Detailed Lesson Plan for ENGLISH 2

1. Detailed Lesson Plan in English 2
I. Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the Grade 2 pupils are expected to:
a. distinguish the correct use of a and an ;
b. explain when to use a and an ; and
c. write a and an to complete a short story
II. Subject Matter:
Topic: Using A and An Correctly
Reference: Grammar Essentials Grade 2
Author: Ma. Christina Q. Menor and Eleonor B. Buentipo
Illustrator: (Optional)
Materials: Book, Pictures
Values Integration: Observing, Thinking, Cooperation , Writing, and Understanding
Strategy: Inductive Method
III. Procedure:
Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity
A. Introduction
1. Setting of Standards
-Sit properly
-Listen attentively
-Do not talk with your seatmates
-Raise your hand if you want to answer and don’t answer
in chorus

2. Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity
2. Review
English alphabet is consist of?
What is a consonant?
What are the letters in the alphabet that are consonant?
What is a vowel?
What are the vowels in the alphabet?
3. Motivation
Class, I need two volunteer to stand here in front.
Ok, Please come here in front.
So now class I want you to observe your classmates. Write a sentence on the
board and underline the word use base on what you see.
Am, I clear?
Who will be the first one to write your observation on the board?
What else?
Another volunteer?
Teacher, English alphabet is consist of a consonant and vowel letters. There
are 26 letters in all
A consonant is a letter of the alphabet that represent a basic speech sound.
B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T,V, W, X, and Z
A vowel is a letter in the alphabet that represent a basic speech sound.
A, E, I, O, and U
Me, Teacher (Answer in Unison)
Yes, teacher
Yes, Teacher
Yes, Teacher
She is wearing an orange headband.
He is wearing a pair of shoes.
She is wearing an earrings.

3. Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity
What else?
Any observation?
Any idea?
Another volunteer?
B. Presentation
Now, I want you to look at the sentences written on the board.
Who wants to read the first sentence written on the board?
How about the second sentence?
What about the third sentence?
Who wants to read the fourth sentence?
What about the fifth sentence?
Who wants to read the last two sentences any volunteer?
What about the last one?
What have you noticed?
She is wearing a pair of socks.
He has an eyes.
She has an ears to hear.
He has a black hair.
Yes, Teacher
She is wearing an orange headband.
He is wearing a pair of shoes.
She is wearing an earrings.
She is wearing a pair of socks.
He has an eyes.
She has an ears to hear.
He has a black hair.
Teacher, the underline words are things.

4. Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity
Any observation?
Anyone wants to try?
Who can tell me the words used that are singular?
Another observation?
Class, why do you think it has a and an?
Okay, do you want to find it out why it has a and an?
C. Discussion
Our topic for today is about article a and an
I have some flashcards here.
a banana an apple
Teacher, most of the sentences tells about our classmates.
Teacher, most of the sentences are singular.
Teacher, because of he and she.
Teacher, all of the sentences have a and an before the underlined words.
Teacher, because of the things that are underlined.
Yes, Teacher

5. Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity
an orange a mango
an eggplant a squash
an eggplant a squash
What have you noticed?
Have you tried eating this fruits and vegetables?
Teacher, the pictures are fruits and vegetables.
Yes, teacher

6. Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity
Any observation?
Any idea?
Based on the pictures who can create a sentence base on the pictures? Write it
on the board. Underline the word that is used.
After eating a mango what will you do?
Who can create another sentence?
Anyone wants to try to make a sentence?
When buying a fruits what is the first thing to do before eating?
Another volunteer?
How about the eggplant, who wants to try make a sentence?
What about the squash?
Aside from the pictures given, who can give another example of fruits and
vegetables. Use it in a sentence.
Who can give another example?
Another example of fruits and vegetables use in a sentence?
What have you observed on the pictures and sentences on the board?
Teacher, there is a and an before each word.
Teacher, there is a and an before each name of fruits and vegetables.
I eat a mango.
Throw it properly in the trashcan and wash our hands, teacher.
Ben is eating an apple.
My mother bought an orange yesterday.
Teacher, we will wash it first before eating.
My father gives me a banana.
The color of an eggplant is violet.
Maria loves to eat a squash.
My auntie brought a guava yesterday.
My brother slices a watermelon.
I help peeling an onion.
Teacher, there is an before the word that starts a vowel, like an apple. Letter A is
a vowel.

7. Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity
Any observation?
When you hear the word singular, what comes in your mind?
I have another sets of pictures here. Take a look at it closely.
a book an island a boy
a cat an egg an ambulance
Teacher, each pictures show only one fruits and vegetables. It is a singular.
Teacher, singular means only one.

8. Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity
Now who will read the first word on the board?
The second word, who wants to read it?
The third word, anyone?
The fourth picture?
What about the last two pictures, who wants to read it?
The last one?
What have you observe?
Any idea?
Who wants to give it a try?
Where can we find the consonant and vowels?
So what are the consonants?
Who can give an example of word that uses a?
What are the vowels in the alphabet?
So what are the consonant use in the pictures?
a book, teacher
an island, teacher
a boy, teacher
a cat, teacher
an egg, teacher
an ambulance
Teacher, the pictures are a place, animals, person and things.
The second set of pictures are nouns.
Teacher, a is use before each words that starts a consonant while an is use
before each words that starts a vowel.
Teacher, in the alphabet
Teacher, letter B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T,V, W, X, Z
a pair of shoes, teacher
Teacher, A, E, I, O, U
Teacher, letter B for boy

9. Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity
Who can give me another consonant use in the pictures?
Another consonant used in the picture?
So when you see a word that start a consonant and the word is singular what
comes in your mind?
Who can tell me the words that start a vowel in the pictures?
Another word that start a vowel in the pictures?
Anything else?
Another word that start a vowel that you can see on the board?
What comes in your mind when you see a word that start a vowel?
Eyes on the board. I have a set of sentences here.
1. A boy in the box.
2. A girl catching a butterflies.
3. An airplane in the sky.
4. An owl on the tree.
5. A mother taking my toys.
6. She is using an umbrella.
Any volunteer to read number one?
How about number two?
What about number three who wants to read it?
What about number four?
Teacher, letter C for cat
Teacher, letter B for book
Teacher, we will use ‘a’ before the word.
Teacher, letter E for egg.
Teacher, letter I for island.
Teacher, letter A for apple.
Teacher, letter O for orange.
Teacher, we will use ‘an’before the words that start a vowel.
A boy in the box.
A girl catching a butterflies.
An airplane in the sky.
An owl on the tree.

10. Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity
The fifth sentence, who wants to read it?
The last one?
What have you noticed?
Any observation?
Who can give consonant used in the sentences?
Is still there another consonant use in the sentences?
What consonant use in the sentence?
What else?
What are the vowels used in the sentences?
Who can give a vowel used in the sentence?
The last vowel used?
D. Comparison and Abstraction
Class, can you now recognize when to use a and an?
When to use a?
What about an, when to use it?
A mother taking my toys.
She is using an umbrella.
Teacher, there is an underline after a and an.
Teacher, there is a before the word that starts a consonant and an before the
words that start a vowel.
Teacher, letter B for boy.
Yes, teacher
Teacher, letter M for mother.
Teacher, letter G for girl.
Teacher, letter O for owl.
Teacher, letter A for airplane.
Teacher, letter U for umbrella
Yes, teacher.
Teacher, I will use a before a word that starts a consonant when it is singular.
Teacher, I will use an before a word that starts a vowel and it is singular.

11. Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity
Okay class I want you to look at the pictures and the sentences on the board.
What do you think, why we use a and an?
Take a look again with the pictures and the sentences. Any idea why we use a
and an?
Why only for singular?
A boy is called?
What about an island
When we hear the word person and place what comes in your mind?
What is a noun?
So when to use a and an?
A and An are called?
What is an article?
What will you use if you will see a words that starts a consonant?
What will you use if you found a words that starts a vowel?
Can you explain the importance using a and an correctly?
Do we need to use a and an correctly?
Teacher, we use a before the words that start a consonant and an before the
words that start a vowel.
Teacher, we will use it when it is singular.
Teacher, because a and an is used before a singular word like a boy an island
A person, teacher
It’s a place teacher
Teacher, it is a noun.
A noun is a word used to identify of a person, place, things and animals.
Teacher, a and an is used before a word that is a singular nouns.
Articles, teacher.
A and An teacher, that is use before a noun
Teacher, we will use A before the words.
Teacher, we will use An before the words.
Teacher, they are importance because it is a special modifier that appears
before the word.
Yes teacher because it is important as it provide certain information.

12. Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity
E. Generalization
A and an are called?
Articles a and an are used when?
What do you think why we used a and an?
When do you think we will use a and an?
When we will used a?
Any idea?
What about an?
When we will used an?
Is it okay to use A and An if it is a plural nouns that begins with a consonant
and a vowel?
Articles, teacher
Articles a and an are used before a noun.
Teacher, we used a and an before a word or before a singular nouns.
Teacher, we will used a before the word that starts a consonant while we will
use an before the words that starts a vowel.
Teacher, we used a if the noun starts with the consonant sounds b, c, d, f, g,
h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y and z.
We will used a if the noun is singular before a word that starts a consonant
sound.
We will used an if the noun is singular before a word that starts a vowel.
We will used an if the noun is singular before a word that starts a vowel
sound a, e, i, o, u.
No, teacher because a and an is used only for singular nouns.

13. Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity
F. Application
Okay, let’s have an activity
Class, have you help your mother or father making a snacks at home?
What did you made?
What else? What snack did you made together?
Okay, I will group you into 5groups. I will give you words and I want you to
paste it on the board whether it belongs to A or An? Am, I clear?
I will give you 5 minutes to work it on with your group. Are you ready?
Direction: Distinguish each words whether it belongs to A or An. Write a or an
before each words. Paste your answer on the board.
Your mother wants you to be healthy and strong. Help her prepare a healthy
snack for you.
1. _____ orange juice 10. _____ egg sandwich
2. _____ cup of yogurt 11. _____ ube cake
3. _____ avocado shake 12. _____ strawberry shake
4. _____ nut bar 13. _____ empanada
5. _____ bottle milk 14. _____ boiled eggs
6. _____ slice bread 15. _____ cup cake
7. _____ apple
8. _____ box of cereal
9. _____ asparagus
Yes, Teacher
A juice teacher.
A vegetable sandwich teacher.
Yes, Teacher
Yes, Teacher

14. Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity
IV. Evaluation
Direction: Write a and an to complete a short story.
A Visit to the Supermarket
________ young boy named Bill helped his grandma to buy food at the
supermarket. Bill seemed to want just about everything that he saw. Grandma
reminded him to stick with what was written on the list. They got ________ kilo
of fish and ________ bag of chicken wings. Grandma asked Bill to go to the fruit
section to get ________ avocado, ________ grape, ________ yellow pear, and
________ atis. They put these in ________ basket. They then made their way to
the spices to get ________ onion pack, ________ garlic pack, ________ adobo
seasoning and ________ pack of curry powder. Bill behaved well, so Grandma
allowed him to get ________ almond chocolate bar, ________ pack of biscuit, and
________ ice cream as a reward. Bill had fun visiting the supermarket.

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V. Assignment
Direction: Write Yes if a and an was used correctly in each sentence. Write No
if a and an was not used correctly in each sentence. Write your answer before
each number.
________ 1. The carpenter strikes objects with an hammer.
________ 2. The firefighter uses a fire hose to put out fire.
________ 3. The street sweeper uses a broom to clean the streets,
________ 4. The police officer uses an police car to chase the robbers.
________ 5. The barber cuts men’s hair with a pair of sharp scissors.
________ 6. The pilot operates an airplane to fly passengers to their destination.
________ 7. The painter paints the wall and ceiling with an brush and a roller.
________ 8. Teachers use a chalkboard.
________ 9. The plumber uses an wrench in fixing leaking pipes.
________ 10. The electrician uses a electrical tape to fix appliances.