A Lesson Plan for English Journalism 10

Ms. Angelique C. Pura

Monday, September 9, 2019

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the students are able to:
A. define what paraphrasing means;
B. identify the guidelines and methods of paraphrasing;
C. state the importance of paraphrasing; and
D. apply paraphrasing guidelines and methods in given sample text.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

A. Topic: Paraphrasing
B. Reference: How to Paraphrase Effectively Retrieved at
http://www.higherscore.ca/downloads/Higher%20Score%20Free%20Advice%202%
20-%20Paraphrasing.pdf
C. Materials: Laptop, Marker, LCD Projector/ Visuals (PowerPoint
presentation)

III. PROCEDURE
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
1. A. Routine
1. Prayer
“Everybody stand up. Okay class, before we (The students will pick-up the trash inside their
pray kindly pick-up the trash around you and classroom and will arrange their seats properly.)
arrange your seats properly.”

“Now, can someone please lead the prayer?” (Student will volunteer and recite the prayer)
“Classmates are you ready to pray? In the name
of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit. Amen. 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. In the name of the
 Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen. “
2. Greetings
“Good afternoon students!” “Good afternoon Ma’am Pura, We’re glad to see
you!”
“Okay, please take your seats.” (Students will sit down.)

3. Checking of Attendance
“Now, let’s check the attendance. Say present (The students will say present and raise their
and raise your hand once I called your name.” hand once they heard their name.)

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

B. Preliminary Activity
“Okay class before we start our lesson, I want to (Student will raise their hands)
ask if you still remember our lesson yesterday?” “Yes ma’am! Our lesson yesterday was about
Plagiarism.”
“Alright, what do you remember about
plagiarism?” “Plagiarism is an act of copying or owning one’s
idea or words and presents it as yours but there
are different ways to avoid plagiarism such as
paraphrasing, citing, quoting and referencing.
“Very good! Okay thank you, you may take your
sit.” “Thank you ma’am.”

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

C. Motivation
“Alright so let’s take a look at these following
statements.
1. a. It can be difficult to choose a suitable
place to study English.
b. It is sometimes hard to select an
appropriate place to learn English.
2. a. Writing essays can be a challenging
task.
b. Writing essays can be a task which is
challenging.
“What do you notice in these following (Student will raise their hands)
statements?” “Statement 2 is a paraphrased statement of no. 1
“Yes____?” and statement no. 4 is a paraphrased statement of
no. 3”
“Alright very good! We called it paraphrasing
and that will be our topic of discussion today.”

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

D. Lesson Proper
“Now, based on these following statements, (Student will raise their hands)
what do you think is paraphrasing?” “Paraphrasing is rewriting or restating the
“Yes____?” statement’s idea in your own words based on
how I understand it.”
“Very good! Paraphrasing is to rewrite or restate
the thoughts or idea in your own words based on
your understanding, but of course with proper
citation from the source because remember,
we’re just borrowing the idea here.
Understand?’’ “Yes ma’am!”

“But how do you paraphrase? I know you

already have basic knowledge in paraphrasing,
right? So how do you paraphrase? What are the
step by step procedures that you are doing in
order for you to paraphrase a statement or
passage for example?” (Student will raise their hands)
“Yes___?” “First, I will read the whole passage. Second, I
will get the main thought or idea. Third, I will
take note all the supporting details, and lastly, I
will rewrite the passage based on how I
understand the text.”
“Very good! Thank you, you make take your
seat. Okay, in paraphrasing, we have guidelines
to follow in order for us to paraphrase the
statement properly and correctly.”
“So here are the guidelines in paraphrasing.”
1. Read the passage carefully
“First of course, we need to read the whole
passage carefully so that we’ll be able to
understand the text.”
2. Identify the main ideas of the passage
“Second, you have to ask yourself what is the
text all about.”
3. Identify important words or phrases
“Third, look for the keywords or phrases that
supports the main idea of the text and lastly,”
 4. Put the main points in your own words.

