A Detailed Lesson Plan in English 10
I. Objectives
At the end of the discussion, the students must be able to:
a. Characterize the important characters in the story,
b. Relate the values of the story to the present situation.
II. Subject Matter
a. Topic: The Last Leaf by O. Henry
b. Reference: Celebrating Diversity through World Literature pp. 377 – 380
c. Materials: Visual aids, Pictures, Projector, Marker, Chalks, PowerPoint
Presentation and Videos
III. Procedure
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
A. Daily Routine
1. Prayer
“May I ask everyone to please stand.”
“Let’s have Isaiah to lead us in prayer” “Our Heavenly Father, we thank you for this
new day that you have given us and for
giving us another opportunity to walk in this
world and be with our loved ones. Lord, we
are asking for your guidance as we move on
to our next topic. May you please use our
teacher as a channel of wisdom and we pray
that this lesson will be a blessing for all of us.
We give you all the glory and praise and we
ask all these in the mighty name of our Lord
“Amen!” and Savior Christ Jesus, Amen”.
1. Greetings
“Good morning class!” “Good morning sir Joseph!”
2. Classroom Management
“Please pick up all the pieces of trash around The student will pick up all the piece of trash
you and arrange your seats properly”. around them and arrange their chairs
properly.
“You may now take your seats”. “Thank you sir”.
3. Checking of Attendance
“Ms. Secretary, is there any absent today
aside from those students who are in the
PISA review?” “None sir!”
“Great!”
4. Review
“Remember the “Magic Number” activity that
we did yesterday? “Yes sir!”
“How about these sentences class?” “Yes sir! Those sentences sir are examples of
figures of speech.”
“Exactly! Do you have any questions about our
previous topic? “None sir!”
B. Lesson Proper
1. Vocabulary Enrichment
“Great! Before we go to our next topic for
today, let us first meet the unfamiliar word that
we will encounter in the story.”
The teacher will present example sentences
and the students will determine the meaning of
the words presented.
1. Scarcely
“‘Her voice is so low I can scarcely hear what
she is saying’” “Sir! B. Scarcely means “only just or almost
“Good! Let’s have the next one.” not”.
2. Watchdog
‘He was a fierce, man who considered himself
as a watchdog and protector for the two
young artists living above him’ “A person that monitors someone or
something. The answer is letter C sir.”
“Great! Let’s have the last word.”
3. Bohemian
“Might as well look the part, since all artists
were considered strange and bohemian.” “Letter A sir. Bohemian means socially
unconventional in an artistic way”.
A. Socially unconventional in an artistic
way.
B. Only just or almost not.
C. A person that monitors someone or
something.
2. Background of the Author
“Yesterday, I gave you an assignment. What
have you researched about Mr. O. Henry? “William Sydney Porter is his original
name”.
“Moved to Austin Texas where he worked as
a bank teller, moved back to Houston in 1895
and became a newspaper columnist”.
“In 1896, he was charged of fraud but he fled
to Honduras and stayed there for 6 months”.
“Upon his return, he had a trial and was
sentenced with 3 years at Ohio prison. That
is when he started to write short stories under
the pen name O. Henry”.
“He was released in 1901, moved to New
York where he wrote many stories including
The Last Leaf, The Green Door, and his most
famous story The Gift of Magi.”
3. Motivation
The teacher will present a short video clip that
shows what sacrifice is.
“Who would like to share his or her insight “It’s a heartwarming video about a father
about the video?” who is willing to do everything for his
daughter.”
“The father is willing to sacrifice everything
“Yes! Okay another?” for her daughter’s life”.
“Thank you for sharing your thoughts and
ideas class.”
“In this lesson that we will have today, we will
see the greatest art, a person can do and its
effect to those who see it."
4. Presentation of the Lesson
THINK
“Do we have an artist here in the class?”
“Sir! I play musical instruments”.
“Cool!” “I draw portraits sir!”
“Look at this picture class.”
“What
does
this art
says to
you
“This art represents the present situation sir,
that most or some people help someone just
class?” because of fame or likes that they will get on
their social media accounts.”
“The artist who made that is called Banksy
class. He’s a famous graffiti artist whose aim
is to open the eyes of the people, not just to be
a famous artist”.
