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Knowing and Understanding Oneselfduring Middle

and Late Adolescence
Learning Competency(LCC):explain that knowing oneself can make a person
accept his/her strengths and limitations and dealing with others better.

What I Need to Do
Great day, young learner! How is life now? Welcome to this learning experience where
you’ll be given utmost autonomy in all the process we will have together. In this learning material,
you will have good opportunity to interactto the different levels of learning. Have fun and enjoy your
experience here. It will be a meaningful and fruitful journey with yourself and others in your life.

As you cross yourself a bridge from doubt to know, you will have better
understanding and knowing of yourself and others here. It is vital for us to know our selves
first in order to know others, as the idiom says, you cannot give what you do not have, or You
cannot fill the cup with water if you’re empty.
May you have a helpful and significant journey of discovering yourself as you follow
through the process offered to you in this material.
Specifically, this will help you be able to:
a. Recognizes your strengths and weaknesses based from the Johari window diagram
b. Discovers ways on how to build up strengths and cope up limitations.
c. Shares your unique habits, characteristics and experiences.

Gearing Up
You are now ready for this next step of new knowledge.

DIRECTIONS: Let us test how far you know yourself by answering the following statements using
the scale below:

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 5- Strongly agree, 4- Somewhat Agree, 3- No opinion, 2- Somewhat disagree, 1- Strongly
disagree

___1. I have strong sex appeal.
___2. I am proud of my physical figure.
___3. I am physically attractive.
___4. I exude with charm and poise.
___5. I am easy to get along with.
___6. I can adjust to different people and
different situations.
___7. I am approachable; other people are
at ease and comfortable with me.
___8. I am lovable and easy to love.
___9. I am a fast learner, can understand
with one instruction.
___10. I am intelligent.
___11. I have special talents and abilities.
___12. I can easily analyze situations and
make right judgments.
___13. I can be trusted in any transaction.
___14. I have a clear conscience and carry no guilty
feeling.
___15. I have integrity and good reputation.
___16. My friends and classmates can look
up to me as a model worth emulating.
___17. I can express my ideas without
difficulty.
___18. I talk in a persuasive manner that I
can easily get people to accept what I say.
___19. I can express my ideas in writing
without difficulty.
___20. I am a good listener.
___21. I am emotionally stable and not easily
rattled when faced with trouble.
___22. I am logical and rational in my
outlook and decisions.
___23. I feel and act with confidence.
___24. I am a mature person.

Source: Roldan, Amelia S. (2003). On Becoming a Winner: A Workbook on Personality Development

and Character Building. AR Skills Development and Management Services (SDMS), Paranaque City,
Metro Manila

Guide questions
1) What areas do you consider yourself strong?
2) Which of these areas you consider to be your greatest weakness?
3) How did you handle this weakness?

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 Getting Better
As seen in the past activity, you are geared towards preparing yourself to
better accomplish a new knowledge into competence.

ACTIVITY 1: My Johari!

Directions: Now, let us begin to test you by this activity. Describe yourself using the Johari
window, fill up each window with the corresponding qualities that fit which you think you already have
and have not.

Known to Self Unknown to Self

KNOWN TO KNOWN SELF? BLIND SELF?

OTHERS

UNKNOWN HIDDEN SELF? UNKWNOWN SELF?

TO OTHERS

1. What have you discovered in yourself?

2. What are your core strengths?
3. What qualities you want to hone and improve on? Why?
4. How do you overcome your fear of showing yourself to others? Write down your step by step
plan of action.

Gaining Mastery
To add more of your knowledge, this part here will help on your self- discovery.
 ACTIVITY 2: Social Identity Wheel

Directions: in this part here, illustrate your own Social Identity Wheel (As seen in the figure below) and
fill up each empty area provided.

Source: https:/www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/fall2015/ffpercfm
 Rubrics for Scoring
As seen in the past activity, you are geared towards preparing yourself to better
accomplish a new knowledge into competence.

ACTIVITY 2: Social Identity Wheel Rubrics

90- 100% 80-89% 75- 79%

I have identified all I only have 2 to 3 I have one identity

identities in all areas in identities filled up in the completed in the activity
the wheel wheel
 What I Need to Remember

Directions: In this stage, you have learned to assess yourself and what you have and the areas you need
to improve on, please put these important notes in mind:

1. Self-concept refers to your awareness of yourself. It is the construct that negotiates these two
selves.
2. The two broad categories of self- concept are actual self and ideal self.
3. The actual self is built on self-knowledge. Self-knowledge is derived from social interactions that
provide insight into how others react to you.
4. The ideal self, is the one you aspire to be. The one that you hope will possess characteristics
similar to that of a mentor or some other worldly figure.
5. The benefit of knowing yourself is important in understanding the kind of person you are and
how you are to others.
6. Focus more on your strengths and abilities.
7. Improve your weaknesses by accepting who you are and have confidence to grow up from your
limitations.
8. Show the world what you have and be proud of yourself.

Writer: Anna Marie I. Baculna

School: Sta. Ana National High School
Division: Davao City
Illustrator: Cecilia Afinidad
School: Maa National School
Division: Davao City
 Answer Key

Note: Answers to each activities and tests are varied and dependent to the learner’s personal experiences.

Writer: Anna Marie I. Baculna

School: Sta. Ana National High School
Division: Davao City
Illustrator: Cecilia Afinidad
School: Maa National School
Division: Davao City