Decoding of Words (Etymology)

School Rizal High School Grade Level 8
DAILY
Teacher Learning Area English
LESSON LOG
Teaching Date/s Week 4 Day 1 Quarter Fourth
and Time Quarter
I. OBJECTIVES
A. Program The learner demonstrates communicative competence through his/her understanding of
Standard literature and other texts types for a deeper appreciation of Philippine Culture and those
of other countries.
B. Grade Level The learner demonstrates communicative competence through his/her understanding of
Standard Southeast Asian literature and other texts types for a deeper appreciation of Philippine
Culture and those of other countries.
C. Content The learner demonstrates understanding of: Southwest Asian literature as a mirror to a
Standard shared heritage; coping strategies in processing textual information; strategies in
examining features of a listening and viewing material; structural analysis of words and
propaganda techniques; and grammatical signals for opinion making, persuasion and
emphasis.
D. Performance The learner transfer learning by composing and delivering a persuasive speech based on
Standard an information essay featuring the use of properly acknowledge information sources,
grammatical signals for opinion-making, persuasion and emphasis and appropriate
prosodic features, stance and behaviour.
E. Learning  Use various strategies in decoding the meaning of words.
Competencies/
Objectives
II. CONTENT Using various strategies in decoding the meaning of words.

III. LEARNING
RESOURCES
A. References Eloquence pp.
397-399
B. Other Learning
Resources
IV. PROCEDURES
A. Daily Routine 1. Prayer
2. Energizer
3. Though for the Day
4. Trivia/ Puzzle
A. Presenting Classroom Motivation:

the new
lesson/Review (Finding the connection!)
The students will play the game, REBUS (a picture puzzle that represents words.
Game Time!
Answer: Coffee Break

Answer: Read between the Lines
Answer: Long over Due
Answer: Balanced Diet
Answer: Mixed Emotions
Answer: Forgive and Forget
Answer: Bird’s Eye View
Answer: Square root
B. Establishing  The teacher will then ask the students what have they observed from the game
the purpose to that they just had.
the lesson.  The teacher will gather answers from the students, and will emphasize the
importance of connections in the game that made them thought of the correct
answer for each picture.
C. Presenting The teacher will start introducing to them the decoding of word meanings:
examples/
instances of the Decoding – the process of translating writing into speech by rapidly by matching a
new lesson letter or combinations of letters (graphemes) to their sounds (phonemes) and
recognizing the patterns that make syllables and words.
Why is Decoding important? – Decoding is important because it is the foundation in

which all other reading instruction builds. If students cannot decode words, their
reading will lack fluency, their vocabulary will be limited, and their reading
comprehension will suffer.
D. Discussing Decoding Word Meaning Strategy: Word Recognition

new concepts and
practicing new Word Recognition: refers to the ability to identify, read, and analyze the meaning
skills #1 attached to the word.
Strategy 1:
Etymology – the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings
have changed throughout history.
Etymology
Where a word has come from

(origin) and how it has changed
(developed) to have meaning!
Class Challenge!
‘She chucked a banana, chocolate and a cardigan into her duffel bag’.
We are going to find out where the underlined words originated.

Other example words: “bona fide” etymology | Latin: “in good faith” denotes,
sincere, genuine, honest intention or belief.
Example sentence: Make sure you are dealing with a bona fide company.
Foreign Words and Phrases (Loanwords)
Common English Words that came from other languages:
1. ballet – Etymology: Late latin ballare – Italian ballo, balleto – French ballet – English
ball (mid 17th century: meaning “a dance” or “to dance”.
2. café – Etymology: French word for “coffee” also note that there’s a similar word,
“cafeteria,” is like a small restaurant that is for a specific group of people.
3. croissant – Etymology: A similar type of bread in English is a “crescent roll”, “roll” is

the name of a small piece of bread. A croissant is a type of pastry of bread that is light
and flaky. “Flaky” means the croissant leaves lots of little crumbs on your plate when
you eat it.
4. genre – Etymology: In French, this word means “kind” or “style”. In English it’s used
to describe a category of something, especially when talking about entertainment,
books, movies, music.
E. Developing Etymology Task:

mastery
In groups, look up the underlined words in your sentence and find out where they
originated.
Make a Grammar Glossary for each group:
Group 1:
She walked quickly to school through a field of hazardous dandelions, stretching her
muscles.
Group 2:
His mortgage on the new house was astronomically high on account of his twenty
lemurs.
Group 3:
Generally, war is not nice to fight in; I’d rather have a chat about the issue.
Group 4:
An elephant in quarantine is dangerous because it eats too many delicious peanut

sandwiches
Group 5:
The lunatic went absolutely berserk during the typhoon because of the full moon.
Group 6:
The phony assassin ate his avocado while lighting his pipe.
F. Finding practical
application of
concepts and
skills in daily
living.
G. Making
generalization s
and
abstractions
about the
lesson.
H. Additional Homework:
activities for
application or Read the poem, “The Journey”, by Rabindranath Tagore, and answer page 399 in your
remediation notebook.
I. REMARKS

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School Rizal High School Grade Level 8

II. CONTENT Using various strategies in decoding the meaning of words.

A. Presenting Classroom Motivation:

Answer: Coffee Break

Answer: Long over Due

Answer: Balanced Diet

Answer: Mixed Emotions

Answer: Forgive and Forget

Answer: Bird’s Eye View

Answer: Square root

Why is Decoding important? – Decoding is important because it is the foundation in

D. Discussing Decoding Word Meaning Strategy: Word Recognition

Where a word has come from

We are going to find out where the underlined words originated.

Foreign Words and Phrases (Loanwords)

Common English Words that came from other languages:

3. croissant – Etymology: A similar type of bread in English is a “crescent roll”, “roll” is

E. Developing Etymology Task:

Make a Grammar Glossary for each group:

An elephant in quarantine is dangerous because it eats too many delicious peanut

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