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This lesson plan outlines a lesson for 10th grade English students on discourse markers. The objectives are to define discourse markers, identify their modal, contact, and metalinguistic functions, and understand paragraphs by analyzing linguistic features. The lesson proper introduces discourse markers and their uses and functions. Examples are provided of linguistic features that perform modal functions like stating facts, asking questions, and expressing opinions. Contact and metalinguistic functions are also explained. Students participate through questions, examples, exercises, and an assignment analyzing discourse markers and linguistic features in sentences.

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Weeklu DLP Jeff

This lesson plan outlines a lesson for 10th grade English students on discourse markers. The objectives are to define discourse markers, identify their modal, contact, and metalinguistic functions, and understand paragraphs by analyzing linguistic features. The lesson proper introduces discourse markers and their uses and functions. Examples are provided of linguistic features that perform modal functions like stating facts, asking questions, and expressing opinions. Contact and metalinguistic functions are also explained. Students participate through questions, examples, exercises, and an assignment analyzing discourse markers and linguistic features in sentences.

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Detailed Lesson Plan in English for Grade 10

I. OBJECTIVES

At the end this lesson, the students shall be able to:

a. Define the Discourse Markers


b. Identify sentences/paragraphs that has a modal functions, contact function
or metalinguistic functions of a linguistic features.
c. Understand paragraph by looking to its linguistic features.

II. SUBJECT MATTER


Topic: Using Discourse Markers to Signal Functions of
Statement
Reference: English Communication Arts and Skills through World Literature 10
by Milagros G. Lapia and Josephine B. Serrano (Pages 160-163)
Instructional Materials: ICT (Google Meet & Google Classroom), PowerPoint
Presentation

A. PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES
TEACHER’S ACTIVITY LEARNER’S ACTIVITY
 Greetings: -Good Morning Sir!
Good Morning Class! -(Varied answers)
How are you today?

 Prayer -(.………………Amen.)
Everybody stand up. Please lead the prayer(ask one student
to lead the prayer)
-(Present/Absent)
 Checking of Attendance
Let me check your attendance. Say present if your name is
called.

LESSON PROPER
-Our topic for today is all about Discourse Markers. Now my
question is what are discourse markers? (Presented a slide
show)

A Discourse Markers are phrases used in a


conversation to signal the speakers intention to
mark a boundary depending on the purpose and
relationship of the ideas. They are often combined
into sequences and a sentence connectors.
-Please read. (ask a student to read) (a student read the text
-Thank you______! presented)

-Now I give you a quick review on its uses and examples…

-(Students listen attentively)

- but today’s lesson is deeper, it is about how to improve your


understanding of paragraphs by looking for words and phrases, -(Students listen attentively)
called Linguistic Features, that perform certain functions
called modal, contact, and metalinguistic functions.

-Now let us begin with its Modal functions.


-The linguistic features that have modal function are words and
phrases that tell you whether the thew writer of speaker is -(Students listen attentively)
giving fact, asking question, expressing an opinion,
supposition, or emotional attitude, persuading you to do or not
to do something, or simply being polite.

-Examples of sentence that gives fact.


 Your heart pumps blood through your body.
 The third president of the United States was Thomas -(Students listen attentively)
Jefferson

-Examples of sentence that asks question


 Jerry wanted to know how the machine works.
 Janna wants to know why her boyfriend left her.

-Examples of sentence that expresses opinion


 For Clarize, the TV shows in ABS-CBN are more
entertaining than the shows of other channels.
 Mike thinks that Liza Soberano is more beautiful than
Janella Salvador.
-(Students listen attentively)
-Examples of supposition
 If I succeed in my exam, I will be able to go abroad.
 If you get married to this girl, you will have to be tolerant.
-Examples of sentence that expresses emotion
 Wow! I am surprised!
 I’m so sorry for your lost.

-Examples of sentence that persuades


 Remember to pick up the dry cleaning today.
 You need to put your phone away.

-Examples of sentence that shows politeness -(Students listen attentively)


 We’d love to join you, but we are going away this weekend
 Would you mind if I sit beside you?

-Other Linguistic Features perform what is called the Contact


Function, that is the word or phrase that connects a new
statement to a previous one; and Metalinguistic Function,
that is the word or phrase that leads to or introduces an
additional idea to the one already mentioned.

-Words and phrases that perform the Contact functions are:


a. Pronouns that refer to nouns previously mentioned
b. Nouns that are repeated, including their root words and
variants, and their synonyms.

- Words and phrases that perform the Metalinguistic


Functions are:
a. Adverbial conjunctions like because, so that, so, moreover,
also, even though, however, but nevertheless, etc.
b. Phrases such as discussed in the preceding paragraph, as in
the following examples, in fact, in conclusion, etc.
-Do you have any questions class?

