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TLE -Carpentry
Quarter 1 - Module 1:
Preparing Tools, Equipment and
Materials for Staking Out Building
Lines
TLE Carpentry 9
Self-Learning Module (SLM)
Quarter 1 – Module 1: Preparing Tools, Equipment and Materials for Staking out
Building Lines
First Edition, 2020

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TLE- Carpentry
Quarter 1 – Module 1:
Preparing Tools, Equipment and
Materials for Staking Out
Building Lines
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the TLE-Carpentry Grade 9 Self-Learning Module (SLM) on

Preparing Tools, Equipment and Materials for Staking Out Building Lines!

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators

both from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in
helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while
overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help
learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration
their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of
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Notes to the Teacher

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that will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module.
You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist
the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

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For the learner:

Welcome to the TLE-Carpentry Grade 9 Self-Learning Module (SLM) on

Preparing Tools, Equipment and Materials for Staking Out Building Lines!

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This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities
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the module.

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lesson to take. If you get all the answers
correct (100%), you may decide to skip this
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What’s More This comprises activities for independent

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answers to the exercises using the Answer
Key at the end of the module.

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 What I Have Learned This includes questions or blank
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Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your

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If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not
hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are
not alone.

We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning
and gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!

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 What I Need to Know

Good day! Welcome to another exciting lesson that you are about to learn. This
time, it is expected that you have enough learning and understanding in carpentry
as you move forward to higher level.
This module contains lesson about preparing tools, materials and equipment
used for staking out building lines. Why is it important? What will happen when
you do not know the names and uses of tools, materials and equipment that you
are going to use in a specific task given to you? As you go through this module,
your knowledge on carpentry tools will deepen and your skills will sharpen. How to
make it happen? It depends on your commitment to learning.
This module was written and designed intended for you. It is here to help
you master the basic uses of tools, materials and equipment use for staking out
building lines.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Identify tools and materials for staking out building lines.
2. Familiarize yourself with the uses of each tool and material for staking
out building lines. (TLE_IACP9-12BL-Ia-h-1)

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 What I Know

Good day everyone! Before you proceed, you need to test yourself with your
prior knowledge about the lesson you are of to learn. Answer the test provided for
you in 10 minutes.

Pre-Test
Directions: Read and understand each statement. Choose the corresponding
word/words referred to in each item. Choose your answer from the choices listed
inside the box. Write your answer in the activity sheet provided.

Building permit chalk line pull push rule

Try square wrecking bar L - square

Spirit level Plumb bob Steel square

Claw hammer Nails cross cut saw

Nylon string sledge hammer lumber

bolo

______________ 1. It is one of the requirements in constructing a building.

______________ 2. It is used to check the straightness from top to bottom.
______________ 3. It is another term for steel square.
______________ 4. It is used to check the flatness and squareness of a small piece of
stock or lumber.
______________ 5. It is used to pull out long nails.
______________ 6. It is used for driving and pulling out nails.
______________ 7. It is used to test the horizontal level of the surface of the material.
______________ 8. It is used to mark straight line on a long piece of stock or lumber.
______________ 9. It is used to check the squareness of the corner of a particular
object.
_____________ 10. It is used for laying out measurements.
______________11. It is used to drive pegs for stakeout.
______________12. It is used to fasten woods/lumber.
______________13. It is a sawn timber or processed piece of wood ready for use.
______________14. It is used to cut pegs for stake out.
______________15. It is used to cut lumber across the grain of the wood.

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Lesson Preparing Tools, Equipment
and Materials for Staking
1 Out Building Lines

Welcome to Module 1! This module will provide you knowledge on how to

prepare tools, equipment and materials for staking out building lines. Enjoy
learning!

What’s In

Hello future skilled carpenters! Welcome to a continuous learning

opportunity. How are you? Are you now prepared for a self-paced learning? Tools,
materials and equipment used in carpentry are not new to you at all because you
have tackled this in your previous years in school especially in TLE. Now, take a
look at your house. Do you have any carpentry tools? Can you name some of them?
Do you know their specific uses? In this lesson, you will have deeper learning on
tools and materials in carpentry basically for staking-out building lines.

Notes to the Teacher

This module contains engaging activities where learners could do
a self-pace learning. Guide the learners to do the learning tasks
in the allotted time. Remind them that the secret of learning is
having fun while loving what they are doing. Remind the parents
as well to monitor their children’s learning using this module.

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 What’s New

This time, you will be harnessed with deeper knowledge on tools, equipment
and materials in staking out building lines. To make this more fun and challenging
try this activity called Find me!

