Happy Case

A. MOTIVATION

Good morning, class!

I have here a web and the question that we will focus on is, “What do you do when you have a problem?” Let’s start it with me. When I have a problem, I usually reflect and think about what caused the problem. (The teacher writes her own answer on the chart.) How about you? What do you usually do when you have a problem?

Very good! So we really do have different ways on facing our problems in life. There are some that are very passive while some do every way to solve their problems.

B. LESSON PROPER

Your answers are very relevant to our poem for today. Now bring out your books and turn it to page 180. I’ll read the poem first, and then you’ll read it the second time. Clear?

(The teacher reads the poem)

All right class. Who is probably addressed in the poem? Why do you say so? Can you tell me which lines in the poem prove your answer?

That’s a brilliant Idea! There are also other possible answers like the sister or the brother, but the closest could be the husband or the wife of the speaker.

According to the poem, what does the speaker like about the person he or she is speaking to?

Exactly! Now, to what does the speaker compare the way the addressee hangs up the towel?

Which lines in the poem would prove your answer?

That’s correct! The speaker compared the way the addressee hangs up the towel to the way he faces his problems.

Let’s take a look at the title of the poem, “Technique.” What do you think does it refer to?

Yes, that’s it. Can you encircle the lines here in the poem that will show the addressee’s technique in facing his problems?

What do those lines say?

Very Good! So, in your opinion, what is the right attitude in facing a problem?

That’s a good opinion.

Now notice lines 1 and 2. What does the speaker want to learn literally from the addressee?

Exactly! But, do you think that is what the speaker really wants to learn?

Then,

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