B. GENERALIZATION
-I know you’ve learned a lot from this day’s discussion, so
anyone who can define Discourse Markers? -(“A Discourse Markers are
phrases used in a conversation
to signal the speakers
intention to mark a boundary
depending on the purpose and
-Thank you! And very Good!
relationship of the ideas.”)
C. APPLICATION
-Well, if you really understood everything here are some
exercises to test if you have learned something today.
-Match the Modal functions listed in the box with the sentences
given.
-Now, I will read loudly each sentence while you are reading on -(Yes Sir!)
your own, so think about the right answers and I’ll just call
someone to recite.
-Are you ready?
So let’s begin.

a. Giving a fact
b. Asking a question
c. Expressing an opinion
d. Expressing a supposition
e. Expressing an emotion
f. Persuading one to do or not to do something
g. Being polite
(Flashed in PPT. Slide)
1. Ted wanted to know why his kabayan did not vote for him.
2. To his way of thinking, all the Filipino-Americans would -(the students answered one
naturally vote for a candidate who was also a Filipino-American. after another)
3. In 1924, there were 57,000 Filipinos living in Honolulu who
had migrated and become an American citizens.
4. In Ted’s opinion, Filipinos would benefit by have Filipino
representative in the government.
5. When the voters could not read his name, they did not vote for
him.
6. “I’m sorry you lost the election, Ted” said the old man, “for we
know that you are really the right man to represent us.”
7. Two years later, Ted ran for mayor of the City and he won a
landslide victory.
8. “Don’t forget, kabayan, to check the first line on the ballot.”
9. “O, Mang Edong, how are you?” Long time no See!” Ted
greeted the old man.
10. “”Do you think I would let my grandchildren know that I
cannot read and write?” asked the old man.
Answer Key:
1. B
2. C,d
3. A -(Everyone claps)
4. C
5. D
6. E
7. A
8. F
9. G
10. B,e
-Very good! Give big hands to yourselves!
D. EVALUATION
-This time, click on the link I sent you in Messenger(GC), and
answer the given exercises (Google Classroom), I’ll give you 15
minutes to answer.

Directions: Study the given paragraph and identify each


underlined word or phrases as performing the Contact(C ), or
the Metalinguistic (M) function. Write C if your answer is
Contact or M if your answer is Metalinguistic.

The examination is generally accepted as a necessary


part of schoolwork.(1)In fact, (2)examinations are closely
coupled with modern (3)school life that (4)they are the
ordinary (5)student’s chief cause of worry.(7)But the fact that
(8)they do cause so much (6)concern leads one to believe that
something must be essentially wrong with (9)examinations
as a whole. (10)In the first place, (11)the average examination
is by no means comprehensive,(12)it does not show that the
(13)student knows about the whole subject, but rather, what
(14)his/her ideas are upon tiny fragments of the (15)subject.
A test for (16)example, requiring one to fill in the blanks with
specific dates or names may put the (17)student at a
disadvantage (18)even though he/she has a good general
view of the subject. (19)Therefore, it is very possible for a
student to know practically everything about a subject
except what is in the (20)examination.
Answer Key:
1. M
2. C-repeated noun
3. C-repeated noun
4. C-repeated noun
5. C-repeated noun
6. C-repeated noun
7. M
8. Pronoun
9. C-repeated noun
10. M
11. C-repeated noun
12. C-Pronoun
13. C-repeated noun
14. C-Pronoun
15. C-repeated noun
16. M
17. C-repeated noun
18. M
19. M
20. C-repeated noun

ASSIGNMENT
-For your assignment, please click the link I’ve sent you to
answer your assignment.

Underline/highlight
1. Furthermore, childthe discourse
mortality ratesmarkers
must be in the sentences
examined.
below.
2. Prices are rising worldwide, thus encouraging
investment.
3. Due to the high rate of inflation, interest rates were
raised. EAP: Grammar and Academic Style Part 1. 2009/10.
4. Finally, the role of the computer in education will be
discussed.
5. Various writers have examined this issue, for instance,
Van Exel (2000).
6. Although this study concentrates mainly on students
from abroad, ….
7. Although Macs are the computers of choice of people who
do a lot of art and graphic design in their work, PCs seem to
be the choice of people who do a lot of ‘number crunching’.
8. Finally, there is a difference in the availability of
software, vendors, and service for the two computers.
9. In general, there is a lot of PC-compatible software, but
relatively little Mac software.
10. Furthermore, for a Mac, you must purchase your
machine and get service from a Macintosh-authorized
dealer, whereas many different computer stores sell and
service PCs.

-Alright! Goodbye for now, and Have a Nice Day!

Prepared by: Jeffrey V. Castro

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