Hello, Beautiful Bangkok Lesson Plan
Hello, Beautiful Bangkok Lesson Plan
Hello, Beautiful Bangkok Lesson Plan
I. OBJECTIVES
The learner demonstrates understanding of: Southeast Asian literature as mirror
A. Content Standards to a 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.
The learner transfers learning by composing and delivering a persuasive speech
based on an informative essay featuring use of properly acknowledged
B. Performance Standards
information sources, grammatical signals for opinion-making , persuasion, and
emphasis, and appropriate prosodic features, stance, and behavior.
Appreciate literature as a mirror to a shared heritage of people with diverse
C. Learning Competencies
backgrounds.
Bangkok known as Krun Thep, which is Thai for ―City of Angels,‖ beckons with its
golden roofed temples and spicily curried cuisine. Seven million visitors come to
Thailand each year spending an average of six to seven days because there is so
much to see and to relish in this ―Exotic Orient‖ as one enamored traveller dubbed
the country.
Our agenda for the first day of our tour started with a tour of Wat Po. One of the 370
temples in Bangkok alone, it is home to the famous Reclining Buddha, which is said to
be 46 meters long. Also world–famous are the golden Buddha at the Wat Trinig (“wat”
being Thai for “temple”) and the dazzling Emerald Buddha. There are 2100 temples in
all of Thailand, where 90 percent of the people are Buddhists.
Our loquacious guide regales us with the colorful history of Bangkok and how it
became the imperial city 300 years ago, when the god-king Rama I moved the royal
residence to this side of the Chao Phraya River. Today, a boat excursion takes visitors
on a tour of the old city, winding down the ―klong‖ canals for a glimpse of the water
dwellers and the ancient edifices, remnants of an era when Rama I divided his city into
three sections: for the Thais, the Chinese and the Indians. The best buys of Thai silks,
spices and crafts are still at the riverside markets where one can also produce gold,
jade and other precious jewelry.
Not to be missed are the Temple of the Dawn along the Chao Phraya, a showcase of
Chinese porcelain mosaics, and the Temple of the Giant Swing for some of the finest
murals. Only for strong knees is the Temple of the Golden Mount, atop a climb of 300
steps, housing one of the largest bronze buddhas in the world.
The Reclining Buddha was shipped from China by King Rama I, who also built the
the 2222-old Chinese section. The King had also brought with him excellent samples
ofporcelain, which the court artisans used to decorate pagodas using their elaborate
spires. At the main temple, devotees buy one–inch gold leaf squares
which they stick to smaller buddhas as offering to their god.
F. Developing mastery thrown to the group of their choice. The performance as a group will depend on how well
(Leads to Formative Assessment) students have responded to the questions asked.
Example:
Group WHAT: What is the mood of the writer while telling the story? Group WHERE?
Answer: The mood of the writer while telling the story is happy and excited.
QUIZ
TRUE OR FALSE
1. Aung San Suu Kyi is a native of Myanmar.
2. Aung San is an ambassador of Burma to India.
I. Evaluating learning
3. Khin Kyi has been assassinated.
4. Suu Kyi led the Saffron Revolution
5. Michael Aris died in prostate cancer.