DETAILED LESSON PLAN
The Diary of Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth
I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
A. Compose their ideas in a diary entry
B. Construct and express their feelings in writing
C. Valuing personal emotions and others
II. Subject Matter
Topic : Elements in Diary Writing
Reference: https://journey.cloud/diary-entries
Materials: Powerpoint presentation, chalk and book
III. Procedures/ Teaching-Learning Episodes
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
A. 1 Greetings
Good Morning Everyone! Good morning sir!
How’s your day? We have a wonderful morning sir
A. 2 Prayer
Everybody stand up and before we start,
let’s request the presence of our
Almighty God
(Student leads the prayer in front of the
Who would like to volunteer for class)
prayer?
Yes Lovely
A. 3 Class Etiquette
Before we start, what again are the rules
inside the classroom that one must
follow? Mica: First avoid using phones during class.
Correct, what else?
Yes Seychelles Seychelles: Avoid unnecessary conversation
Very Good with your classmate
How about in answering my question, Armielyn: We need to raise our hand if want
what should you do? to answer.
Armielyn
Okay and last, if you forgetting
something let me remind you, pick up
every trash you see below your chair put
it in the trash bin, and after that arrange
your chair properly.
Thank you you may now take your sit.
A. 4 Checking of attendance
Anyone, do you know who’s absent Donita: None of my classmates is
from today's class? absent sir
I’m glad that you’ve got perfect class
attendance
B. Motivation
Across the Words
Now I prepare a short activity
What you’re going to do is fill in the
missing letters inside the boxes. Based
your answer in the pictures given below. (Students try to figure out the answer)
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C. Class Discussion
Last meeting I left a reading assignment about
The Diary of Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth,
now let’s test if you read the story.
I have here pictures from the book that you read
what you’re going to do is give a brief
description of what happened to this part.
In
this part what happens to the protagonist?
Yes, Joana
Okay thank you
How about this one? Joana: I remember this sir, Greg feels dizzy
since he couldn't sleep last night, and
accidentally pushed the fire alarm
Alex?
Very good!!!
Let’s proceed to our main topic
Elements of Diary Writing Alex: he feels nervous because he got to an
old dentist.
In your own words students, what is a diary for
you?
Miss, Mica
What a nice answer
How about the others, can anyone from the
class share their idea about writing a diary? Mica: For me sir, the diary is a compilation
of events that happen in a person's life.
Yes,Roliza
Oh! How sweet it was you have good memories
with your crush. Roliza: Through diary sir I can write
anything, especially with my feelings like
But what is the definition of a diary first take a interaction with my crush sir.
look at the screen, who would like to read the
definition of diary?
Yes, Jomari
Diaries serve as a valuable tool to organize
Thank You our thoughts and make them more
Just like what is being said on the screen this is understandable and accessible. With a diary,
a daily account, you can write anything even you can document daily events, express
your feelings, personal experience, and timeline thoughts and feelings about specific
that serves as an account for progress. experiences, and even share personal
opinions.
And a little bit of trivia one of the oldest diaries
in the world is The Kagero Diary written by
Michitsuna No Haha dated 974 AD. The story
is all about a woman in the Heian period in
Japan there is a noblewoman of the Heian
dynasty who protests the marriage system of
her time in one of the Japanese.
Now we are going to discuss the elements of a
diary and some writing tips.
Since some of you already have an experience
in this kind of writing what is the first thing
you’ve done?
Yes, JP
That’s correct
1. Date your entries
JP: For me sir the first thing I do when
First on our list is to indicate the date of your writing a diary is include the date so I can
diary entry, if you were going to look in the track down and cherish everything in the
book that you read on page 1, the author starts past.
his story with month and day, but as much as
possible be specific in dates, writing down the
dates help you to find your entries in future.
Say for example
March 19, 2024
Tuesday
After writing the date what is the next elements
in writing a diary?
Yes, Lauro
Exactly!
Second is
2. Use "Dear diary" formula
Like Mr. Lauro said the term Dear Diary used
to maintain the tone of trust, usually we write Lauro: I use the word Dear self or dear diary
this word because we keep our words personal because I address the diary to myself.
like the person we entrusted with our secrets.
But in the book, the author didn’t write that,
since he intends to publish the book or make it
publicly instead of keeping it for itself.
Now look at the screen this came from page 39
of the book.
What do you think is the topic on this part?
Do you raise your hand, Lovely?
Definitely, the third element is
3. Choose a topic
Why do you think a topic is necessary in the
diary?
Lovely: The topic in this part focuses on
Donita do you have any idea? Greg’s family or events that happened in
their life like family reunions and weddings.
Yes correct, choosing a topic can make the
diary not just a simple writing or a typical day
of your life. It constructs a pattern, that triggers
your emotions to truly express your thoughts.
