Grades 1 to 12 School Grade Level Grade 11/12

DAILY LESSON LOG Teacher Learning Area Introduction to the Philosophy of the
Human Person
Teaching Dates and Time Quarter 1st Quarter

DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4

I. OBJECTIVES
The learner understands the meaning and process of doing philosophy.
A. Content Standards

The learner reflects on a concrete experience in a philosophical way

B. Performance Standards

C. Learning Competencies/ (PPT11/12-Ib-1.2 ) (PPT11/12-Ib-1.3)

Objectives 1.2. Recognize human activities that emanated from deliberate reflection Realize the value of doing philosophy in obtaining a broad perspective on life.
Write the LC code for each Objectives: Identify the 3 levels of inquiry. Objectives: Discuss philosophizing as discipline of questioning, liberation, and
Discuss the beginnings of philosophical inquiry. personhood.

Doing Philosophy

III. LEARNING RESOURCES

A. References
1. Teacher’s Guide pages
2. Learner’s Materials pages
3. Textbook pages
4. Additional Materials from
Learning Resource (LR)
portal
B. Other Learning Resources Dy, Manuel Jr. "Philosophy of Man", "The Philosophical Enterprise" by John Kavanaugh, S. J.
Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person, Brenda B. Corpuz, BSE, MAEd, PhD, et.al.
https://youtu.be/ZTy3qG_qInU
IV. PROCEDURES
A. Reviewing previous lesson (5 mins) (2-3 mins) Review: What is the beginning (2mins)
or presenting the new Review the previous discussion on the of philosophical inquiry? Review the Philosophical beginnings of
lesson definition of philosophy? inquiry through wonder.
 Review the previous discussion This time, a learner will be able to see the
on the 3 levels of inquiry. Give value of doing philosophy. That this will give
Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down one example. him the opportunity to see things in broad
1. Common sense perspectives.
Ask the students to thumb up if they think 2. Scientific Inquiry
the statement is true and thumb down if the 3. Philosophical Inquiry
statement is false.

1. Everyone is a philosopher.
2. Children can philosophize.
3. Questioning leads to philosophizing.
4. Mentally disturbed people philosophize.
5. There are times that people answer in
non - philosophical ways.

B. Establishing a purpose for (5 mins) Video Clip (4:30minutes) Motivation ( Know yourself)
the lesson https://yout u.be/ExVh4wL70yc ( 5 minutes) Ask:
Activity: Was there a time where you have wronged
Ask the learners 1. Ask the students to a person because of your assumption or
Picture analysis What did you observed in the write 2-3 principles in judgement?
video? their lives?
The teacher will present a mathematical What have you realize because of that
equation to stimulate the students curiosity. As we all know magic uses tricks experience?
but with that we ponder, ask,
“1+1=0” curious and wonder.

Ask: Like, we wonder how come that

1.What do you observe in the equation? the word “proud” picked by
2. Do you think it’s correct? Why or why not. Angel Locsin known by the
magician as it shown in the
video.

Like the crowd being amazed

and bewildered when the
magician revealed the word
written in the confetti is the same
as Vice Ganda picked.
C. Presenting (5- 7 mins) 5-7 minutes Activity “Opinion Mo” Situational Questions:
examples/instances of the Group the class to two. Each Given the following situations. What will you
new lesson Situational / Questions Puzzles.. Like, we wonder why you girls group should have their own do?
get the feeling of being hurt leader to summarize their 1. You saw your girlfriend/ boyfriend holding
1. The teacher will present 3 when your heartbroken or broke opinion all about the issue of hands with someone else.
situations/questions. up with your boyfriend same as summary execution to the drug
for the boys, vice-versa. addicts and pushers. And each
 2. The students will expect to show different group will give their opinion if 2. Your baby brother is wearing your
ways in answering questions.. Collaborative Activity they are favor or not. (10 mins.) favourite red shirt.

Situation #1 Divide the class into 3 groups. Based on your responses, do you think you
Assign a leader, secretary, and did an act of philosophizing?
There was an airplane crash, every single presenter. Let each group What response shows an act of
person on board died, but yet two people answer the question… philosophizing? What is not?
survived. How is this possible? Why?
What do you usually think
whenever you experience
Situation #2 emotional pain? Problems?
Sufferings?
What goes up and never comes down? Present in the class.

