FS 5 Detailed Lesson Plan Elements of A Plot

A DETAILED LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH GRADE 8
ELEMENTS OF A PLOT
Name: Theresa Nova D. Villaester Course: BSED-English
Cooperating School: St. Peter’s College Date: Jan. 24, 2020
Cooperating Teacher: Ian G. Caliba, MAED
Pre-School Activities
A. Prayer
B. Checking of Attendance
I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, 90 % of the students will be able to:
1. Identify the elements of a plot in a short story.
II. SUBJECT MATTER: Elements of a Plot

Reference: http://users.aber.ac.uk/jpm/ellsa/ellsa_elements.html
https://penandthepad.com/five-elements-plot-conflict-4472.html
https://www.quickbase.com/articles/an-online-resource-guide-to-freytags-pyramid
Materials: Printed copies of the short stories “The Hare and the Tortoise” and “The Boy
Who Cried Wolf”, diagram of Freytag’s Pyramid, Pictures, Picture of Gustav
Freytag, printed texts of events of short story
Values Infused: Humility and Perseverance
III. PROCEDURE
TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENT’S ACTIVITY
Good morning class! Good morning Ma’am!
A. Drill
I want everybody to please stand. Let us The students will participate in the
do some stretching. I want you to breathe stretching.
in, breathe out, three times. Face to your
left, then to your right, for three times.
Raise both of your hands up, then
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sideways. Next, reach your feet. Finally,
shake your hands!
Now I hope you feel energized and ready Yes ma’am!

for our topic for today!
Arrange your chairs and then you may take Students will arrange their chairs
your seats. and sit down.
B. Review
Our topic last meeting was about the The five elements of a story are the
elements of a story. Who can give me the characters, setting, plot, conflict,
five elements of a story? and theme ma’am.
Very good! That is correct!
C. Checking of Assignment
Class, I believe I have given you an The students will pass their
assignment. Kindly pass them forward. assignments forward.
D. New Lesson
1. Motivation
Let us first have a game! I want you to Students will participate in the
group yourselves into two. I have here activity.
with me pictures. Now I want you to
arrange these pictures according to which
comes first. The first group to finish the
game will be the winner.
2. Presentation of Topic
Based on the activity earlier, you learned

how to arrange the correct sequence of
events in a story. These series of events is
called the plot. A plot has its elements,
which we will be discussing today.
After our discussion, you are expected to

learn how to identify the elements of a plot
in a short story.
3. Discussion
The plot structure, also called the dramatic

structure of a story, novel, or script
includes the events that make up the idea
of the writing. These are often laid out as a
series of beginning, middle, and end
details and include five basic elements as
well.
The idea of a plot containing these five

elements first originated in 1863 in the
“Technique of the Drama” by Gustav
Freytag.
Freytag, a German novelist and critic of

the nineteenth century, observed the
similarity of plots so he created a pictorial
tool to visually illustrate dramatic
structure. He constructed a pattern in the
form of a pyramid to analyze the plot
structure of dramas.
Take a look on the chart for the illustration The students look at the
of the five basic elements of plot through illustration.
this Freytag Pyramid.
Who can read the definition of each Students will raise their hands to
element? Raise your right hand if you want read the definitions of each
to read. element.
Exposition - it is where the basic

characters and plot elements such as
settings are revealed.
Rising Action - the part of the literary
work where the problem or conflict central
to the plot is truly introduced. This element
of the plot is where excitement, tension
and crisis are encountered.
Climax - the most exciting part of the

story. It is the turning point of a story,
novel, or script. It is the moment where it
seems like the main character is in danger
or could even possibly fail resolving the
conflict.
Falling Action - taking place after the

climax, the falling action includes events
that will help to fully resolve the conflict.
The results of action that the main
character has taken are presented as well
as the results of decisions that have been
made, whether good or bad for the
character.
Denouement - the end of the story, novel,

or script. It is here that loose ends are tied
up, conflicts are concluded, outcomes are
revealed and at happy or sad ending takes
place.
So class, I have here with me the story The

Hare and The Tortoise. Who wants to read
the story out loud? For the rest of you,
read the story silently. After reading the A student will volunteer to read the
story, you will learn the importance of story out loud.
humility and perseverance.
The Hare & the Tortoise

A Hare was making fun of the Tortoise one
day for being so slow.
"Do you ever get anywhere?" he asked
with a mocking laugh.
"Yes," replied the Tortoise, "and I get there
sooner than you think. I'll run you a race
and prove it."
The Hare was much amused at the idea of
running a race with the Tortoise, but for
the fun of the thing he agreed. So the Fox,
who had consented to act as judge, marked
the distance and started the runners off.
The Hare was soon far out of sight, and to
make the Tortoise feel very deeply how
ridiculous it was for him to try a race with
a Hare, he lay down beside the course to
take a nap until the Tortoise should catch
up.
The Tortoise meanwhile kept going slowly
but steadily, and, after a time, passed the
place where the Hare was sleeping. But the
Hare slept on very peacefully; and when at
last he did wake up, the Tortoise was near
the goal. The Hare now ran his swiftest,
but he could not overtake the Tortoise in
time.
The race is not always to the swift.
So you see class, it is very important to be

