Mariano Marcos State University

GRADUATE SCHOOL
Laoag City

MAJOR PROJECT
IN
PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE LEARNING
(LANG 201)

Submitted by:

MELVILYN R. DECANO
MAED-Lang.Lit. Student

Submitted to:

DR. JAHNESE D. ASUNCION

Professor

A Detailed Lesson Plan

in Grade 10 (English)
I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the students shall be able to:
A. react critically on given present-day issues through pictures
regarding injustice in a one-minute free talk;
B. look for the meaning of difficult words using context clues;
C. arrange the sequence of the story using comic strips and retell
them in their own words;
D. understand perseverance in waiting for the truth to surface;
E. identify the important phases in the plot of the story using
Freytags Pyramid; and
F. show conviction and comprehension in completing a worksheet on
identifying the plot of the story in their own words.
II. SUBJECT MATTER
A. Topic: Identifying the Plot of a Story
*Reading Selection: God Sees the Truth but Waits by Leo Tolstoy
B. Skills
*Listening
4.1.1. Give reactions to what was said
* Speaking
2.1. Ask and respond to questions raised in different situations
2.2. Express varied outlooks on a given issue
6. Analyze and react critically to ideas presented in discussions,
etc.
*Reading
3. Demonstrate the ability to use previous experiences as a
scaffold in processing information in a given text
3.2. Synthesize previous learning with new insights
7.2. Define words from context
4.2. Use outlines to sum up ideas taken from or to be expanded
into texts
*Writing
1. Express opinion in writing
*Literature
1. Show appreciation for the significant human experiences
expressed in various types of literary genres in world literature

3.2. Point out the interdependence of plot, setting and

characterization in narratives to achieve the authors purpose
4.2. Indicate commitment to social justice and equality as
portrayed in world literature
C. Instructional Aids
o
o
o
o

Laptop for the powerpoint presentation

Comic Strips for the discussion
Big Microphone for the Student Patrol (one-minute free talk)
Cartolina strips, push pins, scotch tape, modified board for the

vocabulary activity
o Loom bands for the grouping
o Worksheets for the Literary Focus

D. References
The Literatures of the World by R.C. Lasaten
www.StoryThat.com
Basic Education Curriculum of 2002 Skills and Competencies
III.

PROCEDURE
Teachers Activity
A. Routinary Activities
*Opening Prayer
Good morning class!

Students Activity

Good morning, maam!

Before we start todays undertaking,

it is proper for us to ask for the
blessing and guidance from the only
great source so may you please stand
for our prayer.

(The students will stand for the

prayer.)

Let us all bow our heads and invoke

the presence of the Lord.
*Cleanliness and Orderliness
Okay. Before we start, I want
you to arrange your chairs properly

and pick up those pieces of paper (Students clean their respective

under your chairs.

area and align their chairs

properly.)

*Checking of Attendance
Now, may I have the section
secretary

to

report

for

todays (The secretary reports to class.)

attendance.

Thank you very much,

___________.
B. Lesson Proper
1. Motivation
Are you ready for our lesson today,

Yes, maam!

class?

If thats the case then fasten your

seatbelt and put on with you an alert
mind and eager heart.
To start our day, we will have a
game

that

will

test

your

critical

thinking skills and how far can your

concern go to the welfare of other
people and other creations of God.
Class, I have here some pictures that
cannot speak for themselves. So, for us Yes, maam!
to know what they want to impart to
us, I will give you a one-minute free
talk to speak on their behalf. Do you
like that?

To do such, I have here a magic Yes, maam!

microphone. Feel the chance of being
heard and express what these photos
want to convey. We will call this game
as, Say It For Me. Are you ready for

our game?

The

picture

says

there

is

discrimination in it. The yellow

duckling wants to be one of the
Remember, this will have a bearing on black ducklings or at least be
your graded recitation for today so I given the chance to be like them
need your full participation.

or join them.

(First picture will be flashed.)

The picture expresses inequality

maam because it seems that the
two girls were deprived of their
Very good! The picture expresses

right to express themselves.

discrimination. How about the next

picture? (Teacher flashes the picture.)
Maam, I can see injustice in that
picture
You

are

inequality

correct!
in

Thats

treating

because

as

what

Ive

heard over the news, Mary Jane

another Veloso was suspected to be a drug

others. How dealer. She was under the death

about the third one? I guess you are row in Malaysia but it was
very familiar of this picture.
postponed. I think, they should
investigate further about the case
of Veloso to know the real justice.

Correct! We can feel the pain of the

family of Mary Jane because she is

They are examples of injustice,

maam.

also a Filipino. We just hope and pray

that she will be freed from death, soon.
So, from all the pictures, what is their
commonality?

Some says, Justice is blind. But

Very good! And if we say injustice, that the proper authority can achieve

means a negative thing. From the word it as long as they play squarely
itself, it means no justice or there is and fairly.
lack of justice or inequality. But how
could

we

really

attain

justice

nowadays?

You are right and sad to say, many

cases of injustices were just thrown
and were not considered. Lets just give
these things to the hands of God.
2. Development of the Lesson
a. Pre-Reading

God Sees the Truth but Waits,

maam by Leo Tolstoy. We really
love it.

Today class, we will discuss a short

story

about

how

justice

takes

its

course and how the character fights for

it. Have you read the short story that I
assigned to you? What was that again?

Yes, maam!

If thats the case then lets not prolong

the agony. Before we discuss, I believe
you,

too,

have

encountered

some

difficult words, right?

I have here bond papers with justice

scale on them and the difficult words.
We will call this activity as Justice for
Lexes. We need to balance the scale to (Students will pick a loom band
promote justice so for us to do that, we and they will find their groups.)
have here a worksheet. There are
sentences here with context clues that

will help you unleash the meaning of Yes, maam!

the difficult words. After you answer it
on your chair, by group, we will do it

on the board. Please pick one loom

band here to determine your group and
afterwards, find your group mates. Red
looms will stay here, etc.

Are you done?

(A student will answer the first

word.)

Yes, maam.

Now, may I have a representative from Answers:

1. congregated-gathered
the red looms to give us the meaning of
2. despondent-sad or despairing
the first word based from the sentence
3. incessantly- continually
with context clue.
4. swooned- fainted
5. vivacious- lively; free-spirited
6. spree-carousel
7. samovar- a large urn for
Is the red group correct?

(Teacher will do the same until the

vocabulary activity will be done.)

making tea
8. troika- a traditional Russian
vehicle likened to a carriage
9. ruble- a unit of Russian
currency

equivalent

to

75

centavos
10. fortnight- fourteen days/two
weeks

(Students will read the words

after the teacher.)

The students congregated to the

rally to voice out their feelings
about the tuition hike.
It was fun riding on a troika. The
horse is very energetic.
(Other students are expected to
give their sentences.)
May we read the words. Follow after
me.

Yes, maam.

Now, may I have someone to use the

first word in his/her own sentence.
Yehey!

God Sees the Truth but Waits by

Leo Tolstoy.
Did you enjoy our activity?

Very good! The winner will receive

additional

ten

points

for

your

recitation. The other groups will have

five points.

(Students will listen carefully and

take down the important details
about the author.)

b.

Reading Proper (Discussion)

What was again our short story for

today?

Yes, maam!
Very good! So, lets get to know the
man

behind

this

very

influential

masterpiece.
(The teacher will show and discuss a
power point presentation about Leo
Tolstoy, the author of the short story,
God Sees the Truth but Waits.)

(The students will have the comic

So, we already have a background
about the author of our story for today

strips and they will work for it.)

so let us go through the story. I expect Yes, maam,

that you all have read the story so
theres

no excuse

for you

not

to

participate in the interaction. Am I

right?

In Vladimir, maam.

For our discussion, we have here some Its Ivan

comic strips. You will work with the maam.

Dmitrich

Aksionov,

same group a while ago and you will

discuss among yourselves the part
where this comic strip belongs and
retell it. One representative will read
their answer later on. And I will be
giving you follow up questions about
the comic strip and you will answer it
in groups. Do it in five minutes.

We got the comic strip with Ivan

and

his

wife

#THEJOURNEYBEGINS.

titled,
This

time, Ivan leaves his family for a

business trip. Her wife stopped

Are you done?

him to go because she had a bad

dream about Ivan.

Okay, so lets start. Anyway, where was

the story took place?

His wife dreamt that Ivan when

he returned to town, his hair
turned grey.

And who was the main character of the

story?

No, maam. He just laughed about

it.

Okay, so lets begin with the setting.

The story happened in the town of
got
the
comic
strip
merchant We
They
named Ivan Dmitrich Aksionov lives. #IVANMEETSMERCHANT.
May we have the first comic strip to spent a night at the same inn and
Vladimir

where

young

continue what I started.

before dawn, he arose and began

to continue his travel.

Not really, maam. They only slept

in the same inn and before dawn,

What was this bad dream?

Ivan arose, bought samovar and

paid his bills.

The next comic strip is titled

Was this a bad thing for Ivan?

#UnprovenInnocence. It is when
an official alighted from a troika
(a

carriage)

with

two

other

soldiers in front of Ivan.

Very good! So Ivan bade goodbye to his
family then while on his way . . . may I
have the next comic strip.

The

official

asked

Ivan

some

harsh questions and Ivan felt that

he was cross-questioning him and
they only do this to robbers or
killers.
Is there any unexpected or significant
event that happened on this part of the
story?

Its because the merchant whom

he spent the night with was found
dead and he is the only person
who was with him before his
death.

Can we have the third comic strip?

Our

comic

strip

is

about

#CELLofDESPAIR. In here, Ivan

was not on his senses so he was
imprisoned.
What did the official and the two
soldiers do to Aksionov?

