SEMI-DETAILED LESSON PLAN

ENGLISH GRADE 8

LEARNING COMPETENCY:
- Use parallel structures (EN8G-Ia-7)

I. OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
a. identify the different parallel structures;
b. construct sentences applying the appropriate parallel structures;
c. participate in class discussion

II. SUBJECT MATTER:

a. Topic: Parallel Structures/Parallelism

b. References:
1. https://www.roanestate.edu/owl/ElementsLit.html
2. English Expressways II, pp. 208 to 209

c. Instructional Materials
1. English Grade 10 Learners Materials
2. Projector/TV Screen/Laptop

III. PROCEDURE:
Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity
a. Preliminaries
- Prayer
- Greetings
- Checking of Attendance

b. Motivation
Spot the odd one out
Directions: The following have something in
common except one. Choose which does not
belong to the group.

Darel…
1.
a. c.

b. d.
(Possible response)
Sir letter b is different from the other sir which is an
object or thing.
Ok, very good! Next.

Michelle… 2.
a. c.

b. d.
 Sir, letter b is not the same with the others which
Ok, very good! Next. are animals

Rea….
3. a. c.

b. d.

(Possible response)
Letter a, b, & c are all algebraic expressions sir while
letter d is an element presenting a different idea
from the other 3 sir.
Ok…excellent!
Next!
Sir
Yes…Kim
4. a. Basketball c. Softball

b. Volleyball d. Football
What did you notice in the activity? (Possible response)
Sir, they are all ball games sir, therefore they
Judelyn… presented same ideas sir.

Yes, very good! Possible response:

One of the choices in items 1 to 3 in the activity
c. Presentation presented different idea sir while choices in item 4
presented the same idea sir.
The next activity will lead us to the topic that we are
going to discuss. As we complete the puzzle the title
of our topic will be revealed.
Clue: Words related to the title of the topic.
- sameness - alike
- congruence - uniformity

P A R A L L E L I S M

Who want to try?

Yes… Shella Mae

Sir!
d. Lesson Proper
- Discussion of Parallelism/Parallel Structure. P A R A L L E L I S M

Analyze the sentences bellow. Sir the is “Parallelism”

What is the pronoun in the sentence?

Sir the first letter is “C”
Yes…very good.
 Sir!
What is the subject of the sentence?
Sir the missing pronoun is “YOU”

Ok… very good. Sir the letter revealed is “A”

What do we call the case of pronoun when the
pronoun in the sentence served as the subject?
Excellent… Loren
(Note: There will be more examples to be pasted on
the board for further discussion)
Sir the missing pronoun is “HIS” and the letter that
is revealed is “S”
Sir the missing pronoun is “SHE” and the revealed
letter is “E”

Next example… will you examine it.
Yes, James Aaron
What is the pronoun used in the sentence?
Sir the missing pronoun is “US” and the revealed
letter is “S”
Sir the missing pronoun is “ITS” and “Of” is being
revealed.

Yes… very good Sir the missing pronoun is “THEM” and the word
How the pronoun “him” used in the sentence? “pronoun” is revealed.

Sir… Cases of Pronoun Sir.

What do we call if the pronoun in the sentence
receives the action?

What case of pronoun if the pronoun served as the

object of the verb?

Excellent James Aaron.

(Note: There will be more examples to be pasted on
the board)

Next example… Sir!

Yes Jessa. They cross the railway line.

What is the pronoun in the sentence? Sir… the pronoun in the sentence is “they”.

How the pronoun “Yours” is used in the sentence?

Sir, the subject of the sentence is the pronoun

If the pronoun signifies ownership, what case of “they”.
pronoun will be revealed?

Very good, Jessa.

(Note: There will be more examples to be pasted on Sir… the case of pronoun is “subject case or
the board) subjective case”

e. Application
Solve the following math problems to arrive
with the correct cases of pronouns. (The learners
will be given 5 minutes for solving the math Sir!
problem and pasting the pronouns in the proper
cases) Fyokla leads him into a thick.
 Sir… the pronoun in the sentence is “him”.