“Now let’s have the methods on how to

paraphrase effectively.”
“Take a look at this example”
1. a. "It can be difficult to choose a suitable
place to study English."

Paraphrased statement:
"It is sometimes hard to select an appropriate
place to learn English."

“What did you notice?” (Student will raise their hands)

“Yes____?” “ Some words are changed into its synonyms”
“Exactly! and that is our method no. 1”
Method 1: Use different vocabulary with
the same meaning
“Okay, so this is the most common method the
students are doing in paraphrasing, but
sometimes can be difficult because you need to
have a wider collection of vocabularies in your
mind, right. And not all the synonyms of the
words are relevant or suitable in your
paraphrased statement.”

“How about this following statements, what did

you notice?”
2. "Writing essays can be a challenging task.”
Paraphrased statement:
"Writing essays can be a task which is
challenging." (Student will raise their hands)
“Yes___? “The order of some words are changed”
“Alright very good, and that’s method no. 2.”
Method 2: Change the order of words
“This is much easier than looking for the
synonyms because the words are still the same,
you will just rearrange the words in this method,
but the challenge is to decide what phrase or
words you will move or need to move.”

“Next example,”
3. "The most effective way to build your English
skill is to study regularly."
Paraphrased statement:
"The most effective way of building your
English skill is to do studying on a regular
basis."
“Okay what did you notice? What is the
difference between those highlighted words?” (Student will raise their hands)
“Yes____?” “To build is to- infinitive + base form of the
verb while building is present tense continuous
or verb + ing, same with to study and studying.
The word regular is adjective while regularly is
adverb.”
“Very good! So what do you think is method
no.3?” “Method 3 is to change the grammatical
structure of some words.”
“Exactly! Thank you. So method no. 3 and the
last method is...”
Method 3: Use Different Grammar
“Okay you can change the grammar of some
words but make sure it will give the same
thought or idea.”

“Okay so those are the guidelines and methods

in paraphrasing.”
(Student will raise their hands)
“What are the three methods again? “The three methods are:
Method 1: Use different vocabulary with the
“Yes__?”
same meaning
Method 2: Change the order of words
Method 3: Use different grammar”
“Very good! Okay so do you have any questions
“None”
about these?”

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

E. Valuing
“Alright so if you don’t have any question, I will
be the one to ask a question.”

“Why do you think we need to paraphrase and

why is it important in attributing sources?” (students raise their hands)
“We need to paraphrase for us to show our
 readers how we understand the passage or text
and it is important to avoid plagiarism.”
“Exactly!”

IV. EVALUATION

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

“Okay so for your activity, get ½ crosswise and
paraphrase the following statements.”

Paraphrase the following statements.

1. Pouring hydroxide peroxide on a cutting 1. Bacteria on a wooden cutting board,
board made of wood will kill salmonella and including salmonella, can be eradicated by
other bacteria. pouring hydrogen peroxide on it.
2. Every year, thousands of tourists visit 2. Niagara Falls is visited by thousands of
Niagara Falls. people every year.
3. This brand has been preferred by most 3. Majority of the professional practitioners
professional practitioners. choose this brand on top of the others.
4. At a cruise, you can enjoy the natural 4. You would love to see natural vistas during a
scenery. cruise.
5. Uploading a YouTube video can help your 5. Your business will highly be exposed to the
business be exposed even further to the online world if you post your video on YouTube.
online community.

V. ASSIGNMENT

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

“For your assignment, bring a sample written
interview whether it’s an interview from a
celebrity, crime interview, job interview, etc. We
will use that to our next lesson.” “Yes, ma’am!”

VI. REMARKS AND REFLECTION

Prepared by:
ANGELIQUE C. PURA
Student- Teacher

Checked by:
MRS. CHERRY LYNN P. ABORITA
Cooperating Teacher