Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Education

A LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH FOR GRADE 8I.Objectives

At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to:a.define !ord stress" means#b.identify the rules
in !ord stress# andb. appreciate the importance of spea$in% !ith correct stress of !ords throu%h
readin%the sentences %i&en

II. Subject Matte !"o # St ess

References: K'() *eacher+s uide for rade - odule (, pp. (/'(0 aterials: Po!erPoint presentation,
!or$sheets !ith photos, pictures, rubrics

III. P oce#u es

ana%ement of 1earnin%:

Prayer

Chec$in% of attendance

Re&ie! of the pre&ious lesson1esson Proper A. oti&ation2 Acti&ities:(. *he teacher reads the same
sentence to class emphasi3in% different !orde&erytime.

didn4t+ say he stole the money.5

didn’t

say he stole the money.5 didn+t say

$e

stole the money.5 didn+t say he stole the money.6. Discussion: (. 7as there any differences in ho! 5 read
the four sentences8). Did the meanin% chan%e !hen 5 stressed the different !ords8C. roup Acti&ity:

Analysis and Reporting

9sin% the tas$ sheets containin% examples, each %roup !ill identify ho! toexpress the meanin%
indicated in e&ery sentence by spea$in% the sentence !ith correctstress.D. Abstraction2 Synthesis

7ord Stress is the prominence %i&en to a syllable or !ord !hich ma$es the !ordor syllable stand out
abo&e the ad acent syllable or !ord.*o stress a syllable, one should read it louder, lon%er and at
a hi%her pitch.(; 7hen a multi'syllable !ord has a lon% &o!el, usually this is
stressed. Exceptions include the !ords <collea%ue+ and <suburb+.); Stress is usually on the first syllable
of ) syllable nouns and ) syllable ad ecti&es/; Stress is usually on the last syllable of ) syllable &erbs.0;
Stress is on the penultimate syllable =penultimate means <second from end+> for !ords!ith the endin%s
in ?ic, 'sion, 'tion, 'ious@; Stress on ante'penultimate syllable =ante'penultimate means <third
from end+> for !ords !ith the endin%s ?cy, 'ty, 'phy, '%y, 'al, 'ise, 'ate ; Compound nouns usually ha&e
the most stress on the stressed syllable of the first!ord:B; Phrasal &erbs usually ha&e the most stress on
the stressed syllable of the second!ord:-; Compound ad ecti&es usually ha&e the most stress is on the
stressed syllable of thesecond !ord. ; omo%raphs. omo%raphs are !ords that are spelled the same yet
ha&e di erentmeanin% and possibly di erent pronunciation. A number of common homo%raphs
!ereco&ered in 1esson / on 7ord Stress.

I%. Eva&uation ' A((&ication

Students !ill ans!er the follo!in% in their Fui3 noteboo$.Put the correct stress in each
!ord(.&illa%e).absolutely/.reflection0.correspondin%@.baloney9sin% the sentence, explain the
meanin% of each sentence based on stressed !ord. .

Anna

bou%ht a red sports car.B.Anna

boug$t

a red sports car.-.Anna bou%ht a

e#

sports car. .Anna bou%ht a red sports

ca

%. Assign)ent

5n a G cross!ise, ans!er the follo!in%.(.7hat is intonation8).7hat are the t!o types of intonation8/. o! is
intonation different from !ord stress8Prepared by:

RI*HELLE MAE R. LIARES+GAM,OA

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