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English
Quarter 4 – Module 6:
Literature as a Tool to Assert One’s
Unique Identity and to Better Understand
Other People

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English – Grade 7
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Quarter 4 – Module 6: Literature as a Tool to Assert One’s Unique Identity and
to Better Understand Other People
Second Edition, 2021

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENT PAGES

WHAT I NEED TO KNOW………………………………………………… 1

WHAT I KNOW 2

WHAT’S IN 2

WHAT’S NEW 2

WHAT IS IT 3

WHAT’S MORE 4

WHAT I HAVE LEARNED --------------------------------- 5

WHAT I CAN DO ---------------------------------------- 5

ASSESSMENT 6

ANSWER KEY 7

REFERENCE LIST 8
 WHAT I NEED TO KNOW
Hello dear students!
Welcome to another module wherein you will learn that literature is a tool to assert
one’s unique identity and discover how useful it is to better understand other people.
You will learn that Literature allows a person to step back in time and learn about life
on Earth from the ones who walked before us. We can gather a better understanding
of culture and have a greater appreciation of them. We learn through the ways history
is recorded, in the forms of manuscripts and through speech itself.13 Nov 2020
In this module, you will be able to assert yourself as a unique person and at the
same time understand other people better through your understanding of literature
through reading and understanding a short story.
Your output will be a notebook where you’ll write your answers and reflections to
the given tasks and activities. Please take note that all answers shall be written in
your activity notebooks, and that there should never be any markings placed in
this module.

Learning Competency
EN7LT-III-g-5 : Discover literature as a tool to assert one’s unique identity
and to better understand other people

Learning Objectives:

After working on this module, you should be able to do the following:

 Discover literature as a tool to assert one’s unique identity and to better

understand other people
 Note specific details of the text read
 Compose a simple narrative about setting aside differences
 Appreciate the importance of literature in asserting one’s uniqueness yet still
understanding other people

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 Pre – Assessment

Directions: Write True if the statement true, and NT if not.

1. Literature only entertains us.

2. Literature is a means of exploring human nature.
3. Literature can be a means of understanding every individual’s
differences.
4. When we read, we are also educated.
5. Diversity and uniqueness are evident in various literary texts.

WHAT’S IN

Congratulations for doing a good job in answering the tasks given to

you! If ever you have not answered everything, don’t worry.
This time let’s continue to learn, learn, and learn.
In the previous module you have learned about the different types of
conflicts. Below is one of the examples given in the previous lesson.

A student lost his report because his laptop has run-out of power.

Do the following:

1. Identify what type of conflict is shown in the situation.

2. How would you resolve such conflict?

WHAT’S NEW

Directions: Group the following foods according to their origin. Use the 3 major islands
of the Philippines as your guide.

Dried mangoes lechon mangosteen buko pie Strawberries

Yema cake la paz batchoy chicken inasal Tuna Marang
bagnet cassava cake kinilaw durian tart

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 Luzon Visayas Mindanao

Was it easy to group the different foods according to their place of origin?

WHAT IS IT

What is literature? What is its importance to us? How can it become a tool to
assert one’s identity and better understand other people?

Literature entertains and educates us. It can teach us about the

past, help us understand the present and empower us to create the future The
greatest literature goes still further. It reveals not only insights of individual and social
character but of the character of Life itself. https://www.google.com/search?

Literature helps us explore human nature-- triumphs, shortcomings, and

failures. We can uncover the thematic message the author communicates to the
reader, gain new perspectives, and learn from the experiences of others-- even if
they are fictional.
Literature doesn’t just make us smarter, however; it makes us “us”, shaping our
consciences and our identities. Strong narratives […] help us develop empathy. […]
individuals who frequently read fiction seem to be better able to understand other
people, empathize with them, and see the world from their perspective […]

With empathy comes self-awareness, of course. By discovering affinities

between ourselves and characters we never imagined we’d be able to comprehend
(like the accused murderer Dimitri Karamazov), we better understand who we are
personally and politically; what we want to change; what we care about
defending.”
https://spywriter.wordpress.com/2012/04/01/literature-helps-you-discover-your-identity/

We are part of a diverse and an ever-changing society. For us to live in

harmony with others, we need to accept our differences, try to understand each
other and not let these differences serve as a hindrance. Just like the grouping of
the different foods to the different regions in the Philippines because they are native
to that place, we as people may also be grouped based on our characteristics
especially on how we approach some situations. However, we don’t need to be
isolated from each other. What we need is to learn to work or live with each other
despite our differences.

