Lesson Plan in the Teaching of Reading

I. Objectives At the end of the lesson the students should be able to a. Identify the different elements of a short story/ epic poem b. State the importance of these elements in the story( focusing on the plot) c. Analyze element of a short story and present facts and opinions and ideas supporting them d. To follow given directions e. State the importance of following directions Subject Matter Topic: Elements of a short story Selection: Daedalus and Icarus Materials: Manila paper, permanent and white board marker, hand out Learning procedures a. Routinary Activities 1. Prayer 2. Putting class in order 3. Checking of attendance b. Lesson Proper Pre Listening Activity Teacher prepares and provides a hand out activity on following directions (one for each students) Following Directions 1. Write your name on the upper left corner of the paper 2. Write your section and year level under your name 3. Write down numbers 1 to 10 4. Draw a star in number one to four 5. Encircle numbers 5 6. And draw a heart on numbers six to ten 7. Underline your name 8. Draw a circle around your name 9. draw a huge circle 10. draw a square inside the circle 11. put a triangle inside the square 12. draw lines around the circle forming a sun 13. write the word Finish on the lower right corner of the paper 14. underline the word finish 15. On the other hand, just follow number one and two

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Motive Questions: What lesson can you infer from the activity? - (Desired answer) following direction Was there a time in your life that you did not follow instructions? Think of instances when you did not obey your elders advice. Why do elders or parents

Discussion: Elements of short story: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Setting- Place, time, weather condition, social condition, Plot- Introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement, ending Conflict- Man vs man, Man vs. Himself, Man vs. Circumstances, man vs. Society Characters Lesson

While Listening activity Divide the class into two groups before the listening activity. Guide questions: 1. Why couldnt Daedelus leave this island of Crete? How did he Plan to escape? 2. What advice did Daedalus give his son before they started out? 3. What did the father mean when he told his son no fancy steering by star or constellation? 4. What did the people down on the land think about when they saw Daedalus and Icarus? Read the phrases that symbolize the people. 5. Did Icarus follow his fathers advice? What happened to him? 6. Which lines show that the father was apprehensive about their flight? 7. Which lines early in the poem prepare you for tragic ending? 8. What lesson does this part of legend teach

THE STORY OF DAEDALUS AND ICARUS OVID Homesick for homeland, Daedalus hated Crete And his long exile there, but the sea held him. "Though Minos blocks escape by land or water," Daedalus said, " surely the sky is open, And that's the way we'll go. Minos' dominion 5 Does not include the air." He turned his thinking Toward unknown arts, changing the laws of nature. He laid out feathers in order, first the smallest, A little larger next it, and so continued, The way that pan-pipes rise in gradual sequence. 10 He fastened them with twine and wax, at middle, At bottom, so, and bent them, gently curving, So that they looked like wings of birds, most surely. And Icarus, his son, stood by and watched him, Not knowing he was dealing with his downfall, 15 Stood by and watched, and raised his shiny face To let a feather, light as down, fall on it, Or stuck his thumb into the yellow wax, Fooling around, the way a boy will, always, Whenever a father tries to get some work done. 20 Still, it was done at last, and the father hovered, Poised, in the moving air, and taught his son: "I warn you, Icarus, fly a middle course: Don't go too low, or water will weigh the wings down; Don't go too high, or the sun's fire will burn them. 25 Keep to the middle way. And one more thing, No fancy steering by star or constellation, Follow my lead!" That was the flying lesson, And now to fit the wings to the boy's shoulders. Between the work and warning the father found 30 His cheeks were wet with tears, and his hands trembled. He kissed his son (Good-bye, if he had known it), Rose on his wings, flew on ahead, as fearful As any bird launching the little nestlings Out of high nest into thin air. Keep on, 35 Keep on, he signals, follow me! He guides him In flight-O fatal art!-and the wings move And the father looks back to see the son's wings moving. Far off, far down, some fisherman is watching As the rod dips and trembles over the water, 40 Some shepherd rests his weight upon his crook, Some ploughman on the handles of the ploughshare, And all look up, in absolute amazement, At those air-borne above. They must be gods! They were over Samos, Juno's sacred island, 45 Delos and Paros toward the left, Lebinthus

Visible to the right, and another island, Calymne, rich in honey. And the boy Thought This is wonderful! and left his father, Soared higher, higher, drawn to the vast heaven, 50 Nearer the sun, and the wax that held the wings Melted in that fierce heat, and the bare arms Beat up and down in air, and lacking oarage Took hold of nothing. Father! he cried, and Father! Until the blue sea bushed him, the dark water 55 Men call the Icarian now. And Daedalus, Father no more, called "Icarus, where are you! Where are you, Icarus? Tell me where to find you!" And saw the wings on the waves, and cursed his talents, Buried the body in a tomb, and the land 60 Was named for Icarus. Post reading Activity A. Let the students answer the following questions: 1. Why couldnt Daedelus leave this island of Crete? How did he Plan to escape? 2. What advice did Daedalus give his son before they started out? 3. What did the father mean when he told his son no fancy steering by star or constellation? 4. What did the people down on the land think about when they saw Daedalus and Icarus? Read the phrases that symbolize the people. 5. Did Icarus follow his fathers advice? What happened to him? 6. Which lines show that the father was apprehensive about their flight? 7. Which lines early in the poem prepare you for tragic ending? 8. What lesson does this part of legend teach

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