A Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan for 2nd Year BSED-English EDUC 126-Section B

Prepared by: GROUP 3

I. Objectives
At the end of the 1-hour session, students are expected to:
A. identify the elements of a short story and its descriptions;
B. organize key points of a short story by using graphic organizers;
C. summarize the events of a short story in a concise manner; and
D. appreciate the importance of the short story in developing a
student's writing skill.

II. Subject Matter

A. Topic: Elements of a Short Story
B. Reference/s:
*https://blog.papertrue.com/5-key-elements-of-successful-short-stories/
*https://www.tcss.net/cms/lib/AL01001644/Centricity/Domain/
821/5%20Elements%20of%20a%20Short%20Story.ppt
C. IMs: Manila Paper/Cartolina, Pictures, Pentel Pen, handouts about
short story "Bidasari"
D. Skills: Defining, cooperating, classifying, organizing, critical thinking
and reflecting.
E. Integration: Obedience, cooperation, appreciation and reflection.
III. Methodology
A. Pre-Lesson Presentation
1. Prayer/Greetings
2. Checking of attendance
3. Checking of assignment
4. Review of the past lesson
(The teacher will review and call students to answer the questions about the
previous lesson)
 B. Lesson Presentation

Engage Phase
Activity 1: No One's Too Old for Compliments
 Introduce the game, "No One's Too Old for Compliments."
 The teacher will give a piece of paper to the students.
 The students should be able to write a compliment to their seatmates
based on their characters; a simple sentence or word will do, and it
should be done within 1 minute.
 After the given time, the teacher will randomly call the students, who
will read the compliments written about their seatmates and appreciate
that people see the better side of them.

Activity 2: Arrange Me!

 Introduce the game, "Arrange Me!"
 Let the students arrange the jumbled letters presented by the teacher
within 30 seconds.
 Ask someone from the class to explain what that arranged word
means.

Essential Idea
Reading, writing, and speaking are fundamental components of language
learning. How well one reads is a good indicator of progress, as the act of reading
tests students across many variables. Moreover, short stories are ideal for such
learning. Short stories are quickly consumable, and students can expose themselves
to more topics and thus a wider range of vocabulary than with a single novel
because it may be too much to take on because of its length. The main idea of a
short story is the central concept that the author wants to portray through the
narrative, characters and settings.

Explore Phase

Abstraction
Short story is a brief fictional work of prose with a fully developed theme that
is shorter in length than a novel and that usually deals with only a few characters.
 Five Key Elements of a Short Story:
1. Plot- is a series of events and character actions that is tied to the central conflict
in a story.
5 Stages of a Plot:
 Exposition: An introduction of characters, setting, and the conflict, providing
all the necessary background information.
 Rising action: The conflict develops and takes on newer, more complicated
incidents, leading to the climax.
 Climax: The conflict reaches a peak, which then leads to a change in the
course of events, giving the reader a new understanding of the story either
through an event or an insight.
 Falling action: The conflict gets resolved and action slows down.
 Resolution: The conflict ends, leaving the reader fulfilled.
2. Character- is a person, or sometimes even an animal or other figures who takes
part in the action of a short story. It can be classified as either round or flat, dynamic
or static, a protagonist or an antagonist.
3. Setting- establishes a time, place, and environment in which the characters and
events of the story are based.
4. Conflict- is closely linked to the theme of a narrative, as it motivates the
characters and affects the plot. It usually surfaces when the protagonist (main
character) faces an obstacle or hardship. There are two main types of conflict:
internal conflict that is a person’s struggle with themselves and external conflict that
takes place between different people, or groups of people.
5. Theme- is what children would call the moral of the story. It can be the subject of
the story, or an idea that runs through it, or simply the message that is conveyed
from the writer to the reader through the short story.

Activity 1: Build Out Story Maps

The teacher will group the class into seven groups. Handouts of the "Bidasari"
story will be distributed by group along with its map card. Each group will analyze the
given story within 10 minutes and fill out the story map card to identify simpler or
more complex structural elements of the story.
 Story Map Card
Group #: _____________
Date: ________________
Title of the Story:
Setting:
Characters:
Problem:
Main Events:
Resolution:
Theme:

Rubrics:
 Focus and Details 10 pts
 Organizaton/Arrangement 10 pts
 Word Choice 10 pts
 Sentence Structure 10 pts
 Neatness and Effort 10 pts
50 pts

Activity 2: Compare and Contrast

With the help of the Venn Diagram, the teacher will let each group compare
and contrast the protagonist and antagonist characters of the short story and their
shared traits.

