LESSON PLAN FOR FINAL DEMONSTRATION TEACHING

I.

Objectives
At the end of the period, the students will be able to:
1. Define unfamiliar words in the poem by arranging jumbled letters;
2. Compare and contrast the writers point of view in life and arithmetic;
3. Give the relevance of what they have learned in school to their development
as individuals.

II.

Subject Matter
Topic: Arithmetic
by: Carl Sandburg
Reference: English Expressways Textbook for Third Year pp. 219-221
Strategy used: 4As of Learning (Activity, Analysis, Abstraction and Application)

III.

Materials
Textbook
Chalkboard
Chalk
Cartolina where the vocabularies are written
Speaker
Television
Laptop

IV. Procedure
A. Daily Routine Activities
1. Prayer
2. Greetings
3. Checking of Attendance
4. Checking of the cleanliness and orderliness of the classroom
B. Activity (Priming)
Teachers Activity
Class, before we start our discussion
lets group yourselves into two. We are
going to play a game called
Charades. But let me explain the
game to those students who never
played it before.
Charades, believed to have originated

Students Activity
- Yes, Sir.
(The students are listening attentively to
the teachers instructions.)

in 18th-century France, is a classic

party game that's fun for all ages. You
have to "act out" a phrase without
speaking, while the other members of
your team try to guess what the phrase
is. The objective is for your team to
guess the phrase as quickly as
possible.
Things Youll need
a stopwatch or other timing
device
blank slips of paper
a container for the slips
prizes
The Game
Each round of the game proceeds as
follows:
A player from Team A draws a
phrase slip from Team B. After
giving him a short time to review
the slip, I will tell the player to
start. Team A then has two
minutes to guess the phrase. If
they figure it out, I will record
how long it took. If they do not
figure it out in two minutes, I will
announce that the time is up and
Team B takes their turn.
Normally the game continues
until every player has had a
chance to "act out" a phrase.
The team who gets two points
wins the game.
No phrase should be longer than
seven words.
Clues:
Number of words in the title:
Hold up the number of fingers.

 Number of syllables in the word:

Lay the number of fingers on
your arm.
Pull on your ear to indicate that
the word being guessed sounds
like another word.
Given phrases/quotations:
One in a million
All for one, one for all
Snow white and the seven dwarfs
Life begins at forty
"Be fruitful and multiply" (GENESIS
1:28)
Nothing happens unless first we
dream. Carl Sandburg
(After that the teacher will announce
the winning group and give them prize.)

The given quotations have numbers

on the sentence.

Class, what have you noticed about the

given quotations?
Youre right.
Class, do you know that one of the
quotations I have given was written by
a famous poet named Carl Sandburg.
C. Presentation
1. Authors Biography
Class, is there anyone here who knows
Carl Sandburg?
Yes, __________?

Good! Any other answer?

Yes, __________?

-Carl Sandburg likes simple poems. His

parents came from Sweden. They chose
United States of America as their home.
- He grew up in Illinois. By the age of
eighteen, he left home. He travelled across
the country, and he often caught rides on
trains.
At the age of twenty, Sandburg joined the
army. He served briefly in Puerto Rico.
Then he returned home and attended
Lombard College.

Very good!
In addition to that, Sandburg won the
Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1951. He did
not just write poems. He collected and
sung American folk songs as well.
2. First Reading of the poem
I have here a video presentation
through a video presentation.
(The students listen attentively.)
Did you like the presentation?
Good to hear that!
Now, Let us try to know the meaning of
some unfamiliar words.
3. Unlocking of Difficulties
Directions: Arrange the jumbled letters
in Column A to form the words being
defined in Column B.
A
B
1. YLPITLUM
-to increase in
number
2. UQEEEZS
-to press forcibly
3. ODUBLE
-to have twice as
much
4. QTUI
-to stop or
discontinue
5. SKAERTS
-a band of color
4. Second Reading of the poem by
the Students
Now, Lets go ahead and read the
poem for the second time around. Who
would like to read? Any volunteer?
Yes, __________?
D. Analysis
Guide Questions:

Yes, we are.

Multiply
Squeeze
Double
Quit
Streaks

1. What is Carl Sandburgs attitude

toward arithmetic, as indicated in his
poem?
2. What is the funniest definition of
arithmetic? His most lyrical? His most
realistic?
3. What is your definition of arithmetic?
4. In the last stanza of the poem, who
is really better in arithmetic, you or
your mother? Why?
5. Where does the humor of Carl
Sandburg in this poem lie?
a. In his unique ideas about
arithmetic
b. In his choice of words
c. In his looking at arithmetic in
relation to common objects and
things
6. Does Sandburg give us a hint of a
Western value? Do you find any
similarity to or difference from our
value? Prove your answer?
7. What does the poem reveal about
the value that Carl Sandburg upholds?
E. Abstraction
Values Integration
Okay, class I have another video
presentation that somehow related to
the lesson. I want you enjoy watching
the video and tell me your reaction
after watching it.
Arithmetic is as important as life. It
adds fun, subtracts loneliness,
multiplies experiences, and divides
success and failures.

F. Evaluation
Arithmetic is English
In your one half crosswise, write down
the letter of the word arithmetic. Then,
give a description for each based on
how you view arithmetic now after
reading the poem. Be ready to explain
your work in the class after 5 minutes.
V.

Assignment
1. Make a survey in your nearby
section about the importance of
Math and English in their everyday
lives.
2. Divide your one whole sheet of
pad paper into two vertical columns
stating the importance of Math in
the first column and English on the
second column.
Arithmetic
by Carl Sandburg

Arithmetic is where numbers fly like pigeons in and out of your head.
Arithmetic tells you how many you lose or win if you know how many you had before
you lost or won.
Arithmetic is seven eleven all good children go to heavenor five six bundle of sticks.
Arithmetic is numbers you squeeze from your head to your hand to your pencil to your
paper till you get the answer.
Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of
the window and see the blue sky or the answer is wrong and you have to start all over
and try again and see how it comes out this time.

If you take a number and double it and double it again and then double it a few more
times, the number gets bigger and bigger and goes higher and higher and only
arithmetic can tell you what the number is when you decide to quit doubling.
Arithmetic is where you have to multiply and you carry the multiplication table in your
head and hope you won't lose it.
If you have two animal crackers, one good and one bad, and you eat one and a striped
zebra with streaks all over him eats the other, how many animal crackers will you have if
somebody offers you five six seven and you say No no no and you say
Nay nay nay and you say Nix nix nix?
If you ask your mother for one fried egg for breakfast and she gives you two fried eggs
and you eat both of them, who is better in arithmetic, you or your mother?