Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region III
Division of Nueva Ecija
Ligaya National High School
Lesson Plan in English 8
Grade 8 – Sampaguita
April 24, 2023
I.
OBJECTIVES
Content Standard: The learner demonstrates understanding of Southeast Asian
literature as a mirror to a shared heritage; coping strategies in processing textual
information; strategies in examining of listening and viewing material; structure
analysis of words and propaganda techniques; and grammatical signals for opinionmarking, persuasion, and emphasis.
Performance Standard: The learner transfer learning by composing and delivering a
persuasive speech based on an information essay featuring use of properly
acknowledged information, sources, grammatical signals for opinion-marking,
persuasion and emphasis, and appropriate prosodic feature, stance, and behavior.
Learning Competency: Use of Parallel Structure (EN8G-la-7)
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to;
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
define parallel structure;
identify a parallel structured sentence;
analyze structures of sentences;
rewrite faulty sentences into parallel structured ones; and
formulate meaningful sentences with parallel structure.
II.
SUBJECT MATTER
Topic: Using Parallel Structure
Subtopic: Series of Words, and Phrases listed in a Sentence
References: MELCs-based SLM in English 8, Quarter 3, Module 6
Parallelism
Grammar
Rules
(parallel
Structure)
https://www.grammarwiz.com/parallelism
MP English 8, Q3, W8 – Parallel Structure in a Sentence (DepEd TV)
Materials: Visual Aids, PowerPoint Presentation, Chalkboard
III.
PROCEDURE
Teacher’s Activity
A. Preparatory Activity
Routine
 Greetings
Good afternoon class!
Students’ Activity
Good afternoon, Ma’am!
 Prayer
Let us start our session with a The assigned student officer will
prayer. May I call on the assigned lead the prayer.
officer for today to lead the prayer.
Amen.
Amen.
 Classroom Conditioning
Before taking your seats, look around
and see if there are pieces of papers
on the floor. If there are, kindly pick
them up. Then arrange your chairs
properly.
Students will look around and pick
the papers on the floor, then they
will arrange their chairs and take
their seats.
 Checking of Attendance
Who is absent today?
None Ma’am.
You have a perfect attendance. Very
good!
B. Review of the Previous Lesson
Let us recall our past lesson. What
was our previous lesson all about?
How do we define cohesive devices?
Our previous lesson was about
cohesive devices.
Cohesive devices are words or
phrases that show the relationship
between paragraphs or sections of
a text.
That’s right!
There are many examples of cohesive
devices, they can be grouped by
(Some learners will raise their
category. Who can give me an
hands to give examples.)
example of cohesive devices that
show addition or similarity to other
ideas?
Very Good!
How about an example of cohesive
devices that indicate sequence?
Correct!
C. Drill
Repetition Drill.
In as much as I want you to master
the acceptable pronunciation and
proper stress of some vocabulary
words from our word of the day
(Some learners will raise their
hands to give examples.)
entries, I will say the word and you
will repeat it.
1. ubiquitous
2. squawk
ubiquitous
squawk
3. plethora
4. scrupulous
5. petrichor
plethora
scrupulous
petrichor
6. facetious
7. flummox
facetious
flummox
8. etiquette
9. assiduous
10. rendezvous
etiquette
assiduous
rendezvous
It’s good that with our practice, you are
getting more and more familiar with
those words.
D. Motivation
Who among you here love to play (Some learners will raise their
word games or puzzles?
hands.)
That’s good to know. Because before
diving in our new lesson, we will play
“4 Pics 1 Word”.
Are you familiar with this mobile
application game?
It is a word association game where
you’ll be shown 4 pictures, all of
which share a word in common. Your
goal is to figure out the common
word. But don’t worry, jumbled
letters will be provided as hints for
you to solve the puzzle with ease.
Technically, it can be played solo
using your Android phones, but for
today, we will play it by group. The
first group to give the correct answer
will get the corresponding points. Are
you ready?
Not all of us Ma’am are familiar.
Students will be divided into
groups. Each group will form a
word based on the 4 pictures using
the jumbled letters.
Yes, we are.
Presenting the sets of pictures
1. Showing the first set of pictures
2. Showing the second set of pictures
3. Showing the third set of pictures
4. Showing the fourth set of pictures
5. Showing the fifth set of pictures
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
equal
balance
similar
parallel
structure
Congratulations! You did a good job.
