LEARNER’S MATERIALS

Week 3
Think and Tell

Ask: How do you value opinion of your classmates?

In coming to your what do you want to wear?
Do you want to wear uniform or not?

Find out and Learn

Watch: You tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cipXm45ObDI

Say: Who are in favor of wearing uniform in school? Why?

Who are not in favor of wearing uniform? Why?

Try and Learn

Issue to be discussed: Are you in favor of K-12 or not?

Let the pupils form five groups. Let each group form a small circle.
Let each member of every group share with the rest of the group members .

Do and Learn

Clarity/Conciseness: Revise the following sentences to remove clutter, eliminate wordiness, and clarify
meaning (credits to Zinsser).
(1) The bricks on our new house are red in color and in spite of the fact that they are new, the look of these
bricks is a used, beat-up appearance.

(2) Due to the fact that he hadn’t totally and completely read all the material, he lacked in the ability to do the
writing for the purpose of the class exercise.

(3) America has two main kinds of business. Americans need to pay attention to getting justice for all, and
they also need to be sure that everyone is treated alike.

(4) It is interesting to note that numerous individuals required assistance, whereas, the remainder took a pass.

(5) I was not facilitated in reading her comments she had written in my paper because of the handwriting that
was illegible and therefore could not be read.
 Learn Some More

Read the given sentences, then choose one of the words from below that will best fit the sentence.
After this, underline the word in the sentence that gave you clue to the word you chose.

Vase knocking mailing

Morning light write

1. Every ________ I have breakfast.

2. Turn on the _____________. It is dark in this room.
3. Bring this letter to the post office for _____________.
4. I can hear someone _______________ at the door.
5. Father brought some flowers which mother put in a _____________

Remember

Day 2
Think and Tell

Ask: How do you take care of your body?

Why is it important to have a healthy body?

Read and Learn

Read the story and analyze it.
Read the selection then answer the questions that follows.

“Taking Care of Our Bodies”

 The human body needs both rest and
exercise. It also needs nourishment. A
healthy looking body doesn’t just happen. A
good deal of care is given to it.

The body needs food, as the machine

needs fuel as oil. The body requires an
adequate amount of basic nutrients such as
protein, fats, carbohydrates and minerals.

Ask:
 What is the main idea of the fist paragraph?
 How did you know these details were more important than the other details in the
selection?
 What other ideas struck you while reading the text?
 Did you notice or find any cue word that help you determine the essential idea or
information?
 What is the title or concept?
 What is the main idea of the second paragraph?
 What are the facts that support the idea?

Title
__________________________________________
I. Main Topic
A._____________________________________
B._____________________________________
C. _____________________________________

II. _____________________________________
A._____________________________________
B._____________________________________
C. _____________________________________

Try and Learn

Group the class into 4. Each member of the group will look for the missing information to complete the outline.
The first group to complete the outline will be the winner.

Pepper

Pepper is one of the

earliest spices known to mankind. At
one time it was so expensive that a
pound of it was considered an
appropriate gift for royalty to give or
to taxes.

Pepper plants were

considered rich property.Pepper is a
tropical vine. It begins to bear fruit in
four years. It produces heavily for
fourteen years. Unripe berries
produce black pepper and ripe ones produce white
pepper.
 Title
______________________________
I. _____________________________________
A._____________________________________
B._____________________________________
C. _____________________________________

II. _____________________________________
A._____________________________________
B._____________________________________
C. _____________________________________

Do and Learn

Make an outline from the selection.

The Dutch
The Dutch are people of Holland. They are serious
and hardworking. They are considered the cleanest
people in the world. The Dutch are fond of eating,
drinking and attending parties.

Have you seen a picture of a Dutch girl? She

wears big wooden shoes called klompers. Men wear
baggy trousers while women wear flowing skirts, white
aprons and stretched cloth caps. Dutch children are
healthy for they drink plenty of milk and take big
amounts of butter. Boys are trained to steer the boats
and take charge of the windmill. Water sports are
popular with the Dutch children.

Learn Some More

Directions: Make an outline using the jumbled details about main headings and subheadings.

