Republic of the Philippines

BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY

JPLPC CAMPUS
Malvar, Batangas

COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION

A Detailed Lesson Plan in English 8
Date: February 3 (Friday)

Subject: ENGLISH 8
Time: G8-Sincerity (10:15-11:15)
G8-Humility (12:00-1:00)
G8-Charity (1:00-2:00)

Learning Competency
EN8G-IVa-15: Use appropriate modifiers

I. Objectives:
At the end of the sixty minute period, the students should be able to:
1 identify the kernel sentence from long sentences;
2 revise long sentences to make it simple: and
3 participate actively in classroom discussion and activities.
II. Subject Matter:
Topic: Kernel Sentence
Value integration: Do not cheat on others.
References:
1. http://englishenthusiast.weebly.com/uploads/3/9/3/6/39364971/module_in_english
_grammar-kernel-.pdf
2. English Expressways II pp. 253
3. LM in English 8 pp. 520

Materials:
Materials for the Activity
Visual Aids

III. Procedure
Teachers Activity Students Activity
Daily Routine
Greetings
Opening Prayer
Classroom Management
Checking of Attendance
Checking of Assignment

A. Priming
The students will recall their topic about
modifiers. To help the students recall, the teacher
will post strip of sentences. Then the students will
identify the modifiers used in the sentence.

Sang Nila Utama hunted the fiercest animal

in the jungle.

The king with the bow and arrow killed the

beasts.

1. What are the modifiers in the first sentence? In the first sentence, the modifiers are the
How about to the second sentence? fiercest and in the jungle while in the second
 sentence, with the bow and arrow.
Modifiers can be a word or phrases that describe a
2. What are modifiers? word in the sentence. It also gives additional
information about the word it modifies.

B. Activity
Lets read some Tweets!
The teacher will post different tweets on the
Twitter app. The students will then analyze the
sentence from the tweets.

Tweet #1
On the other hand, pet-like entertainment
robots found a place in Japanese homes.
On the other hand, pet-like entertainment
1. Analyze the sentence, what makes the sentence robots found a place in Japanese homes.
long?

We will delete the words or phrases that make the

2. How are we going to make the sentence sentence long. We will remain its main idea.
simple?
Robots found a place.

3. What would be our simple sentence?

Tweet #2
The mad police have confiscated the blue car
which was left outside the stadium. The mad police have confiscated the blue car
which was left outside the stadium.
1. Analyze the sentence, what makes the sentence
long? We will eliminate the modifiers and will remain
its simple sentence.
2. How are we going to make the sentence
simple? The man investigated the noise.

3. What would be our simple sentence?

Tweet #3
The tall, dark-haired man from the next door
who moved in yesterday, fearlessly
investigated the screeching noise which was The tall, dark-haired man from the next door
coming from the car. who moved in yesterday, fearlessly
1. Analyze the sentence, what makes the sentence investigated the screeching noise which was
long? coming from the car.

We will delete the expansions that make the

sentence long.

2. How are we going to make the sentence The man investigated the noise.
simple?

3. What would be our simple sentence? Kernel Sentence

C. Analysis
We eliminate the expansion of the sentence
1. What do you call to the sentence that is reduced including the modifiers. We only retain the
to its simple form? sentences main idea.
2. What did we do to make the sentence simple?
Kernel sentence is a sentence reduced to its
simple form.

D. Abstraction We must eliminate the expansion of the sentence

1. What is a kernel sentence?
2. How are we going to kernel the sentence?
including modifiers that make the sentence long.
This is also done by getting only the essential
parts and dropping the inserted structures like
modifiers.
It helps us to get the topic or main idea of the
sentence.

3. How important is kernelling sentence?

E. Application

Reduce the following sentences to kernel The girl made a painting.

sentences. Do this on sheet of paper.

1. The beautiful girl made a colorful painting out The boy was punished.
of different leaves.
I feel happy.
2. The boy who was caught stealing was
punished. The Maunlad Award recognizes entrepreneurs.

3. I feel really happy on Sunday mornings.

4. The Maunlad Award recognizes micro-

entrepreneurs who have grown their business to She graduated.
levels that provide general employment for people
apart from family members.

5. Having limited resources, she graduated with

flying colors.

IV. Remarks

Prepared:

SONLEE M. BURGOS
Student Teacher

Checked: Noted:

MA. TERESA B. OA JOSEFINE J. MAGPANTAY

Cooperating Teacher Principal 1