Detailed Lesson Plan

I. Objectives
Students are expected to:
a. Read and understand the meaning of the given selection;
b. Recognize run-on sentences
c. Correct run-on sentences

II. Subject Matter

a. Topic: Run-on Sentences
b. Materials: visual aids, chalkboard, chalk
c. Reference: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/runons.htm

III. Procedure

Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity

a. Preliminary Activities
a. Prayer
b. Cleanliness and Orderliness
of the classroom
b. Unlocking of difficulties

“When you see or hear the word

seashells, what are the ideas that (The answers of the students will
come into our mind? vary.)

“A seashell is a hard, empty shell of

a small sea creature like clam,
mussel and other.”

“And this word is very essential thing

to the selection that I will be
presenting to you.

c. Pre Reading

“Before I present to you the lesson, I

have here five words:
Beach
Girl
Teacher
 Christmas
Gift
With these words, I want you to
create your own story wherein these
words will be your bases. I will only
be giving you two minutes to
construct the story and you will be
presenting it afterwards.
Did I make myself clear?
d. During Reading
“Based from your stories that you
have created, let us see how close
your stories are to the actual story.”
(The teacher will present the
selection first.)
“Okay, I want you to read the first
paragraph.”
“Could you please read the second
paragraph?”
A. Post Reading
“Based from the selection, what did
the young girl give to her teacher as
a gift?”
“Where did the girl get the
“Yes, sir.”
(After two minutes, the students will
be presenting their story in the class.)
“A young girl gave her teacher a
Christmas gift, the gift was a beautiful
seashell. “Where did you get this?”
the teacher asked. The child was
really happy upon giving gift, she told
her that such shells are found only on
a certain faraway beach.”
“The teacher was deeply touched, she
knew that the girl’s journey is a very
long walk to find the shell. “You
shouldn’t have traveled so far to find a
gift for me,” she said. The girl smiled
and replied, “the long walk is part of
the gift.”
“The gift of the young girl to
the teacher is a seashell.”
“The young girl got the
seashells on a faraway beach.”
“Maybe, the teacher is special
seashell?”
“Why do think the young girl gave
her teacher a special gift which is a
seashell from a faraway beach?”
“Explain the last line in the story,
‘The long walk is a part of the gift.’”
to the young girl that is why
she really finds a special gift
for her.”
“It only shows that the seashell
becomes more special
because the girl really exerted
effort to find it and to give it to
the teacher.”

(Students’ answer will vary.)

“If you were the girl, what special gift

could you give to your teacher?”

“In the selection, it only shows us

that a gift becomes extra special,
even though it is not really
expensive, if it really comes from
your heart and you exerted effort
just to give it to the person whom “Yes, sir.”
you want to give the gift.”

“Do you understand?”

 IV. Evaluation

Correct each of the following run-on sentences. Use several techniques on how to
correct the sentences.

1. The large crane lifted the ten-ton boxes, it set them to concrete deck.
2. My dad does not know much about computers he has learned to surf the
internet.
3. Allen Say wrote The Ink-Keeper’s Apprentice the events in the story are based
on his boyhood.
4. Two robins landed on the ice in the birdbath one of them drank water from
around the thawed edges.
5. Egyptian hieroglyphics may be written from left to right or right to left, moreover,
they may be written from top to bottom.
6. John is my youngest brother Levy is my oldest brother.
7. The nature preserve was beautiful some people had littered.
8. Grandma believes in keeping a positive attitude, she says that thinking positively
is the key to life.
9. Let’s see that new movie from Korea I have never seen a Korean movie.
10. All my friends like to shop for bargains at the downtown mall, I do, too.

V. Assignment

Create an eight- sentence short story with run-on sentences.

PREPARED BY:

VINCE JOHN P. GOMEZ

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