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Lesson Plan (Footnote To Youth)
Lesson Plan (Footnote To Youth)
I. Objectives
During the 60-minute period, each student with 85% proficiency will:
a. identify the elements of short story from the selection;
b. discuss the elements of short story using the story grammar, and
c. get the significance of the story through group discussion.
2. Checking of Attendance
Now, let us check the attendance, row
leaders, do we have absentees today?
Row 1. Im glad to report that everybody is present in
our row.
Row 2. Im glad to report that everybody is present in
our row.
Row 3. Im glad to report that everybody is present in
our row.
Row 4. Im glad to report that everybody is present in
our row.
It is nice to hear that all are present
today.
B. Review
Now, let us have a short review about
our topic last time. Who would like to remind
us? Maam, last time we discussed about the short
story The Happiest Boy in the World by NVM
Gonzales.
C. Motivation
Few days from now, you will be a
graduate of this institution, and several years
from now, you build your own families.
If you were to get married someday,
what would be the factors that you would want
to consider first before marrying?
FACTORS TO CONSIDER BEFORE
MARRYING
Marriage
D. Vocabularies
Before moving on to our topic, let us
first unlock the difficult words that are present
in the selection.
Read the following sentences and give the
meaning of the underlined words. Circle the
letter of the corresponding definition.
1. The sun was hazy during the cloudy
day.
a. Blurry
b. Clear
c. Uncertain
What is the answer in item number one? The answer is letter A, blurry. The context clue
is the word cloudy.
Very good! How about number two? The answer is letter C, manliness. The context
clue used is the word men.
Nice! How about number three? The answer is letter B, soiled. The context clue
is the word fieldwork.
Correct! How about number four? The answer is letter C, worried. The context
clue is the word problem.
Very good! And last? The answer is letter A, endless. The context
clue that is used is yet.
Very good, class! You are really smart
students!
E. Presentation of Material
Have you read the selection Footnote
to Youth that I assigned you to read last Yes.
meeting? Yes.
Did you understand it?
Very good. But to better understand the story,
we shall answer this following guide questions
for our discussion. Kindly read. Guide Questions:
1. What is the short story all about?
2. Who are the characters in the story?
3. Describe the setting of the story.
4. What point of view was used in the story?
5. What made Dodong feel that he was no
longer a boy but already a man?
6. What character is revealed by Dodong
when he was got tickled by the worm,
jerked his foot, flinging the worm into air
yet never bothered to look at where it fell?
7. How did Teang find married life?
8. When Dodong asked permission to get
married, his father felt sorry for him. So
did Dodong when Blas asked for
permission to get married. They knew that
life is hard after marriage, why then do you
think that they did not prevent their sons
from experiencing those hardships that
theyve gone through?
9. Explain the line Youth must triumph...
now. Love must triumph... now.
Afterwards... it will be life.
F. Discussion
Now, let us answer question number
one. What is the short story all about? The short story is about a Dodong who entered
marriage life with Teang at the age of eighteen,
and who later felt remorseful about his
marriage life.
Who are the characters in the story? The characters in the short story are Dodong,
Teang, Lucio, Blas, Tona, and Dodongs
mother and father.
Describe the setting of the story. The setting is in a barrio or in a rural place
where most people work in fields. There were
rice fields all around the place and carabaos,
too. There were streams too where people
bathe after the fieldwork soiled them. There
was no electrical lamps, rather people used
petroleum lamp to light their houses.
What point of view was used in the story? The omniscient point of view is used in the
story since the narrator was able infiltrate the
thoughts of the characters.
How did Teang find married life? Teang found her married life difficult to the
extent that she was unhappy with their
marriage. For six successive years, Dodong
and Teang kept having children. Besides that,
she spent the rest of her life with the
interminable household work cooking,
laundering, cleaning the house and taking care
of the children. She became shapeless even at
the young age.
Correct! She was unhappy with their marriage
that she even wondered how life would be if
she had married Lucio, her suitor, instead of
Dodong.
G. Generalization
What is the significance of this story to you? The story serves a warning to us, youth, as the
title itself suggests. It reminds us of the
responsibilities and realities that come with
marriage and the family life. It advises us that
life after marriage is difficult especially when
we are yet incapable of the responsibilities and
challenges that life gives. Therefore, we should
not rush into something that we will be
regretting in the end.
H. Application
Now, let us have an activity. Lets group the
class into four small groups. This will be group
1, this is group 2, group 3, and group 4.
Choose a leader. You are now going to analyze
the short story Footnote to Youth using a story
grammar. And what is a story grammar? A
story grammar is a graphic organizer which
outlines the elements of a story.
IV. Evaluation
Directions: IDENTIFICATION. Identify the following items based upon the descriptions given.
V. Assignment
1. In a one half sheet of paper, discuss the values that the story Footnote to Youth gives
and its impact to you as youth. Limit your answer in 5-7 sentences.
2. Read the selection Perfect Moment by Gladys Bell in page 8 of your English Time,
Vol. No. XV, No. 4 and answer activities 18-20 in page 9.
Prepared by:
Checked by:
Approved by:
Directions: Give at least five factors that one should consider before marrying.
Marriag
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Figure 2.
STORY GRAMMAR
Directions: Analyze the short story Footnote to Youth by filling out each item.
Title
Author
Characters
Setting
Conflict/problem
Lesson
Title:
Author:
Characters
Conflict/Problem
Lesson: