LESSON PLAN in ENGLISH 9

I. Objective: At the end of the lesson, 80% of the students should be able to;
a. Interpret the message conveyed in a material viewed/selection. (ENaVC – IIIa
– 1.2/2.2),
b. Answer questions based on the context of the story.

II. A. Subject Matter: “For Conversation, Press # 1”

B. References: A Journey Through Anglo - American Literature, Teacher’s Guide
C. Materials: handouts, speaker, cell phone, cartolina strips, chalk and board
D. Value Focus: Recognizing the importance of human interaction and how the
excessive use of technology interfere with it.

III. Procedure
Teacher’s Activity Students Activity Teacher’s Note

Good afternoon class! Good afternoon Ms.!

Everybody please stand for our
prayer.

Checking of attendance.

A. Pre – activity
1. Review
Last time, we tackled Possible Answer: The teacher will
technology and its advantages, as a Technology is the use of guide the students to
review who can tell me the definition science in industry, arrive at the desired
of technology? engineering, etc. answer.

Now, who can give me some of Possible Answer: Some

the inventions of technology and its of the invention of
advantages? technology is the cell
phone which makes
communication faster and
easier.

There you have it. Now are you Yes, Ms!

ready for our next topic?

But before that, let’s see first our The students will read the
objectives for today’s topic. objectives.

2. Motivation
Students will be given time to The students will listen The teacher will
listen to the song ‘Reach Out’ by attentively to the song. make sure that all the
Take That while scanning the lyrics students are paying
distributed to them. attention to the
played song.
 Possible Answer: The
 What was the message of message of the song is
the song? about taking action to
communicate and to
socialize with other
people to cut the
gap/bridge between us.
3.Presentation
In our everyday lives, we always
talk or converse with one another
and the selection which you will
read will have something to do it
which is taken from Reader’s
Digest, a magazine which is known
worldwide.

Before reading it, let’s have a game

first!

B. Lesson Proper
1. Activity
1.1 “ Word Association and
Building Vocabulary”

The class will be divided into

Three groups with an assigned task
to each. They should complete it
within five minutes.

Group 1 (Word
Association)
The group will have to think of
word/words that can be related to
the picture given to them.

Group 2 ( Building
Vocabulary)
The group will have to match the
given words to its meaning.

Column A Column B
1. Hostility a. one who is The groups will do their
oppsosed to assigned task for 5 The teacher should
technological minutes. After that, they guide the student
change will present it in front. with what they do
pposed to and to check if all the
oppos members are
2. Conceivable b. a problem that participating in the
makes activity.
progress more
difficult
3. Luddite c. to free from
4. Setback d. conflict or
resistance
 in thought or
principle
5. Untether e. imaginable or
possible

Group 3 ( Word
Association)
The group will have to think of
word/words that can be related to
the picture given to them.

1.2 Reading Task

The students will be given five
minutes to read the article “For
Conversation, Press # 1”.

2. Analysis
At this time, let us further
discussed the article ‘For
Conversation, Press # 1’.

Who is the author of the The students will read

story? silently and understand She will give time to
what they are reading. make all the students
finish the reading
What is the funny thing that selection before
the author is considering with the reinforcing.
communications revolution?

What are the things Possible Answer: The

neglected because human prefer author of the story is
cell phone over human contact? Michael Alvear. The teacher will
guide the students on
Possible Answer: The their answer and
funny thing that he is after that she will add
considering with the more information
communication revolution needed if necessary.
Please explain the line “ The is that people stopped
telephone used to connect you to talking to one another.
the absent. Now it makes people
sitting next to you feel absent.” Possible Answer: Some
of the things neglected
are; they forget to say
hello to people passing
them, to give attention to
their babies or to pet their
puppies.

Possible Answer: This

line means that the
 Have you experienced this in people prefer the
real life? applications in our cell
phone to entertain us
What does e-mail and instant than the people around
messaging do to human contact? us which contradicts the
ultimate purpose of
telephone or cell phone
which is for people far
from us feel connected.

How about the invention of Answers may vary.

ATM?

Possible Answer: With e-

mail and instant
messaging we can
How about the voice mail? communicate without
seeing or talking to one
another.

Possible Answer: With

the invention of ATM we
What are the restrictions of can deposit at the bank
the writer when it comes to using by just inserting the ATM
technology to overcome its card.
unintended consequences?
Possible Answer: With
voice mail we can
conduct entire
conversations without
even reaching anymore.

