Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region V-Bicol
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF ALBAY

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET IN ENGLISH 10

Worksheet No.2, Quarter 1
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THOUGHT ORGANIZING TOOLS
I. LEARNING SKILLS
A. Most Essential Learning Competency
MELC 2. Determine the effect of textual aids like advance organizers, titles,
nonlinear illustrations, etc. on the understanding of a text
B. Objective
Use textual aids in organizing ideas expressed in the reading material

II. INTRODUCTORY CONCEPT

Are you fond of reading stories? Stories do not only entertain us but encourage us to reflect
on the lessons that the authors want to share. Furthermore, reading stories develop our
reading skills. One of these skills is organizing ideas that are expressed in the story.
As a reader, you must take note of the important story elements for you to better
comprehend what you read. Oftentimes, you need to arrange, cluster, and present the ideas
in the story in creative ways and use several tools that can visually represent your thoughts.
A student like you must be familiar with the different elements that make up a story. Study
the table below for you to get acquainted with these elements.

ELEMENTS OF STORY
The time and place in which the events of the story occurred. (weather, social,
Setting
cultural conditions, and atmosphere)
Character Person or animal who takes part in the action of the story.

Plot The series of events in the story.

Conflict The problem or the opposition of forces which ties one incident to another.
Point of The angle from which the story is told.
View (First person (“I”), second person (“You”) or third person (“he/she/it”).
Theme The controlling idea or central argument the author is trying to convey.

Five Stages of Plot

 1. Introduction/Exposition- The beginning of the story where the characters and the
setting are revealed.
2. Rising Action- This is where the events in the story become complicated and the
conflict in the story is revealed.
3. Climax- This is the highest point of interest and the turning point of the story.
4. Falling Action- The events and complications begin to resolve themselves.
5. Denouement/Resolution- This is the final outcome or untangling of events in the story.
Source: Lorna Cammille. Elements of Short Story. https://www.slideshare.net/lornacammille/elements-of-short-story

GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS are visual display of key content information designed to

benefit learners who have difficulty organizing information (Fisher and Schumaker, 1995).
These are useful tools in presenting and organizing information. They are meant to help
students clearly visualize how ideas are organized within a text
or surrounding a concept.
Some of the helpful organizers you should know:
Concept Map- A general organizer that shows central idea
with its corresponding characteristics. Concept Map can take
many different shapes and are excellent for brainstorming,
activating prior knowledge or generating synonyms.
Flow Diagram or Sequence Chart- a chart that shows series
of steps or events in the order in which they take place. Any
concept that has distinct order can be displayed in this type of
organizer
Compare/Contrast/Venn
Diagram- used to identify the
similarities and differences
between two or more concepts.

Cause-and-Effect Diagram- highlights the direct relationship

between different events or concepts

Plot Diagram /Organizer - used to show the series of events happened in

the story.
Source: Raniel Villamin.Textual Aids. https://www.slideshare.net/RanieLiveroVillamin/textual-aids

III. ACTIVITIES
A. PRACTICE TASKS

Practice Task 1. Time on the Line

Read the story of “Daedalus and Icarus”. As you read the story, imagine the places
and the actions of the characters. Then, accomplish the graphic organizer below. Tell us
what happened in each of the following places. Through this, you’ll easily recall important
happenings in each of the significant places in the story. The first one is done for you.
1. The palace of Minos 2. In prison 3. Icarus in the sea 4.Sicily
Source: English 10 Learner’s Manual, p.17

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 Daedalus and Icarus
Nick Pontikis

