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Tarlac State University

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Villa Lucinda Campus, Tarlac City

A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN GRADE 9

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Prepared by:
MS. NICOLETTE REIN S. PERERAS
BSED English 4-A Practice Teacher

Checked by:

MRS. BRENDA G. PENTINIO

Cooperating Teacher

Approved by:

MRS. RUBY ANA T. PINEDA

OIC- School Head

Noted by:
DR. NINEZ B. TULO
BSEd English 4-A Supervisor
 A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH 9
Content Standards: The learner understands that mastery of the basic forms, types, techniques, and
devices of creative nonfiction enables him/her to effectively critique and write creative nonfiction.
Performance Standards: The learner writes a clear and coherent critique and an interesting and
engaging creative nonfiction.
Learners Competencies / Code: Write a mini critique of a peer’s work based on coherence and
organization of paragraphs, development of literary elements use of factual information, and other
qualities concerning form and content. HUMSS_CNF11/12-IId-e-18

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to:
 define the common elements of creative nonfiction according to David Hood;
 discuss the importance of each element of creative nonfiction;
 identify the elements used in a text; and
 write and explain how the elements used in the text contributed to its creativity
and informational value
II. SUBJECT MATTER
A. Topic: The Most Common Elements of Creative Nonfiction according to
David Hood 2010 and Lee Gutkind’s 5 Rs of Creative Nonfiction
B. Materials:
 Laptop
 HDMI
 PowerPoint presentation of Icebreaker “Would you rather”
 Digital Game: Duck Race
 PowerPoint presentation of The Most Common Elements of Creative
Nonfiction according to David Hood 2010
 PowerPoint presentation of Lee Gutkind’s 5 Rs of Creative
Nonfiction
C. Method Used: Directed discussion, Guided instruction, and Interactive Lecture
D. Values Integration: Students will have a better understanding of what creative
nonfiction all about, which will help them write their own creative nonfiction text.
Students will also be able to identify the elements of creative nonfiction used in a
text and how they contributed to the creativity and informational value of the
literary work.
E. Reference:
1. Online:
Google:
 Hood, D. (n.d.). Writing Creative Nonfiction.
https://davehood59.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/writing-creative-
nonfiction/
 Hood, D. (n.d.). Creative Nonfiction: Doing Research to Increase
Understanding. https://davehood59.wordpress.com/2012/08/23/creative-
nonfiction-doing-research-to-increase-understanding/
 Gutkind, L. (n.d.). The 5 Rs of Creative Nonfiction. Creative Nonfiction.
https://creativenonfiction.org/writing/the-5-rs-of-creative-nonfiction/
III. PROCEDURE
TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

A. PREPARATION

1. Preliminary Activities
 Opening Prayer
Okay, class, everybody stands up. Let
us start our day with our daily prayer.

Who wants to lead the prayer?

May I lead the prayer, Ma’am?
Yes, you may.
Let us bow our heads and feel the
presence of the Lord.

In the name of the Father, of the Son,

and the holy spirit…

As we gather here today, we thank you

for the blessings you bestowed upon us.
We open our hearts and minds to
worship you, the lord almighty. Thank
you for the knowledge and love. Thank
you for giving us strength and allowing
us to see the beauty of each day. We
thank you for giving us the courage to
live and be productive in our lives.

We ask that you continue to strengthen

our faith and inspire us with your love
and presence. We pray that our souls
will be saved and our wounds will be
healed. We pray this in the name of
Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
Amen…

 Greetings

A pleasant day, grade 9! Good morning, Ma’am!

Good morning, classmates!

 Attendance

Okay. Let us check the attendance.

Ms. Secretary, please report who’s Good morning, Ma’am! I’m happy to
absent today. inform you that no one is absent today.

Great! No one will be missing the

lesson. Thank you, Ms. Secretary.

2. Review
What did we talk about last meeting?

Last meeting, Ma'am Kim introduced

what is creative nonfiction.