By adding a topic it’s easy for the writer to Donita: Personally sir, the reason is to
contemplate. organize your idea and create a meaningful
diary.
When you feel distressed by emotions and you
need to vent out your feelings, who are those
people you trust to express yourself, and how
do you say your problem with them?
Yes, Mark
Thank you for sharing me your experience and
that is one of the elements in writing a diary Mark: I trusted my best friend and my
4. Be sincere parents as well, we have a great relationship
if I feel overwhelmed by emotions
A diary is a safe place, this is not only intended sometimes I talk with sincerity, and right
to write down your best memories but also to after that I feel relief inside of me.
feel free of judgment, open for vulnerability
and acceptance of your flaws. Diary is just like
a mirror, it helps you to reflect even inside of
your body, so don’t s hesitate to say anything
but be mindful also with your words, remember
you’re the author so bad words are equivalent
to bad emotions. And we can see that on the
authors work in page, 208
How does Greg express herself in this
situation?
Yes, Monica
Now those words are simple which Greg is
comfortable with, you can also do the same
thing using words that make you feel
expressive.
Now if you want to know another person's
favorite what are you going to do?
Yes, Ruth
Okay exactly and that’s is number 5 asking a
question. But you’re the one who asks yourself
personally. This is number
5. Ask yourself questions
In the last part of your book, there is an ideal Monica: He said , I’m nervous and excited.
question made by the author to think about your
day.
Ruth: I ask them a question like,what’s your
favorite color?
This is an example of a question that you can
use to make your diary more interesting, this
question is set as a guide, or reflective
questionnaire to know yourself deeply. Also,
you can formulate your question it is up to you
how you're going to make it interesting.
Now upon reading this book what is the
difference that you notice between the
textbooks you have?
Yes, Jomari
That’s correct
What else?
Yes, Belinda
That’s also right, but what else?
Yes, Lauro
Okay that’s right this is the last element of the
story
6. Add photos & audio
Aside from keeping your secrets in a diary,
adding photos makes it memorable, in the book
each page had photos, it's useful as a way to
document thoughts and experiences to look
back on.
Those are the elements in diary writing, now
do you have any questions?
Thank you, were going to procced to your
activity.
Jomari: It's easy to read
Belinda: It's fun to read sir.
Lauro: Each scene has picture, and you can
imagine the situation easily by looking in the
image.
Students: No Sir!
D. Application
For your activity, bring 1 whole sheet of paper,
You're going to write a 200-word diary entry,
by following those elements we discuss, to
make it clear you are free to choose one of the
topics below:
1. First Day of School
2. Best Birthday celebration
3. Interaction with your crush
4. Summer Vacation.
To write it correctly please follow the criteria
given.
After that let’s choose 3 papers and read them
in front of the class.
You have 5 minutes to write.
E. Generalization
To make recap the discussion, what is a diary
again?
Can we include detailed scene or things in our
diary like time and location?
(Student’s answer may vary)
Do you agree that writing your emotions in the
diary is a good habit? yes or no and why?
Personally speaking how diary might help your
self-growth as a student?
F. Evaluation
Watch this short video about Enzo’s journey to
enter university and the pressure to get a
diploma.
This time, write down the key events of Enzo’s
journey and how he may have been feeling.
Imagine that you are Enzo. Write a diary entry
for part of the incredible journey.
You might write one entry to describe a single
day OR several entries to describe how he feels
the pressure and how his parents support her
from failing in entrance exam.
Remember to include some of the key features
of a diary and follow the criteria given
Here are the guide questions so you can
organize your diary entry or you can formulate
your own guide question.
1. What is Enzo dad's dream about her?
2. Imagine you were Enzo what would you
feel if people had high expectations for
you?
3. If you fail in life are you willing to open
up with your closest friends and
parents? Yes or No Why?
G. Assignment
Before we end the meeting I will leave
an activity.
For your assignment use Venn Diagram
to differentiate and compare a diary to a
journal.
Diary Journal
This is the end of the Discussion
goodbye class!
Criteria in Diary writing
Good (3 points) Very good (5 Outstanding(10 Total
points) points)
Language I set my diary by I set my diary by I set my diary by
writing the dear writing the date, writing the date,
diary. followed by dear followed by dear
diary, and diary, and
constructed a constructed a
paragraph for the paragraph for the
diary entry. diary entry.
Followed by
a guide question
Organization and I organized my I maintain the I wrote my
ideas ideas and ideas in the sentence the way I
constructed my paragraph, by felt, making it
sentences in following the sincere to read and
simple matter. guide question organize.
given.
Punctuations I have used full I have used full I have used full
stops and capital stops, capital stops, capital
letters, most of letters, and letters, commas,
them are in the exclamation exclamation marks
right place. marks. They are and question
mostly in the marks. Most are in
right place but a the right place
few may be
missing.
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