Northern Mindanao Colleges, Inc.

City of Cabadbaran

INTEGRATED LESSON PLAN IN TEACHING ENGLISH THROUGH LITERATURE

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

a. Analyze the use of affixes in the poem;
b. Recognize the lesson of the poem
c. Make a reflection paper on what you should do and improve as a person base on the
poem.
II. Subject Matter
Literary Genre : Poem – “We are a River”
Author : Lao Tzu
Language focus : Affixes
Learners : Grade 10
Materials : Power Point Presentation
References : https://www.britannica.com/topic/affix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmwEkIna5V0
https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2015/10/lao-tzu-we-are-river.html

III. Procedure

Teacher’s Activity Students Activity

A. Preliminaries

Good morning class!

Good morning, Ma’am!
How are you all today?
We’re good, Ma’am!
Very well. Not Let us bow down our
head and feel the presence of the
Lord. Together, let us pray.
Students are praying.
In the name of the father and the son
and the holy spirit. Amen.

Please settle. Let me check your

attendance. And say present your
name is called.
Students are participating.
Very good, no one is absent today.
Now to proceed, I just want to remind
you all class to our six important
House Rules:
1. To maintain the cleanliness
2. Pick up the pieces of paper under
your desk.
3. Keep your chairs aligned.
4. Throw your garbage into a proper
waste can.
5. Listen very carefully.
Lastly,
6. RESPECT ONE ANOTHER.
Yes Maam!
B. Review of previous lesson

Who can recall the topic we have

 yesterday?
Yes, you are raising a hand, Gemuel.
We tackled about a preposition ma’am.
Very good! Again, what is a
preposition?
Yes, Sheena.
Preposition connects the noun or the
pronoun to the rest of the sentence.
That’s right. Can you give me an
example of a preposition?
Yes, Sheila.
Under, among, between
Great!

Motivation

Before we start our lesson, let us first

watch this short video.
(Playing the video clip)
The students are watching.
What was the short video all about?
It was about a girl who only have one leg,
but despite her situation of disability she
still tried to do her best to be able to dance.

That’s right! After trying her best

what happened? She then managed and learned to dance
gracefully.

What characteristics did the girl

showed? The girl is courageous determined and
strong.

What if she was weak and gave up

easily? She would not be able to achieve what she
wants.

Okay, so if you are in that girl’s

situation, would you do the same? Yes ma’am.

Now, let us move one. I have here the

learning objectives that will serve as a
guide for you to be able to know the
things that we are going to tackle this
morning. Everybody, please read.

Learning Objectives:
a. Analyze the use of affixes;
b. Recognize the lesson of the
poem
c. Make a reflection paper on
what you could do and
improve as a person base on
the poem Students are participating.

Very Good!

Okay class, I have here a picture.

C. Presentation
 Do you have any idea whom this
person is? Anyone? No, Ma’am.

Well class, he is Lao Tzu, also

rendered as Laozi. He was an ancient
Chinese Philosopher and a writer. He
was the repeated author of the Tao Te
Ching, the founder of the
Philosophical Taoism which
emphasizes living in harmony with
the Tao, a deity in religious Taoism
and traditional Chinese Religion.

So, class have you heard or read some

of his Tao Te Ching stories? No, Maam. We haven’t read nor heard
about it.

Well, the Tao Te Ching stories are

made of genres in which a
Moral/Philosophical Approach is
used. Students are listening.

Do you have any idea how this

approach plays along literatures?

Yes Please, Aireen. From the word moral ma’am, it would

probably give the reader a pinch of the
reality in which it would be concerned of
the content of the values, ma’am.

Yes, good. As to which, Moral

Approach is with the human principle
of which is right and wrong.
So, since we will have a poem. Let
me just check if you still remember
the Elements of a Poem. What are (Students Participating)
those?

Unlocking of Difficulties
Directions: Choose the letter that has
the meaning of the underlined words.

1. We can ascent to the top of the

mountain. a. Climb
a. Climb b. drop c. clip

2. I admire her for she is a sage. b. Wise

a. Fool b. wise c. average

3. I am not ready yet so I declined his

proposal. c. reject
a. Silent b. accept c. reject

4. A myth is a traditional story involving

supernatural beings or events. a. tale
a. Tale b. legacy c. reality
 5. Let us have a picnic at the riverbank.
a. Land above the edge of a river
b. Desert a. land above the edge of a river
c. A bank near a river

Presentation of the Lesson

Now class, we are going to read a poem

entitled, “We are a River” by Lao Tzu. I read Yes Ma’am.
it first then, you will read it after okay.

“We are a River”

By Lao Tzu

Our life has not been an ascent up one

side of a mountain and down the other.
We did not reach a peak,
Only to decline and die.
We have been as drops of water,
Born in the ocean and sprinkled on the
earth in a gentle rain.
We became a spring,
and then a stream, and
finally, a river flowing deeper and
stronger,
nourishing all it touches
as it nears its home once again.

Don’t accept he modern myths of aging,

You are not declining.
You are not fading away into uselessness.
You are sage,
a river at its deepest
and most nourishing.
Sit by a river bank some time
and watch attentively as the river Students are listening.
tells you of your life.
The students are listening.
Now your turn to read class.