B. MOTIVATION
As a starter of today’s lesson, let’s have an
icebreaker.
“Would you rather”
“Would you rather read a fiction or
nonfiction text?”
“Would you rather only read physical books
or only read e-books?”
“Would you rather write a fictional book or
a nonfiction book?”
“Would you rather have your favorite hero’s
powers or your favorite villain’s powers?”
When we say creative nonfiction, it
involves real people, real events, and
personal experiences. It is based on facts.
We also discuss the guidelines for
writing creative nonfiction.
There are eleven guidelines we can in
writing creative nonfiction.
• Students will be given two choices and
they need to choose among those two.
• Students will make a brief stand on
why they prefer to choose that side
I would like to read a fiction book since
it is more enjoyable.
I would read a nonfiction text because it
is true to life and I can gain new insights.
I would rather read an e-book, ma’am,
since it is more accessible and less
expensive.
I would rather read a physical book
because reading one feels nostalgic and
there are fewer distractions when you
read a hard copy of a book.
I would rather write a nonfiction book
since it allows me to write using my
imagination and does not limit me to
certain rules.
I would rather write fiction because
nonfiction books contain factual
information that would help me and
other students in school.
I would rather have my favorite hero’s
character since no matter how strong a
villain is, at the end of the day, the
hero’s power will persist.
I would rather have my favorite villain’s
power, especially because mine is
Thanos. Thanos is resistant to injuries
and invulnerable to all types of poisons.
I would like to have that kind of power.
Not to mention, he is also one of the
most powerful beings in the Marvel
 universe despite him being the villain.

I would rather live in my favorite

“Would you rather live in your favorite
character’s world or have your favorite
character live in your world?”
character’s world. In that way, I can help
my favorite male lead and female lead to
be together and survive all the
challenges thrown at them that serve as a
hindrance to their happily ever after.

I would rather live them in my world for

a change. Living in their world means
that I will leave my family behind and I
don’t want that. Also, if they live in my
world, I can teach them everything and
change the course of their fate.

Alright! I’m glad to hear your thoughts,

Yes, Ma’am. We enjoyed our activity.
class.

Did you enjoy our activity?

C. LESSON PROPER

In line with our icebreaker, today’s

lesson has something to do with books,
specifically nonfiction books.

Last meeting, we talked about creative

guidelines in writing creative
nonfiction, so today, I will discuss the
most common elements of creative
nonfiction and the 5 r’s of creative
nonfiction.

First, let’s talk about the most common

elements of creative nonfiction
according to David Hood 2010.

According to David Hood, there are six

common elements of creative
nonfiction.

Writer of creative nonfiction often

utilizes six elements of creative
nonfiction when writing different types
and forms of creative nonfiction such
as...
The forms and types of creative
Can you tell me what are the types and nonfiction are memoirs, personal essays,
forms of creative nonfiction? autobiographies, biography, etc.

Very good! What you've mentioned are

some of the forms of creative
nonfiction.
Writers incorporate several elements of
creative nonfiction when writing a
memoir, biography, autobiography, and
so on.
The Elements of Creative Nonfiction
What are the common elements of according to David Hood are Fact,
creative nonfiction according to David Extensive Research, Reporting,
Hood? Personal Experience and Personal
Opinion of the Writer,
Explanation/Exposition, and Essay
Format.
Very good!

Now, let's talk about the first element

which is Fact.
Fact is the information used as
Do you have any idea what a is Fact? evidence for a claim.

A Fact refers to a statement that is

true and verifiable.
That’s right! A fact is a statement that is
true and can be verified as such.

Writers of creative nonfiction write

their stories using facts rather than
fiction. They base their writing on facts
because it needs proof that it actually
happens or exists.

Remember that a writer can't make up

things or share stories and claim them
"fact".

The second one is Extensive research.

The writing must be based on
May someone read this? primary research such as interviews,
personal experience, and secondary
research, gathering information from
books, magazines, and newspapers.

Why do you think it is a must to do

extensive research when writing?

