gfA Detailed Lesson Plan

in Grade 7
I. OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standards:
The learner
demonstrates
understanding of:
contemporary Philippine
literature
as a means of responding
to the demands of the
global village; various
extended text
types; lexical and
contextual cues;
appropriate and polite
oral language, stance,,
and
behavior; and use of
imperatives,
prepositions, verbs, and
wh-questions
A Detailed Lesson Plan in
Grade 7
I. OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standards:
The learner
demonstrates
understanding of:
contemporary Philippine
literature
as a means of responding
to the demands of the
global village; various
extended text
types; lexical and
contextual cues;
appropriate and polite
oral language, stance,,
and
behavior; and use of
imperatives,
prepositions, verbs, and
wh-questions
A Detailed Lesson Plan in
Grade 7
I. OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standards:
The learner
demonstrates
understanding of:
contemporary Philippine
literature
as a means of responding
to the demands of the
global village; various
extended text
types; lexical and
contextual cues;
appropriate and polite
oral language, stance,,
and
behavior; and use of
imperatives,
prepositions, verbs, and
wh-questions
A Detailed Lesson Plan in
Grade 7
I. OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standards:
The learner
demonstrates
understanding of:
contemporary Philippine
literature
as a means of responding
to the demands of the
global village; various
extended text
types; lexical and
contextual cues;
appropriate and polite
oral language, stance,,
and
behavior; and use of
imperatives,
prepositions, verbs, and
wh-questions
A Detailed Lesson Plan in
Grade 7
I. OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standards:
The learner
demonstrates
understanding of:
contemporary Philippine
literature
as a means of responding
to the demands of the
global village; various
extended text
types; lexical and
contextual cues;
appropriate and polite
oral language, stance,,
and
behavior; and use of
imperatives,
prepositions, verbs, and
wh-questions.
A Detailed Lesson Plan in Grade 7

I. OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standards:
The learner demonstrates understanding of; contemporary Philippine literature as a means
of responding to the demands of the global village; various extended text types; lexical and contextual
cues; appropriate and polite oral language, stance, and behavior, and use of imperatives, prepositions,
verbs, and wh-questions.
B. Performance Standards:
The learner transfers learning by: explaining the need to be cooperative and responsible
in today’s global village; using appropriate strategies to comprehend extended text; using lexical and
contextual cues to understand unfamiliar words and expressions; using imperatives, prepositions, and
appropriate and polite oral language, stance and behavior in various information-sharing formats.
C. Learning Competencies:
Express appreciation for sensory images used (EN7LT-IV-c-2.2.1)
Explain how a selection may be influenced by culture, history, environment,
or other factors (EN7LT-IV-h-3)
D. Learning Outcomes:
At the end of this lesson, the students must have:
a) defined sensory images;
b) differentiated the different types of sensory images;
c) demonstrated an understanding to the selected literary piece through sensory
images;
d) written a poem using sensory images; and
e) demonstrated an appreciation of the selected poem through a reflective essay.
II. CONTENT
A. Topic: Understanding Poetry through Sensory Images
III. RESOURCES
A. References
1. Curriculum Guide: EN7LT-IV-c-2.2.1; EN7LT-IV-h-3
2. Learning Materials
A. Online Source (http://mendoza544.blogspot.com/2012/10/silent-trails.html)
B. Teaching Materials
1. Laptop
2. Power Point Presentation
3. Projector
IV. PROCEDURES

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

A. Preliminaries
1. Greetings
Good morning class! Good morning, sir!

How was your weekend? It was good, sir.

Good to hear it! Are you ready for the next lesson today? Yes, sir!

2. Prayer
Before we start, may I request everyone to stand for a prayer.

Let us put ourselves in the presence of the Lord…

Our Heavenly Father, we offer you this day, all we do, hear,
and say. Give light to our mind, to learn lessons of all kind.
Help us to be obedient, thoughtful and loving to all. In Jesus
name, amen!

Please be seated.

3. Classroom Management
Everyone, please arrange your chairs and make sure your Yes, Sir!
areas are clean.

4. Checking of Attendance
Before I forget, may I know who is absent today? Juan dela Cruz is absent Sir.
Okay, may I request then the class secretary for the Okay, Sir.
attendance.

5. Review
Let’s have a short recap of what we discussed last Friday.
Anyone who wants to share what he/she has learned? Last meeting sir, we discussed about
the elements of poem, which includes
the meter, rhyme, verse and stanza.
Very good! Who could tell me then what is a rhyme scheme
or a rhyme? Anyone?

