A Detailed Lesson Plan English

Grade 9
Prepared by: Minelle Loren Navarro

I. Objective:
At the end of the 60-minute period the students will be able to:

A. Generate the significance of a mother’s love and wisdom as a worthwhile

human
value as it enhances substance among the youth which expands their
experiences and
ideals in life

II. Subject matter:

A. Topic: The Story of the Aged Mother (A Japanese Folktale)
B. Reference: Serrano, J.B. and Lapid, M.G. (2001). English
Communication Arts and Skills through Afro- Asian Literature. Quezon
City: Phoenix Publishing House, Inc.
C. Materials: Projector, Cartolina, copies of the story, Colored Paper
D. Competency: Evaluating Ideas
E. Skill: Reading, Speaking, Writing

III. Procedure
A. Management of Learning
Teachers Activity Students Activity

A. Initial Task
1. Classroom Management
“Good Evening Class!” “Good Evening Ma’am!
You may take your seats. -Thank you, Ma’am.

2. Motivation “Iingatan ka
I have here a song entitled “Iingatan Ka” Aalagaan ka
by Carol Banawa, I want you to close Sa puso ko ikaw ang pag-asa
your eyes as we listen to its chorus. Sa 'ting mundo'y
May gagabay sa iyo
Ang alay ko'y itong pagmamahal ko
May nag mamahal aakay sa iyo
Aking inay ikaw ang nagbigay
Ng Buhay ko
Buhay na kay ganda
Pangarap ko na makamtan ko na”

Who is being talked about the song? - Mother

 Teachers Activity Students Activity

Okay, I want you to describe your mother - The students will describe their
by providing words which starts with: mother

MOTHER

What does your/ a mother symbolize?

How significant is her role in honing your
individuality? - (Students volunteers to answer)

Today, we will discuss a short story that

centers on love – a topic I’m sure
everyone would be interested at. Well this
is a kind of Japanese Folktale entitled
“The Story of the Aged Mother”

B. Lesson Proper

Let us have first the author behind this

text that we will discuss.

A) Author Presentation
(The teacher presents an author concept
map on the board.)

1. Matsuo Bashō was born in year

1644

2. He was recognized as the greatest

master of Haikku.

3. He was died at the age of 50y/o.

4. He also wrote Sumidawara (A

Sack of Charcoal) (1694)

5. Matsuo Bashō was died in

November 28, 1694.

6. He was a poet.

B) Vocabulary
As we have read the story, we will
encounter some difficult words. What we
will do is to unlock the meaning of these
following words through the use of
context clues present on the following
sentences.

1. The poor farmer loved his aged

Mother with tender reverence, and the
- Respect
order filled his heart with sorrow.
2. Long, long ago there lived at the foot - old
of a mountain a poor farmer and his aged,
widowed mother.

3. Those were barbarous days, and the

custom of abandoning old people to die - savagely cruel
was not uncommon.

4. But no one ever thought a second time - order

about obeying the mandate of a daimio

5. The road was long and steep. - sharp

6. He plodded steadily - walk doggedly and slowly with

heavy steps
7. in some places, they mingled in a
confused puzzle, but he gave no heed. - Attention

8. the trembling mother’s voice was full of - An authoritative warning or order

unselfish love as she gave her injunction.

9. That very hour the cruel law was - Stop

abolished, and custom drifted into as far a
past that only legend remains.

C) Story Discussion
Now that we know the difficult words in
the text, we can now start to read the
story.

A mother is a symbol of love,

unselfishness, and wisdom. In this story
the son reciprocates his mother’s love by
doing something that eventually benefits
their land. Let’s find out what it is.

(The teacher distributes the copies of the

poem.)

I will give you 15 minutes to read it silently

and carefully you may now start.

So how was the story? - Students response

Activity 1
Literary Questions
1. What cruel proclamation did the
daimio make?

2. Where did the son take his mother?

What did his mother do along the way to
the mountain?

3. How did the son hide his mother from

daimio?

4. Where does the story happen?

5. Why did the daimio abolish his cruel

law?
For our next activity I will group you into 3
groups. Can I have the representatives of
each group to pick a question from the
box.

Activity 2
Critical Questions
1. If you will be given a chance to change
the ending of the story what would it be?
2. How do you describe the love of a
mother?
3. If the present administration proclaimed
a law to abandon your aged mother what
will you do?

Activity 3 Individual
Are you guys ready to our next activity?
It is an individual activity I want you to
make a letter for your Mother
I will be giving you 7 minutes you may
now start.

D. Evaluation
1. The students are tasked to
demonstrate how they love
and appreciate the love and
wisdom they acquire from
their mothers through the
following:
Group I – Role Play
Group II – Song
Group III – Talk Show

E. Assignment
I want you to make your own poem for
your MOTHER.

Any questions? - None Ma’am.

