A Detailed Lesson Plan in Oral Communication

Prepared by: Jerlyn G.Marata

I. Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the students must be able to:
1. discuss Functions of Communication
2. relate functions of communications in daily life
3. perform the different Functions of Communication through role playing

II. Subject Matter:

Topic: Functions of Communication
Reference: Marilou Santos- Syjueco (2016). DIWA Senior High School Series
Materials: Paper, Pen, Marker,

III. Procedure
A. Learning Activities

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

“Please all stand, let us start with a prayer. “Let us pray, in the name of the
Who wants to lead the prayer? Yes Father, and of the Son, and of the
Yesha? Holy Spirit. Amen.”

“Good morning class!” “Good morning Ma’am Marata,

good morning classmates.
Mabuhay po tayong lahat”.
“Before you sit down, arrange first your
chairs and pick up some pieces of trash on
the floor.”

Okay, you may now take your sit. “Thank you, Ma’am”

“Class secretary, who are absent today?” “No one is absent ma’am”

“No one? Good thing to hear that! “We’re doing great Ma’am, we’re
Congratulations! Oh, before I forgot how happy to see you today!”
are you today?”

“Oh, wow! Thank you so much, so do I”

Are you ready for our discussion today? “Yes, Ma’am!”

REVIEW
Before we proceed to our topic this Ma’am our topic yesterday was all
morning, may I ask what was our lesson about informational and literary text
yesterday? Yes Shane?

Now, what does informational and literary Informational means non-fiction

text mean? Yes, Andrea? writing, while literary means fictional
 writing.

And what are the examples of Examples of informational texts are

informational text? Yes, Hans? essays, magazines, reports,
newspapers, and so on..

How about literary text? Who can give me One of the examples of literary text
examples? Yes, Marjorie? are poems, and others are ballads,
limerick, drama, stories and so on.

“Okay, that’s great! You have really “Thank you, Ma’am!”

learned from our discussion yesterday!

MOTIVATION
“Before we start our discussion, I have
prepared here strips of paper, and all you
have to do is to give a word or synonym of
that word
“Order, Act, Law”
“First word, REGULATION/CONTROL.”
“Contact, Collaboration,
“Very Good! Second word, SOCIAL Companionship”
INTERACTION.”
“Inspiration, Encouragement,
“Great! Now, the third word, Interest”
MOTIVATION.”
“Data, Facts, Details”
“Excellent! Let’s have a fourth word,
INFORMATION.”
“Excited, Warmhearted,
And we have a last word, EMOTIONAL Sentimental”
EXPRESSION”

“Good job! We will meet those words later

in our discussion.”

ACTIVITY
“But before that, let’s have an activity, I
have here a box that contains five words,
and I will be dividing the class into five
groups, each group must have
representative to pick a word in the box,
and will explain what they have discussed
from there group.

Okay? So, let’s do counting starting from

here.

Group 1- Regulations/Control
 Group 2- Social Interaction
Group 3- Motivation
Group 4- Information
Group 5- Emotional Expression

You will be given 2 minutes to discuss it in “functions to control one’s

your group. Your time starts now! behavior.”

“Time is up! Let’s start the presentation.

So, what is your opinion from the word
“used to produce social
you have, Group 1?”
relationships; used to develop
bonds, intimacy, relations, used to
“Yes, that’s right.The function of
express preferences, desires,
Regulation/Control is to control one’s
needs, wants, decisions, goals, and
behavior.
strengths; used for giving and
Thank you so much group 1, now let’s
getting information.
have group 2.
“functions to motivate or to
encourage people to live better.”

Okay, great! Let’s proceed to group 3 “functions to convey information,

giving information. “

Thank you so much, now let’s have

“facilitates people’s expression of
from group 4.
their feelings and emotions”

Now the last but not the least, from

(Students will share and give
group 5
opinions about functions of
commuication).
ANALYSIS
“So, based from your explanation, how
do we define functions of
communication?”

“Very good that’s right!”

ABSTRACTION
“Communication functions refer to how
people use language for different
purposes also refers to how language is
affected by different time, place, and
situation used to control the behavior of
people used to regulate the nature
and amount of activities people engage in
The most basic functions of
communication in an organization are to
regulate/ to control, to inform, to interact
socially, to express and to motivate.” (Students will share and give
examples of Functions of
.” Communication).
Regulation/Control-
“Who can give me an example where you functions to control one’s
can use functions of communication?” behavior.
For example: “ Doctors’
Prescription”- “Take your
medicine 3 times a day.”

Parents’ Instruction to their

child
“Wash the dishes now, or
else I won’t allow you to go
to the party later.”

❖ Social Interaction- used

to produce social
relationships; used to
develop bonds, intimacy,
relations, used to express
preferences, desires,
needs, wants, decisions,
goals, and strengths; used
for giving and getting
information. The day- to-
day social interactions you
engage in are made
deeper by shared
emotions. The closer you
are to the person you
interact with, the deeper
the emotions shared.

❖ Motivation- functions to
motivate or to encourage
people to live better.
Refers to a person using a
language to express
needs, desires, wants,
likes and dislikes,
inclination, choices, and
aspirations.
❖ Information- functions to
convey information, giving
information.
“Did you know that
there’s a secret
apartment at the top
 of the Eiffel tower?”
Emotional expression-
facilitates people’s
expression of their feelings
and emotions

Appreciation
“I’m so glad that you came
into my life.”
Expressing one’s ambition
“I want to finish up my
studies with good grades
to be accepted in a good
university.”
Expressing a need

“I need you in my life.”

Expressing prayers
“We pray for those who
suffered a broken heart
from their crush
“That’s right! Thank you so much!

APPLICATION
“Question? If you don’t have any question,
we will have another group activity. With
the same group, this time you are going to “None, Ma’am!”
role play a situation where you can use the
functions of communication. You will be
given 3 minutes to practice and 3-minute
presentation in front of the class.
Group 1- Regulation/Control
Group 2- Social Interaction
Group 3- Motivation
Group 4- Information
Group 5- Emotional Expression

Proceed now to your group, and “The students will go to their

your time starts now! respective group and plan about
their presentation”

“Time is up! Let’s proceed to your

presentation, you will be graded with the
following rubric:

Stage Presence- 20pts.

Presentation- 20pts.
Facial Expression- 10pts.
Total – 50pts.
 Thank you so much, Ma’am Marata!
Congratulations everyone! What a
wonderful presentation, you are really
good actors and actresses!
The functions of communication is very
important especially in having it in our Goodbye Ma’am!
daily life, it can help to regulate/ to control,
to inform, to interact socially, to express
and to motivate.”

So let’s call it a day! Goodbye everyone!

See you next meeting!

IV. Assessment.
A. Analyze the chart below. Match the speaker with the verbal or nonverbal cues he
or she uses to communicate regulation or control. Write the letter of your answer on
the paper.

_________1. Nurse/clinic assistant a. executive orders

_________2. Judge b. summons to a hearing

_________3. Teacher c. rings the bell/buzzer

_________4. Security guard (LRT) d. bangs the gavel

_________5. President of the country e. checks your attendance

_________6. Head of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee f. “Next patient, please!”

_________7. Librarian g. whistles to signal door closing

_________8. Parents h. checkpoint barrier

_________9. Head of the Land Transportation Officei. curfew

_________10. Police j. licenses

V. Assignment/Agreement
Study in advance Verbal and Nonverbal Cues.

Prepared by:

Jerlyn G. Marata
SHS Teacher 1 Applicant