ENGLISH 7
Lesson Plan
Learning Content (Topic)
Features of Short Story
Learning Competencies (Objectives)
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
a. Identify features of a short story
b. Distinguish the elements of the story through activity; and
c. Appreciate the importance of each element in the story
Learning Plan
Preliminary Activities 1.Prayer
2.Greetings
3.Checking of Classroom
4.Checking of Attendance
Motivation Arrange the following jumbled letters to form the correct word
1. T E R S R A C C H A R
2. T I N G S S E T
3. T O L P
4. T N I O P F O W I E V
5. M E T H E
Discussion of the learning A short story is a short piece of prose fiction that is of shorter
content length than a novel and concentrates on a single theme.
The following are the elements of a short story:
1. Character
- are the people in the story
a. Flat Character
- a character who displays a one or two personality
traits in the story. He/she does not change throughout
the course of the story.
b. Round Character
- A character who is complex and dynamic. He/she
changes in some way over the course of the story.
This character usually surprises readers.
2. Setting
- it presents the time and place, weather and season. It
helps create the mood or general feeling of the story
3. Plot
- the sequence of interrelated actions or events that
make up a story.
Specifically, the plot contains the:
a. Exposition – the introduction of the problem
b. Conflict – a problem that the main character/s
face/faces in the story. Conflicts can be solved in
nonviolent ways.
c. Climax – the point of highest emotional intensity.
d. Falling Action – occurs right after the climax and leads
toward the closure.
e. Resolution (or Denouement) – the solving of the
problem.
4. Point of View
- The eyes and mind through which the reader views
the unfolding of events.
There are different types of point of view. There are as
follows:
a. First – person – it can make the story personal and it
can build a strong response to a character, but the
reader can tell only what the character sees, hears,
knows, and believes.
b. Third – person (limited) – it focuses on one character’s
perspective. In fact, the narrator can enter the
character’s mind.
c. Third – person (Omniscient) – it is the most flexible
outside narration. It gives a wider view of the story.
5. Theme
- the central idea or meaning of a story.
Application Exercises The teacher will distribute the hand - outs entitled “The Legend
of Mayon Volcano” then he/she will divide the class into four
groups. Each group representative will pick their assigned
element of the story. The students will identify their assigned
task from the given hand - outs. Afterwards, each group will
choose their group representative to present their work.
Rubrics:
Explanation 5 pts.
Presentation 5 pts.
TOTAL: 10 pts.
Valuing What is the importance of each element in the story?
Generalization What are the elements of short story?
Post Test Direction: Choose the correct word in column A with its meaning
in column B.
Column A Column B
_____1. character a. the eyes and mind
through which the
reader views the
unfolding of events.
_____2. setting b. the central idea or
meaning of a story.
_____3. plot c. are the people in the
story.
_____4. point of view d. it presents the time and
place, weather and
season. It helps create
the mood or general
feeling of the story.
_____5. theme e. the sequence of
interrelated actions or
events that make up a
story.
Assignment Create your own short story with a minimum of two hundred
(200) words.
Prepared by:
Hanna Dale R. Barcelon
Student Teacher
