GRADE 8 ENGLISH

LESSON 5
Comparing the Features of Narratives
and Recounts
MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING COMPETENCIES

• Determine various social, moral and economic issues

discussed in the text listened to (Q3) (EN8LCIII-7.4).
• Synthesize essential information found in various sources
(Q4)
• Compose effective paragraphs (Q4)
 Short Review
01
Lesson
02 Lesson Purpose
Components Language Practice
03
04 Lesson Activity

Lesson
05 Conclusion
 SHORT REVIEW
01 (7 minutes)

This component settles the class quickly and review or

preview previously encountered information and/or
content in the form of a few targeted questions that are
relevant to the current lesson.
 COMPONENT 4: LESSON ACTIVITY
Component 4A: Reading the Text

Shackleton’s Journey

The Aged Mother

 COMPONENT 1: SHORT REVIEW

Look at these titles for texts – which ones do

you think are for narratives and which are for
recounts?
 COMPONENT 1: SHORT REVIEW
Title Narrative or Recount Reason
1. The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe
Narrative
2. Our Summer Holiday
Recount
3. The Story of Lebron James Recount
4. The World at War 1939-1945 Recount
5. The Dragon and the Snake Narrative
6. Diary of a President
Recount
7. A Dance to the Music of Time
Narrative
COMPONENT 2: LESSON PURPOSE
 LANGUAGE
03 PRACTICE
(5 minutes)
This component concerns language use (words or phrases that
are to be used in the text) that have the potential to cause
difficulties for learners to understand. Hence, their use is
practiced and meanings are unlocked.
 COMPONENT 3: LANGUAGE PRACTICE
Here are some words and phrases from the text we are going to read. Let’s
read them together.

setting

narrative Sequence of
events

crisis
recount

resolution
 COMPONENT 3: LANGUAGE PRACTICE
Look at the spelling of the following words. Say them and their meanings.

narrative
a spoken or written account of
connected events; a story.
 COMPONENT 3: LANGUAGE PRACTICE
Look at the spelling of the following words. Say them and their meanings.

recount
A sequence of
events, imagined
text but a non-
fiction, factual text.
 COMPONENT 3: LANGUAGE PRACTICE
Look at the spelling of the following words. Say them and their meanings.

setting
the time, place, and
duration (the time that
passes from the
beginning to the end) of
the story an author
chooses to write about.
 COMPONENT 3: LANGUAGE PRACTICE
Look at the spelling of the following words. Say them and their meanings.

crisis

decision or
dilemma.
 COMPONENT 3: LANGUAGE PRACTICE
Look at the spelling of the following words. Say them and their meanings.

resolution
the final act of a story,
where the climax occurs
and the conflict for the
main character is
resolved.
 COMPONENT 3: LANGUAGE PRACTICE
Look at the spelling of the following words. Say them and their meanings.

Sequence of
events
the order of
events as they
occur in a story.
 COMPONENT 4: LESSON ACTIVITY
Component 4A: Reading the Text

Shackleton’s Journey

The Aged Mother

 LESSON
04 ACTIVITY
(25 minutes)

This component addresses the key

idea(s) for the lesson. It involves learners
applying known content to solve real-
world problems.
 COMPONENT 4: LESSON ACTIVITY
Component 4A: Reading the Text

Shackleton’s Journey

The Aged Mother

 COMPONENT 4: LESSON ACTIVITY
Component 4B and C: Questions

Q1. How can you tell that The Aged Mother is

fictional/made up?
Q2. How can you tell that Shackleton’s Journey is
NOT fictional/made up?
Q3. How can you tell that the Aged Mother is a
narrative?
Q4. How can you tell that Shackleton’s Journey is a
recount?
 COMPONENT 4: LESSON ACTIVITY
Component 4C: Questions

Q5. Look at the first paragraph of each text. In what

ways are they similar?
Q6. Look at the last paragraph of each text. How do
they compare?
Q7. Read the following statement about recounts and
narratives – do you agree with it? Give reasons
using the The Aged Mother and Shackleton’s
Journey.
 LESSON
05 CONCLUSION
(5 minutes)

This component is designed to offer a student-focused overview to the

main intentions of the lesson and confirm lesson mastery by stimulating
discussion and reflection on learners’ new learnings.
 COMPONENT 5: CONCLUSION
Questions

1. The focus of the lesson was on learning about the

differences between narratives and recounts. How has
the lesson helped you to understand the difference?
2. Which questions were easy to answer? Why?
3. What strategies did you use to answer the harder
questions?
COMPONENT 5: CONCLUSION

In the next lesson,

we will look at the key
elements of narrative.
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