I.

Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
a. Identify the characters of the story,
b. Message of the story;
c. Manifest understanding of the lesson by performing a role play.

II. Subject Matter

a. Topic/Concept: Elements of One Act Play
b. Materials: Powerpoint presentation, cartolina , marker
c. References: A Journey through Anglo-American Literature Learner’s Material for
English 9 First Edition 2014 Reprint 2016, 2017
d. Strategy: group activity, art of questioning
e. Value focus: Appreciation

III. Procedure
Teacher’s Activities Student’s Activities

A. PREPARATION

“Good morning class!” “Good morning, ma’am!”

“Let us pray first. Mr./Ms. ________ kindly (The student will lead the prayer, let us pray,
lead the prayer” Our Father…)

Checking of attendance (a designated student will say who is absent

on their group)

“Class, before you take your seats please

arrange your chair and pick up the trash under (The students arrange their chairs and then
your chair.” they take their seats)

So how was your day? It was great ma’am!

That’s good to hear!

Are you ready for our new lesson for today?
Yes ma’am!

But before that let’s have an agreement first.

What will you do if someone is talking to you
in front? Sit properly and listen carefully ma’am

Excellent!
Yes ma’am!
Are we clear?
Great!
B. MOTIVATION Yes ma’am!

Let’s have an activity. I will group you into 3

groups. I will give you pictures with
incomplete words in it, then all you have to
do is to complete them and the clue of those
words is in the picture.
I will give you 5 minutes to do the task.
Is it clear? Your time start now!

Okay your time starts now

(Students will read their answers and start

from group1)
 _eat_ _f a sa_es_an

Time is up!
Student’s please read your answers now

Excellent!
Give yourself a watermelon clap.

C. PRESENTATION
(Teacher will now reveal the answer)
Before we continue let’s read the objectives
first.

Thank you!
But before we proceed to our lesson, let’s
unlock the difficult words.
Interjects- say abruptly, especially an aside or
interruption.
Kleptomania- is the inability to refrain from
the urge of stealing items.
Fuming- feeling, showing or expressing
greater anger.
Suicide- the act of killing yourself
intentionally.
Distressed- suffering from anxiety, sorrow
and pain.

So, I have here a story entitled Death of a

Salesman by: Arthur Miller

But before we read your story. I would like

you to formulate questions that you would
like to know from the story. They will be
answered after reading the story.
Thank you!

(The teacher will distribute the summary of

the story)
But before anything else, did you still stay in
your group?
Okay, then group 1 will be the one to read the
first paragraph of the story: after that group 1
will be the one to choose which group will
continue reading the story and say I LOVE
then state the name of the group member you
want to read text.
Is it clear class?

So, let’s start now. Group 1 will read.

Death of a Salesman Summary

By: Arthur Miler
Willy Loman, an old salesman, returns early
from a business trip. After nearly crashing
multiple times, Willy has a moment of
enlightenment and realizes he shouldn’t be
driving. Seeing that her husband is no longer
able to do his job as a traveling salesman,
Willy’s wife, Linda, suggests that he ask his
boss, Howard, to give him a local office job at
the New York headquarters. Willy thinks that
getting a new job is a sure thing since he
(wrongly) sees himself as a valuable
salesman.

We begin to learn some family background

and hear about Willy and Linda’s grown sons,
Biff and Happy. Biff has just returned home
from working as a farmhand in the West.
Willy thinks Biff could easily be rich and
successful, but is wasting his talents and
needs to get on track. Willy thinks that biff is
being wish-washy to spite him.
Later that night, Willy start having a
flashback and talking to imagined images as if
they were real people. You guessed it
something is wrong. He’s ranting so loudly
that Happy and Biff wake up. The brothers
are legitimately worried as they have never
seen their father like this. Biff, feeling as
though he should stay close to home and fix
his relationship with his dad, decides to talk to
a former employer, Bill Oliver, about getting
a loan to start a business.

In the middle of the night, Willy’s talking to

himself so loudly that everyone wakes up.
Linda admits to her sons that she and Willy
are struggling financially. Worse Willy has
been attempting to suicide. She’s worried and
takes out on her boys, accusing Biff of being
the cause of Willy’s unhappiness. Now Willy
gets in on the family discussion and the
situation geos downhill. He and Biff begin to
argue, but Happy rejects that Biff plans to see
Oliver the following morning. Willy is over
joyed. Everyone goes to sleep believing that
tomorrow will fulfil their dreams: Willy
expects to get a local job. And Biff expects to
get a business loan.

The next day, of course, everything goes

wrong. Willy feels happy and confident as he
meets his boss, Howard. But instead of
getting a transfer to New York office, Willy
gets fired. Destroyed by the news, he begins
to hallucinate and, yes, once again speak with
imaginary people as he heads out to meet his
sons at a restaurant.

