4A’s Semi- Detailed Lesson Plan in World Literature

I. OBJECTIVE

At the end of the lesson, 85% of the students should be able to;

A. Analyze the story’s content,

B. Summarize the story, “the Book of Ruth” and
C. Reflect on the story that has been tackled.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic: The Israeli Literature

Sub-topic: The Book of Ruth

Material/s: Laptop, book, examination papers, visual aids, adhesive tape and marker.

Reference/s: The Book of Ruth (2018), Retrieved August 25, 2018 form http://
biblescripture.net/

The Book of Ruth: The Analysis (2018), Retrieved August 25, 2018 from
http://www.shmoop.com//ruth/literary-devices

The Book of Ruth: The Analysis (2018), Retrieved August 25, 2018 from
http://bible.org/article/literary-analysis-book-ruth

III. PROCEDURE
A. Preliminary Activities
 Greetings
 Checking of attendance
 Arranging seats
 B. Motivation

The teachers will introduce the game "Trip to Jerusalem", explain its mechanics,
and then ask for ten (10) students who want to participate in the said activity.

C. Presentation/Discussion

a) Activity

The students will be up to the beat of the popular song that is has been
played in the recent days; “The Salvation Poem.” This is going to be played by
the teacher.

b) Analysis

The students should identify the relation of the activity to the topic and then
they will be asked by the following:

 What have you noticed in the song? What is it all about?

 What particular genre does the song pertains to?

c) Abstraction

The teacher will explain to the students the analysis of the “The Book of Ruth”
and its detailed content.by presenting a video clips.

THE BOOK OF RUTH

 Composed of only four (4) chapters

 Shortest Book in the Old Testament
 The book is named after one of its main characters, a young woman of Moab, the great-
grandmother of David and an ancestress of Jesus
 Chapter 1: Ruth and Naomi in Moab

Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the
land. And a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and
his wife, and his two sons. And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife
Naomi, and the names of his two sons, Machlon and Kilyon, Efratites from Bethlehem in Judah.
And they came into the country of Moab, and remained there.

And Elimelech, Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. And they took
wives for themselves of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of
the other Ruth; and they dwelled there about ten years. And Machlon and Kilyon died, both of
them; so that the woman was bereft of her two sons and her husband.

Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of
Moab; for she had heard in the country of Moab that God had visited His people in giving them
bread. So she went out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and
they took the road to return to the land of Judah.

And Naomi said to her two daughters in law: "Go, return each of you to her mother's
house; and may God deal loyally with you, as you have dealt with the dead, and with me. May
God grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband." Then she kissed
them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

And they said to her: "No, we will return with you to your people." And Naomi said:
"Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Are there yet any more sons in my womb,
that they may be your husbands? Turn back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have
a husband. Even if I should say I have hope, even if I should have a husband tonight and should
bear sons; would you tarry for them till they were grown? Would you, for them, refrain from
having husbands? No, my daughters; for it grieves me much for your sakes that the hand of God
is gone out against me."

And they lifted up their voice, and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother in law; but
Ruth held fast to her.
 And she said: "Behold, your sister in law has gone back to her people and to her gods; go
back after your sister in law."

And Ruth said: "Entreat me not to leave you, or to return from following after you.
Wherever you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people,
and your God my God. Where you die, I will die, and there will I be buried; God do so to me,
and more also, if aught but death part you and me."

When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, then she left off speaking
to her.

So, the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when
they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was astir at their arrival, and they said: Is this
Naomi? And she said to them, "Call me not Naomi ( 'pleasantness'); call me Marah ('bitterness"),
for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and God has brought me back
empty. Why then do you call me Naomi, seeing God has testified against me, and the Almighty
has afflicted me?"

So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite woman, her daughter in law, with her, who
returned out of the country of Moab; and they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley
harvest.

Chapter 2: Ruth Meets Boaz

Now Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech;
and his name was Boaz.

