Detailed Lesson Plan in English 8

School Christ the King College de Maranding, Inc. Grade 8

Teacher Marc M. Bacalso Subject English
Date and Day MWF (9:00 – 10:30) Quarter 2nd
I. Objective:
A. Cognitive:
 Identify Count Nouns and Mass Nouns.
B. Psychomotor:
 Use the correct determiners for Count and Mass Nouns.
C. Affective:
 Promote harmonious relationship through good communication and cooperation.
A. Content Standards: Demonstrate understanding in connecting ideas from another idea
B. Performance Standards: Comprehends and appreciates the connections of ideas from another
idea in order to create more comprehensive and better idea.
C. Learning Competencies: DepEd Reference
II. Content: Understanding Count Nouns and Mass Nouns
III. Learning Resources
A. References
1. Teacher’s Guide pages: English Communication Arts and Skill Through Filipino Literature 7;
pg. 127-130
2. Learner’s Materials pages: pp.127
3. Textbook pages: pp. 127-130
4. Additional Materials from Learning Resources (LR) Portal: pictures
B. Other Learning Resources: pictures, laptop, projector
C. Strategy/ies: ICT Interactive, Explicit Teaching, Context Clue, Picture Clue, Constructing
Sentence.
D. Integration: Science, Christian Living

Procedures Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

A. Preparation
[Prayer]
Please all stand for the prayer.
(Students’ do as told)
May I ask Warren to lead the
prayer (Warren do as told)

Good morning class! Praise be

Jesus and Mary. Now and Forever!

Before you take your seat,

kindly pick some pieces of
(students’ do as told)
papers under your chairs and
arranged your chair properly.

[Checking of
Attendance] None sir!
Is anyone absent today?

[Checking of
Assignment]
Did we have an assignment
class? None sir!
 Before we proceed to our
discussion I want you to listen,
behave, cooperate and eyes on
me. If I catch you talking there
will be consequences. If you
want to go out just raise your
left hand and if you want to
answer just raise your right Yes, sir!
hand. Is that clear?
B. Reviewing previous
lesson or presenting the
new lesson
Class, what was our topic last Our topic last meeting talked
meeting? Yes, Lando? about Proper Noun and
Common Noun.

Thank you. Very good, Lando.

So what is Proper Noun and Proper Nouns are names of
Common Noun? Yes, Benjie? specific person, place or thing.
Common Nouns are names of
any person, place or thing.

Very good Benjie!

Who can give me a sentence
with a proper noun? Alex is a wonderful player.
Yes Jomar?

Alex, Sir!
Where is the noun? Yes Kier?

Very good, Kier! Why is it It considered proper noun

considered proper noun? Yes, because it refers to a specific
Chen? person.

Very good, Chen. Who can give He is a man of dream.

me sentence with common
noun? Yes, Bem?

Where is the noun? Yes, Vivian? Man, Sir!

Very good, Vivian. Now, why is

it considered common noun? It considered common noun
Yes, Jasmine? because the noun “Man”
denotes a general name for
something.

Very Good Jasmin! Always

remember, A common noun is a
 name for a type of thing,
person, species, or etc. which
denotes a general name for
something. And proper noun is
a name of someone/something
which denotes a particular
person/thing. It always begins
with a capital letter.
Do you have any questions or None sir!
clarification regarding our
previous discussion?

C. Establishing a purpose Since you already understand

for the lesson our previous discussion last
meeting we will proceed to our
new lesson.

[Video Presentation]

In the video that you saw, what The picture that we saw is all
was it all about? about the Ecosystem.
Yes, Erik?

Very good Erik! Ecosystems are essential to our

Why do we need to protect our well-being and prosperity as
ecosystem? they provide us with food, clean
Yes, Ben? air and fresh water. Ecosystems
also represents an exceptional
source of outdoor recreation
opportunities.

Very good Ben!

Our environment is what
houses and helps our
ecosystem grow and thrive.
Without protecting and taking
care of our environment we’re
putting so many lives at danger
such as animals, plants and
crops, and even our own. All of
the ecosystems that make up
our environment are deeply
connected. There are many
ways that you can help our
ecosystem as well as protecting
the environment.
 .

