Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Regional Office IX, Zamboanga Peninsula

9 Zest for Progress

Z Peal of artnership

English
Quarter 2 - Module 3:

Taking the Courage

Name of Learner: ___________________________

Grade & Section: ___________________________
Name of School: ___________________________
 What I Need to Know

As a responsible student who is willing to respond to issues and concerns, you

must take the courage to act on your thoughts.
This module contains compositions that will help you boost your self-
confidence, maximizing your full potentials.

In charting the course of your journey in this module, you are expected to:
• determine the underlying meaning of the text;
• make a connection between the text to self.; and
• value the importance of encouraging oneself in facing particular social
issues, concerns and dispositions in life.

What’s In
Examine the following realities and provide for a better response.
Reality Usual Reaction/Response Better Response

“Oh No! We are surely going to

die!”
COVID-19
Pandemic
“There is no use wearing
masks. It won’t help at all.”

“This is all the government’s

fault since they cannot provide
employment to everyone.”

Poverty
“It’s okay not to work. Let’s just
wait for the 4Ps release.”

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 What’s New
Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.

FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND

One night I dreamed a dream.

As I was walking along the beach with my Lord.
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to me and one to my Lord.

After the last scene of my life flashed before me,

I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that at many times along the path of my life,
especially at the very lowest and saddest times,
there was only one set of footprints.

This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it.

"Lord, you said once I decided to follow you,
You'd walk with me all the way.
But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life,
there was only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me."

He whispered, "My precious child, I love you and will never leave you
Never, ever, during your trials and testing.
When you saw only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you."

Source: “Footprints in the Sand Poem | Beautiful Poem from Only the Bible.com,”
Onlythebible.com, Accessed August 16, 2020,
https://www.onlythebible.com/Poems/Footprints-in-the-Sand-Poem.html

1. Who were in the dream?

2. What were they doing? Where?

3. What did the speaker see?

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4. What did he notice that made him confused? Why?

5. What was the revelation at the end of the poem?

6. How did you feel as the poem ended?

7. Was there ever a time that you felt so alone in the world? Share your experience.

8. What lesson did you get from the poem? Explain your answer.

What is it

The poem Footprints in the Sand is a narrative poem since it tells us a story. It is
also an allegory – a poem when interpreted reveals a hidden meaning, typically a
moral one.

As a literary device, an allegory is a narrative in which a character, place, or

event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and
occurrences. Authors have used allegory throughout history in all forms
of art to illustrate or convey complex ideas and concepts in ways that are
comprehensible or striking to its viewers, readers, or listeners.
Writers and speakers typically use allegories to convey (semi-)hidden or
complex meanings through symbolic figures, actions, imagery, or events,
which together create the moral, spiritual, or political meaning the author
wishes to convey. Many allegories use personification of abstract concepts.

Source: “Allegory.” Wikipedia, Accessed August 16, 2020,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory.

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 What’s More

Activity 1: Story Time

Directions: Illustrate the events from the poem Footprints in the Sand. You may
opt to draw or cut pictures. Be creative, do as you wish.

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Activity 2: Text-to-Self Connection

Directions: Connect the poem Footprints in the Sand to your own experiences or
something that had happened to you. Use the graphic organizer below.

Text-to-Self Connection

I read… My connection is…

Activity 3: Thanksgiving Time

Directions: Craft a Thank You Card expressing your gratitude to someone who
helped you in times of problems, - someone whom God used as instrument of His
Grace in helping you overcome the problem.

(Paste a copy of your card here.

Make sure you sent a copy of this card to the person you want to thank.)

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 What I Have Learned

In 5-4-3-2-1

Directions: Explain your answers or provide the following.

A. Summarize the events in the poem Footprints in the Sand in 5 sentences.

1. _______________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________
4. _______________________________________________________
5. _______________________________________________________

B. What are your realizations after reading and analyzing the poem? In 4 sentences
1. _______________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________
4. _______________________________________________________

C. To whom are you grateful for after the revelation? In 3 sentences.

1. _______________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________

D. What is an allegory? What is a narrative poem? In 2 sentences

1. _______________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________

E. How did you find the lesson? In 1 sentence.

1. _______________________________________________________

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 What I Can Do

Getting Deeper

Directions: Create a graffiti design for your wall that would remind you of the lesson
you learned from this module- something that will encourage you in facing challenges
in life. You may do it in a separate piece of paper and clip a copy in this module.

Sample graffiti:
Designed by vectorstock (Image #33645069 at VectorStock.com) Designed by fashanbd (Image #31119645 at VectorStock.com)

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 Assessment
Let us check how well you have mastered the lesson in this module.

Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answers on the space
before each number.

_____1. Which is NOT true in the poem Footprints in the Sand?

A. the speaker was dreaming
B. he was walking with the Lord
C. there were only one set of footprints all throughout the scenes
D. only the saddest scenes of his life was flashed across the sky

_____2. Why was the speaker in the poem Footprints in the Sand confused
upon seeing there was only one set of footprints during the lowest and
saddest times of his life?
A. He thought God left him all alone during those times.
B. He was not looking at the scenes flashed across the sky.
C. Those times, he was with somebody.
D. He did not understand what happened in his life.

_____3. “It was then that I carried you.”

What is meant by that line?

