Detailed Lesson Plan in English 10

Section: Grade-10 Wisdom

Time: 10:00 A.M to 11:00 A.M

Name: Catherine C. Aguisanda

Cooperating School: Eugenia Andrin National High School

I. OBJECTIVE

At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to:

a. identify the elements of the story.
b. express the importance of knowing the lesson in the story.
c. arrange the sequence of events in the story.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic : To Build a Fire

Reference : Celebrating Diversity through World Literature
Materials : Pictures, Word Charts, Pilot Pen, and Manila Paper

III. PROCEDURE

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

A. Preparatory

1. Classroom Management
Kindly arrange your chairs and pick up
some pieces of papers under your chairs and
put it in the trash bin. Yes, ma’am.

2. Prayer
Let us put ourselves into the presence of
God, may I request Christine to lead the (Students will pray spiritually)
prayer?

3. Salutation
Good Morning class. Good Morning ma’am.
How are you today? We’re fine ma’am.
I’m glad to see you. We’re glad to see you too.
You may now take your seats. Thank you ma’am.

4. Checking of Attendance
Who are absent? None ma’am.
Very good! It’s good to hear that

5. Collecting of Assignment
Do you have an assignment? None ma’am

B. Review
What was our past topic? Our past topic was all about “Song of
Autumn”.
Do you have any question regarding with
“Song of Autumn?”
C. Motivation
Class, are you familiar with the game 4pics No ma’am.
one word?
In this activity you are going to identify
what idea the pictures suggest. Try to guess the
correct word by analyzing these four pictures.
But before that I will group you into five
groups.
The first group that will give me the correct
answer will receive this reward.
Is it clear? Yes, ma’am.
The correct answer is fire.
Group one got the correct answer.
Clap your hands to group one. (The students are clapping their hands.)

D. Presentation
From the given activity, what do you think
our topic today? (The students are raising their hands)
Kyle, what do you think our topic today? Ma’am, our topic today is all about “To Build a
Fire.”
Very good! Clap your hands to Kyle.

E. Learners Objectives
Before we start our discussion I will show
to you first these objectives. This will serve
your guide in our lesson. Will you please read
it together? At the end of the lesson, the students are
expected to:

a. identify the elements of the story.

b. express the importance of knowing the
lesson in the story.
c. arrange the sequence of events in the story.

F. Unlocking difficult terms

Now for you to understand further about the
story, let us first unlock some difficult terms. I
need one representative in every group. All you
have to do is to paste the word to their
appropriate meaning.

Trail – a route that someone follows to go

somewhere.

Stream – a natural flow of water that is

smaller than a river.

Snow – soft white pieces of frozen water that

fall to the ground from the sky.

Strings – a cord usually used to bind, fasten or

tie.

Flame – a state of burning brightly.

G. Discussion
Let’s have another activity. You are going
to read and understand the story “To Build a
Fire” and after that you are going to identify
the elements of the story. Group leaders kindly
come here and pick one piece of paper and
read your task.
I will you fifteen minutes to do the task.
After that you are going to report your assign
task.
Is it clear? Yes ma’am.
Your fifteen minutes starts now! (Students are doing the task)
Time is up!
Group I. Identify the characters in the story. The characters in the story are the man and
the dog.
Group II. Identify the setting in the story. The story is set in the wilderness of the
frozen Yukon during the harsh winter months
when there was no sun neither hint of sun in
the sky.
Group III. Identify the plot in the story. A man travelling through the great North
American wilderness in temperature of sixty
degrees below zero with only his dog for a
companion. As he crosses a frozen stream a
misstep puts his foot through the ice. He knows
he must find a way to build a fire to warm
himself or face death. Frenzy and desperation
take over, challenging all attempts to survive.
Group IV. Identify the conflict in the story. The man battling the harsh temperatures for
the entire story and trying to stay alive by
building a fire. He struggle with wet feet,
matches, snow and even the dog in his attempt
to combat the cold.
Group V. Identify the theme in the story. To build a fire is a tragic tale of a man who
decides to travel alone through the hostile
environment of the Yukon in subfreezing
temperatures and falls victim to the unrelenting
and unforgiving power of nature.
Thank you class for the participation. All
your answers are correct.

H. Application
Let’s have another activity. Within your
group you are going to arrange the sequence of
events in the story.
Everybody kindly read. Arrange the sequence of event in the story.
a. A half hour later, at the place where to snow
seemed very solid, the ice broke.
b. the man’s feet sank into the water.
c. at about 12 o’clock the man decide to stop to
eat his lunch.
d. He came to a frozen stream called Indian
creek.
e. The man walked down the trail on a cool,
gray day.
Thank you class, I will give you five
minutes to do the task. (The students are doing the task.)
 This is your rubrics for you to be guided.

RUBRICS
Criteria Points
Cooperation 20
Correct Answer 30
Total 50

I. Generalization
Who can give me the lesson in the story?
Okay, Christine you are raising your hands. The lesson in the story is that people should
not think that they are more powerful than
nature. In addition, people should listen to
others who have more experience than they do.
Wow! What a brilliant idea Christine.
Everybody clap your hands to Christine.
Do you have any question about the story
“To Build a Fire” class? None ma’am.

IV. EVALUATION

Instruction: Identify the elements of the story. Underline the letter of the correct answer,

1. The story in the wilderness of the frozen Yukon during the harsh winter months
when there was no sun neither hint of sun in the sky.
a. setting c. Theme e. Plot
b. characters d. Conflict

2. The man and the dog are the ________ in the story.
a. setting c. Theme e. Plot
b. characters d. Conflict

3. A man travelling through the great North American wilderness in temperature of

sixty degrees below zero with only his dog for a companion. As he crosses
a frozen stream a misstep puts his foot through the ice. He knows he must
find a way to build a fire to warm himself or face death.
a. characters c. theme e. plot
b. setting d. conflict

4. The man battling the harsh temperatures for the entire story and trying to stay
alive by building a fire. He struggle with wet feet, matches, snow and even
the dog in his attempt to combat the cold.
a. characters c. theme e. plot
b. setting d. conflict

5. To build a fire is a tragic tale of a man who decides to travel alone through the
hostile environment of the Yukon in subfreezing temperatures and falls
victim to the unrelenting and unforgiving power of nature.
a. setting c. theme e. plot
b. characters d. conflict

V. ASSIGNMENT
How can you relate the lesson in the story to you own life?