Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region I
Schools Division of Ilocos Sur
G. DEL PILAR NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
POBLACION NORTE, GREGORIO DEL PILAR, ILOCOS SUR

A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH 8

QUARTER: 2
SUBJECT & GRADE LEVEL: English 8
TOPIC: APARTHEID ISSUE & BIOGRAPHY OF NELSON MANDELA
SCHEDULE: 10:00-11:00, Thursday 17th of November

I. OBJECTIVES
After going through this lesson learners are expected to:
a. read and analyze the biography of Nelson Mandela; Stirring up Trouble, Nelson M: A Thembu
Prince and Nelson: A cow’s Best Friend
b. infers dominant thoughts and feelings expressed in the biographies
d. create a chart of details of the text read.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

 Materials Canva presentation, pictures, TV, handout

 References English for 21st Century Learning p. 72, 78-80,

III. PROCEDURE
TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENTS’ ACTIVITY

A. PRELIMINARIES

Good morning, Grade 8! Good morning, ma’am.

Please keep silent in one minute (The students pick up pieces of papers.)
and say your personal prayers
Please keep silent in one minute
and say your personal prayers Yes ma’am.
Please take your sit and pick up some
pieces of papers around your chairs.
Ma’am we learned about the autobiography of
Let us check your attendance is Nelson Mandela?
everybody present?
Nelson Mandela ma’am is a politician, activist,
That’s great! Last meeting, we learn and a philanthropist. He is from South Africa
about what? ma’am.

Yes, that’s it! so, who is Nelson Mandela?

Where is he from?
 Ma’am it’s because he pursued change in the
government of South Africa.

Knowing about his life what can you say

about him is he a good person or a bad
person what do you think, why would we
learn about his life?

Indeed. Now let’s learn his biography last

meeting we learn his autobiography now
it’s his biography that we will going to
scrutinize, written by Mary Benson,
Martin Meredith and Benjamin Pogrund.

B. MOTIVATION
However, before we proceed to our
lesson, I have here pictures and (The students actively participate.)
vocabulary words. What you will do is to
match the pictures on the correct
vocabulary words which best describes
it.

(The teacher writes the following on the

blackboard)

1. Kraal
2. Herded
4. Plowing
5. Buck
6. Maze
7. Invaders
8. Savages
9. cattle
10. tease
12. thatch
14. tranquil
15. peasant
16. lush pastures
17. rondavel

Wow very good! You had match it

correctly.

C. DISCUSSION
Okay so please read the vocabulary
words on the board. Thank you.

Thus, vocabulary words are the words

that I thought you may have difficulty
understanding in reading the biography
of Nelson Mandela.
 But before that let us first group yourself
into three, okay? So, start counting
begin here in row 1.

Group 1 go to your groupmates go here (The students followed the instruction and
at the middle group 2 come here in the start counting.)
right side and group 3 left side.

Form a circle.
What you will do is to read that
biography of Nelson Mandela given to
you.
Group 1 Stirring up Trouble, Group 2
Nelson M: A Thembu Prince and Group 3
Nelson: A cow’s Best Friend

(The teacher distributes their handout.)

Okay so please silently read because
afterward you will answer.

(30 minutes had passed.)

(The students read the biography of Nelson
So, let’s check your understanding about Mandela designated to them
the selection you read.

D. GENERALIZATION
Okay so before you answer let us watch
this short video about Nelson. Actually,
what you had read is also the content of
this video. However, there’s benefit of
watching that reading can’t give.

Biography. (Feb 8. 2018). Nelson

Mandela, Anti-Apartheid Activist
and World Leader | Biography
[YouTube]. (The students watched the video.)
https://youtu.be/PyfOrbO0xf4

IV. APPLICATION
Go over to the biography that you had read. Take note of the important details. Decide which
information should go into each box below.
Description of Mandela’s Description of Mandela’s home Description of Mandela’s family
environment or house. What was the set-up his parents, who are his
of their house? parents what are their names
what do they do?
 School life Entertainment Leisure Food

V. EVALUATION
Based on the autobiography and biography of Nelson Mandela that you had read. Answer this
question in a paragraph form. Not less than five sentences here’s the rubric.

1. According to Benson, what stirred Mandela, the political prisoner, to help the people in their
struggle to be free? What kind of forces did Mandela confront or deal with? Was it a cause worth
fighting for? Why? (Group 1)

2.Why did Merideth, describe Mandela as a Thembu Prince in his narrative? (Group 2)

3.Why does Benjamin Progrund describe Mandela as a cow’s best friend in his narrative? (Group 3)

VI. REMARKS

VII. REFLECTION

Prepared by: Vanessa R. Abad

BSE English

Checked by: Nora Ahmed L. Alneaimi

Critic Teacher