I.

Objectives:
a. Focus Skill
i. Appreciate the beauty of the natural resources through understanding
the selection.
b. Support Skills
i. Expand one’s vocabulary through context clues.
ii. Express ideas through activities showing creativity and
appreciation.
iii. Relate one’s experience to a reading selection.
II. Subject Matter:
a. Reading: Natural Preserves
b. Reference: David, Jonalyn G., Faltado, Shara Gaida C., Get Connected
through Reading, pages 74-76.
c. Instructional Materials: Picture of a mountain, picture of someone
climbing, manila paper, pen/pencil, pad paper, cartolina, coloring
materials.
III. Procedure:
a. Pre-Reading
i. Motivation
1. Have students arrange puzzle to make a picture.
2. Relate the ideas, perceptions and descriptions using the
pictures.

Picture 1 – Mountain

Question: Have you ever been to a mountain? Where? What was your experience?
 Picture 2 – Climbing

Question: What action is being done here? What do usually climb? Have you ever been rock
wall climbing, mountain climbing, etc?
 ii. Concept Mapping
1. Use a word web to enumerate all the words that can relate to the
term.

MOUNTAIN
CLIMBING

iii. Unlocking of difficulties

Directions: Give meaning of the underlined words and look for the
answer inside the box.
1. I only saw a glimpse of her face and I can already say that she is
attractive.
2. A panoramic view of the house really shows how enormous it is.
3. I must go back to bed because I’m totally exhausted.
4. The Philippines was once conquered by Spain.

Glance
Wide
Be victorious
Energetic
Tired

b. Reading Proper: Have one student read each paragraph. The rest silently read.
c. Post reading:
i. Show class a picture of Mt. Halcon. Explain what ‘above sea level’
means. Describe what it’s like to climb a mountain.
 ii. Comprehension check:
WHO do you think is
the persona in the
text?
WHY is Mt. Halcon
difficult to conquer?
HOW many days does
it take for trekkers to
conquer Mt. Halcon?
WHAT do you think is
the reward or price
that they might get
upon climbing a
mountain?
If you were a trekker,
would you want to
climb on top of Mt.
Halcon? WHY?
WHAT other activities
can you do using our
countries natural
resources?

iii. Group Activity

1. Make a slogan promoting the beauty of the natural resources of
the Philippines to a tourist.
iv. Assignment: Write a paragraph
1. Guide question: As a student, how can you show your
appreciation and love for mother earth/natural resources?