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Quarter 2 – Module 8
Recognizing Positive and Negative
Messages Conveyed in a Text
English – Grade 8
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Quarter 2 - Module 8
Recognizing Positive and Negative Messages Conveyed in a Text
First Edition, 2020
Management Team
Gregorio C. Quinto, Jr., EdD
Chief, Curriculum Implementation Division
Rainelda M. Blanco, PhD
Education Program Supervisor - LRMDS
Agnes R. Bernardo, PhD
EPS-Division ADM Coordinator
Jay Arr V. Sangoyo, PhD
EPS – English
Glenda S. Constantino
Project Development Officer II
Joannarie C. Garcia
Librarian II
As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners’ progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
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What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help you link the current
lesson with the previous one.
What I Can Do This section provides an activity which will help you
transfer your new knowledge or skill into real-life
situations or concerns.
Answer Key
This contains answers to all activities in the module.
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What I Need to Know
This module provides varied activities that will help you recognize the positive
and negative messages conveyed in a text. Different important activities are provided
to help you accomplish the objectives.
• predict the gist of material based on the title, pictures, and excerpts;
• discern the positive and negative messages conveyed in the text;
• use appropriate signals or expressions suitable to each pattern of idea; and
• deliver a self-composed informative/entertainment speech.
What I Know
Directions: Choose the letter of the statement that shows a more general idea.
1. a. The auditor is sending a letter to the company.
b. The auditor is sending an inquiry to the company.
2. a. The manager is driving a limousine.
b. The manager is driving a car.
3. a. A man is cleaning his motorcycle.
b. Paul is cleaning his motorcycle.
4. a. Reading books is her hobby.
b. Reading science books is her hobby.
5. a. The girl wants a toy.
b. The girl wants a small purple ball.
Directions: Choose the letter of the statement that shows a more specific or particular idea.
6. a. Reading a lot has some advantages.
b. Reading a lot helps us to be more informed and to be open minded.
7. a. She bought much fruit in the supermarket.
b. She bought pineapples, apples, watermelon, and grapes in Hero Supermarket.
8. a. There are many modern electrical tools of communication.
b. Television, Internet, radio, phone are tools of communication.
9. a. Studying abroad is expensive.
b. Studying in the United States needs much money not only for paying the school fee, but
also for living there.
10. a. Smoking cigarettes is hazardous.
b. Smoking cigarettes promotes cough, cancer, and heart attack.
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Directions: Read the statements below then answer the questions that follow. Write it in the
Concept Map of ideas.
Many people think that Bulacan is an environmentally friendly and pollution-free place to
live. There are a lot of beautiful places to visit that are attracting a large number of tourists. It
is also famous for its delicious delicacies.
Directions: Read the statements below and provide the cause and effect to the situations that
follow. Write your answer in the given shapes.
EFFECT
CAUSE
14 You played
online games
until midnight.
EFFECT CAUSE
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The student was awarded the highest honors
among all the students in their class.
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What’s In
PREDICTION BALL
From your previous lesson, you have learned to assume or point out the message of
the author by reading the selection. Now, you will guess the idea of the material based on
the title, pictures, and excerpts of a selection. Write your predictions inside the crystal ball.
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Now that you are done answering what the pictures, titles, and excerpts expressed,
you will now read short text selections. You will now identify the positive and negative
messages of the authors.
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What’s New
Directions: Read the given selection and answer the questions that follow.
My attention increased from the first sentence. I looked toward the light and fixed
my gaze on the moths which were circling around it. The story could not have been
better timed. My mother repeated the warning of the old moth. She dwelt upon it and
directed it to me. I heard her, but it is a curious thing that the light seemed to me each
time more beautiful, the flame more attractive. I really envied the fortune of the
insects. They frolicked so joyously in its enchanting splendor that the ones which had
fallen and been drowned in the oil did not cause me any dread.
My mother kept on reading and I listened breathlessly. The fate of the two insects
interested me greatly. The flame rolled its golden tongue to one side and a moth which
this movement had singed fell into the oil, fluttered for a time, and then became
quiet. That became for me a great event. A curious change came over me which I
have always noticed in myself whenever anything has stirred my feelings. The flame
and the moth seemed to go further away, and my mother's words sounded strange
and uncanny. I did not notice when she ended the fable. All my attention was fixed on
the face of the insect. I watched it with my whole soul... It had died a martyr to its
illusions.
As she put me to bed, my mother said: ‘See that you do not behave like the young
moth. Don't be disobedient, or you may get burnt as it did.’ I do not know whether I
answered or not... The story revealed to me things until then unknown. Moths no
longer were, for me, insignificant insects. Moths talked; they know how to warn. They
advised just like my mother. The light seemed to me more beautiful. It had grown more
dazzling and more attractive. I knew why the moths circled the flame.”
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1. Who is the speaker in the story?
2. What was the lesson learned by
young Rizal?
3. What was the feeling of young
Rizal in the story?
4. Why do you think her mother told
him that story?
