A Detailed Lesson Plan in English 8

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
a. read a poem with proper intonation and phrasing,
b. express emotional reaction to what has been read,
c. appreciate literature by citing real life experiences,
d. determine the author’s purpose in writing the poem, and
e. write a personal reflection on a given topic.

II. Subject Matter

Topic: Africa’s Plea by Roland T. Dempster
Materials: visual aids, laptop, projector, speaker, hand outs
Reference: English TIME Vol. No. XXIII, No.4
https://peoplepill.com/people/roland-t-dempster/

III. Learning Procedures

Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity

A. Daily Routine

1. Prayer and Classroom

Management

Good morning Aguinaldo! Good morning, Ma’am Johanna!

Are you all in your proper seats? Yes ma’am!

Before we start, pick up the pieces of (Students go to their respective

papers under your chairs and arrange seats and will do what they are
your chairs. told.)

Thank you.

2 Checking of Attendance

Prefects do we have absentees today?

Gryffindor Nobody is absent today ma’am!

Ravenclaw Nobody is absent today ma’am!
Slytherin Nobody is absent today ma’am!
Hufflepuff Nobody is absent today ma’am!

Splendid! Thank you, prefects!

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 3. Review
What did we discuss yesterday? Yesterday, we discussed about
what poetry is, and its element.

Very well, what is poetry again? Poetry is a literary piece which

consists of lines and expresses
feeling emotions.

Excellent! What are the elements of Sense, sound and structure.

poetry that we discussed?

B. Motivation

Brilliant! Now, I will let you watch a

video clip about an Australian kid, who
got bullied because he has dwarfism. I
want you to watch intently. Learn from
it.

(The teacher will play the video) (Students are watching intently)

While watching the video, how do you I feel sad for the boy ma’am. He
feel? is innocent and did nothing to
these people but they bullied
him.

I feel bad for the bully people.

I am mad to those people who

bullied the innocent kid.

(Students’ answers may vary)

Very well. Have you been discriminated Yes, ma’am. Sometimes I’m
before because of your physical being discriminated and being
appearance? If yes, how does it feel? bullied because of my
appearance. I feel sad about it
but sometimes I don’t mind
them.

Thank you for sharing your

experiences. Like you there were
people who got discriminated too in
early times. And these are the black
people. Now I’m going to let you watch
another video again the life of African (Students are watching the
people in early times. video)

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 Imagine how hard their lives were.
There were being slaved and
discriminated.

C. Lesson Proper
Presentation of the Lesson

So now, let us hear their plea. We are

going to analyze and discuss the poem
entitled, “Africa’s Plea” by Roland T.
Dempster.

Yesterday, I asked you to research

about Roland T. Dempster. Now, who
is he?

Roland Tombekai Dempster

(1910 – 1965) was an African
writer and literary figure. He was
born in Tosoh (on the banks of
Lake Piso), Grand Cape Mount
County in the Republic of
Liberia.

He wrote The Mystic

Reformation of Gondolia in
1953. On January 4, 1960, he
wrote A Song Out of Midnight:
Souvenir of the Tubman-Tolbert
Inauguration. He also wrote the
poem "Africa's Plea".

Excellent! I’m glad that you did your

research about him. Now, we will read
one of his works, a poem entitled,
“Africa’s Plea’’.

Discussion

Africa's Plea Africa's Plea

I am not you - I am not you -

but you will not but you will not
give me a chance give me a chance
will not let me be me will not let me be me

'If I were you' - 'If I were you' -

but you know but you know
I am not you, I am not you,
yet you will not yet you will not
let me be me. let me be me.
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You meddle, interfere You meddle, interfere
in my affairs in my affairs
as if they were yours as if they were yours
and you were me. and you were me.

You are unfair, unwise, You are unfair, unwise,

foolish to think foolish to think
that I can be you, that I can be you,
talk, act talk, act
and think like you. and think like you.

God made me me. God made me me.

He made you you. He made you you.
For God's sake For God's sake
Let me be me. Let me be me.

Did you like the poem? Yes, Ma’am!

Did you understand it? Yes, Ma’am!

Very good. Now let’s see if you really

understand the poem. For us to
understand and appreciate it more,
let’s answer the following questions.

Who is the speaker in the poem? I think the speaker is an African

person who got discriminated
and manipulated.

What emotion does it communicate? Angry and sadness, ma’am. It is

because he cannot be who he
was because someone is
controlling him.

Excellent! The poem discussed the

way of life of the Africans way back
then. This is when the time they are
totally colonized and controlled by the
“Whites

What is the poem all about? The poem is about the plea of
the African people.

Wonderful! What is the intention of the I think the author wants to

author in writing the poem? inform us about the Africa’s
situation in early times.

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 3. Generalization

Excellent! Now what message does the God made us uniquely and
poem emphasize? differently. We are equal in his
eyes but we are different when it
comes to ourselves. We should
respect that. One cannot be the
other because they are who
they are. We cannot change
that. If we want people to
respect us, we should also
respect them.

IV. APPLICATION (Group

Presentation)

Every group will have a kind of

activity.

Gryffindor – Role Playing

Slytherin – Slogan Making
Hufflepuff – Song adaptation
Ravenclaw– Open letter

Rubrics:
Creativity 30%
Performance 20%
Clarity 20%
Team work 15%
Audience Impact 5%
Relevance to the Topic 10%
100%

V. Evaluation
IDENTIFICATION: Identify what is
being asked and described for each
number.

1. He was an African writer and

literary figure who wrote the
Africa’s Plea.

2. Who is the speaker in the poem,

‘’Africa’s Plea’’?
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 3. What does ‘’whites’’ referring to?

4. What does plea mean?

5. What is the message of the

poem?

VI. Assignment

Write an essay about your thoughts

in discrimination or bullying.

Answer Key:
1. Roland T. Dempster
2. African person
3. American people
4. Emotional request
5. African want to be treated fairly and have their freedom.