Teaching Demonstration for DepEd Teacher 1 Applicant (Common Noun and Proper Noun)

Main Ideas, Concepts, and Lessons

• Prayer and class opening

  • The teacher leads a prayer, asking God to be with them for the lesson.
  • Students are asked to take their seats and greet/prepare for class.

• Classroom management: “Five classroom rules”

  1. “Please…” (ending while teacher is talking): Do not interrupt when the teacher is speaking.
  2. Follow directions carefully.
  3. Raise your right hand if you want to say something.
  4. Respect yourself and other people.
  5. Be safe, honest, helpful, and neat. - The teacher checks whether students understand the rules.

• Attendance check

  • Students respond “present” when their names are called.

• Lesson theme: Nouns

  • Review of the previous lesson: nouns.
  • Definition:
    • A noun is a name of a person, place, or thing/animal.

• Story comprehension activity (for noun practice)

  • Story title: The Waisan in Africa (set in Ghana)
  • Plot points:
    • A man named Mario has three cents (likely “cents/coins” based on subtitle wording).
    • Before leaving on a long journey, Mario gives his child an egg, instructing his sons to use eggs to help their mother.
    • The two older sons eat the eggs.
    • The youngest son, Elmo, gives his egg to his mother, who places it under a hen to hatch.
    • Months later, Mario returns; Elmo prepares a feast, having many chickens and eggs.
  • Questions asked:
    1. Name of the father → Mario
    2. Where the story happened → Africa, in Ghana
    3. Name of the youngest son → Elmo
    4. Lesson learned → Doing good things makes Jesus happy (and should be applied in daily life).

• Teaching: Proper Noun vs. Common Noun

  • Proper noun
    • Names a specific person/place/thing.
    • Starts with a capital letter.
    • Examples emphasized:
      • Earth (specific place)
      • Abraham Lincoln (specific person)
      • Learning 2 (specific thing)
      • Walt Disney, Mount Everest, Jollibee, Mother’s Day, Brownie, Italy (specific country)
  • Common noun
    • Names a person/place/thing in general (non-specific).
    • Starts with a small letter.
    • Examples emphasized:
      • earth/planet (general terms)
      • president (general)
      • boy, restaurant, pencil, holiday, dogs
      • man, mountain, dog, country
  • Recap/contrast repeatedly shown:
    • Earth = proper noun, planet = common noun
    • Abraham Lincoln = proper, president = common
    • Italy = proper, country = common

List of Instructions / Learning Activities (Step-by-Step)

Color-coding activity (Proper vs. Common nouns)

• Direction: Color proper nouns blue and common nouns red.
• Time limit: “I will give you five minutes.”
• Students checked answers:
  • nice → blue
  • shoes → red
  • friday → blue
  • KCC Mall → blue
  • pencil → red
• Teacher reminds students to look at the first letters (capital vs. small).

“Write if it is a proper noun” activity

• Direction: Students write the answer (proper noun or the indicated letter/category based on checking).
• Teacher checks five items:
  • colgate → proper noun (teacher indicates letter/category “p”)
  • library → common noun (letter/category “z”)
  • china → teacher marks as letter/category “p”
  • car → letter/category “c”
  • tuesday → letter/category “p”

Sentence construction (assignment/product)

• Direction: Construct a sentence using:
  • Proper noun(s): Rodrigo Roha the 13, Samsung, Plaza (as read from subtitles)
  • Common noun(s): sleepers, flower
• The teacher invites students to use a provided word list.

Closing

• The teacher summarizes:
  • Proper noun: specific name + capital letter
  • Common noun: general/non-specific + small letter
• Students recite: “English is fun.”
• Goodbye.

Speakers / Sources Featured

• Teacher Melanie Castillano (main speaker; classroom teacher demonstrating the lesson)
• Jesus (mentioned in the religious lesson portion; no direct speaking/quote source in the subtitles)
• Story characters: Mario and Elmo (from The Waisan in Africa)