A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH 7

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson the students should be able to:

a. Explain the Keats “Grecian Urn” and its scenes.

b. Illustrate the events and ideas in the poem.
c. Build teamwork and cooperation through participating in a group
activity.
d. Determine the theme and symbols used in the poem.

II. Subject Matter

a. Topic: “Ode on a Grecian Urn” by John Keats

b. Materials: visual aids, cartolina, projector, laptop
c. Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ode_on_a_Grecian_Urn&oldi
d=936899343

III. LEARNING PROCEDURES:

Teacher’s Activities Student’s Activities

a. Daily Routine:

 Opening Prayer
Before we start our day let us have an (one of the student will lead the prayer)
opening prayer first, to be lead by
________

 Classroom Management
Before you take your seat, kindly pick (The students will follow the given
up those trashes under your chairs and instructions of the teacher for the class to
arrange your chairs properly start.)

 Checking of Attendance
Our class monitor, is there any Absent
in our class for today? Sir, I’m glad to say that no one is absent in
our class for today.
 Thank you!

b. Review of Previous Lesson

Before we proceed to our topic for today, let’s Sir, our lesson last time is about the poem
have a review about our previous lesson “On this day I complete my 36th years”
What was our lesson last time?

Very Good!

What is the theme in the poem “On this day I emotion over logic
complete my 36th years”?

Great!

c. Motivation
I have a question. Anyone can explain the  a poem meant to be sung.
meaning of the words, “Ode,” “Grecian” and  relating to ancient Greece,
“Urn”. especially its architecture.
 a tall, rounded vase with a base, and
often a stem, especially one used for
storing the ashes of a cremated
person.

Before we proceed to our poem, let us talk the

author first.

Any idea who is the author of the poem “Ode The author of the poem is John Keats
on a Grecian Urn”?

Fantastic!
John Keats was an English Romantic poet. He
was one of the main figures of the second
generation of Romantic poets, along with
Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley,
despite his works having been in publication
for only four years before his death from
tuberculosis at the age of 25.

Before we start our new lesson, I have here

different words; all you have to do is to match
the words and its meaning from column A to
column B.

A B
1. Woe 1. B. great sorrow or distress.
2. Sylvan 2. C. consisting of or associated with
3. Deities woods; wooded.
4. Loth 3. E. a god or goddess (in a polytheistic
5. Timbrels religion).
6. Ditties 4. D. reluctant; unwilling.
7. Boughs 5. G. a tambourine or similar instrument.
8. Adieu 6. J. a short, simple song.
9. Cloy 7. I. a main branch of a tree.
10. Citadel 8. A. goodbye.
9. H. disgust or sicken (someone) with an
excess of sweetness, richness, or
 sentiment.
10. F. a fortress, typically on high ground,
protecting or dominating a city

d. Lesson Presentation

 Pre-reading
What do you think the poem will be
about based on the title and what do
you have an idea about Grecian Urns?

Our topic for today is about poem

entitled “Ode on a Grecian Urn” was
written in May 1819 and published
anonymously in Annals of the Fine
Arts for 1819.

“Ode on a Grecian Urn” was not well

received by contemporary critics. It
was only by the mid-19th century that it
began to be praised, although it is now
considered to be one of the greatest
odes in the English language.

The poem is divided into five stanzas

of ten lines each, the ode contains a
narrator’s discourse on a series of
designs on a Grecian urn.

 During Reading
As a class, read John Keats’ poem, Ode (The students will read the poem.)
on a Grecian Urn, aloud two times.

 Post Reading
Upon reading the poem, what do you Sir, the central theme of the poem is the
think is the theme? complex nature of art.

Nice Answer
 What are the symbols used by the The symbols are Urn, Timbrels, Cloy,...
author?

Excellent

e. Generalization/Valuing
If you really understood the poem. What On the urn the lovers are always in love,
do you think is the moral/lesson and how the trees never lose their leaves, the empty
will you apply it in your life? town is kind of sad.

I like you answer, thank you!

Is there any other answer? He concludes that 'beauty is truth, truth

beauty,' a very Romantic poet kind of
sentiment, because beauty matters most of
all and is preserved forever in art.

f. Application
Group yourselves into 4 and per group (The students will follow the given
you will draw the Keats’ “Grecian Urn” instructions of the teacher.)
and its scenes on a poster.

IV. EVALUATION
Now, let us have a short quiz. I already prepare your answer sheets. Get
one and pass.

Encircle the correct answer.

1. What does the speaker refer the urn to?

A. "An unravished bride of quietness"
B. "leaf-fring'd legend haunts"
C. "sylvan author"
D. "bold lover"

2. What does citadel mean in the context of the poem?

A. Fortress occupied by soldiers
B. A wooden podium
C. Coarse dirt
D. The city the urn depicts

3. The overall tone of this poem can best be described as:

A. Mournful
B. Emotional
C. Sarcastic
D. Vulgar

4. Why does the speaker go from a jubilant and ecstatic tone to one of
mourning and despair?
A. He is unhappy with the damage on different parts of the urn
B. He does not approve of the image on the urns
C. He is bi-polar
D. He is looking at different scenes on the urn

5. What’s the authors feeling toward the urn?

A. The author has mixed feelings toward each scene, but in the end he is
irate.
B. The author is mournful that the urn is so plain.
C. The author is sad that the events in the urn aren't going anywhere at
all, and that no one knows how the events began.
D. The author does not appreciate the beauty of the urn. The author does
not appreciate the beauty of the urn.

6. Why does the speaker praise the urns immortality so much?

A. He praises it because it has everlasting beauty, and it only needs to
know its own beauty to contribute a purpose to life.
B. He admires the different scenes pictured on the urn
C. He praises the urn because it is so unique
D. He praises it because it reminds him of his own life

7. "sylvan historian" refers to anything pertaining to

A. Balloons
B. Bears
C. Woods
D. Food

8. The urn recites "beuty is truth truth beuty" to

 A. The trees
B. To the speaker and all other humans that it meets
C. Ugly people
D. The images on the urn

9. The speaker praises that the "unheard (melodies) are sweeter" because
A. He has tasted the melodies before
B. Because melodies unheard are more meaningful to the spirit
C. Because he the urn sings to his soul
D. He is dead

10. The speaker is a middle aged woman who is a historian

A. True
B. False

Answers:
1. A
2. A
3. B
4. D
5. C
6. A
7. C
8. B
9. B
10. B

V. ASSIGNMENT
Kindly get your notebook and copy your assignment. Please read the
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Prepared by:

ERICA C. ESPIRITU
 Field Study Student

Checked by:

MS. IRENE SANTOS

Cooperating Teacher/
Coordinator of English Department

Noted by:

MRS. GLORIA M. VILLANUEVA

OIC/HEAD TEACHER III

Noted by:

RSWILSON D. CONSTANTINO
Practice Teaching Adviser