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Subject
Quarter 3 – Module 3:
Concern for Humankind
English – Grade 8
Quarter 3 – Module 3: Concern for Humankind
First Edition, 2020

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English
Quarter 3 – Module 3:
Concern for Humankind
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:
Welcome to the English Grade 8 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module
on Concern for Humankind.

The activities in this module are arranged sequentially to help the learners
understand the topic and develop the desired skill or learning competency.

As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing
them to manage their own learning.

Remind the learner that if there are things he/she doesn’t understand,
he/she must not hesitate to call for your help and assistance.

For the learner:

Welcome to the English Grade 8 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module
on Concern for Humankind.

The activities in this module are arranged sequentially to help you

understand the topic and develop the desired skill or learning competency.

As a learner, you must learn to become responsible of your own learning.

Take time to read, understand, and perform the different activities in the
module. If there are things you don’t understand, do not hesitate to call your
facilitator / teacher for assistance.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering
the exercises.

2. Do not forget to answer Let us Try before moving on to the other

activities in the module.

3. Read the instructions carefully before doing each task.

4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your
answers.

5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.

6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through

with it.

We hope that you will find meaningful learning as you go through the
different activities in this module.

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 Let Us Learn
Good day. learner! I hope you are doing well and keeping safe.
You must be having fun learning in your home. I know that you are excited to
see your classmates, but you just can’t be with them because we want you to
be safe inside your homes.
I know that you are aware of what is going on in our world right now. This
is just one of the challenges that we, as people, are facing right now. In this
module, you will be learning about some issues that concerns humankind. You
will also learn tips on how you could develop your listening skills.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Listen to use previous knowledge to determine the message of the poem.
2. Listen to complete the text of the poem.
3. Acquire tips to improve listening skills.
4. Listen to get the examples of social, moral, and economic issues stated in
the poem.
5. Write a short paragraph calling for concerns for humankind.

Let Us Try
DIRECTIONS: For sure you have come across with the words inside
the box. Yes, they are common challenges in our society. Read each
one and group them according to the issue they represent. Fill in the table
below. You can check your answer at the Answer Key page found at the end of
this module.

Overpopulation scarcity discrimination hunger

malnutrition abortion divorce corruption
robbery debt recession poverty
unemployment suicide underpaid workers

Social Issues Moral Issues Economic Issues

1.________________________ 1.________________________ 1.________________________

2.________________________ 2.________________________ 2.________________________

3.________________________ 3.________________________ 3.________________________

4.________________________ 4.________________________ 4.________________________

5._______________________ 5._______________________ 5.________________________

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 Let Us Study
Activity 1: Picture Tells

Study the picture below. Then answer the following questions.

1. What do you see in the cartoon?

2. What does the first bubble show?
3. What does the second bubble show?
4. What does the third bubble show?

Activity 2 If I Have Three Wishes

This time, you will listen to a poem entitled, “If I have Three Wishes”

But before listening, let us try to know the meaning of the words you will
hear in the poem by answering the activity below.

Activity 2.A Unscramble Me. Try to guess the words by arranging these
scrambled letters to form the word. The definition of the word is your clue to the
correct answer.
_________________1. O T V E P R Y – It is a state in which a person lacks the
necessities of life—food, shelter and clothing.
_________________2. R R P P S O I Y E T – It is a condition of having financial
success or having a good fortune.

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_________________3. I A M D N K N – It refers to every single human being.
_________________4. Y C E S T I R U – It is a state of being free from danger or
threat.
_________________5. E R F F D C I S E E N – It is a state of being unlike or
dissimilar.
Please click on either of the links below so that you could listen to the poem:

1. https://www.facebook.com/lirio.laureano/videos/10158349311286684/
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmqwMiPjUTM&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0
9mUIYtYUmRnz3R2kFX8rgUsZ7zJ4KYS1vZ1h4P-PqOc-SJcpOPcT6Vi0

Activity 2.B. Complete Me. Now, listen to the poem again. This time fill
in the missing words of the poem by writing your answer on the blank. Be sure
to check your answers to the Answer Key page at the end of this module. Then,
click the link again, read the poem out loud as you listen.

If I Have Three Wishes

By L.I. Laureano
If one day, I will come across a (1)___________
And before me, a genie will pop up
And as my (2)___________, three wishes he will grant me
What could it (3)___________, what could it be?

My very first wish would (4)___________

Is a stable job for everybody
So there will be (5) ___________ for every family
There will be no poverty, only (6)___________.

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 My second wish would be
Is a protection for (7)___________
That there will be no killings and robbery
(8)___________ will only feel security

My third wish would be

Is(9)___________and respect for everybody
In many things, people may (10)___________
But if we give love, there will be (11)___________.

