“DETAILED LESSON PLAN FOR GRADE 10”

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I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the discussion, the students should be able to:
 Identify the steps in Writing an Independent Critique.
 Expand the ideas using the principles of cohesive devices.
 Apply the approaches in the activity.
II. SUBJECT MATTER
Topic: Lesson 5: Writing an Independent Critique
Reference: My Learning Buddy

III. PROCEDURE
“Teacher’s Activity” Student’s Activity
A. Preparation
 Prayer
 Greetings
 Checking of Attendance
B. Activity/ Motivation
The teacher will present a video of (Students will watch and listen to the video.)
motivational film.
The students will critique the video.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=oAJLPj8yXhM

Now, let’s analyze the video. You can

observe and give comments after.

What can you say about the video? Students: Ma’am, it is a film about cheating in
the exam.

Yes, it is what the film is all about? Students: about Cheating.

In the film that you watched, what message Students: Cheating is always an option.
did you get?

Is it right to do cheating when you take an Students: No, Ma’am!

exam or quizzes?

C. Analysis
Now, let us criticize the video.

In the video, you see that his friends are

tolerating him to cheat. What can you say about that? Students: His friends are the bad influence but at
some point, they are helping the man in the video.

In real life, did you tolerate the cheating habit

of the students? (Student’s answer may vary)

What is your comment in the video that you

watched? (Student’s answer may vary)

If you say so. In the video, because of his

imitation in the exam and in their activities, it seems
like he is the one who was left behind by his friends
because he also relied on imitation. He could not
stand on his own because he was dependent on others.

It is better to learn than to imitate answers.

 D. Abstraction

Now, let us proceed to our lesson 5. It is a

Writing an Independent Critique of a chosen
selection.

When we say CRITIQUE, it derived from the

word criticism and for the term SELECTION we are
referring to literary selection. In this we have
LITERARY CRITIQUE.

In CRITIQUE, are not only intended for

literary works like poems, short story and novels.
Also, you can write a Critique paper from the book,
Film/Novels, Research Studies, even art works.

The first question is, what is Critiquing? Students: "Critique" is a somewhat formal word
that typically refers to a careful judgment in
What do you think is the meaning of which someone gives an opinion about
Critiquing? something.

CRITIQUING is something that you do every

day but you are not just aware that it is a form of
critiquing.
Example: When buying a new dress, you
might ask yourself if the dress will suit to your skin
color or the style is formal or not?

In CRITIQUE, it is also a Critical Analysis.

- A technique that aims to
study, discuss, evaluate, and
interpret literary works.
- To review, to judge and to
analyze.

A CRITIQUE could be:

• A Critical Essay
• An article evaluating a literary piece or
• A review

Now, what do you think, why we need to Students: Ma’am, to give some review or
critique? comments.

Here are the two reasons why we need to

critique.
1. To know its overall value.
2. To determine its strengths and weaknesses.

Now these are the Parts of Critique essay

(Critical Analysis). It has

1. Introduction
 State the title of the work and
Author’s name.
 Outline main ideas.
 State your own statement and your
main ideas about the work.
2. Summary
 Summarize the text in your own
words.
 3. Analysis
 State what you like and do not like
about the text.
 Interpret and evaluate the text based
on:
 How the text is organized
 The style and rhetoric
 How effective the message is?
 How the text appealed to its target
audience.
4. Conclusion
 Restate the statement in new words.
 Summarize your main ideas, if
possible, with new and stronger
words.

Remember:
Avoid introducing your ideas by stating ‘I
think’ or ‘In my opinion’.

Keep the focus on the Subject of your

analysis, not on yourself.

Let us proceed to COHESIVE DEVICES that

are used in Critique.

COHESIVE DEVICES

1.Repetition of key words or phrases

- Helps focus to focus your ideas and keeps your
readers on track.

2.Synonyms
- Provide a variety of word choices; helping the
readers to stay focused on the idea.

