Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A Calabarzon
Division of Tanauan City
Tanauan Institute, Inc.
J. Gonzales St. Barangay 4, Tanauan City
S.Y. 2020-2021
A Detailed Lesson Plan in ENGLISH

I. LEARNING COMPETENCY

 Use of appropriate cohesive devices in various types of speech

Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. determine the different types of cohesive devices;
2. identify cohesive devices in a text;
3. create different types of speech using cohesive devices

II. LEARNING CONTENT

Lesson: Cohesive Devices

Materials:
Powerpoint Presentation

References:
1. "Cohesive devices and how they affect comprehension, "Keys to Literacy, Last modified
August 19, 2020, https://keystoliteracy.com/blog/what-are-cohesive-devices-and-how-do-
they-affect
2. Cohesion in text and speech. Accessed on May 12, 2020. Accessed at
https://engexam.info/cohesion-in-english/.
III. PROCEDURE

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

A. Daily Routine
Prayer
"Okay class before we start, let us pray first. (Students will pray)
President please lead the prayer.
Greeting
"Good morning students!"
Good morning, ma’am!

Classroom Management
"Please pick up all the pieces of trash
underneath and kindly arrange your chair.
Please take your seats."
Checking of attendance

"Class monitor do we have any None ma’am

absentee/s today?"

"That’s great, because today is full of exciting

and new learning. So how's your day?" It was great Ma'am!

"That's good to hear."

Review of the past lesson

"So now, let's have our review!"

Do you still remember our last topic?" "Last meeting, we discuss about coordinating
conjunction."

"Okay, that is correct and what is coordinating

conjunction?" "A coordinating conjunction is a word that
joins two elements of equal grammatical rank
and syntactic importance. They can join two
verbs, two nouns, two adjectives, two phrases,
or two independent clauses."
"Very good! And what are the seven "The seven coordinating conjunctions are for,
coordinating conjunctions? and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.

"Okay that's correct, can you give me

1. "The children ran and jumped all over the
examples of sentences using coordinating
playground."
conjunctions?"
2. "Would you like cereal or toast for
breakfast?"
3. "The old castle seemed grand yet
mysterious."
4. "Slowly but surely, the turtle finished the
race."
5. "Grace is saving money so she can buy her
own house."
6. "I don’t want to throw away my candy
bars, nor do I wish to listen to my doctor."
7. "I'd like a bike for commuting to work."

"Okay that is great, I see that you really

understood our previous lesson and because of
that we can now proceed to our next lesson."

B. Learning Tasks

Preliminary Activity
Task 1: Complete Me

"Before we start our discussion, I have here

a game."
"The class will be divided into two groups,
then you are going to think and fill the missing
words to complete the paragraph. The first
group to finish will win the game."
(Students will complete the paragraph)
Here is the paragraph:
Here is the paragraph:
One of the most wonderful inventions of
One of the most wonderful inventions of
modern times is the television. It is now
modern times is the television. It is now
possible to sit in the comfort of one's home
possible to sit in the comfort of one's home
____ watch on screen events ____ are
and watch on screen events that are
happening a hundred of miles away. We can happening a hundred of miles away. We can
____ get entertainment from films, dances, also get entertainment from films, dances,
plays, and sports ____ are shown in the plays, and sports that are shown in the
screen. It is difficult to imagine ____ life screen. It is difficult to imagine what life
would be like without television. would be like without television.

"Okay that's great! You completed the

paragraph.
What you observed from the paragraph?
"We used words to connect the ideas in the
paragraph."
Okay that is correct, thank you.

That game has something to do with our topic

for today.
Are you ready to learn?"
"Yes ma'am.
C. Activity
"Today we will discuss Cohesive Devices."

"Are you familiar with that student?

Do you have any idea?" "Cohesive Devices are used to connect
sentences and/or paragraphs."

Okay, that's correct, so let me discuss it to

you.

Cohesive Devices are words and phrases that

connect ideas. Some people call them
transition signals or discourse markers.
Cohesive Devices affect comprehension
because they help readers to integrate
information between sentences in a text.

Do you understand it? Yes ma'am!

There are three main types of cohesive

devices:
1. Pronouns that refer to a previously
mentioned noun.
Example: Jim went out to the playground. He
played on the swings.
2. Substitution of a synonym for a previously
mentioned noun.
Example: There was a lot of food, but she
only ate bread.

3. Transition words and inter-clausal

connectors such as so or because
Example: Jim played on the swings. Later,
Jim played ball.
Mary was late, so she took the bus.
Mary was late because she took the bus.

The following cohesive devices used in

sentences:

 To compare: also, similarly, likewise,

compare with
 To add information: and, also,
furthermore, moreover, too
 To give an example: for example, for
instance, such as, namely
 For sequencing of ideas: First, second,
next, then, after, lastly, as a result
 For contrasting of ideas: in
comparison, in contrast, instead, on the
contrary

Okay let's try to answer this. Fill in the

blanks with the appropriate cohesive
devices from the list given above the
passage.

Moreover but although therefore because

My friend is a singer. He is intelligent and

hardworking ___, he is creative. He had won My friend is a singer. He is intelligent and
many competitions last year ___ he did not hardworking; moreover, he is creative. He
receive any recognition. ___ he loved our had won many competitions last year but he
place; he decide to leave the country and settle did not receive any recognition. Because he
down in Singapore ___ he will now become a loved our place; he decide to leave the
citizen of Singapore. country and settle down in Singapore
therefore he will now become a citizen of
Singapore.
Okay that's correct! I see that you understand
our topic today.
I am glad that you listen carefully and
participate in our discussion.
So much for that, do you have any questions
or clarification? None ma'am!

