Detailed Lesson Plan About Elements of Poetry in English 6
I.OBJECTIVES
A. CONTENT STANDARD express ideas effectively in formal and informal compositions to
fulfil their own purposes for writing
B. PERFORMANCE STANDARD publishes texts using appropriate text types for a variety of
audiences and purposes
C. LEARNING COMPETENCY Write a 3-line 4-stanza poem
D. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of a 50 minutes lesson, the pupils should be able to:
1. Cognitive Domain identify the terms related to the elements of poetry,
2. Psychomotor create own’s poem and recite in front of the class; and
Domain
3. Affective Domain give the importance of knowing the sequence of information.
II. CONTENT
1. Topic Elements of Poetry
2. Integration EN6LC-Ia-2.3.1
EN6LC-Ia-2.3.3
EN6LC-Ia-2.3.2
EN6LC-Ia-2.3.6
EN6LC-Ia-2.3.8
EN6LC-Ia-2.3.7
EN6V-Id-12.3.2 EN6V-Ie-12.3.2
3. Skills Writing, reading, composition
4. Values Formed teamwork
5. Instructional Ppt, flip chart
Materials
III. LEARNING RESOURCES
A. References
1.Teacher’s Guide
Pages
2. Learner’s Guide
Pages
3. Textbook Pages *English for All Times 6 (Reading). 1999. pp 104.
Joy in Learning English 6 Book, pp 9-23
4. Additional
Materials from the
learning resource
portal (from the
LRMDS)
B. Other learning resources
IV. PROCEDURE Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity
A. Preliminaries (7 minutes)
1. Prayer Alright class, let us all stand up and bow
our head and feel the presence of God.
Together we pray.
2. Greetings Good morning grade 6? Good morning,
ma’am, good morning
classmates it’s nice to
see you again.
3. Review Will you tell me our lesson last meeting
grade 6? Ma’am, our lesson last
meeting is about
Idiomatic Expressions.
Yes, it is and what is an idiomatic
expression or an idiom? Idiomatic expression
or idiom is a phrase
that typically presents
a figurative, non-literal
meaning attached to
the phrase.
Very good, will you give me an example
of an idiom? “Once in a blue moon”
which is used to
describe something
that doesn’t happen
often.
Nice one! Okay moving on to our next
topic.
4. Motivation
Let’s have a game, a “message relay
game” this row will fall in line, and this
row and the other row will do the same.
The first person in your line will be the
one to read the message then he/she
will pass it to the next and so on and so
forth. The last person will be the one to
write the message on the board. Yes, ma’am it is clear.
I am clear grade 6?
Assigned passage:
1st row – “homes can be trailers; homes
can be boats”
2nd row – “homes are apartment; and
mansion and tents”
(The pupils will relay
rd
3 row – “homes can be wooden; or and play the game)
stone or cement”
Yes, ma’am we
Process questions: enjoyed the game.
1. Did you enjoy the game?
The passages are all
2. What can you say about the about a home.
passage?
In playing a relay a
3. What qualities you need in message game, we
playing the game? should have good
listening skill, good in
pronunciation and we
should have
teamwork.
That’s right! In playing games by group,
you must be a good communicator
because your success will smoothly
follow if you work comprehensively.
B. Presentation (5 minutes) Unlocking of Difficulties
Before we proceed with our main topic,
let’s first refresh some words/terms so
that you can easily understand our
lessons as we go along with our
discussion.
As you can see there are jumbled
letters. Arrange the letters of each word
using the clue provided.
Jumbled Clues
Letters
1. Idivv A. producing a 1. Vivid
strong or clear
impression on
the senses.
2. Igafuvirte B. The words or 2. Figurative
anegualg phrases that Language
are used don’t
have a literal
meaning.
3. Oetipc C. Essential tools 3. Poetic devices
ecvieds that a poet
uses to create
rhythm,
enhance a
poem’s
meaning,
intensify a
mood or
feeling.
4. Tszana D. A group of lines 4. Stanza
forming the
basic recurring
metrical unit in
a poem.
E. Describing or
classifying in an
5. Cdievsripte objective and 5. Descriptive
non-
judgmental
way.
F. A category of
6. Enrge artistic 6. Genre
composition, as
in music or
literature,
characterized
by similarities
in form, style
or subject
matter.