A Lots of houses Sir!

Try to look at the picture, what

did you observe? Yes, Jessa?
Hectares of Land Sir!

Very Good Jessa! What else?

Yes, Marco?

Very Good! Marco!

Class, in the first sentence there
is an underlined word lots and
in the second sentence the
D. Discussing new concept underlined word is hectares.
and practicing new Now, if we will interchange the
skills underlined words to each
sentence would it be a correct
one?
These is something to do with
our lesson today.

Our lesson for today is about

Count Nouns and Mass Nouns.
Everybody read.
(student’s do as told)
Count Nouns a noun that has
both a singular and plural form
and can be used after a
numeral, after words such as
many or few, or after the
indefinite article a or an.

Class, count nouns represent

things that can be counted and
they can follow a determiner of
number. Like for example:
o One ship
o 7,100 islands
 o A foreigner
o A visit
o Several warrior
o Twenty boats There's a man at the door.

Now class, who can give me a

The “a man” Sir.
sentence that can be counted
with determiner? Yes, Lily?
I have some friends in Cebu.
Where is the noun and
determiner? Yes! Algeen?
“some friends”, Sir
Another example, Yes! DJ?

Where is the noun and

determiner? Yes! Ray?

Very good!
However class, Count nouns
must be plural after the
expressions lots of
o lots of houses
o lots of gifts
o lots of flowers
They have a lots of money.
o lots of tokens

Okay, who can give me a Lots of money, Sir.

sentence that is plural
according to the expression of
lots of, Yes! Brix? I bought a lots of balloon in the
plaza.
Where is the plural expression?
Yes, Ash?
Lots of balloon, Sir!
Very good!
Another sentence, Yes, Wena?
Yes Sir!

Okay, where is the plural

expression? Yes, Mika? None Sir!

Very good! So, class do you

understand?

Do you have any questions?

Mass nouns a noun that
denotes a homogeneous
Now let us or
substance know aboutwithout
a concept the
mass nouns. Everybody
subdivisions read
and that in English (student’s do as told)
is preceded in indefinite
singular constructions by some
rather than a or an.
Mass nouns are singular after
the expression of lots of.
For Example:
o Lots of power
o Lots of understanding
o Lots of goodwill
o Lots of food

Okay class, in a count noun we

use plural after the expression, There is lots of snow on the
here in the mass noun we use road.
singular after the expression.

Now who can give me a

sentence according to the Lots of snow, Sir
singular noun after the
expression? Yes, Ivana?
The cake has lots of butter in it.

Very good! Where is the

singular noun expression? Yes, Lots of butter, Sir!
Alawi?

Great answer! Another

example, Yes Raffy?

Where is the singular

expression? Yes, anjie?

However some mass nouns

represent items that may be
measure, so they may follow an
expression indicating units of
measurements of counters.
However, that mass nouns (Student’s do as told)
remain in the singular form, but
counters can be pluralized.
Example (Everybody read)
 Sacks of palay
 Pieces of cloth
 Two kilos of meat
 Spools of thread
 Two pints of paint
 Pounds of butter
 Particles of chalk

Now class, I have here a

following expressions of
 quantity commonly used with
mass nouns. Try using the
expression in column I with the
mass nouns in column II.
Column I
Little
A little (more than little)
Much
Lot of (much)
Enough
Some
“Little wisdom”
Column II “A little power”
Wisdom
Power
Work
Money
Water “Much work”
Beauty “Lot of money or much money”

Who wants to connect the first

and second expressions? Yes,
Andoy “Enough water”
“Some beauty”

Very good! Andoy! How about

the third and fourth
expressions? Another hands?
None Sir!
Yes, Elmer

E. Making a generalization
and abstraction about Very good Elmer! How about
the lesson the last two expressions? Yes,
Nel

We need to know the full

Alright! Very good Nel! meaning of count nouns and
Any questions or clarifications mass nouns so that we can
class? analyze and know its forms in
accordance with our sentence
construction.
Why do we need to understand
count nouns and mass nouns?
Yes, Ruth Yes Sir!

