School Nazareth Institute of Alfonso Batuan Grade Level 8

Demo Teacher Reeva E. Alinsunurin Learning Area English

Date and Time May 12, 2017 Quarter

I. OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standards
B. Performance
Standards
C. Learning 1. Deduce meaning of unfamiliar words through context
Competencies/ clues
Objectives 2. Respond to questions raised in story read
3. Perform the differentiated activities
4. Discuss the different types of conflict
5. Identify the conflict in the story
II. CONTENT THE LAST LEAF by O. HENRY
III. LEARNING RESOURCES
A. References
1. Teachers Guide -
pages
2. Learners -
Materials pages
3. Textbook pages -
4. Additional -
Materials from
Learning
Resource (LR)
portal
B. Other Learning Pictures
Resources Visual Materials
Copies of the story
IV. PROCEDURES Teachers Activity Students Activity
A. Reviewing previous -
lesson or presenting
the new lesson
B. Establishing a Good morning, class. Good morning, Maam!
purpose for the
lesson This morning, these are
the things you are
expected to
deduce meaning of
unfamiliar words through
context clues; respond to
questions raised in story
read; perform the
differentiated activities;
discuss the different types
of conflict; and identify the
conflict in the story

Let us now proceed to

your first task in which you
are going to deduce the
meaning of words using
context clues. Each
sentence contains the
words that may be
 unfamiliar to you. Identify
the meaning of the
underlined unfamiliar words
in the options given. Let us
begin.

1. Children are taught The answer is- someone

not to talk to or something you have not
strangers. before or do not know.

2. The girl has suffered The answer is- a serious

pneumonia over the disease that affects the
winter. lungs and makes it difficult
to breathe.

3. The accusations by The answer is- disturbing

the society have or bothering.
been troubling him
lately.

4. The painting was The answer is- something

immediately done with great skill.
recognized as a
masterpiece.

5. The vine has grown The answer is- a plant

faster due to climate that grows around a wall
change. or a tree.

6. A tie with a friend is The answer is- something

something that that is shared by people or
cannot be easily groups that forms a
untied by anyone. connection between them.

C. Presenting What do you see in the Expected answers:

examples/instances picture? 1. The picture shows a
of the new lesson leaf.
2. I think it is the last
leaf left on a tree.

Very good. The picture

shows a leafthe last leaf,
and that is the title of the
story we are about to read
today.

The teacher will post a

picture on the board.
The Last Leaf is written
by an American, short story
writerWilliam Sydney
Porter. He is known for his
pen name O. Henry. His
stories are known for their
surprise endings.

Before the story, let me ask Life is a gift anyone will

 you a question: How do
you value your life?
be glad to receive. It is
worth valuing so I value
my life above all. I always
make sure that I am safe
and healthy.

Very well said!

The Last Leaf is a story

that entails the treasury of
life and the existence of
faith and hope.

Upon reading the story, try

to find out how the girl
deals with the hindrances
she battles through her life
story.

D. Discussing new Let us read the story.

concepts and The teacher will distribute
practicing new skills copies of the story.
#1
Did you understand the
story?
The students will take
turns in reading the story.
Yes, Maam!

Let us go back to the The students answers

question I gave you before may vary.
we read the story: How did
the girl deal with the
hindrances she battles
through her life story?

Comprehension Check: .Expected Answers:

1. Who were the characters The characters in the

in the story? story are Johnsy, Sue, the
doctor, and Mr. Behrman.

2. Who was the cold The cold stranger that

stranger that entered the entered the Greenwich
Greenwich Village toward Village toward winter is Mr.
winter? Pneumonia.

3. How did the stranger The stranger touched the

affect one of the girls
Johnsy?
weak little girlJohnsy.
She got sick and did
nothing but lay in her bed--
without moving, and
looked through the window
at the wall of the house
next to hers. She has lost
her hope and started to
believe that she will die of
her illness soon.

4. What do the leaves The leaves symbolize

 symbolize according to death. Johnsy believed
Johnsy? How did Sue react that in every leaf that falls
to this? is a sign of her
approaching death; that
when the last leaf falls,
she must go too. But Sue
tried her best to bring back
Johnsys positivity towards
life.

