Maybellyn L.

Lopez
BSED- III- English

Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan in English 7

I. OBJECTIVES

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

1. Distinguish the features of riddles, proverbs, and tanaga.

2. Appraise and appreciate the contribution of folklore to culture and arts
3. Create their own Tanaga, and/or, Proverbs, and/or Sayings.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic: Folk Speeches

Lesson: Riddles, Proverbs and Tanaga
Materials: Board, Chalk, Pen, Laptop, TV, Video Presentation, Visual aids,
PowerPoint presentation,
References: Gonzales, C. & Francisco, N. (2015). Essential English worktext
in literature and language. Published & Distributed by Rex book store.

III. PROCEDURE

A. Preliminary Activities
Before the lesson starts, the teacher will do the following:
1. Greetings
2. Opening Prayer
3. Energizer
4. Checking of the attendance
5. Checking of the assignment (not applicable)
6. Classroom rules

B. REVIEW/ RECALL
In this part, the teacher will be reviewing previous lesson or presenting new
lesson.
1. What are folk epics?
2. How are folk narratives and/or epics similar to or different from poetry or
drama?
3. What is the famous folk epic of Ilocos?
C. Motivation
The teacher will present a word hunt puzzle though a digital tool, and the learners need
to find the words that are all related to folk speeches.

Words to
find
Folk Speeches Philippines
Proverbs Zambal
Saying Ilocano
Tanaga Visayan
Riddles Filipinos
Tagalog Bugtong
Precolonial Special Gift

D. Activity
PLAY TIME!
The teacher will ask for volunteers from the class to play the game “Tumpak-ner”. The
learners will answer the following riddles:

Tagalog: Iisa ang pasukan, tatlo ang labas.

(It has one entrance but three exits)

Tagalog: Nagtago si Pedro, labas ang ulo.

(Peter hides but you can still see his head)

Tagalog: Bugtong-pala-bugtong, kadenang umuugong.

(Riddle me, riddle me, here comes the roaring chain)

Visayan: Baboy sa lasang ang tunok puro lansang.

(A wild pig in the forest that is covered with spikes)

Zambal: Nanganganac yay birhen, Imbasyo yay lampin

(A virgin gave birth and threw away the diaper)
E. Analysis
A) Based on the examples of riddles, learners will be asked by the following questions:
a) Why do you think the riddles are written in different Filipino language?
b) What does the Tagalog riddle suggest about the Tagalog people?

B) Proverbs and Saying

Tagalog: Natutuwa kang pasalop. Kung singili’y napopoot
(Full of good cheer while borrowing a measure of rice; full of wrath when asked to pay
back).
Answer the following:
1. What kind of literature is that?
2. What does the proverb point at?
3. Do you think this is common to all Filipinos?

C) Quatrain and Tanaga

Ang dalagang may puri,
Wala mang salapi,
May yumi at dangal na itinatangi
Answer this:
1. What Filipino values are underscored in the tanaga?

F. Abstraction
Understanding Folk Speeches
A traditional oral literature of the Filipino people has long existed even before the arrival
of colonizers. This covers the ancient folk literature of the Philippines’ various ethnic
groups that have changed since the Philippines became a single ethno-political unit.
Riddles and proverbs are the simplest forms of oral literature. Short poems called
tanaga evolved from them.
The teacher will present table that shows the distinguishing features of our precolonial
literature.
The table shows the distinguishing features of our precolonial literature.