GENSANTOS FOUNDATION COLLEGE, INC.

Bulaong Extension, General Santos City 9500

Tel. No. (083) 554-6285 ; Fax No. (083) 552-3008

Date: February 24, 2024 Teacher: Maria Vanessa Bella A. Cabang, LPT
Subject Area: English Grade & Section: 9

I. OBJECTIVES:
A. Content Standards:
 The learner demonstrates understanding of how Anglo-American literature
and other text types serve as means of enhancing the self; also how to use
processing, assessing, summarizing information, word derivation and
formation strategies, appropriate word order, punctuation marks and
interjections to enable him/her to participate actively in a speech choir.
B. Performance Standards:
 The learner actively participates in a speech choir through using effective
verbal and non-verbal strategies based on the following criteria: Focus,
Voice, Delivery, Facial Expressions, Body Movements/ Gestures and
Audience Contact.
C. Learning Competency:
 EN9WC-IIIa-9: Compose forms of literary writing.

Objectives:
1. analyze the meaning and message of the poem;
2. compose an acrostic poem about the given topic; and
3. relate poem content to particular social issues, concerns, or dispositions
in real life regarding the use of telephone and other technologies.

II. LEARNING CONTENT:

 Lesson: “The Telephone” by Edward Field
 Materials: laptop, projector, and speaker
 Reference/s:
1. K to 12 Curriculum Guide (May 2016) pp. 206-208
2. A Journey through Anglo-American Literature Learner’s Material for English pp. 236-
239
3. Internet:https://www.slideshare.net/shielalabs/g9-english-lesson-exemplar-3rd-
quarter
https://youtube.com/watch?v=V1jfFuduZXo&si=5Xwy6gUzjJ5SgGtI

III. PROCEDURE:

A. ACTIVITIES:
A.1 Preliminary Activities:
 Prayer
 Greetings
 Checking of Attendance
 Review
 The teacher will ask the students about the previous topic.

A.2 Activity
“Comprehend Me”
Direction:The teacher shows a short video.The students will give their idea
about the meaning of the video through connecting it with their experiences
and previous knowledge.

Link: https://youtube.com/watch?v=V1jfFuduZXo&si=5Xwy6gUzjJ5SgGtI
 GENSANTOS FOUNDATION COLLEGE, INC.
Bulaong Extension, General Santos City 9500
Tel. No. (083) 554-6285 ; Fax No. (083) 552-3008

B. ANALYSIS:
1. What have you noticed in the video presented?
2. Have you experience the scenarios in the video? How do you feel?
3. How will you prevent these scenarios from happening again?

C. ABSTRACTION
 The teacher distributes photocopy to the class. Then, he/she asks
them to read the poem “The Telephone” by Edward Field.

“The Telephone”
by: Edward Field

My happiness depends on an electric appliance

And I do not mind giving it so much credit
With life in this city being what it is
Each person separated from friends
By a tangle of subways and buses
Yes my telephone is my joy
It tells me that I am in the world and wanted
It rings and I am alerted to love or gossip
I go comb my hair which begins to sparkle
Without it I was like a bear in a cave
Drowsing through a shadowy winter
It rings and spring has come
I stretch and amble out into the sunshine
Hungry again as I pick up the receiver
For the human voice and the good news of friends

D. APPLICATION
Direction: The teacher divides the class into five (5) groups; and he/she
instructs them to analyse the message of the line of the poem and answer the
question that is assigned to them. Each group must pick one representative to
share their answer in front.

GROUP 1
My happiness depends on an electric appliance
And I do not mind giving it so much credit

1. What is the predominant feeling of the speaker in these lines?Why

does he feel that way?

GROUP 2
With life in this city being what it is
Each person separated from friends

1. Why are friends disconnected?

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GROUP 3
Yes my telephone is my joy
It tells me that I am in the world and wanted
It rings and I am alerted to love or gossip
I go comb my hair which begins to sparkle

1. How does a speaker justify his joy of having a telephone?

GROUP 4
Without it I was like a bear in a cave
Drowsing through a shadowy winter
It rings and spring has come

1. To what does the speaker compare man’s situation before the

advent of the telephone?

GROUP 5
I stretch and amble out into the sunshine
Hungry again as I pick up the receiver
For the human voice and the good news of friends

1. What does the speaker hunger for? Is he capable of connecting to

the world? Explain.

E. VALUING
 Would you live your life controlled by a phone, or would you control the
usage of a phone in your life? How?

V. ASSESSMENT (EVALUATION)
Direction: The teacher asks the students to get 1/2 crosswise, and he/she
instructs them to create an acrostic poem featuring their own version of “The
Telephone”
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Bulaong Extension, General Santos City 9500
Tel. No. (083) 554-6285 ; Fax No. (083) 552-3008

VI. ASSIGNMENT (AGREEMENT):

 Rest your eyes from using your phones and go to sleep early.