I.

Learning Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
a. Enhance students’ vocabulary by unlocking the meaning of words through
matching type.
b. Determine and define the elements of a short story
c. Demonstrate appreciation on the importance of values such as family love,
and respect towards elders. Appreciate the importance

II. Subject Matter

a. Topic: Elements of a Short Story
b. Web Sources
https://americanliterature.com/author/matsuo-basho/short-story/the-aged-mother/
https://readinglitty.com/2020/01/12/the-aged-mother-a-folktale-of-wisdom/

III. Learning Activities

Teacher’s Activities Learner’s Activity

A. Daily Routine

“Good afternoon, class.”

Dear Lord and Father of all,

“Please, let us stand and pray. Kindly
read the prayer flashed on the monitor.
Thank you for today.
Thank you for ways in which you provide for
us all. For Your protection and love we
thank you.
Help us to focus our hearts and minds now
on what we are about to learn.
Inspire us by Your Holy Spirit as we listen
and write.
Guide us by your eternal light as we
discover more about the world around us.

We ask all this in the name of Jesus.

Amen.

“Class, before you take your seats, please

arrange the chairs properly pick up all the
pieces of paper and plastics under your chair.”

Okay you may now have your sits.

Let’s check your attendance.

“Ms. Secretary, do we have any

absentees for today? (The class secretary provided the list of
absentees.)

Recapitulation

“Before we proceed to our new lesson,

Let us first do a Word Hunt game. All you have
to do is to find words. What specific words will they try to identify

A J V K S P K L O S W
U D C H A R A C T E R
Y X T J V U J P I T D
O N B X Q R S V U T W
P I M T Y Z F M A I L
L P S Q R O D H O N F
O I R D T J N P K G Q
T G M N H B Y U C X M
K W I Y E F V D Y W B
Q O L O M S R J U Y L
P X C D E I T H O J Z

Very good!

Hmmm, It seems that you are ready to dig in to

our new lesson.

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B. Priming

“Let’s have a game entitled “Pictionary”

Are you familiar with this game class?

Okay I will divide you in to 2 groups and each

group need 1 volunteer. Each volunteer need
to draw the word that I will give to them. The
rest of the group must then guess what he/she
drawing.
The word to collect
The first group to correctly guess the word
Mother
WINS. Each student from the group will
Farmer
receive 1 chip.

Okay, very good! Let’s give Group __ 5 claps!

So class, have you read any books or stories

about a mother or a farmer?

Later, I will give you the story and it is entitled

“The story of the aged mother.”

But before that, let us unlock first meanings of

some unfamiliar words that you will encounter
in the story.

C. Activities

Directions: Match the word in Column A with

its correct meaning in Column B.

Column A Column B Answer Key:

1. A
1. abandon A. to withdraw 2. B
2. dictator protection or 3. C
3. kindness support 4. D
4. penalise 5. E
B. a person with
5. reveal
unlimited
governmental
power
C. the quality of
being kind
D. give
punishment
E. make known
to others

C.2. Reading Exercise

“All right, let us now proceed to our

reading activity.”
 “The Aged Mother” by Matsuo Basho

Once upon a time, there lived a poor farmer who loved and treasured his mother above all
else. They lived in the country of “Shining Shinano village”, which was ruled by a dictator
ruler who once ordered the killings of the elders.
Since the poor farmer cherished his mother so much, he did not want to carry out the
order. But when the situation demanded it, he decided to take his mother up the mountain
and abandon her as a gentle way of killing her. But then he decided to return home with his
mother, hiding her in his hut. “Oh, honorable mother, your kindness breaks my heart!
Days passed, the cruel governor issued another order, this time to present him with a
rope made of ashes. And when to carry out such an impossible order, the poor farmer was
able to do it with the help of his mother.”Make rope of twisted rope and burn it on a windless
night.” her mother said.
When the cruel governor questioned the farmer about how he was able to do such a task,
the farmer revealed the truth. The governor did not penalise him for rescuing his mother, but
he did withdraw his proclamation as he recognised the value of the elderly in a country’s
development. “With the crown of snow, there cometh a wisdom.” the governor said.
The narrative ends with the moral that the knowldege of the elderly is just as vital as the
strenght of the youth.
1. What is the setting in the story?
It happened a long time ago at
2. Who are the characters in the Shinano village.
story? Who do you think is the
protagonist, and antagonist? The aged mother and the poor
describe him/her. farmer are the protagonists and the
cruel governor is the antagonist.

He commanded his mighty officials

3. What was the cruel proclamation of
to put to death all the aged people in
the governor?
the Shinano village.
4. Did the poor farmer leave his
mother at the mountain? What does
No, he took back his mother and hid
he do instead?
ther in the cabinet.
5. How the mother expressed her love
By guiding his son throughout his
to his son?
journey.

D. Analysis

1. What are the elements of a short story? Elements of a short story

1. Setting
2. Characters
3. Antagonist
4. Protagonist
5. Plot
 6. Point of View
7. Theme

E. Abstraction
Why theme of the short story is important?
Answers may vary
F. Application
This time class you will be working with your
group mates. Inside your envelopes are the
tasks together with the rubrics for rating your
output. Would you mind to read the task?

Group 1 Role play (Characters, antagonist and

protagonist)
Make a short roleplaying about the highlight of
the story
Group 2. Song (Theme)
State the theme of the story through a song.
Group 3 comics strip/poster
Illustrate the Setting of the story.
Group 4 Acronym
Write an acronym stating the PLOT
P
L
O
T
Group 5 (Short poem)
Make atleast one stanza of poem about the
love of mother.
Make at least one stanza using the theme of
the short story.

RUBRICS

Criteria 5 4 3 2 1 TOTAL

Focus
(concentrates
on the assigned
task that is
clear,
significant and
supportable)

Creativity
(presents
original or
unique style to
make it
interesting)

Impact
(convinces the
audience to
accept ideas
and moves
them to action)

Teamwork
(manifests
coordination
and
collaboration)

Total

G. Evaluation
Column A Column B

8. Setting A. Any person, animal, or figure

9. Characters represented in a literary work
10. Antagonist B. A person who is opposed to another
11. Protagonist
C. When and where the story occurs
12. Plot
13. Point of View D. The leading character
14. Theme E.Order of events that happen in the
story
F.The writers way of deciding who is
telling the story to whom
G. The deeper message or central idea
Answer Key:
1C
2.a
3.b
4.d
5.e
6.f
7.g

H. Assignment: Goodbye teacher. Thank you and see you

“For your homework, kindly do this:” tomorrow.
 On a half sheet of paper, write atleast 3
sentence, special letter to your mother, make
sure to tell your mother why she is special to
you and why you love her.

“That would be all for today. Class is

dismissed. Goodbye, class.”