DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH VI
I. Objectives:
1. Identify the figures of speech used in the sentence ( Simile, Metaphor, and
Personification).
2. Construct sentences using different types of figurative language (Simile,
Metaphor, and Personification).
3. Appreciate Mother nature.
II. Subject Matter:
A. Topic: Identifying Figures of Speech ( Simile, Metaphor, and Personification)
B. PELC II 3
English For All Times, Reading 6, pp. 144- 147
C. Materials: Picture of a cloud, charts, flaglets,
D. Values: Love for nature
TEACHER’S ACTIVITY PUPILS’ ACTIVITY
A. Preparatory Activities:
Good afternoon class. 1. Good afternoon ma’am.
Who are absent this afternoon?
2. ( The pupils will report the absents).
Are you now ready for our lesson
this afternoon? 3. Yes ma’am.
2. Review:
Before we proceed to our lesson
this afternoon, let’s have a short
review of your previous lesson,
about verb.
Again, what is verb, class? • A verb is the action or state of being in a
sentence.
Very good.
I have here sentences. What
you’re going to do is to underline
the Verb.
1. The river flows through the [Link] river flows through the valley.
valley.
2. We live in Paris. 1. We live in Paris.
3. I like to draw pictures. 3. I like to draw pictures.
4. She had not come late to the
school. [Link] had not come late to the school.
5. I lent my mother money some
5. I lent my mother money some money.
money.
3. Motivation:
• Students will group into 5 with 7-8
members in each group, they will
form the jumble letters to form into
one of the figure of speech
Group 1-iiiprfesanctnoo
Group 2-ilesmi
Group 1-personification
Group 3-hpeborley
Group 2-Simile
Group 4-toameprh
Group 3-hyperbole
Group 5-eoomtpooina
Group 4-metaphor
Group 5-onomatopoei
5. Motive Question:
After reading the poem, be able
to answer this question.
“To what are clouds being
compared to in the poem”?
B. Developmental Activities:
1. Presentation:
One of your classmate will read Yes, ma’am.
the poem for us.
While your classmate is Clouds, birds, etc.....
reading the poem, what will
Picture of a cloud.
you do?
The cloud is white, soft and beautiful.
Listen attentively.
Understand what is being read.
Do not talk with your seatmate
“ CLOUDS”
Clouds all like silver lambs
On low green hills,
Feeding on blue meadows
Watered by rills.
Clouds are like snowy dawn
Playing with winds;
Clouds are small, willful clues
With playful minds.
Clouds are huge butterflies
Radiant with rays;
Clouds are beasts of the wilds
On stormy days.
Clouds are the sky giants
Their tears are rain
Dropping on leafy plants
Down the plain.
C. Comprehension Check up:
To what are clouds being
compared to in the poem?
Clouds are compared to silver lambs,
snowy dawn, small, willful clues,
In the first two lines of the poem,
beasts of the wilds, huge butterflies,
what are clouds being compared
to? sky giants.
Have you seen a lamb, class?
To a silver lamb.
How does it look like?
What characteristics of a clouds Yes, ma’am.
make them silver lambs?
It’s fur or skin covering is white in
Give the similarities of the clouds
and the lamb. color.
Very good. Clouds are being
Their colors are both white.
compared to a silver lamb
because of its white color.
To what are clouds being
compared to in the 9th line of the
poem?
Why is cloud being compared to To a huge butterfly.
a huge butterfly? What common
characteristics of a cloud is also
present to a butterfly?
They are both colorful and give life
and beauty to our dull nature.
2. Discussion:
What are the unlike things
compared to clouds in the
poem?
What did we do just a while ago? Lambs, dawn, clues, butterflies, beasts
Very good. What did we and giants.
compare?
What do you call to the
We compare two things.
comparison made between two
We compare two different things.
unlike things?
Ok. What is again a figure of Figures of Speech.
speech?
Alright. A figure of speech is a
group of words that expresses a
comparison between two unlike The comparison between two unlike
objects. things.
There are different types of
figurative language.
Study the following lines taken from
the poem.
1. Clouds are like silver lambs.
2. Clouds are like snowy dawn.
3. Clouds are huge butterflies.
4. Clouds are beasts of the wilds.
5. The cloud is feeding on the
meadow.
6. The cloud is playing with the
winds.
Examine lines 1 and 2.
Clouds are being compared to
what?
Are they unlike/ different things?
Lamb and a dawn.
What word is used to compare
Yes, ma’am.
the two things?
The word like.
What other words are used in
making a comparison?
The word as.
What do you now call to the
comparison made in these lines?
Simile
What is a simile?
Very good. Simile is a figure of
speech that expresses a
It is the comparison of two unlike
comparison between two unlike
things with the use of like and as.
objects having similar
characteristics with the use of “
like “ or “ as “.
Who can give me a sentence
using simile?
She sings sweetly like a bird.
