Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region V – Bicol
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF CAMARINES NORTE
JOSE PANGANIBAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte

Learning Activity Sheet in English 9

Worksheet No. 7 – Quarter 2

Learner’s Name: ___________________________________ Grade Level/Section: ______________

I. Learning Skills

MELC: Analyze literature as means of understanding unchanging values in the VUCA

(volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) world.

a. Determine the tone, mood, technique and purpose of the author.

b. Infer meanings from the selection and relate it to real life situations
c. Explain how literary text are influenced by one’s culture, status, and/or environment.

II. Introductory Concept

Tone is the author’s attitude toward the topic.

The author’s attitude is expressed through the words and details he or she selects. For example,
textbooks are usually written with an objective tone which includes facts and reasonable
explanations. The objective tone is matter of fact and neutral. The details are mostly facts. On the
other hand, fiction and personal essays are usually written with a subjective tone. A subjective tone
uses words that describe feelings, judgments, or opinions. The details are likely to include
experiences, senses, feelings, and thoughts.

Mood is the general atmosphere created by the author’s words.

Mood is the general feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within the reader. Mood is
produced most effectively through the use of setting, theme, voice, and tone.

Purpose is the reason an author writes about a topic.

An author writes to share a main idea about a topic. An author’s main idea is directly related to the
author’s purpose. One of the three following purposes will drive a main idea: to inform, to entertain,
and to persuade.

III. Activities

Practice Task 1

Choose the appropriate purpose from the box on each item given. Write the letter of your answer
on the space provided.
 a. to convince b. to clarify c. to explain
d. to inspire e. to amuse

________ 1. Just make everything clear, you should answer all of the required activities given to you.

________ 2. According to Walt Disney, ´All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to. ´

________ 3. You should read the instructions first so you will know how to operate it properly.

________ 4. Please take your seat and enjoy all of the scenes presented in our play.

________ 5. A cake requires enough heat in the oven so that the mixture will rise and bake properly.

Practice Task 2

Below is a passage from the book entitled, Kabihug. Read the passage first then answer the following
questions. Encircle the letter of your answer.

Kabihug community gathers its source of livelihood from the nature. Their primary source of
income include: collecting “Pulot Pukyutan” (honeybee) from the forest, hunting wild animals,
fishing on the river or sea. Any form of nature’s blessing is equally divided among the tribe people.
If a wild pig is caught, it will be consumed by all of them. Ancestral domain serves as their land in
which every family reserves its right to build their own house and plant trees and vegetables for
them. The following are some of the ordinary food harvested from the forest: Pudikit, Mahuwos,
Tagbak, Anahaw fruit, Tungaw, Kapido. Likewise are the following: “Natong”, gabi leaf,
malawmalaw (sour leaf), palaka (frog), shrimp, swordfish rice, turmeric, wild pig, chicken.

1. What is the purpose of the author in this selection?

a. to inform b. to entertain c. to persuade

2. What is the tone of the selection?

a. optimistic b. objective c. sentimental

3. Which mood best describes the entire selection?

a. joyful b. serious c. lonely

4. According to the passage, what seems to be a dominant or common trait that the tribe people
share?
a. equality b. competition c. honesty

5. Based from the passage, the Kabihug community gathers and hunts as their primary source
of income from nature which ranges from forests, rivers, or sea. We can conclude that the
Kabihug community…
a. is an entirely secluded tribe people
b. is also a primary source of produce and livestock in our market like farmers
c. is heavily culture-based and nature-oriented people
Practice Task 3

Here is the continuation of the passage from the book, Kabihug:

Kabihug people are engaged in various occupation like gold panning, farming, working among
landowners, fishing particularly crabs or shrimps, and handicraft making. Their old custom of
hunting, gathering and kaingin are still practiced though seldom encouraged as their lifestyle is
eventually becoming less itinerant anymore instead they basically stay in their houses in the
ancestral domain. However, there are some Kabihug who work with their landlords. They perform
“pangongopra” (smoking of coconut meat), harvest and plant palay grains. Others work as house
helpers too.

After reading, answer the following question:

The author describes the livelihood of the Kabihug people and it can be also inferred that the
Kabihug people are hardworking. Based on the passage present, how do you think the author
managed to write these accounts of the Kabihug people?

Refer to this rubric in answering:

Criteria Equivalent Points
Content 5
Organization of Content 5
Vocabulary 5
Grammar 5
Total 20

Assessment

Here is an excerpt from The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe. Read the short selection
and complete the table by filling in your corresponding answers.

But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were half
depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from
among the knights and dames of his court, and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of
his castellated abbeys. This was an extensive and magnificent structure, the creation of the
prince’s own eccentric yet august taste. A strong and lofty wall girdled it in. This wall had gates
of iron. The courtiers, having entered, brought furnaces and massy hammers and welded the
bolts. They resolved to leave means neither of ingress or egress to the sudden impulses of
despair or of frenzy from within. The abbey was amply provisioned. With such precautions the
courtiers might bid defiance to contagion. The external world could take care of itself. In the
meantime it was folly to grieve, or to think. The prince had provided all the appliances of pleasure.
There were buffoons, there were improvisatory, there were ballet-dancers, there were musicians,
there was Beauty, there was wine. All these and security were within. Without was the “Red
Death.”
 Characteristics Answer

Tone

Mood (adjective word)

Purpose

How do you describe the writer/author of this

selection?

IV. References

Abad, D.J. (2019) Kabihug pg. 39

Edgar Allan Poe, “The Masque of the Red Death ” (Text-04), Broadway Journal (New York,
NY), vol. II, no. 2, July 19, 1845, pp. 17-19. Retrieved from
https://www.eapoe.org/works/tales/masqueb.htm

Prepared by:

John Christopher Gonzales

Teacher I – English Department
Jose Panganiban National High School
Division of Camarines Norte

Quality Assured by:

Eunice M. Lonizo
Head Teacher III – English Department
Jose Panganiban National High School
Division of Camarines Norte