RAMON TORRES NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

WEEKLY LEARNING PLAN

Quarter: 2 Grade Level: 9
Week: 3 (November 28-29-December 1-2, 2022) Learning Area: English
MELC/S: Analyze literature as means of understanding unchanging values in the VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) world
PS: The learner showcases his/her communication skills in comparing and contrasting ideas or objects through a Venn diagram.
Da Objectives Topic/s Classroom-Based Activities
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1 1. Analyze Analyzing  Begin with classroom routine:
Literature as a Literature as a A. Prayer
Means of Means of B. Reminder of the classroom health and safety protocols
Understanding Understanding C. Checking of attendance
Unchanging Unchanging
Values in a
Values in a Developmental Activities
Volatile World
Volatile World Review - Below are some situations in our VUCA world. Tell whether the statement expresses volatility,
uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity.
1. The pandemic affects not only our physical, work, and social lives but also our mental health and family
relationships.
2. Changes due to COVID 19 are taking place every day.
3. I have just opened my Bar Café. I am not sure if this would click.
4. Mr. Cruz thought he knew much about the business. He found out he missed something.
5. Dishonest workers, poor production, and delayed delivery led to the collapse of Meg’s company.
Answer:
1. Complexity 2. Volatility 3. Uncertainty 4. Ambiguity 5. Complexity
Before Reading
A. Motivation: Scanning the Pics
Who are they? What do you know about them?
 B. Unlocking of Difficult Words – Jumbled Words
Given the meaning, try to guess the jumbled word. Write your answer on the blank.
Vocabulary:

droahed- to collect or hide large amount of (something valuable) - ____________

defte- to honor or to celebrate (something) with a large party or public celebration - __________
divvi- of a picture, memory, etc: seeming like real life because it is clear, bright, or detailed- ________

During Reading
Motive Question: Despite the rapid changes in our lives and in our surroundings, do we need to forget those who gave
great impact on the person that we are now? Analyze the poem and find out who do we really consider truly great and can’t
be forgotten through tests of time. Read this literature thoroughly and understand the purpose and message of the poem.
Who do we consider truly great?

Read the poem “I Continually Think of Those Who Were Truly Great” By Stephen Spender and answer the questions that
follow.
Teacher reads the poem first then the students’ turn.
 I Think Continually Of Those Who Were Truly Great
By  Ste phe n Spend er

I think continually of those who were truly great.

Who, from the womb, remembered the soul’s history
Through corridors of light, where the hours are suns,
Endless and singing. Whose lovely ambition
Was that their lips, still touched with fire,
Should tell of the Spirit, clothed from head to foot in song.
And who hoarded from the Spring branches
The desires falling across their bodies like blossoms.

What is precious, is never to forget

The essential delight of the blood drawn from ageless springs
Breaking through rocks in worlds before our earth.
Never to deny its pleasure in the morning simple light
Nor its grave evening demand for love.
Never to allow gradually the traffic to smother
With noise and fog, the flowering of the spirit.

Near the snow, near the sun, in the highest fields,

See how these names are fêted by the waving grass
And by the streamers of white cloud
And whispers of wind in the listening sky.
The names of those who in their lives fought for life,
Who wore at their hearts the fire’s centre.
Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the sun
And left the vivid air signed with their honour.

Let’s Check Your Comprehension

1. What distinct quality of those who are truly great does the persona mention in the first stanza?
 a. kind b. always ready for a war c. influencer d. inspiration

2. Based on the 2nd stanza, what should not be forgotten?

a. Those who are not important in our lives
b. Those who gave donations during wartime
c. Those who are precious and fought selflessly
d. All of the above.

3. What legacy do great people leave behind?

a. Readiness in all kinds of war
b. The bravery they have shown
c. Memories of their greatness, their goodness, and the contributions that they have done to the world
d. The opportunities they leave for us

4. “Near the snow, near the sun, in the highest fields See how these names are feted by the waving grass” The
speaker is trying to emphasize that _____________.
a. Wherever we are and whatever we have become, people who have fought and sacrificed their lives for us, must
not be forgotten because they are already history.
b. People’s values should change towards these people who have fought for freedom.
c. The places these people have visited should be remembered
d. We should forget these heroes and move on with our lives.

