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Detailed Lesson Plan in English 2

Quarter 3 - Week 6

I. Objectives
Ate the end of the 40 min lesson, the pupils shall be able to:
Talk about text identifying major points and key themes EN2LC-IIIi-j-2.6
a. Identify what are major points and key themes
b. Recognize major points and key themes in the given selections
c. Assess the texts to answer the following questions to find major points and key
themes.
II. Subject Matter
a) Topic: Identifying major points and key themes
b) Materials:
 Visual Aids
 Pictures
 Illustrations
c) References:
 Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC)
 Teacher Frell (2022) English 2 Quarter 3 Week 6. Major Points and Key Themes

III. Procedure
A. Preliminary Activity
 Review
Last week, with the help of your parents, you have learned how to retell and reenact
stories.
This week, we are going to learn to identify major points and key themes in a selection.

 Motivation

This time, let us read a poem here.

“What Does the Little Birdie Say?”

What does the little birdie say,
In her nest at peep of day?
“Let me fly,” says little birdie,
“Mother, let me fly away.”

“Birdie, rest a little longer,

Until the little wings are stronger.”
So, she rests a little longer,
Then she flies away.

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Camiling, Tarlac

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What did the little birdie wants to do?
- The little birdie wants to fly.

Why was the birdie not yet allowed to fly?

- The little birdie is not yet allowed to fly because her mother didn’t allow her.

When was the right time that it will be allowed to fly?

- Until her wings are stronger

Did the birdie obey its mother?

- Yes

What do you think is major point in the poem which you should remember?

- Asking her mother to let her fly.

B. Presentation of the Lesson

 Lesson Proper

Major points are the main idea or key of a story or a paragraph. The main idea is the major
point of the paragraph. It is the most important thought about the topic. The author can locate the main
idea is usually a sentence and it is usually the first sentence.

The key theme is the main idea of the paragraph. It is what the paragraph is about.

 Activity (Individual/Group)

Direction: Identify the major points and the key theme of the selection by answering the following
questions.

Our brain and all its parts control our daily

lives, from breathing and blinking to helping in
memorizing lessons. It signals the body what to
do in split seconds. It also stores information
from the past which makes remembering easy.
Many people do not realize what the human
brain can do.

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1. What is the key theme of the paragraph?
2. What are the major points in the story?

Remember that major points are the main idea of a paragraph, the most important thought of the
paragraph. And key themes are also the main idea of the paragraph, it is what the paragraph is all
about.

 Generalization

What are major points?

What are key themes?

IV. EVALUATION
Direction: Read the selection below. Identify the major points and key themes of the paragraph.
Choose the letter of the correct answer.

“ I have a Little Frog”

I have a little frog,

His name is Timmy Tim.
I put him in the bathtub,
To see if he could swim.
He drank up all the water.
He gobbled up the soap.
And when he tried to talk,
He had a bubble in his throat.

1. What is the key theme of the poem?

a. About the little frog
b. About the bathtub
c. About the water
d. About the soap
2. What is the name of the frog?
a. Timmy Swim
b. Timmy Rob
c. Timmy Tim
d. Timmy Rim
3. Where did he put his frog?
a. In the soap
b. In the roof
c. In the pond
d. In the bathtub
4. What did the frog drink?
a. All of the juice
b. All of the chocolate
c. All of the water
d. All of the above

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5. What the frog had in his throat when it tried to talk?
a. Bubble
b. Wooble
c. Doodle
d. Puddle

V. ASSIGNMENT

Direction: Read and identify the major points and key themes of the poem. Encircle the key theme and underline
the major points.

“Star”

Bright Star,

Shining in the sky.

Starlight, seen way up high.

I wish I could soar high,

I wish I could fly.

So I could touch a start, and keep it as mine.

Prepared by: Checked by:

CHRISTINE JOY P. JULIAN BETTY ANN L. MARCELINO, Ed. D.

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