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Angeles City College of Education Center of Excellence for Teacher Education LESSON PLAN in AFRO-ASIAN LITERATURE (English II) By: Michael Joseph B. Nogoy BSEd-English IV

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Date of Execution: November 17, 2011 Objectives At the end of the 60 minute lesson, the students shall have: expanded their vocabulary and explanation skills by presenting to the class the word, quote and trivia for the day. shared with their group mates and their classmates ideas and insights about the persona and the author of the poem Africas Plea. written a letter of nomination for their favorite author. explained and shared with the class the reasons they considered in choosing and nominating their favorite author/s.

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Subject Matter: English II (Africas Plea) Reference: Exploring Life through Afro-Asian Literature by Billones, P.S. et al. Materials: Chalkboard and chalk, index cards, papers and rubrics Procedure: a. Routine Opening Prayer Word, Quote and Trivia for the Day b. Recap The students will be asked by the teacher with the following questions: What did we discuss last time?, Who is the author of Africas Plea?, What is Africas Plea all about? c. Activities SHARING WITH THE PERSONA o The students will be divided into five groups.

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o The students will be asked to imagine that they are journalists to interview the persona. One student per group may act as the persona while the rest will act as journalists. o The students who will act as journalists will conceptualize and throw questions to the student who will act as the persona. They could choreograph the whole scenario. o Each group will present the scenario to the class. o Each group will be asked by the teacher as to why they asked specific questions to the persona. o Each group will be graded using a rubric. MEDAL OF HONOR AWARD ACTIVITY o The students will work individually. o The students will be asked to imagine that an international agency or award-giving body is giving a Medal of Honor Award (Pulitzer, John Newberry Medal, etc.) o The students will write a letter, nominating their favorite author, addressed to the head of the agency or award-giving body. o The students will explain in the letter the reasons for their choice. o The students will share their letters to the class. o Each student will be graded using a rubric. RUBRICS: Sharing With the Persona Activity CATEGORY Speaks Clearly 4 Above 3 Meets 2 - Approaching 1 - Below Standards Standards Standards Standards
Speaks clearly and distinctly all (10095%) the time, and mispronounces no words. Volume is loud enough to be heard by all audience members throughout the presentation. Speaks clearly and distinctly all (10095%) the time, but mispronounces one word. Speaks clearly and distinctly most (94-85%) of the time. Mispronounces no more than one word. Volume is loud enough to be heard by all audience members at least 80% of the time. Often mumbles or can not be understood OR mispronounces more than one word.

Score

Volume

Volume is loud enough to be heard by all audience members at least 90% of the time.

Volume often too soft to be heard by all audience members.

questions The Content of The were all relevant were the Questions to the topic at hand.

questions mostly relevant to the topic at hand. (90% relevant)

The questions were mostly irrelevant to the topic at hand. (75% relevant)

The questions were all irrelevant to the topic at hand.

Medal of Honor Award Activity CATEGORY Grammar Spelling 4 Above 3 Meets 2 - Approaching 1 - Below Standards Standards Standards Standards & Author makes no Author makes 1-2 Author makes 3-4 Author makes more
errors in grammar or spelling that distracts the reader from the content. All sentences are well-constructed with varied structure. errors in grammar or spelling that distracts the reader from the content. Most sentences are wellconstructed and there is some varied sentence structure in the essay. Most (90%) of the reasons were plausible to persuade the reader to nominate their chosen author. errors in grammar or spelling that distracts the reader from the content. Most sentences are well constructed, but there is no variation in structure. Most of the reasons for nomination were weak for the reader to consider. than 4 errors in grammar or spelling that distracts the reader from the content. Most sentences are not well-constructed or varied.

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Sentence Structure

Reasons for All the reasons were plausible to Nomination

persuade the reader to nominate their chosen author.

The reasons were all unsatisfactory.