DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH 8 (STORY READING FRAMEWORK (SRF)

Rubaiyat
Omar Khayyam

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson the students are expected to:
a. Interpret the stanza from the poem by paraphrasing it.
b. Express love for poetry thru differentiated activities.

II. Subject Matter

A. Skills: Interpret and express the poem by paraphrasing it and thru differentiated activities.
B. Reference: Rubaiyat (PDF) by Omar Khayyam
C. Selection: Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam
D. Materials: Handouts, Visual Aid, pictures, Venn diagram and Whiteboard

III. Procedure
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

“Good Morning Class...” “Good Morning Sir…”

“Let us pray first…” (One student will lead the prayer)

“Please arrange your chairs properly and pick (Students arrange their chairs and pick up the
up the pieces of paper under your chair…” pieces of paper)

( Checking of Attendance)
“Say present if your name is called…” (Students raise their hand and say present as
the teacher calls their names)
“So how was your vacation?”
“That’s good! Have you enjoyed your
vacation bonding with your family?” “It was great sir!”
“Of course sir! It was a lot of fun!”
“That’s good to know. Before we proceed to
our discussion let us unlock the meaning of
these words that we can find later on our
topic.

(The teacher reads the direction)

“Who can answer No. 1? Please raise your “The students raise their hands and the teacher
hands.” calls them until all the meanings of the words
were answered.”
A. Pre-Reading
1. Unlocking of Difficulties
Rearrange the letters according to its
meaning

1. M E N G A R T - an article of clothing.
2. G N I L F - throw or cast away.
3. W S S N I L R E D E – a wild and inhabited
area left on its condition.
4. W O N E – enough
5. S N A S – without.
6. C E N D D S E – come as if by falling.
7. S U I T R U P – The act of pursuing in an
effort to overtake or capture.
8. E N E A D R O V – a purposeful or
industrious undertaking.
9. U T E I D S P – question the truth or
validity of.
10. U C N D O J – show high spirited
merriment.

“Let us check your work…” (The students participate in checking their

works if it is correct or wrong and the teacher
explain the correct answers)

2. Moitivation
The teacher uses Venn diagram.

OPTIMISTIC Life PESSIMISTIC

a. Are you familiar with the two faces “Yes sir!”

of life?
b. What are they? “The happy face and the sad face”
 3. Motive Question
a. What is the meaning of optimistic? (Sir the the meaning of optimistic is the positive
way of how you deal through the difficulties of
life.)

b. What is the meaning of pessimistic? (It is the negative way of how you deal with the
shortcomings in life.)

c. How can affect to the life of a person (It is the part of our lives without these two
the positivity and negativity of life. faces we can’t change and we learned from our
mistakes.)

d. Give me words that belong to the (Faith, love, hope etc.)

positive way of life.

e. Give me words that belong to the (Fear, anger, jealous etc.)

negative way of life.

f. Do you think that optimistic and (Yes sir these two are the reasons why we live
pessimistic can build the character and and still fighting for our lives in this world.)
attitude of a person? Why?

“So our topic for today is about Rubaiyat a

poem by Omar Khayyam.”

B. During Reading
The teacher asks the students to read the (The students read the poem orally.)
poem orally.

Rubaiyat
Omar Khayyam

Stanza 7
Come, fill the Cup, and in the fire of Spring
Your Winter garment of Repentance fling:
The Bird of Time has but a little way
To flutter--and the Bird is on the Wing.

Stanza 12
A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,
A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread--and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness--
Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!
 Stanza 24
Ah, make the most of what we yet may
spend,
Before we too into the Dust descend;
Dust into Dust, and under Dust to lie,
Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and--sans
End!

Stanza 54
Waste not your Hour, nor in the vain pursuit
Of This and That endeavor and dispute;
Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape
Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit.

