submitted to:
Dr. Perla Cruz