School: BNSHI Grade Level: 8

GRADES 1 to 12 Teacher: SHEENA JANE C. MARTINETE Learning Area: ENGLISH

DAILY LESSON LOG Teaching Dates and
Time: October 2-6, 2023 Quarter: 1ST

DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4

I. OBJECTIVES
A. GRADE LEVEL The learner demonstrates communicative competence through his/ her understanding of Afro-Asian Literature and other
STANDARDS: texts
types for a deeper appreciation of Philippine Culture and those of other countries.
B. Learning MELC: Determine the meaning of words and expressions that reflect the local culture by noting context clues EN8V-If-6
Competencies
Objectives Determining the Words and Determining the Meaning of 1. Define denotation and
Expressions that Reflect the Idiomatic Expressions by connotation.
Local Culture by Noting Noting Context, Clues, and ICL
Context Clues Collocation. 2. Use appropriate strategy
in unlocking the meaning of
a word.
II. CONTENT
Determining the Words and Unlocking Meaning of
Noting Context, Clues, and
Expressions that Reflect the Words through Hands of the Blacks by
Collocation in Idiomatic
Local Culture by Noting Denotation and Luis Bernardo Honwana
Expressions
Context Clues Connotation.
II. LEARNING RESOURCES
A. References
1. Teacher’s Guide Pages

2. Learner’s Materials
Pages
3. Textbook Pages

4. Additional Materials
from Learning Resource
(LR) portal
B. Other Learning Self-Learning Modules Self-Learning Modules Self-Learning Modules Self-Learning Modules
Resources
III. PROCEDURES
A. Reviewing Previous Directions: Identify the idea
Lesson or Presenting the suggested by the given
New Lesson italicized expressions. Write
the letter of the correct
answer before the number.
1. When you ride a Philippine
Airlines domestic flight you
will be greeted “Mabuhay!” as
you reach the airport.
a. welcome b. goodbye c.
thank you
_____2. It‟s quite amazing to
see foreigners use the local
public transport and say
“Para!” as they reach their
destination.
a. slow down b. stop c. stay
_____3. Filipinos believe that
pagmamano should be
passed on despite the
modern times to ensure
reverence to the elderly
generation.
a. greatness b. love c.
respect
B. Establishing a Purpose As you go further in your
for the Lesson studies,you will meet more
difficult words in future
reading lessons. There will be
instances that a dictionary or
the internet will not be
available for use. It is best to
know a way on how to
understand the meaning of
words in ways other than the
usual. Let us altogether
unlock secrets on how to do
We have learned that
idiomatic expressions are
frequently encountered in both
spoken and written discourse.
They require special attention
in language. The sheer
number of idioms and their
high frequency in
conversations make them an
important aspect of vocabulary
acquisition and language
learning in general. Knowing
when and where to use them
is an important social skill that
should be an integral part of a
language in everyday life.
Directions: Select the best
answer that corresponds to
the meaning of the underlined
words/phrases in the
sentence.
1. It was raining cats and dogs
when we got off the car.
a. We were getting really wet.
b. It was raining on cats and
Look at this picture. What The teacher will tell a story
do you see? about how God created the
Filipinos
That‟s right! It is a rose.
What comes to your mind
when you see a rose? What
does „rose‟ mean or
represent?
A rose is a prickly bush or
shrub that typically bears
red, pink, yellow, or white
fragrant flowers, native to
north temperate regions,
and may be associated with
love, passion, romance,
and death. Your ideas
about this picture have
something to do with our
lesson for today.
When you read and write, Picture Perfect Activity:
you need to be aware of Students will be grouped into
both the literal meanings of 8 and will show a picture of
words and their implied the story of each character.
meanings. You as a reader Their performance will be
and listener must be graded according to the
sensitive to the emotional rubric attached below.
meaning of words a writer
uses. Writers often bring a
particular attitude or tone to
their stories. This is
conveyed in their choices of
 that. dogs. words. How do we do that?
We should know denotation
c. It was raining hard. and connotation. This is
d. Cats and dogs were falling what we are going to talk
from the sky. about today.