The gaining of points will not end in
here, because you have a chance to
gain
points
throughout
our
discussion. I will give random points
whenever someone answers my
question correctly.
E. Lesson Proper
Making sense of the words equal,
similar,
balance,
parallel,
and
structure, do you have an idea about (Learners
will
our topic for today? Who would like guesses/answers.)
to make a guess?
give
varied
Today, we will be discussing
Parallelism or Parallel Structure.
What comes into your mind when
you hear the word parallel? In Parallel lines are two lines that do
Mathematics, what are parallel lines? not intersect.
Correct! In Mathematics, parallel
lines are lines that do not meet each
other no matter how long we extend
them. In parallel lines, the distance of
the lines must be equal. However,
striking a balance does not only apply
with geometry, it is also applied in the
use of the language especially in
using the same pattern of words in a
sentence.
The dictionary defines parallel as a
way in which things are similar like a
shared quality or characteristic. Our
key words are similar and equal.
The question is, how do we know that
sentences have parallel structures?
To know that, let us read its
definition.
When should
structure?
we
use
Parallel structure is when all
parallel words, phrases, clauses in a
sentence follow the same pattern.
Parallel structure should be used
Parallel
construction
is
most when a writer lists a series of
commonly
used
in
sentences words, phrases, or clauses in a
containing elements that appear in a sentence.
series or in a pair. And today we will
just focus on parallel structure on
series specifically parallel words.
Kindly read the meaning of parallel
words.
For Example:
 Noun words
Parallel words – words listed in a
sentence should be all nouns, all
adjectives, all gerund, etc. but not
For
us
to
have
a
deeper mixed.
understanding of parallel structure,
let us take a look at these two
sentences.
1. In school, I like Science, History,
and how to make art.
2. In school, I like Science, History,
and Art.
Which sentence is better?
That is right, sentence 2 is better
because it follows the same pattern,
or structure.
Sentence 2 is better.
Let us analyze the sentences.
1. In school, I like Science, History, and
how to make art. (Non Parallel)
In this sentence, the noun words
Science, and History are combined
with the phrase “how to make art”
making the sentence faulty in
parallelism. To make the sentence
parallel, we should change the
phrase into a noun word. The
sentence should be:
2. In school, I like Science, History, and
Art. (Parallel)
In this sentence, the words Science,
History, and Art are all nouns. As you
can see, the ideas in the sentence
now carry equal weight or value.
Science, History, and Art shared the
same grammatical format. They are
now referring to subjects/disciplines.
Did you get it class?
Now, I have here a non parallel
sentence. Who wants to help me
rewrite it into a parallel structured
sentence?
Yes Ma’am.
1. The farmers in our town commonly (Learner will raise their hand to
plant onion, pepper, and the answer and rewrite the sentence on
tomatoes.
the board.)
That is correct!
The farmers in our town commonly
Who wants to formulate or give an example plant onion, pepper, and tomatoes.
of parallel structured sentence using noun
words?
Very Good!
Let us have
adjective.

an
example
(Learners will formulate sentences
using with parallel structures)
Adjective words
1. Her skin is soft, smooth, and
flawlessly. (Non Parallel)
Do you think the sentence is
parallel?
What makes the sentence not
parallel?
No Ma’am.
You are right. The words soft, and
smooth are adjectives and combined The word flawlessly.
with an adverb flawlessly. How can
we make the sentence parallel?
2. Her skin is soft, smooth, and We should change the phrase into
an adjective word.
flawless. (Parallel)
Do you think the sentence is now Her skin is soft, smooth, and
flawless.
parallel?
Correct!
Yes ma’am.
Now, I have here another example of The words soft, smooth, and bright
a non-parallel structured sentence, are all adjectives.
who can rewrite this so as to make it
parallel?
1. Dupinga river was known for its (Learner will raise their hand to
cold, fresh, and its clean water.
answer and rewrite the sentence on
the board.)
That is right!
Dupinga river was known for its
Who can formulate meaningful cold, fresh, and clean water.
sentences with parallel structures?
Very good. Those are examples of (Learners will formulate sentences
meaningful sentences using parallel with parallel structures)
structures.
Let us have another example using gerund.
Let us know first what is gerund. Kindly
read the meaning of gerund.

-
Gerund
The -ing for of a verb that functions
the same as noun. (ex. jumping,
walking)
-
1. Joe likes walking, running, and to
hike. (Non Parallel)
The -ing for of a verb that
functions the same as noun.
