A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN GRADE 7 ENGLISH

Prepared by: Bacus, Kimberly Shiene, Lauron, Jenny Del, Burac, Ariane Mae

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
1. Identify the elements of the short story entitled “The Necklace” by
Guy de Maupassant
2. Create a graphic organizer showing the elements of a short story based
on the given literary piece.
3. Reflect on the moral lesson of the story and share personal ideas or
experiences about the assigned passage.

II. Subject Matter

Topic:
a. Elements of a Short Story
b. Literary Text: “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant
c. Literary Focus: Moral Philosophical Value on social status and the
dangers of greed.

Reference/s:
Materials: Visual Aid (DIY cardboard TV), paper ball, reading materials, and
worksheets
Values: (a) Appreciate short stories and develop an interest in reading
(b) Learn the moral lesson of the story and apply it in real life.

III. Pre-assigned task: Unlocking Unfamiliar Words

Each student was given a photocopy of the short story entitled
“The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant and they were instructed to look
for the difficult or unfamiliar words that can be seen in the literary text and
find out their meaning.

IV. Learning Procedure

A. Preliminary activities:
Greetings, Prayer, and Attendance

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

Good morning class! Good morning, Ma’am!

Let us now stand up for the prayer. Can (Few students raise their hands)
somebody lead the prayer? Anyone?

Yes, Ms. Trinidad. Go ahead Let us bow down our heads and pray…
(Ms. Trinidad recited the Abba Father
together with the other students)

Amen! And now for our attendance, the Attendance officer for the boys:
attendance officers can now report On behalf of all the boys in this class, nobody
is absent today, ma’am.

Alright! That’s good to hear. What about the Attendance officer for the girls:
girls?
 Like the boys, all the girls are also present for
today, ma’am

Thank you so much, attendance checkers! I (The students compose themselves and seats
appreciate your help. So, again, good properly)
morning class! I hope everyone is feeling well
and everyone is ready because we are now
about to start our class, so I’m requesting
everyone to sit properly and lend me your
ears.

Before we jump right into our topic for today, Yes, ma’am!
I gave you an assignment, right?

Now, can somebody in the class tell us what (Most of the students raise their hands to
was the task assigned to you during our answer)
previous class?

Yes, Mr. Bacay? You gave us a copy of the story entitled “The
Necklace” and you told us to read it in
advance as well as look for unfamiliar words
and find out its meaning.

That’s right! And did you do exactly as you Yes, Ma’am!

were told?

If that’s the case, then I guess you are ready (Different reactions from the class)
for our first activity today

Yes, you heard it right. To see if you really

read the story, we are going to have an
activity about it. Now, are you ready?

B. MOTIVATION
“STORY-TELLING CHAIN”
To find out if the students really read the story that they were pre-assigned to
read, the students are going to retell it by taking turns and giving one sentence
each.

INSTRUCTIONS: The whole class will stand and retell the story in a chain. The
story will be initiated by the teacher and then a paper ball will be tossed toward
the class and the first to catch it will continue the story by giving one sentence.
After giving a sentence, the first student will again toss the ball to another student
to keep the story rolling. Those who are done can take their seats and those who
are not will remain standing until the ball reaches them. This will go on until the
last man standing will end the story.
WARNING: If the ball is directed toward you and you will not catch it, you will
give 3 sentences as a consequence. And if you catch the ball and refuse to give
your part, you will remain standing all throughout the class.
Are we all clear? Did you get the None ma’am.
instructions? Is there any question before we
start the story-telling chain?

Very well then let us start. I will be the one to Yes. Ma’am
start the story and I will toss the paper ball
towards you and whoever will catch it will be
the next to continue the story by giving one
sentence then the ball will be tossed to
another student until we finish the story, is
that clear?

The moment you will catch the ball and be (All the students listen intently)
able to give your part, you are allowed to be
seated and the ones who are not done will
remain standing. Remember that those who
refuse to participate will remain standing
throughout the discussion. Don’t worry, it’s
just one sentence and you can say anything
that you want using appropriate language.

Again, Are you ready? Yes, ma’am!

(Started the story)

Once upon a time, there was a charming lady
named Mathilde Loisel.
(Tossed the ball towards the class)
(One of the students caught the ball and
continued the story by giving one sentence
then tossed the ball to another student and the
chain goes on until the story was finished and
everybody took was able to take their seats)

Well done, class! You’ve all proven yourself (Everybody claps their hands)
to be faithful in doing your assigned task. And
that makes us ready to conquer today’s
lesson. You deserve to give yourselves a
round of applause.

C. Discussion Proper:
The reason why I told you to read the story in (The students are listening to the teacher)
advance is that we are going to read the story
again together to dig deeper into its value and
find out what the author is really trying to
convey to the readers.

