A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH

Name: Cooperating Teacher:

Grade & Section: Date & Time:

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. Recognize the Prosodic Features of Speech, particularly on the correct word stress;
2. Adopt the rules in word stress; and
3. Demonstrate pronunciation drill observing the correct word stress.

LEARNING COMPETENCY
 EN10OL-IVe-5: Use the correct Prosodic Features of Speech

VALUE AIM: Attentiveness and cooperation

II. SUBJECT MATTER

 Topic : Word Stress
 Reference Materials : Diaz, Rafaela H. Speech and Oral Communication for College Students
(Revised Edition) p. 123-128

Teacher’s Guide/ Curriculum Guide

 Instructional Materials : Plan A: Power Point Presentation, handouts for drills, activity sheets,
pictures, strips of paper, cap, audio speaker

Plan B: Tarppaper/Paper poster, handouts for drills, activity sheets,

pictures, strips of paper, cap, audio speaker

 Teaching Strategies : Inductive-Indirect Method; Concept Development Method; Cooperative

Learning

III. PROCEDURE

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENTS’ ACTIVITY

A.DAILY ROUTINE
 Prayer
 Attendance
 Classroom management
(Students pick up the pieces of paper and arrange
Class, kindly pick up the pieces of paper and arrange
their chairs).
your chairs.

Good morning/afternoon, class! Good morning/afternoon, sir!

How are you today? We’re all good, sir!
B. REVIEW

Last meeting we discussed about Les Miserables. Am

I right? Yes, sir!

Can anyone tell me a short recap on the previous

lesson? When was the novel published? Who wrote
the novel? Les Miserables was published in the year 1862. It
was written by Victor Hugo.
Les Miserables focuses on the story of four people,
who are they?
Les Miserbales is the story of four people, they are:
Precisely! It also tells of the 1832 revolution and Jean Valjean, Bishop Myriel, Fantine, and Marius.
describes the unpleasant side of Paris.
What is again the purpose of the author in writing the
novel?
The author wrote the novel to express his compassion
and to show to the world the sufferings of people
during the Revolutionary period in Paris.
Marvelous!

What are the social issues or concerns presented in

the novel that can be compared to the social issues
and concerns that we are presently facing here in our
country?
The social issues or concerns presented in the novel
that are similar to the social issues and concerns that
our country is presently facing are: poverty, extra
judicial killings/human rights violations, social
conflict, deprivation of rights, particularly to poor
people, and prostitution.
Very good!

What are the themes present in the novel?

The themes present in the novel are: change and
transformation, human rights, class conflict, justice
and injustice, and meaning of life.
Brilliant!

C. MOTIVATION

This time, we are going to have an activity. Are you

familiar with the game “4 Pics 1 Word”?
Yes, we are, sir!
I will show you two sets of pictures (with four
pictures per set). I want you to guess the word that
best describes the pictures. But this time, we will Students perform the activity
integrate it with another game called the “Genius
Cap”. This would the flow of the game: the first
student on the left side will wear the cap and pass it
on her/his right side as the music plays. Once the
music stops, the one who is wearing the cap will
guess the word.
Yes, sir!
Is everything clear, class?

Alright, let us start!

W O R D

D R C B N M W
X S I U L O P
 S T R E S S

D R T B E M S
X S I U S O P

D. PRESENTATION

This morning, we will be discussing “Word Stress”.

But let me just clarify, class that we are not referring
here to “stress” as a mental condition (not as shown
in the second set of pictures) but as one of the
Prosodic Features of Speech.

Class, at the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

1. Recognize Prosodic features of speech,
particularly on the correct word stress;
2. Adopt the rules in word stress;
3. Demonstrate pronunciation drills observing
the correct word stress.

LESSON PROPER
A. ACTIVITY

For your activity, you will be grouped in to five (5). Students perform the activity
Each group will be given a strip of paper in which
several definitions are written. Find the word that
corresponds to each definition. Choose your answer
from the choice given. You only have three (3)
minutes to do the activity. If you are already done,
then you can post your answer on the board.