5. In our journey towards the fulfillment of our lives as everything passes by so quickly and as changes around us
are so sudden, is the values of remembering and honoring these selfless people who fought for us can be
forgotten? Why or why not?
a. Yes, because we need to focus on the present time
b. Definitely yes! We can’t live a life remembering those who are already dead
c. Surely not! These people are our everyday inspiration and despite the vitality around us, we must honor and
remember their greatness
d. No, because they are our soldiers

Post-Reading
Regardless of the changes in our world today, values are still inculcated in literature that affects greatly its readers in many
ways. Do the next activity and find out what values still remains despite the circumstances or situations that humans are in.
Directions: The following are lines from Anglo- American famous poems. Read them carefully and analyze the message being
conveyed. Identify the unchanging value/s that corresponds to it. Answers can be found inside the box below. Write the letter
of the correct answer.

A. Constant connection to our dear families, friends, and to the world is one of the greatest values that we
must live our lives. Being with families and friends are worth to be treasured forever.

B. Helping someone who is in great trouble rather that judging him on the situation or circumstance that he
is in is a value that is worthy to be recognized. We must live a life with all humbleness and with the heart
of helping people than laughing at people’s misfortune.

C. Strengthening the spirit of hope and courage. Rebuilding oneself after a fall down is not bad at all.
Making good decisions and correcting previous wrong doings for a better version of oneself.

D. Making the most out of it. The value of giving the best that you can to accomplish something or to live a
life everyday as if it’s the last day of our lives is a value that we must have. We all come and go to this
world and so we must cherish every taste of it.

E. Having courage in everything that we do. We must live a life that is free from doubts. We must achieve
things and believe that we can and do the best that we can to pursue our goals in life

1. “Give back the upward looking and the light

Rebuild in it the music and the dream;
Make right the immemorial infamies,
Perfidious wrongs, immedicable woes?” - THE MAN WITH THE HOE By: Edwin Markham

2. “What riches have you that you deem me poor,

Or what large comfort that you call me sad?
Tell me what makes you so exceeding glad:
Is your earth happy or your heaven sure?” - SONNET 29 By: George Santayana (1863-1952)

3. “All the world's a stage,

And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts” - THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN By: William Shakespeare (from As you Like it)
 4. “Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing
Learn to labor and to wait.” - A PSALM OF LIFE By: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

5. “It rings and spring has come

I stretch and amble out into the sunshine
Hungry again as I pick up the receiver
For the human voice and the good news of friends” - THE TELEPHONE By: Edward Field

Reflection How would you value yourself and the people around you in this changing world?

Answer Key
Comprehension Check
1. D 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. C
Post-Reading
1. C 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. E

2 1. Analyze Literature Analyzing  Begin with classroom routine:

as a Means of Literature as a A. Prayer
Understanding Means of B. Reminder of the classroom health and safety protocols
Unchanging Understanding C. Checking of attendance
Values in an Unchanging
Values in an
uncertain World Developmental Activities
Uncertain World
Before Reading
A. Motivation: Do you have dreams?
What do you dream to happen someday?
How are you going to accomplish it?

