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Integrated Lesson Plan in Teaching English Through Literature

I. Objectives: At the end of the Lesson, students should be able to:

a. Identify the elements of the story;

b. show character relations and interactions through comparing and
contrasting.
c. reflect the similarities between themselves and the character.

II. Subject Matter

Topic: The Blue Umbrella

Author: Ruskin Bond
Language Focus: English
Learners: Junior High
Materials: Visual Aid, Manila Paper, Chalk and Board.
References: http://medium.com, https://en.m.wikipedia.orig/wiki/The_Blue_Umbrella

III. Procedure

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

A. Preliminaries

Good Morning Class! - Good Morning Mrs. Lusica.

Let us pray first. Aziel kindly lead us a - (Students will follow)

prayer

Before you take your seats, please pick up - (Students will follow)
some pieces of papers and arrange your
chairs.

Who are absent today? - Mark and Cris, Ma’am

B. Review of Previous Lesson - Yes Ma’am

Before we proceed to our topic this - Ma’am our lesson yesterday

morning, do you still remember our was all about the poem entitled
past lesson? “The Road Not Taken” by Robert
What was all about? Frost.
Yes Lucas?

- Ma’am these are Rhyme

What are the elements of poetry did scheme, theme, symbolism,
you found in the poem? imagery and tone.
Anne?
- Ma’am the moral lesson that
Frost conveys through the poem
What moral lesson that author conveys is that whenever life give us
through the poem? choices, we must make the
Yes Luis? decision wisely.

Motivation

Class kindly look at this picture

- (Students will follow)

What have you notice in this picture?

- It’s all about India and their
Yes Leon?
Very Good, culture, Ma’am.
What do you think is the different - Ma’am, their culture is
between our country and India? different in our culture
Yes Pia?

Very Good!
How about the Indian Literature, do - No Ma’am
you have any idea?
Yes Mel?

Okay, thank you Mel

C. Presentation

Since we are talking about India and - (Students will Listen)

their culture, so our topic for today
 class is an Indian literature. To further
understand the story let us discover
first who the author is. Kindly read the
biography of the author.

Ruskin Bond (born 19 May 1934) is an

Indian author of British descent. His
first novel, The Room on the Roof,
received the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
in 1957. He was awarded the Sahitya
Akademi Award in 1992 for Our Trees
Still Grow in Dehra, his novel in
English. Bond has written hundreds of
short stories, essays, novels and
books for children. He was awarded
the Padma Shri in 1999 and the
Padma Bhushan in 2014. He lives with
his adopted family in Landour,
Mussoorie.

Okay class, these are the elements

found in the short story.

Character: A person, animal, being

creature

Settings: The time and place in which a

story takes place

Theme: A main idea of a story or a lesson

the author wants the reader to learn
Plot: Events that happen within the story.

What do you think is the purpose of the

elements in the story? - Keep the story running smoothly
Yes Aljur? and allow the action to develop
in a logical way that the reader
can follow

Very Good!

Before I am going to read the short

story entitled “The Blue Umbrella” let
us define first the following key terms.

Unlocking of Difficulties

Match the words in Column A with their

corresponding meaning in Column B.
 Column A Column B

__1. Toffee a. Owns or manage - Answers:

small shop store
__2. Stitches b. A shard usually 1. C
slender and 2. E
curved nail on the 3. B
toe of the animal. 4. A
__3. Claw c. treacle boiled with 5. D
butter
__4. Shopkeeper d. excessive desire
__5. Greedy e. a single loop of
thread made with
an implement
such as sewing or
knitting needle.

Presentation of the Lesson

Class I will give you copies on the

short story.

I am going to read the first chapter of - (Students will Listen)

the story and please listen carefully.

You will be the one to read next

chapter up to the last.

Okay class, the short story that we

read is about a young girl Binya who
manage to trade her Bear claw
necklace for a beautiful blue silk
umbrella. The umbrella is the prettiest
in the village and the whole village
envies Binya for having it. She is a
simple girl with realistic dreams.

Okay, you will be the one to read the

next chapter up to the last.

Intellectual Discussions

Class, are you done reading the short - Yes Ma’am

story?