Okay, Judy Ann, go ahead. Sir! A rhyme scheme is the pattern of

sounds that repeats at the end of a line
or stanza. Rhyme schemes can change
line by line, stanza by stanza, or can
continue throughout a poem.
Very well said. You really listened to our discussion last
meeting.
6. Motivation
Now, let’s do some exercise before we begin our lesson.
I would like you to close your eyes, empty your minds, and
focus on what you are about to hear.

Now, open your eyes. Can someone describe me what have Sir, may I try?
you seen or pictured out while hearing the sound? I see the forest that brings me the
feeling of peace and tranquility. It’s
like I am in the real forest.
That’s very nice. Your senses are really working.

Now let’s move to another place. Stay focus and relax.

That’s it! Who would like to share what they have felt?
Sir, I volunteer.
To be honest, the sound of the waves
and the splashing of sea water is very
Indeed! You have a very creative mind. Keep it up. relaxing.

What did you use to appreciate the sound that you heard
without being able to see it? Our senses sir!

Exactly! That’s the power of our senses. We are able to

understand and feel the world. Some people lost some of
their senses like those who are deaf and mute or have other
impairment; can we say that they can fully appreciate the
world? No, sir.

Right. That’s very sad. That’s why we should be thankful

that all our senses are working and we should use them in a
way that helps us improve ourselves. Right class?
Yes, sir.
B. Lesson Proper
1. Presentation of the lesson
Based from the activity that we did. Do you now have an idea Sir!
of what we are going to talk about today?

Okay, go ahead. I think that our lesson for today will

revolve around understanding a work
of literature like poem through the
identification and realization of
abstract images embedded in it.

Wow! That’s very impressive! Indeed, you are correct. To Thank you, sir!
simply put it, our lesson is about Sensory Images and Its
Significance in Understanding a Poem.

You are welcome.

2. Lesson Proper
Now, for us to further understand what sensory images are, SILENT TRAILS
may we all read the poem on the board which is entitled By Marcelo de Gracia Conception
“Silent Trails”, by Marcelo de Gracia Conception
Silent trails
Silent are the trails of Benguet hills,
When the mist veils the sun.

Even when the wind stirs the ferns

And the bamboo brakes sing
Their echoed murmurs.

And the laden Benguet women pass;

Beating their pakkongs
In cadenced monotones.

I felt the weather in Benguet, how cold

After reading the poem, what were you able to feel? Anyone? it is sir.

Sir, as I was going through the poem, I

Good. Aside from that, any other answers? felt as if I am also walking at the trails
of Benguet.

Sir, the atmosphere you get from the

Very good! So, what emotions did you feel? poem is actually peaceful and serene
because of the bamboo brakes and air
breeze. In a way, it also feels heavy
because of the silence that the poem is
implying which I believe is under
tactile imagery too.

Nice! If we simply put it, you were able to experience the Sir
poem even if you are just reading it, and that is because of
what? Sir, because of the images that appeal
Okay, go on. to our senses upon reading the poem.

Exactly!

Now, let us go over the poem line by line in order for us to

fully understand the message of the poem, “Silent Trails”, by
Marcelo de Gracia Conception. But before that, let us get to
know that author first.

Marcelo de Gracia Conception, the

Can someone read what’s on the board? author of “Silent Trails,” was
considered the “only genuine Filipino
poet” and the first to have a book of
poems published in America. He was
listed on the staff of the Three Stars as
an editor in 1931.
Thank you.

Now, let us dive deeper to what the poem “Silent Trails”

really would want to extend.
“Silent Trails
Please read the first 2 lines of the poem. Silent are the trails of Benguet Hills”

Sir, it is giving us the image of the

Basing from the two lines, what images comes into your trails in Benguet and it appeals to the
minds using our different senses? sense of hearing, as it describes the
trails of Benguet as a silent place.

You are right! The author describes Benguet as a silent place

because, maybe it is far from the city and nature is the only
one that could cause noises in there.
“When the mist veils the sun”
How about the next line? Can you read it and tell me what
sense does this appeal to and what are the sensory images we I think it appeals to our sense of sight
could see from there? sir. It somehow describes how foggy
Benguet is but sometimes the ray of
the sunlight conquers the fogs sir.

