Department of Education

Region VI – Western Visayas

Division of Aklan
District of Altavas
Altavas National School
Altavas, Aklan

Demonstration Lesson Plan in English 9

(4A’s Approach with the Integration of Multiple Intelligences)

I. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the period, 75% of the students are able to:
A. Compose a plot synopsis
B. Analyze literature as a means of finding usual situations at present in comparison
to the events depicted in the play.
C. Develop your writing skill in coming up with a good synopsis.
D. Determine the relevance and the truthfulness of the ideas presented in the material
viewed.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic: Plot Synopsis
Skills: Listening, Speaking, Writing, Viewing
References: Activity Sheet for English 9 Quarter 3 – Week 2 – MELC 2 PLOT
SYNOPSIS
Materials: Cards, Cartolina, Laptop, Projector
Value Focus: Helps grow in awareness and in understanding the power of literary works.

III. LEARNING STRATEGIES

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

A. Preparatory Activities

1. Greetings (Intrapersonal Intelligence)

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

How’s your day? I’m good/great, Ma’am!

2. Prayer (Existential Intelligence)

Before we formally start, everybody please

stand for a prayer. ____, please lead the
prayer.

3. Warm-Up (Bodily-Kinesthetic
Intelligence)

“This time class, let us have a warm up

activity.”

“This activity is called the Group Story. I

will start off by giving a title. Then I will
be going around and having each person
state a word or phrase that comes next in
the story. This way, while saying a phrase
each can help you practice story structure.”

“Do you understand?” Yes, Ma’am!

“Let’s begin.”
 Great job, class! You all did well! (Students will follow)
4. Checking of Attendance (Verbal
Intelligence)

Class Monitor, do we have absentees for

today?
(Class Monitor will report the attendance for the
day.)

B. Presentation of Objectives (Verbal

Intelligence)

To begin with, let us identify first the intended

learning objectives that we must attain for today.
____, kindly read each objective shown on the
board.

A. Compose a plot synopsis

B. Analyze literature as a means of
finding usual situations at present in
comparison to the events depicted
in the play.
C. Develop your writing skill in
coming up with a good synopsis. (Students will read the objectives.)
D. Determine the relevance and the
truthfulness of the ideas presented
in the material viewed.

C. Lesson Proper

1. Preparation (Verbal Intelligence)

Class, before we start, we will engage in a short

activity that tends to unearth the foresight of your
learning.

Write the word True if the sentence denotes

truthfulness and the word False if otherwise.
Write you answer on the blanks provided
before the number.

______ 1. Synopsis is a long-widened summary of

a story.

______ 2. Composing a synopsis will demonstrate

your understanding of the play.

______ 3. Write the high points of your story in

chronological order.

______ 4. Your synopsis must include the Answer Key:

resolution to your story. 1. False
2. True
______ 5. Introduce the main characters of the 3. True
story at the end part of the synopsis.
4. True
5. False
Wow, you answered the activity successfully!
Excellent, class!
2. Activity (Verbal Intelligence)

Later as we explore ourselves deeper in our lesson,

you will find more learning from these words, but
before that, you will go through with this pre-
existing vocabulary development.

Match your answer from Column A to Column B

A B

Synopsis a short description of a

book, movie, or other
product written for
promotional purposes and
appearing on the cover of
a book or in an
advertisement.

is a brief summary that

Blurb gives audiences an idea of
what a composition is
about.

Chronological Is a preconceived opinion

that is not based on reason
or actual experience.

Prejudice the act or process of

resolving.

Resolution arranged in or according

to the order of time
reckoned in units of time

“Great work, class! It seems like you are now

ready to learn our today’s discussion

3. Analysis (Verbal Intelligence)

PLOT SYNOPSIS

A synopsis is a brief summary that gives

audiences an idea of what a composition is about.
It provides an overview of the storyline or main
points and other defining factors of the work,
which may include style, genre, persons
or characters of note, setting, and so on.

Follow these steps to craft a good synopsis

1. Start with a hook

This should be a paragraph or two similar
to the blurb on the back of a book. Mood
and tone is important here, use special
objectives.

2. Introduce the characters

Introduce the main characters in your book.
Reveal their motivation, conflict, and
 goals. Stay away from detailed physical
descriptions.

