Lesson 1

Prepared by: Arnoza, Almera D.

Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan

I. Objectives

At the end of the lesson , the students are able to:

Use vocabulary strategies to unlock the meaning of the

unfamiliar words,

interpret orally the poem entitled Digging through interactive

discussion,

share experiences regarding the person/s that shaped your life,

show appreciation on people who influenced and shaped your

life.

II. Subject Matter

Topic: Digging by: Seamus Heaney

Materials: Visual aid, book, pictures (family, friend, picture, etc.)

Reference: English Expressways IV, pp. 304-305

III. Procedure
A. Motivation
1. The teacher presents a box to the class which contains picture of family,
friend, teacher, etc. then ask some students to pick a picture from it and
share how that person shaped his/her life. (Class I have here a box which
contains some pictures which are familiar to you. As I call your name
please come here in front and pick one from the box. Then, explain how
 that person shaped your life. Is that clear?) -The teacher calls some
students to perform the activity.

B. Activities
*Pre-Reading
a. Unlocking Difficulties -The teacher presents to the class the following
unfamiliar words from the poem. The students must be able to get the
meaning of the italicized words and the strategy used to unlock them from the
sentences/phrases given.

The squat pen rests; snug as a gun

Under my window, a clean rasping sound

My grandfather cut more turf in a day

The coarse boot nestled on the lug, the shaft

Than any other man on Tuners bog

Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods

b. Setting the purpose for reading -As you grow up, there are people who
became part of your life just like the speaker in the poem entitled, Digging by Seamus
Heaney. Now are you ready to find out whose that person was?

*During Reading

Oral Interpretation of a Poem (Whole Class Interaction)

-The teacher divides the class into six (6) groups with corresponding
stanza to be delivered. Then, the succeeding group to recite will first interpret what the
previous group had delivered. There will be a brief elaboration of answers before
proceeding to the next stanza. These will be repeated until the last group recites.

Group 1- 1st stanza

Group 2- 2nd stanza

 Group 3- 3rd stanza

Group 4- 4th stanza

Group 5- 5th and 6th stanzas

Group 6- 7th stanza

Teacher- Last Stanza

*Post-Reading

(Class, kindly get a sheet of paper and answer the following questions
within five minutes. Later we will discuss your answers. Then, you have to pass your
papers because it will serve as your attendance and quiz for today.)

1. Read the first stanza. What was the speaker doing?

2. What does he observe about his father and his grandfather?

3. What memories come back to the speaker in the poem? How do these
memories become part of his life experiences?

4. What does the speaker say he lacks? What does the speaker decided to do?

C. Application

As graduating students, reminisce your experiences from freshmen until now. Think
of the people who became part of your high school life. Think also the ones who inspire
you to pursue your studies. You will present it through a simple skit and it should last for
three minutes. It will serve as your recitation today.

IV. Evaluation

1.What do you think is the authors purpose on writing the poem?

 2.What do you think are the notable attitudes of the speaker in the poem?

3.What do you think is the message of the poem?

4.Why was the poem entitled Digging? Does it have denotative and connotative
meaning? Give your reason.

5.How do the speakers experiences help him to shape his life?

V. Assignment

Think of a person whose activities to his/her life have shaped who you are
today. Then, make a personal letter addressing how that said person influenced you. Use
colored paper. The color of your choice will determine your purpose just like what stated
below. It will be passed tomorrow.

Red-Admiration

Blue- Appreciation

Yellow- Thankful/Grateful
Source:
https://www.academia.edu/9771359/The_Analysis_of_Digging_by_Seamus_Heaney
 Digging
by: Seamus Heaney

Between my finger and my thumb

The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.

Under my window, a clean rasping sounds

When the spade sinks into gravelly ground:

My father, digging. I look down

Till his straining rump among the flowerbeds

Bends low, comes up twenty years away

Stooping in rhythm through potato drills

Where he was digging.

The coarse of boot nestled on the lug, the shaft

Against the inside knee was levered firmly.

He rooted out all tops, buried and bright edge deep

To scatter new potatoes that we picked

Loving their cool hardness in our hands.

 By God, the old man could handle a spade

Just like his old man.

My grandfather cut more turf in a day

Than any other man on Tuners bog.

(Once I carried his milk in a bottle

Corked sloppily with paper. He straightened up.

To drink it, then fell to right away

Nicking, and slicing neatly, heaving sods

Over his shoulder, going down and down

For the good turf. Digging.

The cold smell of potato mound, the squelch and slap

Of soggy peat, the curt cuts in edge

Through living roots awaken in my head.

But Ive no spade to follow men like them.

Between my finger and thumb

The squat pen rests.

Ill dig with it.