3 more similar questions will

C. Presenting Filipino culture is made richer
Examples/Instances of and more colorful through the
the Lesson many expressions which are
uniquely Filipino. Many of
them are a little hard to
understand. One needs to
unfold for its meaning first to
understand it better. Today,
let us talk about determining
the meaning of words and
expressions that reflect the
local culture by noting context
clues.
D. Discussing New A contextis the part of
Concepts and Practicing something written or spoken
New Skills #1 that immediately precedes
and follows a word or
passage and clarifiesits
meaning.
A Clue is anything that
serves as a guide or directs
in the solution of a problem.
be given.
Talk about how to determine
idiomatic expressions by
noting context clues and
collocations.
Discuss Literal, non literal,
idiom and context clues.
Denotation is the literal or The Story of the Different
dictionary meaning of a Characters
word, while connotation is
the emotional response
evoked by a word.
For example, a „puppy‟.
Example of a positive -------------
connotation: My new
neighbor is a mature
woman.
Example of a negative
connotation: My new
neighbor is an elderly
woman.

Putting the ideas together,

Context Clues are hints that
the author gives to help
define a difficult or unusual
word. The clue may appear
within the same sentence as
the word to which it refers, or
it may follow in a preceding
 sentence.
E. Discussing new concepts How do we understand new
and practicing new skills words using context clues?
#2-- We must follow the clues.
Types of context clues
Guided Practice
Let us make a good guess in
the following situations.
Notice how the expressions
are used in the sentences.
1. Roy and Eric prepared for
this special lunch. They got a
clean banana leaf, washed
their hands, and happily
waited for the boodle fight.
What do you think will they
do?
They will eat with their bare
hands and the banana leaf
for their plates. This is an
example of inference.
Truly,if one believes that he
can achieve his dreams in
life,then with determination,
everything will
bepossible.This is uniquely
the Filipino spirit.
-----------
Guided Practice
Analyze the sentence and
identify the idiom in each
sentence below.
1) When I tried to get into a
good school, the process
involved a lot of red tapes.
The phrase ‘a lot of red tapes’
is the idiom in the sentence
and it means official rules and
processes that seem
unnecessary.
-------------------------
---------- -------------
Practice Exercise 1: Retell the story of each
Decide whether the character using the
underlined word is an informational frames.
example of denotation or
connotation.
1. He wears expensive
clothes but in reality, he‟s a
rat.
What is the meaning being
implied of the word „rat‟ in
the sentence?
Practice Exercise 2:
Identify whether the word
written in bold letters gives
a positive connotation or a
negative connotation.
1. Is that what you're
reading? Your interests
sure are unique.
Mind Maps What can you say of the
With two panels to illustrate characters being described
the denotation and symbolic in the story?
connotations of the word.
Directions: Read each text
message. Choose the correct
response from the box given
Choose one which expresses
the meaning of the
idiom/phrase out of the four
alternatives given for
idioms/phrases underlined in
the following sentences.
Denotation is when you -------------
mean what you say,
literally. Connotation is
created when you mean
something else, something
that might be initially
hidden.

1. Her arrogant behavior with

others has left her high and
dry.
a) to be penniless
b) to be very sick
c) to be very famous
d) isolated

(4 more questions will be

Using the sentence given,
identify what type of context
clue is used. Write the initial
letter before each number; I
for Inference, D for definition,
E for example, A for
antonyms, and S for
synonyms (IDEAS).
added)
Complete the following
sentences by filling in the
appropriate idioms.
POSTTEST
1. Meeting him in person was
____________. I couldn’t
believe it actually happened.
Directions: Read the In a ½ sheet of paper try to
following items carefully. describe yourself vividly
Encircle the letter of the using as many adjectives as
best answer. you can.
1. Denotation is a word‟s
__________.

