DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH GRADE 7 Maureen T. Domingo Pre-Service Teacher Prof. Amelia C.

Enriquez Mentor

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Objectives At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: a. Name the different reference materials available in the library. b. Give the uses of the reference materials in the library. c. Locate information from a range of reference materials. d. Identify the type of reference material to be used in finding information.

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Subject Matter Topic: REFERENCE MATERIALS IN THE LIBRARY References: Ventures in Communication, A Textbook in English for First Year High School by Magallona- Flores, Montano-Dela Cruz and De-Leon Ladera, 2008, page 47 Better English for Philippine High Schools First Year by Josephine B. Serrano pp. 230-233 http://www.ehow.com/how_8544161_teach-children-use-referencematerials.html Instructional materials: Teacher-made visuals, pictures of the different reference materials, concrete examples of reference materials, cut-outs, graphic organizer Value Focus: Cooperation, Respect, Resourcefulness NCBTS Domain: Social Regard for Learning Strand 1.1 Acts as a positive role model for students

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Learning Activities Preparatory Activities 1. Prayer 2. Checking of Attendance

A. Checking of Assignments / Review of the Past Lesson TEACHERS ACTIVITY Can anyone recall what we have discussed last meeting? Yes Shalondra. What is a prefix? STUDENTS ACTIVITY

Our topic last time was all about prefixes. A prefix is a part of a word consisting of a letter or letters placed before the root word to

modify its meaning.

What are the ways on forming prefixes? Yes Clark. The first way is by being attached to the root word. Monotone Maam.

Who can give me an example of a prefix that is being attached to the root? Yes Keyla. Very good! What is the prefix there? The root word? When you say mono, what does it mean? Okay. How about the second way? Yes Gabriel.

Mono (prefix) One maam.

tone ( root word)

The second way is by being hyphenated.

Good. Who can give me an example of a prefix Pre-Valentine that is being hyphenated? Tell the prefix and the root word. Pre- (prefix) How about the third way? Yes Mark. Examples? Yes Ciacelle. Okay very good. It seems that most of you have understood the lesson last meeting.

Valentine (root word)

The last way is being written separately.

Post test.

B. Motivation TEACHERS ACTIVITY I have here a picture, take a look at it. What do you see? Have you ever been to our library? What do you usually do when you are inside the library? How do you describe our library? STUDENTS ACTIVITY We see a library. Yes. Studying, reading books, and doing home works. Our library has lots of books. (Answers may vary.)

You have mentioned awhile ago that most of you are studying, reading books and doing home works in the library right? What specific material does you usually read when you are looking for particular information? Encyclopedias, dictionaries ( answers may vary)

C. Presentation of the Lesson TEACHERS ACTIVITY STUDENTS ACTIVITY

Today we will be dealing with the reference material that can be found in the library. What are reference materials? Reference Materials are sources of information which are used for answering inquiries.

What are the six common types of reference Dictionaries materials? These are books containing a selection of words which are arranged alphabetically with explanations about them.

The teacher will show a concrete example / picture of a dictionary and will explain how The students will be asked to label the parts of a to use it through a sample dictionary entry. dictionary entry. Encyclopedia Use to find information about all areas of knowledge. Thesaurus A book that is used to find new words that means the same or opposite of another word (synonyms and antonyms).

Atlas A book which contains maps of specific locations such as country, state, city, or geographic formations. Almanac A book of facts that provides brief, useful and interesting countries of the world, sports, entertainment, etc. Periodicals Any type of publication that are published in series (newspapers, magazines and journals).

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Application TEACHERS ACTIVITY STUDENTS ACTIVITY Fill in the graphic organizer below with the uses of the reference materials.

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Generalization TEACHERS ACTIVITY STUDENTS ACTIVITY (Answers of the students may vary).

What are the importance of these reference materials to you as a student?

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Evaluation TEACHERS ACTIVITY STUDENTS ACTIVITY

Identify what reference material would be the best and fastest way in finding the following information. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Famous places in France Causes of fever Definition of FASHION Synonym of inevitable The game result of Chicago Bulls yesterday 6. Weather for today 7. Pronunciation of the word GNOCCHI 8. History of the English language 9. The best date for harvesting 10. The geographical formation of Philippines 1. Encyclopedia 2. Encyclopedia 3. Dictionary 4. Thesaurus 5. Periodicals 6. Periodicals 7. Dictionary 8. Encyclopedia 9. Almanac 10. Atlas

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Assignment

Using the reference materials, have a research on the following. (To be written on one-half cross wise) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Definition of education Capital of England Synonyms of naughty Famous places in China Fairy tales written by Hans Christian Andersen