English 10 - Las - Q1 - W5-6

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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET NO.: 10
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Residential Address: Teacher: Jackelyn A. Nudo
Subject: English 10 Quarter: 1
Type of Activity (check or choose from below)
√ Concept Notes Illustration Others: __________
Skills: Exercise/Drill Portfolios

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Activity Title: Identifying the correct information from the text
Learning Target: Identify the correct information from the text
Reference: Ma. Socorro Q. Perez, et al.; English Communication Arts and Skills through World Literature; Page: 49 – 66
Major Dramatists of the Athenian Age
1. Aeschylus (525 – 456 B.C.)
Aeschylus was a poet by profession and he was regarded by the Athenians as the father of tragedy. He is reputed to have
written seventy tragedies, but only seven have come down to us. The genius of Aeschylus was in the awe-full and sublime rather
than in the tender and pathetic. He excelled in presenting supermen, in depicting gods, Titans, and heroes. He is called the
theological poet because his plays had great spiritual and religious fervor; he presents the original dignity and greatness of nature
of human kind. His greatest work is considered to be Prometheus. The hero of his play, a Titan, was chained and tortured on a
rock in the Caucasus because he had, against the explicit orders of Zeus, given humanity the gift of fire. The plays of Aeschylus
have a moral sublimity above mere poetic beauty.
2. Sophocles (496 – 406 B.C.)
Sophocles was born in Colonnus. He enjoyed the comports of being a rich merchant’s son. His village home was lovely. He
led a sheltered life, was carefully trained in music, and grew in beauty of the body and soul. It is said that he was so handsome in
face and body that when the Athenians wanted to celebrate their victory at Salamis and wanted the most good-looking youth who
could be found to lead the choir of boys he was chosen as the choral leader.
3. Euripides (480 – 407 B.C.)
Among the Greeks, Euripides was called a modern playwright. He did not write true tragedies; he wrote merely serious plays.
Aeschylus and Sophocles belonged to an age of growing skepticism. He portrayed the gods as powerful but also capricious and
silly. Humans cannot understand the deities, and it is useless to try to do so; it is certainly silly to worship them because they are not
just.
4. Aristophanes (446 – 380 B.C.)
Aristophanes was the master of Greek comedy, and he typically belonged to his people and to his age. It is not easy to
appreciate him correctly because comedy is written to castigate society, and although the nature of humans (depicted in tragedy)
does not change, the nature of society changes as time passes. The intension of Aristophanes was to attack the faults and
weaknesses of society, He tried to excite boisterous laughter by the boldest caricatures and attacks on prominent men and even
deities. There were apparently no libel laws in Greece at that time; otherwise, he might have spent his entire life in prison. He could
be richly richly lyrical, but he could also be coarse, grotesque, and wanton. His stinging wit created fantastic comedies exposing
even the latest gossip publicly. The main actors in his comedies wore comical clothes, tights on the legs, very short coats with
tattered sleeves. Animal figures or insects formed the chorus: The Birds,The Frogs,TheWasps.
Activity No.10:
Direction: Identify the dramatist being described in the following. Encircle the letter of the correct answer
1. It is said that __________ was so handsome in face and body that when the Athenians wanted to celebrate their victory at
Salamis and wanted the most good-looking youth who could be found to lead the choir of boys he was chosen as the choral
leader.
a. Aeschylus b. Sophocles c. Euripides d. Aristophanes
2. He did not write true tragedies; he wrote merely serious plays.
3. The main actors in his comedies wore comical clothes, tights on the legs, very short coats with tattered sleeves.
4. He was a poet by profession and he was regarded by the Athenians as the father of tragedy. He is reputed to have written
seventy tragedies, but only seven have come down to us.
5. He was the master of Greek comedy, and he typically belonged to his people and to his age.
6. He excelled in presenting supermen, in depicting gods, Titans, and heroes.
7. He is called the theological poet because his plays had great spiritual and religious fervor; he presents the original dignity and
greatness of nature of human kind.
8. He portrayed the gods as powerful but also capricious and silly.
9. His intension was to attack the faults and weaknesses of society, He tried to excite boisterous laughter by the boldest
caricatures and attacks on prominent men and even deities.
10. The main actors in his comedies wore comical clothes, tights on the legs, very short coats with tattered sleeves.
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Reference: Ma. Socorro Q. Perez, et al.; English Communication Arts and Skills through World Literature; Page: 50
Agamemnon: A Summary
The first play of Oresteia trilogy, Agamemnon, describes the long – awaited homecoming of Agamemnon from
the Trojan War. Waiting at home is his wife, Queen Clytaemnestra who plans to murder him upon his arrival. This
plan is due in part to the death of Iphigeneia, their daughter whom Agamemnon sacrificed to ensure good winds for
their journey to Troy. The other reason is that the Queen had been having an affair with Agamemnon’s cousin
Aegisthus, whose father and brother, Agamemnon’s father killed in his bid to reclaim the throne.
Unsuspicious Agamemnon is welcomed home by Clytaemnestra. She ushers him into his bath and provides
