final demo - idioms

Love ‘em or Loathe ‘emAuthor Information

First and Last Name: Nogoy, Michael Joseph B.

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Name of School: Angeles City Science High School

Division: Angeles City

Municipality/City, Province, Region: Angeles City, Pampanga, Region III

Country: Philippines

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Lesson Overview

Lesson Plan Title: "Love ‘em or Loathe ‘em”Curriculum-Framing Questions

Essential Question a. How well do you describe?

Unit Questions a. How do you differentiate idioms from other figures of speech (e.g. simile, metaphor, etc.)?

Content Questionsa. What is the definition of an idiom?

b. What idioms can you define?Lesson Summary:

The lesson “Love ‘em or Loathe ‘em” is all about the basic American idiomatic expressions that the second year students should be able to learn and employ in order to further write descriptive essays effectively.

The lesson will be opened using a song from Flocabulary.com, a website specifically made for teachers and learners. The song “The Mouth of the Horse” is full of idioms wherein the students will be asked to pinpoint them out and expose their literal and figurative meanings.

Afterwards, the students will be asked to come up with advices in certain situations through the following idioms presented.

Other idioms will also be provided for the students such as the animal idioms and color idioms through a video presentation from YouTube.com.

The students will be assessed through their exposition of literal and figurative meanings of the idioms presented in the song, their advices in each group and their individual essays with at least 10 idioms and 5 paragraphs as their assignments.Subject Area(s): Click box(es) of the subject(s) that your Unit targets

Business Education

Engineering

Home Economics

Language Arts

Music

School to Career

Social Studies

Drama

Foreign Language

Industrial Technology

Mathematics

Physical Education

Science

Technology

Other: English

Other: Filipino

Other: Makabayan

Grade Level: Click box(es) of the grade level(s) that your Unit targets

Kindergarten

Grade 1 -3

Grade 4 - 6

1st Year High School

2nd Year High School

3rd Year High School

4th Year High School

English as a Second Language

Gifted and Talented

Resource

Other

Targeted Philippine Basic Education Curriculum (BEC) CompetenciesSECOND YEARAt the end of the lesson, the second year students shall have developed the followingcompetencies:

Listening1. Determine the social issues addressed in an informative talk, the objective of the


speaker and his attitude on the issues1.1. Listen for clues and links to show the speaker’s trend of thought

Reading1. Demonstrate the ability to interpret and if necessary reproduce in linear verbal forms

and graphics relationships calling for inferential interpretations1.1. Interpret and compare orally or in writing information presented in tables,

charts, graphs, etc.2. Develop strategies to make sense of unfamiliar words, ambiguous sentence

structures, and information-dense discourse2.1. Guess the meaning of idiomatic expressions by noting keywords in

expressions, context clues, collocations, clusters or related words, etc.

Writing

1. Write different types of discourse: narration (personal experiences), exposition (book reviews) and description (apparatus, objects, etc.)

1.1. Use appropriate modes of development to express one’s ideas, needs, feelings, and attitudes

1.2. Write short personal narratives to support an assertion

Literature

1. Employ reading skills as an aid in comprehension and appreciation of a literary piece

1.1. Point out how the choice of title space allotment, imagery, choice of words, figurative language, etc. contribute to the theme

1.1.1. Single out and explain figurative language usedTargeted Philippine Secondary Education Curriculum (2010 SEC) CompetenciesSECOND YEARAt the end of the lesson, the second year students shall be able to demonstrate understanding covering some points under the 6 facets of learning:

Application1. Use appropriate idioms to enhance description.

Perspective1. Analyze the richness of information contained in a descriptive essay based on the

richness of details and words as well as the special expressions (idioms) used.Student Objectives/Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the lesson, the sophomore students shall have:

1. Extended their vocabulary and general knowledge through the Word, Quote and Trivia for the Day.

2. Noted and identified the strange phrases in the song “The Mouth of the Horse” as Idioms.

3. Differentiated the figurative meaning from the literal meaning of each idiomatic expression.

4. Utilized the given idioms to suit a situation or come up with an advice.

5. Composed a 5 paragraph descriptive essay using at least 10 idioms tackled during the discussion.


Procedures:

A. Daily Routines

1. Opening Prayer

A student assigned will lead the prayer.

2. Word, Quote and Trivia for the Day

The same student assigned will present his/her Word, Quote and Trivia for the Day.

