DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH

Content Standard: The learner demonstrates understanding of Informative Essay.

Performance Standard: The learners will be able to identify the purpose of informative
essay.
Learning Competency: The learners will be able to compose an informative essay
Learning Outcomes:
 I can define informative essay,
 i can identify the characteristics of an informative essay.
 i can construct an informative essay.

Values Integration: Honesty in providing information.

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson the students should be able to:
Identify the sections of an informative essay.
Value the purpose of providing factual information.
Write an informative essay.
II. SUBJECT MATTER
TOPIC: Informative Essay.
MATERIALS: PowerPoint Presentation, Mock ups, Black board, Chalk, Visual Aids
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STRATEGY: Collaborative Learning

III. PROCEDURE
TEACHER’S ACTIITY STUDENT’S ACTIVITY
May I request everyone to stand up, and bow their (students will stand up)
heads for a short prayer?
“Our Father, Who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy
Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done, on
earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we
forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us
not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
Hail to the Cross,
Our only hope.

You may now take your seat. Please arrange your

chairs accordingly, and pick every trash you can
see around you.

Good afternoon, students!

Good afternoon, Ma’am.
How is everyone today? Are you feeling great?
That’s good! May I know who is absent for Yes, Ma’am!
today? None, Ma’am.

Very good. Let’s give everyone a round of

applause. (student claps)

Now, let’s recite the school philosophy, vision

and mission.

SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY
Holy Cross College believes in the holistic
development of individuals by providing quality
education through active participation in the
teaching-learning process.
VISION
Holy Cross College is a God-centered learning
community focused on holistic education that
forms and educates individuals to become
conscious, competent, compassionate, and
committed persons towards the development of a
just and humane society.
MISSION To become a leading institution for
academic and values formation by offering
relevant, learner-centered, and valuesoriented
Thank you everyone. Now, for our classroom programs that produce competent persons of
rules: character in the service of the society.
 Let’ start the day, everyday by being on
 time.
 Make sure you have everything you
need.
 Be kind, and respectful to everyone.
 Listen well.
 Study hard, and do your best!

Let’s now have a quick review of our previous

discussion. Who still remember our last topic?
Interpersonal Communication, Ma’am.

Very good. So, what do we mean by Interpersonal

Communication?
Interpersonal Communication is a discussion or
Very good! discourse between two or more people.

What are the four types of Interpersonal

Communication
Verbal Communication, Ma’am.

What does it mean?

Verbal communication includes additional
auditory factors like intonation. This refers to how
your voice rises and falls in tone as you speak and
can shade how the words are meant to be
interpreted.
Very good!

Another one?

What does it mean? Listening Communication, Ma’am.

It is the ability to accurately receive and interpret

messages in the communication process. hearing
is involuntary and effortless whereas listening is
focused and intentional.
Very good. What is the other one?

Very good. Can you give me an example of it? Writing communication, Ma’am.

Correct. Now, what is the last type of E-mails, and text message, Ma’am.
Interpersonal Communication?
Yes, Ma’am!
What is an example of non-verbal Non-verbal Communication, Ma’am.
communication?

Good job! Seems like you really learned from our Shrugging, nodding, and body gestures.
previous topic. We can now proceed to a new
topic.

Let me inform you the lesson’s competency,

objectives and values integration.

Learning Competency: The learners will

be able to compose an informative essay
Learning Outcomes:
 I can define informative essay,
 i can identify the different sections
of an informative essay.
 i can construct an informative
essay.

Values Integration: Honesty in providing
information.

PRE-ASSESSMENT/MOTIVATION

Instructions: From the strand that you want to take

as you enter Senior High School, think of the
three most important things to do in order to be a
qualified student in that strand. Provide details for
each of the three ideas that you stated. Write it on
a piece of paper.

Are you done, students?

Yes, Ma’am!
Great! Now, you are going to read your answers
in front of the class. Ready? Yes, Ma’am.

Everyone, listen attentively.