Notes to Teacher
The activities in this module are arranged from simple to complex to help the learner
gradually master the desired learning competency. Give him/her the needed support and
guidance so that he/she will be able to perform the tasks to prepare him/her later on recognizing
positive and negative messages conveyed in a text.
What is It
Good writing benefits the readers when it comes to understanding a text material. One
way to do that is by using signal words or expressions. These will help your readers follow
without needing to stop and confuse out the relationships in your work.
Many people love to eat steak, but few of them know how to cook and prepare them
because not all people can afford to buy it. Steak is an appetizing and a healthy meal yet too
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much of this kind of food will increase your cholesterol level. Remember that when you eat a
lot of fatty foods, do not forget to have your exercises regularly. Yes, in this article we will be
cooking a fine dining steak meal that you can serve for your family. In fact, this menu is very
famous in the western countries. However, it is time for us to learn how to prepare this kind
of meal.
First, get your fine slices of steak. Nicely season it with salt and pepper and marinate it
for at least 3 to 5 minutes. Marinating can help a certain food reach its flavorful level that
makes a change in its taste. It gives a certain distinct flavor depending on how long you
marinate an ingredient. Make sure that you rest it from 10 to 20 minutes out of the refrigerator
so that it is not frozen when you cook it, because it will be overcooked on the outside and
undercooked inside.
Then, prepare a hot pan and put 2 teaspoons of olive oil. Put the steak in. The pan
should be in low heat so that the meat will cook slowly to avoid raw parts of the meat. In
addition, lay the steaks on the pan away from you so that you will avoid the splashing of oil.
Searing the steak for at least 30 to 40 seconds on each side will make it have some color
and absorb the seasoning. In other words, you will not fully cook it. It is a good way of cooking
meat if you want it to absorb the flavors from your spices evenly.
Afterwards, put at least 3 to 4 cloves of crushed garlic and some thyme leaves to the
pan. Let the steak absorb their flavor and aroma. Adding spices and herbs will give layers of
flavors to the meat but be careful because too many spices may overpower the meat’s flavor.
You may try to be playful with different spices to determine which distinct flavor your taste
buds prefer.
Alternately, flip it on each side so that you will have a well-done steak. Next, add some
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butter and then baste it for at least 10 seconds more to completely absorb all the flavors into
that meat. Basting is another way of adding flavor to your steak by coating it with oil. When
the butter melts, you tilt the pan at an angle where you can scoop the butter. Scoop the oil
and let it drizzle to your meat, in that way the meat will render all the flavors you infuse to your
pan. Please be very careful in basting because you might get splashed by the hot oil.
Finally, turn off the gas and let the meat rest for at least 5 minutes and then serve. This
permits the juices to be reabsorbed into the fibers of the meat. If you skip resting, you will lose
more flavorful juices when the meat is cut.
You may now enjoy a sumptuous fine dining meal not only at restaurants but also at the
convenience of your home. Eat well!
Now that you can cook a perfect steak meal for your family, let’s see how well you understand
some information in the given text. Answer the following questions:
GENERAL SPECIFIC
SPECIFIC GENERAL
B. Cause-Effect Relationship
CAUSE
EFFECT
Any event or
Any event or
condition that
condition that is
anticipates or
caused by another
precipitates another
event or condition
event or condition
What’s More
Independent Activity 1
Independent Assessment 1
Directions: Provide the possible cause and effect of the given situations.
1. Cause: ______________________________________________________
Effect: We couldn't get in the car.
3. Cause: ______________________________________________________
Effect: He got a belly ache.
5. Cause: ______________________________________________________
Effect: The dog began to bark.
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Independent Activity 2
Directions: Read each question and choose the letter which corresponds to the possible answer.
CHOICES:
a. Most engineering students do not use libraries.
b. On October and November, only 37% of Engineering students used the University
library.
c. On October and November, only 77% of students used the University library.
d. Most Engineering students do not use the University library.
e. The majority of students do not use libraries.
Independent Assessment 2
2. General: _____________________________________________________
Specific: You need to drink at least 8 – 10 glasses of water a day.
4. General: _____________________________________________________
Specific: We play Mobile Legends, League of Legends, and Call of Duty during the
weekends.
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Independent Activity 3
Directions: Write down the positive and negative ideas in cooking a perfect steak meal.
POSITIVE
STEAK
NEGATIVE
Independent Assessment 3
Directions: Read the selections and answer the questions that follow.
Text 1
Nicotine has various effects on the body. In small doses nicotine serves as a nerve
stimulant, entering the bloodstream and promoting the flow of adrenaline, a stimulating hormone.
It speeds up the heartbeat and may cause it to become irregular. It also raises the blood pressure
and reduces the appetite, and it may cause nausea and vomiting. The known health risks
associated with cigarette smoking, such as damage to the lungs and lung cancer, are thought to
be caused by other components of cigarettes such as tars and other by products of smoking, and
by the irritating effects of smoke on the lung tissue. Addiction to smoking is caused by nicotine
itself. Stopping smoking produces withdrawal symptoms within 24 to 48 hours, which commonly
include irritability, headaches, and anxiety, in addition to the strong desire to smoke.