- Thank you, Ma’am!
Okay that will be all for now, you may now
dismiss
 THE AGED MOTHER
Long, long ago there lived at the foot of the mountain a poor farmer and his aged, widowed
mother. They owned a bit of land which supplied them with food, and they were humble,
peaceful, and happy.
Shining was governed by a despotic leader who though a warrior, had a great and
cowardly shrinking from anything suggestive of failing health and strength. This caused
him to send out a cruel proclamation. The entire province was given strict orders to
immediately put to death all aged people. Those were barbarous days, and the custom
of abandoning old people to die was not uncommon. The poor farmer loved his aged
mother with tender reverence, and the order filled his heart with sorrow. But no one ever
thought twice about obeying the mandate of the governor, so with many deep and
hopeless sighs, the youth prepared for what at that time was considered the kindest mode
of death.
Just at sundown, when his day’s work was ended, he took a quantity of unwhitened rice
which was the principal food for the poor, and he cooked, dried it, and tied it in a square
cloth, which he swung in a bundle around his neck along with a gourd filled with cool,
sweet water. Then he lifted his helpless old mother to his back and started on his painful
journey up the mountain. The road was long and steep; the narrow road was crossed and
re-crossed by many paths made by the hunters and woodcutters. In some place, they lost
and confues, but he gave no heed. One path or another, it mattered not. On he went,
climbing blindly upward -- ever upward towards the high bare summit of what is known as
Obatsuyama, the mountain of the “abandoning of the aged.”
The eyes of the old mother were not so dim but that they noted the reckless hastening
from one path to another, and her loving heart grew anxious. Her son did not know the
mountain’s many paths and his return might be one of danger, so she stretched forth her
hand and snapping the twigs from brushes as they passed, she quietly dropped a handful
every few steps of the way so that as they climbed, the narrow path behind them was
dotted at frequent intervals with tiny piles of twigs. At last the summit was reached. Weary
and heart sick, the youth gently released his burden and silently prepared a place of
comfort as his last duty to the loved one. Gathering fallen pine needles, he made a soft
cushion and tenderly lifted his old mother onto it. Hew rapped her padded coat more
closely about the stooping shoulders and with tearful eyes and an aching heart he said
farewell.
The trembling mother’s voice was full of unselfish love as she gave her last injunction.
“Let not thine eyes be blinded, my son.” She said. “The mountain road is full of dangers.
LOOK carefully and follow the path which holds the piles of twigs. They will guide you to
the familiar path farther down”. The son’s surprised eyes looked back over the path, then
at the poor old, shriveled hands all scratched and soiled by their work of love. His heart
broke within and bowing to the ground, he cried aloud: “oh, Honorable mother, your
kindness breaks my heart! I will not leave you. Together we will follow the path of twigs,
and together we will die!”
Once more he shouldered his burden (how light it seemed now) and hastened down the
path, through the shadows and the moonlight, to the little hut in the valley. Beneath the
kitchen floor was a walled closet for food, which was covered and hidden from view. There
the son hid his mother, supplying her with everything she needed, continually watching
and fearing she would be discovered. Time passed, and he was beginning to feel safe
when again the governor sent forth heralds bearing an unreasonable order, seemingly as
a boast of his power. His demand was that his subjects should present him with a rope of
ashes.
The entire province trembled with dread. The order must be obeyed yet who in all Shining
could make a rope of ashes? One night, in great distress, the son whispered the news to
his hidden mother. “Wait!” she said. “I will think. I will think” On the second day she told
him what to do. “Make rope of twisted straw,” she said. “Then stretch it upon a row of flat
stones and burn it on a windless night.” He called the people together and did as she said
and when the blaze died down, there upon the stones, with every twist and fiber showing
perfectly, lay a rope of ashes.
The governor was pleased at the wit of the youth and praised greatly, but he demanded
to know where he had obtained his wisdom. “Alas! Alas!” cried the farmer, “the truth must
be told!” and with deep bows he related his story. The governor listened and then
meditated in silence. Finally, he lifted his head. “Shining needs more than strength of
youth,” he said gravely. “Ah, that I should have forgotten the well-known saying, “with the
crown of snow, there cometh wisdom!” That very hour the cruel law was abolished, and
custom drifted into as far a past that only legends remain.

CRITERIA 5 4 3 2 1
Excellent Very Good Satisfactory Needs
Good Improvement
RELEVANCE TO
THE THEME
 the works
connected to
the story
 Giving
importance
to the text
CREATIVITY &
ARTISTRY
 Use of props
 Stage
presence
 Unique
presentation
VOICE VOLUME
 Clear
OVER-ALL
IMPACT
 Audience
appeal