Same hands?

Alright, since I see the same students

raising their hands and I want to hear all
of you participate in today’s lesson—
let’s play a game.
(Students will count)
Do a headcount.

Remember your numbers. Let’s play the

game “duck race”.
If the duck with your number reaches Yes, ma’am
the finish line first, then you will be the
one reading or answering my question.

Is it understood?

Ma'am, extensive research is needed

Number 15, why research is part of the
writing process? Why is it needed?
Number 2?
in writing nonfiction stories because
we need to have a deeper
understanding of our subject and
provide new insights.
Extensive writing is part of the
writing process because a writer must
document events or personal
experiences.

Correct! In writing nonfiction, it is

important to conduct a thorough study
or research in order to learn more about
a topic, person, or idea and to find out
more about the subject of your writing.
You don't want to rewrite was is already
written by other authors or repeat what
is already claimed in previous writings,
so you need to carry out your research
to provide new information.

Research also allows you to verify facts.

As a writer of nonfiction, you want to
be sure that what you write is true and
accurate. The writer must document events or
personal experience.
The third one is Reporting.

Number 5?

This means that as a writer, you need to

document events or things you
personally experience in order to add
them accurately to your writing and
ensure that the sequence of events told
in the piece of writing is correct. Yes, ma’am.

For example, in writing a memoir.

Do you still remember what a memoir

is? A memoir is a form of creative
nonfiction in which the author
What is a memoir? recounts previous experiences in
his/her life.
Number 20?
A memoir includes personal
experiences, feelings, thoughts, and
opinions when writing text.

Number 31?

That's right! So, if you plan to write a

memoir, it will be more convenient for
you to have a record of the important
events that happened in your life in
order to not leave out any important
information that will add to the
accuracy and strength of your writing.
The same goes when writing an
autobiography.
Including personal experiences in
The next element is Personal your writing can draw the reader in
Experience and Personal Opinion of and increase its relatability. Using
the Writer. personal experience in your writing
can help it become more realistic and
Number 18? meaningful. You can also establish a
stronger connection with your
audience by including your personal
experiences.

A writer of nonfiction may incorporate

personal experience, feelings, and
opinions into his/her writing.

For example, personal experience,

opinions, and feelings of an author may
be included when writing a memoir or
personal essay.
The writer is required to explain the
Why do we need to include our personal personal experience or opinion used
experiences in our writing?
 to the reader.
Number 6?

The next element of creative nonfiction

is Explanation/Exposition.

The writer needs to explain the personal

experience or opinion he included in his
writing in order for the readers to
understand more and have context or
background details of the personal
experience and opinion he shared.
Creative nonfiction is often written in
Last but not the least is Essay Format. essay format.

Number 13? For instance: Personal Essays,

Literary Journalistic essays, and brief
Number 28? essays.

Since an essay is nonfiction because the

writer conveys factual information and
aims to inform, not merely entertain,
nonfiction texts are often written in
essay format.

That's all for the Most Common

Elements of Creative Nonfiction None, Ma'am.
according to David Hood.

Any questions before we proceed to our

next topic?
 The student will choose one
Alright! To see if you've really
common element of creative
understood the following common
nonfiction; and
elements of creative nonfiction, let's
 The student will explain
have a brief exercise.
using his/her own words why
they are important when
constructing creative
nonfiction text.
 (Criteria: Organization – 1,
Clarity – 1, Relatedness – 2,
Appropriateness – 1)

For example:

