ENGLISH 7

Quarter II
Module II: Lesson 3
Gifts for the City
 Lesson 3

Introduction

How do you deal with the things or people around you? What do these say about your relationship
with them? You value things and people because these are wonderful blessings from God. They complete
your life, your being.
As you go along with this poem, you will learn how to value or nurture things and people. Likewise,
after reading the poem, you’ll see the goodness in taking care of the environment and you’ll learn just how
to give and share. Now, let us read the poem titled "Gifts for the City" written by Shirley May de Leon.

As you go through this lesson, keep the following in mind:

1. generate thoughts and ideas to activate prior knowledge;
2. define unusual words through context clues;
3. explain the poem by answering guided questions;

What to Know!

Your Text!
Gift Grids. The grid below contains words included in the poem Gifts for the City. Find words and match
them with their meanings in the gift box. Strikethrough the words you can find. Item 1 is done for you.

A B M C D E S M O G
V C N M E N I A L S
E D I S P O S E U P
N R O P Q F K P V H
U E B U R D E N S E
E N R S T G L Q I R
S E U V W H M R L E
G W X Y S P A N T O
H N Z A B I N S S T
S I G N A G E M R E

dispose 1. to get rid of

Silt 2. particles of soil floating in rivers
Avenue 3. a wide street
burden 4. load
Span 5. extend across
Menials 6. work not requiring skill
Sphere 7. combination of smoke and fog
Smog 8. scope or range
Signage 9. use of symbols to communicate
Renew 10. begin again

Gifts for the city

 Shirley Mary de Leon

Along the wide span of sphere

Roads that connect into a sun
Names of leaders have laid their mark
From Garcia, Quirino And Quezon

I walked slowly along the avenues

Thinking of thoughts to help this city, too
From menial tasks to heavy burdens be
I thought of sharing my gifts to see

Follow traffic rules in signage on the streets, please

Dispose Garbage made of paper, plastic and silts
Remember to clear the air of smog
By planting green and shrubs

Gifts as simple as a flower I can give

Simple thoughts to renew each life with a kiss
A person, a student or citizen
There are gifts we can give and share.

Process Questions: Read the poem and answer the following questions in a complete statement.
content- 3, mechanics- 2

1. What is the poem all about?

2. What gifts does the speaker want to give to the city?

3. What does the speaker encourage others to do?

Notes and Prep.

This is Good to Know!
Prepositions

Prepositions are words that show relationship between

objects and people and events. They express relationship
in space and time.
Examples: across, along, in, by, against, to, for, about, above, across, after,
around, at, before, behind, below, beside, between, beyond, from, on, inside,
and others
Let's talk about something different.
Let's meet the day after tomorrow.

A prepositional phrase includes the preposition

together with its object.
Example:

along the avenues (along is the preposition and avenues is the object of
the preposition)

from the poem’s cover (from is the preposition and cover is the object of
the preposition)

Other examples:

The girl from the boarding house left her purse in the
laboratory.

These stories in the book were translated by my teacher.

They were looking for a boy with eye glasses.

That picture behind my table used to hang in the principal’s

office.

Upon my arrival, I was brought into the library.

 Task 3. PO (Preposition and its Object): Write the prepositional phrase in the
arrow and put the object in the box.

Example: The sun rose over the mountain.

over the mountain mountain

1. The learning module inside the big box is mine.

Inside the big box Big box

2. Across the hall, you will see the school library.

Across the hall hall

3. The teacher sat under the tarp and hoped for the rain to stop.

Under the tarp tarp

4. The teacher looked under her table to see if she could find her green ballpen.

Under the table table

5. The book with a beautiful cover has been read few times.

Book with a beautiful book

cover
References
Milagros L. & Serrano, J. (2012). English communication Arts and Skills Through Filipino Literature. 927
Quezon Ave., Quezon City: Phoenix Publishing House, Inc.
https://brainly.ph/question/1853654