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Health
Quarter 1

LEARNER’S MATERIAL

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Lesson 1: Dimensions of Holistic
Health 1-2
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This module was designed and written with what you have in mind. It will help you
master the Dimensions of holistic health. The scope of this module permits it to be used in
many different learning situations. The language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level
of students. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course. But the
order in which you read them can be changed to correspond with the textbook you are now
using.

The module discusses about:

Lesson 1: Dimensions of Holistic Health:

After going through this module, you are expected to:
 explain the dimensions of holistic health (physical, mental/intellectual,
 emotional, social and moral-spiritual;
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Learning Task 1 The result of your pre-test will check your present knowledge,
understanding and skills about dimensions of holistic health.

Pre-Assessment
Directions: Read the questions carefully. Write the letter of your answer in a sheet of paper.

____1. It refers to the state of complete physical, mental or intellectual,

emotional, social, moral- spiritual and environmental well-being.
A. Health
B. Physical Health
C. Social Health
D. Emotional Health

____2. It refers to the well-being of an individual.

A. Physical Health
B. Mental Health
C. Moral Health
D. Emotional Health

____3. It refers to the ability of an individual to rationalize things.

A. Physical Health
B. Mental Health
C. Moral Health
D. Emotional Health

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____4. It refers to the ability of an individual to accept failure,
understanding and liking oneself.
A. Mental Health
B. Physical Health
C. Moral Health
D. Emotional Health

____5. It refers to the effect or hazard brought by the contaminated

products to human being.
A. Moral Health
B. Mental Health
C. Environmental Health
D. Emotional Health

____6. It means to lessen the amount of waste materials.

A. Reuse
B. Recycle
C. Refuse
D. Reduce

____7. It is the process by which the object is transformed into alternative

value and use.
A. Reuse
B. Reduce
C. Repurpose
D. Recycle

____8. It refers to one’s beliefs and values.

A. Moral- spiritual Health
B. Social Health
C. Emotional Health
D. Physical Health

____9. It refers to building relationship with your community.

A. Physical Health
B. Holistic Health
C. Social Health
D. Moral Health

____10. It refers to connection of mind, body and spirit.

A. Physical health
B. Health
C. Holistic Health
D. Economic Health

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____11. It refers to the mostly decomposable food waste.
A. Rubbish
B. Garbage
C. Hazardous material
D. Food poison

____12. It is not included in the dimension of holistic health.

A. Physical Health
B. Emotional Health
C. Environmental Health
D. Economic Health

____13. It is the best way to improve your mental well-being.

A. Tell yourself something positive
B. Eat junk foods
C. Sleep late at night
D. Be secretive

____14. It is an example of emotional health.

A. Saying “ I Love You” to your parents
B. Attending to Sunday Mass
C. Going out with friends
D. Throwing garbage into the garbage bin

____15. It is an aspect of spending quality time with family on weekend.

A. Social
B. Mental
C. Emotional
D. Environmental

Holistic health is an approach to life. Rather than focusing on illness or specific parts
of the body, this approach to health considers the whole person and how he or she interacts
with his or her environment. It emphasizes the connection of mind, body and spirit.

Health focuses on wellness. Being healthy means having a balance of all the
dimensions of health: physical, mental, emotional, social, and moral-spiritual.

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 In the Health Check activity, you listed down practices and habits that may help you
live healthy.

As an adolescent, you must be responsible with what you should be eating and doing.
Your health must be your priority. Being healthy means dealing with what we are doing daily
without getting tired easily and suffering from undue fatigue.

Lets’ read and learn the dimensions of holistic health.

A. Physical Health
 It refers to the well-being of an individual.
Example: Dorai performs simple physical exercises every day to keep herself
strong.
 It means that you can do your daily task without getting tired and undue fatigued.

Example: Jane still has the energy to play/bond with her friends after, doing
the household chores.

B. Mental or Intellectual Health

 It refers to the ability of an individual to think and improve his quality skills in life.

Example: Go out and make new friends or keep yourself busy with school
activities.
 It is the ability to rationalize things.
Example: Keep positive, Think that everything happened for a good reason.

C. Emotional Health
 It is the ability to accept failures, cope with your environment and consider the
 feeling of others.
Example: If a family member has left to work in other place, you can easily
accept the reality of being away from your love ones.

 Understanding and liking oneself
Example: Self-love means finding peace and resting comfortably in our own
home.


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D. Social Health
 It is how well you build relationship with your community, and how you interact
 with the people that surround you.
Example: As a teenager you easily mingle and develop friendship with the
neighborhood.

 Social acceptance means to interact with different types of people, accept and
 understand different norms and values.
Example: Be who you are and be like what is dictated by your values and
norms. It is the fact that most people act in order to be accepted by any group
and be like them.

E. Moral-Spiritual Health
 It refers to one’s faith, belief and values, know the meanings and purposes in life.

Example: Respect everybody’s faith; it is looking deeply within oneself and
belief.

F. Environmental Health
 Understand the effect of the air, the water, and the land that surrounds our
 health.
Example: Observe proper waste disposal to avoid contamination of our
environment.
 Recognize the impact of environment and man-made hazards.

1. Refuse- It includes garbage and rubbish.

Garbage is mostly decomposable food waste.
Rubbish is mostly dry material such as glass, paper, cloth, or wood.

2. Reduce – It is to help cut down the amount of waste we throw away.

3. Reuse –It is learning to re-purpose them like old jars and pots into
ornaments and shipping containers and created them into home and
offices.

