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DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH VIII

I. OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson the students should be able to:
A. understand the story Ali baba and the Forty Thieves from Arabian Nights by
retelling the plot
B. demonstrate understanding of the story Alibaba and the Forty Thieves from
Arabian Nights by differentiated activities
C. express the negative and positive message of the story
II. CONTENTS
A. Subject Matter: Alibaba and the Forty Thieves(Arabian Nights)
B. Reference: insert links
C. Materials:, visual aids , chalk, chalkboard, laptop, speaker, projector

III. PROCEDURE

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

A. Daily Routine
1. Greetings:
“Good morning everyone!” “Good morning Ma’am!”
2. Opening Prayer:
“Before we start our lesson. Let us all stand and (Students stand and a student leads the prayer)
pray.”
3. Classroom Management:
“Okay class, before you take your seats please pick (Students pick up the papers.)
up those papers under your chair and keep it then put
it on the trash can later.
4. Checking of attendance: (The class secretary will check the attendance to
“Class secretary, kindly check the attendance.” look who is absent.)

B. Review
“How’s your day today?” “It is good Ma’am.”

“Alright now, before we go to our topic for today, “Ma’am it was all about the Tale of
let’s have a review, what was our topic last time?” Chunhyang.”

“That is right, now who can tell about the story?” “Tale of Chunhyang is all about to a girl who
had her dignity and love for her husband
Mongyong.”

“Very good! Can you give the main characters of the “The main characters are Chunhyang and
story?” Mongyong.”

“Very good! So who can describe Chunhyang and “Chunhyang is a lovely lady, daughter of
courtesan. She is the wife of Mongyong.”
Mongyong?”
“Mongyong is a handsome and righteous man.
Son of the governor and the husband of
Chunhyang.”

“Alright! Excellent! So what is the moral lesson of (Students will be called and give their answers.)
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the story?”

“That is right! Now that you have learned about our “Yes Ma’am!”
lesson last time, let us proceed to another topic. I
have asked you to read in advance the story of Ali
baba and the Forty Thieves from Arabian Nights,
right?”

“Alright, for us to fully understand our story, let us

unlock the difficulties.”

C. Unlocking of Difficulties: Yes Ma’am!

“A while ago I have given each of you a number,
right?”
Now, I have here golden bars which have questions
or statements inside of it. What are you going to do is
to read and answer it.
“Once I call your number, you are going to pick one
gold bar and open it by saying “Open Sesame”. “Yes Ma’am!”
“Is that clear?”

Words:
1. Frightened, he hides in a tree, and watches as
the Captain of the Thieves opens a cave by “Cavern is a large cave.”
reciting the words "Open Sesame!" They
entered, and the portal closes behind them. Ali
Baba assumes they are hiding their goods in
the cavern.
Cavern - a large cave or a large chamber in a
cave.
“Mule is a donkey.”
2. Once they disappear, Ali Baba raids the cave
himself, and discovers it with lots of treasures.
He collects as much gold as his mules can
carry, and brings it back home to his wife.
Mules - The offspring of a donkey and a
horse.
“Cobbler is a shoe maker.”
3. Morgiana blindfolds a cobbler named Baba
Mustapha, and brings him to a room so he can
sew Cassim's body back together without
recognizing the house or family.
Cobbler - a mender or maker of shoes and
often of other leather goods. “Merchant is a businessman.”
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4. He disguises himself as a merchant and

befriends Ali Baba's son so that he is invited
for dinner.
Merchant - a buyer and seller of ‘Suet is a wax.”
commodities for profit .
5. Ali Baba hides it, and the latter woman uses a
trick, she puts wax or suet to know what they
are measuring Cassim and his wife insist Ali
Baba to tell them of his secret, and he
complies.
Suet -
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidney
s of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or proce
ssed toyield tallow.

“Alright class, you are all so good! Give yourselves a

round of applause!”
Those words will be encountered in our selection for
today.

D. Motivation
“Since we are done unlocking the difficulties, I have
a video presentation of Alibaba and the Forty
Thieves, for you to fully understand the story.” “Yes Ma’am.”

“So, I want you to watch and listen carefully and then

jot down notes and later you are going to retell the
story.”

“Is that clear?” (Students are watching and listening to the

video.)

(PLAYING VIDEO)

(Assumed that the video presentation is done.)

E. Discussion
The teacher will use five doors to discuss the story.

“Alright! Did you know that Alibaba and the Forty

Thieves is an Arabian story?”
“
“The work was collected over many centuries by
various authors, translators, and scholars across West,
Central, and South Asia and North Africa. The tales
themselves trace their roots back to ancient and
(The students will answer.)
medieval Arabic, Greek, Indian, Jewish, Persian and 
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Turkish folklore and literature.”

