OBJECTIVES:

Throughout the discussion the students will able to:

a. defines argumentative text;
b. extract important information from argumentative text;
c. illustrates through a chart the pros and cons of a given problem; and
d. develops logical reasoning.
CONTENT

 Argumentative Text
REFERENCES
• A journey through Anglo-American Literature
Learner’s Module 9

TIME FRAME
1 hour

MATERIALS
Visual Aids

I. PROCEDURE
TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENTS’ ACTIVITY

A. PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES
1. Prayer
2. GREETINGS
Good morning class! Good morning ma’am!
How are you this morning? Fine ma’am
Great!
c. Checking of Attendance
Class monitor, who is absent?
D. Reading of House Rules
Before we proceed to our new lesson, I have
here the house rules that I would like you to follow.
 L- isten to the teacher
E- njoy your learnings
A– ppreciate your work
R– espect others
N– ever give up

Will I expect you to LEARN? Yes, Ma’am.

e. REVIEW

B. ACTIVITY/PRESENTATIVE OF THE NEW LESSON

MOTIVATION
Class, who can name the picture presented? Cellphones ma’am

Ok, how important in your daily activities or school It makes work easier
activities the use of cellphones or technologies?

What do you think might happen to us and to our daily (Solicit answers)
activities?

Very good!
UNLOCKING OF TERMS
So, class before we discuss our topic for today you
are going to unlock some unfamiliar words

Direction: Arranged the jumbled letters to get the

correct answer.

1. To become twisted together into a jumbled mass, or

make something become twisted into a jumbled.
EGLANT TANGLE

2. Conversation about the personal details of other

people's lives, whether rumor or fact, especially when
malicious
SSIPOG GOSSIP

3. To die by being underwater too long and unable to

breath.
DORNWIGN DROWNING

4. Full of shades and shadows, not clearly seen or

understood.
DSHAWOY SHADOWY
5. To walk slowly in a free and relaxed way.
AMLBE AMBLE

Did you enjoy your activity class? Yes, Ma’am

LESSON PROPER
B.2.a ACTIVITY

READING PHASE
Model the reading of the poem “The Telephone” by
Edward field then after that let the students to read the
poem in 20 min.

Group the class into five to discuss the message of the

poem. each group discuss the given part of the poem
prompted by the guide questions.

THE TELEPHONE
My happiness depends on an electric appliance.
And I do mind giving it so much credit.

With life in the city being what it is

Each person separated friends
By a tangle of subways and buses

Yes, my phone is my joy

It tells me that I am in the world and wanted
It rings and I am alerted to, love or gossip
I go comb my hair which begins to sparkle
Without it I was like a bear in a cave
Drowsing through a shadowy winter
It rings and spring has come

I stretch and amble out into the sunshine

Hungry again as I pick up the receiver
For the human voice and the good news of friends

B.4 ANALYSIS

Q.1 What is the predominant feeling of the speaker in The speaker is happy because he had those
these lines? Why does he feel that way? machines that can satisfy his needs in life

Q.2 Why are friends disconnected? Friends are being disconnected because they are
very busy in all their activities living in the city
Q.3 To what did the speaker compare man’s situation He compared man’s situation to a bear in a cave
before the advent of the telephone?

He is hunger for the human voice and the good

Q.4 What does the speaker hunger for? Was he able to news of friends. Yes, he was able to connect to the
connect to the world? world with the use of his phone

Q.5 What technologies or machines you usually argue (Answers may vary)
about?

B.5 ABSTRACTION
Argumentative Texts are intended to persuade and
What is argumentative text? convince the audience in terms of communicative
functions.

Correct! It is intended to persuade and convince the Pros and Cons ma’am
audience. And in Argumentative text we have?

Very good!

Pros are an argument or consideration in favor of

something. Take note of the word “Favor”

Cons are an argument or opinion against something.

Remember the word “Against”

(The teacher will give her examples.)

Did we get across class? Yes, ma’am

What is an argumentative text again class? Argumentative Texts are intended to persuade and
convince the audience in terms of communicative
functions.

It is the favorable and advantageous in an argument? Pros and Cons ma’am

How about the unfavorable, against and opposing
opinion or views?

Excellent!

From the given text class, can you give me the pros or (Student’s will answer
cons of it.
C. APPLICATION

Group Activity
Divide the class into two (2). Let the group leader pick
from the bowl if they will be the Group Pros or Group
Cons then after that the teacher will give the problem.

Problem: Use of tablets as textbooks

PROS CONS

EVALUATION
INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY

Write five (5) pros and five (5) cons of “Bringing

Mobile Phones to School”. (Worksheet)

ASSIGNMENTEND
In a one (1) whole sheet of paper. List five (5)
advantages and five (5) disadvantages of the following
communication technology.
1. Computer/Laptop
2. E-mails
3. Voice mail
END EDIT HERE.
A. PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES
1. Prayer
2. GREETINGS
Good morning class! Good morning ma’am!
How are you this morning? Fine ma’am
Great!
c. Checking of Attendance
Class monitor, who is absent?

