Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region 1
DIVISION OF ILOCOS SUR
GREGORIO DEL PILAR NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH 7

QUARTER: 2
SUBJECT & GRADE LEVEL: English 7
TOPIC: Figurative language and Literal language
SCHEDULE: 10:00-11:00
DATE: NOVEMBER 14, 2022

I. OBJECTIVES
After going through these lessons learners are expected to:
a. differ from literal language to figurative language,
b. appreciate the value of literal and figurative language and
c. demonstrate an understanding of literal and figurative language by explaining why and such a
statement is literal or figurative language.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic Figurative language and Literal language
Materials Blackboard, and chalk
References English 7 Learner’s Material p. 166-168, 208-209

III. PROCEDURE
TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENTS’ ACTIVITY

A. PRELIMINARIES
Good morning Grade 7 Good morning, ma’am.

Please remain standing for a prayer. (The students remain standing)

Dear God, who is the highest of all who

created all things God since the beginning Amen.
and forever… Amen…

Please sit down. (The students sit down)

Are there absent today? None ma’am.

Let’s have a recap, what was the previous Figurative language ma’am and literal language.
lesson that we had last week?

What’s the different of the two? Ma’am literal language means exactly what it
What do we mean if we say literal says there’s no other meaning nothing more
language? nothing less.

How about figurative language? Figurative language ma’am is a way of

 expressing oneself that does not use a word’s
strict or realistic meaning.
The students listen.

Good! You have a sharp memory.

B. MOTIVATION Ma’am that is a chalk.

Okay class Ma’am it’s obvious it’s a name of a thing.

before we Ma’am noun

proceed to Animals, person, places and food ma’am.

our lesson, we Ma’am you’re writing on the board ma’am.

will play a
game Ma’am you’re doing something because you’re
writing on the board.

called “Pass the Ma’am action.

message!”
Your groupings
will depend on
what
line you are in.
The first line
will be the (The students read the following)
figures of speech, literal language, idioms,
figurative speech and metaphor.

Group 1,
second line will Tongue twister: Can you can a canned can into
an un-canned can like a canner can, can a
canned can into an un-canned can?

be the Group 2
and
the rest will
follow.
Choose one
representative
who will
be the first one
Ma’am from the word literal what you say is

to receive the what you really mean.

statement from
me.
Mechanics:
I will tell a
phrase and you
will pass Ma’am for example Grass looks green.

it backwards.
The last person
will be Ma’am figurative language is used to mean
something other than what is written.

the one who No ma’am.

will tell me the

exact Idiom’s ma’am.

word that I Curiosity killed a cat ma’am.

have said. Piece of cake ma’am.

Are we clear?
Okay. Let us
Very easy ma’am.

Metaphor ma’am is an example of figures of

begin. speech and metaphor ma’am is a comparison

between two different things without using
words as, or, like.

Okay class Simile, personification, hyperbole ma’am and

the like.
before we (The Grade 7 students copy it on their
notebook.)

proceed to
our lesson, we
will play a
game
called “Pass the
message!”
Your groupings
will depend on
what
line you are in.
The difference between literal language ma’am

The first line to figurative language is that, literal language is

direct to the point while figurative language is
not direct to the point because in figurative

will be the language, it’s hard to find out the meaning.

Moreover, ma’am when we say literal there’s no
other meaning rather than the real meaning

Group 1, found in the dictionary while figurative

language is that ma’am it talks about the
connotation of the word.

second line will We use literal language in our casual

conversation ma’am.
be the Group 2 In our writings for example ma’am in writing a
literary piece like poems ma’am.

and
the rest will
follow.
Choose one
representative
who will
be the first one
to receive the
statement from
me.
Mechanics:
I will tell a
phrase and you
will pass
 1. Figurative language

it backwards. 2. Literal language

3. Figurative language
4. Figurative language

The last person 5. Literal language

6. Figurative language
7. Figurative language

will be 8. Figurative language

9. Figurative language
10. Literal language

the one who 11. Literal language

12. Literal language
13. Literal language

will tell me the 14. Figurative language

15. Figurative language
16. Figurative language

exact 17. Literal language

18. Literal language
19. Figurative language

word that I 20. Figurative language

have said.
Are we clear?
Okay. Let us
begin.
Class, before we proceed to our lesson, can
you tell me what is this? (The teacher shows
a chalk)

So now what is a chalk? Is it a name of a

place or name of a thing?

Then if it’s a name of a thing, what do you

call it among the eight parts of speech?

Very good! So, nouns are names of things,

what else?

Exactly! How about this (The teacher writes

on the board using the chalk) what am I
doing?

Then if I’m writing on the board, what do

you call that? When I am using my energy
to write on the board?

That’s right! If you do something then that

would be called what? Begins with letter A
ends with letter N.

True! You nailed it.