G. Simply be a
7. Otep writer of 7. Poet
poetry, or may
perform their
art to an
audience.
H. Make (an idea,
8. Oyvenc impression, or 8. Convey
feeling) known
or
understandable
to someone.
I. It is formally a
9. Rseev single metrical 9. Verse
line in a poetic
composition.
J. A work of a
10. itrealry writer or a 10. Literary piece
eipec piece of
writing.
Alright very good children!
C. Discussion (12 minutes) Can anybody here give a simple and own
understanding of what a poem is? Poem is a lyrical
arrangement of
words.
Nice one! Who else can give another
meaning? Poem is a type of
literature that conveys
a thought, and tells a
story.
Awesome! Poems convey emotions,
ideas and experiences in a vivid and
creative way and usually poets used
sound devices, imagery and figurative
language.
Now let’s go to the elements of poetry.
Examples:
1. Rhyme – occurs when two or
more words in a poem have “I had a cat, who is so
similar sound. fat. He could not even
sit on his mat.
2. Rhythm – refers to the flow of He had a hat, that did
words within each line and not fit. He put it on
stanza. It is the pace and beat of and then split”.
a poem and which systematic
regularity of a poem is archived. A little seed for me to
sow
3. Tone/Mood – will be seen by A little soil to make it
the attitude that the speaker grow
shows. This are strategy to A little hole, a little
create an emotional response pat,
by the listener. A little wish, and that
is that,
4. Imagery – refers to the author’s A little sun, a little
use of descriptive and figurative shower.
language to create mental A little while-
images. And then a flower
5. Figurative Speech – this is the
use of words in a different way
and wording in order to make a
text express a complicated
meaning. It includes:
A. Metaphor – describes
an object or an action in
a way that it is not “Laughter is the best
literally true but makes medicine”
it easy to draw a
comparison and offer an
explanation using a
figure of speech.
B. Irony – use of language
that is opposite with an “Water, water
aim of expressing a everywhere, and all
humorous effect in a the boards did shrink;
statement. Water, water
everywhere, and not a
C. Similes – compare two drop to drink”
things to explain an idea
in any story. “As brave as a lion
Makes you a
champion”
D. Personification – “As the clock yelled
inanimate object is every morning, and
treated as though it was the sun is happily
a person. dancing”
6. Alliteration – repetition of
consonant sounds in a sequence “Solomon sold six
of words at the beginning of a songs”
word.
7. Stanza – main building block of a
poem. It is arranged according
to patterns.
8. Density – how much is said and
in how much space it is said. It
differentiates a poetry and a
prose.
D. Application (15 minutes) Okay let’s have an activity. Find your
partner that you are comfortable with.
After finding a partner discuss, plan and
create a two-paragraph poem. It is a
free verse poem. Choose any topic you
want and after which you have to recite
it in front.
Is that clear? Yes, ma’am it is clear.
(After 10 minutes) alright! Its time for (They are given 1
you to read your poems in front. minute each to recite)
Excellent! Children, good job.
E. Generalization (4 minutes) Will you give me the elements of a
poem? The elements of a
poem are:
1. Rhyme
2. Rhythm
3. Tone/Mood
4. Stanza
5. Alliteration
6. Figurative
Speech
7. Imagery
8. Density
Awesome! And what are those
Figurative Speech in a poem? The figurative speech
of a poem are irony,
metaphor,
personification and
simile.
Okay then I hope you have learned a lot
about the elements of a poetry. To
assess your understanding bring out ½
sheet of paper cross wise and answer
the following incursive handwriting.
V. EVALUATION (7 minutes) Instruction: Identify the term being asked.
1. He/she is the writer of poetry.
2. A work of a writer or a piece of writing.
3. It is the main building block of a poem.
4. It compares two things to explain an idea in any story.
5. Repetition of consonant sounds in a sequence of words.
6. Two or more words in a poem have similar sound.
7. Refers to the author’s use of descriptive and figurative
language to create mental images.
8. This are strategy to create an emotional response by the
listener.
9. It is the pace and beat of a poem.
10. It is a lyrical arrangement of words.
VI. ASSIGNMENT Search and print a poem that you like most and write a reflection
in a separate sheet on why you like the poem.
VII. REMARKS
VIII. REFLECTIONS
1. No. of learners who
earned 80% in the
evaluation
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