4. Repurpose- It refers to the process by which an object with one use

value is transformed or redeployed as an object with an alternative use
value.

5. Recycle- It is to use reuse paper for printing, handicraft or ornaments.

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Activity 1: Fit me in
Directions: Classify the following activities into physical health, social health,
moral/spiritual health, emotional health, mental, and environmental health by writing them on
their proper column.

  Walking around the plaza

  Chatting with friends
  Going out with family and relatives
  Exercising on a regular basis
  Eating fruits and vegetables
  Drinking plenty of water
  Throwing garbage into the trash bin
  Showing love and affection to love ones
  Picking pieces of papers on the corridors
  Playing scrabbles and word hunt
  Reading educational materials
 Writing letters to someone

Moral/
Physical Social Emotional Mental Environmental
Spiritual
Health Health Health Health Health
Health

Below is a rubric that will guide you to interpret your score.

Score Description Indicators

You really have the
knowledge and fully
10-12 Strong understand the
dimensions of holistic
health
You need to perform more
7-8 Moderate healthy activities to
satisfy the dimensions
You need to learn and to
practice more healthy
4-5 Improving
activities to satisfy the
dimensions
There is still much room
1-2 Developing to learn about the
concept of holistic health.

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Learning Task 2 : Blast from the past!
Can you still recall your lessons in Grade 6 about the personal health issues? Let’s
check if you still remember them by answering the following questions.

Directions: Choose your answer from the box that best describes each personal health issues.
Write your answer in your notebook.

Hearing impaired Scoliosis Vision Malnourished

Dwarfism Blister Obesity

_______________1. It is a medical condition in which a person’s spine has a sideways

curve.

_______________2. It is a reduced growth rate in human development.

_______________3. It is a small pocket of body fluid (lymph, serum, plasma, blood or

pus) within the upper layers of the skin.

_______________4. It is defined as the abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that

presents a risk to health.

_______________5. It refers to eye movement and eye coordination.

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Learning Task 3 : Wheel of Change
Directions: Write your personal suggestions on how you can attain holistic health inside
the circle.

Mental Health Social Health

__________________ ________________
__________________ ________________
__________________ ________________
________ ___________

Moral Health Environmental

Dimensions Health
__________________ of Holistic
_________________
__________________ Health
__________________ _________________
__________ _________________

Physical Health Environmental

_________________
_________________
_________________
___________
Health
________________
________________
________________

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Learning Task 4 Directions: In 3-5 sentences reflect and analyze on this quotation and
illustration.
Do this in your activity notebook.

“The greatest Wealth is Health”

Evaluation of your output will be based using the following criteria:

1. Message was clear and conveys lessons 5%

2. Contains principles 3%
3. Contains new ideas 2%

Total = 10%

Learning Task 5 : Match me up

Health focuses on wellness. It is an approach that includes all the dimensions of
health: physical, mental, emotional, social and moral/spiritual.
Directions: Match column A with Column B. Write only the letter of your answer in your
notebook.

Column A Column B
______ 1. Revitalize your mental energy a. social
______ 2. Celebrate your body b. spiritual
______ 3. Nourish your soul c. mental
______ 4. Boost your positive emotions d. physical
______ 5. Treat yourself with a good company e. environmental

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 f. emotional

Learning Task 6 Directions: Read the questions carefully. Write the letter of your answer in
a sheet of paper.

____1. It refers to the state of complete physical, mental or intellectual,

emotional, social, moral- spiritual and environmental well-being.
A. Health
B. Physical Health
C. Social Health
D. Emotional Health

____2. It refers to the well-being of an individual.

A. Physical Health
B. Mental Health
C. Moral Health
D. Emotional Health

____3. It refers to the ability of an individual to rationalize things.

A. Physical Health
B. Mental Health
C. Moral Health
D. Emotional Health

____4. It refers to the ability of an individual to accept failure,

understanding and liking oneself.
A. Mental Health
B. Physical Health
C. Moral Health
D. Emotional Health

____5. It refers to the effect or hazard brought by the contaminated

products to human being.
A. Moral Health
B. Mental Health
C. Environmental Health
D. Emotional Health

____6. It means to lessen the amount of waste materials.

A. Reuse
B. Recycle
C. Refuse
D. Reduce

____7. It is the process by which the object is transformed into alternative

value and use.
A. Reuse
B. Reduce
C. Repurpose
D. Recycle

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____8. It refers to one’s beliefs and values.
A. Moral- spiritual Health
B. Social Health
C. Emotional Health
D. Physical Health

____9. It refers to building relationship with your community.

A. Physical Health
B. Holistic Health
C. Social Health
D. Moral Health

____10. It refers to connection of mind, body and spirit.

A. Physical health
B. Health
C. Holistic Health
D. Economic Health

____11. It refers to the mostly decomposable food waste.

A. Rubbish
B. Garbage
C. Hazardous material
D. Food poison

____12. It is not included in the dimension of holistic health.

A. Physical Health
B. Emotional Health
C. Environmental Health
D. Economic Health

____13. It is the best way to improve your mental well-being.

A. Tell yourself something positive
B. Eat junk foods
C. Sleep late at night
D. Be secretive

____14. It is an example of emotional health.

A. Saying “ I Love You” to your parents
B. Attending to Sunday Mass
C. Going out with friends
D. Throwing garbage into the garbage bin

____15. It is an aspect of spending quality time with family on weekend.

A. Social
B. Mental
C. Emotional
D. Environmental

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I Practices to Holistic Health 3-4
Attaining holistic health should be everybody’s goal. At this stage in your life, there are
many health concerns that need to be addressed. You need to develop all dimensions of your
health. You need coping skills to be able to face the challenges of an adolescent life. The
assessment of growth and development is very helpful in finding out the state of health of a
person. Continuous normal growth and development indicates a good positive attitude,
healthy lifestyle, and desirable coping skills will help you attain and maintain holistic health .

