DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN USING MODALS PROPERLY

GRADE 8, THIRD QUARTER, ENGLISH SUBJECT

I. OBJECTIVES:
A. CONTENT STANDARD:
B. PERFORMANCE STANDARD:
C. LEARNING COMPETENCY:
The learner demonstrates understanding of: Southeast Asian
literature as mirror to a shared heritage ; coping strategies in
processing textual information; strategies in examining
features of a listening and viewing material; structural
analysis of words and propaganda techniques; and
grammatical signals for opinion- making, persuasion, and
emphasis.
The learner transfers learning by composing and delivering a
persuasive speech based on an informative essay featuring
use of properly acknowledged information sources,
grammatical signals for opinion-making , persuasion, and
emphasis, and appropriate prosodic features, stance, and
behavior.
The learners should be able to use modals appropriately
(EN8G-IIIf-3.6)

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

a) identify modal verbs in sentences,
b) explain when and how to properly use modal
verbs, and;
c) create sentences following its functions

II. SUBJECT MATTER:

A. LEARNING RESOURCES: 1. TOPIC: Modals
2. REFERENCE/S: English- Grade 8 Alternative Delivery
Mode Quarter 1 – Module 3: Use of
Modal Verbs, Nouns, and Adverbs First
Edition, 2020
3. MATERIAL/S: Visual Aids, power point presentation ,
laptop, and pens
4. VALUE/S Understanding and awareness
INTEGRATION:
III. PROCEDURES:
TEACHER’S HINT TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENTS’ ACTIVITY
A. PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES:
1. CLASSROOM Kindly arrange your chairs, and pick *Students will arrange their
MANAGEMENT: up the pieces of paper and throw chairs and pick up the trash
them in the garbage bin. and throw it in the garbage
bin.
2. PRAYER: *The teacher will ask one student to *Students will stand for the
lead the prayer. prayer.

Please, let us all stand for the

prayer.
3. GREETINGS: Good morning/afternoon class. Good morning/afternoon
Ma’am

Thank you and you may take your Thank you Ma’am.
sits.
4. CHECKING OF How are you today class? That’s Fine Ma’am.
ATTENDANCE: good.
None, Ma’am.
Who is absent today?
Yes, Ma’am.
Very good! I hope everyone will be
present as always!
B. MOTIVATION: I have here a short video containing
a normal conversation between a
grandmother and her
granddaughter. Now I want you to
listen and observe the video.

Then after that, I want you to

identify what are words highlighted
in their conversation.

Understood everyone? Yes Ma’am

Okay, good.

Link of the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=2oumWdjA9hM&t=10s

Now after watching the video what Verbs were highlighted Ma’am
are the things you observed in their
conversation?

* The teacher will ask some

students to answer

Verbs were highlighted, very good

observation. Modals Ma’am

Okay now you identified that verbs

were highlighted, now what is the
kind of verb that highlights
obligation and permission? What do
you think?

* The teacher will ask some

students to answer

Okay, very good class that you

were able to observe that the verbs
highlighted in the video are modal
verbs!

C. RECALL: Before we proceed to our next Verbs Ma’am.

lesson, could someone please tell
the class what our topic was last
time? Additionally, could you
provide a brief summary of the
topic?
Verbs are words that conveys
action, occurrence, or a state
of being.

* The teacher will ask some

students to answer.
Verbs Ma’am
 Excellent, so again, what was our
last topic, everyone?

Okay about our activity a while ago,

what do you think is our next
lesson? We think it’s all about modal
verbs Ma’am
* The teacher will ask some
students to answer

Very good!

LESSON PROPER: Our topic for today is all about

Modals/ Modal verbs.
After our activity I know you already
know some small information, about
modal verb or modals.
What do you think modals mean?
* The teacher will ask some * The students will share their
students to answer thoughts.

Okay, thank you for that class.

Now, what does modals really

mean?

* The teacher will ask someone to

* The student will read the text
read the presentation.
on the ppt.
Modal verbs
Is an auxiliary verb or helping verb
that expresses possibility,
permission, obligation, ability, and
giving advice.
It is a helping verb that helps modify
* Students will repeat along
the main verbs meaning in a
with the teacher.
sentence. It expresses various
concepts like? Possibility, Possibility, obligation, ability,
obligation, ability, permission and permission, and advice.
advice
These are the different common
modal verbs.

Possibility:

Might, May, Could, Can

Permission:

Can, Could, May

Ability:
 Could, Can
Advice:

Should

Obligation:

Must, Have to

None Ma’am
Any questions? Clarifications?

A. ACTIVITY: Since, you don’t have any

questions I believe you really
understood the lesson. Let’s have
an activity!

*The class will be divided into 3

groups. They will be given activity
materials, such as markers.

