Senior High

School

HOMEROOM GUIDANCE PROGRAM

QUARTER 1- MODULE 1
VALUE SELF

GOVERNMENT PROPERTY: NOT FOR SALE

 Do you know who you are? The things
that you are good or bad at? The things
that make you happy or sad? If you can
answer these questions, then good, but
some people might find them hard to
answer. Knowing one’s own strengths
and weaknesses is synonymous to
knowing oneself.

One cannot say that he doesn’t have any strengths or weaknesses, everybody has both. Since each individual is
unique, one’s strength might be another person’s weakness, and so on.

As a Senior High School student, it is important to know your strengths and weaknesses because it will help you in
your personal development. Discovering your true strengths and weaknesses is a fundamental key to your success
in all aspects of life.

What I Need to Know

This module will serve as a competency based learning material which will guide you in
understanding the target competency:

● identify strengths and weaknesses. (HGSPS–Ie–4)

Activities in this module are developed to meet the following objectives:

● enumerate the words relative to one’s strengths and weaknesses;

● reflect own strengths and weaknesses to better know oneself; and

● recognize the importance of knowing one’s strengths and weaknesses as guide in making sound life
choices.

What I Know

Before you proceed, let us test first how much you

already know about this lesson. Please take note of the
items that you will notbe able to answer correctly.Sure,
you will find out the correct ones as you go along your
learning journey.

Directions: Read and analyze each statement. Encircle the symbol that corresponds to your answer.
 1. Knowing your strengths can make you more valuable to people around you.

2. It is important to improve all your weaknesses.

3. Knowing your weaknesses can reduce your anxiety and stress.

4. Strengths can be a result of observation.

5. Only you can assess your strengths and weaknesses.

6. It is easy to pinpoint our weaknesses than our strengths.

7. Assessment made by other people is not reliable.

8. Even though we need to improve our weaknesses, we should prioritize more our strengths.

9. We should strive to be good at everything.

 10. Everyone has their own strengths and

Activity 1: This Word Sounds Familiar

Directions: Let us do the first activity to assess your understanding about strengths and weaknesses. List down the
words you can associate with strengths and weaknesses

What’s New

Activity 2: I Know ME
Directions: Reflect on your strengths and weaknesses and write them on the appropriate
column. Use the following questions as your guide:
STRENGTHS
• What skills do I do well?
• What skills do I master quickly?
• What characteristics help me in achieving my skills?
• What skills/characteristics seem to help me most in my everyday activities?
• What skills/characteristics seem to come naturally for me?

WEAKNESSES
• What things prevent me from achieving my goals in life?
• What tasks/characteristics do I find challenging?
• What things prevent me from performing my best?

Guide Questions:

1. Based on your answers, was it hard to identify your strengths than your weaknesses? Why and why not?
2. In terms of your personal development, where do you focus more on your strengths or on your
weaknesses? Justify your answer.
3. As a student, how can you use your strengths to help you with areas of your weaknesses?

What is It

Identify Strengths and Weaknesses

“What are your strengths and weaknesses?” While others can easily answer
this question, it may sound tricky to some individuals because they do not
take time to evaluate themselves. But how do we define strengths and
weaknesses?

Strength, according to Cambridge Dictionary, is the “ability to do things that

need a lot of physical or mental effort”. There are things that you might find
 easy to do or learn without much effort. It can be skills, innate talents, behaviors, characteristics,
and learned knowledge.

You were able to develop these strengths because you probably spent much time focusing on these areas or as a
result of our observation. Strength, however, is much more than that. According to Marcus Buckingham and Donald
Clifton, authors of Now, Discover Your Strength, a true strength meets three criteria: (1) you are good or have the
potential to be good at it; (2) you are energized by doing it; and (3) it benefits something greater than yourself.

Weakness on the other hand is defined in Cambridge Dictionary as “a particular part or quality of someone or
something that is not good or effective”. These are the things that you found difficult to learn or do. Weaknesses are
simply areas of your life where you have had very limited experience, given very little attention to, or been
misguided in some way. They may include poor learned behavior, limiting beliefs, underdeveloped characteristics
and skills, and inadequate knowledge. There are three main reasons why we have weaknesses: (1) because of lack
of experience; (2) because we had been misguided in some ways; (3) because of set of limiting beliefs which lead to
less than optimal habits of thinking. Alternatively, your weaknesses can also stem from a lack of resources, lack of
support, or lack of self-discipline.

How Do You Identify Your Own Strength and Weaknesses?

Self-knowledge is a powerful tool that can help you nurture your professional interactions and stabilize your personal
life. While this is something you will have to figure out mostly on your own, there are exercises you can do to identify
your strengths and weaknesse.
Understand your abilities

Clarify your core values. These are the beliefs that shape how you think about yourself, others, and the world around
you. Determine whether your life aligns with your values. Living a life aligned with your values is called “value-
congruent” living, and it can lead to greater feelings of satisfaction and success. Consider whether or not the
environment you live in is conducive to your own strengths and personal attributes. If they are not, think about how
you can either change the situation or move to an environment within which your personal strengths might be more
highly valued.

