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A SEMI-DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN TEACHING OF LITERATURE

1st Year - Obedient

Strategy: MTV

I. Objectives

1. Discuss the message of the song Temporary Home.

2. Respond meaningfully to the song by sharing their views on the transcience of life.

3. Complete words in a cloze test of the song.

II. Subject Matter

“Temporary Home” by Carrie Underwood

References

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LraOiHUltak&ob=av3e

 http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2009/10/carrie-underwoods-temporary-

home-the-story-behind-the-song/1

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Underwood

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporary_Home

 http://www.directlyrics.com/carrie-underwood-temporary-home-lyrics.html

III. Procedure

1. Students are shown with sayings or quotes and photographs about the brief and temporary nature of life

on earth. They are asked to answer the motive question: How do you view the transient nature of life?

2. Then, the students are introduced to the singer’s life and the background of the song to be used through a

PowerPoint presentation.

3. Guide questions will be given before the viewing of the music video.

Guide Questions:

1. What can we infer about the 6-year old boy’s background?

2. What does the line “a halfway house will never be a home” mean?

3. What feeling is observed in the old man’s face in his deathbed?

4. What impression does Carrie Underwood’s winter backdrop give you?

5. What is the central reality of the song/music video?

4. The students will watch and listen carefully to the music video of “Temporary Home.”
Temporary Home
Carrie Underwood
Words and music by Carrie Underwood, Luke Laird, and Zac Maloy

Little boy, six years old


A little too used to being alone
Another new mom and dad
Another school, another house that’ll never be home

When people ask him how he likes this place


He looks up and says with a smile upon his face

“This is my temporary home, it’s not where I belong


Windows and rooms that I’m passing through
This is just a stop on the way to where I’m going
I’m not afraid because I know this is my temporary home”

Young mom on her own


She needs a little help, got nowhere to go
She’s looking for a job, looking for a way out
‘Cause a halfway house will never be a home

At night she whispers to her baby girl


“Someday we’ll find our place here in this world”

“This is our temporary home, it’s not where we belong


Windows and rooms that we’re passing through
This is just a stop on the way to where we’re going
I’m not afraid because I know this is my temporary home”

Old man, hospital bed


The room is filled with people he loves
And he whispers, “Don’t cry for me, I’ll see you all someday”
He looks up and says, “I can see God’s face”

“This is my temporary home, it’s not where I belong


Windows and rooms that I’m passing through
This is just a stop on the way to where I’m going
I’m not afraid because I know this was my temporary home”

This is our temporary home

5. Discussion of the song follows. The guide questions given earlier will be answered by the students. Follow-

up questions will be given to further elaborate the song and its message.
IV. Enrichment

1. The students will create their own bucket list of at least five items they want to accomplish in their

lifetime.

2. The students will each be given a copy of the song in the form of a cloze test. Students must fill in the

missing words.

V. Evaluation

Direction: Answer the following questions by choosing the letter of the best answer.

1. Who were the people seen by the lady (Carrie Underwood) from the taxicab?

a. young girl and her new foster mother, students

b. young boy and his new foster mother, mother and daughter

c. young boy and his new pet, grandfather and grandchild

2. Where was the lady headed to that day?

a. home b. church c. hospital

3. What season is dominant in Carrie Underwood’s background?

a. winter b. spring c. summer

4. How is life on earth perceived in the chorus of the song?

a. detour b. stop c. road block

5. What is the title of the song?

a. “Temporary Home” b. “Windows and Rooms” c. “Just a Stop”

VI. Assignment

Read the story “Something” by Hans Christian Andersen on pages 69-75 of your book and answer the

questions that follow.

Prepared by:
Angelo Renan L. Santos

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