3.Pronouns

4. Transitional words
- Provide clue to the relationships between sentences
and joining them together.

5.Sentence Patterns
- help the reader follow along and keep the ideas tied
together.

Now, In your MISSION 1. Read the

selection. “He Liveth Best Who Loveth Best”. The
questions that follow are on the intellectual details of
the selection you are about to read.

1.How did the presence of American soldiers in

Laoag affect the outlook and interests of the Ilocanos?

2. During the Japanese Occupation, children went to

school. What kind of stories and poems do you think
were torn out of the textbooks? Why were they torn
out?
3. What part can radio and radio stations play in an
occupied country? What do espionage agents do?

4. Why did the Japanese torture suspected espionage

agents? Was Benito Rallonza a logical suspect?
Explain.

5. Before the city was set on fire, looting was

allowed. Why?

6. Is the excerpt of the biography devoted to the life

of Vinang Rallonza or to the conditions of life during
the war years? Explain.

7. When Vinang was wed, did she continue being a

nurse? What was the role of women during Vinang's
time after marriage? The role of the husband?
Explain.

B. The questions that follow are on the emotional

details of the selection. Write your answers on the
lines.

1. Why is it possible for a patient and his nurse to fall

in love Word with each other? What qualities of
Vinang made Benito fall in love with her? At her age,
would Vinang have been eager to get married?
Explain.

2. Do children usually wait for their father's return

from work? Why? Is this true today among families
living in big cities? Explain.

3. What stories have you heard or read about the

feelings of Filipinos toward the Japanese? The
Americans? The guerrillas? The collaborators?

4. Relate how Vinang recovered the body of her

husband. In what ways could the neighbors have
helped her?

5. Why did Vinang choose the Cold Storage building

as the place she would go to for loot? In your opinion,
was loot ing in those circumstances a crime? A moral
sin? Explain.

6. Did the excerpt that you have just read tell you
enough to explain Vinang's philosophy of life? What
do you hear your parents and elders say about today's
education? The values of youth? Why do they say so?

No, let us proceed to the Approaches to

Critic the Literary Piece.

1. The formalist approach focuses on the

form or the elements such as structure,
imagery, tone, style, and genre that are
found in the text. The goal of this
approach is to determine how these
specific elements work together to create
meaning and how it impacts its readers.
This approach ignores external factors
 that may influence the text like the time it
was created, the social set ting, and the
author's background. Formalists believe
that these literary pieces have fixed
meaning and can be decoded with its own
elements.

2. The moralist approach evaluates whether

the literature encourages good ness
among its readers. Moral criticism
condemns literature that is corrupt or that
will mislead its readers. It focuses on the
ethical principles or moral teachings
found in the literature. Other things to
consider are the maturity, sincerity,
honesty, courage, sensitivity, the
practicality, and philosophical ideas being
presented by the author.

3. The historical approach takes into

consideration the social, cultural, and
intellectual context that contributed to the
development of the literary piece. This
approach also seeks to understand the
impact and meaning of the work at the
time it was written and how the impact
and meaning through time until the
present.

4. The reader-response approach debunks

the concept that literary pieces contain
meaning. This approach argues that it is
the read er that creates meaning upon
reading the literary text. Therefore, one
reader's interpretation varies from the
interpretation of another individual. Since
it combines the knowledge and
background of the reader, the situation,
and when and where the reader is reading
the text, this means that the interpretation
of the reader will change as the reader
gains more knowledge and experience.

5. The sociological approach uses the

cultural, political, economic situations, or
when it was written or at the time of
reading in examining the piece of
literature.

6. The Marxist approach, a type of

sociological approach, believe that all
works of art are highly political. The
social status of the author is taken into
consideration or how the elements of the
literary piece represent really societal and
political contexts.

7. The feminist approach, on the other

hand, focus es on the role and influence
women play in the literary texts. To fully
understand the feminist approach, one
must be well aware of the concepts of
 feminism.