3. Construct the body of your synopsis

Write the high points of your story in
chronological order. Keep these paragraphs
tight, don’t give every little detail.
Remember, each scene should include
action, reaction, and a decision.

4. Use three or four paragraphs to write the

crisis and resolution of your story.
Keep this simple, but make sure you show
your main character’s reactions. Your
synopsis must include the resolution to
your story.

5. Rewrite
Rewrite until each sentence is polished to
the point of perfection. Use strong
adjectives and verbs, and always write in
the present tense.

Plot Synopsis of Driving Miss Daisy

by Alfred Uhry

The play spans a period of twenty-five years in

an unbroken series of segments. At the beginning
of the play, Daisy Werthan, a seventy-two-year-
old, southern Jewish widow, has just crashed her
brand new car while backing it out of the garage.
After the accident, her son Boolie insists that she
is not capable of driving. Over her protests, he
hires a driver — Hoke Coleburn, an uneducated
African American who is sixty. At first, Daisy
wants nothing to do with Hoke. She is afraid of
giving herself the airs of a rich person, even
though Boolie is paying Hoke's salary. She
strongly values her independence, so she also
resents having someone around her house.

For the first week or so of Hoke's employment,

Daisy refuses to let him drive her anywhere. He
spends his time sitting in the kitchen. One day,
however, he points out that a lady such as herself
should not be taking the bus. He also points out
that he is taking her son's money for doing
nothing. Daisy responds by reminding Hoke that
she does not come from a wealthy background, but
she relents and allows him to drive her to the
grocery store. She insists on maintaining control,
however, telling him where to turn and how fast to
drive. On another outing, she gets upset when he
parks in front of the temple to pick her up, afraid
that people will thinking she is giving herself airs.

One morning Boolie comes over after Daisy

calls him up, extremely upset. She has discovered
that Hoke is stealing from her—a can of salmon.
She wants Boolie to fire Hoke right away. Her
words also show her prejudice against African
Americans. Boolie, at last, gives up. When Hoke
arrives, Boolie calls him aside for a talk. First,
however, Hoke wants to give something to Daisy
—a can of salmon to replace the one he ate the day
before. Daisy, trying to regain her dignity, says
goodbye to Boolie. Hoke continues to drive for
Daisy. She also teaches him to read and write.
When she gets a new car, he buys her old one from
the dealer.

When Daisy is in her eighties, she makes a trip

by car to Alabama for a family birthday party. She
is upset that Boolie will not accompany her, but he
and his wife are going to New York and already
have theater tickets. On the trip, Daisy learns that
this is Hoke's first time leaving Georgia. Suddenly,
Daisy realizes that Hoke has taken a wrong turn.
She gets frantic and wishes aloud that she had
taken the train instead. The day is very long. It is
after nightfall that they near Mobile. Hoke wants
to stop to urinate, but Daisy forbids him from
doing so as they are already late. At first Hoke
obeys her, but then he pulls over to the side of the
road. Daisy exclaims at his impertinence, but Hoke
does not back down.

Hoke is exceedingly loyal to Daisy, but not so

loyal that he does not use another job offer as
leverage to get a pay raise. He tells Boolie how
much he enjoys being fought over. One winter
morning, there is an ice storm. The power has
gone out and the roads are frozen over. On the
telephone, Boolie tells Daisy he will be over as
soon as the roads are clear. Right away, however,
Hoke comes in. He has experience driving on icy
roads from his days as a deliveryman. When
Boolie calls back, Daisy tells him not to worry
about coming over because Hoke is with her.

In the next segment, Daisy is on her way to

temple, but there is a bad traffic jam. Hoke tells
her that the temple has been bombed. Daisy is
shocked and distressed. She says the temple is
reformed and can't understand why it was bombed.
Hoke tells his own story of seeing his friend's
father hanging from a tree, when he was just a
boy. Daisy doesn't see why Hoke tells the story—it
has nothing to do with the temple—and she doesn't
even believe that Hoke got the truth. She refuses to
see Hoke's linkage of prejudice against Jews and
African Americans. Though she is quite upset by
what has happened, she tries to deny it.

