SCHOOL: DR.

ALCANTARA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

TEACHER: MA. KRISTINA CASSANDRA N. NON
GRADE: EIGHT
DATE AND TIME: APRIL 29, 2020
LEARNING AREA: ENGLISH
QUARTER: FIRST

ONLINE CONTENT PLAN

Designer Ma. Kristina Cassandra N. Non

Subject and Grade Level Grade 8- English
Topic I Am An African Child by Eku Mcgred
EN8LT-Ie-8:
Describe the notable literary genres contributed by African writers
EN8LT-If-7:
Appreciate literature as a means of understanding the human being
Learning Competencies
and the forces he/she needs to contend with
EN8LC-If-5.2
Note the changes in volume, projection, pitch, stress, intonation,
juncture, and rate of speech that affect meaning.
1. Pick out information from the literary work to support understanding of
African characteristics.
Learning Objectives
2. Appreciate the importance of prosodic features by applying them in
poem recitation.
II. Lesson Procedure
(Discussion of the lesson will be done through Zoom App. This particular
activity will be asked to be done while having a live streaming or
conversation.)

➢ The students will be asked to do the activity with the title “Solve
Me to Know Me”

Directions: Solve for the given equations to come up with the hidden
words.
A. B.

1/1= 6-2=
8x2= 100/4=
6+6= 15-14=
4x4 =

Answers:
a. Review/ Motivation
A. APL B. DE AP

➢ After the students had finished solving the equations, the teacher
will then ask the students anything about the background of the
person revealed if there’s any.

Information:

➢ Apl.de.ap (Allan Pineda Lindo), a member of the Black Eyed

Peas, is of Filipino and African-American decent.
- http://apldeap.com/

➢ rapper, singer and record producer best known as a member of

the Grammy Award-winning hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas.
 ➢ Allan Pineda Lindo was born in Angeles City, Pampanga,
Philippines. His African-American father, an airman stationed at
Clark Air Base, left the family shortly after his birth; his Filipino
mother, Cristina Pineda, raised him and his six younger siblings as
a single mother.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apl.de.ap

POETRY

is a type of literature based on the interplay of words and rhythm.

- Literary Terms. Net
b. Discussion
a writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of
experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific
emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm
-Merriam Webster

(These activities can be accomplished through having a forum in

Google Classroom)

A. Background of the Author

Directions: Identify the following images so as to reveal the background
of the author.

1. 2.

3. 4.

c. Activity

5.

Answers:
1. Sierra-Leone West Africa Flag
2. Electronics/Technology
3. Musician
4. Poet/Songwriter
5. African Child
EKU MCGRED (author)

➢ He was born in Freetown Sierra Leone- West Africa

➢ He travelled to England to pursue a degree in Electronics
Technology
➢ He is a gifted musician, poet and songwriter in the music ministry
➢ AFRICAN CHILD was published on 2010

B. Unlocking of Difficulties

Direction: Find the meaning of the underlined word in each sentence

from the choices given. Be guided with the context clues within the
sentence.

1.Her extra-ordinary talent makes her stand-out and well-known in the

campus.
2. Miss Naron sees a lot of potential in that girl that’s why she chose her.
3.No one should pity her for she looks strong.
4.What happened yesterday was not her fault, she should not feel guilty.
5.Everyone should give her an opportunity to prove herself.

Answers:
1. very unusual
2. opportunity
3. sympathy
4. mistake
5. chance

(For this task, live streaming using Zoom app will be used)

C. Reading of the Poem

The teacher will read the first stanza and will be asking different students
to continue reading the remaining stanzas.
African Child
by Ecku Mcgred

I am an African child
Born with a skin the colour of chocolate
Bright, brilliant and articulate
Strong and bold; I'm gifted
Talented enough to be the best
I am an African child

Often the target of pity

My future is not confine to charity
Give me the gift of a lifetime;
Give me a dream, a door of opportunity;
I will thrive
I am an African child

Do not hide my fault

show me my wrong
I am like any other;
Teach me to dream
And I will become
I am an African child

I am the son, daughter of the soil

Rich in texture and content
Full of potential for a better tomorrow
Teach me discipline, teach me character, teach me hard work
Teach me to think like the star within me
I am an African child

I can be extra-ordinary
call me William Kamkwamba the Inventor;
Give me a library with books
Give me a scrap yard and discarded electronics
Give me a broken bicycle;
 After the students have read the poem it is time for…

Comprehension Check
1. How do you find the poem?
2. Can you relate it to some other story that you know with the same
theme/
3. In what ways we Filipinos are similar to Africans? What do we have in
common?
4. In your own life situation have you experienced the same way? Have
you ever been criticized by your physical appearance? What did you
do about it?

(For this activity, the teacher can ask the students to post their outputs
in Google Classroom or even in MoodleClou if the teacher has an
account of this platform also, especially the videos.)

Collaborative Activity
The students will be grouped into five (5) and will be given the
appropriate activity for them (differentiated activities)

Presentation of the students’ output

III. Evaluation Visual Artists

Dancers
Singers
Actors and
Linguists

Criteria

50%- Content
50%- Presentation
100% Total Score

(Students output will be discussed through the use of Zoom app)

A. Generalization

The students will be asked this question:

After doing all the activities, what do you think is the pervasive idea
found in the literary piece that we have talked about?

B. Assignment

Search for the song “Say it Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud- (James Brown)
and accomplish the graphic organizer.
IV. Closure
LEGEND:
A and B: Unique Characteristics
C: Similarities
 1. Pictures of Africans
2. Sound system
3. Art Materials
Material
4. Copy of the Literary Text
5. Copies of the Rubrics

1. K to 12 Curriculum Guide (May, 2016) p. 175

References 2. Learning Module p. 16-17
3. Google: Wikipedia, LiteraryTerms.net, Merriam Webster-online

Prepared by:

MA. KRISTINA CASSANDRA N. NON

Teacher in English