Daily Learning Plan - EnGLISH Grade 8 - Parallel Structures
Daily Learning Plan - EnGLISH Grade 8 - Parallel Structures
I. Learning Outcomes
In this lesson, students are expected to:
1. Understand the concept of parallel structure.
2. Write similar sentence according to the examples given.
3. Correct the sentences with faulty parallel structure.
4. Tell the essence of learning parallel structures.
II. Learning Content
Topic: Parallel Structures
Materials: PowerPoint Presentation, Pictures, Computer, Internet.
INFINITIVE - A verbal consisting of to + verb and acts like a subject, direct object, subject complement, adjective, or adverb
in a sentence.
> NOT PARALLEL - Jennifer likes to ski, to jog, and diving.
> PARALLEL - Jennifer likes to ski, to jog, and to dive.
ADJECTIVE - A word that tells us more about a noun. It “describes” or “modifies” a noun.
> NOT PARALLEL - Rhea is young, beautiful, and thinks maturely.
> PARALLEL - Rhea is young beautiful, and mature.
ADVERB - A word that can modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Lots of adverbs end with an “-ly”
> NOT PARALLEL - Miss Jen works efficiently and she is effective.
> PARALLEL - Miss Jen works efficiently and effectively.
NOUN - A word that names something, such as a person, place, thing, or idea.
> NOT PARALLEL - John is studying music, dance, and how to make art.
> PARALLEL - John is studying music, dance, and art.
> NOT PARALLEL - The coach told the players that they should get a lot of sleep, that they should not eat too
much, and to do some warm-up exercises before the game.
> PARALLEL - The coach told the players that they should get a lot of sleep, that they should not eat too much,
and that they should to some warm-up exercises before the game.
Parallel structure or Parallelism is the repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence. It allows a writer
to achieve a sense of rhythm and order.
Assessment
ACTIVITY 1
ACTIVITY 2
Correcting Faulty Parallelism
Example:
Mary’s hobbies are bakes cake, cooking delicious viands and makes unique recipes.
Answer: Mary’s hobbies are baking cake, cooking delicious viands, and making unique recipes.
3. Her mother wrote letters, take pictures, and kept various paintings.
_____________________________________________________________________.
4. When I wake up every morning, the first things to do is pray to God, make my bed, eating breakfast and
prepares my food.
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5. Dancing in my class, to visit at the beach and conversation with my friends are all things I enjoy.
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Generalization: We need parallel structures because it makes writing, easier to understand. When writers follow a parallel structure,
they are less liable to making common grammatical errors.
Homework Further review the lesson about Parallel Structures or Parallelism.