Learning Task 1 Directions: Read each of the statements below. Write T if the idea of the
sentence is correct and F if the idea is not correct. Write your answer in your activity notebook.

______1. Exercising on a regulate basis is a healthy practice.

______2. Drinking powdered juice and drinking milk daily protect the body
from sickness.
______3. Eating lean meat is good to our health.
______4. Jogging and walking are a good substitute to fitness gym activities.
______5. Using stairs in going up and down is good for our lungs.
______6. Listening to good music is a medical cure.
______7. Eating bread with milk during breakfast is a good start for the day.
______8. Staying awake late at night is a healthy habit.
______9. Riding motorcycle on a short distance is a good way to save energy.
______10. Throwing your garbage into the trash bin is good practice.
______11. Studying your lesson ahead of time is a good habit.
______12. Planting trees can help us save the environment.
______13. Kissing the hands of our elderly is a sign of respect.
______14. Having a good relationship with the neighborhood helps you to
become a good person.
_______15. Bringing your own basket on a market day is a good practice.

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 Being healthy and happy is important. In this lesson, you will know the difference
between wellness and health and how they interact with each other. Health is defined as a
state of complete physical, social and mental well - being,

Wellness on the other hand refers to the state of being in optimal mental and physical
health. It also means striving to live your life to achieve your fullest potential, making decisions
and acting in healthy ways. It is a practice of positive health behaviors based on sound
knowledge and healthy attitudes.

The diagram below shows the healthy habit of a person. Let’s read and learn.

It is important to know how to live happily and healthily. The following discusses the
different approaches to a holistic life:

Physical Health
It means how well your body functions. It includes being physically fit, eating nutritious
food, and getting adequate rest and sleep.

Mental or Intellectual Health

It refers to the ability of an individual to think and improve his skills in life.
A mentally healthy person is open to new ideas about life, family, and environment.

Emotional Health

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 It is the ability to accept failures, adapt with the environment and consider the feeling
of others. It refers to how well one meets the demands of daily life and how well she or he
adjusts to a new situation.

Social Health
It refers to how well a person builds relationship and interacts with the people in the
community. It also relates to one’s ability to adapt comfortably to different social situations and
react appropriately in relation to those.

Moral-Spiritual Health
It refers to one’s faith, belief and values, and purposes in life.

Environmental Health
It is the ability of the person to recognize the impact of environmental hazards to life
and to find ways how to protect oneself and the ecological systems from these hazards.

Learning Task 2 : Trace a Maze!

A maze below consists of different health habit practices. This activity will help you
understand more the different dimensions of holistic health

Directions: Assume that you are at the starting point of the maze. Study each picture and
identify what dimension of holistic health each one belongs. Write the answer in your activity
notebook.

Physical Health Social Health Environmental Health

Mental Health Spiritual Health Emotional Health

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Answer these questions:
1. What have you realized after finishing the maze?
2. How do you feel now?

Learning Task 3 : Box me in!

Analyze the given practices and habits in the box and write them in their proper
boxes. Write your answer in a separate sheet of paper.

a. Take time to pray g. tree planting l. free from sickness

b. Stay happy h. goal setting m. study habit
c. Body weight i. forgiveness n. self- confidence
d. Diet j. interaction to others o. self-esteem
e. Friendly k. relationship p. self-expression
f. decision-making skills
Physical Health Moral/Spiritual Health

______________________________ ____________________________
______________________________ ____________________________
_____________________ _______________________

Mental Health Emotional Health

_____________________________ ____________________________
_____________________________ ____________________________
_____________________ _______________________

Environmental Health Social Health

___________________________ ___________________________
___________________________ ___________________________
__________________________ _________________________

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Learning Task 4 : Match me up!
This activity will deepen your understanding on practices and habits in relation to holistic
health dimensions.
Match the wellness/health habits in column A with their corresponding dimensions in
Column B. Write the letter of your answer in your activity notebook.

Column A Column B
_____1. meditate a. environmental
_____2. walking b. spiritual
_____3. love yourself c. physical
_____4. clean air d. emotional
_____5. read books e.social

f. mental

Learning Task 5 The result of your post-test will check your present knowledge,
understanding and skills about dimensions of holistic health.
Directions: Read each of the statements below. Write T if the idea of the sentence is correct and
F if the idea is not correct. Write your answer in your activity notebook.

______1. Exercising on a regulate basis is a healthy practice.

______2. Drink powdered juice and milk daily protects the body from sickness.
______3. Eating lean meat is good to our health.
______4. Jogging and walking is a good substitute to fitness gym activities.
______5. Using stairs in going up and down is good for our lungs.
______6. Listening to good music is a medical cure.
______7. Eating bread with milk during breakfast is a good start for the day.
______8. Staying awake late at night is a healthy habit.
______9. Riding motorcycle on a short distance is a good way to save energy.
______10. Throwing your garbage into the trash bin is good practice.
______11. Studying your lesson ahead of time is a good habit.
______12. Planting trees can help us save the environment.
______13. Kissing the hands of our elderly is a sign of respect.
______14. Having a good relationship with the neighborhood helps you to become a
good person.
______15. Bringing your own basket on a market day is a good practice.

