Lesson Plan in English 8

Sections:
Duration: 2-3 hours
Date: January 21, 2020
Competency: Projective Listening

I. Objective
A. State the theme of the story
B. Value the significance of a mother’s love and wisdom as a worthwhile human value
as it enhances substance among the youth which expands their experiences and ideals
in life.

II. Subject Matter

A . Short Story
“The Story of the Aged Mother”
A Japanese Folktale

B. Reference:
Serrano, J.B. and Lapid, M.G. (2001). English Communication Arts and Skills
through Afro- Asian Literature. Quezon City: Phoenix Publishing House, and
internet

C. Materials
Television
Laptop
Speaker
Video of the story ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_gKcSJLo-s)

III. Procedure
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
 Prayer

- Let us all stand for our opening - Students will rise.

prayer.
- Arrange your chairs properly
- Good morning Class.
- Students: Students will arrange
their chairs.
- Students: Good morning sir.

 Motivation

- I will play a song by Spice

Girls and I want you to listen
closely to message of the song.
“I never thought you would become the
friend I never had
Back then I didn't know why
Why you were misunderstood
So now I see through your eyes
All that you did was love
Mama I love you. Mama I care
Mama I love you. Mama my friend. You're
my friend “
- Who is the one being talked - The one being talked about in the
about in the song? song is mama or mother.

- Very good! Now, in ¼ sheet of

paper, I want you to describe your
mother using the word MOTHER.
You have 5 minutes to finish this
task.
Ex. M – mentor
O – overwhelming
T – teacher
H – hero
E – energetic
R – reliable

- Nikki, kindly read what you have - Answer vary.

written in your paper. Come here
in front.

 Presentation

- This morning, our topic is about

“The Story of the Aged Mother” by
Matsuo Basho. I will be playing a
short clip of the story and I want
you to listen carefully for you to be
able to answer those questions.

- But before anything else, let us

first unlock the meaning of these
words: aged, steep and shriveled.

1. The men went to fight in the

war; and only the aged and
infirm remained behind.
a. young
b. very old
c. weak
d. strong

- Kenneth, what does the word aged - Kenneth will answer. Aged means
mean? very old.

- Okay, what does the word steep

mean? Jana, please read the
sentence.

2. The way to the mountain is - steep means going up or down

very steep. very quickly.
a. easy
b. smooth
c. effortless
d. going up or down very quickly

- Perfect! What about the word

shriveled? Kindly read the
 sentence Neco.

3. The plants shriveled because

of the heat.
a. moisten - shriveled – to become dry and
b. dry and wrinkled wrinkled from heat, cold or old age
c. grow
d. bloom

- For the last word, what does the

word despotic mean? Ashley?

4. A lot of Koreans believe that

Kim Jong Un is a despotic
leader.
a. modest
b. lawful
c. tyrrant
d. humble

- The teacher will play the video.

- Students will settle down and listen

- Did you understand the story? to the video clip to be played by
the teacher.
- Did you like the story?
- Yes
- Let us now answer these
questions. - Yes sir.

a. Who are the characters of the

story?

b. Where did the story happen?
c. What reality in life was
depicted/shown in the story?
a. The characters of the story are, the
aged mother, the poor farmer and
the governor.
b. Shinano, at the foot of the
mountain.

d. If you were the son, would you c. A mother’s love is something that
abandon your mother on the no one can explain. It is made of
mountain top to die or would deep devotion, sacrifice and pain.
you also do the same? d. Students will answer.

e. The story shows us two

important virtue- love and
wisdom. How were these
virtues shown? Explain. - Students will give their ideas about
the concept.

 Activity

1. The students are tasked to

demonstrate how they love and
appreciate the love and wisdom they
acquire from their mothers through the
following:

Group I – Letter writing

Group II – Song
Group III – Collage in a poster
- Students will do the activity.

IV. Evaluation
What does the saying “With the crown of snow, cometh wisdom” mean? Write
your answers in ½ sheet of paper.

V. Assignment

In ½ sheet of paper, I want you guys to think of your own mother and ponder on
the words of wisdom you gained from her. Write your acquired wisdom and reflect how
it changed you to be a better person.