One method for doing this is to incorporate literature that encompasses

topics on compassion and tolerance to understand the unique needs of every
individual and help each to deal with vulnerable situations. By reading such books,

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once can learn to develop empathy and can associate an aspect of his or her life
to that of the characters.
https://www.eflmagazine.com/appreciating-individuality-and-identity-through-literature/

WHAT'S MORE

Read the story very well and answer the questions that follow.

"A Shawl for Anita" by Lolita Andrada

My mother brought us up single-handedly. It was a Herculean task for a

woman so frail, dealing with three adolescent children. But she managed. She never
finished high school, but her deft hands had skillfully eked out a living for the four of
us. She was good at knitting. That tided us over until the eldest got a diploma of
teaching. Then she put up a sari-sari store to send the other children to college.
Mother wanted us all to start a college degree and she had sacrificed much to see
us through.
Mother had a soft heart - especially for Anita. Anita was the youngest, and I,
being the middle child, had always envied her. She was sickly and Mother willingly
indulged her. My sister's whimpers never irked her. She was ever so gentle with her
when I was impatient and jealous. I never understood my mother.
My mother who had always been a frail woman was much thinner now. Anita
who was married by now had never stopped being pampered. Her lack of concern
for our mother's failing health was getting on my nerves. I felt like shouting at her,
calling her names when I heard her ask Mother to knit a shawl for her. Mother could
hardly refuse, but I knew that the task was just too much for her. Her fingers had lost
their flexibility; rheumatic pain told on her knuckles that felt a million pins pricking. My
heart went out to her every time I saw her painfully the knitting needles into the yarn.
The rest of us did not want to see Mother lift a finger. She was too old to work, and
we wanted to save her the burden of doing even the lightest household chores.
Mother said she felt useless being cooped up in the house all day, doing nothing.
That was before Anita sweet talked her into knitting her shawl. I was beginning to
hate Anita for being so callous.
Knitting the shawl might have been an agony for Mother, but she never
showed any pain. At the end of the day, she would look at her handiwork, a smile
on her lips as she held it against her. Knitting proved to be a slow process, but
Mother didn't mind, I did and when Anita showed up one day to visit Mother I
scolded her for being so thoughtless. Anita touched my arm and in a gentle voice
said, "I did it for Mother. That shawl is giving her reason to live. She was wasting away,
didn't you notice? She felt so useless because she had nothing to do, no matter how
small. Mother is one person who prefers to live her life working. If she stops working,

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she will stop living." I nodded my head. Perhaps Anita was right. I was beginning to
understand my mother.

Process Questions: Answer the following questions in your notebooks.

1. Who is the narrator?
2. What can you say about the narrator’s character?
3. Who is Anita? Say something about her character.
4. Based on the turnout of events in the story, should we just judge people
immediately on their actions? Why or why not?

WHAT I HAVE LEARNED

Directions: Review the lesson on LITERATURE AS TOOL on asserting one’s unique

identity and to better understand other people. Then write your reflections in
your notebook by finishing up the unfinished statements below.
1. I have learned that .

2. I have realized that .

3. I will apply .

WHAT I CAN DO

Directions: Compose a simple narrative about setting aside differences, emphasizing

assertion of one’s unique identity to better understand other people. Be guided by
the rubrics.

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 https://www.whsd.net/userfiles/1650/Classes/16431/KidFriendlyNarrativeRubric.pdf

ASSESSMENT

the statement or idea is true and F if the idea is false.

1. Themes about living harmoniously are also tackled in literature.

2. Readers cannot relate to fictional characters.

3. Literature does not help us explore human nature-- triumphs, shortcomings,

and failures.

4. We can also learn from experiences of others.

5. Literary pieces helps validate or invalidate our identities.

Congratulations for a job well-done!

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ANSWER KEY

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 REFERENCE LIST

“Kid-Friendly, Narrative Writing Scoring Guidelines.” Accessed February 16, 2022.

https://www.whsd.net/userfiles/1650/Classes/16431/KidFriendlyNarrativeRubric.pdf.

“Literature Helps You Discover Your Identity.” Reading. Writing. Spying., April 1, 2012.
https://spywriter.wordpress.com/2012/04/01/literature-helps-you-discover-your-identity/.

Elhess, Mohamed, and Mohamed Elhess Mohamed Elhess an adjunct faculty at the College of
Education at Washington State University. He teaches courses in the English as Second
Langu. “Appreciating Individuality and Identity through Literature.” EFL Magazine,
October 12, 2018. https://eflmagazine.com/appreciating-individuality-and-identity-through-
literature/.

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