Lesson Plan 2: What Breeds and Slays Monsters
PROBING: Discovering Reasons for Injustices
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A Lesson Plan for Probing
Developed by Marisol C. Crizaldo and Charita C. Troyo
I. Learning Objectives and Outcomes
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able:
Expressive Objective:
to describe how social injustices affect a person’s way of living.
Instructional Objectives:
to cite specific lines from the poem which depicts injustices, oppression and systemic discrimination; and
to make inferences using reasoning and evidence.
II. Subject Matter and Materials
A. Subject Matter
Theme: Beauty in Diversity and and Inclusion
Topic: Probing: Discovering Reasons for Injustices
Literary Text: What Breeds and Slays Monsters by Maryjane Alejo (see text annotation below)
Skills Development: Making inferences to literary text read by using reasoning and evidences.
B. Materials: list is made available on the full LP found in Appendix LP 2
What Breeds and Slays Monsters by Maryjane Alejo
This is a poem which expresses how acts of injustices and marginalization root from each one of us as interconnected people and that one’s action is a reflection of another’s action towards them as well as distinguishing what unity can do.
III. Procedure
Pre Reading
Pre Reading
Activating Prior Knowledge and Developing a Purpose for Reading
Teacher and students will watch a short clip which tackles the topic oppression and then discusses about it.
(See Appendix LP 2 for a link of a sample video accessed via YouTube. Teachers may use other similar and relevant available videos.)
Afterwards, teacher introduces literary material and poses the query of looking for forms of oppressions and injustices that can possibly be identified in it.
During Reading
During Reading
Independent Reading
Prior to asking the students to silently and independently read the poem, teacher must remind students to take note of and highlight specific lines that imply oppression and injustices.
Literary Material:
*What Breeds and Slays Monsters by Maryjane Alejo (a poem from the collection Duguang Lupa, page 15). Access the full LP at Appendix LP 2 for a link to the poem.
*All rights remain to the author of the poem.
Post Reading
Post Reading
Engagement Activity
The class will discuss the poem facilitated by teacher prompting questions that were structured based on GPU Approach (see Appendix LP 2's Engagement Activity part for actual sequence of questions for discussion).
Enrichment Activity
Chart Completion Activity
Teacher and students will complete a chart which tackles forms of social injustices in the context of the students.
(Chart is available on the full LP found on Appendix LP 2.)
Skills Development
The students will be making inferences to literary text read by using reasoning and evidences. This part requires teaching/modeling and guiding from teacher before proceeding with students' independent practice.
(Activities under this goal are available on the full LP found in Appendix LP 2)
IV. Assessment
A. Text and Context (Individual Task)
In not less than 100 words, write a comparison of your inferences before and after knowing the context of the poem "What Breeds and Slays Monsters" by Maryjane Alejo.
B. Awareness Video Creation (Group Task)
Class shall work in groups. Create a 3-minute video that will raise awareness about any form of oppression/injustice. Refer to the rubric for additional guidelines.
(Context of poem and rubrics for evaluation of video are available in full LP on Appendix LP 2.)
References
Alejo, M. (2009, December 7). What Breeds and Slays Monsters.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14qE1tmHOq48JskhprXJV26Lyqi1b-Z3V/edit?
usp=drivesdk&ouid=101628575343907644402&rtpof=true&sd=true
Allen, T. (2022). George Floyd Made Me Move. McKnight Foundation.
https://www.mcknight.org/george-floyd-made-me-move/
Reading Rockets. (n.d). It Says-I Say-And So [File].
https://www.readingrockets.org/pdfs/inference-graphic-organizer.pdf
Shams hoque. (2014, July 2014). Oppression - Short Animation [Video]. Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvcQaTbR4dU
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