“Now from the video that we have watched, where

did the story happen?”

“That is right. The story happened somewhere in

Persia. This is located at the West ern Asia. Imagine
that we are all in the Arabian Country and we are to
witness the world of Ali baba.”

Let’s talk about the Characters now. Who can tell me

who the characters in the story are?”

“Very good! Those are the characters in our story. “Ma’am Ali baba, Ali baba’s wife, Cassim,
Now let’s proceed on giving their roles and Cassim’s wife, the Forty Thieves including the
characteristics, let us start with Ali baba.” Master of the Thieves, Morgiana, and Baba
Mustapha.”
“Correct! Ali baba is our main character in the story
and the one who discovered the cavern full of
“Ma’am he discovers the secret treasure cave of
treasures of the forty thieves.
the forty thieves, which makes an enemy of the
thief captain. Brother to Cassim, and later saved
Ali baba by Morgiana.”
Discovered the secret treasure
cave of the forty thieves, which
makes an enemy of the thief
captain. Brother to Cassim, and
later saved by Morgiana

“Okay, what about the one who borrowed the

measuring jar to Cassim?”

“Yes, that is right!”

Ali baba’s Wife

“Ma’am it’s the wife of Ali baba.”
she borrowed the measuring jar with
suet from Cassim and Cassim’s wife
and who helped Ali baba measure the
gold coins and bury them.

“Now, who can say something about

Cassim?”

“Excellent! Cassim is the greedy “Ma’am, he is the wealthy merchant brother of

brother of Alibaba.” Ali baba, he greedily enters the cave after
learning of it from Ali Baba, but is caught by the
Cassim thieves and then killed.
he is the wealthy
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merchant brother of Ali baba, he greedily

enters the cave after learning of it from Ali
Baba, but is caught by the thieves and then
killed

“What about the one wife of Cassim?”

“That is right!.”
“Ma’am, she is the one who lend Ali baba’s wife
a measuring jar and the one who put the suet
Cassim’s wife
under it.”
the curious one who lend Ali
baba’s wife a measuring jar
and the one who put the suet
under it.

“Okay, going on to the next one, who are the Forty

Thieves?”

“Correct! “
“Ma’am the Forty Thieves are the ones who
Forty Thieves owned the cavern full of treasures and some of
They are the ones them hid inside the oil jars and were fried by
who are riding in Morgiana by the boiling oil.”
their horses carrying
their saddle-bas full
of treasures and who
owns the secret cavern. They also tried to hid
inside the oil jars but were fried by Morgiana
by a boiling oil

“Then who is the Captain of The Forty Thieves?”

“Ma’am, the Captain of the Forty Thieves is the

one who led them, summoned the cavern with
“Open Sesame!” and “Shut Sesame!”, disguised
“Very good!
himself twice to kill Ali baba but was failed to
Captain of the Forty Thieves do so because he was killed by Morgiana’s
the Captain of the Forty dagger.”
Thieves is the one who led
them, summoned the cavern
with “Open Sesame!” and
“Shut Sesame!”, disguised
himself twice to kill Ali baba
but was failed to do so because
he was killed by Morgiana’s dagger.”

“Let’s have Baba Mustapha, what can you say about

him?”
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“Ma’am, Baba Mustapha is the cobbler whom

“Very good!” Morgiana blindfolds when trying to hide the
Baba Mustapha truth of Cassim's death. The thieves later use him
the cobbler whom Morgiana to find Ali Baba's house.”
blindfolds when trying to hide
the truth of Cassim's death. The
thieves later use him to find Ali
Baba's house

“And going on to the last one, Morgiana, what is her

role in the story?”

“Excellent! That is Morgiana.”

Morgiana
she is Cassim's slave who is
later transferred to Ali Baba
“Ma’am she is Cassim's slave who is later
after her master's death. The
transferred to Ali Baba after her master's death.
cleverest character in the The cleverest character in the story, she is
story, she is responsible for responsible for foiling the Thief Captain's plan.”
foiling the Thief Captain's
plan and later married to Ali
Baba’s wife.”

“Very good class! You were able to enumerate and

describe the roles and characteristics of the story’s
character. Now we will now go on retelling the
sequence of events of the story.”

“Okay, let us start the story, who can tell me what

happened first in the story?”

PAGES OF THE STORY BOOK

(student answers)
“The are two Persian brothers, Ali
Baba and Cassim. Cassim is married to a rich
wife, while Ali Baba works hard to support
himself and his own family.
One day, Ali Baba is cutting firewood in the
forest, cursing his poor fortune, he caught sight
of an approaching band of thieves, saddled with
“Very good! Now that’s our introduction. What
loot. Frightened, he hides in a tree, and watches
happens next?” as the Captain of the Thieves opens a magical
portal in a boulder by reciting the words "Open
Sesame!" They entered, and the portal closes
behind them. Ali Baba assumes they are hiding
their goods in the cavern.”

