Lesson: A Peaceful World Begins With Me

Objectives:

After the discussion, students will be able to recite the poem one by one.
After the discussion, students will be able to enumerate the adjectives in the poem.
After listening to the poem, students will be able to give opinions about criticism and
judging other people.
After the discussion, students will be able to write an essay with comparative and
superlative degree of adjective.
After the discussion, students will be able to construct their own sentences using the
correct degree of adjectives.
After reading the poem, students will be able to emphasize and recognize the
relevance of the story in their daily lives.
After discussion, student will be able to understand the importance of knowing the
better usage of the degree of adjctives.
After discussion, students will be able to master the comparative and superlative
form of adjective.

Activity/Motivation:
Put pictures or things in the whiteboard that you think your students like. On the
left side of the board put something that you think they like the most, while in the
middle put something that they like moderately, while on the right side, put
something that you think they least like. Same goes with the other picture.
In this activity, your students will be able to understand the difference between
comparative and superlative form of adjective.

Lesson/Discussion:

A Peaceful World Begins With Me

By: Emil M. Flores

I look at others
I see ugly scars
I look at my brothers
I look them behind bars
Pointing my finger
At the wrong I see
But when I point
I never look... at me.
 The eye turns inside
The direction changes the course
The other way goes the tide,
All the wrong Im the source.
Finally all the wrong
All the wrong I see
I see all the scars
The scars are... on me.
Me, the one, the best
Now my sin I see
I forget others, the rest
But I do not forgive... Me.
The eye turns upward
My lord I can see
My Savior, my eternal guard
Who sees, forgives and loves... Me.

Guide Questions:

How does the poem reflect you?

What does the author wants us to realize?
Which is better: to look at others and judge them harshly or look into ourselves and
see the living spirit?
What is the relevance of the poem with our daily lives?
Is there humor in the poem?

Grammar Points:

Degree of Adjectives and their Use

There are three degrees of Adjectives:

Positive Adjective- the positive form is used to describe nouns, (people, places or
things) or to describe verbs (actions). Some adjectives form the positive with entirely
different words.
Comparative Adjective- are used to compare differences between the two objects
they modify (larger, smaller, faster, higher). They are used in sentences where two
nouns are compared.
Superlative Adjective- a superlative adjective compares three or more nouns. This
takes the comparison of nouns to the highest degree. The rules for making the
superlative adjectives are almost identical to the rules for making comparative
adjectives.
 List of Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Adjective comparative superlative

bad worse worst

good better best
angry angrier angriest
bright brighter brightest
soon sooner soonest
close closer closest
dark darker darkest
far farther farthest
happy happier happiest

Enrichment Activity:

A. Choose the correct adjectives for the sentence, Put your answers on the space
provided before the number.

____ 1. Mom, his piece of cake is___ than mine!

a. Big
b. Bigger
c. Biggest
____ 2. My baby sister is so ___!
a. Cute
b. Cuter
c. Cutest
____ 3. Everyone knows that Mercy is the ___ at math.
a. Smart
b. Smarter
c. Smartest
____ 4. My big brother is ___ than me.
a. Strong
b. Stronger
c. Strongest
____ 5. The history test was ___ than I expected.
a. Hard
b. Harder
c. Hardest
____ 6. The Antarctic is the ___ continent on earth.
a. Cold
 b. Colder
c. Coldest

____ 7. Our homework last night was ___.

a. Easy
b. Easier
c. Easiest
____ 8. It is a lot ___ in Florida than Maine during the winter.
a. Warm
b. Warmer
c. Warmest
____ 9. Zita was wearing the ___ dress at the party.
a. Fancy
b. Fancier
c. Fanciest
____ 10. The chili was way too ___ for me.
a. Hot
b. Hotter
c. Hottest

B. Put the right form of adjective in the parentheses, place your answer in the space
provided in each sentence.

1. Today is the ____ day of the year. (hot)

2. Tom drives a very ____ car. (fast)
3. It was the ____ night to remember. (good)
4. It is ____ in the countryside than in the town. (quiet)
5. John is going to buy an ____ house next month. (expensive)
6. These boys are ____ than the ones I met before. (friendly)
7. Jane is ____ as her sister. (beautiful)
8. This place is ____ of all. (picturesque)
9. Some places are ____ than others. (dangerous)
10. My mother always likes to wear the ____ clothes. (extravagant)
11. It is often ____ at night in summer. (cold)
12. Which do you like ____: fish or meat? (good)
13. This is the ____ horror film Ive ever seen. (bad)
14. A bike is ____ than a motorcycle.
15. I think the film is the ____ of the year. (interesting)

C. Find your partner and discuss with each other about the poem war and peace by
Herman Hesse, and compare it to the poem A peaceful world begins with me by Emil
Flores. Write something if you find any similarities in the message of both poems, what is
it, if any?

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Practice Test:

Write an essay about the poem A peaceful world begins with me by: Emil M.
Flores, and answer the following question:

What do you think is the moral of the selection?

What does the poem tells us about judging other people instead of looking into our
own mistakes?