Our Lady of the Pillar CollegeCauayan, INC

SAN FERMIN, CAUAYAN CITY, ISABELA, PHILIPPINES

COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION

www.olpcc.edu.ph.

Detailed Lesson Plan in English 6

I. Objectives

At the end of the 45 minutes discussion, the students should be able to:

a. state the sequence of the story;

b. dramatize a specific part in the story; and

c. relate the message of the story to one’s own life.

II. Subject Matter

a. Topic: My father Goes to court

b. References:

My father goes to court (Carlos Bulosan). (n.d.).

https://gabrielslibrary.blogspot.com/2010/04/my-father-goes-to-court-
carlos-bulusan.html

Unknown. (n.d.). Vocabulary Words for the Short Story: My father goes to
court. https://samsonsoliel.blogspot.com/2013/08/vocabulary-words-
for-short-story-my.html

Wikipedia contributors. (2024, January 29). Carlos Bulosan. Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Bulosan

c. Materials: PowerPoint presentation, Pictures, Tarpaper, Box, and sticky

notes
d. Values Integration: The importance of upholding principles of fairness and
equality.

III. Learning Procedure

 Teachers Activity Pupils Activity
a. Elicit

Good morning class!

Good morning, ma'am!

Before we start our class today, please all

stand for the opening prayer.

Kaye can you please lead us the prayer.

Let us pray.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed

be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will
be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give
us this day our daily bread and forgive us
our trespasses as we forgive those who
trespass against us; and lead us not into
temptation but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Before you take your seat, please pick up

those scattered pieces of paper under your (The pupils arrange their chairs and pick
table and arrange your chairs. up the scattered paper on the floor.)

Okay class settle down now.

What did we discuss last meeting class?
Yes Kaye?
(The pupils will raise their hands and
answer)
Ma'am last meeting we discuss the main
parts of plot.

Very good Kaye! Last meeting we talked

about the main parts of plot.

Before anything else, what is plot?

(The pupils will raise their hands and
answer)

Yes Jolina? Ma'am plot is the way a story is presented.

Very good Jolina!

Plot is the way how the story is presented

class, and plot has 6 main parts.

What are those?

(the pupils will raise their hands and
answer)

Yes Kriscene?
 Exposition ma'am.

Very good!

Yes Atasha? Rising action ma'am.

That’s right!

Yes Jacky? Falling action ma'am.

Very good!

Yes Harvey? Conflict ma'am.

That’s correct!

Yes Christian? Climax ma'am.

Are there more?

Yes Shaina? Denouement ma'am.

Very good!

Your answers are all correct class.

Those are the main part of? Plot ma'am.

Very good!

I'm glad that you still remember our lesson

last meeting.

b. Engage

For today’s lesson I prepared some

activities. So, are you familiar with the
game called Pass the box?
Yes ma`am.
In this game you should form a big circle.

I will play a music and you are going to

pass the box into your classmate. When
the music stops the person holding the box
should give atleast 1 characteristics or
personality traits based on what they have
pick in the box.

Did you understand class?

Yes ma`am.

Okay, let’s start!

(The students form a big circle)

(The students begin to play)

Words inside the box

poor family

rich family

judge

spectators

servants

children of a rich man

children of a poor man

Time is up! Please go back to your sits.

Did you enjoy class?

Yes ma`am.

Let’s look at your answers a while ago.

(The students will read the answers given)

(The students will explain each of the

answer of their classmate why those
people had this characteristics or
personality.

Your answers are all correct class. Give

yourselves a five clap.

(The students will clap)

c. Explore

Okay class, Lets have another activity.

I will group you into two and form a straight

line.

Each group will be given a sticky note that

contains unfamiliar words. What you are
going to do is to find the meaning of those
words on the given statements that are
pasted on the board and match it. The
group who will get a perfect or high score
will be declared as the winner of this
game.
Yes ma`am.
Did you understand class?
Yes ma`am!
Are you ready?

Okay, let’s start.

(The students start to do the activity)

Words in the sticky notes

condemning

contagious

sturdy

drifted

gratuitously

strutted

grotesque

glowered

boisterous

anaemic

Time is up!

Let’s check your answers.

Group 1 has 7 points.

Group 2 has 9 points.

The group that has higher points is group

2. Let’s clap for them class. (The students will clap)

Later, you will encounter those unfamiliar

words in the story that we are going to
talked about today.

d. Explain
Today we will talk about the story entitled
My father Goes to court.
(The teacher will present the author of the
story)

(Show picture of the author)

Carlos Sampayan Bulosan - was born on

November 24,1913, and died on
September 11, 1956, at the aged of 43. He
was a Filipino American author, poet, and
activist. A chronicler of the Filipino
American experience during the 1930’s-
early 1950’s, he is best remembered for
his semi-fictional, semi-autobiographical
novel America Is in the Heart (1946) a
staple in American Ethnic Studies and
Asian American Studies classes.

(The teacher will present and explain

unfamiliar words that students may
encounter later in the story)

1.condemning- to express an
unfavourable judgment or indicate strong
disapproval.

2.contagious- likely to spread to and

affect others.

3.sturdy- strongly and solidly built.

4. drifted -be carried slowly by a current of

air or water.

5. gratuitously- without good reason-

6. strutted- apparently arrogant.

7.grotesque-unnatural in shape or
appearance

8. glowered- to look or to stare with anger.