(student answers)
“After they leave the cavern, no longer saddled
with their loot, the Captain uses the same words
to close the portal before the band departs. Once
they disappear, Ali Baba raids the cave himself,
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and discovers it packed wall to wall with

valuables. He collects as much gold as his mules
“Correct, then after Ali can carry, and brings it back home to his wife. It
baba got the gold, what is enough wealth to last a lifetime.”
happened?”
(student answers)
“Ali Baba's wife borrows a scale or measuring
jar from Cassim's wife to measure the gold
before Ali Baba hides it, and the latter woman
uses a trick, she puts wax or suet on the scale to
capture the gold to determine what they are
measuring.”
“Very good! They measured the gold and Cassim and “Cassim and his wife insist Ali Baba tell them of
Cassim’s wife found out about the wealth of Ali baba. his secret, and he complies. Cassim sets out for
Now what is the next the cavern himself, and is equally amazed.
Unfortunately, he forgets the magic words, so is
scenario?”
stuck inside the cavern. When the 40 thieves
arrive again, they kill him, cut his body into
quarters.”

(student answers)
“Concerned when Cassim does not return, Ali
Baba investigates to discover the corpse, which
he takes home and Cassim's maid, Morgiana,
“Correct! Cassim got stocked inside the cavern and
buried Cassim without drawing any attention to
forgot the words to say to open the door. He was
the situation. To this end, Morgiana blindfolds a
killed by the forty thieves when they found out that
cobbler named Baba Mustapha, and brings him
he is inside. Then what
to a non-descript room so he can sew Cassim's
happened next?”
body back together without recognizing the
house or family.”

“The thieves find the body missing, and realize

someone else knows about the cave. The Captain
dispatches one of them to infiltrate the town and
listen for news of some strange deaths. That thief
eventually meets Baba Mustapha, and learns that
he had recently stitched up a body. The thief
blindfolds the cobbler, who is able to reproduce
his path to the house, which the thief then marks
“Yes, now Morgiana came into the story and was with white chalk so he can find it again with the
introduced as the maid of Cassim. She is the one who rest of the band. Morgiana, however, spots the
asked Baba Mustapha to sew Cassim’s body. Then mark and senses that something is wrong. To foil
what now?” the plan, she marks a handful of neighboring
houses with chalk as well.”

(student answers)
“No ma’am, after that when the thieves return to
find they have been duped, the Captain kills the
man who had found the house, and sends another
“That is right, Morgiana being wise enough to foil the thief to find it. A blind-folded Baba Mustapha
plan, he marked all the neighboring doors with a again leads to Ali Baba's house, and the thief
white chalk, and then after this, does the thieves marks it this time with red chalk. However,
already find out Ali baba’s house?” Morgiana catches on and does the same thing to
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other houses. The robbers are confused again

that night, and the Captain murders the second
man before deciding to handle the task himself.
He repeats the same process with Baba
Mustapha, but this time memorizes the location
himself rather than using chalk.”

(student answers)
“Then the Captain returns to the house disguised
“The thieves now are no longer forty, as an oil merchant in need of lodging for the
because the other two were night. The other thieves are hidden in oil jars
killed by the Captain. Now carried by mules; only one jar actually has oil in
what happened?” it. They plan to sneak out once Ali Baba is
asleep, and kill him. Once again, Morgiana is not
fooled; when she goes out to borrow some oil,
she discovers the men in the jars, and boils oil
from the final jar, killing them with it. The
Captain investigates later that night, and escapes
before he can be killed.”

(student answers)
“Excellent. The clever Morgiana saved once again the “No ma’am, after boiling the thieves inside the
life of Ali baba and his family by frying the poor jars with boiling oil, Morgiana tells Ali Baba
thieves with boiling oil. what happened, and they bury the corpses. The
danger is not over yet, though; the captain wants
Is that the end of our
revenge. He disguises himself as a merchant and
story?” befriends Ali Baba's son so that he is invited for
dinner. Morgiana senses something fishy, and
hatches a plan. She and another servant perform
for the men; during her dance, she stabs him.
When Ali Baba learns the truth, he is so grateful
that he gives Morgiana his son's hand in
marriage. Ali Baba is now the only living soul
who knows the cave's secret words, so he passes
it along only to his sons and they live happily in
prosperity.”

