SEMI-DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH-8

Grade Level: 8-Narra/Molave

Date: February 3, 2025

Time: 10:45-11:30am/1:45-2:30pm

School: San Francisco National High School

Learning Area: English

Quarter: 3

ACROSS CURRICULUM: Science/Values Education/Social Science

COMPETENCY: Use parallel structures. [EN8G-1a-7]

I. Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the students are able to:
a. identifies the odd word in the list and what part of speech it is;
b. analyzes sentences whether they follow correct parallelism; and
c. uses the correct form of words to make the sentence parallel.
II. Subject Matter

Topic: Parallel Structure

Materials: Laptop, TV, PowerPoint Presentation

Reference: English 8, Quarter 3, Module 6

III. PROCEDURES (7E's Model)

a. Elicit

The teacher presents series of words and the students are tasked to identify which of the words
is odd.

SERIES OF WORDS ODD ONE PART OF SPEECH

EXAMPLE: fruits, rice, cook verb
cook, meat
1. clean, walk, eager, hear eager adjective
2. properly, regular, active, properly adverb
noisy
3. often, sometimes, never, never adverb
usual
4. inform, persuade, talkative adjective
explain, talkative
5. attitude, optimistic, attitude noun
funny, forgetful
b. Engage—The teacher presents a dialogue script and the reading may be done by rows,
1 row for Ben and another row for Sarah.

Bored in the House!

Ben:(In a video call) Hello, Sarah! How have you been doing these days?
Sarah: Hello Ben! Not so great. I'm really bored in here.
Ben: Oh! What's with the face? Staying at home is fun.
Sarah: Fun? I hope I can be that positive. Time passes so slow. I am just lying in my
bed, read newsfeeds, and to stare at my dog all day!
Ben: Do you mean, "Lying in bed, reading newsfeeds and staring at your dog?"
Sarah: Yes! That's right. I really want to be productive these days but I don't know
how.
Ben: Try different things. You can read books, listen to Webinars, and watch news on
TV. You can try Zumba, do arts, play board games with family. There's a lot of things
you can do.
Sarah: Yeah right, it is just a matter of positivity, being creative and be consistent of
doing what you love.
Ben: Yes, “Positivity, creativity and consistency!"

c. Explore
The answers written in the board by the students.
The teacher asks the following questions:
(1) What verbs are used by Sarah in the dialogue enacted?
(2) Are they consistent in form? Explain your answer.

d. Explain
The teacher discusses what parallelism is and how is it structured.

PARALLEL STRUCTURE OR PARALLELISM

It is a balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have
the same grammatical structure, like things in a list.

1. PARALLELISM WITH NOUN

Faulty: Mr. President is known for his integrity, veracity and being generous.
Parallel: Mr. President is known for his integrity, veracity, and generosity.
2. PARALLELISM WITH ADVERB
Faulty: He put the model together neatly, accurately, and with a great skill.
Parallel: He put the model together neatly, accurately, and skillfully.
3. PARALLELISM WITH ADJECTIVES
Faulty: John was wealthy, healthy, and an athlete.
Parallel: John was healthy, wealthy, and athletic.
4. PARALLELISM WITH VERBS
Faulty: Yesterday, Dennis did not turn off the lights, closed the window, and lock the
door.
Parallel: Yesterday, Dennis did not turn off the lights, close the window, and lock the
door.
5. PARALLELISM WITH GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES
Faulty: I like hiking, dancing, and to swim on weekends.
Parallel: I like hiking, dancing, and swimming on weekends.
 Rule to Remember: Make sure that the items in the list should be the same in
grammatical form or structure—nouns with nouns, adjectives with adjectives, adverbs
with adverbs, gerunds with gerunds, and infinitives with infinitives.