I wish there will be no rich or (12)___________

And for the sick, there will be a cure
For (13)___________ other’s differences, there is (14)___________
These are the three wishes which I truly (15)___________.

How was your score? Did you get all the missing words correctly? If yes,
that is a good sign that you have been paying attention to what you have heard.
Congratulate yourself for that.

Listening is one of the four macro skills in communication that you need
to develop as a language learner. Do you know that students spend most of the
time listening inside the classroom, compared to speaking, reading, and
writing?
You could already hear things even when you were still a baby, but
hearing is entirely different from listening. Hearing is natural and involuntary,
while listening is focused, voluntary, and with a purpose. Hearing is like hearing
the car passing by your house every day or the barking of your dog that you can
ignore if you want. Listening is when you want to understand, focus, or pay
more attention to someone speaking or when you want to concentrate and feel
the message of a song.
Why is listening important in learning communication skills?

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Listening is a very important part of language learning because without
listening, communication is not achieved. Here are some important points of
listening in communication:
1. Listening allows you to comprehend the messages conveyed. The
speaker’s pitch, tone, and accent will help you understand what the
speaker is saying.
2. Listening helps you acquire pronunciation, stress, intonation, and
syntax. By listening, you will know how to correctly pronounce an
unfamiliar word.
3. Listening allows you to perform better, to follow instructions properly, and
to be able to make sound decisions. It helps you to become more aware of
what is going on in your surroundings.

What are the strategies that could help you improve your listening skills
and what are the tips you need to learn in acquiring these skills?
1. Predicting content
Have you ever watched a movie then guessed the ending of the story
correctly? If yes, this means that you have used your previous
knowledge in predicting the outcome of the story. And why have you
done this? Listening to words and the style of language used by the
actors in the movie helped you in getting the information. The
knowledge “stocked” in your brains is activated; as a result; you
understand what you were listening to.
Tip:
One of the best ways in improving this skill, especially if you are
taking a listening test is to go over the questions first and try to predict
the information you need to listen to. A question beginning with “who”
would allow you to listen to a person being mentioned in the listening text.
Be specifically attentive to this information.

2. Getting the gist.

Getting the gist means getting the whole meaning of the text. It is
like climbing up on the tree and see your entire backyard and you

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 notice how peaceful your place is. Listening is like getting the whole
picture or the meaning of the text. The words used by the speaker, the
sequence of information, and the description will help you understand
better the message being conveyed.
Tip:
Focus on the words spoken by the speaker. If there are new words
that you hear, group them with other words that have similar context, like
group them according to noun, adjectives or verbs.
3. Detecting signposts.
Signposts in communication refer to the words that link ideas to
help you understand what the speaker is talking about. Take for
example, when a speaker says, “I have three things on my mind now.”
Then most likely you will hear the speaker says, “First,….”, then, “the
second is…”, and then “finally,….”. Listen for these “signposts” or signal
words so that you could follow where the speaker or the text is leading
you.
Tip:
Review/relearn the signal words (conjunction, transitions) taught by
your teacher and recall the meaning of these words. If you hear them in
a listening activity/test, list them down and try to recall their function in
the sentence.
4. Looking for details.
Looking for details is like taking a closer look to get the specific
details of a thing. It is like climbing that tree in your backyard. But
instead of looking down, you inspect the parts of that tree. You look at
its leaves, trunk, fruits, and stems. You saw ants on the tree but
rejected looking at them because you know they are not parts of the
tree. You take note of the essential details in the text and eliminate
those that are not.
Tip:
In a listening test, quickly read the questions first. Look for the
important words and then decide the details you need to get while
listening to the text.

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5. Inferring meaning.
Inferring meaning means making a decision or a conclusion to a
text from the clues given or by using your previous knowledge about a
situation.
It is like being on top of the tree, and then you see your mother
below looking up to you with a frown on her face. Without her saying
something to you, you just immediately went down the tree, because
you knew that she would scold you for climbing that tree.
In a listening text, you may hear words that will give you clues as
to who the speaker is or what the speaker feels on a certain situation.
An example is when a speaker says, “Be sure to return you report card
tomorrow.” You can conclude that the speaker is a teacher, and that the
teacher is speaking to the students. When the speaker says this line
loudly, you may decide that the speaker is angry, but when it is spoken
gently, you may decide that the speaker is caring.

Tip:
In a listening test, when there are words you don’t understand, look
for clues in the text. Also observe the manner on how the speaker delivers
the text.

I hope these strategies and tips will help you in improving your listening
skills. These strategies will guide you in this lesson and the next lessons
you will have in developing listening skills.