And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi: "Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn
after him in whose sight I shall find favor." And she said to her: "Go, my daughter." And she
went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to a part of
the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, "God be with you";
and they answered him, "God, bless you." Then Boaz said to his servant that was set over the
reapers: "Whose maiden is this?" And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and
said: "It is the Moabite girl who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab, and she said,
'I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves'; so she came, and has
continued from the morning until now, scarcely spending any time in the hut."

Then said Boaz to Ruth: "Hearest you not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field,
nor go away from here, but keep close here to my maidens. Let your eyes be on the field that
they reap, and go after them; have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch you?
And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn."

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him: "Why have I
found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, seeing I am a stranger?" And Boaz
answered and said to her: "It has been fully related to me all that you have done for your mother
in law since the death of your husband; and how you have left your father and your mother, and
the land of your birth, and have come to a people whom you knew not before. May God
recompense your deed, and may a full reward be given you by the L-rd, the God of Israel, under
whose wings you have come to take refuge."

And she said: "Let me find favor in your sight, my lord; for you have comforted me, and
you have spoken gently to your handmaid, though I am not even like one of your handmaidens."

And Boaz said to her at the mealtime: "Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your
morsel in the vinegar." And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she
did eat, and was replete, and left. And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his
young men, saying: "Let her even glean among the sheaves, and do not reproach her; and let fall
also some of the handfuls on purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and do
not rebuke her." So she gleaned in the field until evening, and beat out what she had gleaned: and
it was about an efah of barley.

And she took it up and went into the city, and her mother in law saw what she had
gleaned; and she brought it out, and gave to her what she had left over after she had eaten her fill.
And her mother in law said to her: "Where have you gleaned today, and where have you
worked? Blessed is he who took notice of you." And she related to her mother-in-law where she
had worked, and said: "The man's name where I worked today is Boaz."
 And Naomi said to her daughter in law: "Blessed is he of God, who has not left off his
steadfast love to the living and to the dead." And Naomi said to her: "The man is near of kin to
us, one of our nearest kinsmen."

And Ruth the Moabite said: "He said to me also: You shall keep close by my young men,
until they have ended all my harvest." And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter in law: "It is good,
my daughter, that you go out with his maidens, and that they meet you not in any other field." So
she kept close to the maidens of Boaz to glean to the end of the barley harvest and of the wheat
harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.

Chapter 3: A Nighttime Encounter

Then Naomi her mother in law said to her: "My daughter, shall I not seek a home for you,
that it may be well with you? And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens you
went?

"Behold, he winnows barley tonight in the threshingfloor. Wash yourself therefore, and
anoint yourself, and put your raiment upon you, and get you down to the threshingfloor; but do
not make yourself known to the man, until he has finished eating and drinking. And it shall be,
when he lies down, that you shall mark the place where he shall lie, and you shall go in, and
uncover his feet, and lay you down; and he will tell you what you shall do." And she said to her:
"All that you say to me I will do." And she went down to the threshingfloor, and did according to
all that her mother in law bade her.

And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the
end of the heap of corn; and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid herself down. And
it came to pass at midnight, that the man was startled, and turned over; and, behold, a woman lay
at his feet.

And he said: "Who are you?" And she answered: "I am Ruth your handmaid; spread
therefore your skirt over your handmaid, for you are a near kinsman.
 And he said: "Blessed be you of God, my daughter; for you have shown more loyalty in
the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as you did not follow the young men, whether poor
or rich. And now, my daughter, fear not, I will do to you all that you require; for all the city of
my people knows that you are a virtuous woman.

"Now it is true that I am your near kinsman; yet there is a kinsman nearer than I. Tarry
this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform to you the part of a kinsman,
good and well: let him do the kinsman's part; but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to you,
then will I do the part of a kinsman to you, as God lives. Lie down until the morning."

And she lay at his feet until the morning; and she rose up before one could recognize
another person. And he said: "Let it not be known that a woman came into the threshingfloor."
Also he said "Bring the veil that you have upon you, and hold it." And when she held it, he
measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her; and he went into the city.