Kind of fossils
Location of fossils
Uses of fossils
Telling the story of the earth
Molds of plants and animals
Skeletal remains of plants and animals
Hard rocks
Layers of sedimentary rocks
Preserved bodies of parts of bodies of plants and animals
Tracing the changes of the earth’s surface
Telling the changes in climate
Holes in the mud
Prints made by parts of plants and animals
Mud or sand
 Remember

Outlining is arranging notes so that important ideas stand out and make clear which point
suppots each of the important ideas.
a. The Title for the outline should ne used in the report itself.
b. Use Roman numerals I,II,III etc. to number topic from the others.
c. Use capital letters A,B,C.D, to indicate subheadings.
d. Use Arabic numerals 1,2,3 to number detail headings.
e. Subdivision of the same kind should fall under the same alignment and indention: B under A, 2
under 1.
f. A period is needed after the letter or number of ech heading but not after the heading itself.
g. The first letter of each heading should be capitalized.

Day 3

Think and Tell

(Show pictures of Girl Scouts and Boy

Ask: Are members of Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts?
What are the activities that you enjoy most during scouting?

Find Out and Learn

Read the selection then answer the questions that follows.

Story

Last year, the Girl Scouts in our district celebrated their anniversary with a
journey. The purpose or point of this trip was to explore the virgin forests of Palawan. Since
the forests of Palawan have not yet been touched by loggers. Many of the Girl Scouts who
went were independent girls and did not need help in doing basic or essential things like
cooking and hiking.

Learning the meaning of cooperation helped to make their trip a success. By

working together well, most of them learned the value of preserving or taking care of our
forests to avoid floods and soil erotion.
 Ask:
 Who celebrated their anniversary?
 How did they celebrate their anniversary?
 What was the purpose of their trip?
 How can you describe a virgin forest?
 What value did the Girl Scout learn about the forest?
How will show your politeness at all times as one of the value of Girl Scouts?

Try and Learn

Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Select a synonym for "Denotation"

A
Definition
.
B
Diction
.
C
Reference
.
D
Meaning
.

2. What does "Connotation" mean?

A
Definition
.
B
Diction
.
C
Cultural defintion
.

3. If someone uses the term "rugrat", is this a denotative or connotative definition for the term "child"?
A
Connotative
.
B
Denotative
.
C
Neither
.

4. What is the denotation of "snake"?

A
An amphibian
.
B
A liar, cheater, or fraud
.
C
Snake
.

5. What is a connotative meaning of the term, "babe"?

A
A baby pig
.
B
Babe
.
C
Someone you're attracted to
.

Do and Learn

Put a check mark (/) on the left of the correct answer.

1. Which connotation is more positive?

Our trip to the amusement park was __________ ? (1 point)
fine
wonderful
2. Which connotation is more positive?
___________ people rode on the roller coaster. (1 point)
Brave
Foolhardy
3. Which connotation is more positive?
We saw __________ animals in the animal house. (1 point)
fascinating
weird
4. Which connotation is more positive?
Some of the monkeys made __________ faces. (1 point)
hilarious
amusing
5. Which connotation is more positive?
Everyone had a __________ on his or her face on the way home. (1 point)
smile
Smirk

Learn Some More

The following questions will quiz you on connotation and denotation. Some questions ask you analyze
a word and some ask you to choose whether the example is showing the connotation or the denotation
of the underlined words. Shade the small circle on the left that gives the correct answer.

1. Helen was guarded about her private life. She did not like to give anyone details about herself.
<BR>
What does the word guarded suggest about Helen in the sentence above? 
She was excited about her life.
She does not care about her life.
 She is protective over her life.
She is bored with her life.

2. Jackie screamed and pulled her hand away from the scalding water. Her hand was bright red and
hurting.
<BR>
What does the word scalding suggest about the water in the sentence above?

icily cold
painfully hot
amazingly cold
pretty warm

3. Mark was sick of receiving a dozen annoying e-mails with jokes from Sally every day. He dashed
off a sloppy reply letting her know that he wasn't allowed to receive silly e-mails at school.
<BR>
What does the word "sick" suggest Mark was feeling as it is used in the first sentence of this story?
fed up with
nauseous
Full
Bored

4. Look at the story from #4.

<BR>
What does the phrase "dashed off" suggest that Mark did as it is used in the second sentence
of this story? 
ran away
puntuated
Ambled
carelessly wrote

5. Benjamin was a lanky kid. He was the tallest kid in the class, and he was not a big kid. His mom
packed him a huge lunch in the hopes he would get some more muscle on his bony arms and legs.
<BR>
What is the dictionary meaning of the word lanky in the sentence above? 
huge and tall
tall and thin
muscular and tall
thin and short
 Remember
We write paragraph using an outline by writing the topics following their correct order
in the outline.

