Region III

Division of Pampanga

Detailed Lesson Plan in ENGLISH Grade 7

OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson the students must be able to:
A. infer the theme of the story,
B. demonstrate the tone of the characters in the story, and
C. realize the message of the story and its significance in life.

I. SUBJECT MATTER:
Topic: “Sa Pula, Sa Puti” – Francisco Rodrigo
Reference: Philippine Literature and Communication Arts 7, page 457-461
Gabriel, Josefina Payawal (2018). St. Bernadette Publishing House, Inc.
Materials: Laptop, Canva Presentation, Picture, Videos
Values Integration:
a. it is not too late to change for the better
b. life is too short to spend it unwisely
III. LEARNING PROCEDURES:
Teacher’s Activity Learners’ Activity

A. Preparatory Activities

1. Prayer

Dear Jesus, please, show us

how to spend this day (Response to the Lord’s prayer)
sharing your love in every
way. Help us to be kind to
everyone, to learn and have
lots of fun. Shining and
giving Your grace, sharing
Your joy with a smile on our
faces.

Angel of God, guardian

dear, to whom God’s love
commits us here. Ever this
day, be at our side, to light
and guard, to rule and guide,
Amen.

2. Greetings

Good Morning, class! Good morning, Ma’am!

How are you today? Great, Ma’am!

That’s good to know!

 3. Classroom Management

Class, make sure you have a

stable internet connection.

Can you hear and see me (Students click the raise hand button)
clearly? If you can, click the
raise hand button.

Reminder, you need to

always turn on your camera
and mute your microphones.
And if you want to answer,
ask to be unmuted, use the
chat box or just click the
raise hand button.

Is that clear, class? Click the (Students click the raise hand button)
raise hand button if I am
clear.

4. Checking of Attendance

For the attendance, kindly (Students turn on their cameras)

turn on your cameras and I
will take a screenshot which
serves as your attendance.

B. Review

Last time, what have we We talked about the mood, tone, and setting
discussed? of a story.

Very good! Can you define what Mood is the dominant feeling of the story,
are mood and tone? while tone is the attitude of a writer toward
a subject or an audience.
 Excellent! Mood is the
atmosphere the author wanted
the readers or viewers to feel
while tone indicates a particular
feeling.

How about the setting? Setting of the story refers to when and
where the story takes place.

Great! Setting gives information

to when and where the story
takes place.

I can see that you have

understood our previous lesson.

C. Motivation

Now, before we proceed with

our new lesson, let’s have an
activity, first.

Mechanics:
I will show you a set of pictures,
analyze what they try to convey
and after that I will ask you
some questions.

Am I clear, class? Click the cry (students click the cry reaction button)
reaction button if I am clear.

Great! Let’s start!

Students, what do you see in the

picture?

A hen and a rooster, ma’am.

 Very good! Can you Rooster is a male chicken but a hen is a
differentiate a hen from a female chicken.
rooster?

Great! Both are chickens but

they are different in gender.

What do you see in the picture?

A pair of a red and a white rooster, ma’am.

Very good! We can see two

roosters, a white and red one.

What do you think is happening The roosters seem to be fighting against

in the picture? each other.

Great! And what do we call the We call it cockfighting, ma’am!

fight of roosters, especially if it
includes a bet?

Very good!

D. Lesson Proper

1. Restatement of Objectives

A. infer the theme of the story

B. demonstrate the tone of the
characters in the story
C. realize the message of the
story and its significance in
life
2. Author Presentation

Rodrigo, Francisco A.

Birthday: January 29, 1914

Birth place: Bulacan, Bulacan
Date of death or disappearance: January 4,
1998

Widely known as Soc – the nickname.

Rodrigo was a lawyer, an orator and
champion debater.

3. Vocabulary Drill
To further understand the story
entitled “Sa Pula, sa Puti” let us
first be familiar with the
difficult words found in the
story. I prepared a set of
JUMBLED WORDS wherein
you’re going to guess the correct
unfamiliar words.

1.
1. WHEEDLING
H E E W D I G N L

- Persuading by flattery

(Correct Answer:

WHEEDLING)
2. PROPENSITY 2.

R P O E P N S Y T I

- A natural inclination or

bent. (Correct Answer:

PROPENSITY)

3.
3. DEJECTED
J E E C E D E T

- discouraged

(Correct Answer: DEJECTED)

4.

4. LIGAMENT M T E N I L A G

- band of strong tissue

which connects bones in place

(Correct Answer: LIGAMENT)

5. GLIB
5.
B L I G

- speaking or spoken too

smoothly and easily.

