Basic-English-Communication-1-Lesson-Presentation-1.docx
- 1. Activity No. 1 Basic Communication English 1 Lesson Content Desired Student Learning Outcomes/Competencies Teaching Strategies Assessment/Task Output (Reading Comprehension using short story) How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife By Manuel E. Arguilla MACRO SKILLS READING SPEAKING LISTENING WRITING Read silently at varying speeds; Enunciate the different characters, settings, problems, and the plot in the story; Describe the main character in the story; Give the sequence of the story; Retrieve and synthesize information from the story; Anticipate and predict what will come next in the story; Interpret texts by relating them to real-world experiences; Express ideas clearly and logically; Create a script for a drama presentation (Preliminaries Questions) Before reading: Does the story remind you of anything? Why do say so? Does the story look real or imaginary? What do you think? What do you think the story has, does it have a happy or sad ending? Let us try to find out after we read the story.
- 2. Divide the class into two or three groups with 4 to 5 members for each group. Reading Materials were provided to them ahead of time. Comprehension Questions are distribution by group. Silent reading Group Presentation (Rubric for Group Presentation) is explained 5- presentation is visually creatively and well organized & everybody participated. 3- somehow organized but few participated. Group Activities KNOWLEDGE Name all the characters in the story. List five facts from the story. When does the story take place? Where does the story take place? Which character appears first in the story? From what you read in the story, how would you describe what the main character looks like? COMPREHENSION/GRASPING MEANING What is the story about? How did the main character feel at the beginning of the story? How did the main character feel at the end of the story? Think of a main event in the story. Why did it happen?
- 3. 2- includes few information, lack details, only one participated. Lecture/discussion Individual participation in class discussion Why does the story have this title? APPLICATION Think of a situation that occurred to a person in your story and decide whether you would have done the same thing or something different. What might you have done? Give some examples of people who have had the same problems or have done the same kind of thing as the person in your story. What would you do if you could go to the place where the main character lives? What would the main character do if he came to your house to visit? If you had to cook a meal for the characters in the story, what would you cook? If you met the main character in the story on the street, what would you talk about and why?
- 4. Analysis - making inferences and supporting them with evidence, identification of patterns What part of the story was the funniest; exciting; or saddest? Why do you say so? Tell what things happened in the story that couldn’t have happened in real life? Which of the things in the story were true and which were opinions; why? Organise the story into parts - what would be good titles for each of the parts? SYNTHESIS How could you tell the story from an animal’s point of view? What would be the best way to tell this story if not in a book?
- 5. What is another possible ending to the story that is different from the one that the author wrote? Pretend you are the main character. What might you write in your diary that you want to happen in the story and why? EVALUATION Was the main character in the story good or bad? Why? Compare any two books you’ve read and tell which one you would recommend to your friend/s and why you would. Which character in the story would you most like to spend the day with? Why? Was this story worth the time it took to read? Why?
- 6. Output Choose any part of the story and write your own script for a drama presentation. Record your drama and present it in a virtual tv talent show.