SUBJECT ENGLISH GRADE LEVEL 9 REGULAR/SPA/SPS/SPJ/OH

S.Y. 2020-2021 QUARTER 4 WEEK 3- FULL

The learner demonstrates understanding of how Anglo-American
literature and other text types serve as means of preserving
CONTENT unchanging values in a changing world; also how to use the features
STANDARD of a full-length play, tense consistency, modals, active and passive
constructions plus direct and indirect speech to enable him/her
competently performs in a full-length play.
The learner competently performs in a full- length play through
PERFORMANCE applying effective verbal and non-verbal strategies and ICT
STANDARD resources based on the following criteria: Focus, Voice, Delivery and
Dramatic Conventions.
1. Relate text content to particular social issues, concerns and
LEARNING
dispositions in real life. (EN9RC-IVa-2.18)
COMPETENCIES
2. React to lay judgment on critical issues that demand sound
analysis and call for prompt actions. (EN9LC-IVa-13)
a) Identify the social issues affecting the nation in the text.
b) Cite solutions to social problems.
I. OBJECTIVES c) Analyze the stand of the speaker based on explicitly stated
ideas.
d) Express opinions on social issues.
II. CONTENT
Social Issues – are problems that influence many citizens within
A. Concept a society.
B. References English CG- May 2016, Learner’s Material, Teacher’s Guide
C. Instructional
Paper-pencil test, gadgets, notebook
Materials
III. PROCEDURE
DAY 1
A. Reviewing of Previous Lesson or Presenting the New Lesson

Welcome to Q4 Week 3 in English 9! This week, you will be given a lot of

lessons to help you develop your critical thinking skills by analyzing a text and
its relation to various social issues. You will also be practicing your decision-
making skills through forming your opinions about a certain topic. From the
previous lesson, you have established your knowledge on how to predict an
outcome on a given situation. This time your opinion matters!
To begin with, try to express your opinions from the following issues in this
short activity called Mind The Issue. Happy learning!
1. Mental Health
2. Racism
(Teacher-Made Activity)
B. Establishing a Purpose for the Lesson
From your point of view, what are the five most important social
problems in our country today? Rank them beginning with the most
serious.

1. _____________________
2. _____________________
3. _____________________
4. _____________________
5. _____________________
Image Source:
https://www.dreamstime.com/illustration/social-problems.html

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 C. Presenting examples/ instances of the lesson

Social issues are considered problems if citizens, policymakers, or other

parties call attention to the condition or behavior. To further understand the
concept, accomplish the activity below.
Reference: https://open.lib.umn.edu/s

PICTURE READING: Analyze the following pictures then identify the social issues
being presented by each picture.

1.

Image Source: https://opinion.inquirer.net/137373/editorial-cartoon-january-30-2021

2. Image Source:

Image Source: https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images

3.

Image Source: https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images

DAY 2
D. Discussing new concepts
In the past module you have read about social issues. These are
problems that affect many people in a society.
More so, a social issue or problem is an issue that has been
recognized by society as a problem that is preventing society from
functioning at an optimal level. It is important to understand that not
all things that occur in society are raised to the level of social
problems.

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 Four factors have been outlined that seem to characterize a social issue
or problem. These include:

1. The public must recognize the situation as a problem.

2. The situation is against the general values accepted by the society.
3. A large segment of the population recognizes the problem as a valid
concern.
4. The problem can be rectified or alleviated through the joint action of
citizens and/or community resources.

Source: https://study.com/academy/lesson/social-issues-definition-examples.html

The common examples of social issues discussed in the past module are
as follows:
 Climate Change
 Overpopulation
 Bullying
 Teenage Pregnancy
 COVID ‘19
 COVID ’19 Vaccine
To deepen your understanding, accomplish the activity below.

FEEL ME: Read the short story and answer the guide questions that follow.

