This lesson plan aims to teach students about the short story "A Shawl for Anita" through group activities. The objectives are for students to identify common sibling conflicts, observe pictures from the story, and discuss the story's significance through group dynamics. Students will first discuss common reasons for sibling fights. They will then read the story and answer comprehension questions. The class will be divided into groups to perform skits about elderly parents' problems and songs for the story's characters. Finally, the teacher will lead a discussion about how the mother's life would be different without knitting the shawl and have students identify details about the characters and plot.

1. A Semi – Detailed Lesson Plan in Grade 7
I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, 75% of the students are expected to:
A. Sort the most common reason why siblings fight.
B. Give reactions based on observing the pictures that represents the scenes from the story.
C. Express the significance of the story through group dynamics.
II. Subject Matter
Topic: A Shawl for Anita by Lolita M. Andrada
Reference/s: English Learner’s Material (grade 7) pages 440-441
Materials: PowerPoint Presentation and chalk
III. Procedure
A. Preliminary Activities
1. Prayer
2. Greetings
3. Checking of the cleanliness of the classroom
4. Checking of Attendance
B. Lesson Proper
1. Motivation
The teacher will use the concept map to sort the most common reason why siblings fight.
DIRECTIONS: The teacher will ask the students on what are the most common reason why
siblings fight.
2. Presentation
Unlocking of Difficult Words
The teacher will ask the students to answer the activity on their book (pg. 439) which
given as their assignment from the last meeting.
Common reasons why
siblings fight

3. 3. Discussion
My mother brought us up single-handedly. It was a
Herculean task for a woman so frail, dealing with three
adolescent children. But she managed. She never finished high
school, but her deft hands had skillfully eked out a living for
the four of us. She was good at knitting .That tided us over until
the eldest got a diploma of teaching. Then she put up a sari-sari
store to send the other children to college. Mother wanted us all
to start a college degree and she had sacrificed much to see us
through.
1.
2.
Mother had a soft heart – especially for Anita. Anita
was the youngest, and I, being the middle child, had always
envied her. She was sickly and Mother willingly indulged her.
My sister’s whimpers never irked her. She was ever so gentle
with her when I was so impatient and jealous. I never
understood my mother.
3.
My mother who had always been a frail woman was much
thinner now. Anita who was married by now had never stopped
being pampered. Her lack of concern for our mother’s failing
health was getting on my nerves.
4.
I felt like shouting at her, calling her names when I heard her
ask Mother to knit a shawl for her. Mother could hardly refuse,
but I knew that the task was just too much for her. Her fingers
had lost their flexibility; rheumatic pain told on her knuckles
that felt a million pins pricking. My heart went out to her every
time I saw her painfully pushing the knitting needles into the
yarn.

4. 4. Application
The class will be divided into two groups. Each group will do their task given by the teacher.
GROUP 1 and GROUP 2: The Actors
5.
The rest of us did not want to see Mother lift a finger. She was
too old to work, and we wanted to save her the burden of doing
even the lightest household chores.
Mother said she felt useless being cooped up in the
house all day, doing nothing. That was before Anita sweet
talked her into knitting her shawl. I was beginning to hate Anita
for being so callous.
6.
Knitting the shawl might have been an agony for
Mother, but she never showed any pain. At the end of the day,
she would look at her handiwork, a smile on her lips as she held
it against her. Knitting proved to be a slow process, but Mother
didn’t mind. I did and when Anita showed up one day to visit
Mother I scolded her for being so thoughtless.
7.
Anita touched my arm and in a gentle voice said, “I did it for
Mother. That shawl is giving her reason to live. She was
wasting away, didn’t you notice? She felt so useless because
she had nothing to do, no matter how small. Mother is one
person who prefers to live her life working. If she stops
working, she will stop living.” I nodded my head. Perhaps
Anita was right. I was beginning to understand my mother.

5. Create a skit about on what are the most common problems faced by the elderly parents and
how to solve them. You have five minutes to prepare. Perform it as a group in front of the
class afterwards.
GROUP 3 and GROUP 4: The Singers
Choose a song for each three of the main characters would sing if she became a singer. You
have five minutes to prepare. Perform it as a group in front of the class afterwards.
RUBRICS:
Presentation 60 %
Creativity 20%
Discipline 20%
Total 100%
5. Generalization
The teacher will ask a question:
a. What do you think will happen if Anita didn't ask to knit her a shawl to their mother?
b. If you're in the shoes of Anita, will you do the same?
6. Evaluation
Identify the following items based upon the descriptions given.
1. Who narrates the story?
2. Among the characters, who is so frail but never stopped working?
3. What actions did the mother does?
4. Who is the child that the mother take care the most?
5. What kind of character is the narrator?
IV. Assignment
DIRECTION: Write it on your notebook.
Define and elaborate:
What are the four major text types?