Southern Baptist College

Mlang, North Cotabato

LESSON PLAN
I. Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

a. identify the figure of speech in creative writing,

b. create differentiated activities using figure of speech, and
c. appreciate the use of figure of speech in creative writing.

II. Subject Matter

Topic: Creative Writing

Materials: Laptop, Power point Presentation, Hand-outs, Flash Cards

References: Burroway, Janet. Imaginative Writing: The Elements of Craft.

NY: Pearson, 2014. Check way, Julie, ed. Creating Fiction. Cincinnati: Story
Press, 2001.

III. Procedures

a. Preliminary Activities

Prayer

Greetings

Checking of Attendance

Classroom Standard

C- Cooperate in the class: Students will cooperate and engage with different activity
with their peers.

R- Respect one another: Show respect and care to each other. Towards your
classmates and teacher.

E – Excell in class: Unleash your highest potential by giving your best in class.

A-Accept differences: Understand and respect each other differences in all aspect.

T- Trust yourself: Think positively about what you can do. Trust that you can do more.

I-Inspire one another

V- Visionary: Think ahead.

E- Express one another taught and opinion.

 b. Reviewing of Past Lessons
Students will raise the green flag provided if the statement is true and raise the red flag
if it is false.
c. Lesson Proper

A. Motivation
The teacher is going to play a video clip.
Guide questions:
1. What have you observed about the video?
2. What do you think the feeling elicited by the video provided?

B. Reading of Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to;
a. identify the use of figure of speech in creative writing.
b. create a poem using of figure of speech.
c. appreciate the use of figure of speech in creative writing.

C. Activity
Instruction:
 The student will be divided into 4 groups based on the color of paper pasted in
their chairs.
 Group 1: Poem Making, Group 2: Song Writing, Group 3: Slogan Making, Group
4: Narrative Paragraph.
 For this task students will be given three minutes to finish the activity. Students
are not permitted to use any technology, including your phone. You may now
proceed with your respected group.

Rubrics

Content Excellent (4) Good (3) Fair (2)Needs Total

Improvement
(1)
Poem The use of Figures of Figures of Figures of
figures of speech speech speech do
speech enhance the somewhat not enhance
greatly poem's enhance the the impact
enhances impact and impact and and meaning
the overall meaning. meaning. of the poem.
impact and
 meaning of
the poem.
Song writing The use of Figures of Figures of Figures of
figures of speech speech speech do
speech enhance the somewhat not enhance
greatly song's enhance the the impact
enhances impact and impact and and meaning
the overall meaning. meaning. of the song.
impact and
meaning of
the song.
Slogan The use of Figures of Figures of Figures of
Making figures of speech speech speech do
speech enhance the somewhat not enhance
greatly slogan's enhance the the impact
enhances impact and impact and and
the overall memorability, memorability memorability
impact and making it of the of the
memorability slogan. slogan.
of the
Narrative The use of Figures of Figures of Figures of
paragraph figures of speech speech speech do
speech enhance the somewhat not enhance
greatly narrative's enhance the the impact
enhances impact and impact and and depth of
the overall depth. depth. the narrative.
impact and
depth of the
narrative.

D. Analysis
The students will be asking the following questions.
Guide questions:
1. What have you learned in our activity?
2. What prior knowledge have you obtain?
3. Does the use of figure of speech important in your daily life? Why or why not?
4. When do you use figure of speech? And what figure of speech do you commonly
used in conversation and in writing?

E. Abstraction

Discussion of creative writing using figure of speech.

Figures of Speech Figures of speech are connotative presentations of words to

produce a literary effect.
Simile A figurative comparison with the use of as or like Life is like a game.
Metaphor A figurative comparison without the use of as or like Life is a game.
Figures of Contrast
Oxymoron Placing side by side of two contrasting words Blinding darkness.
Paradox A seemingly self-contradictory statement which can be proven to be true the
more you hate, the more you love.
Irony A statement of one idea, the opposite of which is meant You’re so lovely today;
you look like a Christmas tree.

Guide Questions:
1. What makes the imagery and figure of speech important in writing?
2. How will you able to identify the different types of imagery and figure of
speech?

F. Application

Activity 2 “Create me “

Making the student do a short activity to apply what they have learned.

 Instruction:
1. The students will be divided into 6 groups
2. Create a short advocacy about life using figure of speech.
3. Students will be given 5 minutes to create a short poem.

Rubrics

CONTENT Outstanding Above Average Average

30 20 10

Figures of Speech Used a minimum of Used a minimum of Much of the spelling

five different three different and punctuation is
examples of examples of not correct. The
figurative language. figurative language letter contains 6-7
sentences

A- Evaluation

Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer for every item.

1. This refers to a way of writing, typically fiction or poetry, which displays imagination
or invention.

a. Diction b. Figures of speech c. Creative writing d. Imagery

2. This refers to the choice and use of words in writing.

a. Diction b. Figures of speech c. Creative writing d. Imagery

3. Which among the choices could be used in replacement of the underlined word in the
sentence? “Because she is the creative genius behind the series, Anna is getting paid
as much as the actors.”

a. Intellectual b. Brilliance c. Expertise d. Wisdom

4. Which among the choices could be used in replacement of the underlined word in the
sentence? “You should record all your expenses during your trip.”

a. Data b. Information c. Document d. History

5. This refers to the use of figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas
in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.

a. Diction b. Figures of speech c. Creative writing

 B- Assignment

Direction: Write a ten-sentence informal letter to your future self. In your letter, describe
where you would want to be ten years from now, what you are doing and who you are.
Write your dreams for your future self creatively by incorporating figures of speech.

CONTENT Outstanding Above Average Average

30 20 10

Figures of Speech Used a minimum of Used a minimum of Much of the spelling

five different three different and punctuation is
examples of examples of not correct. The
figurative language. figurative language letter contains 6-7
sentences