Activity 1: Find me!

Direction: look for the carpentry tools and materials inside the table. Write them in
your activity notebook.

Did you find them all? Good job! Are you familiar with their uses? In this
lesson you will have clear understanding with the specific function of each tool
and material. Read and explore so you will learn more! Good luck!

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 What is It

A wonderful day to you! How are you today? In this lesson your queries in
mind will be aswered.Are you now ready ? Go ahead. It’s time now to fill your
bucket with new knowledge.

TOOLS AND MATERIALS FOR STAKING OUT BUILDING LINES

It is very important to know the names and proper use of each of the various
tools we need in our works. In addition, application on their proper care and
maintenance will give the following advantages: efficiency of the work, quality
speed, accomplishment, and accuracy.

Tools and Materials Description Illustration

. Claw hammer - used for driving and
pulling out nails

Spirit level / Bar level - a tool framed in

aluminium or wood that
is used to test the
horizontal level of the
surface of the material

Cross cut saw - used for cutting lumber

across the grain of wood.

Pull-push rule - flexible strip of metal

provided with scale both
Metric and English
system of measurements,
rolled in a case used for
laying out
measurements.

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Steel Square or L - L-shaped with one arm
Square forming a perfect right
angle to the other used
to check the squareness
of the corner of a larger
object.

Plumb bob - a cone shaped metal

suspended on a string
and is used to check the
verticalness of post or
column and other.

Try Square - looks like the steel

square and it is use to
check the flatness and
squareness of a small
piece of stock or lumber

Water hose level - used to determine the

horizontal levelness of
batter boards, and parts
of the building such as
beam, floorings and
others

Ripping/ wrecking bar - used to pull out long

nails. This may be
straight or gooseneck. It
has a nail slot for pulling
out spikes and wedging
apart nailed boards.

Nails - made of metal, used to

fasten woods

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Lumber- - a milled or processed
piece of wood ready for
use.

.Chalk line - used to mark straight

line on a long piece of
stock or lumber.

Bolo - used to cut pegs for

stakeout.

Sledge hammer - used to drive pegs for

stakeout

Nylon string - to indicate the sides of

the building

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 What’s More

I guess you have learned a lot from reading. Now, proceed to a more joyful
journey in the world of Carpentry. Let us check on how much have you learned. Go
ahead and do more practices.

Activity 2: Name me!

Direction: Identify the tools and materials based on the description/use given.

Description Name of Tools/materials

1. used to mark straight line on a long piece of
stock or lumber

2. used to drive pegs for stakeout

3. used for driving and pulling out nails

4. used for cutting lumber across the grain of

wood.

5. Other term for wrecking bar

6. made of metal, used to fasten woods

7. a cone shaped metal suspended on a string

8. milled or processed piece of wood ready for

use.

9. used to determine the horizontal levelness

of batter boards

10. flexible strip of metal provided with scale

both Metric and English system of
measurements

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 What I Have Learned

Since you are done in reading the lesson on preparing tools, equipment and
materials for staking out building lines, I believe that you are definitely ready for
more fun and engaging activity.
Activity 4: Match me!
Directions: Match the uses/description in column A with the tool/equipment in
column B and write the letter of your answer n the activity notebook.

Column A Column B

_____1. It is used for laying out measurements. a. nylon string

_____2. It is used to drive pegs for stakeout.
b. nails
_____3. It is used to fasten woods/lumber.
_____4. It is a sawn timber or processed piece of c. cross cut saw
wood ready for use d. plumb bob
_____5. It is used to cut pegs for stake out.
e. L- square
_____6. It is used to cut lumber across the grain
of the wood. f. water hose level
____7. It is used to indicate the sides of the g. pull push rule
building h. sledge hammer
____8. It is used for driving and pulling out nails
____9. It is used to check the straightness from i. bolo

top to bottom. j. claw hammer

____10. It is another term for steel square. k. lumber

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 What I Can Do

You are just in the right track! Pursue what you have started. See, there’s no
one else who can help you learn but you-yourself. This time check on what you can
do out of what you got. Answer the activity below.

Activity 5: Pick me Up!

Directions: Name the tools that you need to prepare, use the drawn figure. Write
your answer on the activity sheet provided.

Situation: Your father is a carpenter. One day he woke up late in the morning.
While he’s taking a bath, he asked you to prepare the tools he is going to bring and
use in staking out building line. Supposed, below is your father’s tool box. Pick up
and prepare the tools he needed for his work.
1 2 3 4

5 6. 7 8

9 10 11 12

Congratulations! You are almost there. Continue to prosper intellectually.

