TAGOLOAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Baluarte, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental

Member: Association of Local Colleges and Universities
Accredited: Association of Local Colleges and Universities – Commission on
Accreditation (ALCU-COA)

SEMI-DETAILED LESSON PLAN FOR GRADE 10 - GALILEO

(7:30 – 8:30 AM)

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
a. analyze the short story "A Day in the Country" by Anton Chekhov through
the elements of a short story;
b. construct a plot of the events happened in the story “A Day in the
Country”; and
c. share viewpoints on the gift of nature present in the story "A Day in the
Country".
II. SUBJECT MATTER
Topic: A Day in The Country by Anton Chekhov
References:
Book Reference: Celebrating Diversity through World Literature

 Author/s: Almonte, Liza R., Flandez, Lerma L., Hermosa, Angelina Lourdes A.,
Lagustan, Nedia, Mangaluz, Liberty A., Miranda, Elenita R., Mendoza, Paul
Anthony B., Palomar, Lito A., Annette Barradas-Soriana, Grace B., and
Villanueva, Karen B.
 Page/s: 279 – 285

Online Reference/s:

 Wikipedia contributors. (2024, January 21). Anton Chekhov. Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Chekhov

 A Day in the Country--Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904). (n.d.).

https://www.classicshorts.com/stories/DayCountry.html

Skills Focused: Listening, Reading

Values Integration: To recognize and appreciate the gift of nature
Strategy: Outlining, Plotting
Materials: Laptop, Smart TV, PowerPoint Presentation

III. PROCEDURE
A. Preliminary Activities:
1. Prayer
2. Setting of the Classroom Atmosphere
3. Checking of Attendance
 4. Review of the past discussion
5. Unlocking of Difficulties

Leaden - dull, spiritless, or gloomy, as in mood or thought.

Refuge - a place of shelter, protection, or safety.
Sacristan - an official in charge of the sacred vessels, vestments, etc.,
of a church or a religious house.
Starling-Cote - The English starling cote is stated to be the only
European bird to have thoroughly established itself in the colony.
Copse - a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
Thicket - a thick or dense growth of shrubs, bushes, or small trees; a
thick coppice.
Ochre - any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of
iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to
orange and red, and used as pigments.
Cobbler - a person who mends shoes.
Gniliya Zaimishtcha marshes - an area of low-lying land which is
flooded in wet seasons or at high tide, and typically remains
waterlogged at all times.

6. Reading of Lesson Objectives

Developmental Activities
1. Motivation:
The teacher will show 5 sets of pictures. Each set has 4 pictures and it
has a corresponding word. To accomplish this activity, the teacher will
ask volunteers from the class and each volunteer should guess the
word that the pictures are trying to convey. There will also letters that
are being scrambled to guide the students to the correct word. The
volunteers will be given 10 seconds to guess the word and for instance
that the volunteer failed to guess the word within 10 seconds, the
teacher will call another volunteer to help the former one.
 1. W A O R P R S (SPARROW)
2. E G N N A L I H T I G (NIGHTINGALE)
3. N A T – A H E P (ANT-HEAP)
4. G G E B A R (BEGGAR)
5. C B L B O E R (COBBLER)

2. Presentation of the lesson

3. Discussion
a. Introduce the author of the story “A Day in the Country”
b. Discuss the characters, setting, conflict, plot, point of view, and
tone and mood of the story

4. Enrichment

The following questions will be asked to the students

1. Why do you think Terenty helped the orphans? What role does he
play in the life of the children?
2. What does the line “The grass and the trees are fed by the rain, as
we are by bread” means?
3. Why does Danilka say that there is no secret in nature that baffles
Terenty?
4. How does Terenty recognize the gift of nature?
5. The author compares a nightingale to a sparrow. To whom can you
compare these two birds?

5. Application
The class will be divided into four groups. Each group will have to
outline the events happened in the story from the beginning up the end
following the parts of the plot (Exposition, Rising Action, Conflict,
Falling Action, and Denouement). They will be given 10 minutes to
finish the task. After that, the group will pick a representative to share
their output in front of the class.

6. Generalization
To check if the students were able to understand the discussion, these
few questions will be asked by the teacher.
a. As a student, how relevant is the story to your life?
b. Why should we embrace and love our nature?

IV. Evaluation
Answer the chart below to analyze the short story “A Day in the Country.”
Element Description
1. Character/s: Who are the characters
in the story?
2. Setting: Where and when does the
story take place?
3. Conflict: What is the main problem in
the story?
Plot: What is happening in the story?
What is the story all about?
5. Tone and Mood: What is the author’s
attitude toward the subject? What kind
of emotion or feeling do you get after
reading the story?
6. Point of View: Who is telling or
narrating the story? Is one character
acting as a narrator (first person), or
someone telling what is going on (third
person)?

V. Assignment
Cite some lines from the story “A Day in the Country” that shows recognizing the
gift of nature.

Prepared by:

LEA MARIE B. CABANDO

Student teacher

Reviewed by:

RHONA MAE G. ALANGAN

Mentor

Noted by:

ERNESTO A. SECO
School Principal, CNHS