A. God is always with us.
B. God is the one carrying our burdens.
C. God cares and loves us
D. All of the above.

_____4. Which is NOT true about the poem Footprints in the Sand?
A. It is an epic poetry
B. It tells us a story.
C. It teaches us morale.
D. It is an allegory.

_____5. Which best describes the poem’s mood?

A. lively B. melancholy C. engaging D. inspiring

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6-10. Arrange the pictures coherently as that of the events in the poem Footprints in
the Sand.

A. C.
Image:Freepik.com Image:Freepik.com

B D.
Image:Freepik.com Image:Freepik.com

E.
Image:Freepik.com

_____6.

_____7.

_____8.

_____9.

_____10.

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REFERENCES

Online

“Allegory.” Wikipedia, July 21, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory.

“Footprints in the Sand Poem | Beautiful Poem from Only the Bible.com.” Onlythebible.com,
April 26, 2010. https://www.onlythebible.com/Poems/Footprints-in-the-Sand-Poem.html.

Images

Freepik.com. High angle of footprint in the sand at the beach Free Photo.
Freepik.com. Vector illustration of a realistic style of bright glowing lightning isolated on a
dark, natural light effect. Free Vector.
Freepik.com. Flat person sleeping at night in bed background Free Vector.
Freepik.com. Footprints of a man on the desert sand on a sunny day Free Photo.
Freepik.com. Jesus with a children group cartoon character Free Vector.
Vectorstock.com. Designed by vectorstock (Image #33645069 at VectorStock.com).
Vectorstock.com. Designed by fashanbd (Image #31119645 at VectorStock.com).

Development Team

Writer: Maria Cristina Sundiam Estrao

Timalang National High School
Timalang, Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay
Editors/QA: Marjorie R. Daligdig
Garend E. Temporada
Reviewer: Evelyn F. Importante
OIC-CID Chief EPS
Illustrator:

Layout Artist:

Management Team:
Jerry C. Bokingkito
OIC-Assistant SDS
Raymond M. Salvador
OIC-Assistant SDS
Dr. Jeanelyn A. Aleman, CESE
OIC-Schools Division Superintendent

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My Final Farewell
Farewell, dear Fatherland, clime of the sun
caress'd Pearl of the Orient seas, our Eden lost!,
Gladly now I go to give thee this faded life's
best, And were it brighter, fresher, or more
blest
Still would I give it thee, nor count the cost.
On the field of battle, 'mid the frenzy of fight,
Others have given their lives, without doubt or
heed; The place matters not-cypress or laurel or
lily white, Scaffold or open plain, combat or
martyrdom's plight, T is ever the same, to serve
our home and country's need.
I die just when I see the dawn break,
Through the gloom of night, to herald the
day; And if color is lacking my blood thou
shalt take, Pour'd out at need for thy dear
sake
To dye with its crimson the waking ray.
And when the dark night wraps the graveyard
around With only the dead in their vigil to see
Break not my repose or the mystery profound
And perchance thou mayst hear a sad hymn
resound 'T is I, O my country, raising a song
unto thee.
And even my grave is remembered no
more Unmark'd by never a cross nor a
stone
Let the plow sweep through it, the spade turn
it o'er That my ashes may carpet earthly floor,
Before into nothingness at last they are blown.
Then will oblivion bring to me no
care As over thy vales and
plains I sweep;
Throbbing and cleansed in thy space and
air With color and light, with song and
lament I fare, Ever repeating the faith that I
keep.

My dreams, when life first opened to me,
My dreams, when the hopes of youth beat high,
Were to see thy lov'd face, O gem of the Orient
sea From gloom and grief, from care and sorrow
free; No blush on thy brow, no tear in thine eye.
Dream of my life, my living and burning
desire, All hail ! cries the soul that is now to
take flight; All hail ! And sweet it is for thee to
expire ;
To die for thy sake, that thou mayst aspire;
And sleep in thy bosom eternity's long
night.
If over my grave some day thou seest
grow, In the grassy sod, a humble flower,
Draw it to thy lips and kiss my soul so,
While I may feel on my brow in the cold tomb
below The touch of thy tenderness, thy breath's
warm power.
My Fatherland ador'd, that sadness to my
sorrow lends
Beloved Filipinas, hear now my last good-by!
I give thee all: parents and kindred and friends
For I go where no slave before the oppressor
bends, Where faith can never kill, and God
reigns e'er on high!
Farewell to you all, from my soul torn away,
Friends of my childhood in the home
dispossessed ! Give thanks that I rest from the
wearisome day !
Farewell to thee, too, sweet friend that
lightened my way;
Beloved creatures all, farewell! In death there is
rest!

Let the moon beam over me soft and

serene, Let the dawn shed over me its
radiant flashes, Let the wind with sad
lament over me keen ; And if on my cross a
bird should be seen,
Let it trill there its hymn of peace to my
ashes. Let the sun draw the vapors up to
the sky,
And heavenward in purity bear my tardy
protest Let some kind soul o 'er my untimely
fate sigh, And in the still evening a prayer be
lifted on high From thee, 0 my country, that in
God I may rest. (This is the 1911 translation by Charles
Derbyshire of the Spanish original of José
Pray for all those that hapless have died, Rizal's poem, Mi Ultimo Adiós)
For all who have suffered the unmeasur'd pain;
For our mothers that bitterly their woes have
cried,
For widows and orphans, for captives by torture
tried And then for thyself that redemption thou
mayst gain.

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