humble. Do not ever think that you are
superior to others. Just look at what
happened to the hare. He thinks he is the
best and fastest among all animals and
looks down at the tortoise. “The race is not
always to the swift.” Sometimes,
perseverance and not giving up is the key
to success!
I have here events from the story. Let us

see where each of these events belongs
according to Freytag’s Pyramid of the Plot.
1. A Hare was making fun of the Tortoise
one day for being so slow.
(This event is the exposition because it
introduces the characters of the story.)
2. The Hare was much amused at the idea
of running a race with the Tortoise, but for
the fun of the thing he agreed. So the Fox,
who had consented to act as judge, marked
the distance and started the runners off.
(This is the rising action because it
introduces the problem or the conflict of
the story.)
3. The Hare was soon far out of sight, and
to make the Tortoise feel very deeply how
ridiculous it was for him to try a race with
a Hare, he lay down beside the course to
take a nap until the Tortoise should catch
up.
(The third event is the climax because it is
the most exciting part of the story.)
4. The Tortoise meanwhile kept going
slowly but steadily, and, after a time,
passed the place where the Hare was
sleeping. But the Hare slept on very
peacefully; and when at last he did wake
up, the Tortoise was near the goal.
(This is the falling action because the
main character takes action on how to
resolve the conflict, or it is the unfolding
of events.)
5. The Hare now ran his swiftest, but he
could not overtake the Tortoise in time.
(This is the denouement because outcome
of the story is revealed.)
4. Application
The students count off from 1 up to
Class, let’s have a group activity! Count
3 then they will group themselves
off from 1 until 3. All numbers 1 will be
according to their respective
Group 1, all numbers 2 will be Group 2,
numbers.
numbers 3 will be Group 3.
The students will participate in the
Are you familiar with the fable “The Boy
group activity.
Who Cried Wolf” written by Aesop? I will
give you copies of the story each group,
then you read the story and discuss it with
your group which event belongs to the
exposition, rising action, climax, falling
action and denouement. Choose a
volunteer from your group to discuss your
answers in front.
5. Generalization
Class, you have already learned about the

five elements of a plot. We have also
discussed that literary works such as short
story, drama, novel, and script follow the
same flow of drama structure or plot
structure which is illustrated by what we
call Freytag’s Pyramid. Aside from that,
you have learned from the short story The
Hare and The Tortoise about humility and
perseverance. We have to be humble all
the time, and the secret to success is
perseverance.
Students raise their hands to read
Now, kindly read the definitions of each the definitions.
element in the board again.
IV. EVALUATION
Students will answer the quiz.
This time I want you to get ¼ sheet of
paper. Identify which element of the plot I
am referring to the following questions.
Write your answers in your paper.
1. It is where the basic characters and plot

elements such as settings are revealed.
2. It is the most exciting part of the story.
3. It is the part of the literary work where

the problem or conflict central to the plot
is truly introduced.
4. It is the part of the story where loose

ends are tied up, conflicts are concluded,
outcomes are revealed and at happy or sad
ending takes place.
5. It takes place after the climax, and it
includes events that will help to fully
resolve the conflict.
Yes ma’am!
Are you finished?
Students exchange papers with
I want you to exchange your papers with their classmates.
the person in front of you. Let us check
your answers. The students will raise their hands
to answer.
For number 1, who wants to answer?
1. Exposition
2. Climax
For number 2? 3. Rising Action
The answer to number 3 is? 4. Denouement/Resolution
How about number 4, what is it? 5. Falling Action
Lastly, number 5?
Okay, put corrected by and sign your name

on the paper you corrected then return it to
the owner. After you see your scores, you
may pass them forward to me.
V. Assignment
For your assignment, I want you to read the short story entitled “The Necklace” by Guy de
Maupassant. You will have to give me the plot of the story and write it on a 1 whole sheet of
paper. To be submitted next meeting.
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A DETAILED LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH GRADE 8

Name: Theresa Nova D. Villaester Course: BSED-English

Cooperating School: St. Peter’s College Date: Jan. 24, 2020

Cooperating Teacher: Ian G. Caliba, MAED

II. SUBJECT MATTER: Elements of a Plot

Good morning class! Good morning Ma’am!

Now I hope you feel energized and ready Yes ma’am!

Very good! That is correct!

Based on the activity earlier, you learned

After our discussion, you are expected to

The plot structure, also called the dramatic

The idea of a plot containing these five

Freytag, a German novelist and critic of

Exposition - it is where the basic

Climax - the most exciting part of the

Falling Action - taking place after the

Denouement - the end of the story, novel,

So class, I have here with me the story The

The Hare & the Tortoise

"Yes," replied the Tortoise, "and I get there

So you see class, it is very important to be

I have here events from the story. Let us

Class, you have already learned about the

1. It is where the basic characters and plot

2. It is the most exciting part of the story.

3. It is the part of the literary work where

4. It is the part of the story where loose

Okay, put corrected by and sign your name

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