I have here 5 pictures shown on the

power point presentation. Your
task is to create 1 sentence base
on the pictures and highlight the
modal verbs you used. You can use
any kind of paper for this activity.
After you finish creating sentences,
I want you to select a member of
your group to write the modals you
used in your sentence and write it
on the whiteboard where a box is
provided, separated into columns
for each type. You will be given 7
minutes to finish your activity. And,
lastly helping your representative
will be allowed.
 None Ma’am
Any questions, clarifications?
Yes Ma’am
Understood?

Okay, very well.

But, if you have questions later on Yes Ma’am

do not hesitate to ask me. Okay?

1.Super heroes must rescue

You may now start!
*The teacher will get a timer and let
the students enjoy their activity.
the civilians from the bad
guys before it’s too late
2.The kids should not play
to long in the sun, they
might get a sunburn.
3.Parachuting can be very
fun, if you feel the wind
above.
4.I may sleep all day,
because of this weather.
5.We have to be careful,
Mom is sleeping.

Okay time is up, please settle down

and go back to your proper seats Answers for the activity:
please.
Possibility:

Might, May, Could, Can

Permission:

Can, Could, May

Ability:

Could, Can
Advice:

Should

Obligation:

Must, Have to

* After they finish their activity

the students will be on their
seats together with their group
mates.

B. ANALYSIS: Now, let us analyze your activity.

*Analyzing Skills A modal verb have different
After your activity what did you types and function. And a
notice about the modal verbs and modal verb can have multiple
their function class? function Ma’am
 * The teacher will call some
students to answer.

Correct!

Yes! Very good observation!

We can identify a modal verbs

For example the modal verb “can” type by understanding the
is used in a sentence, how would whole meaning of the
you identify if it is a possibility or a sentence.
permission, or ability? Can anyone
give examples? For example if you want to
borrow something, you can
* The teacher will call some use the modal can to indicate
students to answer. permission.

C. ABSTRACTION: Write and answer this question in a Understanding modal verbs

*Values Integration and 1/4 sheet paper, then after I will call
Applying Skills students randomly to share their
answers.
* The teacher will call students to
answer the question.
and how to use them properly
is important for us to
communicate effectively
because they convey meaning
like, obligation, possibility, and
permission in a sentence.

Why do you think it is important to
know the different modals and how
to use them properly?
As an English learner,
applying our knowledge of
modal verbs in day-to-day
conversation Ma’am will help
us express various degrees of
necessity, possibility, ability,
permission, and obligation.
And it will improve our
vocabulary Ma’am.

As English learners how would you

D. APPLICATION:
*Applying Skills
apply the things you have learned
about modals today in your day to
day conversation?
I will group the class into 3 and *. After 5 minutes, they will
create and perform a 2 minute perform their dialogue
dialogue using modal verbs. highlighting modal verbs and
how to properly use them in
I want you to incorporate and day to day conversation.
highlight a variety of modal verbs
and how to properly use it in
conversations. I will give you 5
minutes to prepare.

* The teacher will present a rubric.

Can someone in front please read

the rubric, for you to be more * The student will read the
guided. rubric.

* The teacher will call someone to

read the rubric.

GENERALIZATION: Now, let’s summarize the lesson we We learned about modal

 *Summarization of the learned today. verbs, their different types,
topic. and how to properly use them
*Inferring Skills What have you learned today? in creating sentences.

Modal verbs:
* The teacher will call students to 1. Might
answer the question. 2. May
3. Could
What are the different modal verbs? 4. Can
5. Should
6. Must
* The teacher will call students to 7. Have to
answer the question.

How do you use them properly? We can use them properly by

choosing the appropriate
modals that could give our
* The teacher will call students to intended meaning.
answer the question.

Very good everyone. You really

understood our lesson today.

IV. EVALUATION: Let’s have a short evaluation, for

*Evaluating Skills me to know, which one of you really
understood the lesson and which
one of you did not. Get 1/4 sheet of
paper and answer this one

I. Multiple choice. Choose the

correct letter.
1. ________ I use your computer
for a moment?
A. Must B. Can C. Could D. Shall
2. You ________ study harder if
you want to pass your exam.
A. can B. may C. should D. must Answer:
3. I ________ swim when I was 1. B
younger, but not anymore. 2. C
A. can B. could C. should D. must 3. B
4. You ________ be careful walking 4. A
alone at night. 5. C
A. have to B. might C. could D. may
5. She ________ be at the meeting
already; it will start in 10 minutes.
A. can B. should C. must D. might

V. ASSIGNMENT/ Please copy your assignment. Yes Ma’am

AGREEMENT:
Create a comic strip using any
online editing platform, then
import it into Microsoft Word, and
export it as a PDF before printing to
avoid getting shuffled. The comic
strip should contain modals,
demonstrating how to use them
properly in conversation or
grammar.
 Done copying? Yes Ma’am.

Good bye class, see you next Good bye, Ma’am.

meeting.

Prepared by:
Katherine O. Guilla