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Homeroom Guidance
Quarter 2 – Module 4:

Life Lessons: Ladder to Success
Homeroom Guidance Self-learning Module – Grade 8
Quarter 2 Module 4: Life Lessons: Ladder to Success
2021 Edition

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Department of Education. Homeroom Guidance Grade 8 Self-learning Module 4:

Life Lessons: Ladder to Success. Manila: Department of Education Central
Office, 2021.

Published by the Department of Education

Secretary: Leonor Magtolis Briones
Undersecretary: Diosdado M. San Antonio
Assistant Secretary: Alma Ruby C. Torio

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 Homeroom Guidance Grade 8
Quarter 2 – Module 4:
Life Lessons: Ladder to Success

Gabay sa Magulang/Tagapag-alaga

Isinulat ang modyul na ito upang gabayan ang mag-aaral

na linangin ang kaniyang aspektong personal, sosyal,
akademiko, at karera. Dinisenyo ito para sa alternatibong
pamaraan ng pagkatuto na hindi nangangailangan ng presensya
sa paaralan, bilang tugon sa direktiba na pinalabas ng
Kagawaran ng Edukasyon na naaayon sa kasalukuyang
panuntunan laban sa pandemyang Covid-19.
Maaaring may pagkakataon na hingin ng mag-aaral ang
inyong patnubay sa pagsunod sa mga tagubilin at pagsagot sa
mga tanong sa bawat bahagi ng gawain. Hinihiling ng
Kagawaran ang inyong suporta upang matagumpay niyang
maisakatuparan ang mga gawaing ito. Tiyakin na sasagutin niya
ang bawat bahagi ng modyul nang tapat.
Naglalayong gabayan sa modyul na ito ang mag-aaral na
magpupunyagi patungo sa tagumpay sa tulong ng kaniyang mga
karanasan sa pamilya, paaralan at komunidad. Isinusulong nito
ang mas malalim na pagkilala sa sarili upang maihanda ang mga
mag-aaral sa pagharap sa mga hamon ng buhay. Sa modyul na
ito aalalahanin nila ang mga natatanging karanasang maaari
nilang paghugutan ng tibay ng kalooban gayundin ang mga
pamamaraang maaari niyang magamit sa kaniyang
kasalukuyang katayuan.

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Introductory Message

For the learner:

This module is designed for you to relate and share the lessons learned from
school and community. These lessons can be a factor in attaining success in life. The
lessons learned come from the varied experiences you have encountered in your life.
You will discover that through these experiences, you will gain insights that can be
used in daily life.

This self-learning module has six indicative tasks, which are as follows:

Let’s Try This – which will help you to get ready to learn;

Let’s Explore This – which will guide you towards what you need to learn;

Keep in Mind – which will give you the lessons that you need to learn and
understand;

You Can Do It – which will help you apply the lessons learned in daily
activities;

What I Have learned – which will test and evaluate your learning;

Share Your Thoughts and Feelings – which will help you express your
thoughts, opinions and feelings.

Make sure to read, think, follow, and enjoy every task that you are asked to do.

Have fun! Stay safe and healthy!

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 MODULE
LIFE LESSONS:
4 LADDER TO SUCCESS

Learning Objectives
At the end of this module, you are expected to:
1. describe lessons learned from school and community;
2. explain how experiences learned from school and community contribute to
success; and
3. appreciate the value of experiences learned from school and community.

Period: Week 1 of 2nd Quarter

Suggested Total Time Allotment: 60 Minutes
Materials Needed:

• Clean sheets of paper

• Ballpen

Introduction

Life is like climbing a ladder; we encounter plenty of experiences just as we

pass through different steps. As a grade eight learner, you may have unique
experiences that enable you to have insights that you can apply in your daily life to
reach success and share it with others. These lessons from your experiences will help
you become more adaptable to changes as you continue your journey and help you in
your ladder of success.

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 Let’s Try This

Unforgettable Experiences
Suggested Time Allotment: 10 minutes
On a clean sheet of paper, copy and answer the table below. Recall and identify
three most unforgettable experiences you had in school and in the community.
Examples have been given to guide you. Answer the processing questions after.

Most Unforgettable Experience Lesson Learned

.
School Ex: I was the only one who forgot Ex: I will check and do my
to accomplish the assignment in assignment regularly.
English.

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2.
3.
Community Ex. Our district won the Ex. We can do our part in little
“Cleanest Purok Award”. We ways to contribute in our
helped in cleaning and community.
maintaining the cleanliness of our
place.

1.
2.
3.

Processing Questions:
1. Was it easy or difficult to describe your experiences in school and community?
Why?
2. How did these experiences help you?

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 Let’s Explore This

Suggested Time Allotment: 15 minutes

Now let us examine closely your experiences. How did these experiences
make an impact on you and how will these lessons help you?

Using your responses from the previous activity, identify if the experience that
you indicated is positive or negative. It is positive if it contributes to your improvement
as a person and negative if it is not. On the third column, identify how these
experiences can help you in your current situation. Copy and answer the table and
the processing questions after. Write your answers on a clean sheet of paper.

Experiences Is the experience How will this help me in

positive or negative? my current situation?
School
1.
2.
3.

Community
1.
2.
3
New Normal
1.
2.
3.

Processing Questions:
1. How many positive and negative experiences do you have?
2. Do you think these positive and negative experiences will help you to be better
in your studies? How?
3. How did these make an impact on you and how will the lessons help you?

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 Keep in Mind

Suggested Time Allotment: 10 minutes

LADDER to Success

Everyone has a story to tell. We have positive experiences that make us feel
good and happy, like winning in a school competition, celebrating a milestone, and
receiving gifts or praise from other people. We also have negative experiences that
make us feel uncomfortable, sad, fearful, or angry, like losing in a game, being sick,
or getting a failing grade. These positive and negative experiences can serve as our
guide and inspiration in achieving success. Through these experiences we learn from
our mistakes and we realize the value of our decisions. Here are some tips to success
using the LADDER:

Learn from experiences and make it a point that you continue and move on whatever
challenges you may encounter.

Acknowledge your strengths and weaknesses, the lessons you learned from your
personal experiences, and from other person’s experiences, so that you will know what
to do in challenging times.

Discipline should be observed in your thoughts and actions. This is an important

aspect of learning that would help you in your everyday life.

Dream big and do better. Always remember successful people dreamed first to
become successful.

Explore. Discover new things and be open to all possibilities. Do not be afraid to join
in organizations or try to learn new skills.

Responsible. Be responsible for all the decisions you will make.

The experiences you learn from your home, school, and community will
contribute in your success because it will give you confidence in meeting challenges
in life as you work toward your goals and climbing the ladder to success.

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 You Can Do It

Suggested Time Allotment: 10 minutes

My Ladder to Success

On a sheet of paper, make your plan for success on the ladder. Using your
experiences in the past, make a plan on how you can be successful. On the top portion
write your goal for this school year and label each step what will you do to reach the
top of the ladder or your goal.

Goal: What do I want to achieve this year?

Learn: In order to achieve this, I need to learn…

Acknowledge: I know that I am ___________ and I am not ____________

Discipline: I can show discipline through …

Dream: In the future I dream of …

Explore: I would like to explore on …

Responsible: In order for me to achieve my goal, I will show responsibility in …

What I have learned

Suggested Time Allotment: 5 minutes

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Complete the phrase below. Write your answer on a clean sheet of paper.

Experience is the best teacher because _____________________________

__________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________.

Share your Thoughts & Feelings

Suggested Time Allotment: 10 minutes

Answer the question below on a clean sheet of paper.
What is your most insightful experience in this “new normal”? Why?

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