Topic: KERNEL

SENTENCE
Steps:
1. Activating learners’ background knowledge
by giving examples and utilizing learners’ input.
2. Providing the necessary experience through an appropriate
game. Thus, not only exposing them more to the target
topic but also setting the learners’ mood. (Game: Kernel
says…)
3. Enriching the topic by exploring a more complex but
meaningful sentences serving as a learning assessment tool.
4. Learning assessment process proceeds from a group to
individual assessment to assure success and maintain a
tention-free classroom atmosphere.
What are the three
main features of a
KERNEL SENTENCE?
A KERNEL
SENTENCE
– is a simple,
active and
declarative
sentence .
 A KERNEL
SENTENCE
is the simplest form of
a sentence. It
conveys only one
idea.
A KERNEL
SENTENCE
is in the active voice.
The subject, the doer
of the action comes
first in the sentence
structure.
A KERNEL
SENTENCE
is a declarative
sentence which
ends in a
period.
 The sentence
“The hanging bridge is
scary.”
is made from
two kernel sentences
or two ideas.
1. The bridge is
hanging.
2. The bridge is scary.
The sentence
“Good games are short”
is made from two kernel
sentences:

(1) “Games are short.”

(2) “(The) games are
good.”. ***Photo courtesy from Mdm. N. Real***
Now, let us study the
longer sentence
below. How many
kernel sentences
could be formed out
of this sentence?
 Success is an
endeavor, freedom
from an unwanted
habit, harmony in
.
human relations,
perfection and
health in mind and
body.
The above sentence is made from
5 kernel sentences. They are:
1. Success is an endeavor.

2. Success is freedom from unwanted

habit.
3. Success is harmony in human relations.
4. Success is perfection.
5. Success is health in mind and body.
Set A: Kernel sentences:

1. Success is an endeavor.
2. Success is freedom from
unwanted habit.
3. Success is harmony in human
relations.
4. Success is perfection.
5. Success is health in mind and
body.
Set B: Non-Kernel sentences:

1. Success is an not endeavor.

2. Is success freedom from
unwanted habit?
3. Is success harmony in human
relations?
4. Success is not perfection.
5. Success is not health in mind
and body.
 Which ones are kernels?
Set A:
Say Yes for K and No for NK
Set B:
• Success is an
endeavor. • Success is not an
• Success is freedom endeavor.
from unwanted • Is success freedom
habit. from unwanted habit?
• Success is harmony • Is success harmony in
in human relations. human relations?
• Success is • Success is not
perfection. perfection.
• Success is health in • Success is not health in
mind and body. mind and body.
Yes or NO?
Success is
____
repeated day
in and day out.
Yes or NO?

Success is not
an endeavor.
Yes or NO?
Success is
freedom from
unwanted habit.
Yes or No?

Success says;
“I can reach
my
goal”.
Yes or NO?
Success
says; “I
can do it!”
 The end.

Slides prepared by:

Matsy B.Tumacdang-Alvanto
Teacher 1-MPJCL
2015-2016
Thank you!

Slides prepared by:

Matsy B.Tumacdang-Alvanto
Teacher 1-MPJCL
2015-2016