Detailed Lesson Plan in English 8

I-Objective:
EN8G-Ia-7 Use Parallel Structures

II-Contents:
A. Subject Matter: Parallel Structure
B. References: English Expressways II pp.208-209;
Activity Sheet for English 8 Quarter 3 – MELC 6 – Week 6
C. Materials: LED TV, manila paper, activity cards, pentel pens
D. 21st Century Skill: Communication Skills (reading and writing)
E. Value Focus: the importance of balance in life
F. Concept: Parallel Structure refers to the use of grammatical elements or patterns that have the same
function and express similar and balanced ideas. For example, if the first word in a group or series of
words is a noun, then the following items should also be nouns; if it is a verb, then all the other items
should also be verbs.
Use parallelism in single words and phrases, such as;
1. Verb or Verb Phrases –(e.g. My sister walks and runs in the Plaza.), (Romeo cooked the foods,
washed the plates and watered the plants.)
2. Adjective – (e.g. Mark is industrious and helpful.)
3. Adverb or adverbial phrase – (e.g. Rose dances gracefuly and happily.) ; (The groups meet at night
and on weekends.)
4. Gerund and Gerund phrases (-ing form of the verb)
(e.g. Maria loves dancing, swimming and singing.); (May enjoys playing volleyball, singing love songs
and baking cakes.)
5. Infinitive or infinitive Phrases (e.g. Jason likes to read and to write)
G. III- Procedure

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

A. Pre-Activity
1. Speech Drill- Critical consonants
sounds /v/ and /b/ ( the students follow the Speech Drill)
Words:
/v/ /b/
Very berry
Vase base
Van ban
Vow bow
Phrases:
Very sweet berry
Bow when making a vow
Ban in using the government’s van
Sentences:
1.Put the vase in the table base.
2. She gave me a very sweet berry.
3. The officers bow when they make a
vow.
 4. Everybody knew the ban to use the
government’s van.

2. Review
What is Literature Literature refers to a body of written
works such as poetry, novels, history,
biography, and essays that reflects the
background of a certain culture. It is
derived from the Latin word
litaritura/litteratura which means
“writing formed with letters”.

What are 2 types of Literature? Fiction and Non-Fiction

What is Fiction? Fiction is a type of Literature that is a

product of a writer’s imagination.

What is Non-Fiction? Non- Fiction is a type of Literature that

is based on facts. It is a writing about
real people, places and events.

3. Motivation
Before we unravel our new topic this
morning. I have here set of pictures.
Observe them carefully.
Directions: Identify the pictures which does
not belong to the group.

1.

2.

3.
What things is not included in the first set of radio
pictures?
Correct! How about the second set of pictures? little Girl
Correct! How about the third set of pictures?
cellphone
Very well! Now, class we can correct the
inconsistency of these things by making them
similar to each other. However , inconsistency does
not only happen in things or ideas. In sentences we
can also see inconsistency or irregularities that
need to be corrected by making them parallel to
each other.

Statement of the Objective of the lesson.

This morning, we are going to tackle about

Parallelism. I want you to listen attentively and
participate actively in our discussion because at
the end of our lesson, you are expected to achieve
our objective. Kindly read.

a. Use Parallel Structures

4. Presentation

to start our discussion, you will read the

following sentences.

Directions: Identify the Parallel words

in each sentence and identify what part
of speech is being used.

1. She loves flowers, birds, and (Noun, Parallel in words)

butterflies.
2.He likes walking along the seashores, (Gerund, Parallel in phrases)
climbing mountains, and gathering
corals.
3. Amy loves to sing, to play and to (Infinitive, Parallel in word)
dance.
4. Leah eats, drinks and sleeps. (Verb, Parallel in words)
5. Ana sings softly and tenderly. (Adverb, Parallel in word)

B. ACTIVITY PROPER
(refer to activity sheet)
GROUP 1
Directions: Make the guide words,
enclosed in parenthesis, similar or
parallel to the series of words or
phrase.
Ex. (read) Ben loves writing, painting,
and__________.
 Ans. Reading

(run) 1. to walk, to jump, ________ to run

(sing) 2. dancing, acting, _______ singing
(cook) 3. washed, cleaned, ______ cooked
(quick) 4. immediately, carefully, ____ quickly
(take) 5. will make, will buy, will take
___________
Group 2:
Directions: Change the underlined
unparalleled word into the correct
parallel structure.

1. Amy love chatting online friends, watching You Tube videos

playing computer games and to watch
You Tube videos.
2. To stop, to look and listen is to listen
important when driving.
3. He talks sweetly, softly and fluent. fluently
4. Yesterday, I studied my lessons,
answered the homework’s and check checked my notes
my note.
5. The girl is beautiful, respectful and thoughtful
has many thoughts.

Group 3
Directions: Read the following
unfinished sentences, then complete
the sentence with suitable word/s to
make the elements parallel in
structure.