But before that, let us first identify the (Several students are raising their hands)
elements of a short story. Now upon reading
the story assigned to you, what have you
noticed about it? What are the things that
make up a short story? Can you give me
anything? Anyone?

Yes, Ms. Bon? Ma’am, there are characters

That’s right we have characters. Very good Ma’am, they encountered a problem
Ms. Bon. What about the others? Is there
anything else? Yes, Mr. Estepa?
Yes, very good! That could go under the Events
conflict. What else? Yes, Ms. Baradillo?

That’s right the sequence of events in a story (Claps their hands)

or what we call the plot. And we also have
the theme and the setting. Very good class!
I’m glad that you are able to share your
ideas. Give yourselves a round of applause.

And now let us go through all the elements (Takes out their ball pens and notebooks)
one by one. Get your notebooks and take note
of the things that you might find important.

(Presents the elements of a short story through

visual aid)

Okay! Before we start, what again are the 5 (Students answered in chorus)
elements of a short story that were cited Character
earlier? Setting
Theme
Plot
Conflict

Very good! Now for the first element, we (Raised their hands)
have… Can somebody read the definition of
the character?

Let’s have Ms. Esteves (Reads the definition of character)

1. CHARACTER
A person or even sometimes an animal
and object that does the action in a
story.

Alright! Thank you, Ms. Esteves!

Very clear right? What again is the (All students answered in chorus)
character? It answers the question “who?” Person or animal or thing in the story

There will be no story

That’s right! They are the ones that are
involved in the story and do every action in
the story. Now, what do you think will happen
If there are no characters?
Yes, Ms. Conferido?

Yes, Ma’am!
Exactly! Because the story revolves around
the character. They make all the scenes
happen. So, do you think a character is an
important element of a story?

Very well! And now let us move on to the next (All students read in chorus)
element of a short story. We have the… Setting
(Points to the visual aid)
Who wants to read the definition of the (Ms. Bon raised her hand)
setting?

Go on Ms. Bon (Reads the definition of Setting)

2. SETTING
Multiple aspects to consider:
Place - where the action of the story happened
Time - when the story happened
Weather conditions - Is it rainy, sunny, or
stormy?
Mood or atmosphere - What feeling is created
in every scene

Thank you, Ms. Bon. What again are the (Students in chorus)
things to be considered in the setting? Place
Time
Weather condition
Mood or atmosphere

Very Good, Class. Now, why do you think we (Mr. Estepa raises his hand)
have to know the setting of the story? To know where and when the story took place,
Anyone? ma’am

Yes, that’s right, but why do we need to know (All students answered “NO”)
where and when the story took place? What
will happen to the readers if they don’t where
the actions are unfolding? Will they be able to
follow the plot of the story?

Exactly! Without a setting, the readers will be (Ms. Baradillo raises her hand)
lost. So, what do you think is the function of a It serves as a guide ma’am
setting? It serves a what?

Very Good! And aside from that it also sets (Ms. Esteves raises her hand)
the mood in the story. The readers can In a small town in Bulacan ma’am
visualize the scenes more vividly because of
the setting. For example:
“One day, in a small town in Bulacan, there
lived a grumpy old teacher”
Now, where did the story take place?

Very good! Let’s have another. (Mr. Bacay raises his hand)
“During the summer aldrin visits her During the summer and in Cebu, ma’am
grandmother in Cebu”
Where and when did the story take place?

Very good! You see, when we say, “It was a Possible responses from the students:
sunny Monday morning”. The readers would During Winter, Every Sunday, In the car, On
know that it’s Monday morning and it’s a the beach, Gloomy morning, Stormy day
sunny day, or when we say, “In a cold rainy
evening”. They would know that it’s already
evening and it’s raining. What else can you
think of any other words or phrases that
describe a setting?
What about the mood how could we describe
the mood or the atmosphere in the story?
Very good, everybody! Now let us proceed to
the next element which is the Plot. Can
somebody read the definition of the Plot?
Thank you, Ms. Maurillo! The plot is the map
that shows where the story is going. It keeps
the reader on track. Without the plot, the
story will be aimless and would leave the
readers confused. Now here’s an easy way to
remember the plot of a story
(Shows the plot diagram below)
What have you noticed with the lines in the
plot diagram?
Nice description Ms. De guzman. What do
you think this indicates? What if the plot was
just a straight line? Anyone?
Exactly! Therefore Plot is the structure of a
story. It’s where your characters go, what
they do, and how they feel about it. The plot
Sad, cheerful, funny, exciting, romantic,
mysterious, etc.
(Ms. Maurillo reads the definition of the Plot)
3. PLOT
The sequence of events in a story. It can be
further divided into sub-elements such as:
Exposition/Introduction – where the
characters are introduced to the readers
Rising action – where problems arise or
tension build-up
Climax – the most exciting part
Falling action – where the tension eases
leading up to the resolution
Resolution or denouement – ending or
conclusion
(The students listen intently and take down
notes)
(Looks at the diagram)
(Ms. De Guzman raises a hand and answers)
At first, it was straight then it becomes zigzag
and came back to straight
(Ms. Esteves raises a hand and answers)
The story would be boring, ma’am
makes something exciting or thrilling; it gives
you the assurance that things will turn out
well in the end. It makes the story interesting.

