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ENGLISH 6
QUARTER 1
Week 6-Day 1

EN6LC-If2.11.1 EN6LC-If2.11.2 EN6LC-If2.11.3

Listening Comprehension
Infer the speaker’s tone, mood, and purpose

EN6A-If-16 EN6A-If-17 EN6A-If-18

Attitude
Observe politeness at all times / Show tactfulness when
communicating with others / Show openness to criticism

To the Learner

Did you enjoy your previous activity sheets? I am sure you did.
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Let us learn more about tone, mood, and purpose.

What do you think are other examples of tone, mood, and purpose? Can you name
some more?

Let’s Learn This

In this lesson, you will be listening to conversations from the video “The Little
Women”. In the conversations you will be encountering Beth, Jo, Amy (the March
sisters) Hannah (housemaid of the Marches), Mrs March, and the Hummels (family
neighbor of the Marches).
Analyze their dialogues and infer the speaker’s tone, mood, and purpose. Let
us see how a speaker can express his/her purpose and mood based on the tone
he/she uses.
You will be hearing each conversation three times. On the first time that the
conversation is played, your task is to listen well and understand what they are talking
about. For the second time that you will hear the same conversation, you are to
determine the speaker’s tone, mood, and purpose. For the last time that you hear the
conversation, you are to verify if your answers are final.

Let’s Try This

Task 1: Listening for Details

Answer the questions about the conversation you listened to. Be sure to show
openness in hearing your classmates’ answers.
1. Who just arrived home?
2. Who was visited?
3. What was the condition of the visited family?
4. What would you do if your neighbor were experiencing hard times?
5. Is it right to help the helpless? Why?
6. What might probably happen if people do not help each other specially during
hard times? What made you say so?

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Task 2: Tone, Mood, and Purpose

Listen as your teacher plays another conversation from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQIBscQDWu0. Infer the speaker’s tone,
mood, and purpose. Cite exact dialogues as your proofs. Use the table below for
your answers. Observe politeness in sharing your answers to the class.

TONE CLUE MOOD CLUE PURPOSE CLUE

LINE/S LINE/S LINE/S

Let’s Study This

A speaker’s tone, mood, and purpose are also revealed via dialogues. The
way a character speaks denotes his or her tone, mood, and purpose.

Other examples of tone are evident in these dialogues.

1. “Think of happy things. It’s the same as having wings.” (optimistic)

Peter Pan
2. “When will you realize that the more you take the less you have?” (preaching)
Kung Fu Panda

3. “Lean on me. When you’re not strong I’ll be your friend. I’ll help you carry on.”
(inviting)
Excerpt from Lean on Me, Michael Bolton

4. “Never mind thanking me. Just spend it wisely. That's all I ask. Although it's more
than I can expect when you're so much like your father, waltzing off to war and
lettin' other folks look after his family.” (intimidating)
Aunt March from The Little Women

5. “Don't point, Joe. He'll think you're waving at him.” (all-knowing)

Meg from The Little Women

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More examples of tone are listed on the table.

joyful serious humorous threatening sad formal informal pessimistic

optimistic scared anxious excited worried foolish smart depressing

nonchalant arrogant unhappy wistful peaceful accepting insane nervous

guilty calm mysterious secretive menacing evil reflective gloomy

Other examples of mood are expressed in these dialogues.

1. “Would one of you be able to visit the Hummels tonight? I don’t feel well.”
(lethargic)
2. “I would if I could but I must finish this letter to Mother. Then, I have to write a
short one to Mr Brookes because Mr Laurence has an urgent message for him.”
(indifferent/buoyant)
3. “And I can’t”, said Jo forcing a cough “because I still have this nasty cold.”
(detached)
4. “But you seemed well enough to go out with Laurie this afternoon.” (sarcastic)
5. “I’ve been going every night since Mother left, but I was hoping that one of you
could go instead just this once,” (hopeful)

Reference:
LittleFoxKids. "Little Women 23: Helping the Helpless | Level 7 | By Little Fox." YouTube. December
29, 2016. Accessed May 13, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQIBscQDWu0.

More examples of mood are listed on the table.

alarming brooding buoyant comical confining cool dark fantastical

hopeful fight melancholy ominous oppressive relaxed sexy suspenseful

frustrated warm silly stressed jealous lethargic indifferent bored

excited energetic cynical sarcastic content confused angry ashamed

Other examples of purpose are conveyed in these dialogues.

1. “Amy, if you don’t stop that thumping, I’m going to thump your head against that
table soon.” (to warn)
2. “You’re so violent and rude,” (to appeal)
3. “Girls, can you keep your voices down?” (to complain)
4. “I’m just finishing a letter to Mother and I can’t concentrate with your bickering.”
(to complain)
5. “Shouldn’t you be in bed resting than down here, anyway?” (to provoke)
Reference:
LittleFoxKids. "Little Women 23: Helping the Helpless | Level 7 | By Little Fox." YouTube. December
29, 2016. Accessed May 13, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQIBscQDWu0.

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More examples of purpose are listed on the table.

to argue to persuade to inform to explain

to provoke to realize to indicate a to indicate triumph

turn in a scene
to warn to appeal to indicate that to indicate the final
a crisis will pronouncement in an
to describe to convince erupt argument

to affirm to complain to motivate to suggest

to comfort to convince to assure to secure

to ask to insult to insist to joke

permission

Let’s Do This

Task 3. Name That Tone!

Listen to another conversation your teacher will play from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQIBscQDWu0. Be sure to infer the speaker’s tone,
mood, and purpose. Choose your answers from the box.
TONE

nonchalant guilty irate convincing

scared anxious calm annoyed bossy
arrogant unhappy authoritative

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

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Let’s Do More

Task 4. Name that Mood, Purpose and Tone!

