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Homeroom Guidance
Quarter 1 – Module 7:
A Closer Look at My Considerations
for Senior High School

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Homeroom Guidance Self-learning Module – Grade 9
Quarter 1 Module 7: A Closer Look at My Considerations for Senior High School
2020 Edition

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Department of Education. Homeroom Guidance Grade 9 Self-learning Module 7:

A Closer Look at My Considerations for Senior High School. Manila: Department
of Education Central Office, 2020.

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 Homeroom Guidance Grade 9
Quarter 1 – Module 7:
A Closer Look at My Considerations
for Senior High School

Gabay sa Magulang/Tagapag-alaga

Isinulat ang modyul na ito upang gabayan ang mag-aaral na maging

mapanuri sa mga pagsubok na kaniyang nararanasan at kung paano niya
pinagtagumpayan ang mga ito nang may tatag, sigla at saya. Pag-aaralan
din sa modyul na ito ang personal na pagtatasa ukol sa iba’t ibang salik ng
tamang pagpili ng tracks and strand ayon sa maayos at wastong pagpaplano.
Dinisenyo ito para sa distance learning o alternatibong pamamaraan ng
pagkatuto na hindi nangangailangan ng pisikal na presensya sa paaralan,
bilang tugon sa direktiba na pagkansela ng face-to-face class dulot ng
pandemyang Covid-19.

Maaaring may mga pagkakataon na hihingiin ng mag-aaral ang

inyong patnubay sa pagsunod sa mga tagubilin, pagsagot sa mga tanong sa
bawat bahagi ng mga gawain at maging sa pagkakaroon ng mga
kakailanganing materyales batay sa nakatakdang gawain. Hinihiling ng
Kagawaran ang inyong suporta upang matagumpay niyang maisakatuparan
ang mga gawain. Makatutulong ang araling ito upang hubugin ang kaniyang
pananaw sa pagpili ng wasto at tamang desisyon kung anong track and
strand ang kaniyang tatahakin pagkatapos ng Junior High School. Tiyakin na
sasagutin niya ang bawat bahagi ng modyul nang tapat.

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Introductory Message
For the learner:

For the learner:

To have an informed decision for your SHS track and strand, it will be helpful
to undertand your different considerations. You must own each decision that you
make, hence, you need to carefully think and examine what you are dealing with.
This module will help you assess things around you that are relevant to your SHS
track and strand decision.

Work on the tasks seriously. Seek help if you believe you need to.
Remember, in life there are things that we cannot control. You just need to live with
it.

This self-learning module has six indicative tasks, which are as follows:

Let’s Try This – which will help you to get ready to learn;

Let’s Explore This – which will guide you towards what you need to learn;

Keep in Mind – which will give you the lessons that you need to learn and
understand;

You Can Do It – which will help you apply the lessons learned in daily activities;

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What I Have learned – which will test and evaluate your learning; and

Share Your Thoughts and Feelings – which will help you express your thoughts,
opinions and feelings.

Make sure to read, think, follow, and enjoy every task that you are asked to
do. Have fun! Stay safe and healthy!

MODUL A CLOSER LOOK AT MY

CONSIDERATIONS FOR SENIOR
E 7
HIGH SCHOOL

Learning Objective

At the end of this module, you are expected to:

1. analyze the factors to be considered in planning for SHS track and strand;
2. relate potentials and traits helpful in the preferred track and strand; and
3. appreciate the importance of your relationship with your environment and
significant others in choosing your track and strand.

Period: Week 7 of 1st Quarter

Suggested Total Time Allotment: 60 Minutes

Materials Needed:
Sheet of paper, short bond papers, pen/pencil,

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 Introduction
Through self-assessment and help from others, you will identify factors which
will play essential role in your Senior High School track and strand decision.
It is necessary to learn various factors that can affect your decision on what
to pursue as soon as you finish Junior High School. Significant people and events
can help you understand the process of finding what career fits your skills and
preferences.
Through this module, you will be assisted in exploring possible career
choices and you will be able to understand the paths leading to the different tracks
and strands in Senior High School.

Let’s Review

In Module 6, you have been shown the importance of fulfilling your roles and
responsibilities in the family and you were also able to engage in meaningful
homebased activities.

Let’s Try This

Suggested Time Allotment: 10 minutes
On a sheet of paper, draw a circle and write “My considerations in choosing my SHS
track & strand” like the one below. Around the circle, write your considerations in
choosing your SHS track and strand. Write as many as you can. A sample is
provided as your guide. Answer the processing questions after.

Affordability

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 My parent’s
choice Compatibility
to my skills
My
considerations in
choosing my Alignment
Feasibility of SHS track & towards the
opportunities strand profession I
want to pursue

Processing Questions:

1. Among your answers, what are the top most and the least considerations?
Why? My top most priority of consideration is the track’s compatibility to my
skills and interest. Meanwhile, the least I take into consideration is my
parent’s choices.

