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ENGLISH 8 LEARNING MODULE

FIRST QUARTER
WEEK 2 (September 7 – 11, 2020)

I. Subject Matter:
My Family and I
Lesson 1: Learning about My Roots
II. Content Standards:
The learner demonstrates understanding of African literature as a means of
exploring forces that human beings contend with; various reading styles vis-a-vis
purposes of reading; prosodic features that serve as carriers of meaning; ways by which
information may be organized, related, and delivered orally; and parallel structures and
cohesive devices in presenting information.
III. Performance Standards:
The learner transfers learning by composing and delivering an informative
speech based on a specific topic of interest keeping in mind the proper and effective use
of parallel structures and cohesive devices and appropriate prosodic features, stance,
and behavior.
IV. Learning Competencies
Through this Learning Module, you are expected to:
1. identify the distinguishing features of notable African chants, poems, folktales, and
short stories (EN8LT-Ia-8.1);
2. determine the meaning of words and expressions that reflect the local culture by
noting context clues (EN8V-lf-6); and
3. examine the features of an African chant.
V. Institutional Value
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Montessori develops Carmelian learners who have a strong
intellectual well-being.
VI. Learning Activities
Tuesday (September 8, 2020)
AM (Asynchronous)
A. Introduction of Topic
Task 1: Pre- Test
Due date: September 8, 2020 (Tuesday afternoon)
Answer the pretest (Letter B only) on pages 2-3 of your textbook. Write your answers on
the space provided. Use capital letters only.
6. _______ 9. _______ 12. _______ 15. _______
7. _______ 10. _______ 13. _______
8. _______ 11. _______ 14. _______

Task 2: What Do You Know?

Due Date: September 10, 2020 (Thursday afternoon)
Use the semantic web below to indicate what you know about Africa. You may
use a word or a phrase.

Task 3: Read Up!

Due Date: September 10, 2020 (Thursday afternoon)
Read the literary text- “Where Is the Rain?” on page 7 of your textbook.

PM (Synchronous)

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 B. Lesson Discussion
1. Study the following:
Introduction to African Literature
African literature refers to the body of oral and written literature produced by the
Africans in their native African and European languages. It is also a history of slavery,
oppression, violence and humiliations of their life.
African literature is not written out of compassion but is written out of disgustful life
which is experienced by writers themselves.
African literature includes Oral literature called ORATURE which was coined by Pio Zirimu.
Essential to oral literature is a concern for presentation and oratory. Folktale tellers use
call-response techniques. Call response technique is a spontaneous verbal and non-
verbal interaction between the speaker and the listener. The following are the features of
African oral literature:

Features Poem (Praise Song) Chant

It is used to introduce an entity It is used to transmit and record

to a group of people. This entity ideas or messages.
Purpose
could be a god, an animal,
nature, town, or even one’s self.

The praise name can be about It could be any event in one

the place of birth, parents, person’s life or one’s tribe like
friends, or deeds and skills of the birth of a child, marriage, death,
person being praised. The praise or war with and victory against a
Subject name (or epithet) is given to a neighboring tribe.
person depending on that
person’s good or bad traits that
he or she has shown in his or her
lifetime.

The call and response technique The call and response technique
is used. In this technique, the is used. The tone of chanting is
main singer or chanter sings the high to impress the audience.
Technique
line and then the audience
responds with another line
praising the subject of the poem.

Each line is another praise name There is a repetition of a line or a

for the person. There are no word.
Structure connector words between lines.
There is repetition of a line or a
word.

For additional information, read pages 8 to 9 of your textbook.

C. Practice Activities
Task 4: Listen Up!
Due Date: September 15, 2020 (Tuesday afternoon)
Listen to the chant “The Limpopo River Song”. African people who work in the mines of
South Africa chanted this song. While you are listening, write the features of this chant.
Use the following questions as guide.
The Limpopo River Song 1. What is the chant all about?

2. How is the chant sung?

Sayiwela, sayiwela
Sayiwela sibili 3. Who are the people singing the
Sayiwela Ingulikudela chant? Is it a group of people? Is
Siyofuna imali there a leader in chanting?

4. What lines are repeated?

Baphina obaba/ okoko?
Basemazulwini 5. How does the leader lead the
Basitshiyel’indubeko singing of the chant?
Indubeko zomhlaba

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 Translation:
We crossed, we crossed it
We really crossed it
We crossed Ingulukudela
To look for money

Where are those fathers/ mothers?