Intellectual Discussion
It was about how a drop a water of water
What was the poem all about? Karl? becomes a river. It is like how a person go
through his life.

I think its about understanding the flow of

That’s right! What else? Yes Emily? life.

Nice idea! What do you think is the

message of the based from the 5th line As we grow up, we face life’s challenges
up to the 10th line? Yes, Ryan? and become stronger.

Alright! It’s about how we lived from

the beginning, facing life’s challenges
and taught us to be stronger in order
to survive.

Can you tell me some characteristics A water is flexible, ma’am.

 that a water has?
A water goes with the flow.
That’s right! What else?

Very good!

Taoism teaches us to go with the flow

in life instead of trying to control that
something that will never work.
Also, one of the characteristics is It has underlined words ma’am.
softness. Softness symbolizes Daoist
virtue. Water is maybe soft but it
overcomes hardships.

Aesthetic Discussion
The underlined words have affixes ma’am.
What have you observed about the
poem?
It is the set of letters being added to the
Correct! root word to modify its meaning.
It has underlined words.

What about the structure of the

underlined words? Suffix and prefix ma’am.

That’s right!
What is an affix class? Anyone?

Great! It is the set of letters being

added to the root word to modify its
meaning. And affixes have two types.
do you know what are those?

Very Good. Those are prefix and Prefix are the affix that is added in the first
suffix. Do you know what is prefix letter of the root word, maam.
class?

Very good! How about suffix? Suffix is the affix that is added in the end
Anyone? of the root word.

Yes, very good. Now for example:

Yes ma’am.

Pre-test ma’am.

Fearless ma’am.

In the word, UNACCEPTABLE. Un-

is the prefix and the word -able is the
suffix. Understood? Okay ma’am.

Now, Can you give me a word that

has prefix?

How about suffix? Anyone? Yes, ma’am.

 Alright! Now let us go back to the Students are participating.
poem and let us determine what types
of affixes are those in the underlined
words. I will call you one by one so
that everyone will be able to
participate. Okay?

So, all you have to do is to read the The message is that problems that we have
word and then tell me what type of an encountered were normal. Problems were
affix was added to the root word. Are created for us to be stronger, for us to be
we clear? happier, because we won’t be able to
appreciate this sweetness without
experiencing the bitterness of this life.

Generalization

Who can give me an Interpretation

the message of the poem that we have The poem will become odd and we will
read a while ago? not understand it easily.
Yes, please Karen?

I think Ma’am, that it would still be

complicated because it can cause problems
on understanding the whole thought of the
sentence.

Very good!
Now, what do you think will happen
to the poem if all the affixes will be
removed from its root word class? Live like a water, which is soft but
overcomes hardships.

Exactly! So why we should use the

affixes? How about we use the root
words directly to convey the poem?

Be flexible in ways you can. And don’t

Very good, class. And also, the stress yourself. Just go with the flow.
subject-verb agreement rules. Keep Everything happens for a reason.
in mind that it would probably be
improper.

It was when our in-depth father left us

with nothing so all we had to do was to
help our poor mother by having a having
part-time jobs whenever we had no class.
Valuing We remained being strong despite of the
hardships.
What did you learn from the poem?

Very Good! What else?

Can you give me a scenario where
you encountered challenges in life? I just keep thinking ma’am that all of it has
And how did you overcome it? an end. And whatever I’m going through
God will always be my armor.
 Yes ma’am.
Oh, that’s sad. But always be strong.

How about the others? Camille?

How did you surpass you challenges
in life? And what thinking that drives
you to be strong? Student participating.

Wow, that’s very nice.

Thank you everyone. I hope that you
will put inside your heart what you
have learned today.

D. Application

Okay let’s go for an activity.

Now class, I want you to create a 5
sentence-paragraph reflection paper
on what you could do and improve as
a person base on what you have
learned in the poem. Yes ma’am.
Understood?

Okay, I will give you 5 minutes to

make it and pass it in front and I will
rate your paper using this Writing
criteria

E. Evaluation
Directions: Choose the letter of the
correct answer from the box below.

a. Laozi f. Affix
b. Taoism g. Softness
c. Lao Tzu h. Life
d. Suffix i. root word
e. Prefix j. We are a River e. Prefix

1. It is a part of a word which comes at

the beginning of a word. d. suffix

2. It is a part of a word which comes at

the end of the word. i. root word

3. It holds the basic meaning of any

 word. g. softness

4. It is the characteristics of a water. h. life

5. Daoism compares it to a river or the

water itself. c.Lao Tzu

6. He is the reputed author of Tao Te

Ching. b.Taoism

7. It emphasizes living in harmony. j.We are a River

8. It is the title of the poem. a. Laozi

9. Lao Tzu’s other name. f. Affix

10. The set of letters being added to the

root word to modify its meaning.

E. Assignment
Now class, I want you all to search and
read in advance about Shintoism and
write a summary on what you have Yes ma’am.
discover/observe. Are we clear?

Okay, any clarifications? Questions? None so far ma’am.

Confusions?

Okay, I think that’s all for today class. Goodbye Ma’am!

Goodbye everyone!

Prepared by: Carla Sheen A. Babaylan

BSED – ENGLISH 2 (Irregular)

Submitted to: Tylien E. Abes

Instructor