Yes, maam because thats the

start of a greater toil of Ivan as a
prisoner who was not able to
prove his innocence.

Why do you think did the policemen

asked those rude questions to Ivan?

That was twenty-six long and

difficult years, maam.

No, maam. He became a model to

his fellow prisoners. He seldom

Then, what happened next? The fourth speaks. Hes already old that
comic strip?
time. But he never loses hope and
he always prays to God.

Did that thing made a great impact in

the life of Ivan?
Yes, maam. But that was the
time when he met that man.

Very good! How many years did Ivan

spend his life in prison?

(A representative will post the

comic strip on the board and
explain further.)

In the prison, did Ivan become a

madman, a worse person?

We

call

our

comic

strip

as

#LONGTIMENOSEE. In here, Ivan

met Makar who was really the one
who killed the merchant with
whom Ivan spent a night at the
same inn.

So,

his

spiritual

life

got

stronger Well, they have never really seen

through time. Was there a time that he each other before but the fact that
felt the need to take for revenge to the he was there that time when the
person who made him a prisoner?

murder happened. He heard of

the things he said to the other
prisoners about him and that was

Thats right! May we have the fourth the time that Ivan felt that he is
probably the man who should be
comic strip now.
on his place twenty-six years ago.

What is all about your comic strip?

Yes, maam. He was very angry
but that anger could not bring
him peace so he just prayed for it.

How did Ivan recognize him?

Yes, maam. That was the time

when Ivan saw Makar one night
while he was digging a tunnel
inside

the

prison

for

escape.

Makar threatened Ivan but he

was not moved.
Lets go back to the revenge thing. Was
there a time when Ivan felt the need to
take revenge to Makar?

When the police found out that

someone tried to escape, they
asked all the prisoners but no one
wants to talk. They finally asked
Ivan but he said that its not

Gods will to let him tell the truth.

Were there unexpected circumstances One night, Makar took the pride
that lead the way for Ivan and Makar to talk to Ivan.
to talk about forgiveness or revelation
about the past?
Yes,

maam.

It

has

great

significance. Makar, revealed that

he was really the one who killed
the merchant and put the knife
inside his bag. He asked for
How did that thing affect the truth?

forgiveness and promised Ivan

that he will tell the truth for
Ivans freedom.

Yes, maam.

Was that talk has to do with the (A representative will post the last
confession and forgiveness?
comic strip.) This comic strip is
titled as #JusticePrevails. This
has to do with the reconciliation
or at least clarification between
Ivan and Makar about the murder
that

has

happened

twenty-six

years ago.

So, from this revelation, I guess, there Ivan said, God will forgive you.
has been a great change in the lives of That
Ivan and Makar? Right?

was

not

really

direct

answer but probably, there is a

part

Okay! Then, lets have the last comic

inside

Ivans

heart

that

accepted the sorry.

strip.
Yes, maam but when the order
for his release came, Aksionov
was already dead.

Did Ivan forgive him?

He did not waste his time inside
the prison. He became a better
man though he was sad and in
despair for a long time.
So, did Aksionov receive the justice he
longed for so long?
Yes, maam.
That

was

really

one-of-a-kind

experience. But do you think Ivan

merely

wasted

his

life

inside

Yes, maam.

the

prison? Were there any changes that

happened to him?

Ive learned that the truth will

prevail in Gods time.

God sees the truth but he waits

Very good, class. I believe that you
really understood the short story. Did
you like the story?

How about Aksionov?

for the right time, maam.

What did you learn from the story?

Very good! Who else wants to share?

Oh, youre very witty, huh? Very good!

c.

Post-Reading/Literary Focus

In the story, weve seen how the

sequence of events happened and this
sequence of events is called as the plot.
It is planned and arranged logically by
the author. In the plot we have five
important

phases:

introduction

or

exposition which is the beginning of

the

story

where

the

setting

and

characters are revealed; rising action

where the conflict is exposed; climax is
the turning point or highest point of
interest; falling action is where the
events

and

complications

begin

(A student will put the comic

strips on the Freytags Pyramid.)

to

resolve themselves; and the resolution

which gives the end or outcome of the
story. I have here a diagram of Gustav
Freytags dramatic structure. Freytag
is famous for the analysis of the
structure

of

ancient

Greek

and (Students will write their answers

Shakespearean drama. We will use this in a whole sheet of paper.)
diagram to sum up the totality of the

story. But before that, lets look at the

comic strips that we used a while ago.
Which

do

you

think

is

the

introduction? Rising action? Climax?

Falling action? Resolution? May I have
someone to pin the comic strips on the
Freytags Pyramid.

C. Evaluation
Very good! So, for your last activity, you
summarize each of the parts of the plot
using

the

Freytags

Pyramid

with

three-five sentences in this worksheet.

Do it in 10 minutes.

IV.

ASSIGNMENT
Read the poem titled, Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare. Be able to
define what a sonnet is and its structure.