Wow! I am very impressed with your answers,

and because of that I prepared a little gift for
everyone…

What you just did has a connection on our new

topic. You taught us how to be a qualified student
on a specific strand.

Our topic for today is about “Informative Essay”

Do you have an idea about this? None, Ma’am.

An informative essay has the same purpose as

what you did earlier. From the root word itself, its
aim is to instruct or inform a person about a
certain topic.

Let us further discuss this. Can you read the

definition of it, Student A. • Informative essay, or expository essay, is
a type of non-fiction that tells a reader
Thank you. Those are the thing that we have to fact about a topic.
remember when we are writing an Informative • It requires you to gather information
Essay. It should be based on facts since your goal about your topic.
is to teach. • An informative essay should not be
influenced with the writer’s personal
You can gather information or evidence for your opinion.
informative essay by researching, and referring to
valid sources. Remember! In writing an
informative essay it should not be influenced with
your personal opinion, because there is chance for
biases.

I have here some examples of an informative

texts.

First, a magazine article entitled “Why we need

wild” Why do you think this is an example of Because it will teach us why do we need wild, and
informative texts? why take care of it.

Very good.

Another example is this book. Let’s read it.

The title of the book is “A Learner’s Guide to

Coronavirus” Did you learn something about the Yes, Ma’am.
book?

What did you learn?

The symptoms of Corona virus.
How to take care of ourselves.
How to stay safe during the pandemic.
Very good. Do you think it is an Informative
Text? Yes, Ma’am.

Why? Because it taught us ways to not be sick, and that

is one of the characteristics of an Informative text.
Very good! Seems like you really understood the
meaning of Informative essay.

For the last example. I will test all of you. I am

going to play two videos. You are going to tell me
which is an informative speech, and which is not.
Now that we’re done watching. Can you tell me
what is the Informative Speech there? (student answers)

The first video is the informative speech because

it taught us ways to take care of the environment.
While the other video is persuasive speech
because it persuade us to plant more trees to take
care of the environment.

Good job students!

Lets now proceed to the four sections of an

Informative Essay. Can you read the first one?

Lets identify those by reading the Informative

Essay entitled “The Platypus” Introductory paragraph
 Hook
HOOK: Australia is home to the only living  Sentences
mammal species to lay eggs that exist on planet  Thesis statement
earth. The spiny anteater named the platypus.
SENTENCES: The platypus is a small mammal
that lives partly in water. The females lay eggs
while the males have a poisonous spur on his back
legs to protect himself from other males during
the mating season.
THESIS: The reason why it is one of the
interesting animal on the planet is because it is the
only living creature of its kind. Scientists believed
the first platypus to be discovered was fake, and
the platypus has a bill with a distinct function.

Lets move on to the second section. Can you read

it, Student B?

Now, this will be the second body paragraph of

our example essay. Let’s further discuss this.
First body paragraph
TOPIC SENTENCE: The platypus is the only  Support main idea with facts,
living creature of its kind. This fact is one of the examples, and quotations
reason why they are unique.
SUPPORTING DETAIL: There is no animal
that is considered similar to the platypus. For
example, it is clear that the anteater and the
armadillo are related because they both require an
insect diet and have similar physical traits.
SUPPORTING DETAIL: The platypus does
share physical traits with several other animals; it
has a tail similar to a beaver, waterproof like an
otter, and a bill and webbed feet like a duck.
However because of its ability to produce milk for
its young it is classified as a mammal.
SUPPORTING DETAIL: The only animal
related to the platypus is the spiny anteater
because it is the only other mammal on earth to
lay eggs like a reptile rather than giving birth to
live babies. Otherwise, the two animals have no
similar traits or common characteristics.
TRANSITION: It stands to the reason that the
discovery of the platypus was originally
considered a hoax.

For the third section, student C please read it.

This would be the second body of our essay.