B. Recap

1. The students will be asked about their past lessons (Royal Order of Adjectives, Participles, Adjectival Clauses, Descriptive Essays, etc.)

2. The students will be asked that from these lessons, what certain skill is being asked from them. (They are asked to “describe”)

3. The students will be taught about the relation of the next lesson to the previous lessons, which is to make a descriptive essay more colorful and fun to read and write.

C. Motivation

1. The students will be asked to listen to a song entitled “The Mouth of the Horse”. The song will be played twice.

2. The students will then be instructed to take note of the peculiar or strange phrases they will catch from the song using a note taking chart.

3. Afterwards, the students will be asked to look at the flashed sentences with underlined phrases through the PowerPoint Presentation.

4. The students will be asked by the teacher about the meaning of the underlined words or phrases that will be flashed through the PowerPoint Presentation.

5. The students will be asked about their insights about the flashed sentences with underlines phrases.

D. Introduction to Idioms

1. The students will be shown a PowerPoint Presentation about the said peculiar phrases from the lyrics of the song “The Mouth of the Horse”.


2. The students will be introduced to the topic “special expressions” or “idioms” through the PowerPoint Presentation.

3. The students will be then introduced to the two kinds of meaning of an idiom – its literal meaning and its figurative meaning.

E. Activity: “Mouth of the Horse”

1. After the quick discussion, the students will be asked to group themselves into 6 groups (each group with 6 members).

2. Next, each group will be given a set of worksheets where they will draw and present the literal and figurative meaning of the peculiar phrases or idioms they were able to get from the lyrics of the song. The song will be played again.

3. Afterwards, one representative from each group will report their answers. The first group to report will be chosen through a software called Selector Tools.

4. Then, the answers will be revealed to the students through the PowerPoint Presentation.

F. Discussion about the Activity:

1. The students will know through the activity and the discussion what each idiom really means.

2. (Optional) The students will also be presented two other sets of idioms (animal idioms and color idioms) through the video downloaded from YouTube.

G. Activity: “Give an Advice”

1. To further their learning in using different idioms, each group will be given another set of worksheets (different set each group) wherein a set of idiom is presented. There are also scenarios wherein these idioms could serve as an advice for the character in the scenario.

2. Each group will again report on their respective idioms and answers to the class. The first group to report will be chosen through a software called Selector Tools.

H. Assignment:

1. As the students’ assignment, they will be asked to write a descriptive essay (Character Portrait, Description of an Object, Place, etc.) consisting of 5 paragraphs and with at least 10 idioms, from the ones tackled, perfectly used.

I. Summary

1. The students will listen to the teacher as he sums up everything that they have tackled in this particular day by giving them the important notes to remember.

Approximate Time Needed:


Approximately an hour of discussion and drills. (1 day = 1 hour)

Prerequisite Skills:

Background information about the figures of speech

Distinguish the difference between idioms and other figures of speech

Drawing skills

Essay writing

Materials and Resources Required For Unit

Technology – Hardware: (Click boxes of all equipment needed)

Camera

Computer(s)

Digital Camera

DVD Player

Internet Connection

Laser Disk

Printer

Projection System

Scanner

Television

VCR

Video Camera

Video Conferencing Equipment.

Other:

Technology – Software: (Click boxes of all software needed.)

Database/Spreadsheet

Web Page Development

Image Processing

Encyclopedia on CD-ROM

Multimedia

E-mail Software

Word Processing

Web Browser

Desktop Publishing

Other: Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Publisher


Printed Materials:

Teaching Guide on the 2010 Secondary Education Curriculum

Philippine Basic Education Curriculum

Supplies:

Chalkboard

Chalk

Laptop

LCD

Internet Resources:

MOTIVATIONThe Mouth of the Horse

http://blog.flocabulary.com/a-song-lesson-plan-to-teach-idioms/

http://flocabulary.com/the-mouth-of-the-horse/

ACTIVITIES http://www.stickyball.net/esl-idioms-

worksheets.htmlADVERBS

VIDEOSAnimal Idioms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylHYMHaFzzkColor Idioms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FbdbqXS2o0&feature=related

Others: N/A

Accommodations for Differentiated Instruction

Resource Student:

N/A

Gifted Student:

N/A

Student Assessment:

Students will be assessed by the teacher through the activities

Essays will be evaluated using a rubric.

Key Word Search:

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