Examine lines 3 and 4.
Her skin is as smooth as silk.
Did it use the words like and as in
making a comparison?
Why do you think so?
No, ma’am.
What do you call to the figures of
Because it is a direct comparison of two
speech used in these lines? unlike things.
What is a metaphor? Metaphor.
Very good. Metaphor is a figure
of speech that expresses a It is a comparison of two unlike things
comparison between two unlike without the use of like or as.
objects having similar
characteristics without the use
of “ like “ or “ as “.
Anyone who can give me
sentences using metaphor?
Examine lines 5 and 6. The sun is a ball of fire.
Does the cloud has the capacity
of feeding and playing?
Why not?
Who do you think is the only
No, ma’am.
one who can do these things?
What type of figures of speech is Because they are nonliving things.
used in these lines?
We human beings.
What is a personification? Personification.
Very good. Personification is a
figure of speech that gives
human characteristics to non- It gives human characteristics to
human things like animal,
animals, objects, and ideas.
objects, and ideas.
Give me now sentences using
personification.
The leaves swayed gently with the
3. Group Activity: winds.
To better understand our
lesson this afternoon, we will
have a group activity.
I will divide you into three
groups. Each group will select a
leader who will present your
output.
Before we proceed to our
group activity, let us recall the Follow instructions correctly.
standards for you to follow Cooperate and share ideas with the
while performing your tasks. group.
( The teacher will explain the Do not make unnecessary noise.
temperature chart in following Finish work on time.
the group activity).
I will only give you ten minutes
to complete your tasks.
Group I
Use the following words in a
meaningful sentence using
simile as a figure of speech.
1. rainbow
2. flowers
3. star
4. ocean
5. birds
Group II
Copy the sentences that
expresses metaphor.
1. The English language is like
a bankbook account of a
million words.
2. The dictionary is the
bankbook that helps us use
the words. The dictionary is the bankbook that
3. The flowers danced happily helps us use the words.
with the wind. The clouds are frisky puppies in the
4. The clouds are frisky sky.
puppies in the sky. The wind is a cat that prowls at night.
5. The wind is a cat that
prowls at night.
Group III
Tell what human characteristics
do these sentences have.
1. The stars look down at the
little Baby in the manger.
2. The brook whispers softly
Look
as it touches the river banks.
3. The cool wind gently kissed Whispers
the flowers.
4. The leaves bow down their Kissed
heads. Bow
5. The tall trees stood
mightily against the howling Stood
winds.
(Presentation of the group
output.)
( Corresponding clap with the
group).
5. Generalization:
What have you learned this
afternoon, class? About figures of speech.
Again, what is a figure of A figure of speech is a group of
speech? words that expresses a comparison
between two unlike objects.
Simile is a figure of speech that
How about its types? expresses a comparison between
two unlike objects with the use of “
Very good children. It seems that like “ or “ as “.
you really learned from our Metaphor is a figure of speech that
discussion this afternoon. expresses a comparison between
two unlike objects without the use
of “ like “ or “ as “.
Personification is a figure of speech
that gives human characteristics to
C. Activity: non-human things.
1. Application:
I will read lines from poems.
You’re going to clap your hands if
the figures of speech mentioned
is a simile; you will raise your
left hand and if it is a metaphor
you will shake your hands if it is a
personification. • Yes, Ma'am!
Are you now ready, children?
1. Zooming across the sky,
Like a great bird you fly, Clap
Airplane Silvery white
In the light.
2. sampaguita
With the wondering eye,
Did a tiny fairy Raise left Hand
Drop you where you lie?
3. The sun is an orange
dinghy
sailing across a calm sea. Shake hands
It is a gold coin
dropped down a drain in
heaven.
4. moon, like a flower
In heaven’s high bower Clap
With silent delight
Sits and smiles in the night.
5. Clouds are angry
monsters With a water Raise left hand
hose. They can make me
cold and wet they can
plug my nose.
IV. Evaluation:
Identify the figures of speech used in the sentences, whether it is simile, metaphor or
personification.
1. The bamboo trees swayed from left to right.
2. Her face is like a garden full of flowers.
[Link] rich fields were the farmer’s treasure.
4. The stream was like a silver ribbon over the green plains.
5. The fat comedian is as plump as a pillow.
6. The north wind swings his whistling whip.
7. The traffic jam was a sea of metal.
8. The baby is as meek as a lamb.
9. The sun is a ball of fire.
10. The leaves whisper their secrets to one another.
V. Assignment:
Copy the sentences below. Identify the figures of speech used in the sentence. Write S
for simile, M for metaphor and P for personification.
1. His lips were as white as vinegar when he broke her mom’s favorite vase.
2. The infant’s smile was a ray of sunshine to the whole family.
3. The moon faithfully controls the tide’s ebb and flow.
4. The contestant was a nervous butterfly o n the stage.
5. Her hair shines like twinkling stars in the night.