Day 4

Think and Tell

LOOP-THE-WORD
B C C D V E F G H I J
C O M P A R A B L E K
T M S R L Q P O N M L
U P V W I G N O R E S
X O Y Z D A B C D E Y
M N L K A J I H G F N
N E O P T Q R S T V T
C N B A E Z Y X W V H
D T E F D G H I J R E
T S S R Q P O N M L T
U V W X Y Z A B Z D I
F E F O L K L D R I C
Directions: Write on the blank the appropriate word that corresponds or related to the phrase or clause below.
Choose from the found looped words.
a. _______________- one of the parts which a thing or object is made of or composed of.
b, _______________- takes no notice of; pays no attention to.
c. _______________- proven, tested.
d. _______________- similar, having the same qualities.
e. _______________- artificially produced material or substance
f. ________________- pertaining to or related to beliefs of or ancestors.

Find out and Learn

Kaylee sets the pace for a heartfelt celebration

Kaylee Davidson will be celebrating a very

special event on Tuesday the 10th anniversary of her
donor heart. The lively youngster from Washington,
who loves to dance, run and play was just five months
old when she became the youngest child to Britain to
have a successful heart transplant. Yesterday Kaylee
was guest of honour at a party in Newcastle for her
mother Carol, 29, now vice-chairman of support group.
Heart Transplant families Together said, “I can’t
believe 10 years have gone by, Kaylee is a normal girl
and she lives life to the fullest.”
 Ask: What does the clear headline of the report read?
What is the main point or evnt of the news report?
What part of the report is the main point, first par? middle part? or last part?

Try and Learn

Directions: Arrange the following sentences to form a report. Follow the format below.

Parents have the right to use what is called reasonable chastisement to

keep their children under control

So, parents may hit them, but not hard enough to cause serious injury.

HITTING OUT

A 12 year old boy won the right to go to the European Court of Human
Right in Strasbourg last week.

His stepfather beat him with a garden cane when he was nine years old.

The hearing may take two years – if the boy wins, smacking may be
banned in Britain.

Should parents be allowed to smack their children?

Title _____________________________________________
Introduction _______________________________________

Main points
1. _________________________________________
2._________________________________________
3. _________________________________________
4. _________________________________________

Conclusion
1. _________________________________________
2. _________________________________________

Do and Learn

The Puzzl

Oil Depots in Commercial Area

 Giant oil Chevron, Petron and Shell have asked the
government fr a 10-year extension of their depots in barangay Bula,
General Santos City.
Under the city’s zooming ordinance passed in 1990, Bula was
identified as a commercial area. With the passage of the ordinance,
the oil depots were considered risks and that the oil companies were
given until March next year to relocate.

After the four groups have made the puzzle, ask:

1. What is the title of the news report?
2. What is the introduction?
3. What are the main points?
4. What is the conclusion?
5. What are the points to remember again in writing a report?

Learn Some More

Directions: On a one whole sheet of paper, arrange and write the sentences into a news report.

A. Mayor John Johnson said 60 others were affected by the disease that could have been caused
by contaminated water. Most of the victims were residents of the hinterland village of Lamidan,
Davao del Sur which is predominantly populated by Manobo and Lagakaulo natives.
B. Diarrhea outbreak in Davao del Sur, 6 dead.
C. At least six children, aged 4-6 years, have died since Oct. 29 as government officials continued
to cope with a diarrhea outbreak in several villages here.
D. Dr. Darwin Trinidad, a physician at the Manila District Hospital, said he had ordered the
municipal health office to trace the source of the disease to prevent more people from getting ill.

Remember
Reports include:
1. an account of events in the order in which they happened.
2. a reference to what people have said
3. a brief description of people involved in the story
4. past-tense verbs, because they refer to evnts that have already taken place

Day 4

Think and Tell

 Ask: What can you say about the quotes?

Find out and Learn

Say: Let us watch the following video clips. Watch and carefully analyze the video clips.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VikoHKuEzng

 What can you say about the video clips?

 Describe the positive and negative portrayal in our government. What can you say about it?

Try and Learn

Let the groups do the following activity.
Group 1
Make a “Propaganda” on the video clips watch.

Group 2
Compose a ”Song” about the Marcos government
system and our present government system?

Group 3
Compose a poem about the video clip.

Group 4
Make your Point of View about the video clips.
Do and Learn

Watch the following video then make a simple role play about each Filipino Values.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDBj_sw3Qag

Learn Some More

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fs4xzVC404

Watch the following videos then write 5 intelligent reactions about the issue on ,Who Made the
Philippines Poor?