Sir… the pronoun “him” served as the receiver of

the action.

It is called the object of the verb, sir.

The case of pronoun is object or objective case sir.

Sir!

Yours is on the coffee table.

Sir… the pronoun in the sentence “yours”.

Let us check your answers.
(The learners pick up the pronouns and paste it to The pronoun “yours” in the sentence signifies
the corresponding cases) ownership sir.

Very Good. Your answers are correct.

The case of pronoun is called possessive case sir.
Construct at least one sentence based from the
picture with the respective case assigned to your
group. You will be given 3 minutes to construct
sentence and assign one member of the group to
present the sentence. (The picture will be
distributed to each group)

GROUP:____________________________________________________
ACTIVITY: solve the following math problems to arrive the correct cases of the follow
10- I 20- ME 35-YOU 45= HE/SHE/IT 50= WE 100=THEY 152=HIM/HER/IT 135-US
111= YOUR/YOURS 89=MY/MINE 80=HIS/HER/ITS 75=THEM 60= THEIR/ THEIRS 12=OUR/OU

PERSONAL PRONOUNS
SINGULAR SUBJECTIVE/ OBJECTIVE
NOMINATIVE
FIRST PERSON 2X2X2+2=10 100/2/2-5= 20 10X2X2/2+69=89
SECOND PERSON 100-65=35 100+35+5-105=35 1X1X1X100+11=111
THIRD PERSON 100/5+25=45 100+100-48=152 5X2X2X2X2=80
PLURAL

FIRST PERSON 5X3X3X3+15-100=50 100+100+100-165=135 2X2X3=12

SECOND PERSON 7X1X1X1X5=35 1X1X1X5X1X1X7=35 1+1+1+1+7+100=111
THIRD PERSON 100-100+100=100 5X5X3=75 100-40=60

Any questions class?

Possible answers of each group
So, if you do not have questions anymore.
Cases of Pronouns
f. Generalization Singular Subjective Objective Possessive
1st Person I Me My, mine
How the three cases of pronouns are used in a 2nd Person You You You, yours
rd
sentence? 3 Person He/she/it Him/her/ His/her/
it its
Singers group. Plural
 1st Person We Us Our, ours
Very good singers group. 2nd Person You You You, yours
3rd Person they them Their,
theirs
Anymore queries class?

IV. EVALUATION:

If you do not have questions anymore, with the

same group you will have a short activity. For the
singers, write a song and use the subjective or
nominative case that tells the behaviour of
somebody. For the speakers, write a short speech
that focuses other person. For the dramatists,
compose a short drama that shows feelings of a Possible sentences:
person towards others. You will be given 10 minutes Subjective: (Group of singers)
to do your task afterwards perform the task. HE is the person leading the group for conducting a
research regarding the climate change.
Your performance will be rated according to the
criteria below. Objectives: (Group of speakers)
Criteria The rich man gave him money for food.
(10 points)
Number & Total
(5 points) (5 points) Possessive: (Group of dramatists)
Proper use of points
Performance Cooperation His greediness for money makes him bad.
the cases of (20)
pronouns (The learners will be given 5 minutes for
constructing and presenting the output)
Ok, time is up. May I have the first presenter.

(Assessment of the presentation of the learners.) None sir.

V. ASSIGNMENT:

1. Construct five sentences using each cases of Sir.

pronoun. (To be written a ¼ sheet of paper)
2. Have an advance reading in the story “A Day in
the Country”, pages 279 to 284.
3. Pick-up at least 3 unfamiliar word from the story Sir the cases of pronouns can be used as subjective
and find the meaning of the words following the or nominative, objective, and possessive.
“vocabulary detectives format”
None sir.
 Group I: Singers Group – Present a song
Group II: Speakers Group – Present a Speech Choir
Group III: Dramatists Group – Present a short dialog

Prepared by:

ELMER N. IDMILAO
Teacher

Checked by:

ANDREA E. DESCARGAR
Teacher In-Charge