Example Weekly Lesson Plan

A lesson plan that I made:

HOW MY BROTHER LEON BROUGHT HOME A WIFE

by Manuel E. Arguilla

A Weekly Lesson Plan in English IV

COMPETENCIES

Listening

Make use of different learning strategies according to the main purposes of listening.

Speaking

Develop the ability to verbally give information and express needs, opinions, feelings and attitudes.

Reading

Demonstrate the ability to locate and synthesize information essential to one’s understanding and interpretation of his environment.

Writing

Demonstrate imagination and creativity in written form.

Literature

Express a deeper appreciation of values in literature.

GENERAL OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the week, the students are expected to:

1. predict possible continuation of the story.
2. to derive needed information from the story according to the task assigned to them
3. differentiate people living in the city and in the barrio.
4. discuss their opinions on how the father treated Maria, his daughter-in-law.
5. write a descriptive essay about a specific person who lives in the city or barrio.

Session 1

OBJECTIVES

The students are expected to:

1. to recall important events in the story

2. to commend positive values shown by the actions done by the characters

3. skillfully act out different scenes in the story

CONTENT

HOW MY BROTHER LEON BROUGHT HOME A WIFE BY MANUEL E. ARGUILLA

The story is about a young boy whose brother has become successful in the city and meets him with a cart when he returns to the barrio with his city-bred wife. The father, an old revolucionario, submits the daughter-in-law to various tests to see if she will adapt well to the ways of the barrio and the family. The young boy takes easily to the new relation, probably also thinking of himself getting a wife in the future.

INPUT

“How my Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife” by Manuel E. Arguilla

SOURCES

REFERENCES: Baul: A Collection of Philippine Literature by Leoncio P. Deriada and Isidoro M. Cruz

pp.12 – 20

MATERIALS: Tape recorder or laptop, pictures of different scenes in the story and pictures of the city

and barrio.

PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

Listening attentively to the story played using a tape recorder or laptop.

NEW KNOWLEDGE

Recalling dialogues heard and perform them using the students’ own words.

PROCESS

1. INTRODUCTION

A Ask the students about their experiences in the city. What are their favorite places or establishments in the city? What do they like most about the city and what do they like the least about it? Do you have friends in the city? What are they like? Ask them about their experiences in the barrio. What do they do in their free time in the barrio? What do they love and dislike most about it.? Do they have friends in the barrio? What are the like?

C. Divide the class into small groups of about 4 – 5 and ask them to discuss where they would like to live better, the city or the barrio? Have them write the majority’s choice in a manila paper and list down the reasons why. Have the group leader present what they wrote in front of the class afterwards.

II. INTERACTION

1. Reading Activity

1. Pre-reading

a. Vocabulary Web

b. Anticipation Guide Questions

· Where did the story happen?

· Who are the characters in the story?

· Why did the father treat Maria like he did?

· What was Maria like?

2. Reading: A pre-recorded narration of the story will be played.

III. INTEGRATION

1. Post pictures of the important scenes in the story and ask the students to tell the class what was happening on that specific picture.
2. Read specific lines from the story and ask the students to say “Yay!” when the character did something nice and say “Boo!” when they do something that was not good.
3. Group the students into three and ask each group to act out one of the scenes in the story, based on the pictures posted in the board.

Session 2

OBJECTIVES

The students are expected to:

1. to identify characters of the story through given description.
2. to share their own experiences in the city or barrio.
3. to express how they feel about certain scenes facially.

CONTENT

HOW MY BROTHER LEON BROUGHT HOME A WIFE BY MANUEL E. ARGUILLA

The story is about a young boy whose brother has become successful in the city and meets him with a cart when he returns to the barrio with his city-bred wife. The father, an old revolucionario, submits the daughter-in-law to various tests to see if she will adapt well to the ways of the barrio and the family. The young boy takes easily to the new relation, probably also thinking of himself getting a wife in the future.

SOURCES

REFERENCES: Baul: A Collection of Philippine Literature by Leoncio P. Deriada and Isidoro M. Cruz

pp.12 – 20

MATERIALS: Pictures of different scenes in the story placed inside a small box

PROCESS

1. INTRODUCTION

A. Ask the students to retell the story in their own words. One student will talk about a scene in the story and another will continue with the next scene as they chronologically took place in the story.

II. INTERACTION

A. Ask the students about how the different characters may feel in the beginning of the story, in the middle, and in the end.

B. Group the students into eight to ten members. Ask them to prepare a talk-show presentation with the character in the story as the guests. Have the talk show host ask questions about how they felt in the specific scenes in the story and have the host add questions of his or her own.

III. INTEGRATION

1. With the previous groupings, ask the leaders of each group to stand in front of the class and tell them about different scenes in the story based on what they picked from the box. The leader will say how the character felt during those scenes and the members will express the emotion facially.
2. Choose a few volunteers and tell them to describe each of the character in the story in front of the class without telling who they were describing. Have the class guess who the character was.
3. Homework – Write a short essay about your most memorable experience in the city or in the barrio.

