Adjective Lesson Plan

Continuation of The Dream Eater Lesson Plan
Level: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2
Subject: Adjectives/Descriptive Words
Story: The Dream Eater

I. Objectives:

A. To identify words that describe people, places and things in sentences.
B. To give examples of sentences with descriptive words.

II. Materials:

sentence charts, food cut-outs, worksheets

III. Procedure:

A. Presentation

I have here some sentences from the story. Lets read them one by one.

1. Yukio is very helpful.
2. He lives in a peaceful village.
3. He saw a strange creature.

B. Discussion

1. Look at sentence number 1, who is very helpful? (underline nouns)
Look at sentence number 2, where does Yukio live?
Look at sentence number 3, what did Yukio see?

2. Look at the underlined words.
What kind of boy is Yukio? (encircle adjectives)
What kind of village does he live in?
What kind of creature did he see?
What kind of words do they describe?
What do you think these words are calle if they describe
people, places and things?

3. I have some more examples here.
Who can tell me the descriptive words?
Which words do they describe?
Sentences:
1. The book is heavy.
2. He lives in a big city.
3. She is very kind.

C. Assimilation

Sally Goes to Market
The class will be divided into two groups. There will be food cut-outs with sentences written on the back. After the signal and type of food to look for is given, a member of each group will pick up the basket, get the food and write the desriptive word on the board. The first member who writes the correct word will get a point for their group. The group with the most number of points at the end of the game wins.

Sentences:

1. The pie is delicious.
2. The room is clean.
3. She is an intelligent girl.
4. The class is very quiet.
5. He is a nice person.
6. She has curly hair.
7. The house is very big.
8. The bag is expensive.
9. He owns a shiny mirror.
10. His sister is pretty.

IV. Evaluation

Encircle the descriptive words in the sentences. Underline the words that they describe.

1. He carried a heavy stone yesterday.
2. She likes to eat sweet fruits.
3. Do not eat if your hands are dirty.
4. The monster is very strong.
5. He gave her colorful pillows.
6. The spider has long legs.
7. She baked a round cake.
8. Her son is very lazy.
9. The selfish boy does not have friends.
10. There is a tiny button on the dress.

Lesson Plan for The Dream Eater
Long O Words Lesson Plan
The Dream Eater Videos

A Lesson Plan for How To Be A Happy Hippo

Level: Kindergarten
Subject: Reading

I. Objectives:

A. To realize that happiness does not depend on material things alone
B. To appreciate the author's humorous portrayal of characters
C. To respond to the story through the following engagement activities:

1. Venn Diagram
2. Comic Balloon
3. Writing A Letter
4. Drawing the Events
5. Horace's Plan

II. Subject Matter and Materials:

A. Selection: How To Be A Happy Hippo by Jonathan Shipton
Little Tiger Press, 2000

B. Materials:

1. charts for engagement activities
2. clay and stuff toy for unlocking difficulties

III. Procedure:

A. Pre-reading

1. Unlocking of Difficulties

a. scrambled out - Because I was so tired, I lost balance and fell while walking up the stairs. I scrambled out before my brother sees me. What do you think is the meaning of scrambled out? (unlock the word by acting it out)

b. wallow - Carabaos love to play in the mud. They like to wallow. (demonstrate it using a stuff toy and clay)

c. wedge - Philip made a wedge of mud and threw it on the grass. (demonstrate by making a ball out of clay)

2. Developing a Purpose for Reading

a. Schematic Web
What can you say about hippos?
What do you know about them?
What are the similarities between you and hippos?

b. Motivation:

Is there someone that you miss?

c. Motive Question:

In our story, let us find out who is it that Horace misses.

B. Reading

The teacher will read the story aloud while the students will follow silently. He or she would ask students to read certain parts of the story.

C. Post Reading

Engagement Activities

Instructions:

Group 1: "Horace and Me" chart
Fill in the chart with the ways in which you think you are similar to Horace and ways in which you ar different.

Group 2: "Daddy's Boy" chart
Fill in the comic by answering the question, "What did Horace tell his dad one morning?" "What was his dad's response?"

Group 3: "Horace's Plan" chart
What did Horace do when his father never came? This group will recall the plans of Horace by drawing and describing it.

Group 4: "Father and Son" chart
Fill in the chart with different things that Horace and his dad did after he fell from the trap.

Group 5: "Dear Dad" chart
Pretend that you are Horace. Write a letter to your daddy hippo after spending the whole day with him.

Timer: Horace's dad will fall on the trap. When he finally gets into the trap, you should be finished with your work.

