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Instructional Plan in English (Grade 7)

Name of Diana F. Lugtu Grade/Year Level 7
Teacher
Learning Area: English Quarter: 4 Date:
Competency: Identify features of personal essays.
Lesson No. Duration (minutes/hours) 60
4 mins.
Key A personal narrative is a story about your own experience. It can be about a place
Understa you have visited, things you have seen or done, or funny things that have
n-dings happened to you.
to be
develope
A personal essay can also be an opinion piece, an opinion that is based on a
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particular political or social concern or topic of interest. In this type of personal
essay, the writer can state the problem, provide solutions, and then write a
conclusion—which must state an important point.

Learning Knowledge Describe the elements of a personal essay;

Objectiv Skills Compose a personal essay; and
es Attitudes Display appreciation and respect on each individual’s
experiences.
Resourc Manila paper, Activity Worksheets and Pentel Pens
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A Thousand Years - Christina Perri Lyrics.mp4
Elements of the Methodology
Plan
Preparations Motivation/ Have you heard of Perri’s song, A Thousand Years? (The
- How will I make the Introductory teacher plays the song for the class)
learners ready?
- How do I prepare the Activity A Thousand Years - Christina Perri Lyrics.mp4
learners for the new Ask: What does the persona tell you? ( his/her personal
lesson?
- How will I connect my (3 mins.) experiences, his/her feelings, his/her emotions)
new lesson with the How did you know that it is his/her personal
past lesson?
experiences?
Did she/he learn something from his/her experience?
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Presentation Activity Group Activity

- (How will I Another way of expressing one’s experiences is through
present the new (10 mins.) writing. In groups of 4 I want you to study the selection
lesson?
- What materials and answer the questions that follow.
will I use?
- What Reading Text: (for activity)
generalization
/concept I have learned a great many things from participating
/conclusion
/abstraction should
in varsity football. It has changed my entire outlook on
the learners arrive and attitude toward life. Before my freshman year at
at? [high-school], I was shy, had low self-esteem and turned
(Showing/ away from seemingly impossible challenges. Football
Demonstrating/
Engaging/ Doing has altered all of these qualities. On the first day of
/Experiencing freshman practice, the team warmed up with a game of
/Exploring /Observing
- Role-playing, dyads, touch football. The players were split up and the game
dramatizing,
brainstorming, reacting,
began. However, during the game, I noticed that I didn't
interacting run as hard as I could, nor did I try to evade my
- Articulating
observations, finding,
defender and get open. The fact of the matter is that I
conclusions, really did not want to be thrown the ball. I didn't want
generalizations,
abstraction
to be the one at fault if I dropped the ball and the play
- Giving suggestions, didn't succeed. I did not want the responsibility of
reactions solutions
recommendations)
helping the team because I was too afraid of making a
mistake. That aspect of my character led the first years
of my high school life. I refrained from asking questions
in class, afraid they might be considered too stupid or
dumb by my classmates. All the while, I went to practice
and every day, I went home physically and mentally
exhausted.

Yet my apprehension prevailed as I continued to

fear getting put in the game in case another player was
injured. I was still afraid of making mistakes and getting
blamed by screaming coaches and angry teammates.
Sometimes these fears came true. During my
sophomore season, my position at backup guard led me
to play in the varsity games on many occasions. On such
occasions, I often made mistakes. Most of the time the
mistakes were not significant; they rarely changed the
outcome of a play. Yet I received a thorough verbal
lashing at practice for the mistakes I had made. These
occurrences only compounded my fears of playing.
However, I did not always make mistakes. Sometimes I
made great plays, for which I was congratulated. Now,
as I dawn on my senior year of football and am faced
with two starting positions, I feel like a changed person.

Over the years, playing football has taught me

what it takes to succeed. From months of tough
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Analysis Say: There are experiences that may change the

directions of our lives. Such experiences may be earth-
(10 mins.) shattering, such as losing a family member or close
friend. Sometimes we share these experiences to others
to lessen the burden inside us. This is another text type.
1. What type of text have you read?
2. What is a personal essay?
3. What are its elements? How does this differ from
other type of texts?
Abstraction A personal essay can be a narrative, a story about your
own experience. It can be about a place you have
visited, things you have seen or done, or funny things
(7 mins.)
that have happened to you.

A personal narrative has the following elements:

 It is based on a personal experience in which you
have gained significant meaning, insight, or learned
a lesson. It can also be based on a milestone or life-
altering event.
 It is personal narrative. The writer tells the story by
including dialogue, imagery, characterization,
conflict, plot, and setting.

 It is written in the first person. (“I” point-of-view)

 It is an autobiographical story in which the writer

describes an incident that resulted in some
personal growth or development.

Practice Application Individual Task: Write your personal essay.

- What practice (Minimum of 2 and a maximum of 3 paragraphs)
exercises/applicati
on activities will I
Your subject can be about anything that you are
give to the
learners? passionate about. You can write about a “turning point”
(Answering practice in your life, or a breakthrough, or misfortune, death, or
exercise
- Applying learning in illness . The subject you choose must have provided you
other situations/actual with important personal meaning or a lesson that you
situations/real-life
situations have learned. Keep in mind that you are not just
- Expressing one’s reflecting or remembering but you are going to make a
thoughts, feelings,
opinions, beliefs through point, some common truth that your readers can
artwork, songs, dances, appreciate. Otherwise, your story is just a story. Choose
sports
- Performing musical one of any of the following subjects:
numbers/dances,
manipulative activities,
etc.)
 Person
 Place
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 Event

After this activity, say:

Asse Assessment Matrix
ss- Levels of Assessment What will I assess? How will I How will
ment (10 mins) assess? I score?
Knowledge
(refers to the substantive content
of the curriculum, facts and
information that the student
acquires)
What do we want students to
know?
(relevance and adequacy)
How do we want students to
express or provide evidence of
what they know
Process or Skills
(refers to skills or cognitive
operations that the student
performs on facts and
information for the purpose of
constructing meanings or
understandings.)
Skills as evidenced by student’s
ability to process and make sense
of information, and may be
assessed in the following criteria:
understanding of content and
critical thinking
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Understanding(s) Peer Checking Rubrics

(refers to enduring big ideas,  6 out
principles and generalizations
1) Does the essay have an
inherent to the discipline, which interesting introduction? What of 6
may be assessed using the facets items
of understanding or other the writer has done to grab your
indicators of understanding which attention? are
may be specific to the discipline
2) Can the writer improve his/her evident
skill in showing instead of just - 15
simply telling these experiences? pts
4) Is the organization of ideas and  5 out
events easy to follow and of 6-
12pts
relevant? How might the structure
 4 out
be improved?
6-10
5) Was there a concluding
pts.
message?
 3 out
6) Are the elements of personal
6-8pts.
essay present?
 2 out
of 6-6
pts.
 1 out
6-4pts
 Shows
no
eviden
ce- 0

Products/performanc
es
(Transfer of
Understanding)
(refer to the real-life application
of understanding as evidenced by
student’s performance of
authentic tasks)
Assig Reinforcing the day’s After peer checking, the write-ups will be edited and rewritten at
n- lesson home (teacher signs the students’ outputs)
ment Enriching the day’s
lesson
Enhancing the day’s
lesson
Preparing for the new
lesson
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