ACADEMIA DE SAN LORENZO DEMA-ALA INC.

Sitio Tialo, Santo Cristo, San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan

A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN POETRY

Senior High Department

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the students can:
A. Express insights on the different definitions of poetry
B. Describe some of the elements of poetry and their importance to creative
nonfiction
C. Analyze sample texts for sensory images, concrete and evocative details, and
significant human experience
D. Give the adjectives that are appropriate for describing pictures

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic: Poetry
References:
 Claiming Spaces: Understanding, Reading and Writing Creative Nonfiction
 http://learn.lexiconic.net/elementsofpoetry.htm (Elements of Poetry)
Instructional Materials:
 Pictures
 Hand Outs
 Visual Aids
Value Focus: Appreciation and understanding of poetry and the connection it can give
to the literary arts and as well as to the world

III. PROCEDURE
TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENT’S ACTIVITY
A. Preparation
1. Opening Prayer

2. Greetings

Good morning class. Good morning sir.

I’m Mr. John Joshua Alvarez, but
you can call me Sir Josh if you like.
 I will be filling in for your Yes sir.
handsome teacher Mr. Ace. Being
his student teacher, I hope I get the
same degree of respect you have for
him.

Thank you class.

You’re welcome sir.
3. Attendance
(Teacher refers to the students’
seating arrangement chart)

Who’s absent today?

There is none sir.
4. Short Conversation
(Teacher engages students in a short
conversation about themselves,
studies and life, also gives a hint
about today’s topic.)

B. Motivation
(Teacher shows a sample picture for
students to describe it orally)

I have here a picture of famous

painting called “Starry Night” which
is painted by Vincent Van Gogh. Give
your description on how it appears to 1. The picture is beautiful.
you.
2. It looks colorful because of its striking
use of bold hues.

3. It expresses an intense degree of

emotion and feelings.

4. It appears to possess powerful and

strong strokes of the paintbrush.

Very good! 5. It is majestic and artistically done.

(The students give out adjectives to describe

the picture and answers may vary)
You are sounding like good artists.
 Without the use of a paint or brush, (The students give out their ideas and opinions
what do you think you have done by about the question and answers may vary)
describing the painting?
Without the use of a paint and brush, we can
write a literary work by describing something.

Very good!
(The students listen to the teacher)
C. Presentation of the Topic
You are painting with your words.
Poets are also like artists because they
paint using words. The outputs of poets are poems.
Since the outputs of painters are
paintings. What do you think will be
the output poets?

Correct!

Poets express their feelings and

emotions through their poems. Poetry sir.
What category will the poems fall or
belong to?

Well done!
(The students listen to the teacher)
That will be our lesson for today. So,
listen well, class.

D. Unlocking of Difficulties
Now, I know you are all curious about
this tree on the board, class. And we
will soon find out its purpose, but first,
we need to unlock the meaning of the
following words on the board.
Associated with literary works or other
Literary formal writing and content of literature,
Sentence: There are many authors who especially of the kind
became successful by just
 writing a creative literary piece. valued for quality of form

Descriptive Having the quality of describing or it is

Sentence: The paragraph is written in a characterized by description
descriptive manner. There are many
adjectives being used.

Rhetorical Effective use of language that tends to

Sentence: You ask me too many use exaggerated words or language
rhetorical questions. It is impossible to
answer them.

Abstract Characteristic apart from any specific

Sentence: The painting is so abstract. It object and is difficult to understand
is very difficult to decipher or
understand.

Perception Apprehending by the means of the

Sentence: Please give your senses or of the mind, cognition and
perception about the topic. human understanding

Now that we are done unlocking the

difficulties of the words, we are now
ready to move forward with our lesson
for today.

E. Discussion
(Teacher uses the hand outs as a guide
for the topic and distributes it to the
class)

What is poetry to you class?  Poetry is an expression of ideas written in

words using the sense of imagination.

 Poetry is the writings of a poet and a poem

is a product of their imagination.
Very good! (The answers of students may vary)
Let us pertain to our hand outs, class.

It says here that:

 Poetry is a quality of beauty and

intensity of emotion regarded as (The students listen to the teacher)
characteristic of poems.

 Poetry is a form of literature that

uses aesthetic and rhythmic
qualities of language.

In poetry, there are different figurative

devices to be used to create a good
piece of literary work such as a poem.

What are these figurative devices to be

used in poetry?

(Teacher pertains to the tree on the

board and let students stick out its
leaves of details) (The students raise their hands to
volunteer to the discussion)
Who wants to volunteer and stick out
each leaf on the tree?

Leaves of Details:

Imagery

Simile

Metaphor

Metonymy

Symbol

Allegory
 Personification

Irony

Hyperbole

Alliteration

Assonance

Onomatopoeia

Repetition

Rhyme

(Teacher let the students read each term (After the students stick the leaves of details,
written on the leaf) they pertain to their hand outs to read the
meaning of each term)

F. Application
(Teacher prepares students for the
activity about the topic)

What we are going to do is to have a

group activity to exercise your brains
and see if you have applied what you
have learned during our discussion.

(Teacher divides the house into four

groups for the activity) (The students follow the teachers order and
grouped their selves into four)
(Teacher gives each group a photo)
(The students look at the picture)
Class, I want you to take a good look at
those pictures.

In 15 minutes, compose your own

lyrics of a song using the different (The students compose their song)
figurative devices that we have
discussed.
 (The teacher let the students perform
their song in front of the class to see
and hear)

G. Generalization
(Teacher ends the discussion proper
and ask students a few questions)

Did you guys have fun with your

activity? Yes sir.

Now, what are the figurative

devices used in poetry? (The students enumerate the figurative devices
in poetry)
(The teacher does a refresher of the
topic for the students to remember)

Figurative Devices in Poetry:

o Imagery

o Simile

o Metaphor

o Metonymy

o Symbol

o Allegory

o Personification

o Irony

o Hyperbole

o Alliteration

o Assonance

o Onomatopoeia
 o Repetition

o Rhyme

How is poetry important to us, class? (The students express their ideas and
answers may vary)
Very good!

All of your ideas are correct. Just like

the great artists and authors, who came
to paint or write for the people, you
guys can certainly pass because you
have different creations of ideas.

H. Evaluation
(Teacher hands out a worksheet for the
students to answer)

Class? Are you ready to take the short

quiz?

Very good!

Now, let us begin.

The following questions will be found

on worksheets)

(The students answer the worksheets

given by the teacher)

IV. Assignment

Go about to your old pictures from the photo album. Think about the time you
enjoyed in the photograph and describe it. Write the description in a poem form
describing the photo in a short bond paper. This is to be passed by next meeting.
Good luck and God bless!