DON CARLOS POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE

Detailed Lesson Plan in Origami Making

Grade 8

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, 75% of the students must be able to:
1. Discuss the origami
2. Create an origami
3. Appreciate origami as an art

II. SUBJECT MATTER

TOPIC: Origami
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Construction papers in various colors, Scissors,
Ruler, Glue
REFERENCE: World Wide Web

III. LEARNING PROCEDURE

Assessment
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
Strategy
A. PRELIMINARIES
Good morning class… Good morning Ma’am!

Let us pray first… Lorna, please lead (student recited the prayers.)
the prayer.

Thank you Lorna.

Before we start, please arrange your (Everybody will arrange their chairs,
seats and pick up those pieces of pick up the trash and throw it at the
papers. garbage can.)

Okay that’s enough, you may now take (The students will sit down.)
your seats.

Is there any absent from the class? None Ma’am. Everybody is present.

Very good! I’m really glad that

everyone is present today. Keep it up!

B. REVIEW
What was our lesson last meeting? Asian Art Forms

Ok very good, our lesson last meeting

is about Asian Art Forms. Remember (Students agreeing.) Yes Ma’am.
how wonderful the different art forms
found in Asia are?
5 minutes
Can you please site examples of these Porcelain Vases, Thai Lanterns,
arts? Paintings, Origami

Excellent!!!
We agreed last meeting on your
assignment to bring construction Yes Ma’am.
papers, scissors, ruler and glue, right?
Okay, good. Please get your materials (The students will then prepare
and place it on your tables. themselves)

C. MOTIVATION
Before moving on to our lesson for (The students were curious and 25 minutes
today, I have here some examples of interested)
the art that we have discussed last
meeting.

(Places the sample origami on the

teacher’s table)

What do you call these art forms? Origami!!!

Good.

Can anyone tell me where these Frog, Butterfly, Boat

origami are modelled from?

Yes. Very good.

Do you find these origamis interesting? Yes Ma’am.

That’s great because we are going to (Excited)

make one of these today. I hope that
you can create your own origami before
our lesson ends today.

D. PRESENTATION
Now that you already know our topic
for today lets discuss the history of
origami.

The Japanese word origami is a

combination of two words in Japanese:
“ori” which means “to fold” and
“kami” means “paper”. It is believe that
Japanese origami began in 6th century
and because of the high costs of paper,
origami was only use for religious
ceremonial purposes.

Any question class about the history of None Maam

origami?

Let’s proceed to types of origami and

paper folding.

Types of Origami
•Action Origami can move in clever
ways, also known as moving origami.
•Modukar Origami, putting a number of
identical pieces together.
•Wet folding Origami, technique for
producing models with gentle curves.
•Pureland Origami, origami adds
restrictions that only simple valley
folds may be used.
•Origami tessellations, collection of
figures filling a plane with no gaps or
over laps.
•Kirigami, japanese term of paper
cutting.

Types of paper foldings in origami

• Valley mountain folds
• Pleats folds
• Reverse fold (outside, and Inside)
• Squash folds
• Sinks folds

Any questions to the discussion so far? None Maam.

Good. Let’s proceed now to the making

of an origami.

As a class presentation, I am going to (Students preparing their materials)

show to you how to make a butterfly
origami. Prepare your things and
observe closely.

Steps in making a butterfly origami.

Step 1.
Step 2.
Step 3.
Step 4.
Step 5.
Step 6.
Step 7.

Did you achieve it?

Do you have your own butterflies now?
Very good!

E. APPLICATION
Okay class, we’re not done yet. I will (The students started counting off) 5 minutes
divide you into 5 groups. Starting from
Zara, count 1 – 5.

Group 1, stay here, Group 2, here and

so on…

I will ask you to make your own

version of a paper airplane. It’s up to
you how you are going to make it. This
is not just a simple activity class, okay.
After making your own version of a
paper airplane, I will let you fly that
plane and the farther the plane landed
the greater the points.

Class, are you ready? Yes Maam

After the activity…
Excellent performance everyone. Your
plane flew out well. Great strategies
you did there.

Congratulations! You are now

knowledgeable at making origami.

F. GENERALIZATION
Class, what is an origami? (One student will answer) 5 minutes

What are the types of origami? (One student will answer)

The types of paper folding? (One student will answer)

Very good class.

IV. EVALUATION
Class, please prepare ½ sheet of yellow 20 minutes
paper, lengthwise.
Please answer the following questions
1. Where does the origami originated? • Japan
2. When did the origami originated? • 6th century
3. Origami is a combination of two
words, “ori” which means________ • To fold
and “kami” which means ________. • Paper
4. Japanese terms of paper cutting. • Kirigami
5. This is a collection of figures filling • Origami tesselation
a plane with no gaps and over laps.
6. Origami adds restriction that only • Pureland origami
simple mountain valley folds may
be used.
7. Putting identical pieces together. • Modular origami
8. Moving origami. • Action origami
9. Origami that use water. • Wet origami

V. ASSIGNMENT
Bring out your notebook and copy the (Students will bring out their
assignment. Please bring watercolours notebooks and copy the assignments.)
and illustration board next meeting.

That’s all for today, see you tomorrow Thank you Ma’am.
class.
Prepared by:

ELLAINE GRACE D. GURRO GLYDEL G. AURITA

Prof-Ed / Section B Prof-Ed / Section B

LORNA B. EDOL ERJEL EMATA

Prof-Ed / Section B Prof-Ed / Section B