Session 3

OBJECTIVES

The students are expected to:

1. to rearrange scenes in the story as they happened chronologically.

2. to debate about the father’s treatment of Maria.

3. to draw from memory a friend that they have in the barrio or in the city.

CONTENT

HOW MY BROTHER LEON BROUGHT HOME A WIFE BY MANUEL E. ARGUILLA

The story is about a young boy whose brother has become successful in the city and meets him with a cart when he returns to the barrio with his city-bred wife. The father, an old revolucionario, submits the daughter-in-law to various tests to see if she will adapt well to the ways of the barrio and the family. The young boy takes easily to the new relation, probably also thinking of himself getting a wife in the future.

SOURCES

REFERENCES: Baul: A Collection of Philippine Literature by Leoncio P. Deriada and Isidoro M. Cruz

pp.12 – 20

MATERIALS: Different scenes in the story written on pre-cut cartolina separately

PROCESS

1. INTRODUCTION

A, Have the class read their homework in front.

II. INTERACTION

A. Ask questions about what they wrote. Ask the students if they had similar experiences similar to what their classmates shared.

III. INTEGRATION

A. Post the pre-cut cartolinas wherein different scenes from the story were written separately. Ask some of the students arrange them chronologically.

B. Ask volunteers to explain what happened in each picture until they finish re-telling the story based on the pictures.

C. Divide the class into two groups and have them present a debate about whether or not the father did the right thing by treating Maria the way that he did.

D. Have the students draw their friend from the barrio or city and what they love doing together.

Session 4

OBJECTIVES

The students are expected to:

1. to explain why the characters do what they did in different scenes in the story.
2. to discuss how they felt about the different actions that a specific character did in the story.
3. to write other possible ending of the story.

SOURCES

REFERENCES: Baul: A Collection of Philippine Literature by Leoncio P. Deriada and Isidoro M. Cruz

pp.12 – 20

MATERIALS: Picture of a person living in the city and a person living in the barrio

PROCESS

I. INTRODUCTION

A. Post two pictures on the board, one with people living in the city and the other, people living in the barrio. Ask the students to describe each picture. Write the descriptive words that they say below each picture. Ask them to write about a certain person that they know who lives in the city or barrio.

B. Ask them to read what they wrote in front of the class.

II. INTERACTION

A. Ask them why most people like living in the city and why some likes living in the barrio better. Ask them to compare both through job opportunities, recreational places, technology, crime rate, education, and more.

III. INTEGRATION

1. Read out different lines about actions that the characters in the story did and have them explain why they think the characters did it.
2. Ask them if they think that specific action was right or wrong and why.
3. Homework – Ask them to write another possible ending of the story.

Session 5

OBJECTIVES

The students are expected to:

1. to identify values that the characters displayed in the story
2. to select a character whom they like the most because of their values.
3. to act as their favorite character in the story.

SOURCES

REFERENCES: Baul: A Collection of Philippine Literature by Leoncio P. Deriada and Isidoro M. Cruz

pp.12 – 20

I. INTRODUCTION

A. Read different scenes in the story and ask the students to identify the values that were shown in these scenes.

II. INTERACTION

1. Ask the students about the other ways on how to show the values that they have given.
2. What would they do if they were the ones who were in those situations or scenes in the story?
3. If there was anything that they would like to change in the story, what would those be and why. What will they do instead?

III. INTEGRATION

1. Ask them to select the character that they think shown more values than the others.
2. Ask them to choose a specific action that the character they have chosen did or a specific line that they said and have them act it out in front of the class.

Aklan Catholic College Vision

We had our screening for The Aklan Collegian last month and one of the aspiring Collegians wrote about the importance of not only memorizing the school vision and mission but also embedding the meaning of these in our minds and hearts. Here's the Aklan Catholic College Vision:

We envision Aklan Catholic College as a vibrant educational institution committed to empowering stakeholders as globally competent and authentic Christians.

Back-to-School!

School starts again tomorrow. You know how after a long vacation, you feel lazy to go back to school or to work? I think everybody does.

Well, what to do when you're not yet ready to go to bed and wake up early? When you're not ready yet to give up the remote control or put down the book that you've been reading? When you're not yet done with your list of places to visit?

Here are some tips to help you prepare to go back to school.

1. Adjust your body clock. Try to sleep early again. It's most effective if you start at least five days before school starts again.

2. Spend two whole days doing what you want or spend the day with people you want to be with and hope that you'll get sick of them (joke!) and just give space for you to miss them again when school starts.

3. Text or call your classmates and ask them about their vacation. I'm sure they have something to share and that you do too so it will give you something to look forward to.

Studying for a Quiz

This entry was inspired by my two quizzes earlier today. One in my Child and Adolescent Development class and another in my Literature I class, thanks to Mrs. Eleonor R. Teopy and Mrs. Ann Magsisi-Templonuevo.

If I had the time to prepare, this is what I would have done:

1. Make a reviewer.
2. Read over and over again, understand, memorize if I can.
3. Sleep early.
4. Wake up early so I still have time to review again.

