Name: Marvin S.

Suril Date: ______________

Year Level/Section: BSED – 3C

PROJECT-BASED LEARNING PLAN IN ENGLISH 9

Project Title Appreciating Timeless Moral Values from Anglo-American Literature

Driving Questions How can literature inspire and bring impact on Generation Z’s character
development?
Duration 5 days
Subject/Course English
Grade Level 9
Integration Social Studies

Learning Competencies

1. Get information from various print media like brochures, pamphlets, periodicals, and
audio-video recordings. (EN9RC-IIb-19)
2. Listen to get important information from argumentative/ persuasive texts. (EN9LC-IIb-
11.1)
3. Make inferences from what was said. (EN9LC-IIb-2.8)
4. Summarize the information contained in the material viewed. (EN9VC-IIb-21)
5. Give the appropriate communicative styles for various situations (intimate, casual,
conversational, consultative, frozen). (EN9V-IIb-27)
6. Analyze literature as a means of valuing other people and their various circumstances in
life. (EN9LT-IIb-15)
7. Explain how the elements specific to a selection build its theme. (EN9LT-II-0-14.2)
8. Distinguish the features present in poetry and in prose. (EN9WC-IIb-10)
9. Employ varied verbal and nonverbal strategies to create impact on the audience while
delivering lines in a Readers Theatre or in a Chamber Theatre. (EN9OL-IIb-3.7)
10. Use adverbs in narration. (EN9G-IIb19)
Key Vocabulary
A. Moral Values
 Germanic Heroic Code
 Ethics
B. Play
 Plot
 Character
 Theme
 Language
 Rhythm
 Spectacle
C. Theatrical performance

Literacy Skills
 Reading and analyzing literature
 Writing a play based on the students’ interpretation of a story
 Giving a Theatrical performance
 Producing a video of the theatrical performance

21st-Century Skills
 Critical Thinking
 Collaboration
 Communication
 Creativity

Major Products
A. Individual Products
1. Writing a reflection paper of Beowulf
2. Discussing the moral they have learned in their chosen story from Anglo-American
literature.

B. Team/Whole class product

1. Writing a play of Beowulf
2. Theatrical performance of Beowulf

C. Making It Public
1. Public exhibition of the video of theatrical performance
Project Milestones

Milestone 1: How can we use literature to teach values?

Estimated Duration: 2 days
Assessment(s): Need-to-know questions (whole group)
Key Student Question: How can literature bring impact on Generation Z’s character development?

Activities
Activity Title Description

As an entry The students will watch a film that is based on a story from Anglo-American literature. The
event, the teacher will pause the film to explain important details of the film that shows the moral values
students will that Germanic people have practiced. Afterwards, the students will write a reflection paper about
watch the 2007 the movie they have watched.
animated film of
Beowulf The teacher will also explain the plot and themes of the story for the student to have ideas on
how they will interpret those concepts when they give a theatrical performance.

Engage students
in learning about The teacher will do a storytelling while showing animations or pictures on the projector to help
moral values by the students visualize and determine the moral values of the different stories.
providing various Afterwards, the students will browse the internet and select any story from Anglo-American
stories from literature, determine the moral values and discuss it in a piece of paper.
Anglo-American
literature  To connect it with social studies, the teacher will discuss how Anglo-American literature
reflects the tradition, culture, and language of the Germanic people before.

The teacher will discuss the expectations for the final product that the students must able to
Review the accomplish.
project To capture student’s need to know questions about the topic and the project, the following
information questions should be asked:
sheet, the rubric,  As you review the project information sheet and project rubric, what questions come to
and the driving mind?
question.  What do you know about the moral values from literature?
 How can you use literature to bring impact on your generation’s character?
 How can a play exhibit the importance of moral values among the present generation?
 How can you inspire others to appreciate the benefits of reading literature?
  Have you participated in a stage play before?
 What do you know about writing a play?
 What do you know about the elements of a play and drama?
 What do you know about drama?
 What is your prior knowledge and skills that would help you complete this project?
 What are the other significant elements you need to learn or to acquire to make this
project a success?
 What new knowledge or skills you will need to be able to make a theatrical
performance?
 What additional questions do you have with regards to the project expectations?
 What support or resources do you think you’ll need in order to successfully complete
this project?

