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English Grade 7 Lesson Plan 7

Reading Recounts

Key Idea

Reading Recounts

Most Essential Learning Competencies:

• Use appropriate reading strategies to meet one’s purpose (e.g., Scanning, skimming, close reading, etc.) (EN7RC-IV-b-10)

• Use appropriate reading strategies for various text types (EN7RC-IV-b-10)

• Summarize key information from a text (EN6OL-IVj-3.6)

• Cite evidence to support a general statement (EN7RC-IV-g-10.4)

• React to what is asserted or expressed in a text (EN7RC-IIIe-2.1.7

Component 1: Short review

Time: 7 minutes

Teacher: Last week we talked about different types of literary texts. We focused on types of text that tell a story i.e. narratives e.g. fables, folktales and narrative poetry. Literary texts are mostly imaginary or fictional; the stories are made up; they are not real.

This week we are going to focus on types of texts that give us factual information. In this lesson, we are going to look at type of text that involves a sequence of events, except this time it’s not a fictional, imaginary text but a non-fiction, factual text.

Teacher displays and reads questions. Teacher elicits answers from students orally before asking them to write their answers on the worksheet.

Questions:

Q1. What type of factual text retells a sequence of events that happened in the past?

Q2. A biography is an example of a recount. What is a biography? What information would you expect to find in a biography?

Q3. In what ways is a factual text, like a biography, different from a fictional text?

Teacher samples answers to Questions 2 and 3, providing feedback.

Suggested Answers

Q1. Recount.

Q2. A biography is a recount of a person’s life. The first part introduces who the person is; the main part is a sequence of important events in their life; sometimes there is a final comment on their life and achievements.

Q3. A factual recount retells events about real characters that actually happened whereas a fictional text is an imaginary story about events and characters that might be based on some aspect of reality or totally made up. (Be prepared for additional answers from students.)

Component 2: Purpose of the lesson

Time: 3 minutes

Teacher: In this lesson, we are going to look in detail at a Recount. Recounts retell events that happened in the past. They are written in the past tense. They generally have 3 stages: first, similar to a narrative, they begin with who is involved, and when and where the events happen (sometimes called an Orientation);

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second, they outline the sequence of events; third, and this an optional section, there may be a comment about the events or person. The recount we are going to read is a biography of a well-known person in Philippine history.

Component 3: Language Practice

Time: 5 minutes

Teacher provides explicit instruction on the words and phrases that are important for students to recognize and understand in the lesson.

Teacher displays the list of words on the board and reads each word aloud.

Here are some words that are important in the recount we are going to read.

inspiring (encouraging, or making you feel you want to do something positive or creative)

significant (very important)

colonial rule (one country taking political control of another country and occupying it)

rebels (a group of people who oppose and resist an established government or leader)

cause (a movement to which one is committed and which one is prepared to defend)

unwavering (continuing in a strong and steady way)

Let’s practice these words. Say them and their meanings after me. Look at their spelling. Let's use them in sentences. I’ll do the first one:

“An inspiring leader can motivate people to achieve their very best.”

See how the sentence contains the meaning of the word.

Now with your partner, write a sentence for each of the other words in the list.

Teacher samples sentences to make sure the words are used according to their meanings.

[Teacher Note: Try to get students to write sentences that reveal the meaning of the words. If running short of time, either omit sentence writing or do it orally as a class.]

Component 4: Lesson Activity

Time: 25 minutes in total

Component 4A Reading the text [~ 5 minutes]

Melchora Aquino – A Biography

Melchora Aquino, affectionately known as "Tandang Sora" or "Mother of the Philippine Revolution," was a brave and inspiring woman who played a significant role in the struggle for Philippine independence.

Born on January 6, 1812, in Caloocan City, Philippines, she grew up in a time when the country was under Spanish colonial rule. In 1896, during the Philippine Revolution, Aquino supported the Katipunan, a secret society fighting for independence. She provided shelter, food, and nursing care to Filipino rebels, including their leader, Andres Bonifacio. However, the Spanish authorities discovered her involvement and arrested her in 1897. After serving a prison sentence, she continued supporting the Filipino cause until her death on March 2, 1919.

Aquino's unwavering bravery and commitment to freedom inspire generations of Filipinos to this day. Melchora Aquino is remembered as a national hero of the Philippines and her image is featured on the Philippine twenty-centavo coin.

[Adapted from text generated by ChatGPT Open AI. https://openai.com/chatgpt]

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Component 4B Questions [~10 minutes]

Teacher reads each question and asks students to write answers on their Worksheets.

Questions

Q1. What other names was Melchora Aquino known by?

Q2. What did Aquino do to support the Katipunan in their fight for independence?

Q3. Why was Melchora Aquino arrested and sent to prison?