Department of Education

Region III
Division of Zambales

A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH GRADE 10

I. Objectives
At the end of 60 minute period, the learners should be able to:
 Assess the effectiveness of the ideas presented in the material viewed, taking into account
its purpose
 Switch from one listening strategy to extract meaning from the listening text
 Express appreciation from sensory images used
 Give importance to advices towards responsible human being
II. Subject Matter
Listening Skill
Text: Common Ground
By: Kodaline

Reference: Learner’s Material pp. 116 – 119

Teacher’s Guide pp. 118 – 121
Materials: pictures, worksheets, audio clip, tablet, speaker
Value Focus: Appreciation and Responsibility

III. Procedure/Learning Activities

Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity
A. Preliminary Activity ( Daily Routine)

 Greetings:
Good Morning class! Good morning ma’am!

How are you today? (Answers may vary)

 Prayer: (The president of the class will lead the prayer.)

(The teacher will call the president of
the class to lead the prayer)

 Checking of Attendance:
Who are absent today? (The class secretary will report who are absent
(The teacher will ask the class today.)
secretary)
Knowledge
 Review
Before we start let’s have a recap first
about your lesson yesterday.

Anyone who can still remember our (Students raise their hands)
last lesson? Ma’am our lesson yesterday is all about modals.

Ma’am modals are helping verbs used with

other verbs to express mood or tense.
And what are modals again?

Very Good!
(Students raise their hands)
So anyone who can give me an
example of modals and use it in a
sentence?

B. Motivation

Class, look at the picture on the board,

what can you say about it or what can
you observe on the picture? Ma’am it’s a picture of two men, a pencil that
serves as a bridge and two islands
Yes, that’s right!

What else? Ma’am I think they are friends and they had a
fight/conflict so the other man wants to cross to
the bridge and talk to his friend.
Nice idea, thank you!

C. Presentation

I am sure all of you like listening to

music and today I brought you a song
to listen to.

(The teacher will present the photo of

Kodaline.)
D. Discussion

Pre-Listening

Do you know these people on the

posters? (Answers may vary)

Kodaline is an Irish Band and you are

very lucky today because you’re
going to listen to their popular song
which is included in the Ireland
Singles Top 100.

The title of their popular song is

“Common Ground”.

Based on the title, predict words or

phrases that you expect to hear from
the song. Write your answers in the
box on the given worksheets.

(The teacher will distribute the (The students will do the given tasks.)
worksheets.)
common ground hard easy prove

start win lose place strong

(After writing the teacher will call

some students to explain their ideas or
concepts of Common Ground.) (The students will share their answers.)

While Listening

Ok class now you’re going to listen to

the song. While listening, check the
words or phrases you listed a while
ago, listen carefully and focus on the
content and values presented in the
song. After listening I will ask some
questions about it.

Is it clear class? Yes, ma’am.

(The students will listen to the song and do the
given tasks.)
 (After listening the teacher will ask the
following questions.)

Questions:

1. What is the song all about? Ma’am the song is all about the foundation of
mutual understanding.
Very good!

2. How did you feel while listening to

the song? (Answers may vary)

3. What advice is given in the song?

Do you agree with it? Why or Why
not? Ma’am admit if one committed a mistake and
agree into something for understanding.

Thank you for that wonderful answer.

4. Would you follow the advice

given? Why or Why not? (Answers may vary)

5. What is emphasized in the song? Ma’am it emphasized that common ground is

a good place to start (if there’s commonality,
one will be more confident to act on
something).
Very good!

Post-Listening

Now, you’re going to listen to the song

for the second time. What you need to
do is to choose a partner and draw or
sketch in the box an object you
visualize in the song. Explain and
discuss it with your partner. (The students will choose their partners.)

Are you ready? Yes, ma’am.

(The teacher will play the song for the

second time.) (The students will listen to the song for the
second time.)
 (After listening the teacher will ask
some students to share their
works/answers.) (Answers may vary)

E. Generalization

Based on what you’ve listened, what Ma’am the lesson I got from the song is that we
lesson did you get from the song? should know how to admit and correct our
mistakes to avoid future conflicts or
misunderstandings.

Yes, that’s right!

How would you relate the song in Ma’am I can relate the song in my own life
your own life? because it happens in reality.

Very good!

Do you also experience Answers may vary)

misunderstandings or conflicts?

IV. Evaluation

Directions: Listen to the song and

supply or fill in the missing
words/phrases. Write your answers
on the blanks.

Common Ground
By: Kodaline
Answers:
It's easy to (1)_______, It's harder to lose 1. win
To admit that you're wrong When you've got 2. prove
something to (2) ____________. 3. easy
4. wrong
You said it was (3) __________ 5. clear
I tell you they are (4) _________. So get 6. gone
busy learning, are you already gone? 7. forgotten
8. common ground
People will tell you What you want to hear 9. fall apart
But the people who know you well Can 10. good place
make it all (5) __________.
Life isn’t easy, You got to be strong. So get
busy learning, Are you already (6) _______?

And all will be (7) _________And we all fall

apart, Yeah all will be forgotten But the (8)
____________, It’s a good place to start.
Sure all will be forgotten,
Yeah we will all be forgotten, (9) ________.

We will all be forgotten, But common

ground, is a good place to start.
Common ground is a (10) ___________ to
start.

V. Assignment

Look for another song that has the

same concept as “Common Ground”.
Tell something about the song and
share it to the class.
(Students will copy their assignment.)
Are you done copying?
Yes, ma’am.
Do you have any question?
None ma’am.
Ok, if you don’t have any questions,
that’s the end of our lesson. Have a
good day and goodbye.
Goodbye ma’am.

Prepared by:

_______________________
ANNABEL A. PALMARIN
Applicant