Let us try these strategies in this lesson. Going over the objectives of this
module, you will find out that you are expected to listen to get the
examples of social, moral, and economic issues stated in the poem.
Before moving on, let us first discuss the definition of social, moral, and
economic issues.

Social issues refer to general factors that damage or affect the society as
a whole or a larger part of the society. Examples include overpopulation,
poverty, malnutrition, discrimination, and hunger.

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 Moral issues refer to issues concerned with or relating to human
behavior, esp. the distinction between good and bad or right and wrong
behavior. Examples are corruption, abortion, suicide, divorce and crimes.

Economic issues refer to issues concerned with the organization of the

money, industry, and trade of a country, region, or society. Examples
include scarcity, unemployment, underpaid workers, debt and recession.

Let Us Practice
Activity 3. Digging the Poem
This time you will listen to the Poem, “If I Have Three Wishes” once again.
Using the strategies you have learned, answer the following questions. Write the
letter of your choice.

1. What is the poem all about?

a. The writer and the genie who just met.
b. The genie asked three wishes from the writer.
c. The writer’s three wishes from the genie.
d. The personal issues of the writer.
2. What is the writer’s first wish?
a. The writer wished to stop poverty.
b. The writer wished for a stable job for everybody.
c. The writer wished for a happy family.
d. The writer wished to stop prosperity.
3. The line, there will be no killing and robbery, is an example of _____
a. Social issue
b. economic issue
c. moral issue
d. all
4. What issue is discussed in the third wish of the writer?
a. social issue
b. economic issue
c. moral issue
d. all

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 5. How do you describe the present situation of the writer?
a. The writer is feeling happy of what is going on the society.
b. The writer is living in a society where problems exist.
c. The writer is trying to express love to the country.
d. The writer is being bored and lonely.

Activity 4. There’s More

DIRECTIONS: These lines are taken from the poem. Identify the issues
discussed in the poem by writing: social, moral or economic on the space
provided before each number.

_______________1. So there will be food for every family.

_______________2. Mankind will only feel security.
_______________3. There will be no poverty.
_______________4. In many things, people may disagree.
_______________5. I wish there will be no rich or poor.
_______________6. For each other’s differences, there is honor.
_______________7. That there will be no killings and robbery
_______________8. Is a stable job for everybody
_______________9. Is love and respect for everybody
_______________10. And for the sick, there will be a cure.

Let Us Practice More

Activity 5: We Are The World

DIRECTIONS: You will listen to song, We Are The World. Now, let me give you a
little background of this song. It is written by Michael Jackson and Lionel
Ritchie in 1985 to raise funds to help stop hunger in Africa. The song was used
again in 2010 to help victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

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Are you ready to listen? Click either of the link below so that you can listen to
the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yATzcGsPB7Y

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1409615615724511&external_log_id=330f587b23ba54
bb6b9b50ae42895e71&q=we%20are%20the%20world%20song%20lyrics

This time pick one line from the song that depicts social, moral, or economic
issue. Identify the issue of this line and write one sentence explaining your
answer.

Let Us Remember
Activity 6: True or False
DIRECTIONS: Below are statements on strategies in acquiring
listening skills and social, moral and economic issues. Write True if the
statement is correct or False if it is not.

_________1. Listening and hearing are the same.

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_________2. The speakers’ tone and pitch help us in understanding his/her
message.
_________3. You can use your previous knowledge in comprehending a text.
_________4. Signal words are misleading.
_________5. Communication is still achieved even if you don’t listen.
_________6. Poverty is an example of moral issues.
_________7. Moral issues refer to behavior of people that could affect the society.
_________8. An issue is called social when it affects the large number of people.
_________9. A country with so many jobless people is having an economic
problem.
_________10. Pandemic is considered as a social issue.

Let Us Assess
Test I.
DIRECTIONS: The following questions are based on the song that you have just
listened to. Use the strategies you have learned at the beginning of the lesson.
the letter of your choice.
1. What is the main issue of this song?
a. It is a social issue as it talks about poverty and helping others who
suffer from it.
b. It is a moral issue as it calls for unity to achieve peace in the world.
c. It is economic issue as it depicts a world where people are out of
work.
d. It does not contain any issue at all.
2. The line, “there are people dying” means that people die because of
a. discrimination
b. hunger
c. calamities
d. violence
3. What issue is referred to in Item no. 2?
a. Social
b. moral

