A DETAILED LESSON PLAN ON PARAGRAPH WRITING

I. OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:

a. write a well structured paragraph, effectively and creatively;b. identify the different steps and important terms to remember in writing;c. organized their collected thoughts or ideas into a well written paragraph;d. appreciate the lesson by discovering their hidden skills and talents in writing,

with all the joy it could bring to them.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic: Paragraph writing

III. MATERIALS

Introduction to paragraph writing hand outParagraph writing worksheets:- Jack and the beans stalk scrambled paragraph (motivation activity to test what they

already know about organizing a paragraph)- paragraph writing templates and more scrambled paragraph worksheets (practice and

assessment) Visual aids (paragraph writing template and vocabulary chart)Mini-journal for writing personal thoughts

IV. LESSON PROPERA. ROUTINARY ACTIVITIES

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

Everybody stand up and let us pray.

Anyone who wants to lead the prayer? Heavenly father….

Good morning class! Good morning Teacher!

Is there any absent today? None ma’am.

Wow that’s good! Everybody will be a part of

another exciting day of learning. Is everybody ready

to think, have fun and learn? Yes ma’am!

B. Motivation

Okay, 1 – 2 – 3 pretty eyes and sharp ears on me. Before we start with our lesson, I want you to group yourselves into six. (students will start grouping

themselves)Each group will cooperatively work on this activity.(Distributing the worksheet for each group)This is a story of a boy, but everything seems screwedup and making no sense. So, each group will fix it and name the title of this story. First group to finish will get a prize.Any questions bunch of honeybees? None ma’am!Five minutes to do this ok? Ready? Start!

Okay class times up and we have a winner!Group leader of the winning group, how did you fix the story? Do you know the proper steps or structure of organizing a paragraph? Or you did it because you know the story and very familiar on all the events and details of the story? We know the story.

And what is the title of the story? “Jack and the

Beanstalk”

okay very good! What if the story is someone else’s story? and you are not familiar with it, what if it is about a certain topic or ideas? Will it be easy for you to organize a certain paragraph that you will be reading for the first time? No ma’am.

That is why it is important for us to learn the stepsin writing a paragraph. Just like your own life story,every detailed things should start with a good paragraph, and everything on it should be composed of a well writtenparagraph. Just like our own life, our story, thoughts or ideasshould be written properly. Anything that is scrambled andcannot be understand will forever remain misunderstood, and we don’t want our life to be like that. Right? Yes ma’am.

Now pay attention and listen to every details of our lesson, you will discover how enjoyable writing is and mayalso discover your own hidden talents in writing.

C. Presentation

Why do we write? Do you know that writing is fullof fun and it can help you to be more confident andbe proud of yourself? May or may not answer.

Let’s open our WOW BOOK HERE! You like it?Is it really WOW? Wow! Yes ma’am!

According to our book, there are bunches of reasonson why we need to write (read the visual aids and explain further). Exciting right? Yes ma’am.

Those reasons were all part of all the events orpossible events of our life. There should be no reasonsfor us to run out of thoughts or ideas, and no reason atall to stop anybody from expressing himself/herself. All we need to do is write right now, and let the world hear our voice through writing. Here are the steps in writing and wewill start with learning to write the super effective andcreative paragraph and all the rest will follow. Any ideaon how to write a paragraph? Answer may vary.

Writing a paragraph is just like making your ownsandwich, the bread, the filling, veggies and everything in it.

It start with the topic sentence, the details compose of 3 to5 more sentences and then the closing sentence.Describe it in the visual aids and explain more.And never to forget that the first sentence of every paragraph should always be indented.

I have here a mixed parts of a paragraph, and we’llfix it as if we’re making a hamburger. Can somebody help me with this? (call a student) are you ready? Yes ma’am.

Now what do you think is the topic sentence? Here ma’amPut in on our burger template. Do the same thingwith all the other mixed sentence part. That wasperfect! Very good! And this is the paragraph form of it. Student will sit.

Before we practice for some more here are some termsTo remember (read the visual aid and explain further). It is important that you know the meaning of all this new Wo

the sentence is the doer of the action

Let’s start with a very simple sentence. S V O

The boy kicked the ball.

In the following sentences, note the form of the verb when the subject is the doer of the action.

A student wrote the winning essay.Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.The chef prepared a delicious meal.

What are the subjects in the sentences? Student, Alexander Graham Bell, Chef

Correct. Observe that the subjects’ students, AlexanderGraham Bell, Chef are the doers of the action.What are the verbs used? Wrote, invented, prepared

Very good! Those verbs are transitive verb with directsobjects, thus when the subject of the sentence does The action and the verb has a direct object, we say that the verb is in the active voice.

