Week 4: Personal Development Grade 12 (Abm, Humss, TVL, Gas)

MODULE 4:
The Challenges of Middle and Late Adolescence
Big Question: How can you, as an adolescent, balance the

expectations of significant people in your life and your personal aspirations?
Objectives:
At the end of this module, you will be able to:
1. discuss how facing the challenges during adolescence, you may able to
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clarify and manage the demands of teen years,
2. express your feelings on the expectations of the significant people around
you, such as your parents, siblings, friends, teachers, community leaders, and
3. make affirmations that help you become more lovable and capable as an
adolescent
Personal
Development ACTIVITY: EXPLAIN THE QUOTATION.
“Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help

others. Unsuccessful people are always asking: “What’s in it for me?”
– Brian Tracy
READING: THE PASSAGE TO ADULTHOOD: CHALLENGES OF
Grade 12 LATE ADOLESCENCE
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
(ABM, HUMSS,  Most girls have completed the physical changes related to puberty by age
15.
 Boys are still maturing and gaining strength, muscle mass, and height and
TVL, GAS)
are completing the development of sexual traits.
EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 May stress over school and test scores.
 Is self-involved (may have high expectations and low self-concept). 
Seeks privacy and time alone.  We set standards that are too high for others to meet because we are
 Is concerned about physical and sexual attractiveness. overly ambitious.
 May complain that parents prevent him or her from doing things  We focus on mistakes as a way to motivate change or improved behavior.
independently.  We make constant comparisons (self to others, siblings to one another).
 Starts to want both physical and emotional intimacy in relationships.  We automatically give a negative spin to the actions of others.
 The experience of intimate partnerships  We dominate others by being overly helpful, implying that they are
unable to do it as well
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
 shifts in relationship with parents from dependency and subordination to READING: BEING HAPPY
one that reflects the adolescent’s increasing maturity and responsibilities in You may have defects, be anxious and sometimes live irritated, but
the family and the community,  Is more and more aware of social do not forget that your life is the greatest enterprise in the world. Only you
behaviors of friends. can prevent it from going into decadence. There are many that need you,
 Seeks friends that share the same beliefs, values, and interests. admire you and love you. I would like to remind you that being happy is not
 Friends become more important. having a sky without storms, or roads without accidents, or work without
 Starts to have more intellectual interests. fatigue, or relationships without disappointments. Being happy is finding
 Explores romantic and sexual behaviors with others. strength in forgiveness, hope in one’s battles, security at the stage of fear,
 May be influenced by peers to try risky behaviors (alcohol, tobacco, sex). love in disagreements. Being happy is not only to treasure the smile, but that
you also reflect on the sadness. It is not just commemorating the event, but
MENTAL DEVELOPMENT also learning lessons in failures. It is not just having joy with the applause,
 Becomes better able to set goals and think in terms of the future. but also having joy in anonymity. Being happy is to recognize that it is
 Has a better understanding of complex problems and issues.  Starts to worthwhile to live, despite all the challenges, misunderstandings and times of
develop moral ideals and to select role models. crises.
Being happy is not inevitable fate, but a victory for those who can travel
READING: ENCOURAGEMENT 101: THE COURAGE TO BE towards it with your own being. Being happy is to stop being a victim of
IMPERFECT BY: TIMOTHY D. EVANS, PH.D. problems but become an actor in history itself. It is not only to cross the
deserts outside of ourselves, but still more, to be able to find an oasis in the
Encouragement is the key ingredient for improving your recesses of our soul. It is to thank God every morning for the miracle of life.
relationships with others. It is the single most important skill necessary for Being happy is not being afraid of one's feelings. It is to know how to talk
getting along with others – so important that the lack of it could be about ourselves. It is to bear with courage when hearing a "no". It is to have
considered the primary cause of conflict and misbehavior. Encouragement the security to receive criticism, even if is unfair. It is to kiss the children,
develops a person’s psychological hardiness and social interest. pamper the parents, have poetic moments with friends, even if they have hurt
Encouragement is the lifeblood of a relationship. And yet, this simple us. Being happy means allowing the free, happy and simple child inside each
of us to live; having the maturity to say, "I was wrong"; having the audacity
concept is often very hard to put into practice. The first step to becoming an
to say, "forgive me". It is to have sensitivity in expressing, "I need you"; to
encouraging person is to learn to distinguish encouragement from
have the ability of saying, "I love you." So that your life becomes a garden
discouragement. As a rule, ask yourself: Whatever I say or do, will it bring full of opportunities for being happy... In your spring-time, may you become
me closer together or farther apart from this person? We all have the power a lover of joy. In your winter, may you become a friend of wisdom. And
to be more encouraging people. The choice, as always, is yours. when you go wrong along the way, you start all over again. Thus, you will be
more passionate about life. And you will find that happiness is not about
having a perfect life but about using tears to water tolerance, losses to refine
MOST COMMONLY, WE DISCOURAGE IN FIVE GENERAL
WAYS:
patience, failures to carve serenity, pain to lapidate pleasure, obstacles to ________________7. Emotional development starts to want both physical
open the windows of intelligence. Never give up ... Never give up on the and emotional intimacy in relationships.
people you love. Never give up from being happy because life is an ________________8. Being happy is not being afraid of one's feelings.
incredible show. And you are a special human being!
________________9. Mental development becomes better able to set goals
and think in terms of the future.
PORTFOLIO OUTPUT NO. 5 ________________10. Social development friends become more important.
Slogan or Personal Declaration on Being Happy
1. Read the essay on “Being Happy”.
2. Choose a phrase, sentence, or paragraph that strikes you.
3. Make a slogan or personal declaration on how you can be
committed to your self-development.
4. Explain your thoughts and feelings about it. Include specific ways
in which you will develop yourself further.
QUIZE: TRUE OR FALSE.

Write TRUE if the statement is correct and if not underline the word
or the statement that makes the sentence incorrect. Write the correct answer
on the space provided.
_________________1. Encouragement is the key ingredient for improving
your relationships with others.
_________________2. Encouragement develops a person’s emotion
hardiness and social interest.
_________________3. Most commonly we discourage in five general ways:
_________________4. In mental development we explore romantic and
sexual behaviors with other
_________________5. Social development shifts in relationship with parents

from dependency and subordination to one that reflects the adolescent’s
increasing maturity and responsibilities in the family and the community.
________________6. Physical development is concerned about physical and
sexual attractiveness.

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MODULE 4:

The Challenges of Middle and Late Adolescence

Big Question: How can you, as an adolescent, balance the

“Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help

READING: THE PASSAGE TO ADULTHOOD: CHALLENGES OF

Grade 12 LATE ADOLESCENCE

QUIZE: TRUE OR FALSE.

_________________5. Social development shifts in relationship with parents

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