Discussion:

1. Why did Horace miss his dad?
2. Why was his father always not around?
3. What did Horace feel about his Dad's absence?
4. What were the things that Horace wanted to do with his Dad?
5. What are the things that you would like to do with your Dad?
6. In what ways are you similar to Horace? In what ways are you different?
7. What did Horace do one morning?
8. What did he ask from his dad?
9. What was hid dad's answer?
10. What did Horace feel after hearing his dad's promise?
11. Did Mr. Hippo come as promised?
12. What did Horace feel?
13. If you were Horace, would you feel the same way? Why?
14. What did Horace do?
15. Where did he go?
16. What did he do in the jungle?
17. Why did he dig a hole?
18. After digging, what did he do with the hole? What was it
for?
19. For whom was the trap?
20. Why did he want to trap his dad?
21. What happened the next morning? What did they hear?
22. Who was the first one to rush out to the trap?
23. What happened to Horace?
24. Why did he fall?
25. Was he hurt?
26. What did Horace and Mr. Hippo do?
27. How long did they play in the mud?
28. What else did they do?
29. What happened to Horace after spending the whole day with his
dad?
30. What did he whisper to his dad?
31. What made Horace happy?
32. Did you enjoy the story? Why?

An Integrated Lesson Plan for The Legend of the Ampalaya

Level: Grade 2
Subject: Reading

I. Objectives:

A. To realize that:

1. it is wrong to get things without asking permission from the owner
2. a person is capable of changing

B. To appreciate the aspects of humor in the story
C. To know that eating vegetables like ampalaya is good for the health
D. To make a character profile for the main character in the story
E. To portray the emotional reactions of the characters through dramatization
F. Respond to the story through the following engagement activities:

1. completing the story pyramid
2. completing a chart with Ampalaya's characteristics when he arrived at Sariwa
3. drawing the different vegetables and writing down the characteristics which Ampalaya has taken from them.
4. completing a "wanted chart"
5. dramatizing particular portions of the story

II. Subject Matter and Materials:

A. Selection: The Legend of the Ampalaya by Augie D. Rivera, Jr
Adarna Publishing House, 1994

B. Materials:
real ampalaya
pictures to be used for unlocking the following words: sprouted, trellis
charts for engagement activities


III. Procedure:

A. Prereading

1. Unlocking Difficulties

a. sprouted - The teacher will unlock the word with the use of a picture and through context clues.
Just this morning, I was surprised to find a new bud sprouting from the roses I have planted. I have never seen it budding from the roses yesterday. What do you think does the word "sprouting" mean? What word or group of words tell you what sprouting means?

b. trellis - The teacher will show the children a picture of ampalaya crawling on its trellis. Then he or she will ask the students to describe what they see in the picture.
From picture, how would you define or describe a trellis?

2. Developing a Purpose for Reading

Motivation Questions:

a. Have you ever taken anything without the owner's permission?
b. How did you feel afterwards?

Motive Questions:

a. Have you ever seen an ampalaya?
b. Have you ever wondered why ampalaya tastes bitter? Or why it has wrinkled skin?

B. During Reading

The teacher will read the story aloud while the students will follow silently. He or she would ask students to read certain parts of the story.

C. Post Reading

1. Engagement Activities

The teacher will divide the class into 5 groups. Each group will be assigned to a task.
You will be given ten minutes to finish the assigned activity. The pictures of ampalaya will be our timer. Time starts when you see Ampalaya's picture with his pale complexion posted on the board. You should stop working when you see his picture with his wrinkled skin posted on the board.

a. Group 1
Whe Ampalaya arrived at Sariwa, he had a very pale complexion. What other characteristics did the Ampalaya have? Fill the character profile chart and choose a representative to show and explain what you have done. Use this display chart in presenting Amapalaya's character.

b. Group 2
Here is a story pyramid. Complete this pyramid and choose a reporter to present your finished task to the class.

c. Group 3
Who were the other characters in the story? Name the different vegetables found at the town of Sariwa. Draw them inside a circle and below the circle, write the characteristics that Ampalaya took from each of them.

d. Group 4
Complete this wanted chart and tell the class what your group has worked on.

e. Group 5
Dramatize what has taken place at the Court of Vegetables.

2. Discussion

Questions:

a. Who arrived at the town of Sariwa? Can you describe him?
b. How did the people at Sariwa receive him?
c. How did Ampalaya feel about his pale complexion and bland taste?
d. What was Ampalaya's evil plan?
e. Have you ever been in a situation where you want to own something more than what you already have? How did you feel about it?
f. If you were in Amapalaya's place, would you do the same? Why? Why not?
g. How did the other vegetables discover this evil plan?
h. Describe what has taken place at the Court of Vegetables.
i. Do you think Amapalaya deserved his punishment? Why? Why not?
j. If we really want something, what should we do in order to get it?