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ENGLISH 9- AFRO-ASIAN LITERATURE

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ENGLISH 8

(Week 5 and 6)
1st QUARTER-S.Y. 2021-2022

Name of Student

Grade and Section

MS. RENEYN D. DATU

MRS. FEBI JOY B. SAPLOR
Subject Teachers

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MODULE 3: INFORMATIVE SPEECH

Good day students! Make sure to read the instructions carefully and answer the
activities and tasks honestly. If you still have clarifications and questions
regarding the module contact your subject teacher using any digital platforms
such as your group chats, phone calls and text messaging during your class
schedule only. Always remember to be courteous and polite to your teachers.

INTRODUCTION AND FOCUS QUESTIONS

In this module you are going to explore African literature as means of appreciating and compose
an informative speech on a specific topic.
1. How does one produce an informative speech?
2. How does prosodic features affect a speech?

Lesson 1: Exploring African Literature

 Appreciate literature as a means of understanding the human being and the forces he/she
contends with.
Lesson 2. Writing an informative Speech`
 Use the appropriate use of prosodic features of speech in delivering privilege speech.

Review of the Past Lesson

You have learned in the previous module about using cohesive devices in writing and
determining the mood and tone in understanding the theme narrative text or literary selection.
These are the key concepts that you need to understand that will enable you to perform the
final task in this unit/period.
Cohesive devices are words that show relationship of ideas to keep our thoughts unified or
organized.
Mood and Tone help the reader to identify and understand the theme of literary selection

Explore

Have you experienced doing a speech for an audience? What do you feel whenever your
teacher ask you to make a speech in class? What are your preparations? Write your
answer on the box provided.
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Deepen

 Your goal in this section is to explain and make meaning of key concepts. Consider these
questions as you go through this module:
1. How can informative speech provide valuable achievement and unique learning?

Activity 1. Public Speaking

Nowadays, public speaking is an important communication skill because this can

help you achieve your personal goals and professional ambitions in the future.
In the previous module, you learned about one type of speech which is the
informative speech, the purpose of this speech is to convey or give knowledge
or perspective to your audience, and you can also use this to clarify information
of a specific topic. Study the example below because at the end of this lesson
you are going to compose or make your own informative speech.

My Invention that made peace with Lions

Presented by: Richard Turere
my invention that made peace with lions | Search Results | TED
This is where I live. I live in Kenya, at the south parts of the Nairobi National Park. Those are
my dad's cows at the back, and behind the cows, that's the Nairobi National Park. Nairobi
National Park is not fenced in the south widely, which means wild animals like zebras migrate
out of the park freely. So predators like lions follow them, and this is what they do. They kill
our livestock. This is one of the cows which was killed at night, and I just woke up in the
morning and I found it dead, and I felt so bad, because it was the only bull we had.

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My community, the Maasai, we believe that we came from heaven with all our animals and all
the land for herding them, and that's why we value them so much. So I grew up hating lions
so much. The morans are the warriors who protect our community and the livestock, and
they're also upset about this problem. So they kill the lions. It's one of the six lions which were
killed in Nairobi. And I think this is why the Nairobi National Park lions are few.

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So a boy, from six to nine years old, in my community is responsible for his dad's cows, and
that's the same thing which happened to me.

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So I had to find a way of solving this problem. And the first idea I got was to use fire, because
I thought lions were scared of fire. But I came to realize that that didn't really help, because it
was even helping the lions to see through the cowshed. So I didn't give up. I continued. And a
second idea I got was to use a scarecrow. I was trying to trick the lions [into thinking] that I
was standing near the cowshed. But lions are very clever. (Laughter) They will come the first
day and they see the scarecrow, and they go back, but the second day, they'll come and they
say, this thing is not moving here, it's always here. (Laughter) So he jumps in and kills the
animals. So one night, I was walking around the cowshed with a torch, and that day, the lions
didn't come. And I discovered that lions are afraid of a moving light. So I had an idea. Since I
was a small boy, I used to work in my room for the whole day, and I even took apart my mom's
new radio, and that day she almost killed me, but I learned a lot about electronics.
(Laughter) So I got an old car battery, an indicator box. It's a small device found in a
motorcycle, and it helps motorists when they want to turn right or left. It blinks. And I got a
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switch where I can switch on the lights, on and off. And that's a small torch from a broken
flashlight.
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So I set up everything. As you can see, the solar panel charges the battery, and the battery
supplies the power to the small indicator box. I call it a transformer. And the indicator box
makes the lights flash. As you can see, the bulbs face outside, because that's where the lions
come from. And that's how it looks to lions when they come at night. The lights flash and
trick the lions into thinking I was walking around the cowshed, but I was sleeping in my bed.

