This lesson plan aims to teach students to: understand literal meanings; learn unfamiliar and compound words through context; and classify and define literary terms. The plan involves a reading selection about Kaoru Ikeya discovering a comet. Students will scan the text to answer questions, pick out sentences that match meanings, and respond to comprehension questions about Kaoru's discovery and its impact. Students will also identify compound words and classify/define literary terms.

1. A Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan in English III
Remedial Instruction
I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson the student is expected to:
scan for pertinent information and make inferences;
learn to read effectively by understanding the literal meaning of
sentences;
deduce the meaning of some unfamiliar and compound words through
context; and;
classify and define literary terms
II. Subject Matter
Focus: Compound Words
Springboard: The Boy Who Redeemed His Father’s Name by Terry Morris
Materials: Handout
Reference: Gabriel, Josefina P., and Martires, EddaM.pp. 212-214.English
III: Saint Bernadette Publications, Inc, 2003
III. Procedure
A. Pre-reading
1. Motivation
The teacher will ask the student to look at the title and on a piece of paper the
student will write what she thinks the story is likely to be.
2. The teacher will ask the student to read the first two paragraphs of the
selection and answer the ff. questions:
When and where did the story happen?
Who is the main character?
What is his hobby?
B. During-Reading
1. The teacher will ask the student to scan the selection for answers to the ff.
questions:
At what age did Kaoru Ikeya start stargazing?
Prior to his discovery how long had he been on his logged search?
What did he hope to discover? Was he successful in his quest? Read
sentences to prove your answer.
How old was Kaoru when he discovered his comet? Read the portion
of the selection telling this.
A Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan
Prepared by Rona C. Catubig, BSEd3-2
February, 2013 Lesson#7

2. C. Post-Reading
1. The teacher will briefly discuss about getting literal meanings with what is
read.
2. The teacher will give the student an activity which will require the student to
pick out the sentence that is closest in meaning to the key sentence:
Understanding Literal Meaning
Pick out the sentence that is closest in meaning to the key sentence.
1. Naked-eye comets are very common, though a few have been visible even
in broad daylight.
a. Some comets can be seen without telescope even in the daytime.
b. If a comet is visible in the daytime, it is called a naked-eye comet.
c. To be called a naked-eye comet, the comet must be near the sun.
2. In ancient times the comet was regarded as portending a plague,
earthquake or other disaster, or as an omen of defeat in battle.
a. In ancient times, a comet brings disaster to people who saw it.
b. A comet used to be regarded as an omen of impending disaster.
c. People feared the appearance of a comet because it portended a
calamity.
3. The metallic vapours of a comet are especially visible when the comet is
heated by the sun.
a. The sun releases the metallic vapours of a comet.
b. When a comet is heated by the sun, its metallic vapours are in greater
evidence.
c. The heat of the sun is unnecessary to identify comet in daytime.
4. After circling the sun, the comet starts its journey back into space, tail
first.
a. Each comet must circle the sun before it can go back in space
b. The tail of the comet is reabsorbed as it goes around the sun.
c. Tail first, the comet goes back into space after it had circled the sun.
5. The comets are continually having fragments dragged out of them by
passing planets, and eventually they become completely disrupted.
a. Passing planets attract the fragments trailing the comet and disrupt
their arrangement.
b. The particles that trail the comet are constantly changing.
c. Comets change in size because of the effect of passing planets on their
particles.
A Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan
Prepared by Rona C. Catubig, BSEd3-2
February, 2013 Lesson#7

3. 3. For Comprehension response the teacher will ask the student the ff. questions:
Why was Kaoru determined to discover a comet?
What happened to Kaoru’s father? Why?
What was the effect of this on the Ikeya family? Explain.
What richest reward did comet Ikeya gave to Kaoru.
IV. Evaluation
Compound Words.Below are meanings of some compound words in the selection.
Find the compound words that mean the ff. and write it on the space provided before
the number.
1. a business concern that involves the family
2. a short jacket worn outdoors in cold weather
3. a store where fish is sold
4. a factory that manufactures piano
5. outer surface of a flat roof
6. a store that sells second hand goods
7. a book where you write notes
8. optical instrument for viewing distant object
9. an astronomer who is amateur
10. a vigil that takes all night
V. Assignment
Classifying and Defining Literary Terms
Identify the class to which each word belongs, and write it on the second column.
Then write the definition of the word on the blank spaces below the table. Columns 2
and 3 will help you. Number 1 is done for you.
LITERARY TERM CLASS CHARACTERISTICS
1. epic poem narrative; long; exploits of
heroes
2. personification represents an inanimate object
or an abstract idea as a human
being
3. simile expresses likeness between
objects which do not belong to
the same category
4. biography a person’s life written by
another
5. fable about animal; teaches a moral
lesson
1. An epic is a long narrative poem that tells about the exploits of heroes.
A Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan
Prepared by Rona C. Catubig, BSEd3-2
February, 2013 Lesson#7