ENGLISH 7

QUARTER 3 WEEK 6
Activity Sheets
Learning Competency:
EN7RC-IV-g-10.4 Cite evidence to support a general statement
Literature Topic:
“The Centipede” by RONY V. DIAZ
Language Topic:
Citing Textual Evidences

Name:_____________________________________________ Grade & Section:____________________

Parent’s Signature:________________________________ Date accomplished: ________________

Day 1
Initial Task 1. Beliefs vs Conviction
Directions: Differentiate belief from conviction by putting the appropriate phrases that
describe them. Choose your answers from the box.
FEELING OF SOMETHING THAT IS TRUE RATIONAL JUDGMENT
CHANGEABLE UNCHANGEABLE PERSONAL OPINION
CONCRETE INFORMATION STRONG WEAK

BELIEF CONVICTION

Day 2
Initial Task 2: Word Association
Direction. Choose the best synonym for each term. Encircle the letter of your answer.

1. GENERAL
Example Sentence: The general decision of the group is to make the project
immediately.
A. Detailed
B. Individual
C. Partial
D. Overall

2. SPECIFIC
Example Sentence: Is there anything specific food that you want for dinner?
A. Particular
B. Common
C. Majority
D. Whole

3. CITE
Example Sentence: They cite several sources in their research paper.
A. Disregard
B. Forget
C. Mention
D. Neglect

4. EVIDENCE
Example Sentence: The detective collects evidence so she can prove who the suspect
is.
A. Guess
B. Proof
C. Opinion
D. Superstition
Initial Task 3. Pretest on General And Specific Statements
Answer the following questions. Write the letter of your answer on the space provided before
the number.
_____1. Which of the following is a general statement?

A. Ma’am Lovely is a teacher.

B. Ma’am Lovely is an English teacher at Passi National High School.
C. Ma’am Lovely teaches the subject English to Grade 7 students.
D. Ma’am Lovely is assigned to teach English to five sections from Monday to Thursday.

______2. Which of the following is a specific statement?

A. In the story, Delia doesn’t like her brother Eddie.

B. Delia hates Eddie.
C. Delia has been in conflict with Eddie ever since.
D. Delia provokes Eddie, her brother, by way of attacking and destroying his pet and
other important things in Eddie’s life.

Day 3
Initial Task 4: Viewing Vids. Watch and listen to the video and answer some guide
questions on your notebook. m.youtube.com/watch?v+iP7HnX5mr5c
1. Based on the video, what is a close synonym to “evidence”?

2.. Textual evidence can be found where?

STUDY NOTES:

General statements are representations of broader ideas. The ideas or statements need
further explanation.

Example: Ma’am Lovely is a teacher.

Specific statements, on the other hand, are representations of supporting details or

evidence related to the general statements.

Example: Ma’am Lovely is an English teacher at Passi National High School.

TEXT EVIDENCE- it is the details and examples that come straight from the text. It is all
about proving your analysis.

 Evidence can be found in both fiction texts such as novels, poems, or short stories.
 In non-fiction such as scientific articles and biographies, you might use statistical
data or specialized knowledge found in the passage to support the general statement.
 Good readers can cite evidence by including a quotation or exact sentences from the
text or paraphrasing the author’s words or ideas.

STEPS IN FINDING EVIDENCES FROM THE PASSAGE OR TEXT

1. Read and understand the question or claim.

2. Closely read the text to find the answer.
3. Note inferences and quotations from the passage that support the answer or claim.
4. Cite evidence by including quotations of the excerpt or by using these phrases:
according to “name of the character”, paragraph number ____ states that . . . , the author
stated that . . .

In order to cite evidences, here are ways that you may follow:

1.Quote it directly. Place in quotation marks everything that comes directly from the text.

Example: “the welfare of our students remains to be our top priority,” education secretary
Leonor M. Briones said.

2. Paraphrase it. In your own words, restate an idea from the text. Example: according to
Secretary Briones, DepEd will prioritize the students first before anything else.
 Day 4
READING TEXT: “THE CENTIPEDE” BY RONY V. DIAZ.

• Rony V. Diaz is an award-winning Filipino writer. He has won several Palanca Awards.
• He joined The Manila Times in 2001 as executive director.
• He eventually became publisher and president of the Manila Times School of Journalism.

HERE IS THE SUMMARY OF THE STORY:

THE CENTIPEDE BY RONY V. DIAZ

(1) Eddie is a little kid who often gets picked on by his sister. He describes a time when
he went into her dollhouse and broke one of her dolls and she got so angry that she fell down,
foaming at the mouth, and had to go to the hospital.

(2) Ever since then, the family has to be calm around her and work at not angering her or
inspiring any extreme emotion because she has a weak heart. So Eddie tries to understand her
condition.

(3) He didn’t mind it when Delia complains about his pigeons and they have to let them
go. He cries, but doesn't fight back when she burns his butterflies. He says nothing when she
asks that his monkey be killed because it is mocking her.

(4) While on a hunting trip with his father, Eddie met a dog that he adopts and names it
Biryuk. Eddie narrates how the dog has helped him since, how he hangs out with it every day,
and why the dog is important to him.

(5) And one day he sees his sister beating it with a stick. He says nothing, because he
shouldn't upset her, but his hatred is building from all the times that she has been cruel to him
and destroyed the things that he loves.

(6) She tells Eddie that if he allows the dog in the house again, she will have their helper
kill the dog, because it ruined her slippers. He runs after the dog, calling it. He finally gets close
enough to see it, though it won't come to him or allow him to touch it, and he sees that his
sister has punctured the dog's eye.

(7) When Eddie comes home, Berto, their helper, shows him a centipede that he found
under a log while chopping wood. Eddie kills the centipede so that it won't hurt him while
carrying it. He goes inside the house and sees her sister Delia embroidering. Suddenly, Eddie
throws the centipede in his sister's lap!