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 Changes that Happen to Adolescents
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Learning Task 1 This task will assess what you have remembered from your previous
lesson about human development. Are you ready working on it? Write your answer in a
separate sheet of paper

Crossword Puzzle
Encircle the group of letters to form a word related to HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. The
letters are arranged vertically, horizontally, and diagonally. There are eight (8) words in the
puzzle. Do this in another sheet of paper.

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

Have you noticed that there are changes happening to you? Can you give some? Are
these changes necessary as you grow? Read the following to understand more.
Reading is Learning
Adolescence comes with a fair share of changes. These transformations can be
physical, mental, emotional, social, and moral-spiritual.

A. Physical Changes
The physical transformations observed during adolescence are, in most cases, the
result of hormonal changes as the teenager’s body is transformed from child to adult. This

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phase, called puberty, starts between the ages of 9 and 16 and usually ends between the
ages of 18 and 22.

These are some of the general changes that happen to adolescent boys and girls
during puberty.
• There is a rapid increase in height and weight. Boys experience this usually two
years later than girls.
• Changes happen in the circulatory and respiratory system. The heart and lungs grow
bigger and work better, although the increase is more in boys than in girls.

• In body composition, muscles develop rapidly, although boy’s muscle grow faster than
girls. Body fat increases, although the increase in girl’s body fat is more than boys.
• The reproductive organ of both boys and girls grow and develop.

Primary sex characteristics are changes directly related to sexual reproduction. The
reproductive organs of both boys and girls grow and develop. The boys experience their first
release of seminal fluid or ejaculation from the penis. The girls experience menarche or the
onset of menstruation which signals the possibility of fertility among women.

Secondary sex characteristics are changes not directly related to sexual reproduction.

Table 1. Changes that Happen to Adolescence

Boys Common Changes Girls

• The voice becomes • There is rapid increase • Breasts develop.
deeper. in height and weight. • The hips become
• Adam’s apple • The head, hands and wider than the
becomes bigger. feet grow faster first, shoulders.
The shoulder then the arms and • The hair grows on
becomes wider legs. the under arm.
than the hips. • Muscles develop
• The hair grows on rapidly.
the face and body. • Hair grows on the
• The skin on the genital region.
upper arms and • There is a rapid
thighs becomes increase in hormone
rough. production.
• The bones develop and
becomes harder.
• Sweat and oil glands
become more active

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B. Mental or Intellectual Changes
Studies have shown that the brain makes significant changes as a child grows through
puberty into adulthood. As a child becomes teen, he or she is more able to think abstractly,
and more importantly, more able to empathize with others. Here are some of the changes an
adolescent might experience:
• Adolescents are egocentric. This means caring too much about yourself and not about
other people. They argue to convince, exhibit independent and critical thought.

• Adolescents prefer active and cooperative learning activities over passive learning
experiences.
• Adolescents enjoy learning skills to apply to real life problems and situations.
• Adolescents have a tendency to become bored with routine activities: they need to
be challenged.
• Adolescents are capable of thinking critically helping them understand issues and
concerns about their development.
• Adolescents think less of themselves, allows them to think and reason out better.

• Adolescents have the abilities to control and coordinate their thoughts with their
actions and deeds.
• Adolescent students focus attention on what they want to listen to. They can also
focus their attention on two or more things at the same time.

C. Emotional Changes
This is one of the important dimensions of health. This includes both positive and
negative reactions as follows:
• Erratic emotions and behaviors, mood swings are mostly experienced and felt.
• Emotions that are frightening and poorly understood, often triggered by hormonal
imbalance, may cause regression and more childish behavior patterns.

• As part of being moody and restless, they are introspective and often feel self-
conscious, alienated, and lack of self-esteem.
• Adolescents are easily offended and sensitive to criticism, vulnerable to one-sided
arguments and criticism
• Adolescents are being optimistic and hopeful, searching for adult identity and
acceptance.
• Adolescents exaggerate simple occurrences and believe that personal issues are
unique to themselves.
• Adolescents believe that nobody understands them, striving for a sense of individual
uniqueness and search for their identity.
• Adolescents are more emotional and makes them open to being hurt or in danger.

• Boys are also sexually active: thus, they are prone to participate at risk behavior due
to the sudden increase in the manufacture of hormones.
• Girls become self-conscious because of the changes that are happening to them,
giving them a feeling of insecurity and discomfort.
• Early maturing boys are usually taller and stronger; they have good body image, so
they are more confident, secure and independent.

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D. Social Changes
Social wellness refers to your ability to interact with people, respect yourself and
others, develop meaningful relationships and develop quality communication skills.

• The adolescent may act out unusual or drastic. At times, he/she may be aggressive,
daring, boisterous and argumentative.
• Adolescents are being rebellious towards parents, but still strongly depend on
parental values.
• Adolescents have negative interactions with peers, parents, and teachers may
compromise ideals and commitments.
• Adolescents distrusts relationship with others who show lack of sensitivity to
adolescent needs.
• Adolescents enjoy with friends, who share the same interests with them so they stay
longer with them after school.
• Adolescents are confused and frightened by new school settings that are large and
impersonal.
• Adolescents are loyal to peer values, sometimes cruel and insensitive to those
outside the peers.

E. Moral- Spiritual Changes

Adolescents on this stage, analyze themselves and find out who they are. They
explore moral and ethical issues.
• They explore and ask broad unanswerable questions about the meaning of life.