Before proceeding to the Elaboration, the teacher allows students first to raise their
question to ensure understanding of the topic.
e. Elaborate
The teacher presents sentences and the students are to tell whether it is parallel or
faulty.
Sentence 1: Our school values respect, honesty, and being on time in classes.
Sentence 2: The president advised the people to stay at home, spending time with
family and to pray for the country.
Sentence 3: The conflict between Russia and Ukraine had caused people fear, poverty,
and destruction.
Below are sentences describing the photos given. Choose the letter of the sentence
which has a parallel structure.

IMAGE #1

a. Cigarettes can cause sickness, make you addict, and death.

b. Cigarettes can cause sickness, addiction, and you will die.
c. Cigarettes can cause you sickness, addicted, and death.
d. Cigarettes can cause sickness, addiction, and death.
IMAGE #2

a. Sharath Gayakwad is courageous, hardworking, and determined.

b. Sharath Gayakwad has courage, hardworking, and determined.
c. Sharath Gayakwad has courage, hardworking, and has determination.
d. Sharath Gayakwad is courageous, hardworking, and has determination.
IMAGE #3
 a. Arts and crafts from indigenous group are made with carefulness, intricateness, and
creatively.
b. Arts and crafts from indigenous group are made carefully, intricately, and creatively.
c. Arts and crafts from indigenous group are made carefully, intricately, and with
creativity.
d. Arts and crafts from indigenous group are made carefully, with intricacy, and
creatively.
f. Evaluation
Read the questions carefully and select the letter of the correct answer.
1. What do you call a sentence with words in the same pattern?
a) Antonym
b) Synonym
c) Parallelism
d) Structuralism
2. What is true about parallelism?
a) Using different word patterns in a sentence
b) Using the same word pattern in a sentence
c) Writing long and difficult sentences
d) Mixing different sentence styles
For items 3-6, Identify the words or phrases that shows parallelism.
3. Which sentence shows parallelism?
a) I like swimming, to run, and biking.
b) I like swimming, running, and biking.
c) I like to swim, running, and bikes.
d) I like swimming, to run, and bike.
4. Which sentence is correct?
a) I enjoy reading, writing, and painting.
b) I enjoy to read, writing, and painting.
c) I enjoy reading, to write, and painting.
d) I enjoy to reading, writing, and to painting.
5. Which sentence is parallel?
a) She likes dancing, to sing, and cooking.
b) She likes dancing, singing, and cooking.
c) She likes to dance, sings, and cooked.
d) She likes dancing, to sing, and to cook.
6. Choose the sentence that follows parallel structure:
a) We love to travel, exploring, and to learn.
b) We love traveling, exploring, and learning.
c) We love to traveling, to explore, and learning.
d) We love to travel, explore, and learning.
For items 7-10, Identify the words or phrases that shows faulty.
7. Which of the following is NOT parallel?
a) She enjoys reading, writing, and drawing.
b) He likes to dance, sing, and act.
 c) They enjoy cooking, to bake, and playing sports.
d) We love hiking, fishing, and camping.
8. Which sentence does NOT have parallel structure?
a) I like to swim, to run, and bike.
b) She enjoys painting, singing, and acting.
c) He likes dancing, to sing, and playing music.
d) We enjoy hiking, reading, and drawing.
9. Which sentence is NOT parallel?
a) They love playing, singing, and dancing.
b) She enjoys reading, writing, and drawing.
c) He likes to jump, running, and swimming.
d) I enjoy biking, swimming, and hiking.
10. Which sentence is NOT parallel?
a) Lily likes drawing, painting, and coloring.
b) Lily loves singing, dancing, and acting.
c) Lily enjoys playing, to jump, and swimming.
d) Lily likes reading, writing, and drawing.

Assignment: Instructions:

Research and Define Key Terms:

o Literature: What does literature mean?

o Heritage: What is heritage, and why is it important to individuals and

communities?

o Diverse Backgrounds: What does it mean to come from a diverse background?

Prepared by: Rejoy Ann Binalla/Neil Ian Bercasio Ma. Kris Rebancos

Pre-service Teacher Cooperating Teacher

Pio Balasta

Principal 1, SFNHS