Module 1

Lesson 2: Knowing the Self

Lesson 2.1 – Communicative Styles
You are to discover how to write poems effectively, relate it to rediscovering yourself,
and express yourself through them. You will connect the literary text in your
struggles and triumph to rediscover the self. At the end of the lesson, you are
expected to employ different communicative styles.

Activity 18: How do I Converse?

In this activity, you will have different conversations with people around you (maybe
physical or virtual) then try to distinguish what kind of communication style you had with
them.
How do you talk/converse with these people?
Parents
Siblings/Cousins
Friends
Teachers

Activity 19: What’s the most appropriate style?

Understanding a text requires determining the style or tone of communicating ideas in
different situations; this activity illustrates the kind of communicative styles for
appropriate situations.
Determine the most appropriate communicative style for each situation in the table. Write
only the letter of your answer. Number 1 is done as your guide.
Communicative Style
A. Casual B. Consultative C. Conversational

D. Frozen (cold or unmoving) E. Intimate

 Situations Answers
An employee has been reminded several times to observe punctuality but
continues to be late. Worse, he seems unaffected by his tardiness and openly
remarks that many are also late anyway. What is the most appropriate style
the supervisor should use in talking to this employee?
Two former classmates met in a bookstore by chance. They briefly exchange
pleasantries and expressed to get in touch. What communicative style is the
most evident here?
The class moderator observes that the class seems very frustrated about their
first-quarter grade in a subject. In their frustration, they say it's the end of the
line for them. They will have to contend with a low grade. The moderator
knows that her students just need a little push and some inspiration. Which
style should the moderator employ?
The reporter wants to feature these residents who are known for their
resilience and simplicity. He arranges for a short interview with some of them.
What is the most appropriate style the reporter should use in this situation?
The tricycle drivers in barangay Matina are planning to have a strike next
week. They claim that the Barangay Council Members are not doing anything
on their request for a higher fare. The commuters, on the other hand, are
protesting against the drivers’ request for a fare increase. What style should
the Barangay Captain most appropriately use so that he can get both drivers
and the commuters to talk together harmoniously?

Process questions
1. What helped you determine the most appropriate communicative style for a
particular situation?
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2. Why is your answer in #1 an important consideration?
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3. How can your answer in #1 help in understanding a literary text?

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Communicative Style
1. Frozen style
 Also known as fixed speech, it is the highest form of communicative style,
often used in respectful situations or formal ceremonies like Shakespearean
plays, weddings, funerals, and more. It uses the complex grammatical sentence
structure and vocabulary that is only known by experts in that field.
2. Formal Style
 This type uses formal words and expressions and is mostly seen in writing
rather than speaking. It also disallows the use of ellipsis, contractions, and
qualifying modal adverbials.
3. Consultative Style
 The third level of language. It is an unplanned speech since the speaker
uses the participation and feedback of the listener. The speaker will supply
background information, while again, the listener participates continuously
4. Casual Style
 It is also known as informal style, usually used between friends or even
insiders who have things to share. In this type, there is free and easy
participation of both speaker and listener.
5. Intimate Style
 The last type is used in talks between two very close individuals. It is
described by an economy of words, with a high chance of nonverbal
communication. Like casual, there is also free and easy participation of both
speaker and listener.

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Accomplish the Frayer’s Model given below, by enumerating ideas about the
classification of communicative styles. The Frayer’s Model is vocabulary building strategy
that will define terms and build up your understanding towards it.

Definition Facts/Characteristics

Examples Communicative Styles Non-Examples

Process Questions:
1. Do you think you were able to write down the right answers to the cells? If not, how are
you going to correct it?

2. Based on your answers, which do you think give you the idea of what communicative
style is? Justify your answer.

Activity 20: Send Me A Letter

During this pandemic, we are obliged to stay at home. We are prohibited from traveling
anywhere because we might get the disease. And we should ask permission to do things
according to the memorandum circulated. Also, during this pandemic, we are not allowed
to bond with some of our friends. So, we communicate with them by talking on the phone
or sharing messages.

Today, your task is to write an intimate communicative style letter to your friend using
modals. Make sure to follow proper punctuation and capitalization.
You are scored through the following rubric:
How was it so far? Who did you thought of when you were writing? What thoughts did
come in mind? What part did you have a hard time?

Your answer may vary from another but definitely, you should never forget that writing a
letter is an out of trend but it will always be more sincere than ever.

Feedback

Module 1
Lesson 2: Knowing the Self
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Activity 21: Let’s Reflect and Let’s be Heard

Answer the following questions and reflect.
How do you communicate with the following people?

Elders

People your Age

People younger than you

Process Questions

1. While communicating with other people, do you discover a thing or two about
yourself? What is it?

2. If you learned something negative about you from other people through constant
communication, do you change it for the better?

3. What is the best way to discover you?

Activity 22. Ways to Rediscover Myself

In this section, you will have to identify what is it that you have to rediscover within
yourself.
What new realizations do you have while taking the module? What new connections
have you made for yourself?
Now that you have a deeper understanding of the topic, you are ready to do the next
tasks.

GOAL

Your goal in this section is to apply your learning to real life situations. You will be given a
practical task which will demonstrate your understanding of expressing and rediscovering
one’s self. As this is the last phase of Lesson 2, keep in mind the question:
What is the best way to rediscover yourself?

Your practical task is as follows:

You are torn between your need and your want. Due to the pandemic, your parents lost
their usual job. You used to live the life of getting what you want when you want it. Your
parents told you to demand less for the resources you have is cut off to more than half.
You have seen some items in an online shop and wanted it so much that you have been
patiently waiting for it to go on sale. Your parents did not approve of it and you were so
disappointed. You locked up and did not eat for a day.

