Lesson Plan in English Grade 9

I. Objectives
At the end of an hour discussion, the students are expected to:
a. differentiate the active and passive voice;
b. construct sentences in active and passive voice form; and

II. Subject matter

Topic: Voice: Active and Passive
Reference: A Journey through Anglo-American Literature, page 39
Materials: charts and pictures

III. Procedure

Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity

A. Routine

1. Opening prayer

Good afternoon, class.

Good afternoon, Ma’am..
Please stand for the opening prayer.
Mace, please lead the prayer.
Classmates bow your heads and let us pray. Oh
God… good afternoon, Ma’am.
Good afternoon, settle down and pick up the
pieces of paper under your chairs.

2. Checking of attendance
Okay, who are absent from the class?
None, Ma’am.
Very good perfect attendance perhaps we
should give ourselves a bit of praise, let us
give ourselves a ‘Kris Aquino clap’, 1..2..3
clap your hands and 1..2..3.. stomp your feet
and then say ‘bongga’. Let us clap our hands.
(Students are clapping)
3. Setting of agreement
Are you ready for our new lesson this Yes, Ma’am.
afternoon, class?

Before that, let us have some agreements.

What are you going to do in order that

you can really understand our topic this
afternoon? Yes, Jessa. I will listen attentively, Ma’am.

Very well said!

And in order for you to be recognized that

you want to answer or you have some
queries, what are you going to do? Mea. I will raise my right hand, Ma’am.

Exactly!

How about if your teacher gives you

activities? Yes, Marvie. Cooperate and participate actively Ma’am, if we
have an activity.
Absolutely correct!
Can I expect all of these from you class?
Yes, Ma’am.
Very good!

4. Review
Who can still remember the topic we have
discussed last meeting? Ma’am, our last topic was a story entitled “A
Raisin in the Sun”.

So, are you ready for our next topic this

afternoon? Yes, Ma’am.

B. Motivation
Now, I want you to get your notebook or any
piece of paper. You have to take a look at the
illustrations on the board posted and tell what
they dream about. You have to write one
sentence in each illustration.
Did you understand? Yes, ma’am.

Do not lose your paper class, because you

will use that later in our activity.
Now, you can start.
(Students do the activity)
C. Presentation

Good job everybody! Now, I want you to

read what is posted in the board?
(Students read the words “THE VOICE)
Our topic is the voice of a verb? Are you
familiar with it class? I guess you have
already met this topic in your previous years,
right?
Yes, ma’am.
That’s good to hear.

D. Discussion

Verbs has two voices, do you know what

those are, class?
Yes, ma’am. Those are active and passive voice.
Exactly! Now I want you to read these given
examples Given examples

Tenses Active voice Passive voice

Present The article The effects of
tense discusses the unemployment
effects of are discussed
unemployment. in the article.
Present The class has It has been
perfect decided that decided by the
tense everyone should class that
get an “A”. everyone
should get an
“A”.
Past tense The company A huge profit
made a huge was made by
profit. the company.
Past We had reached The agreement
perfect an agreement had been
tense when they reached by us
presented the when the plan
plan. was presented.
Future We will mail our Our proposal
tense proposal next will be mailed
week. next week.
 As you have observed in the given examples,
in active voice, the subject performs the
action expressed by the verb.

And in passive voice the subject receives the

action expressed by the verb.
(The teacher explains further)

E. Application

Are you still holding your paper? The one

that I told you to keep. Yes, ma’am.

Good, now I want you to create your own

example of sentence in active and passive
form. Give one example each tense.

You can now start constructing. (Students do the task)

F. Generalization
Now, what are the two voices of a verb
again? Yes, Alice.
The two voices are active and passive voice.
Who can differentiate active voice from
passive voice?
In active voice, the subject performs the
action expressed by the verb while in passive
voice; the subject receives the action
expressed by the verb.
Very good! Any questions and clarifications
About voice of a verb, class?
None, ma’am.
That’s good to hear.

IV. Evaluation Answers

1. English is taught by him.
Directions. The following sentences are in the active 2. Bananas are being eaten by the child.
voice. Change them into a passive voice. Write only 3. A letter is being written by her.
the letter of the correct answer. 4. The servant was punished by the master.
5. A book was being written by him.
1. He teaches English. / English ...............by him.
a. taught 6. By whom was this letter written?
b. is taught 7. Meal is cooked by someone every day.
c. was taught 8. A blue shirt was worn by him.
2. The child is eating bananas. / Bananas.............. by 9. May you be blessed with happiness!
the child. 10. A house is being built by them.
a. are eaten 11. The job has been finished by me.
b. are being eaten
12. The report was sent yesterday.
c. have been eaten
3. She is writing a letter. / A letter....................... by
her.
a. is written
b. is being written
c. has been written
4. The master punished the servant. / The
servant ............. by the master.
a. is punished
b. was punished
c. has punished
5. He was writing a book. / A book.................. by
him.
a. was written
b. had written
c. was being written
6. Who wrote this letter? / By whom.................?
a. was this letter written
b. was this letter being written
c. had this letter written
7. Somebody cooks meal every day. / Meal............ by
someone every day.
a. is cooked
b. has cooked
c. is cooking
8. He wore a blue shirt. / A blue shirt.................... by
him.
a. wore
b. was wore
c. was worn
9. May God bless you with happiness! / ................
with happiness.
a. May you blessed
b. May you be blessed
c. May blessed you be
10. They are building a house. / A house.............. by
them.
a. is built
b. is being built
c. was built
11. I have finished the job. / The job...................... by
me.
a. has finished
b. has been finished
c. is finished
12. I sent the report yesterday. / The report ................
yesterday.
a. is sent
b. was sent
c. had sent

V. Assignment
Read in advance the story entitled “Death of a Salesman, act one”.