• They are reflective, introspective and analytical about their thoughts and feelings.

• They depend on influences of home and religious institutions for moral and ethical
choices and behaviors.
• They analyze strengths and weaknesses to understand and accept themselves
better.
• They learn house rules imposed by parents to promote order and harmony.
• They distinguish between rules that are negotiable and that are non-negotiable.

F.Moral- Spiritual Changes

Adolescents on this stage, analyze themselves and find out who they are. They
explore moral and ethical issues.
• They explore and ask broad unanswerable questions about the meaning of life.

• They are reflective, introspective and analytical about their thoughts and feelings.

• They depend on influences of home and religious institutions for moral and ethical
choices and behaviors.
• They analyze strengths and weaknesses to understand and accept themselves
better.
• They learn house rules imposed by parents to promote order and harmony.
• They distinguish between rules that are negotiable and that are non-negotiable.

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Learning Task 2 . Point Out!
Fill in the boxes with correct letters to complete the word being described.
Some of the letters are done for you as clue. Copy and write your answer in a separate
sheet of paper.

1. It is a phase that starts between the ages of 9 and 16.

2. It is a sex characteristic that has direct relation to sexual reproduction.

3. It is a sex characteristic not directly related to sexual reproduction.

4. It is the first menstrual period.

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5. It starts with puberty.

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Learning Task 3 Time to choose
Directions: Write TRUE if the statement is correct if not write FALSE. Write your answer on
the space before each number.

1. Adolescents are very self- conscious.

2. Friendship during stage of puberty is important.

3. Puberty is the result of hormonal changes.

4.Secondary sex characteristics refer to the changes directly related to sexual

reproduction.

5. Changes during puberty period is normal.

Learning Task 4 You are now to summarize your understanding about the changes
that may happen as you go through the period of adolescence.

Fill me up
Fill in with the correct word or phrase to complete the thought of the paragraph.

Overall, good health and wellness are inter-dependent on five health

dimensions. These are , ,
, , ,
. These changes are normal part of growth.

These changes happen during . Health concerns or

problems should be dealt properly to prevent consequences.

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Learning Task 5 Multiple Choice
Directions: Write the letter of your chosen answer in a separate sheet of paper.

1. What type of change in health dimension is happening when adolescents experience

a change in their moods?
A. Emotional change
B. Social change
C. Physical change
D. Mental change

2. How can an unpleasant body odor due to active secretion of sweat glands be
prevented?
A. Change clothes more often.
B. Shave the hair of the armpit.
C. Take a bath regularly.
D. Use perfume to hide odor.

3. Which of the following is NOT a physical change?

A. Muscles grow.
B. Hair grows in the underarm and pubic hair area.
C. The voice becomes deeper
D. Easily gets offended.

4. Which of the following is NOT a physical change?

A. Erratic emotions and behaviors.
B. Rapid increase in height and weight.
C. Active sweat and oil glands become more active.
D. Sudden increase in hormone production.

5. What skills will help you get along well with other people?
A. Coping skills
B. Decision making skills.
C. Problem solving skills.
D. Social and communication skills

6. What is the best way to improve your moral- spiritual well- being?
A. Choose friends who share the same interest with you.
B. Get adequate rest and sleep.
C. Show respect and affection for others.
D. Spend quality time with your family and friends.

7. In which dimension of holistic health does this belong when you go to church and
attend mass with your family?
A. Physical
B. Mental
C. Emotional
D. Spiritual/ moral

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8. Which of the following is NOT a social change?
A. Join dancing program with friends.
B. Keep a positive attitude.
C. Remain aware of your thoughts and feelings.
D. Accept your individual uniqueness.

9. In which dimension of holistic health does this belong when you go to church and
attend mass with your family?
A. Physical
B. Mental
C. Emotional
D. Spiritual/ moral

10. Which of the following is NOT a social change?

A. Join dancing program with friends.
B. Keep a positive attitude.
C. Remain aware of your thoughts and feelings.
D. Accept your individual uniqueness.

11. Which signals the possibility of fertility among women?

A. Menarche
B. Ejaculation
C. Menstruation
D. Hormones

12. What period in life where a child develops into adulthood?

A. Puberty
B. Adolescence
C. Adulthood
D. Infancy

13. In which dimension of holistic health does this belong when you go to church and
attend mass with your family?
A. Physical
B. Mental
C. Emotional
D. Spiritual/ moral

14. Which of the following is NOT a social change?

A. Join dancing program with friends.
B. Keep a positive attitude.
C. Remain aware of your thoughts and feelings.
D. Accept your individual uniqueness.

15. Which signals the possibility of fertility among women?

A. Menarche
B. Ejaculation
C. Menstruation
D. Hormones
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II. Identification
Directions: Identify whether the following statements refer to Social, Emotional, Physical,
Moral/spiritual, or Mental change. Write your answer on the blank provided before each
number.

1. They enjoy being with friends.

2. They are prone to participate in risky behavior.
3. They have postural changes.
4. They learn to question on what others will say.
5. They are more responsive towards stress.

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 Week
Growth and Development: Health Appraisal 5-6
and Screening Procedures

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“Prevention is better than cure.”

Our goal is to attain a holistic health. It could be achieved through monitoring your
health status. Regular check-ups and screening tests are important to monitor health status.
The school health personnel perform these check-ups and screening tests from the beginning
onwards the end of the school year. As you go along, you will notice that the diseases or health
condition you experience or encounter can be prevented. There are many concerns that need
to be addressed but with the correct and adequate health information, positive attitude, healthy
lifestyle practices and desirable coping skills will help in attaining and maintaining holistic
health.