Our topic is all about

understanding count nouns and
mass nouns.
Very well said! Ruth.
Did you understand class?
Very good! We use count nouns if noun
refers to a specific example or
 Again class, what was our topic type. When the noun is
that we discussed today? Yes, countable, it can be used with
Lhaley? the indefinite article "a" or "an"
or it can be made plural.

Very good Lhaley!

How do we use count nouns?
Yes, Van? The car contains four seats.

Four seats.

Okay Amie, give me an example

of a count nouns and use it in a The cat used to eat a cookie
sentence. every day.

Where is the count noun in a

sentence? Yes, Banjo? A cookie.

Very good Banjo! How about

another sentence? Yes, Emyat?
We can identify mass noun if
the noun is uncountable and it
Where is the count noun in a is cannot be pluralized.
sentence? Yes, Justin?

Very good Justin! Now how The path to the beach was
about in mass noun, how do we made of gravel.
identify the mass noun? Yes,
Obing?

Gravel Sir!
Okay Arjen, can you give me an
example of a mass nouns and
use it in a sentence?
A good relationship is based on
honesty.
Very good Arjen! Now where is
the mass nouns in a sentence?
Honesty Sir.
F. Finding practical Yes, Basty?
applications of concepts
and skills in daily living
Very good! Basty! Another (Students do as told)
sentence? Yes, Earl?

Where is the mass noun in a

sentence? Yes, Warren? Follow the three "R's" to
conserve natural resources and
landfill space.
Very good Warren!
 Excellent everyone. Let us give
ourselves a round of applause.
Plant a tree.

Class, how can you help save

the environment? Yes, Len?

That’s right Len! What else? Conserve water.

Yes, Ion?

Very good! Ion. Trees provide

food and oxygen. They help
save energy, clean the air, and
help combat climate change.
Educate people.
G. Evaluating Learning Another? Yes, Axel?

Exactly Axel! The less water you

use, the less runoff and
wastewater that eventually end
up in the ocean.

What else? Yes, Nina?

Very good! Nina! When you go

further to your own education,
you can help others understand
the importance and value of
our natural resources.

Part 1: [Group Activity]

We will have a group activity
this is what we called a “circle Yes Sir!
of voice”. I will divide you into
two groups. Each group needs
to work together to answer the
following questions by using the
determiners. Every group have
one representative to come to
the front and write your
answers on the board. I will give
you five minutes to answer. Do
we understand class?

Part 2:
Direction: Place a determiner
before the italicized noun then
change the new sentence into a
simple question. You may use
such determiners as some, 1. A. You will send many
 many, several, few, much, and a flowers to the guest of
lot of, among others. honor.
Example: B. Did you send many
Princess Urduja offered gifts to flowers to the guest of
her visitors. honor?
a. Princess Urduja offered
many gifts to her 2. A. I send lots of gifts to
visitors. my siblings.
b. Did she offer many gifts B. Do you send lots of
to her visitors? gifts to my siblings?

1. You will send flowers to the 3. A. Several Warriors do

guest of honor. not live easy lives.
B. Do several Warriors
live easy lives?

4. A. I do not like to eat

lots of sugar.
2. I send gifts to my siblings. B. Do you like to eat lots
of sugar?
H. Assignment
5. A. Students should show
lots of intelligence in
3. Warriors do not live easy
the quiz bee battle.
lives.
B. Showed students
show lots of intelligence
in the quiz bee battle?
4. I do not like to eat sugar.

5. Students should show

intelligence in the quiz bee
battle.

Direction: Answer the following

questions by using determiners
to the word you use which is
equivalent to the underlined
word.

1. What food is generally

served in the homes of
the wealthy?

2. What food is not cooked

may children enjoy?

3. What food must boys

and girls eat regularly?
 4. What food must young
people like you avoid?

5. What food is served at

your parties?

Comments/Remarks:

Reflection:

Prepared by:
MARC M. BACALSO
Student Teacher

Noted and Approved by:

NIMFA A. ALBARICO
Instructor