The Last Leaf by O. Henry

"The Last Leaf" opens with a description of the winding streets of Greenwich Village,
New York City, where artists flock to find low-cost apartments with north-facing
windows and Dutch-style gables. After they meet at a restaurant, Sue and Johnsy,
the story's protagonists, discover they have similar tastes in art, food, and fashion.
In May they get a studio apartment together in Greenwich Village. By November, a
pneumonia pandemic has hit New York. Johnsy, being used to California's warmer
weather, falls ill. A doctor assesses her, and informs Sue that Johnsy’s chances of
survival are one in ten, largely because she has lost the will to live.

In Johnsy's room, Sue works on an illustration for a magazine. She hears Johnsy
quietly counting the leaves left on the old and struggling ivy vine that clings to the
brick of the neighboring building. Johnsy says there are only six left, and she has
known now for three days that she will die when the last leaf falls.

Sue asks her not to speak such nonsense and commands her to go to sleep. Sue
goes downstairs to ask old Behrman to pose for her drawing. Sixty-year-old Behrman
is a painter, but he has never found success. He always speaks of creating a
masterpiece, but he never starts it. He drinks heavily and feels he has a special
responsibility to protect the young women who live upstairs. Sue tells him about
Johnsy's superstitious belief that her life is connected to ivy leaves. Behrman laments
and denounces such foolishness.
Johnsy is asleep, so Sue lowers the window shade. In the other room, she and
Behrman look unhappily at the rain and snow and wind threatening the final ivy
leaves. Behrman poses and Sue draws him.

In the morning, Johnsy asks Sue to raise the shade. Miraculously, a single leaf
remains attached to the vine, having withstood the night's storms. Johnsy says it will
surely fall by night, and then she too will die. But the leaf doesn't fall. In the morning,

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 Sue raises the shade to reveal that the leaf is still attached. Johnsy stares at the leaf
for some time. She then asks Sue for some broth; she now believes the leaf is there
to remind her that it is sin to wish to die.

The doctor visits and says Johnsy's chance are now fifty-fifty. He tells Sue he must
now visit Behrman, who has a critical case of pneumonia and needs to be taken to
hospital.

The next day the doctor says that Johnsy is beyond any danger. Behrman, however,
passed away after having been
ill for only two days. GUIDE QUESTIONS
That afternoon, Sue goes to 1.List down at least two social
Johnsy and puts an arm around issues/problems that are rooted in characters’
her. Sue explains that Behrman experiences in the short story.
died; two days earlier the
building janitor found Behrman 2. Cite two evidence from the story that
in his room helpless with pain. support the social issues you have answered.
He was soaked through with
rain, and the janitor wondered 3. Do you think that these social issues are
why he would have been out in still being experienced in our society
the miserable night. He then nowadays?
found a lantern still lit, a ladder,
4. How should these be addressed? Give at
and a palette with green and
yellow paints on it. least two solutions.

Sue asks Johnsy if she ever wondered why the last leaf never moved with the wind.
It's because Behrman painted it the night the actual last leaf fell, and he contracted
pneumonia in the process. It was Behrman’s greatest masterpiece, Sue says.

Source: https://www.gradesaver.com/the-last-leaf/study-guide/summary

Note: For an entire copy of the short story, you may read it on this site:
https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/the-last-leaf.pdf

E. Continuation of the discussion of new concepts

Get that Issue! Read the article provided for you here. Find out
what the article is all about.

What should make up a strong family that possesses goof family values? It is the
family that sustains its members, that supports and nourishes each other throughout
the span of that family. A strong family unit has to create a safe, positive, and
supportive place for all members to thrive. They are able to utilize resources and to
live together in a fairly healthy manner.

The adults in a s strong family set the tone. They are good role models that lead by
example. They reach out to friends and community and teach their children are. They
work together to solve problems, and they pass their skills on to the next generation.
Some important elements of a strong family system are family cohesion, family
flexibility, and family communication.

Cohesion-In families, cohesion would be defined as the feeling of being loved, of

belonging to the group and being nurtured by it. Although closeness is good in a family
unit, there must be a balance between being together and being separate. A person

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 must be able to develop their individuality, while being supported and confident within
the family. A few things that bring a family together are the commitment of other family
members, and the spending of time together.

