(Name of School)

LESSON PLAN IN GRADE 9

OBJECTIVES:

 Assess the relevance and worth of ideas presented in the viewed materials.
 Infer thoughts, feelings, and intentions based on the details of information presented in the material.
 Share ideas and participate actively in group-differentiated tasks.
 Relate text content to particular social issues, concerns, or dispositions in real life.

SUBJECT MATTER:

Topic: Richard Cory by Edwin Arlington Robinson

References: https://iu.pressbooks.pub/celeb2022/chapter/andrew-iwahashi/
https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/topic/richard-cory
Materials: Laptop, Projector, Speaker

PROCEDURES:

A. Daily Routine

 Prayer
 Greetings
 Temperature Check
 Classroom Rules
 Checking of Attendance
 Mind Game

B. Motivation

ACTIVITY 1: STICK-ON ME

A B

QUESTIONS:
1. What can you say about the appearance of the first two pictures? How are they similar? How are they
different?
2. Look at the two jars from the inside. Compare and contrast the two.
3. What does each picture imply?
LET’S NOT FORGET (VOCABULARY ENRICHMENT)

ACTIVITY: WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE

MEET THE POET

Edwin Arlington Robinson was born December 22, 1869. He was an

American poet and playwright.

PERSONAL LIFE: Robinson never married but he has a romantic relationship

with Elizabeth Sparhawk- Jones. She described him as a charming, sensitive,
and emotionally grounded man with high moral values.

DEATH AND LEGACY: Robinsons died of cancer on April 6, 1935, in the New
York Hospital (now the Weill Cornell Medical Center) in New York City. He
was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Gardiner.

POEM:
DISCLAIMER

The topic contains sensitive information.

RICHARD CORY
BY EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON
Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.

And he was always quietly arrayed,

And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked.

And he was rich—yes, richer than a king—

And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.

So on we worked, and waited for the light,

And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.
QUESTIONS:

1. Who do you think is the persona of this poem?

2. Who is this person the persona is talking about? How do they describe him?
3. Why do you think that Richard Cory killed himself? Does the poem provide any clues?
4. What does the poem suggest about happiness and appearances?
5. In what way is the ending ironic?
6. Why do you think that the poem ends so abruptly with Richard Cory's death? Why doesn't the poem reflect
on it at all?
7. If you are a brother or sister of Richard Cory, what will you do to help him?

DIFFERENTIATED TASKS:

GROUP 1: A SONG FOR YOU

If you’re going to sing a song dedicated to Richard Cory that would cheer him up, what would it be and
why?

Write the lyrics of the song and explain.

Process Questions:

1. What is the message of the song you rendered?

2. In what way music is a good therapy?
3. What are the psychological effects of music?
4. How music help people with depression and anxiety?
5. Aside from music, can you recommend or suggest other ways to cheer up somebody who has been in a
rough time?

GROUP 2: LET’S INTERPRET

Your group will interpret a case study from CDC’s National Vital Statistics System, Public Domain, 2022.
Answer the given questions below. Select a leader to report it in the class.

Situation: The case study involves 1,000 respondents.

Persons who died by suicide may have had multiple circumstances. Data on mental health
conditions and other factors are from coroner/medical examiner and law enforcement reports. It is possible
that mental health conditions or other circumstances could have been present and not diagnosed, known,
or reported.
Factors
Contributing to QUESTIONS:
Suicide
1. What are the factors that contribute to
suicide?
2. According to the latest Statistics from CDC’s
National Vital Statistics System, what factor
has been found to contribute to the lowest
number of suicides?
3. What is the percentage of problematic
substance use?
4. Which factor has second to the highest
percentage?
5. What factor has the highest percentage?
6. The number 1 cause of suicide as shown in
the study is relationship problem. How many
Source: Source: CDC’s National Vital Statistics System. Public Domain.2022 respondents believed that? Compute for the
Original (larger) image is at this URL: https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/suicide/ 42% of the total number of respondents.
Process Questions:

1. Why do people commit suicide?

2. How can we decrease the number of people who commit suicide?

GROUP 3: CHALLENGES ARE GENDERLESS (SOCIAL AWARENESS)

Situation: Social-awareness is the path to follow when it comes to understanding others around us,
especially those who have differences from ourselves and treat others with care, kindness, respect, equality,
and appreciation no matter how different or alike we are.

Select 4 members in your group to act out as representative in the given scenarios. Using the
handkerchiefs, blind fold them and put the statements below. The rest of the members will act as “hugger”.
The “huggers” will at least hug 2 representatives in the said situations.

Would you hug me even if Would you hug me even if Would you hug me even if Would you hug me even
I am HIV+? I am an LGBTQ+ member? I am ABUSED? if I have DEPRESSION?

NOTE: HIV is not transmitted

thru hugging.

Process Questions:

1. What is it like to be in their shoes when they are not treated appropriately?
2. How would you handle the situation? Justify.
3. In what ways should all people be considered equal?

GROUP 4: LEARN TO LET GO

Situation: We indeed wear a mask. Many people hide their feelings from others by masking what is within
with false appearances.

At times, we wear real masks to hide our faces, like when we dress up in a costume party. Other times,
we wear “imaginary masks” — the kinds that other people can’t see. Imaginary masks hide our feelings from
other people. We wear an imaginary mask when we pretend to feel something that we don’t really feel.

Sometimes, if we keep those things inside us, it hurts us to the extent that we forget to appreciate the
beauty of life. Today, let us learn to let go our pains. In your group, using a white cartolina draw 1 big mask and
write down all your feelings, pains, struggles and problems in the mask. Afterwards, tie it using the balloon/s
the teacher will give you and let your mask fly in the sky.
Process Questions:

1. Why do you need to learn to let go of your pains, negative emotions and problems?
2. How do you manage them? How do you move on?

RUBRIC FOR THE DIFFERENTIATED TASKS:

Valuing:

A JAR OF ADVICE:

A Jar of Advice is a jar full of pieces of advice for someone who feels down, drained and undergoes
different battles in life. On a ¼ sheet of paper, write your advice that could lighten up someone’s day and drop
it inside the jar.

Process Questions:

1. Who among your friends would

most likely come to you for advice?

JAR OF ADVICE 2. What advice would you give to

yourself right now?
ASSIGNMENT:
“TIKTOKERIST” WITH A CAUSE

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time for people to come

together to help destigmatize mental illness through education, advocacy and
support.

Create a short video (2-6 minutes video) about MENTAL HEALTH

AWARENESS. You can provide tips on how to cope up life’s challenges, give advice
and awareness to those who are battling anxiety and depression, and boost
advocacy that could change someone’s life.

Post your video in your Tiktok account and share it to the public.

RUBRIC:

NOTE: Power point presentation is also available.