him with purple robe with no opening for his head. While he struggles with the robe in confusion, she kills him with
three blows of an axe as in a ritual sacrifice. She also kills Cassandra, a princess of Troy, whom Agamemnon has
brought home to be his mistress.
Agamemnon’s death happens offstage. The audience is told of it by Clytaemnestra herself proudly describing
her act to the chorus (The elders). The elders rebuke her for the murder, but she persuades them that the murderer
was a righteous act as it was done in revenge for her daughter’s death, Agamemnon’s adulteries in Troy and with
Cassandra, and in fulfillment of the curse on the House of Atreus.
Activity No.11:
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Who is Agamemnon?
a. King of Argos b. King of Sparta c. King of Troy d. King of Persia
2. Who is the wife of Agamemnon?
a. Cassandra b. Clytaemnestra c. Iphigeneia d. Hecuba
3. In what trilogy did Agamemnon’s long awaited homecoming is being described?
a. Oedipus Rex b. Agamemnon c. Oresteia d. Medea
4. Who is the daughter of Agamemnon?
a. Cassandra b. Clytaemnestra c. Iphigeneia d. Hecuba
5. With whom did Clytaemnestra had an affair?
a. Achilles b. Agamemnon c. Oedipus d. Aegisthus
6. What is the main reason why Clytaemnestra killed Agamemnon?
a. Because of her affair with Agamemnon’s cousin
b. Because of the death of Iphigeneia
c. Because of the death of Achilles
d. Because of Agamemnon’s adultery’s act with Cassandra
7. Why Iphigeneia died?
a. She fought in Troy and eventually died there.
b. She was sacrificed by Agamemnon to ensure good winds going to Troy.
c. Her body was offered to the goods to ensure win from the fight.
d. She was killed by Clytaemnestra.
8. Why did Agamemnon take Cassandra home?
a. To be his maid c. To be his military strategist
b. To be his nurse d. To be his mistress
9. Who is Clytaemnestra?
a. Queen of Argos b. Princess of Troy c. Queen of Troy d. Princess of Sparta
10. Who was Aegisthus?
a. Agamemnon’s cousin c. Clytaemnestra’s son
b. Agamemnon’s brother d. Electra’s father
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Reference: Ma. Socorro Q. Perez, et al.; English Communication Arts and Skills through World Literature; Page: 57
Oedipus Rex: A Summary
Oedipus is king of Thebes because fifteen years ago, he saved Thebes by solving the riddle of the Sphinx. In
gratitude, the elders offered him in marriage Queen Jocasta and the throne left vacant by the recently – murdered
King Laius. At the opening of the play, Thebes is facing another crisis – pestilence and plague – so he sends his
brother – in – law, Creon, to seek guidance from Apollo’s oracle. The oracle’s answer requires that the purge the city
of Laius’s murderer. Oedipus commits himself to the task but make slow progress at learning the truth because
those who know – Apollo’s seer, a messenger, and a shepherd – refuse to provide any information. Instead,
Teiresias issues dire warnings and prophecies.
Oedipus persists in his pursuit of the truth despite the pleas of Jocasta and the elders/chorus to let the matter
rest. To discredit Teiresias, Jocasta even goes so far as to reveal her abandonment of her infant son to protect
against an earlier prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother. Oedipus reveals that he fled from Corinth
in an effort to escape from a similar oracle. The messenger and the shepherd finally verify that Oedipus was the
abandoned prince of Thebes, Oedipus realizes that Teiresias has correctly identified him as the “rotting canker” in
Thebes. Horrified at her incestuous marriage, Jocasta hangs herself. On finding her, Oedipus blinds himself in guilt,
grief, and disgust and asks Creon to send him to exile. The play ends with his banishment.
Activity No.12:
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Who was Laius?
a. The murdered king of Thebes, father of Oedipus and the husband of Jocasta.
b. The Apollo’s oracle.
c. The brother – in – law of Oedipus, whom he takes charge of the task of getting rid of the crisis.
d. The blind prophet
2. Who was the murderer of Laius?
a. Teiresias b. Jocasta c. Creon d. Oedipus
3. What action can be considered incestuous?
a. Killing any of your family member. c. Reigning the throne through succession
b. Marrying any of your family member. d. Predicting an outcome
4. Who was Teiresias?
a. The King of Thebes b. Father of Oedipus c. A prophet d. Prince of Thebes
5. Why did Oedipus become the King?
a. Because of succession c. Because of his greediness act
b. Because of gratitude d. Because of vacancy of the throne
6. Why did Jocasta hang herself?
a. Because she mourned with the death of Laius
b. Because she found out that she marries her own son
c. Because she killed her own husband
d. Because she abandoned her infant son
7. What should happen to the killer of Laius when he is found?
a. He must be put in jail c. He must be banished from Thebes or put to death
b. He must be sacrificed for the Sphinx. d. His body must be offered to the gods.
8. Who did the people think had killed Laius?
a. Oedipus b. Teiresias c. Jocasta d. The robbers
9. What does Jocasta attempt to prove to Oedipus about Teiresias’ prophecy?
a. That it’s not true. c. That Creon murdered Laius.
b. That Teiresias is really his father. d. That Jocasta herself is his mother.
10. What happened to Oedipus at the end of the play?
a. He got blind. b. He is banished. c. He got imprisoned d. A and B
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Activity Title: Categorize modals according to its degree of certainty
Learning Target: Categorizing modals according to its degree of certainty
Reference: Ma. Socorro Q. Perez, et al.; English Communication Arts and Skills through World Literature;
Page: 66
Modal Auxiliary Verb