Okay let's proceed to your activity.

Directions. Choose the correct cohesive

device from the list to complete each
sentence. Write your answer in a separate
sheet of paper.

While because but and so when then

moreover on the other hand
(Students will answer the activity)
Answers:
1. The weather was bad _____ Amy brought
her umbrella. 1. so

2. I have to go near her______I couldn’t hear

her voice. 2. because
3. _____singing the Pambansang Awit, Carol
dropped her pen. 3. while

4. She looked for her book everywhere ____

she couldn’t find it. 4. but

5. The children quickly entered the room ____ 5. when

the teacher called them.

6. Mother picked up her bag _____she went 6. then

straight to her room.

7. Sheila is a good singer, _______she dances 7. moreover

very well.

8. This dress is too big for me ______I have to 8. so

alter it a bit.

9. Growing flowers gives beauty to the

surroundings, ____taking them out of the 9. on the other hand
forest is not a good idea.

10. Dave makes beautiful paintings _____ he

sells them to his friends. 10. and

D. Analysis
Directions. Read the paragraph below
carefully, and then answer the following
questions. Kindly write your answer on a
separate sheet of paper.
I personally believed that libraries are
among humanity’s important institutions for
several reasons.
Firstly, most of humanity’s collective
knowledge is stored in libraries. Secondly,
libraries protect and preserve this knowledge.
They also classify or group the materials into
logical and easily available divisions.
Furthermore, libraries make the materials
available to everyone and even provide
librarians to help us find what we need.
Finally, librarians are our link to the past and
our gift to the future. In conclusion, libraries
are important institutions for humanity.
Source: https://www.google.com/search?
q=sample+paragraph+using+cohesive+device
s&tbm=isc

1. Pick out the words that are used to

connect ideas in the text.
1. Firstly, Secondly, Furthermore, Finally In
conclusion
2. What do you call these words which are
used to connect ideas?
2. Cohesive devices
3. What do you understand when we say
cohesive devices? 3. They connect ideas

E. Abstraction
Directions. Read the following speech
below. Then pick out the cohesive devices
used in the statements. Write your answer
on a separate sheet of paper.
Greetings! The Philippines is a country of
7 thousand islands which has the highest
endemicity per unit area in the planet. This
means that 70 percent of the biodiversity
found in the Philippines can only be found in (Students will read the speech and will pick
our country. We have more than 3000 species out the cohesive devices used in the
of marine life and some of which includes a statements.)
snail. Our sponges and shells are effective in
addressing cancer and we are barely
scratching the surface of what there is. This is Cohesive Devices:
not just the wealth of the Philippines - it is the
wealth of all of us together. Should the planet ( and, then, Hence, Yet, because, if, not only,
escalate to more than 1.5 degrees then we lose but)
all of that. The planet simply cannot afford an
indecisive ambiguity about what needs to be
done. The situation is clear - anything more
than 1.5 degrees will destroy possibilities for
quality of life. We do not need to give up
economic growth - from clean energy, to
sustainable transportation, to all facets of life.
Hence, we need to have the courage to change
the way we do things. We cannot and must not
build an economy based on suffering. At an
increase of .8 degrees, we suffered Typhoon
Haiyan, which is the worst storm surge in the
planets history wherein more than ten
thousand died. Ironic. There’s so much to give
yet so much to lose.
As the Secretary for the environment we
will go heavily into mangroves because the
islands with mangroves suffered 80 percent
less damage in terms of lives and property.
This thrust will not only save our islands but
will result in economic zones because of the
resultant increase in fish, shrimps, and other
sea life. If handled well, our people can get out
of poverty.
I propose a dynamic direction of
facilitating climate change models on the
ground that gives the message - it can be done,
and we can do it! The rules of the Paris
Agreement can state what the performance
indicators of these models should be. There is
an integratedness of life. Yesterday, I was in
awe at dynamism and non-negotiable
commitment of the leaders of the Climate
Change movement. If we all imbibe this
consciousness deep in our hearts and manifest
it in ground level reality - humanity faces a
bright future if we continue to bloom this
spirit of working together. The Philippines is
making a commitment to this exciting future.
Source: DENR Secretary Gina Lopez at
COP22, Marrakech, Morocco. November 17,
2016

F. Application
Directions: The class will be divided into
two. Boys Vs. Girls. Each group will
construct an informative speech using
cohesive devices with the topic "The New
Normal."
I will give 15 mins to finish your work.
Then, the leader of the group will share it to
the class. (Students create an informative speech using
cohesive devices and share it to the class.)
Okay please present your work.
You did a great job. I see how you understand
our topic today based on your activities and
group work.

IV. Assignment
For your assignment please copy this.
Direction: Construct a paragraph with a
minimum of 10 sentences using cohesive
devices about your experience during
pandemic.
Is that all clear?
That’s all for today class. "Yes ma'am!"
Goodbye! See you when I see you.
God bless you all "Good bye ma'am. See you and God bless
you.”

Prepared by:
Garbin, Lizabel L.

Checked and Observed:

Michelle Olan
Teacher