The Passive VoiceThe passive voice is created when the subjects isacted upon, this time my subjects is going to be The ball, because the recipient of the action,What happen to the ball? The ball kicked.Good. Now who kicked the ball? The ball kicked by the boy.

Very good! Now, study the following sentences:The winning essay was written by a studentsThe telephone was invented by Alexander Graham bell.A delicious meals was prepared by the chef.

In each sentence above, observe that the subjects is thereceiver instead of being the doer of the action. Note that theform of the verb when the subjects is the receiver, not the doer ofthe action is made up of was+ past participle of the verb. Thus if the

subjects is acted upon, the verb is in the passive voice. Let us havean exercise. Identify the voice of the verb in each sentence.

1. Raul presented an interesting report. 1. active2. Baseball was played by Joseph. 2. passive3. Martin removed the old paint. 3. active4. The national budget was approved by congress. 4. passive5. She cooked the breakfast. 5. active

Excellent!

Changing the voice from active to passive. Study the changes

in the following sentences:

Active Voice Passive Voice

1. The mother carried the baby. 1. The baby was carried by the mother.

2. Father repaired the old chair 2. An old chair was repaired by father.

3. He invented a breathing device for 3. A breathing device for firefightersFirefighters. was invented by him.

4. Sam explored the famous underground river. 4. The famous underground river Was explored by Sam.

5. She interviewed the school president. 5. The school president was interviewed By her.

What happened to the subjects, verbs, and Direct object in the sentences in the active voice? The subject mother and father

became the receiver in the by- phrase

In passive voice. The action word carried and repaired became verb

Phrases. The direct objects baby and chair Became the subjects in the passivevoice.

Very well said!I’m glad that you understand our topic todaySo let’s give ourselves a round of applause.

D. ApplicationChange the sentences below to the active voice.

1.  I was taught by my brother the principles

of barbecuing.

2. My father was given the title by the former

head chief.

3. The house was wrecked by the party and the

cat was let loose by the guests.

4. The house is a mess, the cat is lost, and the

car has been stolen by Justin.

5. Unfortunately, my plan was ruined by Gerald,

the building superintendent.

6. The roof was leaking. It had been leaking

all week.

7. The ball was thrown by Lucy, who had been

hiding in the bushes.

8. Francesca was placed on the first flight to

Boston. Her father put her there.

9. “To be or not to be?” That is the question.

10. A feast had been created from nothing.

I was astounded.Answers:

1. My brother taught me the principles of barbecuing.

2. The former head chief gave the title to my father.

3. The party wrecked the house and the guests let the cat loose.

4. The house is a mess, the cat is lost, and Justin has stolen the car.

5. Unfortunately, Gerald, the building superintendent, ruined my plan.

6. No change.

7. Lucy, who had been hiding in the bushes, threw the ball.

8. Francesca’s father placed her on the first flight to Boston.

9. No change.

10. A feast had been created from nothing. This astounded me.

Very good!.

E. Generalization

Therefore when can you say that a sentence is in The active or in passive voice? How will you changeThe passive from active to passive voice? A verb that ha s direct objects is in

The active voice. If the subjects is Acted upon, the verb is in the passive voice. In changing a sentence from active to passive, the direct objects becomes the subjects or doer in the by- phrase.

Very well said!

F. Evaluation

A. Write A in the blanks before the number if the sentence is active and P if passive.

__A____1. Rommel presented an interesting report.__A____2. He submitted the annual report of the organization.__P____3. The town was destroyed by fire.__P____4. That skyscraper was built in 1934__P____5. The new product design has been finished.

B. Rewrite each sentence changing the verb from active to passive.

1. He wrote a novel. 1. A novel was written by her.2. Many people admired Ninoy Aquino. 2. Ninoy Aquino was admired by

many People.

3. He repaired the dripping faucet 3. The dripping faucet was repaired by

Him.4. The doctor examined the patient. 4. The patient was examined by the

Doctor.5. She sponsored the education of many 5. The education of many poor

studentsPoor students. Was sponsored by her.

6. My boss made the decision yesterday. 6. The decision was made by my Boss yesterday.

7. We proposed the change last week. 7. The change was proposed(by us) Last week.

8. John delivered the message. 8. The message was delivered by this afternoon. John this afternoon.

9. Doug coordinated the meeting in Paul’s 9. The meeting was coordinated byAbsence. Doug in Paul’s absence.

10. James collected the shells. 10. The shells was collected by James.

V. ASSIGNMENT

Write a brief description of art that you or one of your friends created. Use both active and passive voice verbs. Circle each verb and identify its voice.

Prepared by:Monteroyo, Danilyn G.

BSE IV-2