What is the tone of the Possible Answer: He

author in his article? restricted himself to no
instant messaging with
people who live near him,
no cell-phoning in the
presence of friends and
no letting the voice mail
pick up when he is at
home.

Possible Answer: The

tone of the author is
hostility because he is
resisting the change or
the unintended
consequences.

3. Abstraction
As for you, how would you Answers may vary.
evaluate your usage of cell
phone/gadgets. Is it becoming
harmful to you? The teacher will give
 Answers may vary. time to the students
If you will limit yourself on to think.
Using your cell phone what
applicatios or activity would you limit
and why?
Answers may vary.
Do you agree with the stand
of our author? Why or why not?
Answers may vary.
What learning or realization
do you have after reading the
selection?

4.Application

The students will be grouped

into five with 11-12 members each The students will gather The teacher will give
and they will perform the task that with their group and work time to do their work
they are designated. They will be on their task. while seeing that
given five minutes to prepare before everyone is
the presentation. Presentation cooperating and not
should not exceed two minutes. being too noisy.
This will be scored on the rubrics
given to them on the activity card
together with the instructions on it.

Rubrics:
(Please check the bottom page)

Group 1(Role Play)

Show the proper etiquette/manners
when using a cell phone or
telephone. ( How should we deal
with a phone call or text message
when we are talking with
someone?)

Group 2 ( Interpretative
Dance)
Through a dance, perform a song
that discusses the author’s desire to
have human contact rather than the
use of technology in
communication.

Group 3 ( Mathematicians)
Make a computation of how much
your weekly expenses is alloted for
load. Think of how you can still use
technology but lessen the
expenses.
 Group 4 (Researchers)
List the advantages and
disadvantages of communications
technology. Use the chart below.

Communications Technology
Unit Advantag Disadvant
es ages
Cell
phone
E-mail
Voice
mail

Group 5 (Singers)
Compose a jingle about
communications technology
highlighting its importance but not
losing interaction with others, then
sing it.

IV. Evaluation
Direction: Read the questions
carefully and choose the correct
answer. Write the letter only on your
notebook. The students will have to The teacher will
answer quietly. check if the students
1.The author’s purpose in writing are answering on
the article is to make us realize that their own.
_______.

A. communications technology is
interfering with human contact.
B. People are communicating less
than they didi in the past.
C. The advances in
communications technlogy are
unnecessary
D. People are forgetting how to
communicate with others.

2. The question “Why is that the

more connected we get, the more
disconnected I feel?”
____________.
A. Reveals the author’s confusion
about technology
B. Invites the reader to disagree
with the author
C. Highlights the author’s examples
and arguments
D. Challenges the reader to find
answers to problems

3. The author’s tone throughout the

selection is ______
A. Amusement
B. Criticism
C. Hostility
D. Indifference

4. The third and fourth paragraphs

give emphasis on how a cell phone
________.
A. Provides convenience
B. Threatens safety
C. Isolates people
D. Efficiently works

5. The idea that bothers the author

most about the effect of
communications technology on his
life is ___________.
A. Limited communication with
strangers
B. Lack of social media
C. Extreme preference for cell
phones
D. Deviation from meaningful
interaction

V.Assignment
Question:
Aside from the communications
technology cited by the author, what The teacher will give
other technological advances in Each students should time so the students
communication deviate from human copy the question on their can copy their
interaction? Reflect on the author’s English notebook. assignment.
concern and how you use your ICT
gadgets without neglecting human
interaction. Write your reflections in
a 1/2 crosswise.

RUBRICS for the Performance

CATEGORY 5 points 4 points 3 points
QUALITY of Provides work of Provides high Provides work that
WORK the highest quality quality work usually needs to be
checked to ensure
quality
We STAYED on Consistently stays Focuses on the task Rarely focuses on
TOPIC focused on the task and what needs to the task and what
and what needs to be done most of the needs to be done.
be done. time
We We communicated Most of us Some of us
COMMUNICATED to one another and communicated to communicated to
shared our ideas one another and one another and
shared our ideas shared our ideas
We MANAGED our We finish our We finish our work We finish our work
TIME presentation before on time and is ready on time but there
the time and is to present it are some
ready to present it. information missing

Prepared by:
Ms. Emee Joy V. Baylon
English Teacher