1. Perform a reflective best self exercises

This will help you find out what others think about you. You can ask people close to you to identify your strengths.
Interpret and compare them then list down similar traits that many people mention.

2. List your actions

You can do this by writing in a journal. Think of challenging experiences you had and write down your
spontaneous reaction to the situation. You can also consider times you faced a difficult personal situation.

3. List your desires

Your desires or longings say a lot about you even if you spend time denying it. Write down the things you enjoy.
Consider the things that motivates you.

4. Assess your strengths and weaknesses

Think of your weaknesses as areas for growth and development. There are some weaknesses that can be
improved through constant practice and focus but there are apparent weaknesses that indicate that a certain activity
is not just for you. Focus on your strengths and try to cultivate these whenever possible.
 What’s More
Activity 3: Give Me FIVE!
Directions: Approach three persons close to you. Each of them
will list five strengths and five weaknesses that they see in you.
What commonalities did you get from their assessments?
Compare it with your self-assessment in the previous activity.
What traits are co
ngruent? Write them in the appropriate boxes.

STRENGHTS WEAKNESSES

Guide Questions:

1. Among the strengths that you listed, what is your greatest strength?
2. How can it help you achieve your aspiration in life?
3. What weakness do you need to improve the most?
4. Why is it important to improve it among other weaknesses?
___________________________________________________________________

What I Have Learned

Activity 4: You Complete ME

Understanding your strengths and weaknesses makes you feel confident about yourself.

Direction: Complete the following sentences based on your experiences in performing the
previous activities.

This lesson makes me realized that ______________________________________

For this lesson, I find it challenging to ____________________________________
My “true strength” is ____________________________________ because_______
I think my weaknesses are results of _____________________________________
 What I Can Do

Activity 5: Road to Success!

One of the advantages of knowing your strengths and

weaknesses is that it can help you achieve your aspirations in
life. However, it doesn’t mean that your journey will be smooth
because there will be some instances in life that are beyond our
control.

To stay focus in your life’s goal, you can create a road map that shows your goal, as well
as your strengths that can help you in your journey in achieving your goal and also your
weaknesses that may impede along the way.
Direction: Create a road map by filling in the shapes with needed information.

Reflecting…
 “I Think”

Direction: Complete the statements below.

Evaluating our strengths and weaknesses is important because ____________________________

I will improve my weaknesses by ____________________________________________________
I am considerate of other people’s strengths and weaknesses because_______________________

Assessment

Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen

letter on a separate sheet of paper.
1. It is defined as a particular quality of a person that is not good or effective.
A. Skills B. Weakness

2. ___________ are beliefs that shape how you think about yourself, others, and the world around you.
A. Desires B. Skills

3. _____________ is living a life aligned with your values.

A. Desire-congruent B. Value-congruent C. Skill-congruent D. Talent-congruent

4. The following statements are the main reasons why a person has weaknesses, EXCEPT:
A. Because we are born with our weaknesses.
B. Because we had been misguided in some ways.
C. Because of set of limiting beliefs.
D. Because of lack of experience.

5. The feelings one might get when living a life aligned with his/her values.
A. Satisfaction and success C. Loneliness and anguish
B. Sadness and despair D. Proud and honored

6. It is the ability to do things that need a lot of physical or mental effort.

A. Talent B. Skill C. Weakness D. Strength

7. Which of the following is NOT an attribute of a true strength?

A. You will remain good at it even if you do not focus on it for a long time.
B. It benefits something greater than yourself.
C. You are good or have the potential to be good at it.
D. You are energized by doing it.

8. Which of the following is NOT an example of strength?

A. Innate talent C. Skill
B. Behavior D. Inadequate knowledge

9. The following are examples of weaknesses, EXCEPT:

A. Innate behavior C. Poor learned behavior
B. Inadequate knowledge D. Underdeveloped skills
10. Which of the following is NOT the best person to call if you want someone to assess you?
A. Your best friend C. Someone who sat beside you on the bus
B. Your adviser D. Your parent

You are now ready to hit more targets in your next learning journey.
Bring with you the things that you have learned in this module. You will surely need these in
the next challenges

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Answer Key

.a 9 .d 6 .c 3
.d 8 .a 5 .c 2
.c 10 .a 7 .a 4 .b 1

Assessment:

Learners’ answer may vary. Activity 6:

Learners’ answer may vary. Activity 5:
Learners’ answer may vary. Activity 4:
Learners’ answer may vary. Activity 3:
Learners’ answer may vary. Activity 2:

.9 . 6 . 3

.8 . 5 . 2

. 10 . 7 . 4 . 1

What I Know