Group yourself into two. (The teacher

facilitates grouping the students)

Here’s the instruction unscrambled the

scrambled words on the blackboard. The
group who will finish it later will have to
read these tongue twisters. I notice most of
you are not fluent in reading.

(The teacher writes the following on the

board.)

Scrambled words
1. fgrtveiaui neluggaa -figurative language
2. llaietr neulagag- literal language
3. geuisrf fo hsepce- figures of speech
4. ismdoi- idioms
5. mrphtaoe

Okay thank you, did you have fun? Group 1

is the winner give them a round of applause,
please!

C. DISCUSSION
Settle down Grade 7 go back to your proper
seats and arrange your chairs. Without
further ado let’s proceed to our discussion.
Now please read what you have to
unscramble in the board.

What you read would be our topic today.

We will be talking about literal and
figurative language.

So now what do you understand if we say

literal language? Do you have any idea?

Yes, Rica Mae.

Exactly! Literal language is used to mean

exactly what it says, it sticks to the basic
meaning of a word.

For example, it was raining a lot, so I rode

the boat.
In this example of literal language, the
writer means to explain exactly what is
written: that she chose to ride the bus
because of the heavy rain.

Right? Do you understand that? Did you get

the hang of it? There’s no other meaning
nothing more nothing less.

Now can you give me also an example, of

literal language in a sentence?

Yes, John Harry, you’re raising your hands?

Very good! That is the literal language

because grass really looks green, I mean
their colors are green.

How about figurative language?

What do we mean if we say figurative
language?

Great! The figurative language contains the

nonliteral sense of a word or words.

For instance, it was raining cats and dogs,

so I rode the bus. In this example of
figurative language, there were not actually
cats and dogs falling from the clouds,
instead, the rain felt so heavy and large that
it was almost as if small animals were
falling from the sky. Right? Because in
reality do cats and dogs fall from the sky is
that possible?

Indeed, it will never happen in real life.

By the way, what is “it’s raining cats and

dogs” it is an example of what?

Indeed, so we can say that idioms are

figurative language. What else do you
know? What are the examples of idioms
that you know? We have a lot.

What else?

Very Good! So, what does that mean?

How about metaphor?

Outstanding! What else can you remember

during your elementary days what are other
examples of figurative speech?

Very good Grade 7 now take note of this

and copy it on your notebook.

Literal language
-uses the actual meanings of words or
phrases in their exact sense (denotation)
-is direct to the point
-is usually used in casual conversations

Figurative language
- Uses different figures of speech to
make the content have a greater impact.
(connotation)
- needs to be carefully analyzed to
discover its meaning
- is commonly used in literary works.
 Literal language Figurative
language
James ran very James ran like a
fast. bullet.

After cleaning our After cleaning the

whole house, my whole house my
mother got mother can eat a
extremely hungry. hundred roasted
chickens.
(hyperbole)

D. GENERALIZATION
So now judging from the chart what’s the
difference between literal and figurative
language?

Where do we actually use literal language?

Very Good! How about figurative

language?

That’s true!

So, this two have different purposes we

can’t use figurative language in science and
research we actually use literal language.
On the other hand, figurative language is
used in writing prose and poetry we can
also use literal language but not totally
because it’s a combination of literal and
figurative language.

Okay put that in your mind

IV. APPLICATION
Writing activity: Write a paragraph regarding this
figurative language “The car slept on the bank of the
distant river.” Then reason out why this sentence is
considered figurative language.

Rubrics
5 4 3
Content Explained There is There are
well the one two
figurative incorrect incorrect
language, sentence sentences,
with correct and the the
punctuation explanatio explanatio
and n of n is not
capitalization figurative aligned
. language is with the
brief. target.
Readabilit Readable Marginally Writing is
y handwriting. readable. not
readable in
places.

V. EVALUATION
Direction: Group yourself into two. Then identify
whether the following statement is figurative
language or literal language.

1. Sand is solid water.

2. The flower smells sweet.
3. You’re a doll.
4. There is a silver lining in every cloud.
5. The boys’ room was messy.
6. My brother is such a couch potato.
7. After the marathon, the runner was thirsty
enough to drink the ocean.
8. When she sings her voice is like velvet.
9. Her teeth are likes stars because they come out
at night.
10. There was a lot of snow in the quiet forest.
11. Grandma’s garden is full of beautiful flowers.
12. I have a headache.
13. I am gorgeous.
14. I roasted in the sun.
15. My mother’s hair is the smell of warm bread
before you bake it.
16. Tom’s mouth is a vacuum cleaner.
17. Those shoes were very expensive.
18. It was very hot outside.
19. That guy talked my ear off.
 20. Don’t beat around the bush.

IV. REMARKS

V. REFLECTION

Prepared by: Vanessa R. Abad

BSE English
Cheked by: Junelyn T. Bitongan
Critic Teacher