Flexibility – There must be a structure in a family or it will become chaotic and will not
be a peaceful setting for a family. Conversely, there must be flexibility or the family
becomes rigid and authority figures are resented. We could compare a successful
family to a democracy. There are leaders, but the whole group is involved in the
decision making process. Although the leaders are in charge all members develop the
ability to cope with stress, and at times lead. While the family works to avoid stressful
situations they work together to solve problems, without blaming, criticizing, and
finding fault with each other. Fam-ilies that tend to have a strong spiritual base seem
to have a sense of well-being that facilitates this working together in times of stress.

Communication – Ever hear the saying, “What we have here is a failure to

communicate?” A lack of communication can rip a family apart and destroy them.
Things that facilitate communication are the things mentioned so far – family
closeness, flexibility, time spent together, spirituality. All members must feel a freedom
within the group to express themselves freely.

Another very important factor is the relationship between the “head” cou-ple. In a
family that is parented by a happily married couple, people are able to express
themselves more freely. What they might say isn’t filtered through the problems of the
“guardians.” A happy marriage seems to set the tone in the house. It spills over from
the family to the community and a healthy family will be reaching out to help other.
They do not tend to isolate themselves from the rest of the world.

A very important thing for families to teach their children is how to make good
decisions. If they have watched their parents making well thought out decisions over
the years, they will tend to be good decision makers themselves.

A healthy, happy family benefits our whole society. Among the children of strong
families there is less crime, less divorce and less emotional problems. They tend to
go on and have strong, healthy families of their own, having learned from their folk’s
example.

Source:http://www.essortment.com/family-values-39982.html

Note: the source can’t be opened anymore, yet the material is found on pp. 495-496 of
the English 9 LMs A Journey Through Anglo-American Literature

Find out how you have understood the article. Fill out the 3-1+1
chart below.

3 Things You Found 2 Interesting 1 Question You 1 Issue You Have

Out Things You Still Want to Ask Discovered from
Discovered the Text

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 DAY 3

F. Developing Mastery
Let us practice your learning in this simple activity. Read the article
given below and accomplish the table shown by figuring out the
ISSUE, SPEAKER’S STAND, PROBLEM, and SOLUTION.

PhilHealth: 94% of P15 billion ’stolen’ funds liquidated

By: Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ

MANILA, Philippines — Ninety-four percent of the P15 billion alleged to have been
lost to corruption has already been liquidated, Philippine Health Insurance
Corporation (PhilHealth) president Dante Gierran said Tuesday.
During a House hearing, Gierran said P14.09 billion that was released to health care
institutions (HCIs) under the Interim Reimbursement Mechanism (IRM) has been
liquidated as of Feb. 1.
Officials of Philhealth have been accused of pocketing off billions of pesos in a
massive corruption scandal, amounting to about P15 billion.
Gierran claimed that there are no missing funds in respect of the IRM since the funds
have been distributed to over 700 HCIs.

“With respect to the IRM of almost P15 billion, I would say, there were no missing
funds. Right now, these hospitals have already made liquidation of these advances
we made consisting of 94%,” he said during the hearing.

“Ang gusto kong malaman ng buong bayan, with respect doon sa IRM, walang
nawalang pera. Nasa mga hospitals po ito. Accounted yan. Other cases, I do not
know. Spare me,” Gierran added.

(What I want the nation to know, with respect to the IRM, there was no lost funds.
The funds are in hospitals. That’s accounted for. Other cases, I do not know. Spare
me.)

Resigned PhilHealth anti-fraud legal officer Thorsson Montes Keith claimed all
members of PhilHealth’s executive committee composed the “mafia,” which had
been allegedly defrauding the corporation for the past several years.
He referred to the “syndicate-like” implementation of interim reimbursement
mechanism, the procurement of “overpriced” information and communication
technology equipment.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1391075/philhealth-94-of-p15-billion-stolen-
funds-liquidated

Issue Speaker’s Stand Problem Solution

DAY 4

G. Finding practical applications of concepts and skills in daily living

Let us practice even more. This time, study the material below and
then decide whether you will be in favor or against a particular issue
being raised. Answer the questions that follow.