B. Unlocking Difficult Words – Know the Number

Directions: Determine the word defined in Column A. Take note that each letter of the word is represented by a
number in Column B like A is 1, B is 2, C is 3, and so on. Write the word in Column C. The first is done for you.
 A B C
decayed 18-15-20-20-5-14 rotten
delayed or put on hold
irritate
drops or falls
smell

Answer: deferred, fester, sags, stink

A. During Reading
Motive Question: Every one of us dreams to become successful in life. What would you do if your ultimate
dream is shattered?
Langston Hughes wrote these words in his poem "Dream's Deferred" describing the common experience of
black Americans where they were considered an inferior group of people that dreams and goals would have
been difficult to realize.
Dream Deferred
Poem by Langston Hughes

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore-- And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
Comprehension Check
1. What does “Dream Deferred” mean?
2. Why does the author compare “Dream Deferred” to a heavy load that sag?
 3. Why do think of the lines in the poem ask questions?
4. What is your ultimate dream in life?
5. What will you do if your ultimate dream is put on hold because of some circumstances that cannot be
avoided?
Post-Reading

Surviving Hero
Read or sing Mariah Carey’s “Hero”. Analyze the message of each stanza.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UEE8LA8KW8

Stanza
1. It encourages one to strive hard for ambitions in life.
It also gives one a positive outlook in all aspects of life
no matter how hard or difficult the situation is, for
there is always hope beyond difficulties.

2. Know the value of your self-worth.

3. Life could be sometimes difficult to deal with, our

vision in life is sometimes hard to fulfill, but in the long-
run we always end up being victorious because of our
faith that there is God, a true hero that guides us in our
everyday endeavor.

Reflection: How would you fight against the sudden change of situation in your life? Write your answer in a
sentence or two.

Answer Key
Activity 1
1. A dream that is put on hold or delayed
2. The feeling of having deferred dream is painful and hard to withstand and could cause delay of fulfillment. Just like
one’s movement, it is delayed when carrying heavy loads.
3. Most lines in the poem ask questions that connote uncertainty. These remind people to make themselves ready for
whatever happens in the future since it is unpredictable
4. Answer varies
 5. Possible answer – I will be persistent to pursue my dreams even if some hindrances could delay it because I believe
that with my determination, I would eventually succeed.
Activity 2
1. II 2. I 3. IV

3 1. Analyze literature Analyzing  Begin with classroom routine:

as a means of Literature as a A. Prayer
understanding Means of B. Reminder of the classroom health and safety protocols
unchanging values Understanding C. Checking of attendance
in a complex World Unchanging
Values in a
Developmental Activities
Complex World
Before Reading
A. Motivation
Look at the picture. What does it say?

(For the teacher)

The lesson objective on analyzing literature as a means of understanding unchanging values in the VUCA (volatile,
uncertain, complex, ambiguous) world will highlight human values that remain the same throughout the years.

Today's lesson will focus on unchanging values in a complex world. This will guide you in your journey through life
and will help you realize that no matter how different you might become in the future; your value system should
remain intact. Furthermore, the lesson will help you understand that life is made more meaningful through literary
 pieces, reading selections, viewing materials that are filled with worthwhile values.

VUCA is an acronym that stands for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, a combination of qualities that,
when taken together, characterize the nature of some difficult conditions and situations.

Complexity refers to the number of factors that we need to consider, their variety and the relationships between
them. The more factors, the greater their variety and the more they are interconnected, the more complex an
environment is. Under high complexity, it is impossible to fully analyze the environment and come to rational
conclusions. The more complex the world is, the harder it is to analyze.

Examples of unchanging values in the complex world.

1. Making tough decisions in choosing the direction to follow
2. Planning ahead before deciding
3. Making the right choices

B. Unlocking of difficult words – Match the words with their meanings inside the box.

B
1. claim – a. from this time
2. diverged – b. walked on
3. fair – c. promising; favorable
4. hence – d. small trees and plants growing beneath
5. trodden – larger trees
6. undergrowth – e. demand on right
f. branched off

During Reading
Motive Question: Have you ever experienced making decision? Is it hard? Explain your answer.

“The Road Not Taken”

By Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
 To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by
And that has made all the difference.

Comprehension Check
1. Who is the author of the poem?
2. Where is the setting?
3. What do the two roads symbolize?
4. What is the attitude of the speaker in choosing the road less traveled by?
5. Does his choice influence his behavior in life?

