"Cupid and Psyche": Semi - Detailed Lesson Plan in English

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“CUPID AND PSYCHE”

Semi – Detailed Lesson Plan in English

English – Literature
Subject Matter

Grade 9
Level
A SEMI-DETAILED LESSON PLAN FOR GRADE 9- READING

I. Learning Objectives:
At the end of sixty (60) minutes, students should be able to:
1. Identify the lesson of the story
2. Appreciate the lesson of the story especially about trust and love.
3. Participate in the activities.

II. Subject Matter


• Topic: Greek Myth: Cupid and Psyche
• Reference: http://www.supersummary.com/cupid-and-psyche/summary/
• Skills: Reading
• Materials: Cartolina, permanent and whiteboard marker, projector, laptop,

III. Learning experience

A. Preliminary Activity
1. Daily Routine
a. Prayer
b. Greetings
c. Classroom management
d. A text a day
2. Review of the Previous lesson
Guide questions:
1. What was our topic all about last meeting?
2. What did you learn from it?

3. Motivation
The teacher will play a music video entitled “Trust” by Justin Bieber.

Guide Questions:
1. What is your insight about the song? What do you think the song tries to imply?
2. Do you relate to the message of the song?

A. Proper Lesson
1. Pre-reading

Unlocking of difficulties

The teacher will provide questions to the learners about the words they might be
encountering while reading the story and the learners will have to choose the best answer
from the choices given.

Vocabulary words:

• Trust - firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.
• Love - an intense feeling of deep affection
• Jealous - feeling or showing envy of someone or their achievements and advantages.
• Despicable-deserving hatred and contempt
• Beseech – to beg for something; to ask in a serious and emotional way to do something.

Author’s Background
Lucuis Apuleius Madaurensis
A latin language prose writer, philosopher and
rhetorician.
Born in 125 AD in Algeria

While Reading

The students are given a copy of the story. The teacher asks the students to read the story
silently.

“Cupid and Pysche”


Post-Reading

Activity 1

The students will be grouped into four groups. Each group will be given an activity.

Group 1 Group 2

Give the character and Give the complication


the setting of the story. and the Solution of the
story.

Group 3 Group 4
Give the climax and Give the symbolism
denouement of the of the story and the
story. theme

Criteria

Promptness to assemble and finish work on time. 25

Members’ cooperation in the discussion and work. 25

Relevance and Clarity of deliberation 50

Total 100
Analysis

The teacher will ask the students randomly with regards to the topic.

1. Why is Aphrodite so jealous of Psyche? Does Aphrodite have reason to be jealous of


Psyche? Why or why not?
2. If you were Psyche would you also be curious about what Cupid looks like? Why, or why
not?
3. What have you learned from the story? What are those?
4. What do you think is the theme of the story? Why do you say so?
5. Do you think trust is very important in a relationship? Explain.

Abstraction
The teacher will play a video clip about trust and love.

Application

Differentiated activities

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3

Make a short quote Present a short scenario Sing a song that depicts love
about trust about jealousy and trust then explain.

Summary of the Lesson

“Love grows with trust, dies with suspicion, and progresses with forgiveness”
-Abdul Bary Yahya
Evaluation

I. Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer.


1. She is the girl being envied by Aphrodite.
a. Psyche b. Eurydice c. Thisbe d. All of the above
2. She was the goddess of beauty who was very jealous of Psyche?
a. Zephyr b. Psyche’s Sisters c. Aphrodite d. All of the above
3. Who told Psyche to kill her husband?
a. Aphrodite b. Cupid himself c. Psyche’s Sisters d. None of the above
4. Why did Cupid get mad to Psyche?
a. Because she didn’t trust Cupid
b. Because she disobeys his husband
c. Because she tries to kill her husband
d. All of the above
5. Who said that “Love cannot live where there is no trust”?
a. Psyche b. Cupid c. Apollo d. Zephyr

II. Write an essay of what you have learned from the story and how are you going to
apply it to your own life. (5 points)

Assignment

1. Read or watch the movie Beauty and the Beast.


2. Compare the story of Cupid and Psyche to the story of Beauty and the Beast.

Prepared by:

Recluta, Mery Shalwith D.

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