Department of Education

Region IVA – CALABARZON

Division of Lucena

LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH

I. LEARNING COMPETENCY

Write a short poem applying the various elements, techniques, and literary devices

Objectives:
1. Determine the techniques and the literary devices used in poem
2. Write a short poem applying the various elements, techniques, and literary devices
3. Comprehensively appreciate the meaning of the poem through the use of SIFT method

II. LEARNING CONTENT

Lesson: Techniques and literary devices (modelling from well-known local and foreign poets)
Materials: 1. Copy of the literary texts local and foreign
2. Laptop Computer and LCD
3. Video of Poetic Devices
References: 1. https://www.superprof.co.uk/blog/poem
III. LEARNING TASKS
What the teacher does… What the students do…
Preliminary Activities

Poetically yours,
TASK 1: Poem Reading
Read the poem ( Southwest Asian poetry ) below and answer the questions
that follow.

Students’ answers may

vary. (The students may
1. How does the poet initially describe the type their answers and/or
ocean? they may open their
2. What does ― The sound of swishing, crashing impatient waves mean? microphone/audio and
3. What figurative device does the poet use in the first line? ask permission to answer
4. What message does the poem convey? the questions.

A. Activity

TASK 2: SIFT deep within

SIFT Method for Analyzing Literature
 SIFT Method - It is a literary tool that can be used to analyze a specific
literature by Symbol Imagery Figurative Tone and Theme
filling out a Language
table or grid
where one
can write the
symbol, imagery, figurative language and the tone and theme revealed
in a certain literature.

B. Analysis
Are you analytical?
TASK 3: Poem Analysis

Determine how the writer of the poem conveys his message to the
listeners through the use of literary tools. Fill out the Poetry Analysis
Concept Map found below be guided by the rubric:

The students will discuss

their answer orally
and/or through the
Messenger application the
students may send the
picture of their answer.
 C. Abstraction
Let’s elaborate some more!
Discuss your insights concerning SIFT method as a literary tool to
communicate ideas. The students will
send their answers
1. How does the SIFT method help you determine the message of the through Messenger
literary text? application.
2. Has the activity helped you realize literature as communication?

D. Application

Write a short poem applying the various elements, techniques, and

literary devices.
Creativity 10
Application of SIFT 10
Content 10
30

V. Assignment

1. Research on the other techniques in writing poem.

2. Analyze the poem “The Ocean” applying the SIFT Method.

Prepared by:

Arden B. Dela Trinidad

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