Listen again to another conversation your teacher will play from
mood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQIBscQDWu0. Determine
the speaker’s tone, mood and purpose present in the dialogues.
Write on the first card the tone, the mood on the second card,
and the speaker’s purpose on the last card.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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Let’s Enrich Ourselves

Task 5: What’s the Purpose?
Listen as your teacher plays another conversation from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQIBscQDWu0. Put a cross mark (X) in the
suitable box that describes the speaker’s purpose.

Beth
to provoke to complain to convince to suggest

Meg
to comfort to convince to assure to secure

Beth
to ask to insult to insist to argue
permission

Let’s Test Ourselves

Task 6: In a Nutshell

Listen to another conversation your teacher will play from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQIBscQDWu0. Analyze each dialogue. Indicate
in each number what is asked in each parenthesis about each dialogue.

1. (mood) 6. (mood)
2. (tone) 7. (mood)
3. (purpose) 8. (purpose)
4. (tone)
5. (tone)

Prepared by:
MIL FLORES-PONCIANO

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ANSWER KEY
(For Teachers’ Use Only)
Task 1: Listening for Details
1. Mother

2. The Hummels 3. Not good. No Food.

4. (all answers are acceptable)
5. (all answers are acceptable)
6. (all answers are acceptable)

Task 2: Tone, Mood, and Purpose

Listen as your teacher plays the conversation.
Meg : Where did you go Mother?
Mother: I went to see the Hummels.
Beth : How are the children?
Mother: Not very good. I’m afraid. They have no food.
Beth : Let’s all go together to visit the Hummels.

Reference:
LittleFoxKids. "Little Women 23: Helping the Helpless | Level 7 | By Little Fox." YouTube. December
29, 2016. Accessed May 13, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQIBscQDWu0.

TONE CLUE LINE/S MOOD CLUE LINE/S PURPOSE CLUE LINE/S

Sad Not very good. Negative Not very good. To inquire Where did you
Worried I’m afraid. I’m afraid. go Mother?
They have no They have no
food. food. How are the
children?
Concern Where did you Optimistic Let’s all go To act Let’s all go
go Mother? together to together to
How are the visit the visit the
children? Hummels. Hummels.

Task 3. Name That Tone!

Listen to another conversation your teacher will play. Be sure to infer the speaker’s
tone, mood, and purpose. Choose your answers from the boxes.
Jo : (1) Amy, if you don’t stop that thumping, I’m going to thump your head
against that table soon.
Amy : (2)You’re so violent and rude. (3)Besides, shouldn’t you be in bed resting than
down here, anyway?
Meg : (4)Girls, can you keep your voices down? (5) I’m just finishing a letter to
Mother and I can’t concentrate with your bickering.

Reference:
LittleFoxKids. "Little Women 23: Helping the Helpless | Level 7 | By Little Fox." YouTube. December
29, 2016. Accessed May 13, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQIBscQDWu0.

1. threatening/irate 2. irate 3. authoritative 4.bossy 5.annoyed

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Task 4. Name that Mood, Purpose and Tone!

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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Beth (1) : Would one of you be able to visit the Hummels tonight? I don’t feel well.
Meg (2) : I would if I could but I must finish this letter to Mother. then I have to write
a short one to Mr Brookes because Mr Laurence has an urgent message
for him.
Jo (3) : And I can’t because I still have this nasty cold.
Beth (4) : But you seemed well enough to go out with Laurie this afternoon.
Jo ( 5) : I felt better then. But I think I should rest now.

Reference:
LittleFoxKids. "Little Women 23: Helping the Helpless | Level 7 | By Little Fox." YouTube. December
29, 2016. Accessed May 13, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQIBscQDWu0.

Task 5: What’s the Purpose?

Beth to provoke to complain to convince to suggest

X

Meg to comfort to convince to assure to secure

X

Beth to ask to insult to insist to ague

permission
X

Beth : I’ve been going every night since Mother left, but I was hoping that one of you
could go instead just this once,”
Meg : Darling, just stay in tonight. I’m sure the Hummels have plenty to eat for one
evening, then tomorrow, I’ll go and see them. I promise
Beth : Thanks, Meg. But since I’ve already filled the basket, I’ll go and drop it off to
their house. I’ll be back shortly.”

Reference:
LittleFoxKids. "Little Women 23: Helping the Helpless | Level 7 | By Little Fox." YouTube. December
29, 2016. Accessed May 13, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQIBscQDWu0.

Task 6: In a Nutshell

1. (mood) anxious 6. (mood) alarmed

2. (tone) remorse 7. (mood) bitter
3. (purpose) to clarify 8. (purpose) to take action
4. (tone) pained
5. (tone) empathetic

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(1)Jo : Beth! Beth! What happened?”

Beth: Jo?
Jo : I’m right here darling,”
(2)Beth : Jo, she died…”
(3)Jo : Who Beth? Who died?”
(4)Beth : The baby. Hummel’s baby… in my arms…”
(5)Jo : Oh, my poor darling.”
(6)Beth : Doctor said…scarlet…scarlet fever… all the children have it…”
Jo, I might be sick too.”
(7)Jo : I wish I knew what to do,”
(8)Beth : Please Jo, my throat is so dry… my head hurts….Jo, keep Amy away.
Keep her away.”

Reference:
LittleFoxKids. "Little Women 23: Helping the Helpless | Level 7 | By Little Fox." YouTube. December
29, 2016. Accessed May 13, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQIBscQDWu0.

Prepared by:

MIL FLORES-PONCIANO

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