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(Laughter) (Applause) Thanks.

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So I set it up in my home two years ago, and since then, we have never experienced any problem
with lions. And my neighboring homes heard about this idea. One of them was this
grandmother. She had a lot of her animals being killed by lions, and she asked me if I could
put the lights for her. And I said, "Yes." So I put the lights. You can see at the back, those are
the lion lights. Since now, I've set up seven homes around my community, and they're really
working. And my idea is also being used now all over Kenya for scaring other predators like
hyenas, leopards, and it's also being used to scare elephants away from people's farms.
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Because of this invention, I was lucky to get a scholarship in one of the best schools in
Kenya, Brookhouse International School, and I'm really excited about this. My new school now
is coming in and helping by fundraising and creating an awareness. I even took my friends
back to my community, and we're installing the lights to the homes which don't have [any],
and I'm teaching them how to put them.
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So one year ago, I was just a boy in the savannah grassland herding my father's cows, and I
used to see planes flying over, and I told myself that one day, I'll be there inside. And here I
am today. I got a chance to come by plane for my first time for TED. So my big dream is to
become an aircraft engineer and pilot when I grow up.

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I used to hate lions, but now because my invention is saving my father's cows and the lions, we
are able to stay with the lions without any conflict. Ashê olên. It means in my language, thank
you very much.

What do you think about the selection you read? Is the speaker knowledgeable of his
topic? What do you think is the purpose of the speaker in his speech? Write your
thoughts about the speech on the space provided below.
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Activity 2. Prosodic Features
In the previous activity, you read an example of an informative speech, and I let you
answer the important questions that will guide you to write your own speech on a
particular topic. Now you will learn about the things that you need to know when
delivering a speech. Remember that when delivering a speech it is necessary that you
use appropriate prosodic features such as pitch, stress, volume, projection and rate of
speech. To further understand prosodic features, study and read Prosodic Features
on pages 43-44 in your textbook.

After you read and study Prosodic Features in your textbook, can you name the prosodic
features of speech? Enumerate the prosodic features you have learned.

Why do you think it’s important to use appropriate prosodic features in delivering a
speech? How will it improve your communication skills?

After you learn the prosodic features, here are some tips you can use to prepare
for your speech:

Before speaking
 Study your self-composed speech
 You may write key concepts on an index card to serve as reference during your
presentation.
 You may also use visual presentation to help your audience follow your
presentation.
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 Practice! You can record yourself then you watch it afterwards
During speaking
 You should maintain eye contact with your audience
 Make sure that you get the attention of your audience
 When you speak involve your audience
 Avoid unnecessary movements that will distract your audience
 Your body language and expressions should be natural

To further understand how you can use prosodic feature in watch any video from TED Talks by
visiting their site then choose GRIT: THE POWER OF PASSION AND PERSEVERANCE BY Angela Lee
Duckworth.

Activity 3. Informative Speech

Your final task in this module is to compose your own informative speech on a
particular topic. In the previous module you already write some of your ideas
regarding your topic that is about Covid-19. As a student what can you do to
protect yourself, protect others, and protect your country from the deadly virus?
As you write your final composition make sure that you follow the parts of
informative essay namely: introduction, body and conclusion. You can also go
online or check the internet for resources that will help you to compose your
speech but remember that do not just copy anything from the internet rather use
it to widen your understanding of your topic. Your informative speech will be
graded using a rubric below

5 4 3 2
Content/ Your composition Your composition Your composition Your composition
Knowledge of consistently clearly explain explain and merely explain
the discuss and and discuss the discuss the topic and discuss the
topic/Purpose accurately important key however there is topic
explain the ideas concepts in your lacking of
with strong composition and supporting
supporting details with enough details.
that make your supporting
composition ideas/details.
engaging.
Organization The parts of your The parts of your Some of the part The parts of your
of composition flow composition are of your composition do
Ideas/Effective logically with the clear with the composition are not flow well and
use of effective use of appropriate use of cleat with the use the use of
Cohesive cohesive devices cohesive devices of cohesive cohesive devices
Devices devices is lacking
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MY WRITING PAD
Note: Make two copies of this activity because you are going to use it for your final
performance task
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References
TED TALKS
Lapid & Serrano(2018): ECAS through Afro-Asian Literature: Phoenix Publishing House. Inc.: Quezon
City.
J. Luna & K. Raquitico (2017): Skills Builders for Efficient Reading: Third Edition. Phoenix Publishing
House, Inc.: Quezon City