Detailed Lesson Plan in GED-LIT 01 (World Literature)

I. Objectives: At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to:
a. share insights on the concept of facing one’s fate, betrayal (knowledge);
b. read and discuss the “Oedipus Rex” (process);
c. discuss the concept of filial piety and its relevance to life
(understanding);
d. present a roleplay, song, and poetry in motion that will depict the
importance of filial piety (product)

II. Subject Matter: Oedipus Rex

Reference: Confucius-1.com The Analects of Confucius- Book 1. Retrieved
from http://confucius-1.com/analects/analects-1.html. Retrieved on October 16,
2018.
Materials: LCD projector, cut-outs, laptop
Learners: First year college students
Time: 2 hours

III. Procedure:
Prayer
Attendance Check
Review

Teachers’ Activity Students’ Activity

REVIEW
Activity 1: Who Am I?
Good morning, class!
This morning we are going to have
another lesson, but before that, let us
first run through last meeting’s
discussion through a game. I have here
two columns. What you will do is
connect the characters in Column A to
their respective characterizations in
Column B.
Are my instructions clear, class?
 A. KNOWLEDGE
Activity 2: What Can You Say?
This morning, we will unfold another
literary piece, but before that, we will
have an activity. I will divide you into
three groups. Each group should select
5 representatives. You will be given a
picture and all you have to do is
describe each picture in many
sentences as you can. The
representatives should form a line and
one by one they will write something
base on the picture. But to make this
more interesting, each representative
will only be given 15 seconds to write.
Are my instructions, class?
Time starts now!
 Time’samong
Who up! you here has a prior
knowledge
Okay class, regarding
what is theSophocles?
first picture all
about? Sophocles is one of the Great Greek
The first picture
Tragedian Writersis and
all about
one offacing
his or
choosing
famous yourwas
piece fateOedipus
or destiny. You are the
Rex.
master of your own fate. As the saying
What about his piece Oedipus Rex? goes, when you make decisions in your life
that will surely affect the kind of future you
Oedipus
are living.Rex is about a tragic story
How about the second, what does it of a man who married his own
SOPHOCLES
portray?
Sophocles wrote 123 plays out of which we mother and killed his own father.
have 7 complete plays. These are ‘Ajax’,
‘Antigone’, ‘The Women of Trachis’, ‘Oedipus The
His second
plays involvedpicture
themes is about
such being
as the a traitor
relation
the King’, ‘Electra’, ‘Philoctetes’ and ‘Oedipus or betraying someone. There are those
between man and the Gods and how man
You are correct! At this moment, let us
at Colonus’. He took part in competitions and reacts in certain
people whomproblematic
we thoughtsituations andclose
are our the and
digeven
deeper
won overonthethe two author and his
popular playwrights Heroes of his plays had to overcome various
trustworthy friends but what we didn’t know
obstacles.
literary piece
Aeschylus andentitled
Euripides.Oedipus Rex.
is that they are stabbing our back secretly.

For the last picture?

The last picture portrays someone who
Second of the three Great Ancient Greek refuse tofirst
Sophocles listen
wife to
was what other people
Nicostrata with is
Tragedians (Aeschylus, Sophocles, saying.
whom He is
he had twonot ready
sons to accept
named Iophonor listen to
and
Euripides). His surviving works, written
the truth. He doesn’t want to hear other
Sophocles. His second wife was Theoris
throughout the 5th century BCE, include
with whom he
people’s had one
opinion son who was called
or idea.
such classics as Oedipus Rex, Antigone,
Ariston.
and Women of Trachis.

B. Process
Activity 3: Reading of the text
Now class, the idea that you have
mentioned out from those pictures that
Now,have
you let us proceed has
presented to the background
something to
One
of of
the the world’s
work greatest
through tragedies.
a
do with our discussion this morning. graphic
A tragedy is a serious drama featuring
organizer. The main character’s downfall is often
Are you ready
a main to discover
character who and explore
strives to due to an inborn character flaw or
another
achieve story?
something and is ultimately Yes, Ma’am.
weakness – the tragic flaw.
defeated!