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 c. economic
d. not an issue at all
4. Which of the following lines gives a solution to a moral issue?
a. We are the ones who makes a brighter day.
b. It’s time to lend a hand.
c. We’re saving our own lives.
d. It’s true we’ll make a better day.
5. When the writers write the line, “we can’t go on pretending day by day,”
they are probably telling us that:
a. People struggle everyday, and it is part of our existence.
b. Every day is a new beginning for every person.
c. There is an existing problem and we should not ignore it.
d. People are the main source of the problem.
6. “We’re saving our own lives,” may mean that:
a. We save because we are concern of our future.
b. We want other people to become part of our lives.
c. We ignore other people.
d. We only look after our own welfare.
7. What do the writers of the song want us to do?
a. They want us to see the world like children do.
b. They want us to show concern to our fellowmen by sharing.
c. They want to make a stand and believe in ourselves.
d. They want us to come together and unite.
8. Which part of the song tells us to respond to a problem in our society?
a. We can’t go on pretending day by day.
b. God has shown us by turning stone to bread.
c. There comes a time when we heed a certain call.
d. When you’re down and out, there seems no hope at all.
9. What is the meaning of the title of the song?
a. We are part of the world and we need to help each other.
b. We are the builder of the world.
c. We need to connect with other people.
d. We make our own destiny.

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 10. What is the over-all message of the song?
a. Singing together will make this word a better place to live.
b. Praying for miracle will make this world a better place.
c. Showing love is the greatest gift of all.
d. Giving a helping hand and sharing to those in need make a better
world.

Test 2. Directions: Pick 5 lines from the song and identify the issue being
addressed by the poem. Number 1 is done for you.
1. Social

There are people dying.

2. ___________

____________________________
3. ___________________

____________________________
4. __________________

____________________________
5. _________

____________________________

Let Us Enhance

Directions. You have read the brief history of the song “We Are the
World”. Remember that it was written to raise funds for the people in Africa. At
present, Lionel Richie gathered 25 artists to sing the song again to raise funds
for those who are affected by Covid-19. In this activity you will write a three-
paragraph essay about how people could make their share in helping our
frontliners in our fight against this crisis. Please refer to the rubrics below so
you will be guided on how your teacher will rate you for this activity.

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 Rubric for Essay
4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Content The essay clearly The essay talks The essay The essay poorly
talks about the about the given slightly talks talks about the
given topic topic (concern about the about topic and no
(concern for the for the the topic supporting
frontliners) and frontliners) and (concern for the details were
gave at least 3 gave at least 2 frontliners) and given.
supporting details supporting gave only 1
details supporting
detail.

Organization Writing has a Writing has a Beginning, Writing does not

beginning, a beginning, a middle, and end have a
middle, and an middle, and an are not clear. beginning,
end. end. middle, or end.

Writing has Writing has

transitional transitional
sentences and sentences.
flowed smoothly.

Spelling and Has one or two Has less than Has up to ten Has more than
Grammar spelling, five spelling, spelling, ten spelling,
punctuation, or punctuation, punctuation, punctuation,
grammar errors. and grammar and grammar and grammar
errors. errors. errors.

Originality Writing uses many Writing uses Writing has one Writing is not
creative details that imagination to or two creative creative or
make the reader add creative, details. Shows original. Does
want to read more. original details. some not use
Very original. imagination. imagination.

Let Us Reflect

The ability to listen is vital in communication. Listening will help

communication flourish, therefore if a learner is able to develop listening skills,
he/she could participate effectively in a discussion. In a challenging world such
as ours today, a learner needs to develop various communication skills, and
that includes listening, in order to effectively respond and address issues
concerning society.

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Activity 1.
Social Issues Moral Issues Economic Issues
1.overpopulation 1.corruption 1.scarcity
2.poverty 2.abortion 2.unemployment
3.malnutrition 3.suicide 3.underpaid workers
4.discrimination 4.divorce 4.debt
5.hunger 5.crimes 5.recession
Activity 2.A. Unscramble Me
1. Poverty
2. Prosperity
3. Mankind
4. Security
5. Difference
Activity 2.B Complete Me
1. lamp 6. prosperity 11. unity
2. reward 7. everybody 12. poor
3. be 8. mankind 13. each
4. be 9. love 14. honor
5. food 10. disagree 15. Adore
Activity 3. Digging the Poem
1. C 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. B
Activity 4. There’s More
1. Social 6. Moral
2. Moral 7. Moral
3. Social 8. Economic
4. Moral 9. Moral
5. Economic 10. Social
Activity 6. True or False
1. False 6. False
2. True 7. True
3. True 8. True
4. False 9. True
5. False 10. True
Assessment
Test 1.
1. A 6. D
2. B 7. B
3. A 8. C
4. B 9. A
5. C 10. D
Test 2. (Possible Answers only)
1. Social – There are people dying.
2. Moral – We can’t go on pretending day by day.
3. Moral – Love is all we need.
4. Moral – We’re saving our own lives.
5. Social – We can stand together as one.
Answer key to Activities
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