Example: She loves flowers, birds and

____________
Answer: butterflies
to be skillful, talented and smart
1. To be famous is _______________

chocolate, ube and mango

2. He likes vanilla ice cream better than
_______________________. surely
3. Steve answered the test carefully,
quietly and __________________. money
4. The robbers ransacked the house,
stole the jewelries, and
_______________. to buy foods.
5. My Mom loves to cook food, to wash
our clothes and ________
 5. Analysis
Questions:
1. Are the words or phrase parallel?
2. What do we used to make the words or
phrase parallel?
3. What part of speech is used to make
the sentence parallel?
4. When do we used Parallel Structure?
6. Application/Generalization
1. Why we should observe parallelism in
writing?
2. When can we used Parallel Structure?
7. Value Focus
In Parallelism, it is very important to
show consistency in every word we
used. Thus, we should learn to balance
the words. On the other hand,
balancing is not only present in
grammar, it can also be found in life.
Everyday , we try to balance everything
No.
If the words or phrase is Noun the
succeeding phrase must also be Noun
to make it parallel. If it uses a Verb,
Adverbs and Adjective the following
phrase must also be the same.
Nouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjective,
Infinitive and Gerund.
Parallel Structure is used to show
patterns that have the same function
and express similar and balanced
ideas.
Parallelism is important and is
observed in writing because it allows a
writer to achieve a sense of rhythm
and order. When sentence structures
are not parallel, writing sounds
awkward and choppy.
Parallel Structure is used to show
patterns that have the same function
and express similar and balanced
ideas. This are used in single word or
phrases
1. Verb or Verb Phrases
2. Adjective
3. Adverb or adverbial phrase
4. Gerund and Gerund phrases (-ing
form of the verb)
5. Infinitive or infinitive Phrases
 such as our studies, works and
household chores. It is difficult but how
do you balance your priorities in life?
I balance them through my time. I have
to organize the things that I have to do
so that I have the time to do the things
needed.

That is good! How about the others? I make it sure to balance my life in
different aspects like spiritual, social
and physical aspect.

Correct! Most of us try to balance our

priorities through time management, and it is
necessary to have proper time management.
Why? Without time management we might be
able to forget an important task for that day
because we are very busy in other aspects of
our life. It is not easy but we can work it out
through constant practice. If we devote our life
to one thing, such as work while neglecting our
family, it will bring a negative impact in our
life.
Do you understand what I am trying to say? Yes Ma’am.

8. Application
Directions: A ball is passed from one
person to another while the song is played
once the music stops the person holding
the ball will answer the question.
Read the following sentences and pick out the
words or phrases having parallel structures.
Indicate whether the series of word/s are
nouns, verbs, adjective, or adverbs, phrases or
clauses.

Example: Emily colored her hair, got a

tattoo, and wore heavy
make-up just to despise her mother.

Answer:
colored her hair, got a tattoo, and wore
heavy make-up (verbs)

_______________1. Jamie bought her

grandmother a bouquet of flowers, a new Flowers, perfumes, cookies- nouns
perfume, and a box of cookies.
_______________2. Eleanor is pretty, Pretty, smart, sassy- Adjective
smart, and sassy.
_______________3. Marty delivered his effortlessly, skillfully, and fluently-
report effortlessly, skillfully, and fluently. Adverbs

_______________4. A bear, a wolf, and a bear, wolf, lion- Nouns

lion were seen near the campsite last
night.
_______________5. Cooking for the family, Cooking, cleaning, doing- Verbs
cleaning the house, and doing the
laundry are what mothers usually do.

IV- Assessment
A. Directions: Use correct parallel structure
in constructing correct word or phrase
to make the sentence complete. Guide
words are given before the number.

(convince) 1. Politicians are good in convincing

motivating, captivating and _______
people.
(die) 2. To love, to care, and ______for our to die
country is Nationalism.
(respect) 3. Filipinos are hospitable, respectful
responsive and _______people.
(wise) 4. We must vote honestly, correctly wisely
and ___________.
(educate) 5. Social Media informs, instructs educate
and ___________people.

B. Directions: Read the following

unfinished sentences, then complete
the sentence with suitable word/s to
make the elements parallel in structure.

Example: Children love to eat, play, and

_____________.
Possible Answer: dance

6. Josh likes swimming, camping, and

___________________________. surfing/snorkeling/dancing
7. My best friends are my parents, my
siblings and ______________________. my relatives
8. My cat likes not only to sleep, but also to eat
_____________.
9. Martha struggled to finish her education good salary/high salary
because she wanted to have a decent job,
_______________, and to help her family.
10. English, Science, and___________, are Math
my favorite subjects.
V- Assignment

Directions: Apply what you have learned by

writing your own examples of sentences
using parallel structures.

Prepared by: Karen A. Balicuatro

English 8 Teacher
 ACTIVITY SHEETS

GROUP 1
Direction: Make the guide words, enclosed in parenthesis, similar or parallel to the series of words or phrase.

Example: (read) Ben loves writing, painting, and__________.

 Answer: reading

(run) 1. to walk, to jump, ________

(sing) 2. dancing, acting, _______

(cook) 3. washed, cleaned, ______

(quick) 4. immediately, carefully, __________

(take) 5. will make, will buy, _____________

GROUP 2
Directions: Change the underlined unparalleled word into the correct parallel structure.

Example: She has a pinkish face and a curved body structure.

Answer: curvy

1. Amy love chatting online friends, playing computer games and to watch You Tube videos.

2. To stop, to look and listen is important when driving.

3. He talks sweetly, softly and fluent.

4. Yesterday, I studied my lessons, answered the homework’s and check my note.

5. The girl is beautiful, respectful and has many thoughts.

GROUP 3
Directions: Read the following unfinished sentences, then complete the sentence with suitable word/s to make the
elements parallel in structure.

Example: She loves flowers, birds and ____________

Answer: butterflies

1. To be famous is ___________________________.

2. He likes vanilla ice cream better than _____________________________.

3. Steve answered the test carefully, quietly and _________________________________.

4. The robbers ransacked the house, stole the jewelries, and ________________________.

5. My Mom loves to cook food, to wash our clothes and _________________________________________________