Post Reading
Read the poem ‘Invictus” by William Ernest Henley and answer the questions that follow. Choose the letter of the
correct answer.
Invictus
By William Ernest Henley

Out of the night that covers me,

 Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance

I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears

Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishment the scroll,
I am the master of my fate.
I am the captain of my soul.

1. What do the first two lines of the first stanza mean?

a. The person is covered with mud.
b. The person’s life is surrounded by problems, sufferings and pain.
c. The person is in a dark hell.

2. What does the poet thank God for?

a. He is able to overcome all the obstacles in his life.
b. He feels the pains life has given him.
c. He is healthy.

3. What is the theme of the poem?

a. Painless sufferings
b. Never lose hope no matter the circumstances
c. Good triumphs over evil
 4. What is the tone of the poem ‘Invictus’?
a. Defiance
b. Optimistic
c. Insecurity

5. What do the last two lines mean -I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul.?
a. It is me who determines what my future will bring by the way l see life and prepare myself to face its realities.
b. Everyone has to follow me for I am the master.
c. I am the captain and I command and control the navigation of the ship.

Answer Key
Comprehension Check
1. The speaker himself
2. In the woods where the road in forked/diverged road
3. The two roads symbolize the choice the speaker has to make in life
4. The speaker tells us why the path is better – it seems like it hasn’t been walked on
5. Very much because it’s grassy and doesn’t look worn.

Invictus – 1. B 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. A
4 1. Analyze literature Analyzing  Begin with classroom routine:
as a means of literature as a A. Prayer
understanding means of B. Reminder of the classroom health and safety protocols
unchanging values understanding C. Checking of attendance
in an ambiguous unchanging
values in an
world Developmental Activities
ambiguous world
Before Reading

(For Teacher)
Man’s pursuit in achieving success in life has given him the courage to pursue greater heights. The triumph that man
achieves is not only limited to his personal success, but it can also be considered as a triumph of the human spirit
itself.
 In this lesson, you will be challenged to realize not only your dreams in life but as well as for others and for your
country.

A. Motivation – Self, Others, or Country

Tell whether each dream is for self, others, or country.
1. A big house and a car
2. Equality among men and women
3. Progressive economy
4. Every family has food on the table and the children are safe.
5. A million-dollar savings

B. Unlocking of difficult Words - Three Icons, One Concept

Identify the words being suggested by the pictures below. Try to guess the correct word by analyzing the pictures. Be
guided by the number of lines and the letters as clues.
 Answer: 1. Freedom 2. Direction 3. Justice 4. Segregation

During Reading

(For Teacher)
Ambiguity – refers to when the general meaning of something is unclear even when an appropriate amount of information is
provided. Ambiguity leads to people assuming an answer, and many times this leads assuming one’s race, gender, and can
even lead to class stereotypes. Ambiguity leads to the categorization of people without further important details that could
lead to untrue conclusions.

A. Motive Question: How did Martin Luther King Jr. change America? Read the inspiring speech of Martin Luther King
Jr. Be prepared to pause and answer the questions posted in between the text.

Note: The text is given ahead for students to read at home.

I HAVE A DREAM Martin Luther King Jr.

Comprehension Questions:
1. The speech ‘I Have a Dream’ is clearly a ____________.
a. plea to the white people of America to finally put a stop to the discrimination of colored people
b. campaign against government rules on business and law
c. advertisement about the contribution of black people in nation building
d. movement against all white Americans

2. Despite the Emancipation Proclamation more than a hundred years ago which stated that all men should be equal and
slavery of colored people must be put to a halt, the speaker believes that _____________________.
a. The Negro is still not free
b. The Negro is still being discriminated
c. The Negro is still a slave
d. All of the above

3.What does the speaker mean in the line below?

“America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."
a. All the opportunities are given to white people only.
b. There is no bias in the distribution of opportunities among Americans.
c. Equal opportunities are given only to those who praise the government.
d. The opportunities given to the black people are not enough for them to experience equality.