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 Image Source: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1883402/Cebu/Opinion/Editorial-
Carnival-of-disruptions

1. What is the social issue presented on the picture?

2. What is your stand? Do you agree or disagree? Why?
3. If you would be given the opportunity to talk to someone regarding the issue,
whom would you talk to? Why?
4. What would you tell him/her?

H. Making generalizations and abstractions about the lesson

Social Issues are essential in expressing non-biased opinions, learning how

to take a stand and could be helpful in learning positive dispositions in real
life.

DAY 5

I. Evaluating Learning

How well did you understand the lesson? Let us test your
knowledge in these activities.

ACTIVITY #5: ANALYZING AN ARTICLE. Read the following news article. Take note
of the details for you to be able to fill out the table of the facts written in the text.

SWS: Adult joblessness dropped in Q4 2020

By CNN Philippines Staff

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 1) — A survey released Monday by the

Social Weather Stations said joblessness in the adult labor force fell in the last
quarter of 2020.

"The national Social Weather Survey of Nov. 21-25, 2020, found adult joblessness
at 27.3% of the adult labor force. This is down by 12 points from the 39.5% in
September 2020," said the pollster.

It added that there were around 12.7 million jobless adults in November, compared
to 23.7 million in September of the same year.

The SWS defines the labor force as adults 18 years old and above presently with a
job, plus those looking for a job. The Labor Force Participation Rate is the proportion
of adults in the labor force. Meanwhile, jobless adults are those who (a) voluntarily

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 left their old jobs, (b) are seeking jobs for the first time, or (c) lost their jobs due to
economic circumstances beyond their control.

The SWS said that in November 2020, there were around 46.3 million adults in the
labor force (66.7% Labor Force Participation Rate). In September of the same year,
there were 60.1 million (86.5%).

There was a record-high joblessness in July 2020 at 45.5%, or equivalent to around

27.3 million adults.

"The resulting average joblessness rate for 2020 is a record-high 37.4%. The
previous record was a 28.8% average in 2012. The average in 2019 was 19.8%,"
said the SWS.

The same poll said the joblessness rate fell sharply in the Visayas: 19.1% in
November from a whopping 52% in September. There was also a marked decline
in Mindanao which was at 40% in September to 17% in November.

There was only a slight decrease in Metro Manila and Balance Luzon: 39.9% to
37.8% and 33.5% to 32.7%, respectively.

The SWS noted that 63% of adults in the workforce said their lives worsened
compared to 14% who said it improved. Meanwhile, 23% said it stayed the same.

"However, the same survey found half among the jobless saying their lives will
improve in the next 12 months (Optimists), higher than the 42% among those with a
job/livelihood. Moreover, less among the jobless are saying their lives will worsen
(Pessimists)," it said.

The Fourth Quarter 2020 Social Weather Survey, the first in 2020 due to the Covid-
19 pandemic, was conducted from Nov. 21-25, 2020, using face-to-face interviews
of 1,500 adults nationwide.

Source: https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2021/2/1/sws-survey-adult-joblessness-work-
force.html
Fill out the table using one to two sentences.
Social Issue Problem Proposed Solution

J. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
Congratulations for almost finishing Quarter 4 Week 3! But you’re still
in for one last activity.

ACTIVITY #6: NEWS CLIPPINGS. Search for the latest article in ONE of the following
social issues. You may use online articles or cut-out from newspapers. Make sure to
note your sources (newspaper name, author of the article, date it was published). After
reading the article, accomplish the table shown below.
Issue You have Discovered
War on Drugs
from the Text
Duterte’s Administration
COVID ’19 Vaccine Question You Still Want to
Ask
Your Proposed Solution
(Teacher-Made Activity)

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