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English 9
Activity Sheet
Quarter 2 – MELC 5
Analyze Literature As A Means Of
Understanding Unchanging Values
In An Uncertain World

REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS

English 9
Activity Sheet No. 5
First Edition, 2020

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ENGLISH 9 ACTIVITY SHEET

Analyze Literature As A Means Of Understanding Unchanging Values In An

Uncertain World

I. Learning Competency with Code:

EN9LT-Iva-17: Analyze literature as a means of understanding unchanging values

in VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) world.

Analyze literature as a means of understanding unchanging values in an uncertain

world.

II. Background Information for Learners

Literature can be a vehicle towards understanding culture, values, and customs

that are relevant to the society that we are living in. Most of the time, a literary piece
contains themes that creatively depicts the ways of society. This is often reflected
in the character’s adventures and resolution that he or she comes up with at the end
of the story. Literature also paves the way in establishing unchanging values
modelled by classical examples both in history and literature. This creates a
standard of moral thoughts and actions whatever are the changes in the value
system of the world.

Many literary pieces in Anglo-American Literature reflect

perennial values and beliefs that are still accepted today. There are also stories of
hope rising against discrimination, stories of love conquering all odds, faith in
humanity in this constantly changing world. These literary pieces emphasize the
importance of the value system in a person for this shapes his future.

VUCA is an acronym that stands for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and

ambiguity, a combination of qualities that, taken together, characterize the nature of
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some difficult conditions and situations.
Values is a person's principles or standards of behavior;
one's judgment of what is important in life.

Uncertainty. – the lack of predictability, the prospect for surprise, and a sense
of awareness and understanding of issues and events

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Examples of unchanging values in an uncertain world:

1. Living your own rhythm despite living in a hectic world

2. Valuing yourself even though the world tells you to give more to other people
3. Prioritizing your family even though the world makes situations to make you want
to be independent.

III. Accompanying DepEd Textbooks and Educational Sites

A Journey Through Anglo-American Literature 9 Learners’ Materials p. 430

A Journey Through Anglo-American Literature 9 Teacher’s Guide pp. 21-22

IV. Activity Proper

1. Directions: Read and accomplish the activities as directed in the book “A

Journey Through Anglo-American Literature” p. 430.

2. Activities and Exercise:

Activity 1: Poetry Reading

Everyone of us dreams to become successful in life. What would you do if your

ultimate dream is shattered?

Langston Hughes wrote these words in his poem "Dream's Deferred"

describing the common experience of black Americans where they were considered
an inferior group of people that dreams and goals would have been difficult to
realize.

Dream Deferred
Poem by Langston Hughes

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?

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 Vocabulary:

1. deferred – delayed or put on hold

2. fester - irritate
3. stink - smell
4. rotten - decayed
5. sags – drops or falls

1. What does “Dream Deferred” mean?

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2. Why does the author compare “Dream Deferred” to a heavy load that sag?
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3. Why do think of the lines in the poem ask questions?

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4. What is your ultimate dream in life?

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5. What will you do if your ultimate dream is put on hold because of some
circumstances that cannot be avoided?

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Activity 2: Individual Task

Below is a song of Mariah Carey’s “Hero”. Read the lines carefully and
analyze the message of each stanza.

Direction: Choose the stanza that best reflects the given values in the
table below?
I. There's a hero
If you look inside your heart
You don't have to be afraid
Of what you are
There's an answer
If you reach into your soul
And the sorrow that you know
Will melt away

II. And then a hero comes along

With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you

III. It's a long road

When you face the world alone
No one reaches out a hand
For you to hold
You can find love
If you search within yourself
And that emptiness you felt
Will disappear

IV. Lord knows

Dreams are hard to follow
But don’t let anyone
Tear them away
Hold on
There will be tomorrow
In time you’ll find a way

V. And then a hero comes along

With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you’ll finally see the truth
That the hero lies in you.

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 Stanza from the song

1. It encourages one to strive hard for

ambitions in life. It also gives one a
positive outlook in all aspects of life no
matter how hard or difficult the
situation is, for there is always hope
beyond difficulties.

2. Know the value of your self-worth.

3. Life could be sometimes difficult to

deal with, our vision in life is
sometimes hard to fulfill, but in the
long- run we always end up being
victorious because of our faith that
there is God, a true hero that guides
us in our everyday endeavor.

3. Guide Question:

How would you fight against the sudden change of situation in your life? Write
your answer in a sentence or two.

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Activity 1:
1. A dream that is put on hold or delayed
2. The feeling of having deferred dream is painful and hard to withstand and
could cause delay of fulfillment. Just like one’s movement, it is delayed when
carrying heavy loads.
3. Most of the lines in the poem ask questions that connote uncertainty. These
remind people to make themselves ready for whatever happens in the future
since it is unpredictable.
4. Answer varies
5. Possible answer:
I will be persistent to pursue my dreams even if some hindrances could delay
it because I believe that with my determination, I would eventually succeed.
Activity 2:
2. II
3. I
4. IV
Answer Key: V.