School
Teacher
Date/ Time
Observer
GRADE 4
DETAILED LESSON PLAN
PILA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DANIEL C. BARLOLONG, JR.
APRIL 11, 2023 / 9:00 AM
CHEVY T. TANGLAO (School Head)
Grade Level
Day
Quarter
Checked
FOUR
TUESDAY
3rd Quarter
I. LEARNING
OBJECTIVES
Through the presentation of the lesson, the learners will be able to:
A. Identify the setting, characters, conflict, and theme in a story.
B. Analyze a story based on its setting, characters, conflict, and theme.
C. Appreciate the importance of the elements in a story.
D. Create a short story that contains the different elements in a story.
Grade Level
Standard
The learner listens critically to various text types and expresses ideas accurately in
both oral and written forms; demonstrates confidence in the use of the language to
meet everyday needs; and reads independently and gets relevant information from
various text types.
Analyze a story in terms of its elements [EN4RC-Ib-2.1.1]
Learning
Competency/s:
II. SUBJECT MATTER
Elements of a Story
III. LEARNING
RESOURCES
A. References
1. Teacher’s Guide
Pages
2. Learner’s
Materials pages
3. Textbook pages
4. Additional
Materials from
Learning Resources
B. Other Learning
Resources
IV. LEARNING
PROCEDURES
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Voice of teacher
Slideshow Presentation
Smart TV
Teacher’s Activity
Learners’ Activity
A. PREPARATION
1. Review
The teacher will ask questions about
the previous lesson on inferring the
speaker’s tone, mood, and purpose.
The learners will be tasked to
answer the different
questions.
Question 1: What does it mean when
we say tone?
Question 2: What does it mean when
we say mood?
Question 3: What is the main
difference between tone and mood?
Answer 1: The tone refers to
what the author feels.
Answer 2: The mood refers to
what the reader feels.
Answer 3: The main difference
is that tone refers to what the
author feels while mood refers
to what the reader feels.
2. Motivation
1. Discussing
new
concepts
and
practicing
new skills #1
a) The teacher will task the learners to
watch a short story called: The Thirsty
Crow and observe it carefully.
a) The learners will be tasked to
watch and observe.
b) The teacher will ask the learners some
questions based on the short story that
they were tasked to watch.
b) The learners will be tasked to
answer.
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Where did the story take
place?
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Who or what did you see
in the story?
B. PRESENTATION
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What did you notice about the
questions that I asked about the
story?
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Yes, indeed! I did ask you questions
about different parts of the story.
What parts of the story did I ask
about?
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Great job! From this, can anyone
guess what our topic for today will
be?
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Indeed! Our topic for today will be
about the elements of a story.
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What do you think are the different
elements of a story?
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Yes! They are called the setting and
the characters. Did you know that
there are two more elements in a story
that you will learn today?
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Let me ask you this, based on the story
was the crow able to drink water
immediately?
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One hot day in
summer, on the
roof of a house.
A crow!
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You were asking questions
about the different parts that
happened in the story.
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You asked about where the
story was set, and who was in
it.
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Will our topic for today be
about the different parts of a
story?
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The place it is set in and the
people or animals in it?
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What other elements are
there?
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No, it faced a problem.
Great, now what was that problem?
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It could not reach the water.
Faced with that problem, did the
crow give up?
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No, it came up with an idea
which allowed it to drink
water in the end.
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Great job! You never fail to amaze
me. Before we move on to the next
part of our class. What again are the
elements in a story?
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I think the theme in the story is
about never giving up.
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The setting, characters,
conflict, and theme.
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What does the word setting mean?
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It means the place in a story.
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Based on the short story that you
watched, where was the setting?
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One hot day in summer, on
the roof of a house.
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It means the person or animal
in a story.
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The crow was!
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It means the problem faced in
a story.
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The crow could not reach the
water.
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It means the main idea of the
story.
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The theme is about never
giving up.
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2. Developing
mastery
(Leads to Formative
Assessment)
Well done! You remembered the story
so well. Now that problem that you
mentioned is called the conflict, while
last element that you will learn today
is called the theme, it’s the part of the
story that tells you about its main idea.
Having have said this, what do you
think is the theme?
What does the word character
mean?
Who was the character in the story?
What does the word conflict mean?
What was the conflict in the story?
What does the word theme mean?
What is the theme of the story?
The teacher will divide the class into four:
Group 1a will be tasked to identify the
setting, characters, conflict, and theme in a
given story.
Group 1b will be tasked to identify the
setting, characters, conflict, and theme in a
given story.
Group 2a will be tasked to make a short story
that includes the setting, characters, conflict
and theme.
Group 2b will be tasked to make a short story
that includes the setting, characters, conflict
and theme.
C. Application
Finding Practical
applications of
concepts and skills
Ask the learners the following questions:
1) Would it be alright if a story did not
have any elements?
2) Why? Can you explain the
importance of having elements in a
story?
1) No it would not.
2) The elements in a story allow
us to fully understand and
analyze it. Without its
elements, a story would be so
meaningless.
D. Generalization
1. Allow the learners to share what they
learned for the day.
2. What are the different elements in a story?
1. Today I learned about the
elements of a story.
2. They are the setting,
characters, conflict, and
theme.
E. Evaluation
Write down the meaning of each element.
1. Setting
2. Character
3. Conflict
4. Theme
V. REMARKS
VI. REFLECTION
1. The place where a story takes
place.
2. The people or animals in a
story.
3. The problem faced in a story.
4. The main idea of a story.
A. No. of learners
who earned 80% on
the formative
assessment
B. No. of Learners
who require
additional activities
for remediation
C. Did the remedial
lessons work? No. of
learners who have
caught up with the
lesson.
D. No. of learners
who continue to
require remediation
E. Which of my
teaching strategies
worked well? Why
did these work?
F. What difficulties
did I encounter
which my principal
or supervisor can
help me solve?
G. What innovation
or localized
materials did I
use/discover which I
wish to share with
other teachers?
ASSIGNMENT
Using your favorite story, identify its setting, characters, conflict, and theme.
Prepared by:
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DANIEL C. BARLOLONG, JR.
Teacher 1
EVALUATED BY:
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CHEVY T. TANGLAO
School Head