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Daily Lesson Plan

English 8

Objectives:

1. Discover some practices, beliefs, or modes of behavior of the Chinese people through their
literature.
2. Explain how the selection ―The Soul of the Great Bell may be influenced by culture, history,
environment, or other factors.
3. Perform a specific task to be given to each group.
4. Convey through words or actions the value of sacrifice.

Subject Matter:
Topic: “The Soul of the Great Bellt” (Chinese Folktale)
Reference: Learning Material pp. 33-42
Materials: Pictures

Procedure:
A. Daily Routine
B. Preliminary Activity

Process Questions:
1. What can you say about this statement?
2. For you, what is sacrifice?
3. Are you willing to sacrifice just for the people you love?

C. Activity
1. This time, be ready to read a folktale from China. In reading the Soul of the Great Bell, you
will surely meet some unfamiliar words which may cause you to stop and analyze the meaning of
each to understand the details of the story.
The students will unlock the following unfamilliar words through context clues.
1. mallet- 6. foundry-
2. smite- 7. rekindled-
3. shiver- 8. toilsomely-
4. writhing- 9. leaped-
5. cunning- 10. crucible-

2. Reading of the Story

D. Analysis
The students will answer the questions in the story wheel to get to know more about
the folktale.
 The Story Wheel

D. Abstraction

1. Why was it entitled the Soul of the Great Bell?

2. What other Chinese traditions involve bells? Compare and contrast these traditions
with Filipino traditions using Venn Diagram.
3. Do Filipinos and Chinese have similar values? What makes you think so?
4. Has the story helped you understand your identity as a Filipino and as an Asian?
How?

E. Application
Different Acts for Different Folks!
Students will be grouped into five. Each group will be given a specific task.

Group 1: The students will draw something that shows

Task: PAINT ME A PICTURE their sacrifice and love for parents.

Group 2: The students will conduct an interview about

Task: ROLL VTR! what and how will they sacrifice their
happiness just for the love of parents.

Group 3: The students will create a short letter

Task: LETTER FROM THE HEART! addressed to their parents expressing how
grateful they are for having them.

Group 4: The students will choose a song that best

Task: SING ME A SONG! interprets the message of the story and sing it
to the class.

Group 5: The students will role play the scene that they
Task: PLAY ME A ROLE! like best in the story. Use the words you have
learned from the story. Use some
background music from the collection of
ancient Chinese songs.

F. Assignment Read the story “The Story of the Aged Mother”

Prepared by:

AMERIZA P. TENA
English Teacher

Checked by:

CONRADO G. PRUDENTE
Principal I