Modal auxiliaries such as can, could, may, might, must, ought, shall, should, will, and would are the
helping verbs in English that express mood. Their specific function of expressing ability, necessity, uncertainty,
or permission makes them very useful in arguments and persuasive texts. When used with a variety of
adverbs, these modals can help you show how certain or how strongly you feel about a certain issue. Here’s a
helpful list of verbs, adverbs, modals, and expressions appropriate for different degrees of certainty:
Low Certainty Moderate Certainty Strong Certainty

perhaps likely is
maybe probably will
may can can
might ought to not
could should must
sometimes would undoubtedly
occasionally usually definitely
seldom frequently clearly
possibly often always
conceivably regularly never
majority undeniably
generally
tends to
rarely
Activity No.13:
Direction: Using the same matrix above, categorize the following expressions on degree of certainty.
1. This is seldom the case…
2. I must…
3. You are undoubtedly…
4. As is usually the case…
5. It is possible that…
6. I will never…
7. It is often true that…
8. It appears unlikely that…
9. It is very clear to me that…
10. You could perhaps…

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Activity Title: Formulating a statement of opinion or assertion
Learning Target: Formulate a statement of opinion or assertion
Reference: Ma. Socorro Q. Perez, et al.; English Communication Arts and Skills through World Literature;
Page: 113
Formulating Opinions or Assertions

A writer presents the two sides of an argument to the readers. This gives a venue to the writer to
disqualify counterarguments, and allows the readers to weigh both sides of the matter.
Your opinion or assertion is simply your point of view or contention with regard to the issue at hand.
Examples:
Explanations
Examples
For the person who give this statement,:
Video gaming is just a waste of time, while may be for the
Video gaming is a waste of time. others it is their leisure or a way of using time
meaningfully. So, It is just an opinion or assertion.
Millennials are impatient, but maybe they just have
Millennials are impatient at work. observed some millennials and they find it impatient but
what they did is just an observation of some but not all.
So, It is just an opinion or assertion.
Canada is such a progressive country, but the speaker
might not be in other country to compare Canada and
Canada is such a progressive country. proving how better is Canada with other country. Canada
might be a progress country but for the others it can be
considered not. So, It is just an opinion or assertion.
Activity No.14:
Direction: Give at least one (1) example of your own opinion or assertion in each the following, total of ten (10) opinions
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5. Modular Learning
6. Thesis Writing
7. Speaking in English
8. Essay writing
9. Impromptu Speaking
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Low Certainty Moderate Certainty Strong Certainty

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