A Detailed Lesson Plan in English 7

I. Objectives

At the end of the 60-minute lesson, the students should be able to do the following
with 75% proficiency;

a. Unlock difficult words found in the story

b. Use the unlocked vocabulary word in forming meaningful sentences
c. Reading of the story
d. Identify the elements in a short story
e. Connect the story with significant real life situation.

II. Subject Matter

Topic: A Shawl for Anita

Author: Lolita M. Andrada

Reference: DepEd Grade 7 English Learner’s Material, page 440-441.

Material: Laptop

III. Development of the Lesson

Teacher’s Activity Learner’s Activity

A. Preparatory Activity
- Opening Prayer

1. Motivation
Let me show you a video. (Video clip of scarfs)

A shawl.

The Muslims and people who live in a cold

country.

To cover bare shoulders (religious

purposes).
What is this material around the neck called? It is used in order to keep warm.
Who do you usually see using it? In costumes.
What is it used for? For decorative purposes.
Very good! Another?
 B. Lesson Proper

(Unlocking of vocabulary words)

Before we do our activity, let us unlock these
unfamiliar words from the reading text.

I have some pictures here. These pictures could

help you to guess the meaning of those
unfamiliar words.

There are two girls and one of them is looking at

the other.

The girl is jealous toward her friend ma’am.

Answer: ENVY

Who can give his/her own sentence using the “Don’t envy other people.”
word envy?

Here is the next picture. An old woman is in a wheelchair ma’am.

Answer: FRAIL

The meaning of frail is having less strength or

weakness, ma’am.
Very good! Now what do you think is the
meaning of frail? Anyone?
“She looks tiny and frail.”
Who can give his/her own sentence using the
word frail?
The men don’t show feeling or any concern about
Here is the next picture. the suffering of others.
No sympathy for others.

Answer: CALLOUS

“He is callous to the safety of his workers.”

“Exactly! It is correct!
Who can now give his/her own example using
the word callous?

Able to do something quickly, ma’am.

How about the fourth picture?
Answer: DEFT
 “Jane’s movements were deft and quick.”

The girl is in a spa having a massage.

Answer: PAMPER
Very well said! The meaning of deft able to do
something quickly and accurately. Who can now
give his/her own example using the word deft?

What can you see in the last picture? “Pamper yourself by staying in one of our luxury
hotels.”

“Yes ma’am
Note: Teacher will provide students with
learning disabilities with individual copies of the
pictures/activities for them to read/see it closely
while the teacher presents through power point.

Very good! The meaning of pamper is to treat

something or someone very well. Who can now
give his/her own example using the word
pampered?

Are you now ready for our activity?

1. Activity by group.

I will group you into 5 groups.

Group 1 will be the CHARACTER group.
You’re going to find the characters and describe
their traits in the story

Group 2 will be the SETTING group. You’re

going to present the setting of the story through
a simple drawing of different designs of shawls
using any type of recyclable material that will
not cost any amount but elicits creativity. “Yes ma’am

Group 3 will be CONFLICT group. You’re

going to present by use of an illustration the
conflict in the story.

Group 4 will be the THEME group find the

theme of the story and write how you have come
up with that theme.
Group 5 will be the PLOT group; you’re going
to sequence the events that happened in the plot,
from Exposition to Resolution.
I will give you 5-10 minutes to finish your task.
Narrator/middle child who is jealous to her sister
Anita – is the youngest child whom the narrator
was jealous
Mother- a sick and old mother of the narrator and
Anita

If you are done, choose a representative to The characters in the story are the following: The
middle child who is the narrator. Anita the
present/ read your output in front.
2. Discussion
Let’s start on the character of the story.
CHARACTER group post your output on the
board and explain your answers
youngest child whom the middle child was
jealous of because of their mother’s special love
toward her. And the mother who had always been
a frail woman.
The setting of the story happened inside the
house. (drawing of a living room or bedroom)

GROUP 1:

Protagonist Antagonist

We’re done with the characters. Let’s move on

to the next group.
GROUP 2:

Next is the CONFLICT group, post your output

on the board and explain.
1. She did not stop working.
GROUP 3:
2. She sacrificed herself to raise her children.
3. She always gratified her daughter’s request.
4. She worked hard to raise her children despite
her condition.

The theme of the story is about Mother’s love.

You are right! The conflict of the story is a Man
Vs Man .Because the central character which is
Anita faces opposition to her older sister who
narrates the story.
Because the mother in the story did not stop
working even she’s now a frail woman.
And she did everything to make her children
happy.

GROUP 4: The narrator, relates that Anita went

home after years of being married and
THEME group, kindly post your output on the asked her mother to knit a shawl for her
board.
Anita said to her
Middle child sister that she did it
envied her for her mother
sister Anita
Sister of Anita
started to
Mother brought
understand her
up her children mother’s condition
single-handedly
 GROUP 5:
Love our parents despite their condition and let
Let us have the PLOT group. Post your work on them do what they want because it is their way of
the board. feeling useful to others and not a burden to those
who take care of them.

A mother’s love is the strongest relationship for

us. As a son or daughter it gives a sense of
belongingness. A mother’s love to her children is
unconditional and no one can break it.

Answers may vary.

C. Generalization

What lesson can you learn from the story?

How are you going to describe a mother’s love?

Exactly! A mother’s love is unconditional.

D. Valuing
If you were Anita would you do the same to
your mother? Why?

IV. Evaluation

Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. What is the title of the story?

a. A Shawl for Anita b. A Scarf of Anita c. The Shawl d. A Shawl for Mother
2. She is so frail but never stopped working.
a. Lolita b. Anita c. Mother d. Father

3. She is the one who narrates the story.

a. Mother b. middle child c. Anita d. eldest child
4. The mother in the story loves to _____
a. eat b. knit c. sleep d. swim
5. The older sister of Anita hated her for being ____
a. Frail b. callous c. envied d. fair
6. It refers to the main character of the story.
a. antagonist b. protagonist c. setting d. theme
 7. Who was requesting for a shawl?
a. Lolita b. Anita. c. Mother d. Ana
8. What did Anita keep on requesting her mother?
a. Anita was requesting for a gadget
b. Anita was requesting her mother to knit a shawl for her
c. Anita was requesting food to eat
d. All of the above
9. Where did the story happen?
a. at the mall
b. inside the house
c. outside the house
d. at the garage
10. Why does Anita keep on requesting something from their mother despite her
mother’s condition?
a. to support what her mother loves to do
b. she’s helping her mother not to feel useless
c. she wants to see the smile on her mother’s face
d. all of the above

V. Assignment

Cut or print a picture of your mother and write a simple message for her. Paste your output
on a long bond paper.