4. “Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.
” The speaker’s tone in this line is _____________.
a. confused and divided b. lax and indifferent
c. positive and determined d. melancholic and afraid

5. In their journey to fight for equality, the speaker notes that violence must not be the way in achieving their purpose. Which
of the following line attests to this statement?
a. “Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.”
b. “How can you make justice roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream?”
c. “We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation.”
d. “With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.”

6. Which “dream” of the speaker tells about union and friendship among the white and the black?
a. “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave-owners will be
able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.”
b. “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be
self-evident, that all men are created equal."
c. “I have a dream that one day in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of
interposition and nullification, one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with
little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.”
d. All of the above.
7. “I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low. The rough places
will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight.” In this passage, the author used symbolisms. Which of the
following BEST refers to the “crooked places” in the statement above?
a. the roads where the Negro travelled by
b. the mountains where the Negro came from
c. the places where discrimination against the Negros happens
d. None of the above.

8. What can be concluded about Mississippi and Alabama based on the speech?
a. Mississippi and Alabama stink with racial slurs, inequality, and discrimination against the black people.
b. These two states best support the movement against discrimination.
c. Mississippi and Alabama are two of the wealthiest states that support the Negro.
d. These two places have the most number of Negro resettlers in America.
9. Which values are evident in the speech? a. love of God and spirituality
b. reverence to the government and patriotism
c. call for justice and equality
d. honesty and fairness

10. “With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up
for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.” What underlying value is shown in this passage?
a. spiritual values b. the value for family c. love and compassion d. bravery and valor

Post Reading
No matter how much the world has changed, values are still part of literature that influence its readers. Take on the next
activity to find out about these unchanging values.

Directions: The following are some excerpts from English and American literature. Read them carefully and analyze the
message being conveyed. Match the passage with the value being implied. Write the letter only.
1.
When they were finished eating, she got up and said, “Now, here, take these ten
dollars and buy yourself some blue suede shoes. And next time, do not make the
mistake of latching onto my pocketbook nor nobody else’s - because shoes come by
devilish like that will burn feet. I got to get my rest now. But I wish you would behave
yourself, son, from here on in.”
-Mrs. Jones to Roger
“Thank You, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes
“To me the faiths of the old are daily bread;
2.
I bless their hope, I bless their will to save.
“I learned And
about mythe
deep
joyheart still meaneth
of helping otherswhat
whenthey said.in kindergarten. One of my classmates had
I was
It makes
forgotten his snack, me happy
so he had that the soul
nothing is brave.
to eat during recess. Nobody wanted to share with him because
And, being so much kinsman to
we were all very hungry and it was really his ownbe dead.fault that he would have to go without. That day my
I walk contented to the peopled grave.”
mother had packed my favorite treat; a chocolate and peanut butter cup. I wanted it all for myself, but
my mother had often told me that I should share, so I broke my chocolate and peanut butter cup in half
and gave my forgetful classmate one half. He nearly fell over in surprise. Then he smiled the biggest
smile I had ever seen and I suddenly felt the greatest happiness I had ever felt. After that, I always
3. looked for chances to help people, because it always made them and me feel good.”
-The Good Deed
 This value teaches us about compromise and fairness.
People who share also learns how to take turns and
negotiate, and how to cope with disappointment. The

Helping someone who has wronged us is a value that

boosts our well-being as a person. It’s one of the
oldest moral standards: love your enemy

Valuing the faith of our forefathers have passed onto us is a sign of respect and
reverence. We give importance to the beliefs system and keeps our hearts content.

Answer Key
Comprehension Check
1. A 2. D 3. D 4. C 5. A 6. C 7. C 8. A 9. C 10. A

Activity 2
1. B 2. C 3. A

Prepared by: Checked by: Noted by:

ADALIA S. DIOQUINO MARY EVE C. GAREZA LOURDES C. ALMOJEN, HT-V JUDITH T. ESPENDE
Teacher III Master Teacher II Head Teacher – English Department Principal I