Did you understand? Yes, sir!

Alright! Let’s start now the activity.

Group 1
ALLERGY ACCESS BAPTISM
ALLERGY
1. A medical condition that causes someone
become sick after eating, touching, or
breathing that is harmless to most people. ACCESS
2. A way of getting near at or to something or
someone. BAPTISM
3. A Christian ceremony in which a small
amount of water is placed on a person’s head.
Group 2
CASHIER ATTORNEY CARTOON
CASHIER
1. A person who is in charge in collecting
money or payments. ATTORNEY
2. One who is legally appointed to transact
business and cases on the behalf. CARTOON
3. A film or television show made by
photographing a series of drawings; an
animated film or television show.

Group 3
CAFETERIA MAGAZINE JAPANESE CAFETERIA
1. A place where people get food a counter and
carry it to a table for eating. MAGAZINE
2. A type of thin book with a paper cover that
contains stories, essays and pictures. JAPANESE
3. The people of Japan.

Group 4
ANCESTOR UTENSIL OPPORTUNITY ANCESTOR
1. A person who was in someone’s family in
past times; one of the people from whom a
person is descended. UTENSIL
2. A simple and useful device that is used for
doing tasks in a person’s home and especially
OPPORTUNITY
in the kitchen
3. An amount of time or a situation in which
something can be done.

Group 5
PRONUNCIATION COMMUNICATION PRONUNCIATION
EXTEMPORANEOUS
1. The way in which a word or name is COMMUNICATION
pronounced.
2. The act or process of using words, sounds,
signs, or behaviors to express or exchange
information or to express your ideas, EXTEMPORANEOUS
thoughts, feelings, etc., to someone else.
3. Made up or done without especial
preparation.

B. ANALYSIS

You did a great job, class!

How’s the activity?

Class, let me ask you a question: do we only have
one location of word stress? Or are all words have the
same stress?
Very good idea!
It was challenging, sir!
No, sir because there are words that have their
primary stress on the first, second, third, or fourth
syllable.

Now, class I want you to identify whether the words

that you have posted on the board have their primary
stress on the first, second, third, or fourth syllable.
 Words accented on the FIRST SYLLABLE

ALLERGY
ACCESS
BAPTISM
ANCESTOR

Words accented on the SECOND SYLLABLE

CASHIER
ATTORNEY
CARTOON
UTENSIL

Words accented on the THIRD SYLLABLE

CAFETERIA
MAGAZINE
JAPANESE
OPPORTUNITY

Words accented on the FOURTH SYLLABLE

PRONUNCIATION
Now, let’s try to check if your answers are correct.
COMMUNICATION
Words accented on the FIRST SYLLABLE EXTEMPORANEOUS

ALLERGY
ACCESS
BAPTISM
ANCESTOR

Words accented on the SECOND SYLLABLE

CASHIER
ATTORNEY
CARTOON
UTENSIL

Words accented on the THIRD SYLLABLE

CAFETERIA
MAGAZINE
JAPANESE
OPPORTUNITY

Words accented on the FOURTH SYLLABLE

PRONUNCIATION
COMMUNICATION
EXTEMPORANEOUS

Are your answers correct?

Yes, sir!
Alright, class! Based on our activity, how will you
define “stress”? Answers may vary.

C. ABSTRACTION

Class, stress is the mark or sound we put on or give a

word or syllable to make it stand out of the group.
Syllable is the natural division of the word when it is
pronounced.

The mark that we are using to indicate stress on a

word is called stress mark.

Class, there are words also that have definite rules of Students will study first the words and identify the
stress. I’ll be giving you some sets of examples and I rules applied in each set of examples.
want you to study and identify the rules applied on
each of them.

