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Detailed Lesson Plan in Teaching and Assessment of Literature Studies-1
Detailed Lesson Plan in Teaching and Assessment of Literature Studies-1
I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson the students should be able to:
a) Topic: On my first Sonne, by Ben Jonson (A written elegy by a father to his son)
b) Reference: Ben Jonson, On My First Sonne1616. Retrieved from
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44455/on-my-first-son
c) Teaching Materials: PowerPoint presentation, Laptop, Manila paper
III.PROCEDURE:
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
A. PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES
Greetings
Good morning class.
Good morning ma’am!
How are you feeling today?
We’re great ma’am.
Are you all ready for today’s discussion?
Yes, Ma’am.
Okay, great!
Prayer
May I request everyone to please stand up
so that we can have our morning prayer?
And of course for us to be guided.
All right may I request Ms. Niegas to please
lead the prayer? (Niegas leads a prayer)
In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be
Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be
done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this
day our daily bread; and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass
against us; and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
Thank you, Ms. Niegas
Classroom Management
Now, class before you seat down please
arrange your seats properly, make sure it is
all aligned and of course pick up the pieces
of paper. (The students will arrange their seats and
pick up the pieces of paper.)
Okay, thank you! You may now take your
seat.
Checking of Attendance
Class secretary, is there any absentee today? None, Ma’am.
Okay, Times up! Let us hear first from Ms. We think the parents who loses their child
Lagera and Mr. Javines. might suffer from depressed feelings that
are accompanied by intense feelings of
sadness, despair, helplessness, loneliness,
abandonment, and even wish to die.
Good Job! Ms. Lagera and Mr. Javines. (Students perform Good Job Clap)
Let us give them a Good Job Clap.
Okay, let us now hear from the second pair. A parents who have lost their child might
Ms. Perez and Ms. Octavio. suffer Intense shock, confusion, disbelief,
and denial, even if your child's death was
expected. Overwhelming sadness and
despair, such that facing daily tasks or even
getting out of bed can seem impossible.
Extreme guilt or a feeling that you have
failed as your child's protector and could
have done something differently.
B. Lesson Proper
A. Activity
Moving on, let us have another activity
class. I will divide the class into two. And I
will be giving each of you a copy of the
poem “On my first Sonne” Ben Jonson.
Questions:
1. What is your initial impressions of the
poem? (Students start to read the poem.)
2. What do you think it is about?
3. What is Jonson trying to say?
All good.
So today, enable for us to understand the
poem thoroughly we are going to further
examine the poem ‘On my First Son’ by
Ben Jonson. By Knowing the authors
background, examining the structure of the
poem and finding the central theme of the
poem itself.
Characteristics
An elegy usually brings comprises of three
stages of grief which are as follows:
lament where the speaker expresses
grief and sorrow,
praise and admiration of the idealized
dead and
Finish with comfort or solace for
those left behind.
In other words, he vows to never again love Love doesn’t mean smothering someone or
anyone or anything as much as he loved his treating them as an object. Real love
son. In these lines, Jonson struggle with a sometimes means letting someone go or
terrible question. He wonders whether it is understanding that they have fallen out of
worth loving someone at all, given that they love with you. If they really love you, they
will die and could die at any moment. will come back. Someone somewhere will
die in an hour or the next second. This
So, class I want you to give your opinion person could be you. Life is promised to no
about this, Does it worth loving someone at one. No one lives forever. Concentrate on
all, given that they will die and could die at loving someone this moment, You or that
any moment? person aren’t promised another moment of
Yes, Ms. Octavio? life.
Thank you, Ms. Octavio for your opinion.
Thus, Jonson answer seems to be a firm no.
He fails to help himself recover from his
grief and suggests that all such intense grief
may be impossible to resolve.
Generalization
The elegy is a form of poetry in which the
poet or speaker expresses grief, sadness, or
loss. An elegy usually brings comprises of
three stages of grief which are as follows:
lament where the speaker expresses grief
and sorrow, praise and admiration of the
idealized dead and Finish Yes, the poem "On My First Sonne" reflects
with comfort or solace for those left genuine sadness. I think the poem is about
behind. the writer trying to get over the death of his
One of the most famous elegy those times is son and makes people feel sorry for his loss.
the poem ‘On My First Sonne' By Ben
Jonson is a poem about a father who has
lost a young son, and attempts to distance The speaker of 'On My first Sonne' envies
himself from the tragedy in numerous ways. his dead son because his son is in heaven
and has escaped the struggles, frustrations,
‘On My First Son’ by Ben Jonson is a verse and misery of aging experienced in life on
lament on the dead son of the poet. The poet Earth. And I think it is not something to be
in the first few lines talks about his ill fate envious because, life above earth is so much
to wish too much from his child. He says he better than death or dying. I think the
has been justly paid by the death of his son speaker just use the word envy to lessen his
for such high expectations. Thereafter he guilt and agony to his sons’ death.
asks himself, why men hate death. They
should envy death as it helps one to escape
“world’s and flesh’s rage” By the final lines,
the narrator has come to accept that he
cannot help but care deeply for the child,
therefore making his attempts to not grieve Personally, yes I think this poem will help
uselessly, but he vows that he will attempt someone who has lost a loved one to cope
to keep his affections in lesser amounts to up with the pain. The poem convey hope,
avoid such grief in the future. reassurance that life continues, and that the
memory of the lost person or concept will
D. Application persist.
Class, I have a questions
Does "On My First Sonne" reflect genuine
sadness? Yes, Ms. Niegas?
D. EVALUATION
Direction: On a worksheet provided. Create a short analysis on every stanza of the poem
‘On My First Sonne' By Ben Jonson.
E.
HOMEWORK
Direction:
In a 1whole sheet of paper, create your own Elegy for something or someone you have
lost. Imagine all your memories with them and let your emotions take control of your
words. Remember that it must be quatrain (four lines that make up one stanza) with a
minimum of tree stanzas.
Memorize the elegy that you created and be ready for tomorrows’ individual oral
presentation. Remember that you will be graded based on the rubric below.
25%
2
25%
2
25%
2
25%
2