(student answers)
“Ma’am the moral lesson of the story is we’re
not entitled to steal anything. We should not be
“Very good! You were able to retell the story from its
greedy and always look on material things. We
beginning to its end. That’s a good job. I am now sure
are also not supposed to fool, kill and plan bad
that you have fully understood the magical story of
things to other people.”
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.”

(student answers)
“Ma’am one must always remain clever and be
loyal to anyone. The story also tells us to be
calm in terms of danger like Morgiana did.”
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Values integration
“Okay from our story, do you think is the moral
lesson of the story, let us start with the negative
message that the story tells?”

(student answers)
“Ma’am the theme is about rags to riches.
Because Ali baba from being poor, he became
“That is right! Those are the negative messages that rich. It is also about the good fortune that the
the story wants to tell us. The roles of each of the characters in the story have shown.”
characters teach us not to be greedy, materialistic, and
thieves. Also, it teaches us not to do any harm with (student answers)
other people. Now let’s go on with the positive “Ma’am the conflict of the story is when Ali
message?” baba discovered the treasures of the forty
thieves. The other main events are when Cassim
“Correct! Morgiana teaches us most of the positive found out the cavern full of treasures was
messages of the story. stocked inside and was killed by the forty
thieves.”

(student answers)
“Ma’am, when the thieves found out the house
Generalization
of Ali baba, disguised as a merchant and was
“Okay from the story of Ali Baba, what do you think
able to enter the other thieves inside the oil jars.”
is the theme of the story?”

(student answers)
Ma’am, it’s Morgiana. She is the one who found
“Let us have a recap. Think about the main events out the chalk mark on the doors and the one who
and the conflict in the story.” killed the forty thieved inside the jars by the
boiling oil.”

(student answers)
“Ma’am it is when the merchant came back for
revenge, disguised again and was not able to do
it because Morgiana once gain found out his plan
“Alright very good those are the introductory main and he was killed by her dagger.”
events, what else?”

(students will be called to give their answers)

“Bright answer! Now who saved Ali baba from the

thieves?” (students will be called to give their answers)

(students will be called to give their answers)

“Yes! Very good. And what are the other events?”

(students will be called to give their answers)

“Excellent! Now let me ask you this question. If you

were to give your own ending of the story what will it
be?”
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“Alright! if you were Ali baba, what will you do

when you have discovered the cavern full of
treasures?”

“Suppose that you were Morgiana, are you going to

do the same?”

“Now think about how the story relates to your own

experiences, do they have in common? Why or why
not?”

F. APPLICATION
The class will be divided into three (3) groups. Each
group’s task is differentiated and they should show
their understanding through it.

GROUP 1 TASK
Draw a story board for this story, a series of
pictures illustrating the story’s main events

GROUP 2 TASK
Create a poem about the story

GROUP 3 TASK
Prepare and present a creative enactment of
the story. Choose the most significant event
for your group and create a dialogue out of it.

(After the 10 mins allotted time for all the groups,

each of them will present their work.)

IV. Evaluation
Part I. Multiple Choice
Directions: Write the correct answer on the space provided before each number. Strictly
NO ERASURES.
___________1. Where did the story happen?
a. Forest b. Baghdad c. Cave d. house
___________2. What is the means of living of Ali Baba?
a. Hunter b. farmer c. thieves d. wood cutter
__________3. When Ali Baba was in the forest, what was he discovered?
a. Soldier b. lovely girl c. troop of thieves on horseback d. money
__________4. What is their secret code in opening the cave?
a. Open barley b. open cave c. open treasure d. open sesame
__________5. What is found inside the cave?
a. Treasure b. money c. people d. animals
__________6. When the forty thieves left the cave, what did Ali Baba do?
a. He ignored what happen c. he attempted to open the cave
b. He continued his work d. scared
__________7. What happened to Ali Baba’ brother when he entered the cave?
a. He became rich b. he became famous c. he died d. nothing
__________8. What did Ali Baba do to the corpse of his brother?
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a. He burned it c. he left it alone inside the cave

b. He gave it to the animals in order to eat d. he rented a sewer o stitch the corpse back
to its original form
__________9. How did Morgiana trick the forty thieves in order to find the house of his master
Ali Baba?
a. She talk to him c. she erased the cross mark written on the door
b. She left it to the authority d. she poisoned the forty thieves
__________10. How did Morgiana kill the leader of the thieves?
a. She burned the jar c. she stabbed the thieves inside the jar
b. She poured boiling oil in each and every jar d. she poisoned them

Part II.
Directions: Using the graphic organizer, give the sequence of events.

PART III. Essay

1. What was the conflict in the story?

2. In your own opinion, what was the most important part of the story?
3. If you were Ali Baba, what will you do with the treasures?
4. If you were to change the ending of the story, what will it be?
5. If you were to write a letter to Ali Baba, what will you say?