They are in heaven
They left us problems
These earthly difficulties

Thursday (September 10, 2020)

AM (Asynchronous)
A. Introduction of Topic
Task 1: Pre-test!
Directions: Identify the literary term /device being described in each number. Choose
from the box below.
Mood Simile Tone Hyperbole Persona
Context Clues Symbolism Theme Personification Metaphor
__________1. A figure of speech used for comparing two unlike things that is often
introduced by the words “like” or “as”
__________2. The person/character who is understood to be speaking (or thinking or
writing) in a literary work
__________3 The feelings a reader gets while reading a literary piece because of the
author’s tone and the text’s atmosphere
__________4 The underlying meaning or big idea about life conveyed in a literary piece
__________5. A figure of speech in which a word literally denoting one kind of object is
used in place of another to suggests likeness
__________6. The author’s attitude or feelings towards a subject
__________7. The use of symbols to represent an idea or quality
__________8 A figure of speech in which an author or speaker purposely exaggerates to
an extreme
__________9. A figure of speech in which a thing, an idea, or an animal is given human
attributes
B. Lesson Discussion
Do you still remember the literary terms you learned in Grade 7? There are hundreds of
literary terms and devices that we should learn for us to truly understand what the
author of a literary text wants to get across. For this lesson, let us recall the following:
A. Persona - refers to the person/ character who is understood to be speaking
in a literary work
B. Tone - expresses the writer’s attitude or feelings towards his subject
Example: sad, funny, sarcastic
C. Theme - refers to the underlying message or “big idea” about life that a
writer wants to get across
D. Mood - refers to the feelings created in the readers as they read a text
which is a result of the author’s tone and the atmosphere of the text
Example: gloomy, romantic
E. Symbolism - the author’s use of one thing, usually physical object, or
phenomena, to represent something more abstract
Example: dove = peace or purity
F. Simile - refers to the comparison of one thing with another thing of
different kind; uses “as” or “like” when comparing
Example: Her skin is as pale as a radish.
G. Onomatopoeia - refers to the use of word/ phrase that mimics a sound
Example: Swoosh! We sped up to get here fast.
H. Metaphor - direct comparison
Example: I was the star that night.
I. Personification - refers to the giving an animal or object qualities or abilities that
only human can have
Example: Lightning danced across the sky.
J. Hyperbole - refers to the exaggeration of statements not to be taken literally to
emphasize a point
Example: I warned her a million times about that scam!
C. Practice Exercise
Task 2: Let’s Analyze!
Due date: September 15 ,2020 (Tuesday morning)

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 Read the poem Africa and determine how David Diop conveys his message to the readers
by literary tools. Fill out the Poetry Analysis table after reading the poem.
Africa PERSONA
by David Diop 1. Who is speaking in the poem?

Africa my Africa TONE

Africa of proud warriors in ancestral Savannahs 2. How does the writer feel in the
Africa of whom my grandmother sings following lines of the poem?
On the banks of the distant river a. 1-6
I have never known you b. 7-15
But your blood flows in my veins c. 16-23
Your beautiful black blood that irrigates the SYMBOLISM
fields 3. Who may be referred to by the
The blood of your sweat following:
The sweat of your work a. Tree
The work of your slavery b. White and faded flowers
Africa, tell me Africa
Is this your back that is unbent FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
This back that never breaks under the weight of 4. Why is the taste of liberty bitter?
humiliation
This back trembling with red scars
And saying no to the whip under the midday
sun? THEME
But a grave voice answers me 6. What is the theme of the poem?
Impetuous child that tree, young and strong
That tree over there
Splendidly alone amidst white and faded flowers
That is your Africa springing up anew
Springing up patiently, obstinately
Whose fruit bit by bit acquires
The bitter taste of liberty.

VII. References
Book References:
Antonio I.J & Galfo H.C. (2019) Practical English 8. Diwa Learning Systems Inc.

Website Links:

Anacay, S.M (2017). African Literature.https://www.slideshare.net/sharaanacay/african-

literature-ppt
Limpopo River Song (n.d). Omniglot. https://omniglot.com/songs/african/ndebele.php
Nickol, B. (2003). Literary devices: definitions and examples.
https://study.com/academy/lesson/literary-devices-definition-examples-quiz.html
All Poetry. (n.d). Africa. https://allpoetry.com/poem/8562839-Africa-by-David-Diop

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