Rahul Josef R.
Samaranayake
A LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH 5
Week 7-8 (Sept. 18-29 2023)
I. OBJECTIVES
1. Read the story: “Children’s Prattle”.
2. Understand the story and reflect on its lesson.
3. Compare and contrast the different pronouns.
4. Identify the different pronouns in a sentence.
5. Apply the correct rules and format of the types
of pronouns.
II. SUBJECT MATTER
1. What is the story “Children’s Prattle” all about?
2. What does it mean when someone “prattles
about”?
3. How does the story help people reflect on
themselves?
4. Why do we have different pronouns, and why is
it important we follow their proper format?
5. When do we use pronouns and how to properly
use them effectively?
REFERENCE: Mendoza, Miranda, & Sentones,
INTEGRATED ENGLISH FOR EFFECTIVE
COMMUNICATION pp. 37-49
LEARNING RESOURCES: book and chalkboard
VALUES INTEGRATION: Knowing the importance of
honesty and hard work, and the ability to effectively
construct sentences using pronouns.
READING PROCESS: formation, identifying, labeling.
III. INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURE
A. MOTIVATION
A. Read the sentences aloud and answer the following
questions.
1. KC is a tall girl for KC’s age. KC also loves to play
sports as well.
2. Troy is quiet and always listens in class. Troy is
also somebody that is smart and reviews a lot.
3. Althea is very good at taekwondo; Althea’s
coach is very proud of her that Althea received
a better belt.
B. Elicit
Ask: What did you notice with the sentences?
How did you sound while reading the
sentences? Did it seem off?
B. PRESENTATION
 What is Children’s Prattle? What does it
mean to prattle?
 What is the story about? What is the
lesson that can be learned from it?
 What are pronouns?
 What are the different types of
pronouns?
 How do we use these pronouns?
 Why do we use pronouns?
C. DISCUSSION
 Read and understand the story entitled:
“Children’s Prattle” and discuss its
meaning on how positive and negative
traits are identified.
 Discuss how to properly identify and
describe certain traits the people show,
and how to classify them.
 Ask the learners what traits they know
about themselves and initiate a group
activity where they describe each other
in positive and negative ways.
 Discuss pronouns, and what are their
purpose and proper usage in sentence
construction.
 Elaborate the differences between the
three types, and when they should be
used and how to properly identify
them.
 Discuss the cases that pronouns appear
in sentences, and their different types.
 Elaborate the different ways in which
pronouns should be used and how they
should be used.
D. GENERALIZATION
 Children’s Prattle is a story written by
Hans Christian Andersen with the hopes
of teaching children the importance of
positive and negative qualities that one
may see.
 While the parents of the children came
from great wealth yet still possessed
kind and understanding characteristics,
the children on the other hand failed to
adopt the positive traits.
 Prattling is something very common
with children, especially since they want
to impress their friends and always look
like the very best among others. While
striving to be the best is not a negative
quality, one should adopt the traits of
the poor boy in the story, who despite
listened to all the prattling of the little
girls prove them wrong about what was
said that day.
 Pronouns are used to avoid repeating
the use of a noun more than once in a
sentence. The story that was read has
an abundance of examples on pronouns
and how they are used. Pronouns
always point to their corresponding
antecedent in a sentence, an
antecedent being the noun that the
pronoun is connected to.
 Pronouns come in different types,
namely 3: indefinite pronouns,
pronouns that are hard to identify in
gender and number; interrogative
pronouns which are used to ask
questions without mentioning a proper
noun; and demonstrative pronouns,
pronouns that act as direct objects in a
sentence, yet they have their own
antecedents in the sentence and
simultaneously receive verbs and point
to proper nouns.
E. APPLICATION
 Answer Activity (Page 41-44)
 Answer Activity (Page 49-53)
IV. EVALUATION
Directions: Identify the antecedent, pronoun, and the
type of pronoun in each sentence. Encircle the
antecedent, underline the pronoun, and write before
the number the type of pronoun.

1. Kings and Queens are of the highest royalty;

they were revered as holy people in the past. –
Indefinite
2. Hello? Where can I find a cashier in this school?
– Interrogative
3. I need to find this last piece, that missing part
will complete the project. – Demonstrative
4. Could you please butter this bread? It’s so bland
eating it without condiments. – Demonstrative
5. Most of England were known to take part in
ballrooms and extravagant events. – Indefinite
6. The knights of the brotherhood are said to be
famous heroes in a mobile game, they are quite
famous indeed. – Indefinite
7. Is there a doctor who could help us? This man’s
choking to death. – Interrogative
8. The ballroom events were always the talk of the
town, they were always held in enormous
castles or in a big town plaza. – Indefinite
9. Princes and princesses would always be
important in these events. Events that would
always include royalty and politics. –
Demonstrative
10. I’m not sure what we are looking for, an
heirloom of some sorts? - Interrogative

V. ASSIGNMENT
 Deliver a 2-3 minute speech in front of the
class.