5. How is hope presented Hope is nicely presented

in the story? How do you
describe the doctor?
in the story. The doctor is
the optimistic person who
tried to give Johnsy hope.
He also tried to make
Johnsy realize that what
she has in mind about the
last leaf could be harmful
for her. He told her that he
can only give her medicine
and the rest will be in her
hands.

6. Hope gives us the spirit Mr. Behrman risks his life

of living in this world. How
did Mr. Behrman help
Johnsy regain her hope to
live again?
for Johnsy. He has
sacrificed his own life to
give life to Johnsy through
the painting he made on
the wall. While painting on
the wall that night, he
catches pneumonia and
died, but he didnt let
Johnsy die.

E. Discussing new This time, I will group the

concepts and class into five.
practicing new skills The teacher will group the
#2 class.

I will give you ten minutes

to finish your tasks.

Group 1: Act out a scene Students will perform the

from the story that catches activity.
your attention the most.

Group 2: Draw your

favorite part of the story in
a cartolina.

Group 3: Think of a song

that conveys the message
of the story.

Group 4: If you will be

given a chance to change
 the ending of the story,
what ending would it be?
Make another ending of the
story.

Time is up! Let us now go

to the presentation of your Group __ will present their
outputs. Let us start with output in front.
Group 1.

Good job everyone. Keep

it up!

F. Developing Mastery Okay this time, who can The five elements of a
(Leads to Formative give me the five elements short story are:
Assessment 3) of a short story? 1. Characters
2. Setting
(If not answered, the 3. Plot
teacher will present 4. Conflict
flashcards. Each flashcard 5. Theme
contains the elements
asked. The letters of each
word are presented by
numbers.
1. 3-8-1-18-1-3-20-5-18-19
2. 19-5-20-20-9-14-7
3. 16-12-15-20
4. 3-12-14-6-12-9-3-20
5. 20-8-5-13-5)

Very good. Now who can Conflict is the element

define what a conflict is? where the problem in the
story is revealed.

Excellent. At this point, Students answers may

can you determine the vary.
conflict of the story we
have read?

You are on the right track!

Now let us discuss the
different types of conflict.

1. MAN VS. MAN

Characters are rude
against one another. The
antagonist (or other
character) tries to keep the
protagonist from reaching
his goal.

2. MAN VS. NATURE

The character must
overcome a force of nature
to meet his goal. Nature
can be a force of nature
(like a storm, earthquake,
or difficult climate) or an
animal from nature.

3. MAN VS. SOCIETY

The protagonist sees
something in a unique way.
People in his town or
culture don't like his way of
thinking. His bold ideas
differ from tradition or the
rules. They ridicule and
threaten him. He is forced
to act. The hero may
convince the others he is
right, but he might lose his
life.

4. MAN VS. SELF

The protagonist must
overcome her own nature
to reach her goal. The
protagonist struggles within
her own mind. The
protagonist needs to
overcome her struggle to
reach the goal. She may,
or may not, succeed.

5. MAN VS.
TECHNOLOGY
Most often the encounter
with the machine or
technology is through the
character's own doing. For
example, it may be
technology or a machine
that they created,
purchased, or owned with
the assumption that it
would make their life
easier. Over time the
protagonist must overcome
the technology, in some
instances, even destroying
it before it destroys them.

Any question about the None, Maam!

different types of conflict?

Let us have an exercise to

test if you really have
understood the types of
conflict. Identify what type
of conflict is present in the
following sentences.
 Expected answers:

1. Martin Luther King Jr. 1. Man vs. Society

speaking about
segregation.
2. A mother destroying her 2. Man vs. Technology
sons gadgets fro not
attending school regularly.
3. A divorcing couple trying 3. Man vs. Man
to determine custody
rights.
4. Hurricane Katrina 4. Man vs. Nature
destroying peoples
houses.
5. Negotiating peace 5. Man vs. Man
between Israel and
Palestine.
6. An alcoholic struggling to 6. Man vs. Self
abstain from liquor.
7. A guard dog attacking a 7. Man vs. Nature
thief.
8. Someone attempting to 8. Man vs. Self
get over certain addiction.
9. Mahatma Gandhi 9. Man vs. Society
encouraging non-violent
protest.