2. How do you want to act on these considerations? I’m planning on making an

analytical observation and planning towards the factors that may affect my
approach to the tracks I might encounter later on.
Let’s Explore This

Suggested Time Allotment: 15 minutes

Copy the table below on a sheet of paper. In the first column, enumerate traits and
potentials that you think you have. Check what track it would be most relevant and
related. It can happen that a certain trait or potential is relevant to all tracks but
choose only the closest track for that. Examples have been provided as your guide.

My Traits & Academic Sports Track Arts & Design Tech-Voc

Potentials Track Track Track
I am good in √
essay writing
I have decent √
skills and
poetry and
fiction
I have better √
knowledge in
science than
an average

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 student
I have skills in √
retracing arts
with my
personal touch
I have √
knowledge in
basic
programming
I can speak in √
English
fluently, with
confidence
I’ve been doing √
research-
related
activities 3
years prior to
average
students.

Processing Questions:
1. What do you notice with your answers?

Most of my traits and potentials leaned toward academic relevance.

2. What track does have the most number of checks? the least number of
checks?

The academic track gained the most number of checks, while the sports track
gained the least.

3. Is the result reflective of your preference or desired track? Why or why not?

Yes, because I personally prefer academic fields more than anything. I have
great interest to science, medicine, and literature. Also, I like it better when I’m
using my brain rather than doing physical work.

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Keep in Mind
Suggested Time Allotment: 15 Minutes
Career Planning helps you understand the knowledge, competencies and skills in
preparing for your future path.

The following are self-help activities for career pathing. Come up with a well
planned career by taking a closer look at these actions.

• Developing self-awareness leads you to realize the career

path that is appropriate and relevant to you
• Exploring your environment and the opportunities around
helps factor in the relevant skills, personal potentials and traits
that you may want to consider
• Managing transitions and major changes in life teaches us
track our appropriate career paths through the actions in
dealing with such changes and transitions

There are several factors that are considered important in choosing your SHS
Track and Strand. Some of these are the following:

• Belief in your abilities

• Interest
• Skills
• Abilities
• Financial Assistance
• Parents’ Support
• List of Schools offering each track and strand
• Environmental and other similar factors
Your awareness of your own traits and potentials plays an important role in
understanding the best career path for your own future. Your interests can be an
avenue for you to demonstrate the skills and competence needed in your planned
career.

Potentials and traits are helpful in choosing what SHS track and strand is
relevant and appropriate for you to take after Junior High School. There are four
SHS tracks to choose from:

• Academic,
• Technical-Vocational Livelihood, • Arts and Design and
• Sports.

Under the Academic Track are:

• Science,Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
• Accountancy,Business and Management (ABM)

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 • Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMMS)
• General Academic Strand (GAS)

Under the Technical-Vocational Livelihood Track are:

• Home Economics
• Information and Communications Technology
• Agri-Fishery Arts
• Industry Arts

Under the Arts and Design Track are:

• Music
• Theater
• Visual Arts
• Media Arts
• Dance

Sports Track

Learners like you tend to become interested in an activity if you see yourself
competent in performing it and if you see the positive outcome. Interests are unlikely
to develop in activities in which you see yourself as not performing well and you
most likely expect negative outcomes. Interest may also flourish if you already
possess the talent and you have an enabling environment that can support to
achieve positive outcomes. This may not also develop if you are deprived of the
chances to nurture your efficiency and positive beliefs about yourself.

You Can Do It!

Suggested Time Allotment: 5 minutes
On a clean sheet of paper, list down three possible concerns/problems that you may
encounter in deciding for the track and strand that you are planning to take in SHS.
Then, below each concern or problem, write down the possible solution and the
people who can help with such.
Problem 1 : Financial difficulties

– The first solution that sprang to my thoughts is taking freelance gigs online. It
could earn me at least $20 each day, enough to cover up for food expenses
and pay the monthly WiFi bill.

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Problem 2 : Parent Disapproval

– Proper communication to the family.

Problem 3 : Peer Influence

– Having confidence on your choices.

What I Have Learned

Suggested Time Allotment: 10 minutes

Copy the table on a short bond paper. Write your answer in each column. An
example has been provided to guide you.
This is the track that This is where my This is what my These are the tracks
I want traits and potentials parents/guardians available in my
lean to want for me environment
Academic Academic Academic Academic
Sports

Arts and Design

Tech-Voc

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Share Your Thoughts and Feelings
Suggested Time Allotment: 5 minutes
On a sheet of paper, write your answers to the following questions.

1. Are there any differences among your answers in “What I Have Learned”? NO
2. If none, does it help you in planning for your track and strand? Why?

If yes, how do you want to act on the issue? Explain your answer.
Yes it does, it makes my goal clearer and it sets my career path into a smaller circle
giving me more time to focus on the options that I’m passionate about.

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