3. Does the author present the details to support the general idea by using specific
facts or examples? Prove your answer.
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
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Text 2
More than 50 different kinds of kangaroos are grouped together in two kangaroo families.
The large kangaroos include red kangaroos and gray kangaroos, wallabies, pademelons, and
quokka; they belong in the family Macropodidae. The other family, Potoroidae, is made up of
assorted smaller species, such as various rat-kangaroos, bettongs, and potoroos. The largest
kangaroos are the gray kangaroo and red kangaroo, which can stand up to 2 m (6.5 ft) tall and
weigh up to 85 kg (187 lb.). The smallest are the musky rat kangaroos, rat like animals measuring
about 30 cm (12 in), not including the tail.
3. Does the author present the details to support the general idea by using specific
facts or examples? Prove your answer.
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
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What I Can Do
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Assessment
General Specific
1. a. The man walks slowly.
b. The man wobbles. 1.
2. a. The English teacher of Virgen Delas Flores High School.
b. The teacher of Virgen Delas Flores High School.
2.
3. a. The visitor is sitting on the chair.
b. The visitor is sitting on the sofa.
4. a. Joan likes reading books very much. 3.
b. Joan likes reading true stories and books about real life
very much. 4.
5. a. The communication department students have a final
test this week. 5.
b. They have an examination this week.
B. Directions: Classify each statement if it signals a cause or effect. Then, write the letters of
your answers in the boxes, correspondingly.
Cause Effect
6. a. Tim forgot his math book.
b. He was unable to complete his homework. 6.
7. a. He skipped lunch.
b. Keegan was hungry. 7.
8. a. She called a tow truck.
8.
b. Erin's car had a flat tire.
9. a. Gina couldn't find the cookies.
9.
b. Papa hid them in the cupboard.
10. a. She got an A on the test. 10.
b. Kelly studied her spelling words.
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C. Choose the letter of the statement that best describes the pictures, titles, and
excerpts.
11.
a. The girl is following the old lady.
b. The old lady is being chased by the girl.
c. The old lady is guiding the girl across the street.
d. The girl is guiding the lady across the street.
12.
a. The dog is angry at the man.
b. The man wants to adopt the dog.
c. The dog wants to adopt the man.
d. Nobody likes each other.
13.
a. It says, “Give Up!”
Don’t b. It says, “Don’t Give Up!”
c. It doesn’t mean anything.
Give Up! d. It means give something to someone.
14.
“Steak is an appetizing and a
a. It means steak is very cheap.
healthy meal yet too much of
b. It means steak needs to cook well.
this kind of food will increase
c. It means too much steak is bad for your health.
your cholesterol level.”
d. It means eat many steaks because it is delicious.
15.
a. It means you can do anything you want.
“See that you do not behave
b. It means disobedience gives you reward.
like the young moth. Don't be
c. It means the moth is obedient.
disobedient, or you may get
d. It means disobedience may get you into trouble.
burnt as it did.”
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Additional Activities
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What I Know Independent Activity 3
1. a (Answers may vary)
2. b Independent Assessment 3
3. a Text 1
4. a 1. Nicotine has various effects on the body.
5. a 2. At the beginning of the sentence
6. a 3. Answers may vary
7. b Text 2
8. b 1. More than 50 different kinds of kangaroos are grouped
9. b together in two kangaroo families.
10. b 2. At the beginning of the sentence
11. 3. Answers may vary
12. There is a large number of health problems in Bulacan’s Assessment
citizens. 1. b - a
13. Answers may vary 2. b - a
14. Air Pollution 3. a - b
15. You woke up late. 4. a - b
16. The student studied well. 5. b - a
6. b - a
What’s In 7. a - b
Answers may vary from positive and negative 8. b - a
What’s New 9. b - a
1. Dr; Jose Rizal 10. b - a
2. Answers may vary 11. c
3. Answers may vary 12. b
13. b
Independent Activity 1 14. c
1. e 15. d
2. c
3. a
4. b
5. e
Independent Assessment 1
1. Jogging is good for your health.
2. Reading makes us intelligent.
3. Studying abroad is expensive for ordinary people.
4. Smoking is bad for our health.
5. The grade 8 students have an examination this week.
Independent Activity 2
1. c
2. d
3. a
4. e
5. b
Independent Assessment 2
1. Someone locked the car door.
2. She has many plants in her garden.
3. He ate a lot of food.
4. She won the soccer game.
5. Someone entered the house.
Answer Key
References
Websites
Ishwayuni, S. Pd. 2020. General and Specific Terms. Accessed October 25, 2020
http://repository.ut.ac.id/3806/1/PBIS4208-M1.pdf
Rowling, JK. 2003. Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone. Accessed October 25, 2020.
https://www.reddit.com/r/bipolar/comments/83blxq/how_i_feel_at_the_moment_excerpt
_from_harry/
The Life and Works of Rizal. “On The Story of the Moth” Accessed October 25, 2020.
http://thelifeandworksofrizal.blogspot.com/2011/12/on-story-of-moth.html
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