What do you think Blue Umbrella - Ma’am the Blue Umbrella

symbolize? Yes, Mark. Denotes of exclusive processing
And the story revolves around
Very Good!
it.
Who do you think the main character of
 the story? Yes, Yvette - Binya and Ram Bharoza.

Very Good!

Why did Ram Bharosa want the - Mam because he’s greedy for
Umbrella? Yes, Henry that blue umbrella, he offers a
price of twelve rupees to Binya
but to no avail.
How did Binya got the Blue Umbrella? - Binya got the Blue Umbrella in
Yes, RJ exchange of her necklace.
Very Good!
- Ma’am I think the theme of the
What do you think is the theme of the
story is to keep others happy by
story?? Yes, Mika
doling out the things that you
love the most.

Why did everyone on the road turn - Because of her shiny Blue
their heads for the Blue Umbrella? Umbrella which she was
Lea? carrying with her.

Very Good! Thank you, Lea.

Aesthetic Discussion

Class, what have you observed? In the - There are underlined words
short story? Ma’am.

Good, everybody read the underlined (Student will Follow)

words.

What part of speech these underlined

words belong? - Noun Ma’am
Village, Woman and Umbrella.
Yes, Nina.

Very Good!

What type of a noun?

Yes, Maris.
- Common Noun Ma’am
Good, How about these words?
Admired, refused, felt. - Verb Ma’am
Yes, Jason

Very Good!

What Tenses of the Verb?

 Anyone?
- Past Tense, Ma’am

Generalization

Why do you think it is important to

know the elements of a story? Yes - It is important to know the
Lovely? elements of the story to help us
understand the structure and
meaning of a story.
Understanding how the elements
Very Good! Thank you Lovely! works together also give the
reader appreciate for the purpose
of the story?
Valuing

Based on the characters of the story.

Who do you think has the traits that - Ma’am For me it’s Binya,
describe you? because she is kind, strong,
Yes Nicole? compassionate and self-
sufficient which I also find it is
D. Application in myself.

Okay Class, group yourselves into to

two follow the instructions written in the
board.
- (Students will Collaborate)
I will create a Venn Diagram chart on
the board. One of the sides will be
Binya and the other will be Ram
Bharosa. I will then assign each group
to one of the characters and ask them
to find details in the text to compare
and contrast the character.

E. Evaluation

Direction: Read the question carefully

choose the letter of the correct answer.
(2 points each)
ANSWERS:
1. What did Binya trade to get the
Umbrella?
a. Marble Collection
b. Necklace 1. B
c. Favorite Jacket 2. C
2. What is Binya’s brothers name? 3. C
a. Binya b. Aljur c. Ram 4. A
5. B
3. Who was jealous of Binya for her 6. C
Umbrella? 7. B
a. Toni b. Raja c. Ram Bharosa 8. A
9. C
4. Who tried to steal the umbrella from
10. B
Binya?
11. A
a. Ram Bharosa b. Bijju c. Rajaram
12. B
5. What is the real Name of Binya? 13. B
a. Binyadevi b. Bijju c. Binya 14. C

6. Who is the author of the Blue

Umbrella? What is the of the words
astonished?
a. Meg Cabot
b. Ruskin Bond
c. Roald Dahl

7. He was astonished to see the blue

umbrella. What is the meaning of the
word astonished?
a. Sad b. Happy c. Surprised

8. What is the characteristic of the Binya?

a. Greedy b. Kind c. Rude

9. What is the genre of the Blue

Umbrella?
a. Novel, fiction
b. Horror
c. Romance
10. Who is Ram Bharosa?
a. Farmer b. Cleaner c. Shopkeeper

11. What kind of person is Rham Bharosa?

a. Kind b. Greedy c. Loving

12. When was Ruskin Bond Born?

a. 19 May 1934
b. 19 March 1934
c. 19 August 1934

13. What is the nationality of Ruskin Bond?

a. American b. Indian c. Chinese

14. What was the maximum bargain Rham

Bharosa was offering Binya?
 a. 15 rupees
b. 12 rupees
c. 10 rupees

15. Where did Binya get the Blue

Umbrella?
a. Chinese Woman
b. Japanese Woman
c. English Woman

IV. Agreement

Please read and study in advance the Middle Easter Literature.

Goodbye, Mrs. Lusica

Prepared by:
ANA FRIA S. LUSICA