“Masterpiece is a person’s greatest work sir”.
“Based on your perspective, what is a
masterpiece?”
“Good! As we go deeper to our discussion, we
will see the greatest masterpiece a person can
do”.
DISCUSS
Selected students will go in front and present a
short role play that shows the exact scenario
about the short story “The Last Leaf”.
“Did you understand the story class?”
“Johnsy, Sue, Old Berhman and the doctor”.
“Who are the characters in the story?”
The teacher will present pictures that represent “Sue is a young artist and Johnsy’s best
the characters. friend who’s always there for her especially
“Who is Sue in the story?” at times when she got ill”.
“Sue’s friend and also a young artist who
wants to travel to Italy to paint the Bay of
“How about Johnsy?” Naples. However, she got pneumonia and
was convinced that her life would end once
the last leaf falls”.
“He was described as a failure artist who
“And Old Berhman?” wants to do a masterpiece but can’t even
initiate to do it. He’s also described as the
watchdog who’s there to protect Johnsy and
Sue. On the latter part of the story, he created
his masterpiece, the last leaf which gave
hope to Johnsy”.
“Good observation class. If we analyze each “The fact that she has pneumonia made her
characters, What do you think made Johnsy feel depressed because she will not be able to
consider that her possible death would be fulfill her dream and that is to paint the Bay
simultaneous with the last leaf to fall? What is of Naples”.
its connection with her illness?
“Yes sir. The fact that the last leaf did not fall
helped her psychologically to feel better.
“What helps Johnsy recover from her illness?
Do you think it is psychological in nature? “To Mr. Berhman sir. He created a
Why? masterpiece and that masterpiece saved
someone else’s life.”
“To whom does Johnsy’s analogy of the death
of the vine happen?”
“Great! Do you have any questions about our
story class?”
ACTIVITY
“Let us now put everything you have learned
into action. The class will be divided into 3
groups according to the groupings that we had Group 1 will present a song.
on our last activity.
Group 1 – Compose a song that shows you
appreciation about someone else’s kindness to Group 2 will present and explain their
your life. You can sing it with the tune of your masterpiece.
favorite song or using an original one.
Group 3 will present a scenario about the
situation given to them.
Group 2 – Create your own masterpiece
(drawing) and explain why.
Group 3 – Role play: You have a friend who is
depressed and you found out that this made her
think of ending his/her life. How would you
encourage his/her?
You will be graded according to this rubric:
Score Description
20 The presentation was flawless.
Creativity and clarity of the content
was clearly shown in the
presentation
15 The presentation has some flaws.
Creativity and clarity of the content
was not too clear in the presentation.
10 The presentation has some flaws.
Creativity and the content was not
clear in the presentation.
“Very good class!”
“Johnsy is like me. There are times that I’m
REFLECTION stubborn and don’t want to listen to someone
“Let’s go back to our main characters, Johnsy, else’s advice and the pneumonia represents
Sue and Mr. Berhman is a representation of the trials that I encounter in life.”
someone in our lives.” “Sue represents my best friend or my
relatives who’s always there to support me in
times of trouble and Mr. Berhman is like my
parents. They are willing to sacrifice
everything just to make me feel better and
“How about Sue?” that is the greatest masterpiece they gave to
me. Just like what we saw in the video
earlier”.
“Let me end our discussion with this quotation
that I heard from our Pastor:
A woman who lost his husband is called a
widow,
A man who lost his wife is called a widower, A
child who lost his parents is called and orphan,
But there is no word to describe a parent that
loses a child,
Because no words can explain how great a
parent’s love is to his/her child.
V. Evaluation
Directions: Write if the following statements below show the character of Sue, Johnsy, or Mr.
Berhman.
_______1. A parent who works day and night just to provide the needs of his child.
_______2. A supportive brother that encourages you to be the best person that you can be.
_______3. A student who lost his will to study.
_______4. A father who works abroad and suffer the pain of being separated to his child just to
give them a good life.
_______5. A friend who is willing to listen to her friend’s cry.
VI. Assignment
Prepared by:
BERNIE C. MALLARI
Teacher