Now for the Conflict. Who wants to read?
(Mr. Estepa reads the definition)
4. CONFLICT
Conflict in a story is a struggle between
opposing forces. Characters must act to
confront those forces and there is where
conflict is born. If there is nothing to
overcome, there is no story. Conflict in a
story creates and drives the plot forward.

Thank you, Mr. Estepa! In simple terms, we (answers in chorus)

can consider conflict as… PROBLEM
(Points to the students)

Precisely! Now, why do stories have conflict? (Ms. Conferido raises a hand and answers)
Why do you think characters have to go To make the story interesting, ma’am
through some problems? It is just the
author’s random choice to make them suffer?
Why? Do you have any ideas?

Yes, Ms. Conferido! That’s one of the (No responses)

reasons. Aside from that is there anything else
that you could think of? Anyone?

All right! Let’s just put it this way. What (Answers in chorus)
happens after we encounter some problems? LEARN
Although we make mistakes we what?

Exactly, we learn from our mistakes. So the

conflict is the author’s chance to instill some
moral values in the readers.
It is after the conflict that all the realization
comes in and where the story could teach
lessons to the readers. It gives value to the
story otherwise it would be pointless. I mean,
what’s the point of a story if it couldn’t teach
any lesson, right?

Now, for our last element, we have the theme.
Does anyone want to read?
(Mr. Bacay raises a hand and reads)
5. THEME
The Central message or the underlying
meaning of a story. It is the message the
writer is trying to convey through the story

Thank you for that, Mr. Bacay! In other Possible responses:

words, the subject matter, the focus, or the
main concern in the story. I’m pretty sure all
of here have watched movies of any kind.
Now, what are the common themes that you
usually watch or just come across?
Love, war, greed, revenge, betrayal,
patriotism, motherhood, forgiveness,
friendship

That’s right! All your answers are correct. (All the students clap their hands)
The theme is the heart of the story. It is what
the story is all about If the story is without a
theme, a story would be just a list of
unconnected events. A theme serves as a
central target that unifies the idea of the
author to convey just what he wanted.
Now you deserve to give yourselves a round
of applause!
And that’s all for the elements of a short (Everyone answered in chorus)
story. Now, are there any questions? No more, ma’am

All right! If that’s the case, then let us now

proceed to the story

V. ASSIGNMENT:
I. Determine what element of a short story/plot is being referred to in each sentence.
Choose the best answer for each item from the box and write it in the blank before the
number.

Plot Point of View

Theme Setting
Character Exposition
Rising action Climax
Falling action Resolution

_____1. When and where the story takes place.

_____2. The sequence of events in a story.
_____3. The angle from which the story is told.
_____4. the central idea of a story.
_____5. They take part in the action of a short story or other literary work.
_____6. The first part of the plot establishes the main characters/protagonists and setting.
_____7. In this part of the plot, the primary conflict is introduced.
_____8. The conflict from the climax has been resolved.
_____9. This is when the tension has been released and the story begins to wind down.
_____10. Arguably the most important part of a story, or the biggest plot point.

II. The students will read another story entitled “The Gift of the Magi” and they will
create a graphic organizer that comprises all the elements of a short story based on the
context of the literary piece provided to them.

INSTRUCTIONS:
Create your own graphic organizer identifying the plot, setting, character, point of view,
and theme based on the context of the story provided to you by the teacher. Make your
description for every element brief and concise. Do it on a short bond paper. You may
have it encoded or in longhand.
 Plot Theme

Title
Setting Character

POV

SCORE CRITERIA
30 The graphic organizer has a clear structure that is easy to follow. The flow of the
concept is easy to understand. The descriptions are concisely accurate and
demonstrate a deep understanding of the elements of a short story. Enthusiastically
made an effort to create an original output and there are few to no errors in
grammar.
18 The graphic organizer has a decent structure, but the flow of ideas could still be
improved. Some descriptions demonstrate understanding but some hardly connect to
the story. Made a conscious effort to enhance the output but some details are
missing.
10 The structure of the graphic organizer is confusing but somewhat communicates an
idea. The descriptions are somewhat unrelated to the story and some elements are
missing. Shows minimal effort in changing the given format of the graphic
organizer and there are some obvious errors that could be distracting to the whole
content.