Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region 1
Pangasinan Division II
MANGALDAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Mangaldan, Pangasinan
SEMI-DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH 8
January 27, 2025; 8:20 - 9:35 A.M. & 2:40 - 3:25 P.M.
I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of a 45-minutes lesson, the students are expected to:
A. identify the use of parallel structures in a sentence;
B. distinguish sentences with parallel structures; and
C. write sentences using parallelism.
II. LEARNING CONTENT
A. Topic: Employing Parallelism
B. Materials: PowerPoint Presentation and Laptop
C. Reference: Grade 8 English Quarter 3: Module 6
III. LEARNING PROCEDURE
A. Preliminaries
1. Prayer
2. Greetings
3. Checking of Attendance
4. Review of the Previous Lesson
B. Motivation
Activity 1: Odd one out!
The students will pick among the following that does not belong to the group.
C. Lesson Proper
1. Presentation of the Lesson
Utilizing PowerPoint Presentation on employing parallelism used in
sentences will be presented.
Parallelism – a grammatical structure that promotes balance and clarity in a
sentence by using similar grammatical forms.
Look at the following sentences. Can you identify the mistakes?
He welcomes us happily and joyful.
We wanted to cook and to go swimming.
Not parallel: He welcomes us happily and joyful.
Parallel: He welcomes us happily and joyfully.
Not parallel: We wanted to cook and to go swimming.
Parallel: We wanted to cook and to swim.
Not parallel: He is talented, intelligent and has charm.
Parallel: He is talented, intelligent and charming.
2. Activity 2: Parallel Life
Develop mastery of the lesson by constructing about the students’ goals or
hobbies using parallel sentence structure.
3. Values Integration
How would you apply the parallelism in your everyday communication?
4. Conclusion
A. Direction: Recall the discussion regarding parallelism and answer the
following questions.
1. What is the importance of parallelism?
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2. Why is it important to maintain parallel structure when writing ideas or actions
in a sentence?
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IV. EVALUATION
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct words to make the sentence parallel.
Write your answer before the number.
1. Don would always open the junk mail, throw away the junk mail, and ________.
A. to organize the bills C. organize the bills
B. organizing the bills D. organization of the bills
2. Rebecca was not only my boss but also _____________.
A. is my friend C. friendly
B. says she is my friend D. my friend
3. When I was in high school, I learned how to play the piano and _________.
A. playing guitar C. be a guitarist
B. guitar D. played guitar
4. His friend Mark is tall, intelligent and ___________.
A. he looks good C. handsome
B. being good looking D. looking handsome
5. She enjoys reading books, watching movies, and __________.
A.to play games C. play games
B. playing games D. to playing games
V. ASSIGNMENT
From the issues discussed, choose one and write a short paragraph about it using
parallelism.
Prepared by:
JOHN JOSHUA B. DULAY
Practice Teacher
Checked by:
LORENA R. UNGOS
Teacher II, English Department
Noted by:
VILMA D. DAGOHOY
Head Teacher VI, English Department
