Region 1
Grade 8
Learning Competency: EN8G-IIc-9: Use appropriate grammatical signals or expressions
suitable to each pattern of idea development
I.Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to:
define 'coordinating conjunction'
list the coordinating conjunctions
explain how and why coordinating conjunctions are used
II. Subject Matter:
A. Topic: Coordinating Conjunctions
B. References: Learner’s Module (page 134-135)
C. Materials: Visual Aids for coordinating conjunctions
Container with strips of coordinating conjunctions
Conjunctions Practice Exercises Worksheets
III. Procedures
A. Activity: The teacher will ask the following questions…
When the sole of your shoes open, what do you use to put them back together?
When you need to have a 1x1 picture on your index card, what do use to stick it?
What do you use when you put pieces of paper together?
B. Analysis: The teacher will…
Relate the activity with the grammar lesson : Coordinating Conjunctions
o In life , we use all sorts of things to join objects together- whether it be a
glue, rugby, tape, or sticky tac. Just like in English, there are words that
help things stick together…what do you think these words are?
Discuss the different kinds of coordinating conjunctions. Give enough examples
for them to be able to understand what is a coordinating conjunction.
C. Abstraction: Ask the learners to do worksheet 1 for ten minutes. Afterwards check their
answers.
D. Application: Using the container with strips of coordinating conjunctions, ask each one
to draw one strip of coordinating conjunction and ask him/her to use it in grammatically
correct sentence. Let him/her write his/her answer on the board.
Assessment: Let them define coordinating conjunction and enumerate its kinds.
Assignment: Use for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so in grammatically correct sentences.