English 9: Quarter 2: Lesson 1

English
9
Quarter 2: Lesson 1
Making
Connections
between Texts
to Particular
Social Issues
Objectives
At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:
• make connections between texts to particular social

issues and;
• interpret a literary text.
Table of Contents
01 03
Social Issues Activities
02
Common Social
Issues
01
Social
Issues
Social Issues
1. A social issue is a problem or concern connected
to a larger issue that affects society in general.
2. Examples of social issues are oppression,
political dynasty, extrajudicial killing, poverty,
social injustice, and discrimination.
Social Issues
Reading becomes meaningful when you
recognize how ideas in a text connect to events
happening in a larger world. Relating these ideas to
particular social issues allows you to make sense of
what you read, retain information better, and
engage more with the text itself.
Social Issues
For this reason, reading texts can provide
valuable insights especially on social issues. This
can be done by connecting to the overall message
of the text, to the lines delivered by the speaker or
the author or to the situations presented in the story.
02
Common
Social
Issues
Common Social Issues
1. Oppression
This refers to relations of domination and
exploitation - economic, social and psychologic
— between individuals; between social groups
and classes within and beyond societies; and,
globally, between entire societies (Gil, 1994, p.
233).
2. Political dynasty
Refers to traditional political families or the
practices by these political families of
monopolizing political power and public offices
from generation to generation and treating the
public elective office almost as their personal
property.
3. Extrajudicial killing
It is the killing of a person by governmental
authorities or individuals without the sanction of
any judicial proceeding or legal process.
4. Poverty
This is a state or condition in which a person or

community lacks the financial resources and
essentials for a minimum standard of living.
5. Social injustice
It is described as a situation in which dominant population is

made known of the inequity that leads for others due to their
relative position in the structure of power (Maus n.p.). Social
injustice is also the way unjust actions are done in the society.
Social injustice occurs in a situation where the equals are treated
unequally and the unequal is treated equally. Three common
examples of social injustice include: discrimination, ageism, and
homophobia (Farooq n.p.).
6. Discrimination
This is the unfair or prejudicial treatment of people

and groups based on characteristics such as race,
gender, age or sexual orientation (APA, 2020).
How to Make Connection Between Texts and
Social Issues (Text-to-World Connection)
1. Ask yourself what does this remind you of

in the real world.
2. Link how events in the text are similar to
things that happen in the real world.
3. Cite events in this text that are different
from things that happen in the real world.
Activities
Vocabulary
• dregs – the most useless part
• dull race – inactive legacy
• public scorn – contempt of the public
• leechlike – similar to leech
• liberticide – killing liberty, suppressing freedom
• prey – a victim of oppression
• sanguine – bloody
• statute unrepealed – unreformed law passed by an official
ruling body
• phantom – spirit
• burst – emerge
• tempestuous – violent
Activity 1: Poetry Reading!
Read the sonnet below and answer the

questions that follow.
England in 1819 by: Percy Bysshe
An old, mad, blind, despised,Shelley
and dying King;
Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow
Through public scorn,—mud from a muddy spring;
Rulers who neither see nor feel nor know,
But leechlike to their fainting country cling
Till they drop, blind in blood, without a blow.
A people starved and stabbed in th’ untilled field;
An army, whom liberticide and prey
Makes as a two-edged sword to all who wield;
Golden and sanguine laws which tempt and slay;
Religion Christless, Godless—a book sealed;
A senate, Time’s worst statute, unrepealed—
Are graves from which a glorious Phantom may
Burst, to illumine our tempestuous day.
Questions
1. How did the poet describe the king?
2. Why is the king despised?
3. What does this line “Princes, the dregs of their dull

race,…” mean?
Questions
4. What kind of leader is highlighted in line 4?
5. The poet describes the princes and all those or royal

blood as “leechlike.” What does a “leech”
represent?
6. What makes England ‘fainting country’ for the

poet?
Questions
7. What situation is captured in line 7? 10?
8. Based on your answer in number 7, what similar

situation does it remind you in the present world?
Activity 2. Double-Entry Journal
Accomplish the double-entry journal below. In the left hand
column, write lines from the poem that speak of social issues and
which struck you the most. Enclose in parenthesis the particular
social issue associated with the lines from the poem. In the right hand
column, write your reaction to the passage by reflecting your personal
responses to the lines on the left. The entry may include a comment, a
connection made, or an analysis.
You may use this sentence prompt for your entry:
- This reminds me of…

- This is similar to…
- This is different from…
Lines from the Poem (that speak of social
Reaction / Connection
issues)
Example:
Example: This reminds me of the patriarch of the
Ampatuan political family during the
Rulers who neither see nor feel nor know Maguindanao massacre which claimed the lives
of at least 34 journalists.
(Extrajudicial Killing, Social Injustice)
This is similar to the holocaust that killed millions
of Jews and other dissidents in concentration
camps. Behind these killings was Adolf Hitler,
one of the notorious dictators in the 20th century.
1. This reminds me of…
2. This is similar to…
3. This is different from…

Guide Questions
1. What does this remind me of in the real world?
2. How is this text similar to things that happen in the real

world?
3. How is this different from things that happen in the real

world?
Assignment
I have learned that relating text content to particular social
issues______________________________________________
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• make connections between texts to particular social

This is a state or condition in which a person or

It is described as a situation in which dominant population is

This is the unfair or prejudicial treatment of people

1. Ask yourself what does this remind you of

Read the sonnet below and answer the

2. Why is the king despised?

3. What does this line “Princes, the dregs of their dull

5. The poet describes the princes and all those or royal

6. What makes England ‘fainting country’ for the

8. Based on your answer in number 7, what similar

- This reminds me of…

1. This reminds me of…

2. This is similar to…

3. This is different from…

1. What does this remind me of in the real world?

2. How is this text similar to things that happen in the real

3. How is this different from things that happen in the real

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