English Grade 7 Lesson Plan 27

Reading Explanation Texts

Consolidation Camp
Pass-Break: Pass the balloon throughout the class while the music is playing. When the music
breaks, the student who holds the balloon will answer the question.
PASS - BREAK: The students will pass the balloon throughout the class while the music is
playing. When the music dies, the student who holds the balloon will answer the questions.

Q1. What’s
the purpose
of an
information
report?

C1 and C2
Balloon Popping: The students will pass the first balloon throughout the class while the
music is playing. When the music dies, the student who holds the balloon will answer the question.

C1 and C2
Balloon Popping: The students will pass the first balloon throughout the class while the
music is playing. When the music dies, the student who holds the balloon will answer the question.

Q2. What’s the

purpose of an
instructional
(or procedural)
text?

C1 and C2
Balloon Popping: The students will pass the first balloon throughout the class while the
music is playing. When the music dies, the student who holds the balloon will answer the question.

C1 and C2
Balloon Popping: The students will pass the first balloon throughout the class while the
music is playing. When the music dies, the student who holds the balloon will answer the question.

Q3. How are

they different?

C1 and C2
Locating and interpreting information
in explanation texts
We’re all in this together !!
Explanations tell us how things work or why something
happens. They can help us to understand the cycles of nature
or the causes and effects of various phenomena.

We’re all in this together !!

Let’s Read These Together
1. Caldera
2. Depression
3. Magma
4. Magma chamber
5. Volcanic cone
6. Volcanic vent
7. Periodically
8. dynamic

C3 C3
Directions: The class will be divided into 8 groups. Each
group will be given scrambled letters that they will
unscrambled. They will match the words with the meaning
projected.

We’re all in this together !!

WORD MEANING
a large depression formed when a volcano erupts and collapses

a landform sunken or lower than the surrounding area

hot, molten rock under the earth’s surface

region under a volcano where molten rock (magma) is stored

prior to eruption

the triangle-shaped hill formed from volcanic eruptions

the place on the Earth's surface where molten rock erupts from
the volcano

at regular intervals of time

constantly changing, activity, or progress

C3
 WORD MEANING
1. caldera a large depression formed when a volcano erupts and collapses

2. depression a landform sunken or lower than the surrounding area

3. magma hot, molten rock under the earth’s surface

4.Magma chamber Region under a volcano where molten rock (magma) is stored prior to eruption

5.Volcanic cone The triangle-shaped hill formed from volcanic eruptions

6.Volcanic vent The place on the earth’s surface where molten rock erupts from the volcano

7.periodically At regular intervals of time

8.dynamic Constantly changing, activity, or progress

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C4A
 GENERAL
INFO

EXPLANATION

RELATED
INFORMATION

C4B
Class Activity

Q1. What type of volcano is the Taal Volcano?

C4-B
Q2. What is a caldera?
C4-B
Question:
Q3. What causes the volcanic cone to collapse when
a caldera is formed?

C4-B
Group Activity:
Group the class into three. Each group will answer/discuss the question given to them.

Q4. Is the Taal Volcano still an active volcano? Support your answer with evidence
from the text.

C4C
1. 4.

2. 5.

3.

Q5. From the explanation sequence, list the stages in

the formation of Taal volcano.

C4C
Q6. Write your own explanation of how a complex volcano is
formed. Write your paragraph in manila paper to be presented in
the class. (group reading)

C4C
 Group Activity:
G1. The focus of the lesson was on learning about
how information is presented in Explanation texts.
How has the lesson helped you to understand
this?
G2. Which questions were easy to answer? Why?
G3. What strategies did you use to answer the
harder questions?
C5
 Congratulations for
completing Lesson 27!!