This module will give you the knowledge and information that you may use in your daily
life. It focuses on the importance of health appraisal and on how to undergo the series of
screening test because undergoing with these tests, helps you attain holistic health. You will
be provided with a lot of activities that will test your prior knowledge and will help you
understand more about health and test procedures.
Are you ready to learn more new things? Let’s start!

The module focuses on this lesson:

Growth and Development: Health Appraisal and Screening Procedures

 After going through this module, you are expected to:
 explain the proper health appraisal procedures. H7GD-Ii-j-22
demonstrate health appraisal procedures during adolescence in order to achieve
holistic health. H7GD-Ii-j-23

Learning Task 1 Directions: Write the letter of your answer in your paper..

1. This test will inform you about your general health status.
E. Dental examination
F. Hearing test
G. Medical examination
H. Vision test

2. This test will inform you about your teeth and mouth condition.
a. Dental examination
b. Hearing test
c. Medical examination
d. Vision test

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3. It is an abnormal curvature of the spine, which causes pain and affects growth. What
condition is this?
a. Breast cancer
b. Malnutrition
c. Scoliosis
d. Spinal cord

4. This examination can help females check any abnormalities in their breast.
a. Breast-Self Examination
b. Dental examination
c. Medical examination
d. Scoliosis screening

5. It refers to the series of procedures that assess or determine the health status of
students.
a. Health
b. Health appraisal
c. Health status
d. Physical fitness

6. The following are signs of scoliosis for doctor treatment EXCEPT one. Which one is
it?
a. A hip appears higher or is more prominent than the other.
b. The entire body is leaning to side by side.
c. The rib cage is uneven.
d. The waist is uneven.

7. The following are personnel who conduct the screening test EXCEPT.
a. Canteen manager
b. School dentist
c. School nurse
d. School physician

8. The following are procedures on breasts examination of female EXCEPT.

a. While standing in front of a mirror with your hands pressing firmly down on your
hips, look at your breasts for any changes of size, shape, contour, or dimpling,
or redness of the nipple or breast skin.
b. Move around the breast in an up and down pattern starting at an imaginary line
drawn straight down your side from the underarm and moving across the breast
to the middle of the chest bone.
c. Lie down on your back and place your right arm behind your head.
d. A hip appears higher or is more prominent than the other.

9. Height taking: gives you an idea about your growth rate; Weight taking: Keeps you

a. Aware if you are within your ideal weight at your age.

b. Informed of any dental problems.
c. Informed of your visual acuity.
d. Check unusual lumps.

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 10. The following signs should be referred to a doctor for treatment in scoliosis.
a. The spinal cord alignment is appropriate.
b. The bone is dislocated.
c. The rib cage is uneven.
d. The rib cage is even.

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Health Appraisal and Screening Procedures
Health Appraisal are a series of procedures to assess or determine the health status
of a learner. Screening for blood pressure is added to the routine tests for height, weight,
vision, and hearing. Immunizations are also updated.

For girls, it is recommended to check your breasts for possible masses or lumps the
moment you start menstruating. You should do this monthly, specifically one week after the
onset of menstruation. You can do this while taking a shower or facing the mirror. This breast
self-examination (BSE) can help females check any abnormalities that might need medical
help. Remember, there are normal changes during and right before menstruation so it is better
to perform BSE after menstruation. Develop the habit of doing BSE monthly.

How to examine your breast:

D. Lie down on your back and place your right arm

behind your head. Use the finger pads of the middle
fingers on your left hand to feel for lumps in the right
breast. Use overlapping dime-sized circular
motions of the fingers pads to feel the breast tissue.

E. Move around the breast in an up and down pattern

starting at an imaginary line drawn straight down
your side from the underarm and moving across the
breast to the middle of the chest bone (sternum or
breastbone).

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 • Repeat examination on your left breast, putting
your left arm behind your head and using the finger
pads of your hand to do the same.

• While standing in front of a mirror with your hands

pressing firmly down on your hips, look at your
breasts for any changes in size, shape, contour, or
dimpling, or redness of the nipple or breast skin.

Scoliosis Screening
Scoliosis is a condition in which the spine curves to the side.
It is an abnormal lateral or side- to-side curvature of the spine. This
condition commonly develops during sudden brief of the growth of
adolescents. It affects girls more often. This condition can be
corrected if treated early before the bones have fully developed.

The following signs should be referred to a doctor for treatment:

 One of the shoulder blades is more prominent.

 The head is not aligned to the center of the pelvis.
 A hip appears higher or is more prominent than the other.
 The rib cage is uneven
 The waist is uneven
The entire body is leaning to one side.

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 Well, you have just read about Health Appraisal and Screening Procedures. The
activity that follows will help you remember if you have undergone screening test before and
if you have attained holistic health.

Learning Task 2: Smile Doc!


Directions: Put before each item if you have undergone the procedure listed below. Copy
the table and answer in your activity notebook. Please answer each of the items honestly.

3. Have you gone to a hospital/clinic/barangay center and been informed about

your general health status?
4. When you had a problem with your teeth, did you consult your dentist and
was informed about your dental condition?
5. Are you aware with your growth rate?
6. Have you visited the hospital to consult the doctor about your spinal
condition?
7. Have you consulted a medical expert to test your ability to hear?
8. Do you have an idea about your ideal weight appropriate to your age?