After the activity, ask the class…

Situation #3 What can you say about your
responses?
Imagine you are in a sinking row boat
surrounded by sharks. From the responses given, you
already started the act of
philosophizing through wonder.

D. Discussing new concepts (5mins) Cite: Ask the students the value of Discuss the following:
and practicing new skills Ask: “All men by nature desire to philosophical through role The discipline of Questioning, The discipline
#1 know.” – Aristotle play.(10 mins.) of Liberation and The discipline of
1. What strategies or ways did you Personhood.
use to answer the questions? …. Because man is always
searching for truth.

E. Discussing new concepts Discuss the following concepts: Ask the students if they learn
and practicing new skills a. Wonder values of philosophical
#2 b. Doubt reflection when they conducted
c. Limiting the role play. (5 mins.)
situations
d. Metaphysical
Uneasiness
F. Developing mastery (leads (20 mins) The time you started asking Activity (Story Telling) Explain how you understand the following
to Formative Assessment those questions, you already Ask the students to identify quotations:
3) Define the three levels of inquiries. have the sense of wonder, a values of philosophical 1.”He who has a WHY to live for can bear
childlike wonder about reflection cited in story. (10 almost any HOW” – Friedrich Nitzsche
1. Common Sense - a basic ability to everything. We do not tend to mins.) 2. “Those who do not move do not notice his
perceive, understand, and judge things that bother ask questions that are chains”- Rosa Luxemburg
just simple yet too hard or
 are shared by (common to) nearly all people difficult to answer. Like for 3. “Madaling maging tao, mahirap
without need for debate. example: “Who am I?” magpakatao”
Asking this question in its real
2. Scientific- Based on or characterized by essence seems too hard for us
the methods and principles of science. to answer…

3. Philosophical - relating or devoted to the In a one-half sheet of paper.

study of the fundamental nature of Answer the question…
knowledge, reality and existence. “who am I?”. Give at least 3-5
sentences. (5-7minutes)

Ask:
Ask at least 3-5 learners to recite
their answers.

According to Plato, Philosophy

begins in “wonder” – the sense
of puzzlement and perplexity.
G. Finding practical Now that you have understood the 3 levels Ask the learners the questions Ask the students to create Interactive discussion:
applications of concepts of inquiry, 1. How did the magician philosophical reflection e.g. Give one concrete situation where we can
and skills in daily living do that? Child labor. apply the three disciplines explained in letter
(Ask) 2. Why do we need to Questions; D.
suffer? 1. Is it important to help parents
1.In what situations do you apply 3. Why can’t I be the no. if you are not doing anything?
philosophical inquiries 1 in the class? 2. What is the value if you help
them or not? ( 8 mins.)
H. Making generalizations and Man is a questioning being. And Ask the students to enumerate Questions are part and parcel of human
abstractions about the The teacher will ask the following got no “definite answers” that’s the values of philosophical existence. Its inevitability is acknowledged
lesson questions… why we always wonder and keep reflection.(3 mins) especially in times when a person searches
on searching answers. for the meaning of life. This very act leads
1. What are the 3 levels of inquiry? him to progress rather than stagnation and
2. Can you give examples in each level? arresting of growth. Questions are part and
parcel of human existence. Its inevitability is
acknowledged especially in times when a
person searches for the meaning of life. This
very act leads him to progress rather than
stagnation and arresting of growth.
I. Evaluating learning (5-7 minutes) Ask at least 3-5 learners the Oral Test Write a reflection on the significance of
question…. Ask the students to create a question to one's life in your journal?
The class will be divided into 8 groups and When can you say that you situation where they create
each group should make a scenario to show “wonder”? philosophical reflection and
each level of the philosophical inquiry. they have to establish a value
of it. (5 mins)
 J. Additional activities for
application or remediation

V. REMARKS

VI. REFLECTION
A. No. of learners who earned
80% in the evaluation
B. No. of learners who require
additional activities for
remediation
C. Did the remedial lessons
work? No. of learners who
have caught up with the
lesson
D. No. of learners who
continue to require
remediation
E. Which of my teaching
strategies worked well?
Why did these work?
F. What difficulties did I
encounter which my
principal or supervisor can
help me solve?
G. What innovation or
localized materials did I
use/discover which I wish
to share with other
teachers?