C. Post Reading
1. Engagement Activity
a. What is the symbolism of cup on the (Sir the symbolism of cup is happiness and
first line? enjoyment.)

b. What is the meaning of “in the

fire of spring”? (The connection is fire means “active” and the
spring symbolizes “youthful of an individual”.)

c. What is Winter Garment on the

second line? (On the second line winter garment is the sins
and failures that we have made in this world.)
d. What is the bird of time on the next
line? (The bird of time means the year that we spend
in this world.)

e. What is the paraphrase of the first (Live life to the fullest while you have it. Enjoy
stanza? what you have now. Do not too remorseful
about your failures. Life is short, and time is
passing quickly.)

f. What is the meaning of this line Book of (The meaning of book of verses is poetry, the
Verses, Jug of Wine and a Loaf of Bread jug of wine symbolize enjoyment and the Loaf
on the second line? of Bread means the food that we eat daily.)

g. What is the meaning of this line; (No matter the hardship that we have in our
“Beside me singing in the Wilderness-- lives be happy and enjoy the simple things.)
Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!”
 h. What is the paraphrase of the second (Not much is needed to be truly happy! Some
stanza? poetry, food, wine, and a companion is all that
is required. Enjoy the simple things and be
happy!)

i. What is the meaning of Dust in that (On the third stanza the meaning of the dust is
describes on the third stanza? our creation as a human. God created us into
dust and we will come back on that way.)

j. What is the paraphrase of the third (Make the most of the time we have in this life.
stanza? Soon enough, we will die, and there will be
no more wine or song.)

k. What is the meaning of this line on the (The meaning of this line do not waste your
fourth stanza; time on things that do not matter pursue your
“Waste not your Hour, nor in the vain pursuit dreams in your life.)
Of This and That endeavor and dispute;”

l. What is the symbolism of fruitful grape (Fruitful grape symbolize the things that is very
and bitter fruit? important in order for us to be grow and
productive while the bitter fruit is the
unnecessary things that we can’t grow and the
time that we wasted.)

m. What is the meaning and paraphrase (Don’t waste your time pursuing things that do
of the fourth stanza? not matter at the expense of living life!
Better to live now, than to later regret not living
because you spent all of your time pursuing
things that do not matter.)

2. Literary Extender
Group Activity: The teacher asks the (The students group themselves into four
students to have a role play and perform groups)
the following;
a. Happy Family
b. Comedy
c. Tragedy
d. Broken Family

3. Skills Development
Choose two stanzas on the poem and
paraphrase it.
4. Across the Curriculum
The teacher asks the students to use a
concept map and make their own
philosophy in life.

My Philosophy
In Life

5. Generalization
The teacher asks the following
questions;
1. What do you think is the core
message of the poem?
2. What are the philosophies of Omar
Khayyam about life?
 IV. Evaluation
Directions: Match the correct paraphrase of the following lines. Match Column A from
Column B.

A B

1. Come, fill the cup in a. make the most of the time we

the fire of spring we have in this world.
2. To flutter and the bird b. Don’t waste your time
is on the wing. pursuing things that do not
matter at the expense of
living life.
3. Your winter garments c. Fill the the cup with wine
of Repentance fling. while you are young.
4. The bird of time but has d. Life is very short
a little way. e. Enjoy the simple things and
5. Ah, make the most of be happy.
what we yet may spend f. And your life is already
6. Waste not your Hour, passing by.
nor in the vain pursuit. g. Be not too remorseful
7. Beside me singing in the h. better to live now
Wilderness---Oh i. Than to later regret not
Wilderness were living because you spent
Paradise enow. all of your time pursuing
8. Better be jocund with things that do not matter.
the fruitful Grape j. Soon enough we will die
9. Dust into Dust, and
Under Dust to lie.
10. Than sadden, after none,
or bitter fruit.

V. Assignment
Write 2-3 paragraphs with the title “My Philosophy in Life”.

Prepared by:
Mark Jordan G. Obniala, LPT