Answer the following questions to process the above activity in another sheet of paper.
4. How many items did you mark with a ? How many items you did not mark?
5. Where can you avail the needed screening test?
6. Based on the activity, what is the importance of screening test to our health?

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Learning Task 3 : My Thought

Directions: Using a concept map, write the words that can be associated with “Health
Appraisal” inside the circles. You may add more circles, if necessary. Do this in your activity
notebook.

Health
Appraisal

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What aspects of your health appraisal do you think you should be most attentive to?
Why do you think so?

How are you? Did you understand the Health Appraisal and Screening Procedures?
In this activity, you will be assessed based on what you have learned from this module.

Learning Task 4 : Fill Me In!

Directions: Fill in the missing letters in the box to come up with the complete word or phrase.
Write your answer in your activity notebook.

1 .It is one way to attain one’s holistic health condition.

S E G - T S

2. This test keeps you aware if you are within your ideal weight.

W I T - T K G

3. It is a series of procedures that assess or determine the health status of students.

H L - P I L

4. It keeps you informed of any abnormal curvature of your spine.

R T - S F - E M T N

5. It is an examination that checks your breasts for possible masses or lumps the moment
you start menstruating.

M H Y

6. This test keeps you informed of your visual acuity.

V S N - S T

7. It is a condition in which the spine curves to the side.

S C I S

8. This test checks the ability to hear the loudness and pitch of the sound.

E A G - T T

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 9. It keeps you informed of any abnormal curvature of your spine.

S L S S - E S

10. This test informs you of your general health status.

M I L - E A

Here is a rubric that best describes your achievement.

9-10 Very Good

6-8 Good
3-4 Fair
0-2 Needs Improvement

A
A. Multiple choice
Directions: Write the letter of your answer in your paper.

1. This test will inform you about your general health status.
a. Dental examination
b Hearing test
c. Medical examination
d. Vision test

2. This test will inform you about your teeth and mouth condition.
a. Dental examination
b. Hearing test
c .Medical examination
d. Vision test

3. It is an abnormal curvature of the spine, which causes pain and affects growth.
What condition is this?
a. Breast cancer
b. Malnutrition
c. Scoliosis
d. Spinal cord

4. This examination can help females check any abnormalities in their breast.
a. Breast-Self Examination
b. Dental examination
c. Medical examination
d. Scoliosis screening

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5. It refers to the series of procedures that assess or determine the health status of
students.
a. Health
b. Health appraisal
c. Health status
d. Physical fitness

6. The following are signs of scoliosis for doctor treatment EXCEPT one. Which one
is it?
a. A hip appears higher or is more prominent than the other.
b. The entire body is leaning to side by side.
c. The rib cage is uneven.
d. The waist is uneven.

7. This test will inform you about your general health status.
a. Dental examination
b Hearing test
c. Medical examination
d. Vision test

8. This test will inform you about your teeth and mouth condition.
a. Dental examination
b. Hearing test
c .Medical examination
d. Vision test

9. It is an abnormal curvature of the spine, which causes pain and affects growth.
What condition is this?
a. Breast cancer
b. Malnutrition
c. Scoliosis
d. Spinal cord

10. This examination can help females check any abnormalities in their breast.
a. Breast-Self Examination
b. Dental examination
c. Medical examination
d. Scoliosis screening

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11.It refers to the series of procedures that assess or determine the health status of
students.
e. Health
f. Health appraisal
g. Health status
h. Physical fitness

12.The following are signs of scoliosis for doctor treatment EXCEPT one. Which one
is it?
i. A hip appears higher or is more prominent than the other.
j. The entire body is leaning to side by side.
k. The rib cage is uneven.
l. The waist is uneven.

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 Week
Growth and Development: Health 7-8
Services
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In the previous lesson, you have learned about health appraisal and screening
procedures. You also learned about different screening tests to attain holistic health. The next
chapter deals with health services that are offered in school and in community to help you
attain healthy living.

It is true that health is one of our treasures! We can’t do anything if we are not in good
condition. As what the saying goes, “Health is wealth”, every individual deserves to have a
healthy body and a healthy mind as well.

Even the government do their initiatives like campaigns and advocacies in schools and
in every community to safeguard our health.

As a grade 7 student, it is your responsibility to impart knowledge and be an advocate

of health to your classmates, school mates, family and in the community you live in. With that,
this module will help you to learn information and understand health services.

Are you now ready to learn new things? Let’s get started!

The module focuses on this lesson:

  Lesson 8 – Growth and Development: Health Services
  After going through this module, you are expected to:
 avail of health services in the school and in the community in order to appraise one’s
health. H7GD-Ii-j-24

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Learning Task 1 Matching Type
Directions: Match the functions in column A with the health services in column B. Write the
letter that corresponds to your answer on the space provided before each number. Do this in
your activity notebook.

Column A Column B
________1. Check for certain diseases A. Blood Testing
and conditions. B. Child Health Care
________2. Provide free medicines C. Dental Health Program
________3. Do tooth extraction D. Deworming
________4. Inform about general health E. Medical Check up
status F. Medical Morbidity clinic
________5. Adolescent counselling G. Mental hygiene
centers H. Nutrition program
________6. Check the nutritional status I. Pharmacy services
________7. Operation timbang, food J. School feeding
supplementation K. Scoliosis test
________8. Check the intestinal worm
________9. Distribute medicines to all
health centers
________10. Immunization

Here is a rubric that best describes your achievement in the pre-test. Don’t
worry, this is just a check-up of your knowledge of the lesson!
12-15 8-11 5-7 1-4
Very Good Good Fair Needs Improvement

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Were you amazed of the maze? Are you now familiar of the health services in
your school and in your community?