And when she came to her mother in law, she said: "Who are you, my daughter?" And
she told her all that the man had done for her. And she said: "These six measures of barley he
gave me; for he said to me, Do not go empty to your mother in law." Then she said: "Sit still, my
daughter, until you know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest quiet until he finishes
the matter today."

Chapter 4: Ruth and Boaz Start a Family

Then Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there; and, behold, the kinsman of whom
Boaz spoke came by.

And he said: "Ho there, such and such a one! Turn aside, sit down here." And he turned
aside, and sat down. And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said: Sit down here. And
they sat down.

And he said to the kinsman: "Naomi, who is come back out of the country of Moab, is
selling a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's; and I thought to advise you of it,
saying: 'Buy it in the presence of the inhabitants, and in the presence of the elders of my people.'
If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know; for
there is none to redeem it besides you, and I am after you." And he said: "I will redeem it."

Then said Boaz: "On the day you acquire the field from the hand of Naomi, you must
acquire also from Ruth the Moabite, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon
his inheritance." And the kinsman said: "I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I harm my own
inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself, for I cannot redeem it."

Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning
exchanging: to confirm all manner of transactions, a man pulled off his shoe, and gave it to his
neighbor, and this was the manner of attesting in Israel. Therefore the kinsman said to Boaz,
"Buy it for yourself," and drew off his shoe.

And Boaz said to the elders, and to all the people: "You are witnesses this day, that I have
bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Kilyon's and Machlon's, from the hand of
Naomi.

"Moreover, Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Machlon, have I acquired as my wife, to raise
up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from
among his brethren, and from the gate of his place; you are witnesses this day."

And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said: "We are witnesses. May
God make the woman that is come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did
build the house of Israel; and be prosperous in Efrata, and be famous in Bethlehem. And may
your house be like the house of Peretz, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed which God shall
give you of this young woman."

So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife; and he went in to her, and God gave her
conception, and she bore a son.

And the women said to Naomi: "Blessed is God, who has not left you this day without a
redeemer, that his name may be famous in Israel. And he shall be to you a restorer of your life,
and a nourisher of your old age; for your daughter in law, who loves you, who is better to you
than seven sons, she has born him." And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and
became nurse to it.

And the women her neighbors gave it a name, saying: There is a son born to Naomi; and
they called his name Oved—he is the father of Jesse the father of David.

Now these are the generations of Peretz: Peretz begot Hetzron. And Hetzron begot Ram,
and Ram begot Amminadav. And Amminadav begot Nachshon, and Nachshon begot Salmah.
And Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Oved. And Oved begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David.

Characters:

Ruth – Daughter-in-law of Naomi, wife of Mahlon and later wife of Boaz

Naomi – Wife of Elimelech, Mother-in-law to Ruth
Boaz – The Goel (kinsman-redeemer) of Ruth
Orpah – Daughter-in-law of Naomi, wife of Chilion
Elimelech – Husband of Naomi

Mahlon – Son of Elimelech and Naomi, husband of Ruth

Chilion – Son of Elilmelech and Noami, husband of Orpah

Setting:

Bethlehem Moab

Theme:

Loyalty Slavery

Love Acceptance
Belongingness Death

Faithfulness

d) Application
The students will summarize the book through organizing sets of picture
which represents the scenes from the story and arranging it accordingly to
their time of appearance in the story (First to the last).

IV. EVALUATION

The students are needed to construct a reflection paper on the story of “The Book
of Ruth” by answering the following questions:

 Does you uniqueness is considered as your weakness or power? Why?

 “Your people will be my people and your God will be my God.” What
values did Ruth possessed? How these values help people in their
everyday lives?
 What lesson does the story brought you? Did you realize something?
Support your answer.

CRITERIA
Content 25%
Comprehensive 15%
Relation to the topic 5%
Organization 5%
4A’s Semi- Detailed Lesson Plan in World Literature

LESSON PLAN

(ISRAELI LITERATURE)

Submitted to:

MR. KENNETH PAUL MOJICA

College of Arts and Sciences

Submitted by:

MA. GLYZZA R. DE VILLA

BSE 4 ENGL 1