Southern Baptist College

Mlang, North Cotabato

LESSON PLAN
I. Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

a. identify the figure of speech in creative writing,

b. create a poem using figure of speech, and
c. appreciate the use of figure of speech in creative writing.

II. Subject Matter

Topic: Creative Writing

Materials: Laptop, Power point Presentation, Hand-outs, Flash Cards

References: Burroway, Janet. Imaginative Writing: The Elements of Craft.

NY: Pearson, 2014. Check way, Julie, ed. Creating Fiction. Cincinnati: Story
Press, 2001.

III. Procedures

a. Preliminary Activities

Prayer

Greetings

Checking of Attendance

Classroom Standard

C- Cooperate in the class: Students will cooperate and engage with different activity
with their peers.

R- Respect one another: Show respect and care to each other. Towards your
classmates and teacher.

E – Excell in class: Unleash your highest potential by giving your best in class.

A-Accept differences: Understand and respect each other differences in all aspect.

T- Trust yourself: Think positively about what you can do. Trust that you can do more.

I-Inspire one another

V- Visionary: Think ahead.

E- Express one another taught and opinion.

 b. Reviewing of Past Lessons
Students will raise the green flag provided if the statement is true and raise the red flag
if it is false.
c. Lesson Proper

A. Motivation
The teacher is going to play a video clip.
Guide questions:
1. What have you observed about the video?
2. What do you think the feeling elicited by the video provided?

B. Reading of Objectives
Our objective is to:
a. identify the use of figure of speech in creative writing.
b. create a poem using of figure of speech.
c. appreciate the use of figure of speech in creative writing.

C. Activity
Instruction:
1. The student will be divided into 4 groups based on the color of paper pasted in
their chairs.
2. Students will identify the following photographs from the box. Place the provided
figure of speech on the blackboard. The pictures on the box were composed of
different kind of figure of speech.
3. For this task, the first group to successfully write the required sentence on the
board and identify what type of imagery and figure of speech it is will receive 10
points. After fully placing. Clearly read aloud.
4. You now have three minutes. You are not permitted to use any technology,
including your phone. You may now proceed with your respected group.

D. Analysis
The students will be asking the following questions.
Guide questions:
1. What have you learned in our activity?
2. What prior knowledge have you obtain?

E. Abstraction

Discussion of creative writing using figure of speech.

Figures of Speech Figures of speech are connotative presentations of words to

produce a literary effect.
Simile A figurative comparison with the use of as or like Life is like a game.
Metaphor A figurative comparison without the use of as or like Life is a game.
Figures of Contrast
Oxymoron Placing side by side of two contrasting words Blinding darkness.
Paradox A seemingly self-contradictory statement which can be proven to be true the
more you hate, the more you love.
Irony A statement of one idea, the opposite of which is meant You’re so lovely today;
you look like a Christmas tree.

Guide Questions:
1. What makes the imagery and figure of speech important in writing?
2. How will you able to identify the different types of imagery and figure of
speech?

F. Application
Activity 2 “Create me “

Making the student do a short activity to apply what they have learned.

 Instruction:
1. The students will be divided into 6 groups
2. Create a short poem using figure of speech.
3. You will be given 5 minutes to create a short poem.

Rubrics

CONTENT Outstanding Above Average Average

30 20 10

Imagery The writer shows The writer shows The writer shows no
five examples of three examples of examples of writing
writing that allow the writing that allow that allow the
reader to see, hear, the reader to see, reader to hear,
touch, taste, or smell hear, touch, taste, touch, taste, or
in their imagination or smell in their smell in their
what the writer is imagination what imagination what
trying to describe the writer is trying to the writer is trying to
describe. describe.

Figures of Speech Used a minimum of Used a minimum of Much of the spelling

five different three different and punctuation is
examples of examples of not correct. The
figurative language. figurative language letter contains 6-7
sentences

A- Evaluation

Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer for every item.

1. This refers to a way of writing, typically fiction or poetry, which displays imagination
or invention.

a. Diction b. Figures of speech c. Creative writing d. Imagery

2. This refers to the choice and use of words in writing.

a. Diction b. Figures of speech c. Creative writing d. Imagery

3. Which among the choices could be used in replacement of the underlined word in the
sentence? “Because she is the creative genius behind the series, Anna is getting paid
as much as the actors.”

a. Intellectual b. Brilliance c. Expertise d. Wisdom

4. Which among the choices could be used in replacement of the underlined word in the
sentence? “You should record all your expenses during your trip.”

a. Data b. Information c. Document d. History

5. This refers to the use of figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas
in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.

a. Diction b. Figures of speech c. Creative writing

B- Assignment
Direction: Write a ten-sentence informal letter to your future self. In your letter, describe
where you would want to be ten years from now, what you are doing and who you are.
Write your dreams for your future self creatively by incorporating figures of speech.

CONTENT Outstanding Above Average Average

30 20 10

Figures of Speech Used a minimum of Used a minimum of Much of the spelling

five different three different and punctuation is
examples of examples of not correct. The
figurative language. figurative language letter contains 6-7
sentences