April 15, 2018

Lesson Plan

I. Objectives

At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:

1. Analyze the story through its elements.
2. Explain the role of each element to the beauty of the story.

II. Subject Matter

 Topic: Elements of a Short Story

 Springboard: Footnote to Youth
 Reference: Celebrating Diversity Through World Literature pp: 141 – 145
 Materials: Puzzle, Cartolina, Pentel Pen, Printed Copies (Footnote to Youth)

III. Procedure

1. Preliminaries

 Greetings
 Checking of Attendance
 Class Orderliness

2. Review

 Ask the students the following questions.

 What is Adverb?
 What are the 4 classifications of Adverb?
 Give an example sentence that includes adverb.

3. Motivation
 Ask the students if they have tried solving a puzzle.
  Choose 6 students from the class and let each student pick a piece of puzzle
from the table.
 Let the students solve the puzzle and post it on the board.
 Once the puzzle is solved, the teacher will draw out the importance of each
puzzle piece to complete the whole picture.

4. Lesson Proper

 Lesson Presentation: Elements of a Short Story

A. Acitivity: Reading Activity – Footnote to Youth

 Pre-reading: Unlocking of Words

Direction: Match the word in column A to its definition in column B.

A. B.

cursorily standing
smudged angry
fidgeted a dirty mark
resentment rest less mood
stature accelerated

 During reading: Students must take note and find the following from the
story:

o individuals that the story is about

o location of the story
o the main events that make up the story
o the most exciting part of the story
o how the story ended

 Post-reading: The students will answer the following questions:

o What do you think will happen if Blas continue marrying Tona?

o What if Dodong did not marry Teang, what will be Dodong now?
 o Do you think this story will be a lesson to students or not?
o Did the author want to show us something? what maybe is it?
o Do you think Dodong's other children will also follow his footstep?
o What feelings have u felt while reading the article "Footnote to youth"?

 Group Activity:
o Group the students into five.
o Each group should select a leader and a reporter.
o Assign each of the five elements of a short story to each group.
o Have the reporter of each group discuss in front the importance of the
assigned element in the story.
B. Analysis:
 What are the five elements of a short story?
 Will the story be interesting to read if any of the five elements is missing?
 Identify the characters, setting, plot, conflict and conclusion based on the
story read.
C. Abstraction:
 The five elements of a short story are character, setting, plot, conflict and
conclusion.
 These essential elements keep the story running smoothly and allow the
action to develop in a logical way that the reader can follow.
 The five elements of a short story in Footnote to Youth:
o Characters - Dodong, his father and mother, Teang, Lucio, Blas
and Tona.

o Setting – farm in a province

o Plot – Dodong wanted to marry Teang and asked his father’s
permission. Thinking that since they are young, their love would be
short, he allowed them to get married. After nine months, Teang
gave birth to a child named Blas. For six consecutive years, a new
 child came along. Teang did not complain even though she secretly
regretted being married at an early age.
o Conflict - Man vs. Himself
1. Dodong married at the age of 17.
2. Teang regrets marrying Dodong.
3. Lucio, after getting married to another girl, their still childless.
4. Their son Blas followed their footsteps, marrying his object of
affection at a very young age of 18.
5. Tona, the girl that Blas wants to marry.
o Conclusion - Blas at age of 18 wanted to marry Tona, Dodong did
not object, but tried to make Blas think twice before rushing to
marriage, because Dodong doesn’t want Blas to end up like him.
D. Application: The teacher will ask the students to tell a story about a significant
moment of their lives using the five elements of a short story.

5. Evaluation:
In a half sheet of paper, the students will write a summary of any short story that
includes the characters, setting, plot, conflict and conclusion.

6. Assignment:
Research and read the story entitled The Last Leaf by O. Henry.

Prepared by:
Rachel D. Elemento