St. Mary’s College of Bansalan, Inc.

(Formerly: Holy Cross of Bansalan College, Inc.) PRIN-LP-003

8005 Dahlia St. Poblacion Uno, Bansalan, Davao del Sur

LEARNING PLAN

Department: Basic Education Quarter: 3rd School Year: 2023 - 2024

Subject and Grade Level: English 8 Day:

Transfer Goal:
The students in the long run and on their own will be able to demonstrate an understanding
composing a variety of journalistic or fictional texts, he contents of which may be used in
composing a text, featuring use of properly acknowledged information sources, grammatical
signals for opinion-making, persuasion and emphasis that makes God’s gifts to us be highlighted.
Essential Understanding:
Develop characters and individuals with dialogue, actions, and description.
Essential Questions:
1. What is the purpose of characterization?
2. How do you identify the traits of a character in a literary text?
I. Preliminaries:
Greetings
COPAH (Cleanliness, Orderliness, Prayer, Attendance, and Health)

 Review: What are the elements of a story?

 Focus: Character Sketch

Motivation
Students will watch a pixar movie short entitled: Game Changer

Activating Prior Knowledge (APK)

 Who were the characters?
 Describe the girl and the toy wrestler.
 Compare and contrast the two characters
 What is each of the characters’ defining characteristics?

II. Lesson Development

Objectives:
At the end of the discussion learners will be able to:
 Analyze a character’s traits and how it affects the entire plot of a story.
 Write a character sketch through a method of indirect characterization; Speech,
thoughts, effect on others toward the character, actions, and looks. (S.T.E.A.L.)
 Appreciate the importance of creating a character sketch as an essential part of
writing a short story or novel.

A. Presentation of Concepts
B. Activity
The class will be divided into four, then they will create a character sketch of their favorite
fiction character on a ½ sheet of paper (crosswise)

Broadening of Concept
Connect: What do you think is the importance of a character sketch?
Explore: In what way does a character sketch help make a certain character unique?
Leading question: What helps to create and develop a great character?
C. Integration
1.) ICV: Excellence Related Value: Competence
2.) Biblical Passages
2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
3.) Social Orientation:
 In the short animation, the girl refused to give up because of her determination to get
the toy, in your own perspective, what makes you not to give up on your dreams/goals?
4.) Lesson Across Discipline: Social Studies
 In the short pixar movie, the toy there is a wrestler. Wrestling was started by the ancient
Sumerians, or in Sumeria. What is Sumeria called today?

III. Evaluation/Assessment
Using an indirect method of characterization, write a character sketch of any character in
fiction.

Name of character:
Speech Thoughts Effect on others Actions Looks
What does the What is revealed toward the What does the What does the
character say? through the character. character do? How character look
How does the character’s private does the character like? How does the
character speak? thoughts and behave? charact er dress?
feelings?

IV. Agreement/ Assignment

Directions: Create one character and write a character sketch about him or her. Write it
on a ½ sheet of paper (Crosswise)

Rubrics:
Organization of ideas - 10
Originality - 10
Grammar and spelling- 10
Total: 30 pts.

Summary/Action:
Two Truths and a Lie
Give 2 truths and 1 lie about our topic today.

Prepared by:
Ms. Jullie Ann N. Espinosa
Student-Teacher