Lesson Plan in Reading for Grade V

by Jessy Anne Louise T. Belinario

I. Leaning Objective
At the end of the session, the participants must have;
1. Identify the personal pronouns used in the sentences;
2. Unlocked difficult words using picture clues;
3. Noted details of the story by answering specific questions;
4. Revised the paragraph using the appropriate pronouns; and
5. Created meaningful sentences using personal pronouns correctly.

II. Instructional Materials

A. Topic: The Last Leaf by O. Henry

B. Reference: Celebrating Diversity through World Literature Learner’s Material 1st
Edition. (2017). FEP Printing Corp. pp.377-380
C. Materials: PowerPoint, pictures, video, laptop, projector/tv
D. Value Focus: Friendship, Patience, and Accuracy

III. Instructional Strategies

A. Developing Genuine Love for Reading

1. Motivation:

Ask the students to participate in the activity, “Listen and Draw”. They only have to
listen to the instructions of the teacher and then draw what is being asked.
1. First step, draw a tree with branches but no leaves.
2. Second, draw a sun at the upper right side of the tree.
3. Next, most of the leaves of the tree fell into the ground and only one leaf was left on a
branch.
4. Lastly, ask the students to write their name on the uppermost left side of their paper.

After doing the activity, ask the students the following questions:

1. What have you noticed about your drawings?

2. What season do we usually see this kind of view?
3. What do you feel when you see this tree? What does it symbolize to you?

2. Unlocking of Difficulties

Let us read the following words and identify their meaning based on the given
pictures.

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 Masterpiece- a work done with extraordinary skill especially: a supreme intellectual or
artistic achievement

Artist- a person who creates art (such as painting, sculpture, music, or writing) using
conscious skill and creative imagination.

Pneumonia- an acute disease that is marked by inflammation of lung tissue. is

characterized by fever, chills, cough, difficulty in breathing, fatigue, chest pain, and
reduced lung expansion, and is typically caused by an infectious agent.

Canvas- a piece of cloth backed or framed as a surface for a painting.

Studio- the working place of a painter, sculptor, or photographer.

3. Motive Question

a. Ask: “Have you ever got sick? Can you share what happened and how you felt at
that time?”
b. Show the book cover of “The Last Leaf” by O. Henry. Teacher introduce the writer
behind this work. O. Henry, whose real name is William Sydney Porter, is one of the
best known American writers. He was best-known for writing stories with surprise
endings. He wrote the story “The Last Leaf”. Do you think the story is real/non-
fiction or make-believe/fiction?
c. Picture Walk. Show to the students all the characters in the story, show the
pictures based on who comes first or appear in the story. Then, tell them that these
are the characters in the story they will read.
d. Motive Question: How did the last leaf changed Johnsy?

B. Developing Critical Thinking

1. Reading of the selection “The Last Leaf” by O. Henry

a. Teacher reads first

b. Students read with the teacher
c. Students read on their own

2. Comprehension Check

Let us play the game “Pass the Cabbage”. You have to pass the cabbage to the
person next to you. When I say stop, the person holding the cabbage has to peel the leaf
which contains a surprise.
Each cabbage contains the following questions:

1. What is Johnsy’s illness?

2. What is the cause of her illness?
3. What do you think made Johnsy consider that her possible death would be
simultaneous with the last leaf to fall? What is its connection with her illness?
4. What helps Johnsy recover from her illness? Do you think it is psychological in
nature? Why?

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 5. To whom does Johnsy’s analogy of the death of the vine happen? Is it really
connected to how people endure life and face the most difficult challenge of one’s
surpassing death? Explain.
6. How does Mr. Behrman emphasize the connection of Johnsy’s faith to be healed with
the vine’s ability to hold the leaf (based on Johnsy’s point of view)?
7. Could this story happen? Why or why not?
8. If you’re Behrman, will you do the same? Why or why not?
9. Which part of the story do you like best?
10. What have you learned from the story?

3. Engagement Activity

1. What are the things that you do when you are sick? Share your thoughts in class.

• get some rest

• drink medicine
• visit the doctor

2. Let’s go back to our main characters. Let us identify our “Johnsy”, “Sue” and “Mr.
Behrman” in our own lives. Share your thoughts in class.

Example: I am like Sue because I love my friends and I help them always….

C. Grammar and Oral Language Development

1. Preparation and Connection

Observe the given examples.

1.
Mr. Behrman was a painter who lived on the first floor beneath
them. Behrman was more than 60 years old. Behrman was a failure
in art.

The doctor told Sue that Johnsy has about one chance to live. The
2. doctor asks Sue about Johnsy’s dream. The doctor gives Sue an
advice about Johnsy’s health.

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 Ask the students the following questions:

1. What have you noticed in the sentence construction?

2. What are the words that were used repeatedly?
3. Is the sentence grammatically incorrect or not?
4. Do you think there is a better way to construct the sentences so it will not sound
repetitive? Can you revise it?