D. Reading of House Rules

Before we proceed to our new lesson, I have
here the house rules that I would like you to follow.

L- isten to the teacher

E- njoy your learnings
A– ppreciate your work
R– espect others
N– ever give up

Will I expect you to LEARN? Yes, Ma’am.

e. REVIEW

B. ACTIVITY/PRESENTATIVE OF THE NEW LESSON

MOTIVATION
Class, who can name the picture presented? Cellphones ma’am

Very good! It’s a cellphone. Who among you here have (Student’s will raise their hands)
his or her cellphone?

Ok, how important in your daily activities or school It makes work easier
activities the use of cellphones or technologies?

Try to imagine this class, there are no cellphones or Boring, Sad,

technologies nowadays, what will you feel?

What do you think might happen to us and to our daily (Solicit answers)
activities?
 Very good!
UNLOCKING OF TERMS
So, class before we discuss our topic for today you
are going to unlock some unfamiliar words
Direction: Arranged the jumbled letters to get
the correct answer.

1. To become twisted together into a jumbled mass,

or make something become twisted into a jumbled.
EGLANT TANGLE

2. Conversation about the personal details of other

people's lives, whether rumor or fact, especially when
malicious
SSIPOG GOSSIP

3. To die by being underwater too long and unable to

breath.
DORNWIGN DROWNING

4. Full of shades and shadows, not clearly seen or

understood.
DSHAWOY SHADOWY

5. To walk slowly in a free and relaxed way.

AMLBE AMBLE

Did you enjoy your activity class? Yes, Ma’am

LESSON PROPER
B.2.a ACTIVITY

READING PHASE
Model the reading of the poem “The Telephone” by
Edward field then after that let the students to read
the poem in 20 min.

Group the class into five to discuss the message of

the poem. each group discuss the given part of the
poem prompted by the guide questions.

THE TELEPHONE
My happiness depends on an electric appliance.
 And I do mind giving it so much credit.

With life in the city being what it is

Each person separated friends
By a tangle of subways and buses

Yes, my phone is my joy

It tells me that I am in the world and wanted
It rings and I am alerted to, love or gossip
I go comb my hair which begins to sparkle
Without it I was like a bear in a cave
Drowsing through a shadowy winter
It rings and spring has come

I stretch and amble out into the sunshine

Hungry again as I pick up the receiver
For the human voice and the good news of friends

B.4 ANALYSIS The speaker is happy because he had those

Q.1 What is the predominant feeling of the
speaker in these lines? Why does he feel that way?
Q.2 Why are friends disconnected?
machines that can satisfy his needs in life
Friends are being disconnected because they
are very busy in all their activities living in the
city

He compared man’s situation to a bear in a

cave
Q.3 To what did the speaker compare man’s
situation before the advent of the telephone?
He is hunger for the human voice and the good
news of friends. Yes, he was able to connect to
Q.4 What does the speaker hunger for? Was he the world with the use of his phone
able to connect to the world?

(Answers may vary)

Q.5 What technologies or machines you usually
argue about?
B.5 ABSTRACTION

Our lesson for today is all about argumentative

text
What is argumentative text?
Correct! It is intended to persuade and convince the
audience. And in Argumentative text we have?
Argumentative Texts are intended to persuade and
convince the audience in terms of communicative
functions.
Pros and Cons ma’am

Very good!

Pros are an argument or consideration in favor of

something. Take note of the word “Favor”

Cons are an argument or opinion against something.

Remember the word “Against”

(The teacher will give her examples.)

Did we get across class? Yes, ma’am

What is an argumentative text again class? Argumentative Texts are intended to persuade and
convince the audience in terms of communicative
functions.
Pros and Cons ma’am
It is the favorable and advantageous in an argument?
How about the unfavorable, against and opposing
opinion or views?

Excellent!

(Student’s will answer)

From the given text class, can you give me the pros or
cons of it.
C. APPLICATION

Group Activity
Divide the class into two (2). Let the group leader pick
from the bowl if they will be the Group Pros or Group
Cons then after that the teacher will give the problem.

Problem: Use of tablets as textbooks

PROS CONS

EVALUATION
INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY

Write five (5) pros and five (5) cons of “Bringing

Mobile Phones to School”. (Worksheet)

ASSIGNMENT
In a one (1) whole sheet of paper. List five (5)
advantages and five (5) disadvantages of the following
communication technology.
1. Computer/Laptop
2. E-mails
3. Voice mail
From the given text class, can you give me the pros or
cons of it