I.

Objective: Listening Eng 9-29-211

a. Shift from one listening strategy to another based on the topic, purpose and level of
difficulty of the persuasive text.

II. Subject Matter

a. I think continually of those who were truly Great
b. Computer generated materials
c. LM pp. 122-123

III. Strategies
A. Activity
1. Pre-Activity
a. Checking of Attendance
b. Review
c. Who do we consider truly great?
2. Lesson Proper
Listen to the sound clip in the poem entitled “I Think Continually of Those Who were
Truly Great”
B. Analysis
1. What distinct quality of those who are great does the persona mention in the first
stanza?
2. Based on the 2nd stanza, what should not be forgotten?
3. What legacy do great people leave behind them?
C. Abstraction
a. Group yourselves into two (2) groups.
D. Application
1. Who do you think who were truly great?
2. Why do you say so?

IV. Evaluation
Listen to the poem again and attach to the board the following statements if it is referring to
the poem. If the statement refers to the first poem put it in the ① and so on.

Statements:
1. Nature pays tribute to person’s valor.
2. The persona recounts old memories of friendship.
3. The text is marked with vivid imagery
4. Personification is utilized by the author.
5. The text tally about what endures through time.

Assignment:

1. Read text 1 “The Man with the Hoe”.

2. LM 135