_____1. The imprudent boy a. literal, dictionary

was rude to the policeman as 2. Her friend’s life was full of definition
he intercepted him during the ___________, and I think that
is the saddest part of being
 Enhanced Community human.
Quarantine.
(4 MORE QUESTIONS WILL
BE GIVEN) 3. You want to marry Alden
Richards? ______________!
4. Shia’s __________ is to
become the President of the
Philippines.
5. I ______________
travelling without insurance;
it’s too risky!
F. Developing mastery Guided Practice
(Leads to Formative Let us make a good guess in
Assessment) the following situations.
Notice how the expressions
are used in the sentences.
b. emotional meaning
c. synonym
2. Connotation is a word‟s
____________.
a. literal, dictionary
definition
b. emotional meaning
c. synonym
3. The word scrawny, as in
“Nick appeared scrawny,”
has __________
connotation.
a. positive
b. negative
c. no
B. Create a mind map of
words such as.
Cheap, skinny, and more
words will be given by the
teacher.
In a ½ sheet of paper retell
your own version of the story
on how God created
Filipinos.
Guided Practice
Analyze the sentence and
identify the idiom in each
sentence below.
1) When I tried to get into a

1. Roy and Eric prepared for
this special lunch. They got a
clean banana leaf, washed
their hands, and happily
waited for the boodle fight.
What do you think will they
do?
They will eat with their bare
hands and the banana leaf
for their plates. This is an
example of inference.
G. Finding practical Truly,if one believes that he
applications of concepts can achieve his dreams in
and skills in daily living life,then with determination,
everything will
bepossible.This is uniquely
the Filipino spirit.
H. Making generalizations Directions: Read each text
and abstractions about message. Choose the correct
the lesson response from the box given
I. Evaluating Learning Using the sentence given,
good school, the process
involved a lot of red tapes.
The phrase ‘a lot of red
tapes’ is the idiom in the
sentence and it means
official rules and processes
that seem unnecessary.
Choose one which
expresses the meaning of
the idiom/phrase out of the
four alternatives given for
idioms/phrases underlined
in the following sentences.
1. Her arrogant behavior
with others has left her high
and dry.
a) to be penniless
b) to be very sick
c) to be very famous
d) isolated
(4 more questions will be
added)
Complete the following
 identify what type of context
clue is used. Write the initial
letter before each number; I
for Inference, D for definition,
E for example, A for
antonyms, and S for
synonyms (IDEAS).
_____1. The imprudent boy
was rude to the policeman as
he intercepted him during the
Enhanced Community
Quarantine.
(4 MORE QUESTIONS WILL
BE GIVEN)
J. Additional activities for
application and
remediation
V. Remarks
Reflect on your teaching and assess yourself as a teacher.
VI.REFLECTION Think about your student’s progress this week. What works?
sentences by filling in the
appropriate idioms.
POSTTEST
1. Meeting him in person
was ____________. I
couldn’t believe it actually
happened.
2. Her friend’s life was full
of ___________, and I think
that is the saddest part of
being human.
3. You want to marry Alden
Richards?
______________!
4. Shia’s __________ is to
become the President of
the Philippines.
5. I ______________
travelling without insurance;
it’s too risky!
 What else needs to be done to help the students learn?
Identify what help your instructional supervisors can provide
for you so when you meet them, you can ask them relevant
questions.
A. No. of learners who earned 80% in the evaluation
B. No. of learners who require additional activities for remediation
C. Did the remedial lessons work? No. of learners who have caught up with the lesson
D. No. of learners who continue to require remediation
E. Which of my teaching strategies work well? Why did this work?
F. What difficulties did I encounter which my principal or supervisor can help me solve?
G. What innovations or localized materials did I used/discover which I wish to share with
other teachers?

Prepared by: Reviewed and Checked by:

SHEENA JANE C. MARTINETE GINA L. GUTIERREZ

SST I MT I

Prepared by: Reviewed by: Checked by:

GINA L. GUTIERREZ MARY JEAN O. ROMANO HAMMY S. PASCO Ph.D

MT I HT III SSP III