Lesson Plan

1. LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH
GRADE 7
(SECTION: CATTLEYA, GLADIOLA, CARNATION)
I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the 85% students are expected to:
a) define unfamiliar word through synonyms clues;
b) familiarize the unfamiliar words from an essay entitled “I am a Filipino”; and
c) enhance vocabulary through mastery of synonym clues
II. SUBJECT MATTER
a) Topic: Synonym Clues (Vocabulary Building)
b) Materials: Visual Aid, Task Cards, Pictures, Marker
c) Reference:
- “I am a Filipino” by Carlos Romulo from English Arts Textbook 1, pg. 56- 58
- www.irsc.edu/uploadedfiles/students/academicsupportcenter/writinglab/vocabulary.p
df
d) Time Frame: 1 hour
III. LEARNING PROCEDURE
A) Preliminary activities
1) Routine
- Prayer
- Checking of Attendance
- Classroom Rules: #1 Be Silent #2 Be still
2) Lesson proper
a) Activity
- Divide the class into six groups
- Show cropped pictures to the students and let them stare at it
- Let the students figure out what the picture is
a) Picture 1 b) Picture 2 c) Picture 3
- Let each group compete, the group to guess the picture will get extra points

2. - After they guess, show the whole image of the pictures
a) Picture 1 – Tomb b) Picture 2 – Turbine c) Picture 3-
Philippines
b) Analysis
After the activity, ask the following questions:
a) Is it easy to guess a cropped picture?
b) Would it help you guess if you see a bigger portion of the pictures?
c) What are your clues in guessing the picture?
c) Abstraction
Context means the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event. Just like
the pictures shown, when you looked at the cropped pictures you will have a hard time to
figure out what the picture is. However, if you see the bigger picture you will know that the
picture is a tomb, a turbine and a Philippine map.
Context clues help you guess the meaning of the unfamiliar words through the words that
surround them.
Context Clues- is when you use the words surrounding the unknown word to help
determine the unknown word’s meaning.
Synonym Clues
o Words with similar meanings are used within the same sentence, or around the
unfamiliar word
o a difficult word is restated in a simpler form, usually through commas
o usually uses signal words like --- is, or, and
ex.
The seedwas buried in a tomb many years ago.
The turbines or rotary engines are used to convert energy in the factories.
The foreign oppressor came and invaded our beloved nation.
d) Application
a. Give each group their “vocabulary treasures”
b. Inside the treasures are unfamiliar words from an essay “I am a Filipino”
c. Every group has different vocabulary words

3. d. Let the group define the word
e. Let the group assign a member to present their answers
Group 1 -
Sentence: A long time ago, the ancient people of our land fought for our freedom.
Definition: ____________________________________________________________
What clue in the sentence leads you to your definition?
____________________________________________________________________
Group 2 –
Sentence: The beauty of our land beckoned and invited them to invade us.
Definition: ____________________________________________________________
What clue in the sentence leads you to your definition?
____________________________________________________________________
Group 3 –
Sentence: An immortal seed is a seed that will remain through centuries.
Definition: ___________________________________________________________
What clue in the sentence leads you to your definition?
____________________________________________________________________
Group 4 –
Sentence: The passivity or the lethargy of the Filipinos will bring them to nowhere.
Definition: ___________________________________________________________
What clue in the sentence leads you to your
definition?_________________________________ ___________________________
Group 5 –
Sentence: I have seen the light of justice, equality and freedom.
Definition: ____________________________________________________________
What clue in the sentence leads you to your answer? _________________________
Group 6 –
Sentence: No nation or no man can ever subvert or destroy our beloved land.
Definition: ____________________________________________________________
What clue in the sentence leads you to your answer? _________________________
a) Evaluation
Read the sentence and answer the questions. 10pts
“It is the same seed that bloomed in flowers of frustration in the sad heart of Emilio
Aguinaldo.”
1. Can you define the italicized word?
2. What clue in the sentence leads you to your answer?
b) Assignment
Read and list down at least 10 unfamiliar words from the essay entitled “I am a Filipino” by
Carlos P. Romulo.