In writing a piece of literary criticism, the

critic examines the characters, plot, tone, style,
author's ideas, and other devices used in the literary
piece. With a chosen approach or a combination of
approaches, analyze the text following this list:

a. Characters (role/representations)

b. Plot/Main idea

c. Genre/Type

d. Symbolism (interpretation/denotation)

e. Theme

f. Structure

g. Author's background/Time it was written (for

selected approaches)

It is important for the critic to be meticulous

in the organization and presentation of ideas in the
criticism. Always plan the process to make it easier.
Here are some tips:

a. Focus on your goal.

Your goal is to write
a literary criticism of
a selection following
your chosen
approach/approaches
. If the feminist
approach is used, the
analysis of characters
should lean toward
concepts of
feminism.

b. Collect pieces of
evidence. Critiquing
a text is the same as
writing an
argumentative essay.
The evidence will
support your points
made. You should
collect sufficient data
for readers to believe
you. The evidence
may be based solely
on the lines and
actions of the
characters in the
literary piece or other
pieces of evidence
that can be gathered
about the author,
author's background,
and the time the
 literary text was
written. Include the
sources where these
pieces of evidence
were taken from.
You may include the
citation within the
text or at the end of
the literary criticism
essay.

c. Organize it in an
outline. The same as
argumentative, in
formative, and
persuasive writing,
literary criticism
should be organized
in an outline first.
You have to make
sure that the points
are sequenced and
that logical points are
dissected in a manner
that readers can
follow.

d. Develop a strong
thesis statement.
Your thesis statement
is an overall
assessment of the
literary piece. Based
on the outline,
determine where
your points are
leading you. Or you
can develop a thesis
statement then
develop an outline.

e. Writing and revising

process. This is the
final stage where you
write the ideas
together in an essay.
Then, polish your
work.

E. Generalization
Students: Critique is to critique something is to
Now, let us know if all of you has learned give your opinion and observations.
something in our lesson.
Students: need to apply appropriate criteria in
In our lesson, I discuss about Critique. order evaluate it, you need to summarize it
Now, in your understanding. What is the
meaning of Critique?
Students: defined as a critical approach in which
Why we need to critique something? the text under discussion is considered primarily
as a structure of words.

(Student’s answer may vary)

 Who can explain to me the Formalist
approach in Literary Criticism?

Students: a type of literary critique that judges

In the video, did you see the imagery and the value of literature based on the moral lessons
style of the story? and ethical teachings.

Students: understanding the events and

Now, what is moralist approach? experiences surrounding the composition of the
work in the literature.

Students: focuses on the reader (or "audience")

What is historical approach? and their experience of a literary work

(Student’s answer may vary)

What is reader-response approach?

In the video earlier, if you will give a chance

to change the ending of the story, what will you
suggest?

F. Application
In MISSION 2. The questions in Mission 1-
A and B are written based on the different
approaches in literary criticism. Classify these
questions to the approach it is most suitable with.
Copy the questions in the correct quadrant.

 FORMALIST APPROACH
 MORALIST APPROACH
 HISTORICAL APPROACH
 READER-RESPONSE APPROACH
 SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH
 MARXIST APPROACH
 FEMINIST APPROACH

In MISSION 3. Create an outline of a three-

paragraph critique of the selection "He Liveth Best
Who Loveth Best." You may choose an approach that
is most suitable for you. Your answers in Mission 1-
A and B can help you. Write your outline in the box
below and on the next page.

IV. EVALUATION

In MISSION 4. Based on your outline, write a three-paragraph critique of the selection "He
Liveth Best Who Loveth Best." Use only one approach in your work. Write your critique.

V. ASSIGNMENT

MISSION 5. Choose a selection below. Then, write an independent cri tique using a
combination of approaches. Make sure that you follow the tips in writing a literary
criticism. Refer to the rubric found on pages 52 and 53 in rating your work. You may
encode your work or write on the lines provided on page 53.

 THE THOMASITES TO A NEW LAND (By Gilbert S. Perez)

 THE FIRST MIRACLE IN BETHLEHEM (By Azorin)

 THE LAST UNICORNS (By Edward D. Hoch)