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 Assessment

Directions: Read each question carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer
and write your answer in your activity notebook.
______1. Which tool is used to drive pegs for stakeout?

a. Claw hammer b. sledge hammer c. spade d. ripping bar

______2. Which of the following is cone-shaped metal suspended on a string used to
check the verticalness of post or column and other?

a. sledge hammer b. water hose level c. spirit level d. plumb bob

______3. Which of the following DOES NOT belong to the group?

a. Gloves b. Respirators c. nails d. hard hat

______4. Which is bigger than try square and used to check squareness of a
wider or bigger object?

a. T-square b. Steel square

c. push-pull tape d. meter stick
______5. Mr. Fortez wants to cut the wood across the grains of the wood, what tool
is he going to use?

a. Bolo b. rip saw

c. cross cut saw d. ripping bar
______6. Which tool is used to check the horizontal levelness of the surface
material?

a. Spirit level b. plumb bob c. push pull tape d. ruler

______7. The following tools are used for cutting EXCEPT_________.

a. Bolo b. rip saw

c. cross cut saw d. ripping bar
______8. You want to check the verticalness of your post, which tool are you going
to use?

a. sledge hammer b. water hose level

c. spirit level d. plumb bob
______9. Which tool is used to cut pegs for staking-out?

a. ripping bar b. rip saw c. cross cut saw d. bolo

______10. Which of the tools below is used to mark straight line on a long piece of
stock or lumber?
a. Pencil b. chalk line
c. scribe d. meter stick

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______11. Which of the tools below is used to indicate the sides of the building?
a. nylon string b. rip saw
c. cross cut saw d. bolo
______12. Which is used to determine the horizontal levelness of batter boards, and
parts of the building such as beam, floorings and others?
a. Spirit level b. water hose level
c. pull push tape d. ruler
______13. Which tool is typically paired with a hammer and is used to fasten
woods?
a. Nail b. screw c. chisel d. divider
______14. What is the other term form for wrecking bar?
a. Try square b. ripping bar
c. nylon string d. meter stick
______15. The following are materials used in carpentry EXCEPT_______.
a. Lumber b. plywood
c. slotted screw driver d. nails

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 Additional Activities

Activity 6: Crossword Puzzle

Directions: Read and understand the statements below and answer the crossword
puzzle. Write the answer using the activity sheet provided.

Across:
2. used to drive and pull out nails
4. other term for wrecking bar
5. used to measure vertical straightness
7. a sawn timber
9. used to cut pegs

Down:
1. a string used to indicate the size of the building
3. used to fasten wood
6. Nails and lumber are example of ______.
8. hammer used to drive pegs
10. used to measure horizontal levelness

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Activity 5 Crossword
puzzle
1. nylon
2. Claw hammer
3. Nails
4. Ripping
5. Plumb bob
6. Materials
7. Lumber Activity 3 Match
Post- Assessment 8. Sledge me!
9. bolo
1. B 1. G
10.Spirit
2. D 2. H
3. C 3. B
4. B 4. K
5. C 5. I
6. A Activity 4 Pick me up!
6. C
7. D 7. A
8. D 1.chalk line
8. J
9. D 2. pull push rule 9. D
10.B 3. water hose level 10.E
11.A 4. Spirit level
12.A 5. claw hammer
13.A 6. plumb bob
14.B 7. cross cut saw
15.C 8. bolo Pre-assessment
11. try square
1. Building permit
2. Plumb bob
Activity 2 Name me! 3. L- square
4. Try square
1. Chalk line Activity 1 Find me!
2. Sledge hammer 5. Wrecking bar
3. Claw hammer 1. Chalk line 6. Claw hammer
4. Cross cut saw 2. Nails 7. Spirit level
3. Plumb bob 8. Chalk line
5. Ripping bar
4. Nylon string 9. Steel square
6. Nails
5. Steel square
7. Plumb bob 10.Pull push rule
6. Bolo
8. Lumber 7. Lumber 11.Sledge hammer
9. Water hose 8. Spirit level 12.Nails
level 9. Sledge 13.Lumber
10.Pull push rule hammer 14.Bolo
10.Claw hammer 15.Cross cut saw
Answer Key
References

Blanco, Jr., Antonio, & Verano, Roderick C., 2018. Department of Education:
Bureau of Learning Resources (DepEd-BLR)

Technology and Livelihood Education Learning Module: Carpentry Exploratory

Course Grade 7 & 8. Department of Education

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). Training

Regulations/ Carpentry NC II, Civil Works (Construction Sector).

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