Daedalus-his name means “skilled worker” – was a famous architect, inventor, and master
craftsman known for having created many objects that figure prominently in various myths.
He had a beloved son named Icarus.
Among the many inventions and creations crafted by Daedalus were the wooden cow he
constructed for Queen Pasiphae, the Labyrinth of the Minotaur at Knossos on the island of
Crete, artificial wings for himself and his son Icarus, and he was even said to have invented
images. The infamous Labyrinth was so cunningly crafted that Daedalus himself could barely
find his way out after constructing it. With countless winding passages and turns that opened
into one another, the Labyrinth appeared to have neither beginning nor end. Daedalus built
the maze to imprison the Minotaur, half man – half bull beast.
His homeland was Athens but his parentage is uncertain. Alcippe, Merope, and Iphinoe are
all mentioned at the different times as being his mother. His father’s identity was never
precisely established, but many claimed that it was Metion, son of Erectheus.For a short
time, his apprentice was his sister’s son Perdix. But Daedalus was so proud of his
achievements that he could not bear the idea of a rival. His sister had placed her son Perdix
under his charge to be taught the mechanical arts.
Perdix was an apt scholar and showed striking evidence of ingenuity. Walking on the
seashore, he picked up the spine of a fish. According to Ovid, imitating it, he took a piece of
iron and notched it on the edge, and thus invented the saw.Perdix also put two pieces of iron
together, connecting them at one end with a rivet, and sharpening the other ends, and made
a pair of compasses.
Daedalus was so envious of his nephew’s accomplishments that he seized an opportunity to
toss him from the hill of the Acropolis. As he was plunging to his death, however, the
goddess Athena turned Perdix into a partridge to save him. Other sources claim instead that
his apprentice was his nephew Talos. They say that it was Talos, at the age of twelve, who
displayed a skill that nearly rivaled his mentor’s. Daedalus, fearing that the boy would
surpass him in talent, murdered the boy by tossing him from the Acropolis of Athens.
He was then tried at the Aeropaus, which was the ancient Greek court, and banished from
his home city of Athens. He fled to the island of Crete, where he began to work at the court of
King Minos and Queen Pasiphae, in the magnificent place of Knossos. It is said that
Daedalus was the first to conceive masts and sails for ships for the navy of Minos, helping
Crete become a naval power. The statues he carved were so exquisite, they looked as if they
were alive. It is said that they would have escaped were it not for the chain that bound them
to the palace wall.
Daedalus also constructed a wooden cow for the queen to hide in to satisfy her amorous
longings for a white bull sent by Poseidon. When the dreadful Minotaur was born, Daedalus
built the Labyrinth to contain the monstrous half-man, half-bull. For years, Minos demanded a
tribute of youths from Athens to feed the creature as punishment for the accidental killing of
his son while he was visiting Athens. Eventually, the Athenian hero Theseus came to Crete to
attempt to slay the Minotaur. Princess Ariadne, daughter of King Minos and Queen Pasiphae,
fell in love with Theseus and asked Daedalus to help him.
Daedalus gave her a flaxen thread for Theseus to tie to the door of the Labyrinth as he
entered, and by which he could find his way out after killing the monster. Theseus
succeeded, and escaped Crete with Ariadne. Minos enraged at the loss of his daughter, not
to mention the killing of his pet Minotaur, shut Daedalus and his son Icarus into the Labyrinth,
knowing that Theseus could not have accomplished the deed without inside help.
Daedalus managed to get out of the Labyrinth – after all, he had built it and knew his way
around. Daedalus decided that he and his son Icarus had to leave Crete and get away from
Minos before he brought them harm. However, Minos controlled the sea around Crete. The
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King kept strict watch on all vessels, permitting none to sail without being carefully searched
by his soldiers. Since Minos controlled the land and sea routes, and there was no route of
escape there; Daedalus realized that the only way out was by air. But only the gods could fly!
To escape, Daedalus built wings for himself and Icarus, fashioned with feathers held
together with wax. Daedalus tried the wings on himself first and was satisfied that his plan
would work. Before taking off from the island, Daedalus warned his son to follow closely
behind him. He sternly cautioned Icarus not to fly too close to the sun, as it would melt his
wings, and not too close to the sea, as it would dampen them and make it hard to fly. They
successfully flew from Crete, but Icarus grew exhilarated by the thrill of flying and began
getting careless. The father and the son passed the islands of Samos, Delos and Lebynthos,
and the further away the Crete they flew, the more cocky became Icarus. Forgetting his
father’s stern advice, Icarus flew too close to the sun god Helios, who was pulling the sun
behind his chariot high in the sky.
The wax holding together his wings softened and melted from the head and, try as he might,
Icarus could not prevent the feathers from falling off his body. Furiously he flapped his arms,
but soon no feathers at all were left as he fell to his death, drowning in the sea, as his
helpless father in anguish watched his son perish. His father cried, bitterly lamenting his owl
arts, and called the land near the place where Icarus fell into the ocean Icaria in memory of
his child. The Icarian Sea, where he fell, as forever named after him and it is said that the
great hero Heracles (Hercules), who was passing by, gave him proper burial. Daedalus
grieved for his dead son and then continued to Sicily, where he came to stay at the court of
Cocalus in a place called Camicus. On the island’s south coast, Daedalus built a temple for
Apollo, and hung up his wings, as an offering to the Olympian god.
But vengeful King Minos wasn’t quite done – he then went in the pursuit of Daedalus, hoping
to locate and trick the great inventor into revealing himself. At each city he visited, Minos
offered a reward to whoever could thread a spiral seashell, a seemingly impossible task.
Eventually, Minos came to Camicus in Sicily and presented the contest at Cocalus’ court.
Cocalus knew of Daedalus’ talents, and gave the shell to him. The clever Daedalus tied the
string to an ant, placed the ant at one end of the shell, and allowed the ant to walk through
the spiral chambers until it came out the other end.
When Minos saw that someone had solved the puzzle, he demanded that Cocalus surrender
Daedalus, for he insisted that only he would have been inventive enough to solve the task.
King Cocalus promised to do so, but he persuaded Minos to first take a bath and stay for
some entertainment. Minos agreed, and was consequently murdered by Cocalus’ daughters,
who had been totally impressed by the toys and gifts which Daedalus had bestowed upon
them and did not want any harm to come to him.