Example #1 Compound nouns have primary stress on the first

PEAcock component and a secondary stress on the second
BLACKboard component.
ARMchair
FLOODlight

Example #2 Compound verbs have a primary stress on the second

underSTAND component and a secondary stress on the on the first
interACT component which is an adverb.
outDO
overDOSE

Example #3 Intensive-reflexive pronouns receive a stronger stress

yourSELF on the second syllable.
mySELF
itSELF
herSELF

Example #4 Numbers ending in –teen show a rhythmic shift in

THIRty – thirTEEN stress from the first syllable to the last.
SEVENty – seventTEEN

Example #5 Many words show a functional shift in stress to

NOUN – VERB indicate their use either as a noun or as a verb. As
PREsent – preSENT nouns, they are stressed on the first syllable; as verbs,
PERmit – perMIT they are stressed on the second syllable.
SUBject – subJECT

Example #6 When a suffix is added to a word, the new form

HAPpy – HAPpiness retains the stress on the same syllable as the word
asSIGN – asSIGNment from which it was derived.
MERry – MERriment

Class, do you have questions as regards to the rules in

None, sir!
words stress?
Stress is the mark or sound we put on or give a word
Again, what is stress?
or syllable to make it stand out of the group.

Very good!

What do you think is the importance of studying or It is important for us to understand the different word
understanding the different word stress? stress so that we can avoid miscommunication
between both native and non-native speakers of
English; acquire confidence in reading and speaking
English words; and know how to pronounce correctly
the different words in English.

D. APPLICATION
Let’s see if you can now apply what you have
learned. This time we will have a pronunciation drill
(sentence drill). You will read the sentences
observing the correct stress of the words in bold face
in each sentence. Let’s have it again in group. Each
group will be given three (3) sentences. Your
performance will be graded based on the following
criteria:

EXCELLENT GOOD FAIR POOR

(10 POINTS) (7 POINTS) (4 POINTS) (1 POINT)
All three (3) Only two (2) Only one (1 None of the
words have words have word) has words has
been been been been
pronounced pronounced pronounced pronounced
with proper with proper with proper with proper
stress stress stress stress
SCORE: _____________

 Group 1 will demonstrate the drill on

sentences with words accented on the first
syllable.
 Group 2 will demonstrate the drill on
sentences with words accented on the second
syllable.
 Group 3 will demonstrate the drill on
sentences with words accented on the third
syllable.
 Group 4 will demonstrate the drill on
sentences with words accented on the fourth
Yes, sir!
syllable.
 Group 5 will demonstrate the drill on
GROUP 1
sentences with words that have phonemic
shift.
1. Our Science teacher will not be around
tomorrow because she will attend a seminar
Is the instructions clear? on Environmental Preservation.
2. A lot of people visit the public cemeteries
Alright! Let’s start. during All Souls Day.
3. Our barangay is five kilometers away from
the town.

GROUP 2

1. Mrs. Dela Rosa will be our English teacher

next semester.
2. The utensils must be ready before the party
starts.
3. Our professor wants us to study all the
lessons in chapter 5.

GROUP 3

1. UBER will resume its operation tomorrow.

2. The chicken sandwich in the cafeteria tastes
so good.
3. Various changes happen to men during
adolescent stage.

GROUP 4

1. Each of us will deliver an extemporaneous

speech in our Public Speaking class.
2. Employers nowadays are looking for
 applicants who have the good
communication skills.
3. Proper pronunciation of words is important
to avoid miscommunication.

GROUP 5

1. Can you give me the address (noun) of Mrs.

Reyes?
2. I was invited by the local government to
conduct (verb) a seminar on disaster
preparedness.
3. Teachers should always keep the records
(noun) of the students.

None, sir!

Class, do you have questions or clarifications?

IV. EVALUATION

A. Underline the words that have correct stress.

1. The teacher praised Theresa for her good CONduct

(CONduct, conDUCT).

2. The president’s Inaugural Speech is adRESSED

(ADdressed, adDRESSED) to the
constituents.
PREsent
3. One of my friends received a nice (PREsent,
preSENT) in her birthday.
REcords
4. She went to the Civil Registrar’s office to ask
for some (reCORDS, REcords) about her
biological mother. SUBject
5. Mario’s favorite (SUBject, subJECT) is
Mathematics.