9.boisterous- noisy, energetic, and

cheerful.

10.anaemic- suffering from anaemia or

bloodless.

(After explaining the vocabulary words the

teacher will present the story. Each of the (The students start to read)
students will be given a copy of the story
for them to read.)

In the small Island of Luzon, there was a

happy family who always enjoying the day
every day. The children were always
 playing outside with a smile, bathing in a
cold river from mountains, full of
enjoyment. Until one day, there was a sad
family who came home in their house.
They always locked the windows tightly
that no sunlight enters.

The children were curious on that house

because they looked up in the window,
pale and thin children looking to their
place. The children were always watching
the other children, playing outside with the
sun shines. The rich man always locked
the windows and closed all curtains. The
rich man’s servants were cooking special
foods that the happy children smell the
aroma. They always stay in the window to
smell the spirit of the food. They sing, play,
swim. Sometimes, they laugh out loud
then the other neighbour joins them and
laugh at them.

Until the day came that the rich man filed a

case to the Father that he always stealing
the spirits of his food and wealth. Though,
they end up in the court, with their family.
They wait for the jury to judge them. The
father had no attorney, but the rich man
had. The father always agrees to all
question that they always smell the aroma
of their food, but not wealth. Father told
the rich man to see his children, and they
came, pale and thin.

After that, the father stood up and get

some coins to his children and wife and
put them in his straw hat. Then, he walked
to the rich man and sounded the coins and
then he said to him if he heard the spirit of
the sound, then the rich man agrees, and
he fell. The Jury stopped the case and
congratulated the father and he want to
hear his children laugh. They laugh out
loud but the jury laughed harder.

(The teacher will explain each part of the

story and shows some pictures to support
the situation.)

(The students will raise their hands)

e. Elaborate My father Goes to court ma`am.

What is the title of the story class?

(The students will answer the question)

In the small Island of Luzon ma`am.

Very good!

What is the setting of the story?

(The students will answer the question)
Very good!
rich man
Who are the characters in the story?
poor man

judge

spectators

servants

children of a rich man

children of a poor man

Very good children!

(The students will answer the question)
What is the problem/ conflict in the story? The rich man filed a case to the Father
accusing that he always stealing the spirits
of his food and wealth.

(The students will answer the question)

Very good class!
(Answer of the students may vary)
What is the mood of the story?

(The students will answer the question)

What is the message of the story?
(Answer of the students may vary)

The rich man’s servants always cook

According to the narrator, how did the special foods that the happy children smell
family become healthy? the aroma. They always stay in the
window to smell the spirit of the food. That
is why they became healthy.
Very good!

(Andrea will raise her hand)

Who wants to recite in front of the class
the sequence of the main events in the (Jan Harvey will raise his hand)
story?
(Princess will raise his hand)

(Irene will raise her hand)

(Macleth will raise her hand)

Thank you, my dear students. Yes ma`am.

Very good! Let’s give them a clap class!

Did you enjoy and understand the story

class?

Its nice to hear that.

(The teacher will explain to the students

the importance of fairness and equality)
(The teacher will divide the class into two
groups)
f. Extend

Let’s have an activity.

I will group you into two.

You are going to choose any part of the

story and dramatize it. You will also share
into your group your own ideas how you Yes ma`am.
relate this story into your life, and you will
summarize it as one and present it after
the dramatization of the story.
(The students start the activity)
Did you understand class?

Ok, I will give you 15 minutes to talk with (The students presentation starts)
your group.

Time is up!

Let’s start the presentation.

Very good class! You did a great job.

Give yourselves a five clap!
g. Evaluate

Directions: Read the statement carefully.

Choose the letter of the correct answer
and write it on the space provided before
the number.

____1. In the story, what is the occupation

of the narrator’s father?
a. farmer
b. lawyer
c. fisherman
d. carpenter

_____2. How does the narrators father

defend himself in the court?

a. He hires a skilled lawyer.

b. He presents evidence of his
innocence.
c. He relies on his reputation in the
community.
d. He confesses the crime.

_____3. What is the outcome of the case?

a. The narrator’s father is found guilty.

b. The case is dismissed.
c. The narrators father wins the case.
d. The rich man becomes angry to the
poor family.

_____4. Who is the antagonist in the

story?

a. The narrators father.

b. The judge
c. The accuser
d. The rich man

_____5. What is the mood or tone of the

story?

a. joyful
b. sad
c. humorous
d. suspenseful

_____6. What cultural background is

reflected in the story?

a. Filipino
b. Japanese
c. Chinese
d. Korean
_____7. How does the narrator feel about
his father’s court appearance?

a. embarrassed
b. indifferent
c. proud
d. angry

_____8. What is the central theme of the

story?

a. Justice
b. Family
c. Pride
d. Prejudice

_____9. What lesson can be learned from

the story?

a. The importance of honesty

b. The power of friendship
c. The inevitability of injustice
d. The value of wealth.

____10. How does the narrator describe

his father’s appearance in the court?

a. As nervous and anxious

b. As confident and composed.
c. As angry and confrontational
d. As confused and disoriented.

Answer key:

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.A

8.C

9.A

10.D
Assignment:

1.How do you interpret the title “My father

Goes to court”? What expectations did you
have about the story based on the title?

Prepared by: Checked by:

Shaina G. Tacac Prexanne Mavis F. Cristobal

BEED-II Instructor