Remember, you can still state another idea by
writing it on the third body paragraph. Just make
sure to follow the structure. Second body paragraph
 Support main idea with facts,
TOPIC SENTENCE: George Shaw, the first examples, and quotations
scientist to study the platypus, believed it was a
fake animal.
SUPPORTING DETAIL: In 1799 a new
specimen preserved in alcohol sailed in from
Australia to Great Britain and made its way to
biologist George Shaw. Shaw believed someone
had sewn together different parts of different
animal he had studied before.
SUPPORTING DETAIL: It took scientists over
twenty years to agree the animal was in fact real
but they did not know how to classify it. Was it a
bird? Was it a mammal? Or a reptile?
SUPPORTING DETAIL: Finally, it was
decided that the platypus existed in a category of
its own. There are three groups of mammals;
marsupials (mammals that carry their developing
young in a pouch), placentials (mammals that give
birth to live young), and monotremes (mammals
that lay eggs) The monotremes is a group created
in order to classify the platypus.
TRANSITION: Later, it was found that the
platypus is not the only mammal to lay eggs.
There are five species of spiny anteater, the
platypus has many strange and unique qualities.
There are still many interesting things to learn
about the platypus that you might find yourself
reading about this wonderous animal for hours

As you can see, its obvious that we’re now

closing the essay. Let’s discuss the fourth section.
Can you read it, Student A?

PARAPHRASE THESIS STATEMENT: The

platypus is the only living creature of its kind.
Scientists believed the first platypus to be
discovered was fake, and the platypus has a bill Concluding paragraph
with a distinct function.  Paraphrase thesis statement
The platypus has had quite interesting story. It is a
truly one-of-a-kind animal because there is no
other animal in the world like it. It shares traits
with reptiles and birds, but it is classified
ultimately as a mammal. It was such a shocking
creature that scientists believed for decades it was
fake. Once it was proven to be a real animal,
scientists discovered so many more interesting
things about the platypus, especially the function
of its bill.
These are just one of the reasons why this peculiar
animal is a unique one. There are so many
fascinating things to learn about this wildly
animal that you can be entertained for days.

And that is how we outline an informative essay.

After outlining, and mapping our ideas, we can
then construct our essay.

Now, these are the things that you also have to

remember in writing an Informative Essay.
 stay on topic,
 have structure,
 transition smoothly from one idea to the
next,
 Be properly developed with facts and
information.

APPLICATION Yes, Ma’am!

1. As a student, what is the

importance of learning how to
write an Informative Essay?

GENERALIZATION
What are the 4 sections of an essay?

How about the introduction? What are the three

parts of it?

Very good, students! None, Ma’am.

Since, you already understood what is an
informative essay, let’s have a short quiz.

EVALUATION

Directions: Write TRUE, if the statement

about Informative Essay is true, write
FALSE if not.
________1. Informative essays typically
teach us what to think.

_________2. An informative essay is

divided into seven sections.

_________3. One purpose of informative

writing is to tell your own story.
_________4. It is important to find topics
you know about when beginning
informative writing.
_______5. The main purpose of
informative writing is to convince
someone to agree with your viewpoint or
cause.
_______6. In the concluding paragraph,
there's no need to summarize the main
points.

_______7. Language used in an

informative essay must be clear, formal
and free from bias.
_______8. Informative essay does not
allow us to think critically.
_______9. Informative essay may include
diagrams, photographs, maps or
illustrations to hope the reader understand
the subject better.
_______10. A good essay must not have a
 structure Introduction, first body paragraph, second body
paragraph, concluding paragraph.
ASSIGNMENT
Hook, sentences, and thesis statement, Ma’am.
MINI TASK
Direction: Fill out the box with your own
topic.

Introductory Paragraph
First Body Paragraph
Second Body Paragraph
Concluding Paragraph

PERFORMANCE TASK

Using the outline in your Mini Task ,

construct your informative essay.

Do you have any questions regarding the

assignment?

Okay. Thank you very much for your None, Ma’am.

participating today. Let us now end this
discussion with a prayer.
Everyone, stand up, and bow your head.

Good bye, students! Good bye, Ma’am!

Prepared by: Roan M. San Pedro

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