Authentic student curiosity should drive this process, but you may need to provide prompting
and support to help students arrive at questions such as the following:
 How do you define or what is moral values?
 What moral values will we give emphasis on our theatrical performance?
 Who are the target audience for the theatrical performance?
 How can we make our theatrical performance become interesting among our target
audience?
 How will we develop the script of the play to improve our performance?
 How can we execute our performance with adequate gestures, voice tone and
intonation, clarity of dialogues, costumes, setting, and sound effects to enhance
audience impact?
 How can we write the plot of the story of our choice?
 How can we write a play of Beowulf?
 How can we collaborate as a class to create a successful theatrical performance to
present moral values in Beowulf to inspire someone’s character development?
 Should we include in the play how the moral values in the story still live today?

As a formative
assessment, the
students will
write a minute-
paper The students will write a minute paper about the moral values they have learned from the
presented stories and explain their reflection about it.
Milestone 2: How can a theatrical performance emphasize the values of the story of Beowulf to create an
impact, relate, and teach Generation Z about the importance of character development?

Estimated Duration: 5 days

Assessment(s): Script or play of Beowulf (Team) and theatrical performance (whole class)
Key Student Question: How can we work together as a class to write a play of Beowulf and give a
theatrical performance of it?

Activity Title Description

Based on your knowledge about the skills and capabilities of the students, you will divide them
Organize and into five groups to take charge on the following areas:
divide the  Group 1: Select the most creative students in the class to form this group. This group
must conceptualize, design, and make the costume, props, and setting of the stage.
class into two
 Group 2: The students who will provide technical support such as music, sound effects,
to work in and the video of the performance.
different
areas Group 1 must have larger members because they will need many hands in making props,
costumes for the characters, and designing the stage to achieve good ambiance that would
provide a better production. This group will also be the characters of the story

The other group must be consisted of 2-3 students who have prior knowledge or experienced in
using digital software in music production and sound editing tools.

Choose five students from the class that is capable of leading and helping everyone to
collaborate with each other.

Select the best student you know that can handle directing the theatrical performance of the
class.

The class will nominate or volunteer to appoint the characters that the students will portray.
Therefore, the students in group 2 cannot participate as characters because they are responsible
for technical support during the performance.
Encourage the
students to work Collaboration is the most significant element to make this task successful. Although the class
as a whole and are divided, they can ask for help from their peers to make things easier. While the students are
let everyone busy doing their tasks, the teacher must supervise and guide them to keep them on track.
have the freedom
to suggest There will be a meeting everyday to track everyone’s progress and discuss the problems
encountered while doing their tasks and seek solution to solve it. Everyone is free to give their
ideas and thoughts to improve the project.

Remind the students about the expectations that they must met or surpass by giving them a
Facilitate a peer feedback that is specific, helpful, and kind. Show warm and motivating feedbacks for criticizing
critique to get their work. Observe if they are working together as a team and help them to continue building
suggestions and strong relationship among themselves so they can manage to work as a whole.
recommendation
s from the class Have a representative from each area, then let them show and discuss their work, the rest of the
class will observe and give suggestions.

Facilitate a Once the class have drafted the play of Beowulf, the two students who were assigned to be
critique process directors of the play will present and explain the written script and what is going to happen on the
for writing the theatrical performance. Then the rest of the class is open for raising questions and
play of Beowulf recommendations to make the project better.

Support the class

as they finalize Guide students to finalize their theatrical performance by observing and supervising them during
their theatrical their rehearsals,
performance

Get a Having a professional to guide the students is significant to make the performance better since
professional or technical support is not an easy job. Get a professional or someone experienced in being a
someone technical support for a play to scaffold the students’ knowledge about sound effects, music, and
experienced to video recording and editing.
help the The video production is important to reach more audience about how can literature teach values
technical team among younger generations.

Guide this team to enhance the quality of the theatrical performance. Observe and guide them as
Facilitate and
they do the sound effects and music of the show to know if there is anything that they must
support the
know. Prepare them for any difficulties that might occur during the performance and suggest
technical support
possible solutions.
team
Revisit the list of
need-to-know Identify questions that have been answered, as well as new questions that have emerged.
questions with
students.