Fact, ma’am. Fact is important in writing


Number 30?
Number 25?
Number 20?
Good job, class!
Now, let’s proceed to Lee Gutkind’s 5
Rs of Creative Nonfiction
The first R of Creative Nonfiction is
Real Life.
Number 8?
Creative nonfiction from the word itself
"nonfiction", simply means that
nonfiction text must be based on facts
and is centered on real events that
happened in real life which includes
real people, personal and other people's
experiences.
Number two is Reflection.
What do we mean when we say
reflection? Any ideas?
Number 35?
Number 24?
Correct! Reflection is writing what we
learned or observed about something.
May someone read this?
Number 7?
creative nonfiction. As you mentioned,
creative nonfiction is writing about real
life, therefore, factual information is
needed in your writing.
Personal experience, ma’am. Including
our personal experience in our writing
will make our work more relatable to our
audience. And because it is our personal
experience we are writing about; we will
be able to write it in detail.
Essay format, ma’am, because it makes
our writing organized.
Creative nonfiction is focused on
‘real life’ aspects. The writer writes
literary pieces based on personal
experience. The writer also writes
about other people’s experiences
based on real events. (Hood, 2010)
Reflection is sharing our own
experiences or what we learned
about something
Reflection is our observation about a
certain subject which shapes our
thinking.
According to David Hood, Creative
Nonfiction is mostly based on the
personal ‘reflection’ of the writer
about what they are trying to write.
After compiling the gathered
information, the writer analyses
every side of the story. They will
then evaluate their thoughts and
 opinions.

Writers are free to express their

opinions and thoughts about a
subject as long as their writing
What do you understand based on what embraces the reader in a variety of
you’ve read? ways.

Number 33?

Although the personal "reflection" of

the writer may be used in writing
nonfiction text, it is important to
remember that you must not write too
much about yourself alone without
looking at the universal focus or the
ideas and thoughts that might occur to
other people as well. It is crucial to also
consider what your readers might think
in order to capture their interest and
keep them engaged.
Number three is Research.
Number 6?
Writing a creative nonfiction text
requires complete research to further
understand and discover the topic
that the writer wants to pursue. Even
when constructing a personal essay,
the writer needs to do complete
research such as reading personal
journals and interviewing family and
close friends to ensure that all the
gathered information is factual.
(Hood, 2010).

One of the main objectives of creative

Nonfiction is to gather and present
information, to teach readers about a
person, place, idea, or situation by
combining the creativity of the artistic
experience.

To ensure that you produce a text with

accurate information, research is
needed. The research phase in writing
makes the writer knowledgeable about
the topic he's planning to write about If a writer fails to show adequate
and immerses himself in the subject. understanding of the topic he’s writing,
he will more likely produce a story that
What will happen if a writer fails to is written poorly.
show adequate understanding of the
topic he's writing?

Number 38.
First, you need to familiarize yourself
with the subject or topic you're planning
 to write.
There are three main reasons why
research is part of the writing process
of creative nonfiction.

Read it simultaneously.

For example, you are the writer. Second, assess your competition.

If the topic is something you do not

know yet, you need to make yourself
knowledgeable enough to answer the
questions you formulated about the
topic you want to write about.

Here, you want to assess your Lastly, ask yourself "How can I reflect
competition. Are there already existing and evaluate a person, subject, or place?"
books, essays, and articles about this
subject? Who are the experts, the
pioneers, or other controversial figures?
You want to find a new angle - not
write a story similar to one that has
already been written.

Here, you will try to find and know the

point of view or the background story of
the individuals you plan to add to your
story.

For example, if you're writing a

biography about Shakespeare, you
cannot simply speculate information
about him, your writing must be based Reading
upon a solid foundation of knowledge.

So, if you've already done these three Yes, Ma'am.

reasons for incorporating research in the
writing process - it means you have
satisfied the fourth R of creative
nonfiction which is...

Correct! When we conduct research, we

read, right?

Not only must you, as a writer, read

research materials, but you should also
read the works of other prominent
writers. By doing this, you can gain
insights into how to better approach
your target audience through your Writing
writing, and it enables you to discover
the stylistic approach and writing style
of the author.

For the final step of constructing a

creative nonfiction text, we have…

The art of writing requires the

 creativity, instincts, talent, and
imagination of the writer to write
groundbreaking pieces. Creating a
creative nonfiction text requires a lot of
techniques to have a memorable impact
on the target reader of the writer.

