Department of Education
Republic of the Philippines
Region 1
Colegio de San Juan de Letran - Manaoag
Manaoag, Pangasinan
Department of Teacher Education
A Detailed Lesson Plan For
English 8
February 12, 2024
I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, students must be able to:
A. Explain how the elements of a short story influence the theme of the story;
B. Express appreciation for sensory images used; and
C. Create a reflection paper about the lessons you acquired from the story.
II. Subject Matter
a. Topic: Makato and the Cowrie Shell
b. Reference: English for 21st Century Learning (Afro-Asian) Textbook (pp. 185 – 189) Gonzales
et al., 2018, Department of Education
c. Materials: Laptop, Smart Television, PowerPoint presentation, audio-visual presentation, and
cartolina.
III. Learning Procedure
Teacher’s Activity Learner’s Activity
A. Routinary Activities
1. Greetings
A pleasant morning students!
A pleasant morning too, Sir.
2. Opening Prayer .
We will start our class with an opening
prayer.
Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be
Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be
done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this
day our daily bread; and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass
against us; and lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from evil. Amen.
3. Checking of Attendance
Class secretary, please monitor the attendance
and pass the attendance log book to me after
the class. Yes, Sir.
B. Motivation
Before we start our formal discussion, let us have first
unlocking of difficulties.
Directions: Read and analyze the following sentences.
Choose the meaning of the underlined word in the
sentence from the word pool.
1. The mahout tries to catch the running elephant.
1. Mahout - b. caretaker of elephants
2. Ace scraped off the plates before putting them into
the dishwasher. 2. Scraped off - c. wiped off
3. The frontier between Canada and U.S. is
composed of land and water. 3. Frontier - e. border
4. James was running quickly while clutching the left
hand of his classmate. 4. Clutching - a. holding tightly
5. Thai people once used cowrie shell as money.
5. Cowrie shell - d. brightly colored shell
a. holding tightly
b. caretaker of elephants
c. wiped off
d. brightly colored shell
e. border
f. caretaker of a house
.
C. Lesson Proper/Discussion
.
At this point of time, we will proceed with our lesson.
I looked and found on the internet a video lesson
about the folktale that we will be discussing today.
Before we watch the video, let us first define what
folktale is.
Folktale is an old story that's been told again and
again, often for generations typically passed on by
word of mouth.
Elements of a Short Story
Setting - It refers to place or places where the story
happened.
Plot - It refers to the sequence or arrangement of
events in a story.
Conflict - it is the problem or struggle faced by the
character/s in the story.
Character - it is the person or people involved in a
story.
Point of View - is the angle from which the story is
told. It is expressed through the author's use of
pronouns, which reveal the narrator's position. In first
person, the narrator uses the pronoun I throughout the
writing. In second person, the narrator uses the
pronoun you. In third person, the narrator uses the
pronouns she/he/they/it.
Theme - the main idea, lesson, or message in the
short story that is a universal statement about the
human condition, society, or life.
Our lesson for today is a folktale from the land of the
free, Thailand. The title of the folktale that we will be
studying is “Makato and the Cowrie Shell.”
The teacher will present the video lesson to the
class and will pause it from time to time to check
for students’ understanding.
Questions:
What was the name of the main character?
What was Makato’s characteristics? Sir, the name of the main character of the story
is “Makato.”
Do you consider Makato as an ordinary boy? Justify He is intelligent, hardworking, and have a
your answer. good-tempered nature.
No, Sir. At a very young age, Makato was
working already. He was still a child in the
story who I think must enjoy his childhood by
Was the old woman shocked that Makato was playing with other kids but he isn’t, because of
traveling alone? Why? his life’s circumstances.
The old woman was shocked to find out that
In the following slides there are sentences with
Makato was traveling alone because he is still
sensory images. Let me first give you the definition of
very young to do so.
sensory image.
Sensory image is a descriptive language that engages
the reader's five senses: sight, taste, touch, sound, and
smell.
Give the sensory images mentioned in the
following sentences.
The sensory image I find in this paragraph is
What was the clever thing that Makato did? “the sky was clear.”
Another is “a tall young man in a splendid
costume.”
If you were to give either a different title or ending to
the story, what would it be? He wet his finger by putting it in his mouth and
used his wet finger to get a lot of lettuce seeds
even if he paid only one cowrie shell.
D. Application
I would give the story the title “The Clever
You will now be tested to apply what you had learned Shell Owner.”
from our discussions through answering the following
questions:
1. Why did Makato leave his old town?
2. What lessons in life does the author want to
convey? Are these true for all ages and races? Makato left his town to try his luck because he
thought deeply of his future.
I believe that the lessons in life that the author
3. Using the venn diagram below, compare yourself want to convey are true for all ages and races.
with Makato. Write at least five (5) answers in total. Like the lessons of being resourceful and
Use the following questions as a guide: making the best use of what we have.
1. What traits do you have in common? Write your
answers inside the middle portion of the venn
diagram.
2. Write Makato’s character traits inside the left
circle.
3. Write your character traits (which are different
from Makato) inside the right circle.
Makato Myself
E. Generalization
Explain how the elements of the folktale “Makato and
Cowrie Shell” influence the theme of the story.
Makato was described as an orphan. He chose
to be hardworking and responsible to earn a
living and survive in life.
The settings of the story are the land of Mon
and the kingdom of Sukhothai. The land of
Mon was where Makato came from. He wanted
to travel to the kingdom of Sukhothai where he
heard the land was fertile and the king was
kindhearted. The settings set a desire in
Makato’s heart to persevere even more in life.
The conflict of the story which was Makato
experienced poverty who wanted to reach big
ambitions greatly influenced the theme of the
story which is good karma or good luck. His
desire and decisions helped him achieves his
destiny.
IV. Evaluation
In a one-half sheet of paper, write your reflection about the lessons you acquired from the story,
“Makato and the Cowrie Shell.” The reflection paper must consist of a minimum of five sentences
and a maximum of eight sentences. The activity will be given a maximum of 10 points, which will
be scored using the following criteria:
Criteria 5 4 3 2 1
Content Realizations are Realizations are Realizations Realizations Realizations were
based from the based from the were a bit far were very misaligned with
story and were given story from the far from the the given story.
connected to the alone. given story. given story.
student’s
personal
experiences.
Organization The paper is The paper has The paper The paper The paper has
grammatically one to two consists of has five to more than eight
sound and grammatical three to five eight grammatical
cohesive. Proper errors. grammatical grammatical errors. Proper
punctuation was errors. errors. punctuation was
observed. poorly observed.
V. Assignment. Do the activity in pages 190-191, Letter C, numbers 1 and 2. Do it in a one whole sheet of paper.
PREPARED BY:
Patrick Padrid
