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Content Standards: Performance Standards:

I.
The learner demonstrates understanding of The learner skilfully writes their own quotation
how Anglo-American literature and other text emphasizing the importance of human
types serve as a means of connecting to the interaction.
world.
LEARNING COMPETENCY
EN9LT-IIIc-16: Analyze literature as a means of connecting to the world
EN9LT-IIIg-2.11: Determine mood and purpose of the author

At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:

a. analyze the relevance of selection to the modern world;

b. determine the purpose of the author in the article;
c. perform a task highlighting the value of human interaction; and
d. reflect on the topic by writing their own quotation.

II. LEARNING CONTENT

Lesson: “For Conversation, Press # 1” by Michael Alvear
Materials:
1. Illustrations/Pictures
2. PowerPoint Presentation
References:
1. K to 12 Curriculum Guide (May 2016) p. 207
2. A Journey through Anglo-American Literature Learner‘s Material for English
pp. 265-268
3. Teacher‘s Guide
4. Online References

III. PROCEDURES

Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity

Initiatory Phase:

a. Opening Prayer
T: Everybody please stand for we will start our
classwith an opening prayer. Any volunteer to lead? Student 1: *raises his hand

T: Yes, Vence. Please lead our prayer. (Prayer)

b. Greetings
T: Good morning, class! Students: Good morning, ma’am!

T: Wow! It seems like you look so handsome and Students: We’re feeling good and excited, ma’am.
beautifulthis morning. How are you feeling today?

T: I’m very glad to hear that. Well, I am also excited

to share with you our lesson this morning.

c. Checking of Attendance

T: For our attendance, may I request our class monitor Student: Okay, ma’am.
to please mark check to those who are hereand give
plus five points to those who are wearing their
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uniform.

T: Thank you!

d. House Rules
T: Now class, I want you to become aware about our Students: Yes, ma’am.
house rules or the rules that you need to follow once
the class is going on. First, Cellular Phones are not
allowed to be used during class session. Second,
undesirable behavior inside the classroom is strictly
prohibited. And lastly, your full attention and
cooperation are expected. Am I clear to you, class?

T: Now, before we proceed to our discussion, let us Student: Ma’am, our topic last time is about The
have first a review about our previous lesson. Telephone.
Who can still remember our topic last time?

T: Exactly! In the previous lesson, you learned about

the advantages and disadvantages of using telephones.
Now, we are going to give deep understanding about
the effect of technologies in our lives. But before we
continue to our next lesson, let me introduce to you
our lesson objectives.

a. analyze a selection and understand its

relevance to the modern world;
b. determine the purpose of the author in the
article;
c. perform a task highlighting the value of human
interaction; and
d. reflect on the topic by writing their own
quotation.

T: Okay, are you excited? Yes, ma’am!

To start with, I have here an interesting activity for
you.
IV. LEARNING TASKS
Introduction

T: Are you familiar with the song entitled, “Hello how Students: Yes, ma’am.
do you do”?

T: Okay! Everybody join with me to sing the song. Students: Yes!

When we say the word “hello”, have a handshake with
your seatmate. When we say “tralalala”, let us clap our
hands joining the beat of the song. Do you understand?

T: Okay, let’s start.

♫♪ Hello, hello, hello, *students are singing

Hello, how do you do?
I’m glad to be with you, and you, and you, and you!
Tralalalalalalala, tralalalalalalala ♫♪

T: Alright, let’s clap our hands together. Thank you Students: Yes, ma’am.
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for participating class. So the song we sang is about

asking our friend about how they do or in our own
dialect, we are asking our friend “kamusta ka?”
The song is a friendly song. Right?

T: Now, let me ask you a question. What do you feel Students: We are happy and enjoying, ma’am.
while you are singing the song?

T: How about when you had a handshake with your Students: We are also happy because we rarely do
seatmate/friend? a handshake, ma’am.

T: Okay!It is true that when we are singing, Students: Yes, ma’am.

handshaking, and interacting with others, we became
joyful especially when they are showing the same
vibes or interest with us. Am I right?

ACTIVITY
TASK 1: PICTURE ANALYSIS
Direction:I want you to group yourselves into three.
With your group, puzzle the pieces of pictures given to
you and paste it on the board. I will give you 3
minutes to do the activity.

T: Now, generate your ideas about what you’ve seen

in the picture.

T: For the Group 1, what picturehave you formed? Student: We formed a picture of hands holding
smartphones.
T: Excellent! How about the Group 2? What picture Student: The picture we formed is all about the
have you formed? kids playing their own phones.

T: Very good! Group 3, what is your idea about the Student 3: Ma’am, I think the picture we formed is
picture you formed? about the child being ignored by her parents
because they are both busy on their phones.

T: Okay! Overall, your answers are correct. As we can Students: Yes, ma’am.
see in these pictures, the people are using different
technologies and they are influenced by it. Right?

T: Do you think technologies are important in our

everyday living? Student: Yes, ma’am. Technology is important
because it is one of the means to communicate
other people especially our loved ones.
T: Wow! Nice answer. Let us try another activity.
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ABSTRACTION

TASK 2: UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT

T: This time, I will be giving you the copy of the
article “For Conversation, Press # 1” by Michael
Alvear.

Unlocking of Difficulties
T: I have here some words that you will going to
encounter later on as you read the selection. Listen
carefully and let us give meaning to these words.

