A LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH USING STORY READING FRAMEWORK
(Dimensional Intensive Approach)
I.OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson the students are expected to:
A. Identify cause and effect statements.
B. Realize that happiness is everywhere.
II.
A.
B.
C.
D.
SUBJECT MATTER
SELECTION: The Touch of Happiness-a Japanese folktale
REFERENCE: Communication Skills, pp. 119-120
SKILL: Understanding cause and effect relationship
MATERIALS: Copy of the selection, visual aids
III.
PROCEDURES:
A.
PRE-READING ACTIVITIES
1.
Unlocking of difficulties
The teacher will give out words to students. The students will match the word to the
posted meanings on the board through analyzing the sentences using the words written at the
back of the strip they are holding. They will also be allowed to consult the dictionary.
2.
Motivation Question
a. Where do you find happiness?
3.
Motive Question
a. Where did Matsui find happiness?
B.
DURING READING ACTIVITIES
Read-Aloud
C.
POST-READING ACTIVITIES
 LITERAL COMPREHENSION
1. Who is/are the main character in the story?
A. The seven gods of happiness
B. The stranger
C. The pilgrims
D. The farmer named Matsui
2. Where did the story happen?
A. Indonesia
B. Japan
C. China
D. Korea
3. What was Matsui's problem?
A. The failure of his rice field.
B. He was very poor.
C. He had so little skills in painting.
D. He cannot smile.
4. What are the things that he did to make a living? Did it turn out good?
A. He planted more vegetables and grain in his rice field. Yes.
B. He cultivated more roots of blue iris. Yes.
C. He painted pictures. No.
D. He just stared at the flowers and be amazed with it. No.
5. What did the stranger tell him?
A. Because of your patience, the gods of happiness will give you a trip abroad.
B. Because of your patience, the gods of happiness will bless your rice field and
grow your rice abundantly.
C. Because of your patience, the gods of happiness will give you an arts class to
improve your painting skills for free.
D. Because of your patience, you shall yet see the touch of happiness they gave
here, for they left no spot forgotten.
6. What did he find in his fields?
A. A lovely blue iris.
B. Red roses
C. Yellow daisies
D. Sun flower
 INTERPRETATION
7. What kind of man was Matsui?
A. Patient
B. Good in painting
C. Good farmer
D. Disappointed
8. What was the stranger like?
A. Traveler
B. Mysterious
C. Inspiring
D. Motivating
9. What was his reaction when he saw the blue iris on his field?
A. Delighted
B. Amazed
C. Surprised
D. Glad
 CRITICAL EVALUATION
10. If you are Matsui, are you going to help the stranger?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Maybe
D. It depends upon the situation.
11. Who do you think is the stranger?
A. A beggar.
B. An opportunist
C. One of the seven gods of happiness.
D. A snatcher
 APPLICATION
12. What is the story trying to tell us about happiness?
A. Happiness comes from the rice field.
B. Happiness comes from the field of blue iris.
C. Happiness is everywhere.
D. Happiness is coming from patience.
VI.
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
Read the 3 pairs of sentences below. Decide whether the sentences express cause or effect.
Underline the cause and encircle the effect.
1. Matsui was sad because his rice field did not yield anything.
2. He was poor so his godown had very few things.
3. Matsui was able to see the touch of happiness because he was patient.
VII.
ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
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VIII.
Name countries that prosper because of Agriculture.
EVALUATION
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The teacher will give the students few sentences that states causes and the
students will give what might be the effects of those causes.
PREPARED BY:
Erwin Manuel B. Asis
BSEd 3-N1
Prof. Merriam P. Maldo
Eng. Ed. 8