Another ten years or so has passed. Daisy and

Boolie get into an argument about a Jewish
organization's banquet for Martin Luther King, Jr.
Daisy assumes Boolie will go with her, but he
doesn't want to. He says it will hurt his business.
Daisy plans on going, nonetheless. Hoke drives
her to the dinner. At the last minute, she
offhandedly invites Hoke to the dinner, but he
refuses because she didn't ask him beforehand, like
she would anyone else.

As Daisy gets older, she begins to lose her

reason. One day Hoke must call Boolie because
Daisy is having a delusion. She thinks she is a
schoolteacher and she is upset because she can't
find her students' papers. Before Boolie's arrival,
she has a moment of clarity, and she tells Hoke
that he is her best friend.

In the play's final segment, Daisy is ninety-

seven and Hoke is eighty-five. Hoke no longer
drives; instead, he relies on his granddaughter to
get around. Boolie is about to sell Daisy's house—
she has been living in a nursing home for two
years. Hoke and Boolie go to visit her on
Thanksgiving. She doesn't say much to either of
them, but when Boolie starts talking she asks him
to leave, reminding him that Hoke came to see her.
She tries to pick up her fork and eat her pie. Hoke
takes the plate and the fork from her and feeds her
a small bite of pie.

4. Abstraction (Verbal Intelligence)

Comprehension Check: Answer the following

questions from the context of the story.

1. Who is Daisy? How old is she?

2. What event led her to have a personal
driver?
3. Who is Hoke? What did you observe
about his personality? (Answer may vary)
4. At the end of the play, what did Miss
Daisy discover about Hoke? How did
she react to that?
5. Explain how important education is to
a man. As a student, what can you do in
order to help or assist people like
Hoke?
 4. Application (Interpersonal Intelligence)

This time, you will apply what you have

learned through an activity.

Class, group yourselves into three (3). Count-

off!

INSTRUCTIONS
 Read the instructions carefully.
 Groups are given five (5) minutes to
prepare and three (3) minutes for
presentation.
 Be creative in presenting your task.
 Every member must have roles to play.
 Do not hesitate to ask the teacher for
further clarification and other concerns.

CRITERIA
Content 30%
Presentation 20%
Relevance to the 20%
Topic
Creativity 20%
Cooperation 10%
Total: 100%

1. Recall and choose a movie that you have

seen in a theatre or on television. Make an
outline of the movie by completing the
form given below.

2. What connections can you make between

the movie and what is happening to the
world?

IV. Evaluation (Formative Assessment)

A. Sequencing Events: Arrange the

following events accordingly. Use
numbers 1-8. Write your answer on the
space provided.

____ Miss Daisy accused Hoke of

 stealing one can of salmon from her
pantry. Answer Key:
____ Miss Daisy taught Hoke how to 6 Miss Daisy accused Hoke of stealing one can
read. of salmon from her pantry.
____ Miss Daisy resented Hoke’s 8 Miss Daisy taught Hoke how to read.
presence as she believed that he 4 Miss Daisy resented Hoke’s presence as she
would do nothing but sit around. believed that he would do nothing but sit
____ Daisy refused to let Hoke drive her around.
anywhere. 3 Daisy refused to let Hoke drive her anywhere.
____ Hoke spent her time sitting in the 5 Hoke spent her time sitting in the kitchen.
kitchen. 1 Miss Daisy crashed her brand-new car while
____ Miss Daisy crashed her brand-new backing it out of the garage.
car while backing it out of the 7 Miss Daisy found out that Hoke was illiterate.
garage. 2 Boolie hired Hoke Coleburn to drive her
____ Miss Daisy found out that Hoke around her hometown.
was illiterate.
____ Boolie hired Hoke Coleburn to
drive her around her hometown.

1. Assignment

Watch the movie adaptation of the story “Romeo

and Juliet” and write a Plot Synopsis of it.

Prepared by: LYNETTE D. ALFARO

Bachelor of Secondary Education
Major of English IV

Checked by: CRISEL ANN A. JUSTO

Cooperating Teacher

Noted by: MAR P. QUIMPO

Head Teacher I

Approved by: LINAVILLA P. ARCEÑO Ph.D.

Program Head, Education Department