Words Meaning
Untethered -Free
- not attached
Setback -hindrance
-something that delays
progress
Conceivable -believable
-possible to imagine and
understand

Direction: Read and understand the article then

answer the questions below of the given copies. I will
give you 10 minutes to read and answer. Write your
answers in a ½ crosswise.
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For Conversation, Press # 1

by Michael Alvear

A funny thing happened in the way to

communications revolution: we stopped talking to one another.I
was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell
phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were,
walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day andpoof! ---I
became invisible, absent from the conversation because of a
gadget designed to make communication easier.
The park was filled with people talking on their cell
phones. They were passing other people without looking at
them, saying hello, noticing their babies or stopping to pet their
puppies. Evidently, the untethered electronic voice is preferable
to human contact.
The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now
it makes people sitting next to you feel absent.Why is it that the
more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every
advance in communications technology is a setback to the
intimacy of human interaction. With e-mail and instant
messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without
seeing or talking to one another. In making deposit at the bank,
you can just insert your card into the ATM. With voice mail,
you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching
anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on
her machine.As almost every conceivable contact between
human beings gets automated, the alienation index goes up.
I am no Luddite. I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a
voice-mail system, and an e-mail account. Giving them up isnt
an option---they’re great for what theyre intended to do. Its their
unintended consequences that make me cringe.So Ive put
myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging with
people who live near me, no cell-phoning in the presence of
friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when Im home.

Questions:
1. Who is the author of the article?
2. What is it all about?
3. What do you feel after reading the article? Can you relate?
4. What do you think is the purpose of the author in writing the Students: Yes, ma’am.
article?
5. Upon reading, do you agree with the author's opinion? Why Students: Yes, ma’am.
or why not?

T: Are you done answering?

T: Alright! I want you to check your own papers. Let
us find out if you really understand the article you’ve
read. If you want to share your answer, just raise your
right hand for you to be recognized. Understand?
T: For the Question 1, who is the author of the article?
T: Obviously! I guess everyone got the correct answer.
So, what is the article all about? Anyone?
T: Very good! Some more answers.
Students: Michael Alvear.
Student 1: The article is about the experience of the
author about the effects of online connectivity and
the advent of technology to people.
Student 2: It is about the influence of technology to
the people. The author stated some situations that
people were tied in their gadgets and forgot to
interact personally to their peers.He also provided
solutions to the dilemma.
Student: After reading the text, I come up some
realizations and I can relate to what I’ve read.
Sometimes our parents scold us because even
while eating, we are using phones.

T: Exactly! So, what do you feel after reading the text?

Can you relate?
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T: That’s a fact and you can’t deny that class. We need

to spend our time properly and if the people we are Student: The author‘s purpose in writing the article
intended to communicate are in front of us, then we is to make us realize that technology is interfering
must give our full attention to them not to our phones. with human contact.

T: What do you think is the purpose of the author in

writing the article? Any volunteer to read his/her Students: Yes, ma’am.
answer?

thetextsforthe“for
conversation,Press#1”byMichael
Alvear
T: Correct. As what you’ve learned last time,
technologies has its advantages and disadvantages. Student: I agree ma’am. We also need to have a
And interfering human’s personal contact is one of its break or rest in using social media so that we can
disadvantages. The author wants to remind us about spend some time with our loved ones.
our actions because sometimes we tend to forget to
communicate the person in front of us since we’re too Yes, ma’am!
busy about our gadgets. Right?

T:Upon reading, do you agree with the author's

opinion? Why or why not?

T: Very good! I am happy with your answers, class.

Spending hours scrolling through social media feeds
or playing video games can leave us disconnected to
the world around us. We cannot interact well with our
parents and friends because we are tied to our gadgets
that’s why we also need to let ourselves have a break
or pause for awhile. We need to limit ourselves in
using technologies and we must be wiser in using it.
Avoid excessive use. Okay?

T: Now, I want you to pass your papers in front.

ANALYSIS

TASK 3: DIFFERENTIATING PICTURES

Direction: Look at the two pictures presented on the
screen and analyze their differences.
Picture 1
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Picture 2

T: What can you say about the Picture 1? Student: The picture 1 presents the children
happily playing luksongtinik.

T: Very good! How about the Picture 2? Student: The children are busy playing their own
gadgets.

T: Alright. What do you think is the difference
between the two images?
Student: The first picture shows that the kids are
playing and having an interaction, while the second
picture shows that the kids are busy playing their
own gadgets and they are not interacting with each
other.

T: Very good! How can you say that human Student: Ma’am, human interaction is important
interaction is important? because if we interact or communicate with others,
we can develop good communication and build
better relationships.

T: Excellent! Human interaction can probably develop Students: Yes, ma’am.

good communication and build better relationships.
That's why if we have our own gadgets, let us use it in
a correct manner not to interfere our communication
with others. Understand class?
ASSESSMENT
TASK 4: WRITESHOP
Direction: With your group in our first activity, write
your own quotation about the importance of human
interaction. I will give you 5 minutes to accomplish
the task.
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T: If you’re through kindly pass your papers in front.

Additional Activities for Application or Remediation

Assignment.

IV. REMARKS
A. No. of learners who earned 80% on the formative test
B. No. of learners who require additional activities for remediation
C. Did the remedial lessons work? No. of learners who have caught
up with lesson
D. No. of learners who continue to require remediation
E. Which of my teaching strategies worked well? Why did these
work?
F. What difficulties did I encounter which my principal or
supervisor can help me solve?
G. What innovation or localized materials did I use/discover which I
wish to share with other teachers?

Prepared by:

AYLA ZUANIE P. FERASOL

Student Teacher
Checked by:

RONALEE C. PEZ
Cooperating Teacher