(8) She screams, accuses him of trying to kill her, and falls down, clutching her chest in
pain, moaning. He feels bad, saying that the centipede is dead (it can't hurt her), but she doesn't
move.

Discovery Task 1: Comprehension Check

1. Who among the siblings is fond of animals? Cite evidences from the text to prove your
answer.
_______________________________________________________

2. Describe the relationship between the siblings Eddie and Delia.

_______________________________________________________

3. If you were the father, what would you do to guide your children and help them
maintain a harmonious relationship?
_______________________________________________________

DAY 5
Discovery Task 2. Poem Analysis
Read the poem, “A Boundless Moment” by Robert Frost. Then, answer the following questions
by citing evidences from the text.

A BOUNDLESS MOMENT
By Robert Frost

He halted in the wind, and, what was that Far in the maples, pale, but not a ghost? He stood
there bringing March against his thought, And yet too ready to believe the most.
'Oh, that's the Paradise-in-bloom,' I said; And truly it was fair enough for flowers had we but in
us to assume in March Such white luxuriance of May for ours.

We stood a moment so in a strange world, Myself as one his own pretense deceives; And then I
said the truth (and we moved on). A young beech clinging to its last year's leaves.

1. What season is it in the poem? How do you know? _____________________________________

2. What joke does the speaker in the poem tell his companion? How do you know that it is a
joke? ____________________________________________________________________________________

3. How do the two men in the poem feel about the present season and weather? How do you
know? ___________________________________________________________________________________

Day 6
SUMMATIVE TEST FOR ENGLISH 7 Q3W6
Test 1. Read the excerpt from the story, “The Centipede”. Based on the evidences found in
the text, choose the letter of the correct answer for each item.
WHEN I SAW my sister, Delia, beating my dog with a stick, I felt hate heave like a caged, angry beast in my
chest. Out in the sun, the hair of my sister glinted like metal and, in her brown dress, she looked like a sheathed
dagger. Biryuk hugged the earth and screamed but I could not bound forward nor cry out to my sister. She had a weak
heart and she must not be surprised. So I held myself, my throat swelled, and I felt hate rear and plunge in its cage of
ribs . . . My sister was the meanest creature I knew. She was eight when I was born, the day my mother died. Although
we continued to live in the same house, she had gone, it seemed, to another country from where she looked at me with
increasing annoyance and contempt.

1. According to Eddie, Delia is the meanest girl he knew. What could be the reason why Delia
used her illness as an excuse to keep destroying the things that mattered most to Eddie?
A. She and Eddie didn’t know each other very well.
B. She can’t control her sadistic tendencies toward animals.
C. Her father failed to discipline her.
D. She believed that Eddie’s birth is the cause of their mother’s death.

2. Why was Eddie’s pet dog, Biryuk, whimpering and screaming in pain?
A. Biryuk suffered greatly from the hands of Eddie’s mean sister Delia because she hit the
poor dog with a stick.
B. Biryuk was so hungry until it got to the point that he hugged the earth and stuffed some
of the dirt in his mouth, and he was choked.
C. The earth beneath his paws was irritating him, and he wanted to get the attention of Eddie
who was clearly absent-minded of the situation.
D. Eddie remained ignorant of the dog’s predicament.

3. Are Eddie’s actions justified when he stayed unresponsive and tolerated the behavior of his
sister even when she had become overbearing and plain hostile to animals?
A. No, because he didn’t care of his dog’s situation at all.
B. Yes, because his sister is more important that his dog.
C. No, because Delia’s behavior deserves to be corrected.
D. Yes, because he was concerned of his sister’s heart condition.

TEST 2. Identify what is asked in each item located in column a. Revisit the text, “the
Centipede” to justify your answers.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
4. a helper in Delia and Eddie’s house A. Rony V. Diaz
5. name of younger sibling’s pet dog B. Eddie
6. author of The Centipede C. NVM Gonzalez
7. the elder sibling who has a heart problem D. Berto
8. the younger sibling who loves animals E. Don Esteban
F. Delia

TEST 3. ENUMERATION
For numbers 9-10, enumerate the two ways in citing evidence from a text.
 Answer Key

Initial Task 1 Initial Task 2

BELIEF 1. D
 Feeling of something that is true 2. A
 Changeable 3. C
 Personal opinion 4. B
 Weak
CONVICTION
 Rational judgment
 Unchangeable
 Concrete information
 Strong

Initial Task 3
1. A
2. D
Initial Task 4
1. Proof
2. Textual evidence can be found in the text or
passage itself.
Discovery Task 1
Comprehension Check:
Possible answers:
1. Eddie is fond of animals. According to paragraph
3 of the summary, Eddie owns pigeons,
butterflies, and a monkey. In paragraph 4, he
also has a pet dog named Biryuk.
2. The siblings do not get along well because Delia
often picks Eddie as stated in Paragraph 1.
3. If I were the father, I would tell them to get along
because members of the family should look after
each other because in the end, one’s last refuge is
ultimately the family. A family is, after all,
bonded with love.
Discovery Task 2
(Students’ opinions may vary)
Possible answers:
1. The season mentioned in the poem is the
transition between Winter and Spring. The
textual evidences are the following:
March , which is constantly mentioned, is a
month where Winter turns into Spring.
The first stanza and the last line in the third
stanza suggests the end of winter in the lines,
“Far in the maples, pale, but not a ghost?”
and “A young beech clinging to its last year's
leaves.”
2. They are jokingly referring to the season as if
it’s already spring as described in stanza 2,
but ultimately, they accepted the reality that
it’s still winter.
3. The two men feel excited even though it’s
winter since they are expecting something
exhilarating in the coming Spring season.