Waiting for their dad at the restaurant, Biff

explain to Happy that Oliver wouldn’t see
him and didn’t have the slightest idea who he
was. Distressed, spiteful, and something ok
kleptomaniac, Biff has realized that he was
crazy to think he would ever get a loan, and
that he and his family have been lying to
themselves for basically their entire lives.
When Willy comes into the restaurant
demanding good news, Biff struggles to
explain what happened without letting his
father down. Willy who can’t handle
disappointment, tries to pretend it isn’t true.
He starts drifting into the dreamy past again,
reliving the moment when Biff discovered his
(Willy’s) affair with a woman in Boston.
While their dad is busy being detached from
reality, Biff and Happy ditch him for two
girls.

Biff and Happy return home from their dates

to find their mother waiting for them, fuming
mad that they left their father at the restaurant.
A massive argument erupts. No one wants to
listen to Biff, but he manages to get to the
point across that he can’t live up to his dad’s
unrealistic expectations and is basically just a
failure. He’s the only one who sees that
they’ve been living a lie, and he tells them so.

The night’s fight ends with Willy realizing

that Biff, although a “failure” seems to really
love him. Unfortunately, Willy can’t get past
the “failure” bit. He thinks the greatest
contribution that he himself can make towards
his son’s success is to commit suicide. That
way, Biff could use the life insurance money
to start a business.
Within a few minutes, there’s a loud crash.
Willy has killed himself.

In the final scene, Linda sobbing, still under

the delusion that her husband was a well-liked
salesman, wonders why no one came to his
funeral. Biff continues to see through his
family’s lies and wants to be a better man
who is honest with himself. Unfortunately,
Happy wants to be just like his dad.

D. DISCUSSION
So, who are the characters of the story? Willy Loman- the father and the old salesman
Linda- the wife of Willy
Biff and Happy- the children of Willy and
Linda
Howard- the boss of Willy Loman
Bill Oliver- the one who promised to Biff in
getting a loan.
Amazing!
Why did Willy decide to commit suicide? It’s because of Biff, because he thinks that the
greatest contribution that he himself can make
towards his son, success that Biff could use
life insurance money to start a business.

Exactly!
Our parents could sacrifice everything even
their life just to help us stay stable and be
healthy.
What is the main theme of Death of a The main theme of the story is American
Salesman? dream. Willy Loman notions of the equate
success with being well-liked. Like ability is
an important quality for a salesman like Willy
yet he is unable to achieve the success he
desires.

Very well said!

So, why is it called Death of a Salesman? The title ha several layers of meaning. The
most blatantly obvious one is it refers to
Willy Loman’s actual death unfortunately by
suicide. So yeah, Willy is a salesman and he
Exactly! dies.

If you where Willy Loman, would you still do (Students will state their possible answer)
the same thing as he did?

Fantastic!
What do you think is the message of the (Students will state their possible answer)
story?
Great job!

E. APPLICATION
You will have and activity again. Same group.
Here’s the instruction:
I will give each group a task. Role playing
about the story.
Group 1- #salesman
Group 2- #familylove
Group3- #ending

10 minutes of working time

(Teacher will use rubric to rate the students)

RUBRICS:
Pronunciation 20pts.
Cooperation 15pts.
Timeliness 15pts.
Total 50pts.
Time is up!
Present your task now in front.
(Students perform now their role play)

Amazing!
Give yourself a Dionisia clap.

F. GENERALIZATION
What you have learned from today’s lesson? (Students will state their answer)

What does Death of a Salesman mean? Death of a Salesman addresses loss of identity to
accept the change within himself and society. The
play is a montage of memories, dreams,
confrontations and arguments, all of which make
up the last of 24 hours of Willy Loman’s life.

Exactly!

IV. EVALUATION

Direction: Read each sentences carefully. Choose the letter of the correct
answer.

1. What is Willy’s job?

a. Cashier
b. Salesman
c. Engineer

2. Who has come home and visit Willy and Linda?

 a. Biff
b. Happy
c. Howard

3. What is the significance of Willy’s car accident?

a. It shows that Willy is suicidal.

b. It shows that Willy is in fading health.
c. It shows that Willy cannot deal with modern technology

4. Who is the author of Death of a Salesman?

a. Arthur Miler
b. Willy Loman
c. Daniele Steele

5. Why did Biff didn’t contact his parents?

a. He was homeless.
b. He was hanging out with friends
c. He was in jail

Answer Key:

1. b

2. a

3. a

4. a

5. b

V. ASSIGNMENT

Direction: Draw about something that illustrate about Willy’s life. In 1 short bond paper.
 Republic of the Philippines
CIT Colleges of Paniqui Foundation – College of Education
Estipona High School
Estipona, Pura, Tarlac
A.Y. 2022-2023

A
DETAILED
LESSON PLAN
IN
ENGLISH 9
Prepared by:

DAISYLYN A. AELLANO
BSEd-4B, Student Teacher

Submitted to:
DR. LIGAYA R. LABUTONG
Supervisor, Student Teaching