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MARIKINA POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE

Sta. Elena, Marikina City

Teaching of Reading
(MSEL Lesson Plan)
Prepared by: Yza Denise L. Delos Reyes

I. Objectives
To analyze each line of the song.
To identify the poetic devices used in the song; and
To appreciate the message of the song.

II. Subject Matter and Materials
Topic: Poetic Devices used in the song.
Materials: Video Presentation
Hand-out for the lyrics.
III. Procedure
The teacher will show them the lyric video of the song.
The teacher will provide a copy of the lyrics for the students to understand the
discussion.
A. Presentation of lesson
"Let It Go" by Demi Lovato
Let it go, let it go
Can't hold it back anymore
Let it go, let it go
Turn my back and slam the door

The snow glows white on the mountain
tonight,
Not a footprint to be seen.
A kingdom of isolation and it looks like
I'm the queen.
The wind is howling like this swirling
storm inside.
Couldn't keep it in, Heaven knows I tried.

Don't let them in, don't let them see,
Be the good girl you always had to be.
Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know.
Well, now they know.

Let it go, let it go
Can't hold it back anymore
Let it go, let it go
Turn my back and slam the door
And here I stand and here I'll stay
Let it go, let it go
The cold never bothered me anyway

It's funny how some distance makes
everything seem small
And the fears that once controlled me
can't get to me at all.
Up here in the cold thin air I finally can
breathe.
I know I left a life behind but I'm too
relieved to grieve.
(repeat chorus)

Standing frozen
In the life I've chosen.
You won't find me.
The past is all behind me
Buried in the snow.

Let it go, let it go
Can't hold it back anymore
Let it go, let it go
Turn my back and slam the door
And here I stand, and here I'll stay
Let it go, let it go The cold never bothered
me anyway .

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First poetic device used
RHYME
What is a rhyme?
Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, esp. when these are
used at the ends of lines of poetry.

What are the rhyming words in the song?
Anymore-door
Seen-Queen
Inside-Tried
See-Be
Stay-Anyway
Small-All
Frozen-Chosen

Second Poetic device used.
Metre
What is Metre?
In poetry, metre is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse. Many
traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse metre, or a certain set of metres alternating in
a particular order. The study of metres and forms of versification is known as prosody.

Third Poetic Device used.
Repetition
What is repetition?
Repetition of a sound, syllable, word, phrase, line, stanza, or metrical pattern is a basic
unifying device in all poetry. It may reinforce, supplement, or even substitute for meter, the
other chief controlling factor in the arrangement of words into poetry.

What are the words, sound, syllable, phrases or lines repeated in the song?
1. Words: Anymore; go; them; Cant; I;life.
2. Sound: o;
3. Phrases: Let it go, let it go
Can't hold it back anymore
Let it go, let it go
Turn my back and slam the door

And here I stand, and here I'll stay
Let it go, let it go the cold never bothered me anyway.

B. Generalization
T: so again class, what are the three poetic devices used in the song?
S: Rhyme, metre and repetition.
T: very good, what is rhyme again?
S: sound between words or the endings of words.
T: how about Metre?
S: metre is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse.
T: and last how about repetition?
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S: Repetition of a sound, syllable, word, phrase, line, stanza, or metrical pattern is a
basic unifying device in all poetry
T: very good class! It seems that you really understand the lesson.

C. Practice

The students will be asked to construct a poem using the three poetic devices.
The poem will be about NATURE.






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D. Evaluation
Direction: Read and Analyze the poem. Write the rhyme, metre and repetition used.

A Walk In Nature
By: Francis Duggan
A walk in Nature never boring in Nature great beauty to see
The wild birds are chirping and singing on fence wire and bush and on tree
Away from the street and the traffic from human made pollution and noise
Above the gray scrub by the river the skylark he sings as he flies.

The poets have been inspired by Nature and of her great beauty they sing
The swallows return to their Homeplace when they sense the coming of Spring
And the artists they paint Nature's beauty the woodlands in their Autumn brown
And one can see the beauty of Nature even in the park of your town.

My stay on this Planet a brief stay but Mother Nature will live on
And the birds will be heard in the woodlands when I am forgotten and gone
Our lives they are not that important for our lives they are numbered in hours
But Mother Nature is forever and she outlives her beautiful flowers.

A walk in Nature never boring though she hides her secrets from me
Her birds always chirping and singing on hedge and on bush and on tree
My stay on this Planet a brief stay our average span ten years with three score
But Mother Nature is not for the reaper and she will live forever more.




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