(ex. jumping, walking)
Is the sentence parallel?
What makes the sentence faulty in
No Ma’am.
parallelism?
Correct!
The phrase to hike.
The words walking, and running are
gerund and combined with an
infinitive phrase to hike. How can we
We should change the phrase into
make the sentence parallel?
a gerund word.
2. Joe likes walking, running, and
hiking. (Parallel)
Now, is the sentence parallel?
Joe likes walking, running, and
hiking.
Very good!
Yes Ma’am.
The words walking, running, and
Now, help me make this example hiking are all gerund.
parallel.
1. Raymond went to Gabaldon to (Learner will rewrite the sentence
spent
his
summer
fishing, on the chalkboard)
camping, and to swim.
Raymond spends his summer
Correct!
fishing, camping, and swimming.
Who can give or formulate examples
of sentences with gerund, using
parallel structure?
Learners
will
give/formulate
sentences with gerund, using
parallel structure
Very good!
Is there any question about parallel
words?
F. Application
None Ma’am.
Instruction: Analyze the sentences and
determine whether the sentence is parallel
or not. Raise the thumbs up emoji if the
sentence is parallel, and the thumbs down
if not.
1. Maria wants to visit Palawan, Manila, (Learners will raise the thumbs
and the city of pines.
down emoji.)
What makes
parallel?
the
sentence
non The phrase “the city of pines”. We
should change it into the name of
place which is Baguio.
What is the parallel structure of this Maria wants to visit
sentence?
Manila, and Baguio.
2. She is tall, kind, and a beauty.
What makes
parallel?
the
sentence
Palawa,
(Learners will raise the thumbs
down emoji.)
non The phrase “a beauty”. We should
change it into an adjective word
beautiful.
What is the parallel structure of this She is tall, kind, and beautiful.
sentence?
3. Mia enjoys cleaning, cooking, and
sleeping.
4. I like jogging, baking, painting, and to
watch movies.
(Learners will raise the thumbs up
emoji.)
The words cleaning, cooking, and
sleeping are all gerund words.
What makes
parallel?
the
sentence
non (Learners will raise the thumbs
down emoji.)
What is the parallel structure of this The phrase “to watch movies”.
sentence?
Excellent!
I like jogging, baking, painting, and
watching movies.
GENERALIZATION
1. How can we say that a sentence is
parallel in structure?
We can say that a sentence is
parallel in structure when all the
2. When it comes to a series of words in words, phrases, or clauses in a
a sentence, how can we make parallel sentence follow the same pattern.
structured sentence?
We can make a parallel structured
sentence by listing words with the
IV.
EVALUATION
same grammatical unit.
In ½ crosswise answer the following.
a.
1. Give at least two examples of
parallel sentence.
b. Analyze and identify whether the
sentences are parallel or non-parallel. Write
P if the sentence is parallel and NP if not.
Underline the error in the sentence and
rewrite the sentence with a correct parallel
structure.
1. Let’s eat rice, noodles, and chicken.
2. The meeting was long, boring, and
has no point at all.
1. P
3. Bea likes cooking, writing, and to
read.
2. NP. The meeting was long,
boring, and pointless.
4. A lot of tourists are expected to visit
the Dupinga river and Gabaldon falls.
3. NP. Bea likes cooking,
writing, and reading.
5. These mangoes are ripe, juicy, and
taste like a candy.
4. P
6. The audience were cheering, laugh,
and crying.
5. NP. These mangoes are ripe,
juicy, and sweet.
7. Ana’s favorite subjects are English,
Science, and Mathematics.
8. I love to wear shirts, pants, and
shorts.
6. NP. The
cheering,
crying.
audience
laughing,
7. P
9. She wanted three things: money,
power, and fame.
10. The foods we ate at the restaurant
were all delicious, specially sinigang,
adobo, sisig, and pancit.
V.
9. P
10. P
ASSIGNMENT
Rewrite the non-parallel
parallel ones.
8. P
sentences
to
1. Toni Gonzaga’s talent in singing,
acting, and being a host is amazing.
2. The house I bought is big, colorful,
and it is budget friendly.
3. My family is planning to travel and
visit Maldives, Canada, and the home
country of Japanese people next
month.
Is there any question?
If there is none, goodbye class!
None Ma’am.
Goodbye Ma’am!
Prepared by:
Angelica N. Deocares
Student Teacher
Checked by:
Christian D. Pinlac
were
and
Master Teacher I