Here is what you are to do.

Compose the following:
1. A letter of advice to your self, focusing on how he can resolve his personal dilemma;
2. An essay on resolving the conflicts (self and parents);
3. A journal entry reflecting your insights about your experience and share your
composition with a friend.
Take note that you have to surface the discovery you have with yourself while resolving
your issues.
Use whatever applicable strategy or strategies you learned from this lesson. Your
output/composition must be convincing, well-focused and free of convention errors.

Traits 4 3 2 1
Organization The introduction is The introduction The introduction There is no clear
inviting, states the includes the goal or includes the main introduction,
goal or thesis, and thesis and provides goal or thesis. structure, or
provides an overview an overview of the Most information conclusion.
of the issue. issue. Information is presented in a
Information is is presented in a logical order. A
presented in a logical order but conclusion is
logical order and does not always included, but it
 maintains the maintain the does not clearly
interest of the interest of the state a personal
audience. The audience. A opinion.
conclusion strongly conclusion states a
states a personal personal opinion.
opinion.
Goal or There is one goal or There is one goal or A personal opinion The personal
Thesis thesis that strongly thesis that states a is not clearly opinion is not
and clearly states a personal opinion stated. There is easily
personal opinion and and identifies the little reference to understood.
identifies the issue. issue. the issue. There is little or
no reference to
the issue.
Reasons and Three or more Three or more Two reasons are Arguments are
Support excellent reasons are reasons are made but with weak or missing.
stated with good stated, but the weak arguments. Less than two
support. It is evident arguments are reasons are
that a lot of thought somewhat weak made.
and research was put in places.
into this assignment.
Word Choice Word choice is Word choice There is evidence Word choice is
creative and enhances the of attention to word limited.
enhances the argument. choice.
argument.
Grammar, There are no errors in There are few There are several There are
Mechanics, grammar, mechanics, errors in grammar, errors in grammar, numerous errors in
& and/or spelling. mechanics, and/or mechanics, and/or grammar,
Spelling spelling, but they do spelling. mechanics, and/or
not interfere with spelling.
understanding.

Activity 23 – Writing a Composition

Write your composition following these steps:
1. Prewrite or brainstorm on what you want to cover in the composition.
2. Draft your composition consisting of 3 paragraphs:
 Introduction/background of the problem and suggested resolution based
on the scenario
 Body/discussion of the merits or advantages of the suggested resolutions
  Conclusion/summary of points to convince yourself or your parents to take
your suggested action or have a better option.
3. Revise your composition using the given guidelines for revision.
4. Edit and proofread your composition using the checklist provided.
5. Submit your composition (in Word form) to your teacher thru the following:
-Email -Facebook Messenger

Step 1: Prewriting
Using the following template for your prewriting activity. Be able to include significant
details in each part of the template.

What’s the problem?

What’s the best solution?

What’s good about this solution?

What’s the discovery you have with yourself?

Step 2: Write a draft of your composition.

Step 3: Revise your draft using the guide questions in the table that follows. Then revise
the part that could still be improved.
Questions Yes No
1. Does your composition show a solution to the problem/conflict?
2. Does your composition show how your proposed solution is
workable?
3. Does your content show discovery or discoveries about yourself?
4. Do the body paragraphs have topic sentences that are well-
supported?
5. Do you have an effective opening statement and a strong clincher?
6. Do you follow the conventions of grammar, spelling and punctuations?
7. Are the words you use appropriate for your target audience?

Write your revised composition here.

Step 4: Edit and proofread your composition following these steps:
A. Allow some time to pass before you edit and proofread your work. That way, you won’t
be too tempted to rush through the process.
B. Read your work slowly.
C. Double check the spelling with a dictionary.
D. Ask someone else to read your work. A new eye catches more mistakes.
E. Proofread one last time before making a clean copy of your work. Be guided by the
checklist that follows:

Proofreading Checklist Yes No

1. Have I used modals effectively?
2. Are my verb tenses used correctly and consistently?
3. Have I observed correct subject-verb agreement?
4. Have I employed interjections?
5. Do all pronouns have clear antecedent?
6. Have I checked conjunctions for effectiveness and clarity?
7. Have I eliminated misplaced, dangling, and squinting modifiers?
8. Have I used correct capitalization?
9. Have I used all punctuation marks correctly?
10. Is my word usage correct?
11. Have I correctly used numerals or spelled out numbers?
12. Have I spelled all words correctly?
F. Go over your responses to the above checklist and prepare the final copy of your
composition for publishing.

Step 5: Send your composition to your teacher.

Now that you have finished this lesson, write about your thoughts using the prompts
below:

Here is What: Describe one very important concept/skill that you learned during this
lesson.

So What: How can you practice or use this concept/skill so you will know that you
understand/remember it?

Now What: How can you use this concept/skill to help you rediscover yourself a little bit
more?

Activity 24. Rediscovering One’s Self

In three sentences, how will you describe your learning experiences in the entire
module? Can you now list down the goals you achieve in this lesson?
What do you need to do so that
these goals will not be disregarded?
 Things I did well to achieve my
goals are:

Things I need to keep working on to

reach my goals are:

After doing all the activities designed for you, it is now time to evaluate yourself using the
reflection organizer below:
What I did to make all my What I learned in doing all How will my output influence
tasks meaningful? the tasks given to me? others as they try to
rediscover themselves?
 Look in the mirror and see yourself, comfort your sad soul, and embrace your
imperfections.
This year is difficult for all of us, especially for this Grade Level, in which struggles of
every kind are visible.

Let us all move forward together despite the problems we encounter.

CONGRATULATIONS!
You just finished the Lesson 2 of Module 1.
I hope you learned and enjoyed a lot from the activities.