G. Finding practical In the story we have read,

applications of Johnsy has given up living
concepts and skills her life because of a
in daily living disease but the people
around her did not, and
someone has sacrificed
himself to let her live.
If you were that
someone, would you
do the same? Would Students answers may
you risk your life to vary.
save others? Why or
why not?
H. Making It is indeed important not
generalizations and to lose hope because it is
abstractions about the only thing that gives us
the lesson the spirit of living in this
world. Life is not something
we abandon when we
experience hindrances. It is
something we treasure and
fight for. Life has its own
ways of giving us
happiness.
I. Evaluating Learning Examine the following excerpts from different literary
pieces. Identify what type of conflict is present. Write A
for Man vs. Man, B for Man Vs. Self, C for Man vs.
Nature, D for Man vs. Society, and E for Man vs.
Technology.
_____ 1. The below excerpt from Gora by Tagore

as the cab drove away, the girl joined her hands in a

brief namaskar. Utterly unprepared for this gesture,
Binoy remained frozen, unable to respond. Back home,
he repeatedly cursed himself for this minor lapse.
Scrutinizing his own conduct in their company from their
first encounter to the moment of parting, he felt that his
manner had been rather uncivil. He tormented himself
with futile thoughts of what he could have said or done
at specific moments.

_____ 2. The excerpt below is from To Kill a

Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

Scout, said Atticus, nigger lover is just one of those

terms that dont mean anything. Its hard to explain
ignorant, trashy people use it when they think somebody
is favouring Negroes over and above themselves. ..
You arent really a nigger lover are you?
I certainly am. I do my best to love everybody. Its never
an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad
name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it
doesnt hurt you. So dont let Mrs. Dubose get you
down

_____ 3. An excerpt from Swami and Friends by the

legendary R.K.Narayanan.

Oh wretched idiots!, the teacher said, clenching his

fists, Why do you worship dirty, lifeless, wooden idols
and stone images? Can they talk? No. Can they see?
No. Can they take you to heaven? No. What did your
Gods do when Mohammed of Gazni smashed them to
pieces, trod upon them, and constructed out of them
steps for his lavatory?...
Now see our Lord Jesus. He could cure the sick, relieve
the poor, and take us to Heaven. He was a real God.
Did our Jesus go about dancing with girls like your
Krishna? Did our Jesus go about stealing butter like that
arch-scoundrel Krishna?

The teacher paused for breath. Swaminathans blood

boiled. He got up and asked, If he did not, why was he
crucified?

_____ 4. The excerpt below is from Life of Pi by Yann.

The ship sank. It made a sound like a monstrous

metallic burp. Things bubbled at the surface and then
vanished.
Everything was screaming: the sea, the wind, my heart.
From the lifeboat I saw something in the water.
I cried, "Richard Parker, is that you? It's so hard to see.
Oh, that this rain would stop! Richard Parker? Richard
Parker? Yes, it is you!"
I could see his head. He was struggling to stay at the
 surface of the water.
"Jesus, Mary, Muhammad and Vishnu, how good to see
you, Richard Parker!
Don't give up, please. Come to the lifeboat. Do you hear
this whistle? TREEEEEE! TREEEEEE! TREEEEEE!

5. Excerpt from Gary Paulsen's book Brian's Hunt.

He dreamt of it often and at first his dreams sometimes

had the qualities of nightmares. He dreamt he was
sitting there in the small plane, the only passenger, with
the pilot dying and the plane crashing into the lake
below. He awakened sometimes with sudden fear, his
breath coming fast. The crash itself had been so wild
and he had been so out of control that the more he had
grown in the years since, the more he had learned and
handled difficult situations, the more insane the crash
seemed; a wild, careening, ripping ride down through
trees to end not in peace but in the water, nearly
drowning--in the nightmares it was like dying and then
not dying to die again.

J. Additional activities Read the summary of the epic: Ramayana. Identify the
for application or conflict and be able to determine what type of conflict is
remediation present, and justify your answer. Write your answer in a
one-half crosswise.
V. REMARKS
VI. REFLECTION
A. No. of learners who
earned 80% in the
evaluation
B. No. of learners who
require additional
activities for
remediation
C. Did the remedial
lessons work?
D. No. of learners who
continue to require
remediation
E. Which of my
teaching strategies
worked well?
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?