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Daedalus eventually left Camicus, much to the dismay of King Cocalus and his daughters

Reference: English 10 Learners Material pages 13 -15

This is the place where

Daedalus met and worked for
King Minos who ruined his life
by imprisoning him and his
son in the labyrinth

and ended up in Sardinia with a group led by lolaus, who was a nephew of Heracles.
Practice Task 2. Fill Me Up Buttercup
Fill in the required information for each section in the plot organizer below. You may
go over once again the story of Daedalus and Icarus. By accomplishing this, you’ll be able to
give the summary of the story.

Practice Task 3. The Work is Yours: Challenge Accepted

Daedalus and Icarus needed to overcome many personal challenges to escape from
the cruel living. Just like them, we also experienced challenges. Share and compare the
personal challenges of Daedalus and Icarus and the personal challenges you have
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experienced. Work on the following Venn Diagrams. Be guided by the labels on each
diagram.

B. ASSESSMENT
Read the article below then identify the important points. Organize in a graphic
organizer. You have the freedom to choose on what type of textual aid you want to utilize.
Write your answer on a sheet of paper.

Protecting Yourself and Others from the Spread of COVID-19

You can reduce your chances of being infected or spreading COVID-19 by taking some
simple precautions:
❖ Regularly and thoroughly clean your hands with an alcohol-based hand rub or wash
them with soap and water. Why? Washing your hands with soap and water or using
alcohol-based hand rub kills viruses that may be on your hands.
❖ Maintain at least 1 metre (3 feet) distance between yourself and others. Why? When
someone coughs, sneezes, or speaks they spray small liquid droplets from their nose
or mouth which may contain virus. If you are too close, you can breathe in the
droplets, including the COVID-19 virus if the person has the disease.
❖ Avoid going to crowded places. Why? Where people come together in crowds, you
are more likely to come into close contact with someone that has COVID-19 and it is
more difficult to maintain physical distance of 1 metre (3 feet).
❖ Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth. Why? Hands touch many surfaces and can
pick up viruses. Once contaminated, hands can transfer the virus to your eyes, nose
or mouth. From there, the virus can enter your body and infect you.
❖ Make sure you, and the people around you, follow good respiratory hygiene. This
means covering your mouth and nose with your bent elbow or tissue when you cough
or sneeze. Then dispose of the used tissue immediately and wash your hands. Why?
Droplets spread virus. By following good respiratory hygiene, you protect the people
around you from viruses such as cold, flu and COVID19.
❖ Stay home and self-isolate even with minor symptoms such as cough, headache, mild
fever, until you recover. Have someone bring you supplies. If you need to leave your
house, wear a mask to avoid infecting others. Why? Avoiding contact with others will
protect them from possible COVID-19 and other viruses.
❖ If you have a fever, cough and difficulty in breathing, seek medical attention, but call
by telephone in advance if possible and follow the directions of your local health
authority. Why? National and local authorities will have the most up to date
information on the situation in your area. Calling in advance will allow your health care
provider to quickly direct you to the right health facility. This will also protect you and
help prevent spread of viruses and other infections.

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 ❖ Keep up to date on the latest information from trusted sources, such as WHO or your
local and national health authorities. Why? Local and national authorities are best
placed to advise on what people in your area should be doing to protect themselves.

Source: World Health Organization. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the
public
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public. Last updated 29 April 2020
IV. REFLECTION
In three to five sentences, explain the importance of graphic organizers in presenting
and organizing ideas.
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V. REFERENCES
● English 10 Learners Material pages 13-15
● English 10 Learner’s Manual, p.17
● Grade 10 Quarter 1-Module 2 SLM Thought Organizing Tools. Department of Education Region V.
● Lorna Cammille. Elements of Short Story. https://www.slideshare.net/lornacammille/elements-of-
shortstory
● Raniel Villamin.Textual Aids. https://www.slideshare.net/RanieLiveroVillamin/textual-aids
● World Health Organization. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public. Last updated 29
April 2020

Congratulations! You have completed your learning adventure! Good luck on your
next learning journey!

Prepared by:

JOVITO A. BRIONES, JR.,Teacher II

Nagotgot High School, Albay Division
Quality Assured by:

LOURDES COLASI, SSP I, Joroan NHS

EDEN I. BOBIS, APII/OIC, San Juan HS
SANCHO B. BOLAÑOS JR., Teacher II, Bonga NHS
VI. Key to Correction