Venn Diagram Rubrics:

 Concept Arrangement 5 pts
 Content 5 pts
 Text 5 pts
15 pts
 Activity 3: KWL Chart
K-W-L is an acronym that stands for “Know,” “Want to Know,” and “Learned.”
The KWL chart is divided into three columns—one for each letter—under which
students record what they already know about the topic, what they want to know (or
questions they have) about the topic, and what they learned (after the lesson or
assignment).
KNOW WANT TO KNOW LEARNED

Apply Phase
Activity 1: Find Someone Who
This is an oral interaction activity to help students get to know each other. The
teacher will ask students to choose a character from the story and describe him or
her in detail. Then ask them to identify passages from the text that support or flesh
out their descriptions. What are the author’s physical descriptions of the character?
What do we know about their demographic factors (age, gender, race, class, etc.)?
The teacher will divide the students into seven groups for multiple characters and
have them compare and contrast their descriptions, choosing only one presenter to
present their shared traits with their chosen character.

Activity 2: How Would This Be Different If…?

Students struggle to remember that every word in a story is a choice. The
teacher will ask the students to consider how the story would be transformed by
changing small things (specific words of descriptions, minor details) and large things
(point of view, important facts about the characters, etc.). If the ending of the story is
unsatisfactory or surprising to them in some way, ask them to rewrite the ending. It is
a particularly effective way to make them think about authorial decisions.

Rubrics:
 Content (Relevance to the theme, Comprehensiveness, Originality, 30 pts
Insights)
 Organization (Clarity of Thoughts, Creativity, Unity and Consistency) 10 pts
 Mechanics (Punctuation, Spelling, Capitalization, Grammar) 10 pts

TOTAL 50 pts
 Activity 3: Summarize Me!
The teacher will let the students summarize and organize the key points of the
short story with the use of any graphic organizer and will let the students observe the
originality in creating graphic organizers in a concise manner.

Rubrics:
 Organization- 10 pts
 Content- 10 pts
 Creativity- 10 pts
 Ideas- 10 pts
 Originality- 10 pts
Total: 50 pts

Assess Phase

IV. Evaluation

Test I. Identification
Direction: Read each statement carefully and identify the elements of the short story
that are being referred to. Write the correct answer before each number.
__________1. It is a series of events and character actions that is tied to the central
conflict in a story.
__________2. It is a person, or sometimes even an animal or other figures who
takes part in the action of a short story.
__________3. It establishes a time, place, and environment in which the characters
and events of the story are based.
__________4. It usually surfaces when the protagonist (main character) faces an
obstacle or hardship.
__________5. It can be the subject of the story, or an idea that runs through it, or
simply the message that is conveyed from the writer to the reader through the short
story.
Test II. Matching Type
Direction: Match the elements of a short story in column A with each appropriate
description in column B. Write only the letter of your answer on a separate sheet of
paper.

Elements of a Short Story

Column A Column B
a. Plot a. Diyuharam, Lila Sari, Mongindra,
Bisari
b. Characters
b. The merchant Diyuharam who is from
c. Setting
another kingdom, found the child and
d. Conflict raised her. He named the child Bisari.

e. Theme c. The Sultana invited the maiden to the

palace to serve as the sultan’s dame.
However, Bisari was imprisoned by Lila
Sari.
d. Indrapura
e. This story revolves around the life of
the main character and we shall call a
"removable soul" that was portrayed by
Bidasari, whose life was bonded with a
goldfish.

V. Assignment
Direction: Using what you have learned about the elements of a short story, browse
and read at least one short story from different authors through the internet and
identify the elements of a short story from it.

Rubrics:
 Content (Relevance to the theme, Comprehensiveness, Originality, 30 pts
Insights)
 Organization (Clarity of Thoughts, Creativity, Unity and Consistency) 10 pts
 Mechanics (Punctuation, Spelling, Capitalization, Grammar) 10 pts

TOTAL 50 pts