Okay, it’s time to unravel to you the

literary piece that we are about to
discuss today which is entitled
“Oedipus Rex” by Sophocles. To
discuss to us the story, may we call on
our reporter for today, Ms. Ezraleen
Malupa.
 OEDIPUS REX: SOPHOCLES

Jacosta and Laius leave their infant son,

Oedipus, to die of exposure on mount
OEDIPUS REX
Kithairon because of the prophecy their
During the early years of the family is to fulfill.
Sophocles opens his play with a
Peloponnesian War, when Oedipus
situation that the people of Athens
Rex was produced, Athens suffered
Oedipus
could leaves
identify with: home because
a plague heno
with learns
from political instability and devastating of the prophecy he is to fulfil.
end in sight!
plague.

During his travel Oedipus kills Laius and

later comes across Thebes, without a king
and in a dire state. He solves the riddle of
the Sphinx, is made king, and marries
Jacosta, his mother.

Thebes is overcome by a plague, and the

citizens beg Oedipus to end it.

The blind prophet, Tiresias, is consulted,

and Oedipus provokes him into revealing
the murderer to be Oedipus. However
Oedipus denies this and accuses Creon of
bribing the prophet. Creon faces the
accusations and the chorus convinces
Oedipus to spare his life.

Creon returns to Thebes after visiting an

Oracle who has revealed that the only way
to end the plague is to rid the city of Laius'
murderer

Jacosta tells of a Prophecy she and Laius

received from an Oracle in which their son
would kill Laius and father children by
Jacosta. Oedipus is worried by this and
sends for the one survivor of the
encounter that ended Laius' life.
Oedipus tells Jacosta of a prophecy he
was once told and of events that
happened during his travels, and a
messenger from Corinth arrives to tell
Oedipus that his father has died, and
Oedipus is relieved by this information, but
still worried he might marry his mother.

The messenger, eager to put Oedipus at

ease, reveals that Oedipus was adopted
and that he was found exposed on a
mountain and given to him by a shepherd
from Laius' household who also happens
to be the witness from Lauis' death.

Jacosta, finally realizing the truth, begs

Oedipus to Cease his search, and flee's
into the palace, where she commit's
suicide.

The survivor/shepherd is forced by

Oedipus to reveal that Oedipus is the child
he was given by Jacosta and who was
sent to Corinth.

Oedipus, finally understanding, seeks out

Jacosta who had committed suicide. Upon
finding her dead the grief stricken Oedipus
plunges two of her golden pins into his
eyes, blinding himself.

Oedipus begs to be exiled and requests

that Creon look after his chlidren. He
agrees and Oedipus is led away.
C. UNDERTANDING
Activity 4: History Mapping
What is the story all about? The story is about Oedipus who experienced a
very tragic life wherein he unknowingly killed his
own father and married his own mother.

Can you site events in the story which

The part where he talked to Tiresias and he
manifest hubris or extreme arrogance?
cannot accept the fact that he was the one who
did all of that. He was overpowered by his pride
to the point that he didn’t believed anyone.

Do you believe that complete control of

one’s own fate is not possible? Why or Yes, Ma’am. We human beings doesn’t have the
why not? power to control our fate. It is only God who can
do that. All we have to do is accept whatever it
is.
Is Oedipus Rex’s actions was justifiable?
Why or why not?
No, Ma’am.

It seems that you really listened well

during the discussion of the text
“Oedipus Rex”. To further know that you
really understood and really
comprehended the story, we will have an
activity. The class will be divided into two
groups. Each group will be given a
“Story Map”. All you have to do is to fill
out the boxes in the chart. You will be
given 5 minutes to do the task. All
members should cooperate in this
activity. The group who is more behave
and silent will receive bonus points, are
the instructions clear class?
Okay, time’s up. Let us check your 1 – Make a two stanza poem with the theme
work.
“Complete control of one’s own fate is not
possible” and present it in the class in a form
D. Product/Performance
of poetry in motion.

Now class, to further examine your full 2 – Make a song with the theme “Complete
understanding of the lesson, let us control of one’s own fate is not possible” and
have another activity. The game is present it in the class in a form of
called “Roll the Role”. interpretative dance.

Now for the mechanics, all team 3 – If you are the author the story, how will
leaders will roll the wheel of roles you end it in your own way?
here in front. Once the arrow stops
on every number, each number
contains a corresponding task for
you to analyse. In every task, you
are going to make a performance
out of it. You are
Criteria Teamonly given2 3Team 3
1 Team
minutes to brainstorm
Organization – with your
teammates
25% and another 2 minutes
to perform your task.
Significance to
Are
the the instructions,
Theme – clear? Yes, Ma’am.
40%
You will be graded according to this
Creativity –
performance
25% standard

Presentation
Mechanics –
10%

1 2
3
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