World Literature Lesson 1

An Integrated Literature and Skills Lesson Plan for

“PRIAM RANSOMS THE BODY OF HECTOR”

By:

Joseph S. Acuña and Valorie Esquilonia

I.          LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

           

A.    Expressive Objectives

The students are expected to:

1. Explain the importance of forgiveness and humility (especially in times of grief)
2. Express how a father shows his love to his children (especially a son)

B.     Skill Objectives

The students will:

1.      Respond to the text by:

a.       Inferring traits (positive and negative) through a character sketch with a picture of King Priam kneeling in front of Achilles

b.      Identifying values (by writing reciting a eulogy and epithet)

c.       Relating the selection to one’s life by

1.                                          Sharing a personal experience through writing and giving a

social/friendly  letter of forgiveness or apology.

2.      Give the meaning of unfamiliar words through a word game and use it in a sentence

II.        SUBJECT MATTER

A.    Selection

Priam Ransoms the Body of Hector from The Iliad by Homer (Book _____)

B.     Reference

English Communication Arts and Skills through World Literature by Milagros G. Lapid and Josephine Serrano

C.     Reading Skills in Focus

Understanding unfamiliar words.

                                   

III.       MATERIALS

Chalkboard, chalk, handouts, manila paper, pictures, cd/music, cd/player/cellphone, masking tape, tarpaulin

IV.       PROCEDURE

A.    Pre-Reading

1.      Recap through “Apple Toss/Pass the Apple” game.

a.       Directions

1.      Teacher will say the question twice

2.      Play music.

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b.      Questions             

1.      Who threw the apple of discord labeled to the fairest?

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2.      Vocabulary Building - “Word Hunt”

a.       Introduce the game to the class

b.      Divide the class into groups.

c.       Give directions and choose a representative for each group to discuss/present their answers.

3.      Activating Prior Knowledge

a.       Link

Everyone is blessed to have a loving parents/mother/father.

b.      Ask the students

How does your parents/father/mother show their love to you?

4.      Developing a Purpose for Reading

In the selection we are going to read, find out how King Priam ransoms the Body of Hector.

B.     During Reading

1.  Present the selection “Priam Ransoms the Body of Hector”

2.  Give handouts.

3.  Assign students a character for the Reader’s Theater.

C.     Post Reading

1.      Whole Class Discussion/Answering the Purpose Setting Question.

2.      Engagement Activities

1.      Epiteth and Character Pair Up

a.       Recap the student of the previous lesson about “What makes an epic “epic”?”

Epithet – word/phrase that names some characteristics or object associated with a personal thing.

Example:

“lovely-haired women of Troy”

“Trojans, breakers of horses”

Gary Valenciano -  Mr. Pure Energy

Nora Aunor – Superstar

Kobe Bryant – Black Mumba

b.      Students will be given pictures of characters from The Iliad and epiteths. The students holding a picture of a character will pair with the student holding an epiteth written in strips of manila paper.

c.       Male students will be paired with female students. They will be given ten minutes to write an epiteth for each other. Afterwards, they will present their epiteths to the class.

2.      Eulogy Off

a.       The group will pick a name of a character from the Iliad through draw lots. They will write and recite a eulogy for Achilles from the point of view of the following characters;

1.Priam          3. Hector       5. Athena

2.Thetis          4. Patroclus   6. Agamemnon

                                          The criteria are:

                                                Teamwork: 20%

                                                Content: 30%

                                                Delivery/Performance: 50%   

                                   

V.        COMMENTS / END OF LESSON NOTES