Just because you're writing a nonfiction

text, doesn't mean that you cannot be
creative.

Do not be afraid of writing creatively

even when writing nonfiction text.
Creative nonfiction, from the word
itself, basically means writing creatively
based on facts rather than fantasy or
fiction. In writing nonfiction text, the
writer will write informative books and
make it seem like fiction to engage the
readers.
Writing is the most artistic and difficult
aspect of the writing process because, in
This final step or the last "5R" is the
this step, we will use all the information
most artistic and difficult aspect of the
we gathered and think of ways to put
whole writing process. Why do you
everything we understood into our
think so?
writing and write our piece creatively.
Number 10?

Correct! In this step, the writer will

incorporate into his writing the
information he gathered upon doing the
other 5Rs of creative nonfiction and
think of different approaches and
writing styles how he will write
creatively and informatively in order to
capture the attention of his target
audience and keep them engaged when Yes, Ma’am. We understood our lesson.
they read his story.
None, Ma’am.
That’s all for Lee Gutkind’s 5Rs of
Creative Nonfiction.

Did you understand our lesson?  Read the text provided;

 Write at least five of the common
Any other questions? elements of creative nonfiction
according to David Hood used in
D. APPLICATION the text; and
 Explain how the elements used in
To check if you’ve understood the lesson, the text made it informative and
let’s have an activity. creative. (Criteria:
Organization – 1, Clarity – 1,
Relatedness – 2, Appropriateness
–1
 E. GENERALIZATION
To wrap up our discussion, I will spin this
wheel and if your number is chosen, you
need to share with the class what you’ve
learned in our lesson.
Number 27?
I learned that doing research is an
essential part of the writing process of
creative nonfiction because research
ensures that you can provide lots of
information to your audience.
One of the elements of creative
nonfiction is fact. Here, the writing of
the author should be based on facts
rather than fiction.

When you write creative nonfiction, you

should provide evidentiary support to
Number 15? your claims or the information
incorporated in your writing.

Creative nonfiction is often written in an

essay format.
Number 9?
Creative nonfiction includes personal
experiences, thoughts, feelings, and
opinions when writing, particularly in
memoirs, personal essays, etc.
Number 34?
There are 5Rs of creative nonfiction
according to Lee Gutkind. Real life,
Number 28? Reflection, Research, Reading, Writing.

Writing is the most artistic and difficult

aspect of constructing nonfiction text.

Number 19? In writing creative nonfiction texts, we

need to make sure that the way we write
or approach target readers will capture
their attention and keep them engaged.
Number 29?

Number 1?

IV. EVALUATION
A. Multiple choice
Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. A statement that is true and can be verified as such.
 a. Personal experience
b. Research
c. Fact
d. Truth
2. The writing must be based on primary ________ interviews, personal experience, and
secondary research, gathering information from books, magazines, and newspapers.
a. Sources
b. Materials
c. Research
d. News
3. It is documenting events that happened in your life.
a. Fact
b. Diary
c. Essay Format
d. Reporting
4. Including personal experiences in your writing can draw the reader in and increase its
____________.
a. Credibility
b. Relatedness
c. Connection
d. Relatability
5. The writer must explain the information he included in his writing for the readers to understand
more and have context for what is written.
a. Essay
b. Personal Experience
c. Personal Opinion
d. Explanation

B. Identification
Identify what is being described in each item. Write your answer in the space provided.
_______________1. It is the most artistic and creative aspect of creative nonfiction.
_______________2. In order to strengthen your work and provide new insights, you need to
know what information the other authors lack in their literary piece
_______________3. This enables a writer to discover different stylistic approaches and writing
styles of prominent authors.
_______________4. This requires creativity, creativity, instincts, talent, and imagination of the
writer to produce literary masterpieces.
_______________5. It is writing your observations and realizations that helped in shaping your
perspective.

V. ASSIGNMENT 1:
Write a short essay about your memorable life experience and indicate the elements you
used.