2. Presentation

Personal pronouns are used for a specific object or person and they change their
forms to indicate the different genders, numbers, case, and persons speaking. We use
personal pronouns to replace or substitute to a noun when used in a sentence.

There are three cases of personal pronouns:

1. Subjective case: pronouns used as subject;

2. Objective case: pronouns used as objects of verbs or prepositions; and
3. Possessive case: pronouns which express ownership.

Pronouns Pronouns as Pronouns

as Subjects Objects that show
Possession

I me my (mine)

you you your (yours)

he, she, it him, her, it his, her

(hers), it (its)

we us our (ours)

they them their (theirs)

who whom whose

3. Comparison and Abstraction

Let’s compare the two paragraphs and tell the difference.

Paragraph #1
A Day at the Park

Sammy went to the park with Sammy’s mother and Sammy’s father. Sammy and
Sammy’s mother and Sammy’s father ran on the lawn. Then Sammy’s father pushed Sammy
on the swings while Sammy’s mother smiled and watched. Then Sammy’s mother spread out
a blanket on the lawn and read a book while Sammy and Sammy’s father played catch with a
ball. Sammy threw the ball too hard, and Sammy’s father had to chase after the ball. Sammy
did some somersaults, rolling forward on Sammy’s head and kicking Sammy’s feet up over
Sammy’s head. Sammy giggled and laid on the grass until Sammy’s dad came back. Sammy,

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 Sammy’s mother, and Sammy’s father ate sandwiches together before Sammy, Sammy’s
mother and Sammy’s father went back home.

Paragraph #2
A Day at the Park

Sammy went to the park with his mother and father. They all ran on the lawn. Then
his father pushed him on the swings while his mother smiled and watched. Then his mother
spread out a blanket on the lawn and read a book while Sammy and his dad played catch with
a ball. Sammy did some somersaults, rolling forward on his head and kicking his feet up over
his head. He giggled and laid on the grass until his dad came back. They all ate sandwiches
together before they all went back home.

Questions:

1. What have you noticed between the two paragraphs?

2. How are the two paragraphs different from one another?
3. Which among the two paragraphs is easier to read and is shorter?
4. What part of speech was used in order to make the second paragraph sound less
repetitive and shorter than the first paragraph?
5. Did the meaning or thought of the paragraph changed in the second example?
6. What personal pronouns are used in the paragraph?

4. Generalization

Ask the students the following questions:

1. What is a personal pronoun?

2. What are the three cases of personal pronouns?
3. What is the importance of personal pronouns?
4. Give examples of sentences using personal pronouns.

5. Application

A. Identify the correct personal pronouns inside the parenthesis by underlining them.

1. The photographer gave Terrell, Alfie, and (they, them) a special price for the
photographs.
2. The winner of the local newspaper’s essay contest was (she, her).
3. The coach timed Becca and (him, he) as they ran laps around the track.
4. (We, Us) writers are always looking for new ideas for our stories.
5. Susan and (him, he) ride the bus to school every day but Friday.

B. Rewrite the sentence below using the appropriate personal pronouns.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu was born in 1931 in South Africa and Bishop Desmond Tutu
rose to international fame in the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. The Nobel Peace
Prize was awarded to Bishop Desmond Tutu in 1984. Bishop Desmond Tutu has written
seven books and has co-written or contributed to many others.

C. Create five (5) meaningful sentences using personal pronouns correctly.

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 Transfer Stage

1. Content Area Writing Activity or Related Learning Experiences

Create a comic strip based on the events that occurred in the story. Draw the
characters/scenes using 4-6 panels.

Scene 1 Scene 2

Scene 3 Scene 4

5. Here are ten lines from the end of the story. Put them into the correct order to find
out how Mr. Behrman created his masterpiece.

____a. There was a light he had taken outside.

____b. Mr. Behrman died of pneumonia today in the hospital.
____c. There was green and yellow paint.
____d. He was helpless with pain.
____e. He painted his great masterpiece before the last leaf fell.
____f. And they found some things.
____g. The night had been so cold and wild.
____h. Someone found him in his room.
____i. There were materials for painting.
____j. His clothes were as wet and cold as ice.

IV. Evaluation

Directions: Revise the sentences using the appropriate pronoun.

Example: Lisa often reads books. Answer: She often reads books.
1. George is dreaming.
2. The teacher always gives the students homework.
3. I gave my sister a book.
4. Open the window, please.
5. My mother and I are watching TV.
6. The students are in the library.
7. Diana has a new pair of shoes.
8. Can you help my sister and I, please?
9. That bag is mine, it is not Anne’s.
10.The steak is very expensive.

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 V. Assignment

Write instances where you almost gave up but someone came to save you. State who are
they and what they have done to make you feel better. Draw three leaves and write your
answers inside.

Exit Ticket

Ask the students to complete the phrases below.

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