B. Place correctly the stress mark (') on the

following words: 1. seminar

1. seminar 2. understand

2. understand 3. blackboard

3. blackboard 4. yourself

4. yourself 5. seven

5. seven 6. eighteen

6. eighteen 7. assignment

7. assignment 8. happy

8. happy 9. utensil

9. utensil 10. examination

10. examination
V. ASSIGNMENT/AGREEMENT/HOMEWORK

Search for at least 5 examples of the words that have

their primary stress on the first, second, third or
fourth syllable. Write it on a ½ sheet of paper.

LESSON OBJECTIVES:
1. Recognize Prosodic features of speech,
particularly on the correct word stress;
WORD STRESS 2. Identify the rules in word stress;
 3. Demonstrate pronunciation drills observing 1. A medical condition that causes
the correct word stress. someone become sick after eating,
touching, or breathing that is harmless to
ACTIVITY 1 most people.
2. A way of getting near at or to something
4 PICS 1 WORD or someone.
3. A Christian ceremony in which a small
amount of water is placed on a person’s
head.
Group 2

CASHIER ATTORNEY CARTOON

1. A person who is in charge in collecting

money or payments.
2. One who is legally appointed to transact
business and cases on the behalf.
3. A film or television show made by
D R C B N M W photographing a series of drawings; an
animated film or television show.
X S I U L O P
Group 3

CAFETERIA MAGAZINE JAPANESE

1. A place where people get food a counter

and carry it to a table for eating.
2. A type of thin book with a paper cover
that contains stories, essays and pictures.
3. The people of Japan.
Group 4

ANCESTOR UTENSIL OPPORTUNITY

1. A person who was in someone’s family

in past times; one of the people from
D R T B E M S whom a person is descended.
2. A simple and useful device that is used
X S I U S O P for doing tasks in a person’s home and
especially in the kitchen
3. An amount of time or a situation in
which something can be done.

ACTIVITY 2
Group 5
Group 1
PRONUNCIATION COMMUNICATION
ALLERGY ACCESS BAPTISM EXTEMPORANEOUS
 1. The way in which a word or name is 1. Our Science teacher will not be around
pronounced. tomorrow because she will attend a
2. The act or process of using words, sounds, seminar on Environmental Preservation.
signs, or behaviors to express or exchange 2. A lot of people visit the public
information or to express your ideas, cemeteries during All Souls Day.
thoughts, feelings, etc., to someone else. 3. Our barangay is five kilometers away
3. Made up or done without especial from the town.
preparation. GROUP 2
1. Mrs. Dela Rosa will be our English
EXAMPLES: teacher next semester.
2. The utensils must be ready before the
Example #1 party starts.
3. Our professor wants us to study all the
PEAcock lessons in chapter 5.
BLACKboard
ARMchair GROUP 3
FLOODlight
1. UBER will resume its operation
tomorrow.
Example #2 2. The chicken sandwich in the cafeteria
underSTAND tastes so good.
interACT 3. Various changes happen to men during
outDO adolescent stage.
overDOSE
GROUP 4
1. Each of us will deliver an
Example #3
extemporaneous speech in our Public
yourSELF Speaking class.
mySELF 2. Employers nowadays are looking for
itSELF applicants who have the good
herSELF communication skills.
3. Proper pronunciation of words is
Example #4 important to avoid miscommunication.
THIRty – thirTEEN GROUP 5
SEVENty – seventTEEN
1. Can you give me the address (noun) of
Mrs. Reyes?
Example #5 2. I was invited by the local government to
NOUN – VERB conduct (verb) a seminar on disaster
PREsent – preSENT preparedness.
PERmit – perMIT 3. Teachers should always keep the
SUBject – subJECT records (noun) of the students.

Example #6
HAPpy – HAPpiness
asSIGN – asSIGNment
MERry – MERriment

DRILL

GROUP 1