Death of A Salesman Lesson Plan

Schools Division of Quezon City
ERNESTO RONDON HIGH SCHOOL

Road 3, Project 6, Quezon City
LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH 9
I. OBJECTIVES
During the lesson, the students should be able to:
1. Identify the elements of play.
2. Note important details from the movie viewed.
3. Appreciate the importance of hardwork.
II. CONTENT
a. Selection: Death of a Salesman, Act 1 by: Arthur Miller
b. Skill: Identifying Elements of a Play
III.REFERENCE: English Time (pp. 11-15); www.google.com; https://youtu.be/FCOC87R9Ub4#8

c. Materials: online pictures, video clip,speaker
d. Strategy: group activity, art of questioning
e. Value focus: love of a father to his son, sacrifice, betrayal
IV. PROCEDURE
A. Daily Routine #4
Clean, pray, greet, check the attendance
B. Review
Let the students recall about the previous lesson.
C. Establishment of the Purpose of the Author
Task 1: Direction: Ask the students the relation of the word hardwork to the following pictures. Explain.
#1
D. Presentation of Sample Instances of the Lesson #2

Task 2:Watching Video Clip about a “Perfect Father.”
Instruction: Ask the students to watch the video clip then answer the question.
What is all about the video?

E. Discussion of the Lesson
Task 3- Viewing of the movie “Death of a Salesman.”
1. Author’s Profile
Arthur Miller, in full Arthur Asher Miller, (born October 17, 1915, New York, U.S.— where his father
owned a successful manufacturing business. The Great Depression, however, brought financial ruin onto
his father, demonstrating to the young Miller the insecurity of modern existence.
He is an American playwright, who combined social awareness with a searching concern for his
characters’ inner lives. He is best known for Death of a Salesman (1949).He died on February 10, 2005, in
Roxbury, Connecticut. He was 89 years old. He died of heart failure.
2. Unlocking of Difficulties
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the first letter of the picture to form a new word.
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____- full of or showing high spirited merriment
___________________ _____ __________ ______ _____ _____ -liable to sudden unpredictable

change
______ _____ _____ _____ ____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____- filled with wonder
and delight
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ - brief or short
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ - force to go away
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ - falling in what duty requires
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ -only partly in existence
3. Viewing of the film “The Death of a Salesman” #1, #8
Have the learners watch the film,” The Death of a Salesman.”
4. Comprehension Questions #2
Literal
1. Who is Willy Loman?
2.What kind of job did Linda want for her husband?
3. Who were Willy’s two adult sons? Describe each of them.
Analytical/ Crytical #3, #9
4. Why were the two boys disgusted with their father?
6. Do you consider Willy Loman a failure? At what point in the play did you make up your mind
about Willy’s success or failure?
7. What learning point did you get from the play?
Inferential
8. If you were Willy Loman, would you have done the same thing? Why or why not?
F. Developing Mastery #9, #2

Identify the elements of play that you have watched by filling in the graphic organizer below.
Death of a Salesman, Act 1

Setting Characters
Problem/ Conflict
Major Events
1.
2.
3.
Ending/Resolution
Theme
D. Group Differentiated Tasks #6

Rubric for Group Differentiated Task
1.Task 2. Attractive/Colorful/Lively 3. Presentation 4.Time Management TOTAL

Accomplishment (Uses attractive colors, alive Delivery and (Finished within
(Noreminders performances) Confidence expected time)
needed to complete
group goals)
5 5 5 5 20
ARTISTS GROUP
Objective: Using stage directions to describe a play setting.
Using Millers description, draw or make a model of the stage. Pay close attention to detail and be
sure to include the following details in your drawing. (Details will be given to students.)
ACTORS GROUP
Objective: Interpreting characterization of major characters
Imagine you are one of the characters from the play. You may choose one member from the
Loman family: Willy, Linda, Biff or Happy. Deliver your monologue to the class…(Guidelines for this
activity will be given to the group)
WRITERS GROUP
Objective: Writing about key events.
Pretend that Bill Oliver discovers the theft of his pen and accurately casts the blame on Biff,
creating a very public stir. Imagine that you are a reporter and you‘ve been assigned the story on Biff
Loman and his larcenous way. Report an account of Biff Loman’s past and present. Try to be as fair and
impartial as you can.
G. Making Generalization
Complete the statement below based on the lesson learned during the discussion
In this lesson, I learned that…

I realized from the selection that…
IV. ASSIGNMENT
Write a short essay about your dreams in life.
Prepared by:
ANNIE FLOR P. OTRILLO

English 9 Teacher
Observed by: ____________________________
Date observed: ___________________________
Checked By:
MA. VICTORIA J. TACUYAN

Head Teacher III
English Department
Date Checked: ________________________
Noted by:
ANITA S. BOHOL, Ed.D.,Ll.B.

Principal IV

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Schools Division of Quezon City

ERNESTO RONDON HIGH SCHOOL

LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH 9

III.REFERENCE: English Time (pp. 11-15); www.google.com; https://youtu.be/FCOC87R9Ub4#8

D. Presentation of Sample Instances of the Lesson #2

What is all about the video?

___________________ _____ __________ ______ _____ _____ -liable to sudden unpredictable

_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ - brief or short

_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ - force to go away

3. Viewing of the film “The Death of a Salesman” #1, #8

Have the learners watch the film,” The Death of a Salesman.”

F. Developing Mastery #9, #2

Death of a Salesman, Act 1

D. Group Differentiated Tasks #6

1.Task 2. Attractive/Colorful/Lively 3. Presentation 4.Time Management TOTAL

In this lesson, I learned that…

ANNIE FLOR P. OTRILLO

Observed by: ____________________________

Date observed: ___________________________

MA. VICTORIA J. TACUYAN

Date Checked: ________________________

ANITA S. BOHOL, Ed.D.,Ll.B.

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___ _ _ _ _ _ ___ - brief or short

___ _ _ _ _ ___ - force to go away