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Region I
Schools Division Office City of San Fernando
SAN FERNANDO SOUTH CENTRAL INTEGRATED SCHOOL
Tanqui, City Of San Fernando, La Union 2500
S.Y 2019 – 2020
DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH 7
Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the student will be able to:
a. Identify the important details of the short story using story mapping;
b. Utilize illustrations to unlock difficulty and events in the story; and
c. Show the importance of an individual as source of happiness to others.
Subject Matter:
Literature: My Father Goes to Court by: Carlos Bulosan
Reference: English Learner’s Material 7, pp. 374-377
Materials: Powerpoint Presentation,Photocopies, video clips
Values: Individual as source of Happiness
Procedure:
Teaching Hints
A. Preliminary Activities
 Greetings
 Prayers
 Classroom Management
B. Motivation
Teacher’s Activity
Student’s Activity
Good morning class! How’s your
day so far?
Before we begin our lesson for
today, let’s ask guidance to our
Almighty God, for complete
understanding of our lesson this
morning. Would you please lead
the prayer?
Kindly arrange your chairs, and
pick up pieces of papers around
you before taking your sits.
To give you a gist of what we will
discuss, let us sing “If you’re
happy and you know it”. Are you
ready?
What a wonderful performance
class! So what does the song
wanted to know about your
feeling?
Very good! Now we will play a
game but first let’s review our
rules in reciting and discussing.
Good morning ma’am! It was
fine.
Very good!
This is called “Flip that feelings”
each color has a question you need
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C. Presentation
(The students will recite a
prayer)
Yes ma’am.
Ma’am the song wants to know
If I am happy.
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Raise your hands if you
want to answer.
Wait for your name to be
to answer that will define who or
what makes you happy.
Today we will discuss a story that
will show what happiness truly
means. And the title is?
But first who is this man?
Based from the reference I gave
you who is he?
Excellent! So now let’s see how
his life related to the story. But we
can’t move on! There are words in
progress. Let’s unlock the mystery
words by determining what
illustration best represent each
meaning.
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called.
Do not interrupt the
discussion.
Do not make a noise.
My father goes to court.
Ma’am Carlos Bulosan
Illustration:
Students answer may vary.
D. Analysis and Discussion
For you to easily understand the
story I had prepared a story map.
So as we discuss the story, I will
post a picture that will serve as
your guide. Do you understand?
1st picture: where did the story
happened?
Who lived there?
2nd picture: what happened in 1918
that caused them to live the town?
3rd picture:
when they
where in town.
Do they have
there neighbour? Who?
Definition:
Aroma-a pleasant smell
Contagious- easily spread
Condemn- to give punishment
Gavel- a mallet used by a judge
4th picture: according to the
narrator what did the rich man’s
servant always do?
The story happened in the
island of Luzon.
The narrator together with his
family.
And what do the narrator’s family
do when the aroma of the food
reached their house?
5th picture: how did they become
healthy?
6th picture: what
happened to the
rich
His father’s farm had been
destroyed by one of our sudeen
Philippine floods.
Yes maam. The rich man and
his family
man’s family?
7th picture: what
did
the rich man accuse on the poor
family?
They are always frying and
cooking something good.
E. Generalization
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F. Application
8 picture: did the poor man asked
for a lawyer? What happened?how
did they pay back the rich man’s
family.
Very good! Now that
you have known the
important details in the
story . what is the real
lesson on this?
The class will be divided into 5
groups: each group will present
how particular person makes you
happy. Each group will have
representative.
Group 1: Happiness from God
Group 2: Happiness from Family
Group 3: Happiness from self
Group 4: Happiness from friends
Group 5: Happiness from people
who help and guide and help you.
The whole family stood outside
and inhaled the heavenly spirit
of the food.
Student’s answer may vary.
They became unhealthy and
sickly.
Students answer may vary.
Students answer may vary
Happiness is priceless.
Criteria:
Communication – 5
Presentation – 5
Cooperation – 5
Behaviour – 5
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Evaluation
True or False: Write true if the statement is true, otherwise write false.
1. The rich man’s family and the narrator’s family get along very well.
2. The poor man’s family stole the aroma of the food.
3. The poor man’s family paid the rich man through the spirit of money.
4. The judge didn’t filed for guilt on the poor father.
5. The narrator’s family moved to town because their farm had flooded by the
sudden Philippine Typhoon.
6. The narrator’s family lived a happy life.
7. Money can buy us happiness.
8. Rich man’s family lived a happy life.
9. Money is everything.
10. The narrators family have a healthy life.
Assignment
Bring a picture of someone who makes you happy, at the back of the picture. Give 5 reasons
on how do they make you happy.
Prepared by:
BRIGITTE A. NAVARRO
Teacher