Happiest Boy In English Analysis

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A Demonstration Lesson Plan in English Grade 8 I. Objectives Viewing 1. View the video presentation as scaffolding to the lesson proper Reading 2. Read the selection provided Listening 3. Listen to the quotations about the importance of education Speaking 4. Recite one’s insights observing correct pronunciation of words Writing 5. Write a paragraph expressing how one can value education II. Subject Matter Literature: The Happiest Boy in the World By N.V.M. Gonzalez III. Learning Procedures A. Activity 1. Priming Activity 1.a Daily Routine • Prayer • Checking of attendance 1.b Review of the previous lesson 2. Activity Proper 1. Motivation Let…show more content…
puny big slight small 4. concealed kept hidden showed 5. exaltation glory humiliation honor 3. Author’s Background A student will report about the author of the story. Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez or widely known as N.V.M. Gonzalez, a Filipino short story writer, was a Rockefeller fellow grantee in creative writing. He attended several universities in the United States . In April 1952, he toured different countries in the Orient on a Rockefeller scholarship to confer with Asian writers. He was professor of English at the California State University in Hayward, California, U.S.A.. He also taught creative writing in the University of the Philippines. 4. Presentation of the…show more content…
Analysis 1. What details tell us that the family was very poor? 2. How did Julio feel about sending his son to school? 3. Why did Jose consider himself the happiest boy in the world? 4. What kind of man do you think Ka Ponso was? 5. Do you think Julio did the right thing in sending his son to be under the care of Ka Ponso? Explain. 6. How did Julio get to know Ka Ponso? What could be the reason of it? 7. What did Julio emphasize about his son in the letter he wrote? 8. Why did Jose think of reading letter? 9. Why do you think Jose felt so happy about going to school? 10. If you were Ka Ponso, would you accept Jose as your servant and send him to school? Why? C. Abstraction The questions will be answered through a passing game. Students will pass on the box among themselves as the song plays on. Inside the box are questions attached on different school materials. 1. The family members could not move freely in the space that their small one-room house could provide. They were using kerosene lamp to give them light at home. They usually had fish broth as part of their everyday’s meal and the low wooden bench was the only furniture that they

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