Good! Since Benguet is a high place, it is the nature of the

place to be foggy.
“Even when the wind stirs the ferns
How about the next three lines? And the bamboo breaks sing
Their echoed murmurs”

I believe that there are two senses that

these stanzas appeal to because in the
first line, we can feel how the wind
stirs the ferns, thus, it appeals to the
sense of touch. While the second and
third line obviously appeal to the sense
of hearing.

Very good observation! “And the laden Benguet women pass;

Beating their pakkongs
Let’s move on to the next three lines also. In cadenced monotones”
Kindly read and explain.
Just like the previous stanza, it also
appeals to two senses which are sight
and hearing sir. Also, it gives us the
images of Benguet women and their
pakkongs sir. Using my senses, the
images is somehow telling us about the
culture of the people of Benguet too
sir.

“Even so,
These trails are lonely…
Good. What do you think is the significance of the word And deep are the ravines
lonely in the poem? And higher still the skies.”

It appeals to the sense of sight sir.

Because it let us see the trails, ravines,
and the skies of Benguet sir.
And I think, it’s the author’s direct
way of saying that you cannot always
find happiness in a place of silence.

Sir, I think silence does not always

mean that the person is sad because
That’s a very deep thought. Therefore, Silent Trails is a poem sometimes the happiest people are the
that expresses that, the lonely atmosphere of Benguet Hills is saddest as well. Human nature tells us
like a lonely person. A person who is lonely is always silent that when you are sad you tend to
just like the Benguet hills are described in the poem. Any always hide it by being cheerful.
other interpretation?

All of your interpretations are correct. In poetry class, you

can have multiple interpretations and that is the beauty of a
piece of literature like this poem. Through sensory images,
we are given the chance to grasp fully what lies behind the
words in the poem. Sensory images add life to the poem Sir, I think from the word itself,
itself. Therefore, after all the thorough analysis of the poem, “sensory” means using our senses to
how do you define sensory images? create images in our mind as we read
any literary text.

Yes, sir.

That is right. For example, when we read a poem, is there an

image that you can visualize in your mind? Or anything that
you can imagine? Sir, I think this will work by engaging
the reader’s five senses which are the
Okay, who else has an idea? sense of sight, taste, hear, smell, and
touch.

Okay, very well said!

Class, when we say sensory images, it involves the use of

descriptive language to create mental images.

Let us remember these Five Different types of Sensory

Images, first, the Visual Imagery which involves the sense of
sight, second, the olfactory imagery which involves the sense
of smell, third, the Gustatory Imagery which involves the
sense of taste, fourth is the Auditory Imagery which involves
the sense of hearing, and lastly the Tactile Imagery which
involves the sense of touch.

I think you are now ready to take another challenge. In this

regard, may we now proceed to an activity which will
showcase your creativity
C. After the Lesson
1. Application
To apply what you have learned, you shall make your own
poem. The class will be divided into five groups, and each
group will be given a picture. Basing from the picture
assigned to your group, construct a poem that stimulates at
least three sensory images. The Poem must have three
stanzas and at least four lines each. In order to have a high
grade, please be guided with this rubric.

Are you excited class? Yes, sir!

If that’s the case, please group now into five group.

Okay, the time is up! Raise your pens!
Now, you have 3 minutes to practice as a group on how you
will present your poem.
Time starts now!

Okay, be settled now. The first to perform will be the group

1, followed by the group 2, then 3, 4 and the last group 5.

Excellent performances for each group! I am very impressed

with your writing and performing skills.

V. EVALUATION
Reflect! If I were…
Walk us through your deepest thoughts. If you were to revise the poem, Silent Trails,
how will you describe the scenery? Would you retain the mood and the atmosphere of the poem? Why or
why not? Explain your answer in not less than 500 words.
VI. ASSIGNMENT/AGREEMENT
Think about the time you went to a memorable place. Write a poem about that place based on
what you have observed. Write your answers in not less than 3 stanzas and place it in a short bond paper.
This is to be passed next meeting. Good Luck!

Prepared by:
MARJHONE M. VILLARIAS, LPT.
J-TCH1-2024-0818
JHS Teacher I- Applicant
Born at Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur
He served with United States
Navy during the First World War.
He attended the University of
California studying first to be a
lawyer and a writer. While
studying, he supported himself by
being a dishwasher, postal clerk,
and a newspaper reporter.
The author of “Silent Trails”.
The only genuine Filipino poet.
The first to have a book of poems
published in America.
He was listed on the staff of the
Three Stars as an editor in 1931.