But I did not. Not because they were surprise quizzes but because (thanks to my memory) I forgot about them. So here's what I did.

1. Pray that we have to do something first so I can cram. (Thankfully, Ma'am Teopy handed out photocopies of the Children's Rights and Significant Theories on Child and Adolescent Development lists first and Ma'am Ann had to write down our names to our seat plan)

2. Read. Remember important things especially the ones that are most likely to appear in the enumeration part of the quiz. Try to remember the keywords in definition of important words.

3. Pray. Ask for miracle.

4. After you're done, stop worrying. There's nothing else you can do about it but be prepared next time, as said by Ma'am Teopy.

Well, I got a pretty high score in Literature (18/20), but I don't know about my Child and Adolescent Development quiz. Maybe I'll know on Wednesday.

Online Money Making Schemes

I discovered a couple of months ago, there are ways on how to make money online. I know that lots of people have already written different information about making money online. I will be sharing mine from experience specifically in referring.

I am not good with referring people. But here are some things that you should remember based on my experience:

1. Make sure that the site is legit. I never ask people to join a paying website as long as I'm not paid through it yet. Yes, I struggle because most often, it is hard to earn money or points without any referrals at all but I try until I reach the minimum payout, all with my own sweat and blood. When I get paid, that's the only time that I start referring people. It will be hard but you should take care of your referring reputation.

2. Be accurate. Be accurate in everything. Make sure that they know all the information that your prospective referrals need to know. The basics are the link, the rules and regulations, the process on how they can make money on that specific site, what's the minimum payout, how will they be paid, and if possible, an estimate of how long it would take them to reach payout.

3. Keep in touch. Send your referrals a simple thank you and remind them that they can send you a pm if ever they need help with something with that site that you referred them too. You can also inform them about updates and new features from time to time.

4. Don't be greedy. This is something that is applicable to life in general too. Sometimes, when hoping for a lot more than what we are entitled to have, we lose more than that.

Now, think twice before posting your referral links. ;)

Outing - Basang Cold Spring

Whew! Are you feeling the heat of summer? Now that summer's here, I know that there are lots of people who are planning to go swimming or go to colder places like Tagaytay or Baguio here in the Philippines.

If you would like to go swimming, I highly recommend The Wassenaar Beach Resort in Jawili, Tangalan, Aklan. You can go there then proceed to Boracay or vice versa. It's a nice place if you prefer peace and quiet compared to the busy night life in Boracay. I also recommend Basang Cold Spring which is located in Nabas, Aklan. The water is really cold that may make you forget that it's summer. It's a lot better because it gives you more satisfaction than halo-halo and ice cream minus the additional weight.

Now, that's three destinations already. So if you ever decided to come and visit Aklan, you'll know where to go. If you're adventurous and would like to maximize your vacation here, you can add Jawili Falls, Sampaguita Gardens and more to your itenerary. If you would like to know more, just post a comment. ;)

If ever you decided to go here or go outing somewhere else, here are some things that you should remember:

1. Travel light. No, you don't need to bring all of your shoes. Just bring one for comfort, one for formal parties, and one that will go with most of your clothes that you're bringing.

You also don't need to bring all your clothes. Just pick safe and comfortable ones. Bring just one or two formal dresses.

You also don't need to bring all your friends and family's and pets pictures. Just leave them at home, If you really can't do that just bring one of each.

2. Don't forget the essentials. Your make-up kit, yes, that's on top of the list. Tools for your car, first aid kit, insect repellant, Swiss knife, and your personal stuff. With the last one, make sure to kip tip number one in mind.

3. Turn the main switch of electricity of your house off if no one will be staying at home. Make sure that all the windows and the doors, and the gate is locked.

4. Bring a book or magazine or MP3 player just in case you get bored.

5. Never forget your camera and extra batteries.

Now those are just the basics. There will be a lot more tips next time. Thanks for reading and always be safe. :)

On Stage

Yeah, I know I already talked about my son's graduation but what can I say? I am really proud and I have other lessons to share with you guys.

Here they are:

1. If you really want to enjoy the graduation program, have someone else take pictures. Just make sure that you give clear instructions on when and how to take pictures or better yet, have a professional do it. I'm still not over my failure to take a picture while Franz is given his diploma because I led him to the stairs to the stage and when I came back to my spot to take his picture, he already went down the stairs on the other side of the stage.

2. When that happens to you, when it's too late to take the picture, don't be shy to ask the people there to repeat giving the diploma so you can take a picture. I don't know why I didn't do that. You have every right to ask for that because that happens only once- your kid graduating from pre-school.

3. When your kid was given a damaged medal, ask for a replacement. I wasn't able to take a picture of Franz on the stage with his two medals because the other medal fell off.

That will be all for now. I am not promising that this will be my last post about graduations because I will post more when I see more lessons to be learned. ;)

Very Special Announcement


Congratulations to my cousin, Engr. Marie Antonette Fe M. Borja for passing the board exams. May you have many more blessing to come. We're all so proud of you. We love you! :)