4. Skimming (Correct Answer: GLIB)

Yesterday, I told you to read

the story entitled, “Sa Pula, sa
Puti” by Francisco Rodrigo.

Have you read it, class? Click

the raise hand button if you
read it. (students click the raise hand button)
Very good! I will give you 3
minutes to listen and watch
attentively to a video of the
summary of the story to refresh
your minds. After that, I will ask
a series of questions.

Am I clear class? Click the heart (students click the heart react button)
react button if I am clear.

The video plays on (Students watching attentively)

E. Discussion

Okay, class. Time’s up!

Who were the characters of the Kulas, Siling, Teban, Sioning and Castor.
story?

Very good! We have 5

characters.

Now, who can to tell me the Kulas and Siling. Kulas was a sabungero, a
main characters in the story and cockfighting addict while Siling is Kulas’
describe them briefly? clever wife.

What was the conflict in the Siling was concerned with Kulas being
beginning of the story? addicted to cockfighting. He was too
attached with the gambling world. It maed
Siling jealous because Kulas spent more
time with his roosters than to his wife.

Excellent! Siling was not happy

with what Kulas does with their
money and how he behaves.

Did Kulas win whenever he No, ma’am. He always lost.

went to cockfighting?
Correct! How about Kulas’ The snake coiled in a figure 8, the white
dream? Can you tell me the 3 carabao and the red cat. All 3 dreams he
dreams he had? Did they come had didn’t come true.
true?

Very good! The dreams didn’t

come true because Kulas did not
win.

Has Siling and Kulas Yes, ma’am. Their relationship has been
relationship been affected affected by the addiction of Kulas because
because of Kulas’ addiction? Celing felt love less by Kulas because he
How do you say so? was too focused on his roosters, they were
like his children.

Excellent! Very good

analyzation! Their relationship
was not good as it had to be,
because gambling is like a
barrier in their relationship
separating them from one
another.

What did Castor tell Kulas about Castor told Kulas to prick the ligament in
cockfighting? Did Kulas follow the leg of the rooster, this will weaken the
the advice of Castor? leg of the rooster and Kulas will bet on his
opponent. It is a form of cheating. But
because Kulas was desperate, he did what
Castor said. Unfortunately, the rooster of
Kulas won and since he bet on the opponent
side, he loses.

After that event, when Kulas He discovered that Siling was betting on the
lost, what did he discover about opposite of Kulas. This is the reason why,
Siling? even if Kulas lose, they don’t lose all their
money.
 It ended with a celebration, because Kulas
How did the story ends? and Siling had an agreement, that if Kulas
lose one more time, Siling would kill all his
6 cocks. In the end, she made dishes, such
as Tinola, Adobo and fried chicken. And
the couple lived honestly and peacefully
ever after.

Great! In the end, Kulas realized

that Siling was right. Gambling
is not a good practice and life is
not all about luck. Because in
life if you want to survive, you
need to work hard for it. Do not
waste your life engaging
yourself in such addiction, it
will lead you nowhere.

F. Application

Mechanics:

Inside the rectangle, answer

the questions,
“What old Filipino custom or
practice shown in the play?
Is it still being practiced
today? Would you like the
practice to continue? Why or
why not?”

G. Generalization:

1. Is cockfighting a sport Cockfighting is a form of gambling

or simply another form of because it includes money but it is also
gambling? considered as a bloody sport.

2. In life, should we base our We should not live as if luck will serve us
success through luck? Why fortune every time, because it will not. Most
or why not? of the time, believing in luck will only lead
you to disappointments.
IV. EVALUATION
What’s the Tone
Instruction: Identify the dominant emotional tone in the dialogue on the next page.
Choose your answer from the box.

Humorous Playful Regretful Sarcastic Serious

Dialogue Tone
1. Kulas: Ahem! Er… Siling, you look
nice this morning.
2. Siling: Well, you certainly take a lot of
interest in me nowadays. Usually you
think of your cockfighting.
3. Kulas: I’ll only lose one more. Siling is
right. Gambling is nothing but chance. My
luck has been terrible.
4. Castor: What a miserable man you are,
Kulas. A slave to a rooster and then
pecked by a hen.
5. Kulas: This is really the end. Nothing
can change by bad luck. I will never
show my face in cockpit. Why did I listen
to
Castor?

Answers:
1. Playful
2. Sarcastic
3. Serious
4. Sarcastic
5. Regretful

V. ASSIGNMENT
Read the next lesson, entitled “A Tree, A Book” by Maximo Ramos page 475.