A DETAILED LESSON PLAN

IN ENGLISH
Senior High Department

PREPARED BY:
JUBELYN S. MESIAS
BSED – SCI 2A

SUBMITTED TO:
Mrs. Loreta Cinco
 Republic of the Philippines
Eastern Visayas State University
Tanauan Campus
Tanauan, Leyte

Detailed Lesson Plan in English

(Poetry)

i. OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson, the students can:

A. Express insights on the different definitions of poetry

B. Describe some of the elements of poetry and their importance to creative

nonfiction

C. Analyze sample texts for sensory images, concrete and evocative details, and

significant human experience

D. Give the adjectives that are appropriate for describing pictures

ii. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic: Poetry

References:

 Claiming Spaces: Understanding, Reading, and Writing Creative Nonfiction

(A Textbook on Humanities and Social Sciences)

 http://learn.lexiconic,net/elemetsofpoetry.htm (Elements of Poetry

Instructional Materials:

 Pictures

 Hand outs

 Visual aids

Value Focus: Appreciation and understanding of poetry and the connection it can

give to the literary arts and as well as to the world.

iii. PROCEDURE

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

A. Preparation

1. Opening Prayer

2. Greetings

Good morning class. I’m Ms. Good morning, ma’am.

Jubelyn S. Mesias but you
can call me Teacher Jubelyn
if you like.

I will be filling in for your Yes ma’am.

lovely teacher Mrs. Munoz.
In her absence, I hope I get
the same degree of respect
you have for her.

Thank you class. You’re welcome, ma’am.

3. Attendance
(Teacher refers to the
students’ seating arrangement
chart)

Who’s absent today? There is none ma’am.

4. Short Conversation
(Teacher engages students in a
short conversation about
themselves, studies and life, also
gives a hint about today’s topic.)

B. Motivation
(Teacher shows a sample picture
for students to describe it orally)

I have here a picture of famous

painting called “Starry Night”
which is painted by Vincent Van 1. The picture is beautiful.
Gogh. Give your description on
how it appears to you. 2. It looks colorful because of its
striking use of bold hues.

3. It expresses an intense degree of

emotion and feelings.

4. It appears to possess powerful

and strong strokes of the
paintbrush.

5. It is majestic and artistically

done.
 Very Good! (The students give out adjectives to
describe the picture and answers may
vary)

You are sounding like good

artists.

Without the use of a paint or (The students give out their ideas and
brush, what do you think you opinions about the question and
have done by describing the answers may vary)
painting?
Without the use of a paint and brush,
we can write a literary work by
describing something.

Very Good!

C. Presentation of the Topic

You are painting with your (The students listen to the teacher)
words. Poets are also like artists
because they paint using words.

Since the outputs of painters are The output of poets are poems.
paintings. What do you think will
be the output poets?

Correct!

Poets express their feelings and

emotions through their poems.

What category will the poems fall Poetry ma’am.

or belong to?

Well, done!

That will be our lesson for today. (The students listen to the teacher)
So, listen well, class.

D. Unlocking of Difficulties
Now, I know you are all curious
about this tree on the board, class.
And we will soon find out its
purpose, but first, we need to
unlock the meaning of the
following words on the board.

Literary  Associated with literary works

Sentence: There are many authors or other formal writing and
who became successful by just content of literature, especially
writing a creative literary piece. of the kind valued for quality of
form.
Descriptive
Sentence: The paragraph is  Having the quality of describing
written in a descriptive manner. or it is characterized by
There are many adjectives being description.
used.
 Abstract  Characteristic apart from any
Sentence: The painting is so specific object and is difficult to
abstract. It is very difficult to understand.
decipher or understand.

Now that we are done unlocking

the difficulties of the words, we
are now ready to move forward
with our lesson for today.

E. Discussion
(Teacher uses the handouts as a
guide for the topic and distributes
it to the class)
 Poetry is an expression of ideas
What is poetry to you class? written in words using the sense
of imagination.

(The answers of students may vary)

Very Good!

Let us pertain to our handouts,

class.

It says here that: (The students listen to the teacher)

 Poetry is a quality of
beauty and intensity of
emotion regarded as
characteristic of poems.

In poetry, there are different

figurative devices to be used to
create a good piece of literary
work such as a poem.

What are these figurative devices

to be used in poetry?
(The students raise their hands to
(Teacher pertains to the tree on volunteer to the discussion)
the board and let students stick
out its leaves of details)

Who wants to volunteer and stick

out each leaf on the tree?

Leaves of Details:
 Imagery
 Simile
 Symbol
(After the students stick the leaves of
(Teacher let the students read each details, they pertain to their handouts to
term written on the leaf) read the meaning of each term)

F. Application
(Teacher prepares students for the
activity about the topic)
 What we are going to do is to
have a group activity to exercise
your brains and see if you have
applied what you have learned
during our discussion.

(Teacher divides the house into (The students follow the teachers order
four groups for the activity) and grouped their selves into four)

(Teacher gives each group a (The students look at the picture)

photo)

Class, I want you to take a good

look at those pictures.

In 15 minutes, compose your own (The students compose their song)

lyrics of a song using the
different figurative devices that
we have discussed.

G. Generalization
(Teacher ends the discussion
proper and ask students a few
questions)

Did you guys have fun with your Yes ma’am.

activity?

Now, what are the figurative (The students enumerate the figurative
devices used in poetry? devices in poetry)

(The teacher does a refresher of

the topic for the students to
remember)

Figurative Devices in Poetry:

 Imagery
 Simile
 Symbol

How is poetry important to us, (The students express their ideas and
class? answers may vary)

Very Good!

All of your ideas are correct. Just

like the great artists and authors,
who came to paint or write for the
people, you guys can certainly
pass because you have different
creations of ideas.

H. Evaluation
(Teacher hands out a worksheet
for the students to answer)
 Class? Are you ready to take the
short quiz?

Very Good!

Now, let us begin.

The following questions will be

found on worksheets. (The students answer the worksheets
given by the teacher)

IV. Assignment

Go and look for your old pictures from your photo album. Think about the time you

enjoyed in the photograph and describe it. Write the description in a poem form

describing the photo in a short bond paper. This is to be passed by next meeting. Good

luck and God bless!