This time, let us discuss the different health services that are being offered in your
school and in your community as well. Are these free or not?

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Time to Read!

Health service is a public service providing medical care.

Health services consist of medical professionals, organizations, and
ancillary health care workers who provide medical care to those in need.
Health services serve patients, families, communities, and populations.
They cover emergency, preventative, rehabilitative, long-term, hospital,
diagnostic, primary, palliative, and home care. These services are centered
on making health care accessible, high quality, and patient centered.

Our government believes that a strong nation needs healthy citizenry. In order to
achieve this, the Department of Health promoted community health with the partnership of
Department of Education, community, barangay, government, and non-governmental
organizations through the program called Primary Health Care.

Primary health care programs in the school and community

Health services Functions

Dental Health program
Medical Morbidity clinic
Child health care
Conduct dental-related examinations and
procedures like extraction of milk teeth, giving
prescriptions for tooth aches, etc.
Provide free medicines for simple health problems
prescribed by medical practitioners assigned in a
community or school. Examples include stomach
ache, fever, cough and colds.
Conduct immunization for children, since their
immune system is relatively weak. This includes
vaccines for Measles, Mumps, Polio and Influenza. It
also aims to control Diarrheal diseases caused by
microorganisms through educating children about
water safety and sanitation.

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Health services Functions
Administers operation timbang to ensure that
children’s mass is appropriate for their age (BMI –
Body Mass Index).
Nutrition program In response to those who feel in category
underweight, the community and school provides
food supplementation through giving vitamins or free
healthy snacks during recess.
This service aims to eliminate intestinal parasites in
children through as Mebendazole. This is being done
Deworming every January and July (National Deworming Month)
and has been a goal of Department of Health since
then.
This service aims to improve the nutritional status of
School feeding students by providing free, healthy meals. It helps in
increasing the attendance of students as well.
Checks and informs children of their general health
status such as weight, height, eye condition and
Medical check-up
heartbeat to guarantee good health and to provide
early detection of diseases or abnormalities.
Provide centers for adolescents suffering from
problems like depression, abuse and stress. These
Mental hygiene
centers help in the overall physiological well-being of
students.
Checks and tests components of the blood for
Blood testing possible disorders and conditions like anemia,
leukemia and blood infection.
Delivers medicines to health centers for easier
Pharmacy services access. Examples are medicines which are badly
needed by the locals in the community.

Did You Know?

Did you know, that the above

services must be made available for free
in your community and in school
because they are subsidized by the
government to ensure that your health is
being protected? Yes, they are
available and must be given for free.

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 Learning Task 2 How are you after reading more information about health services?
Are you now informed of those who are involved in providing such service? How do they
perform? This activity will guide you identify the health services in school and in community.

: Available service
Directions: Make a spider map showing the available health services in your school and in
your community. Add or delete lines as needed. Do this in separate paper.

School Community
_________________ _________________

_________________ Health _________________

Services in
_________________ the school _________________
and in the
_________________ community _________________

_________________ _________________

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Learning Task 3 : 4 PICS, 1 WORD
Directions: Look at each picture closely and arrange the scrambled letters to form the word
that collectively describe them. Write your answer in your paper..

1.

TALEND–ALTHHE–GRAMROP

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2.

UTNRINOIT–PAMGROR

3.

IHLCD–ALTHHE–RECA

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4.

YPHARCAM–VICESERS

5.

DECIMAL–HEPCKUC

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Learning Task 4: Pick Me

E. Directions: From the pool of words, choose the answer that is being
referred to in numbers1-10. Write your answer in your activity notebook.

Deworming Medical check-up

Child health care Medical Morbidity clinic
Mental hygiene Pharmacy services
Nutrition program Dental Health Program
School feeding Health service

_____________1. Operation Timbang

_____________2. Tooth extraction
_____________3. Provision of free medicines
_____________4. A public service providing medical care
_____________5. Check the nutritional status
_____________6. Check the intestinal worm
_____________7. Immunizations
_____________8. Adolescent counselling centers
_____________9. Informed about general health status
_____________10. Distribution of medicines to all health centers

Matching Type
F. Directions: Match the functions in column A with the health services in column
B. Write the letter that corresponds to your answer on the space provided before each
number. Do this in your activity notebook.

Column A Column B
________1. Check for certain diseases A. Blood Testing
and conditions. B. Child Health Care
________2. Provide free medicines C. Dental Health Program
________3. Do tooth extraction D. Deworming
________4. Inform about general health E. Medical Check up
status F. Medical Morbidity clinic
________5. Adolescent counselling G. Mental hygiene
centers H. Nutrition program
________6. Check the nutritional status I. Pharmacy services
________7. Operation timbang, food J. School feeding
supplementation K. Scoliosis test
________8. Check the intestinal worm
________9. Distribute medicines to all
health centers
________10. Immunization

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 Development of Self –Awareness and
I Coping Skills
Learning Task 1 Directions: Classify the following coping skills/techniques as to positive-
reframing, support-seeking or positive problem-solving. Write PR if the statement refers to
J
positive-reframing, SS if it refers to support-seeking and PPS for positive problem-solving.
Write your answer in a sheet of paper.
J1. Make a plan of action.
J2. Start the day with a peaceful thought.
J3. Ask advice from responsible family members.
4. If nervous, take a deep breath.
J5. Be creative in solving the problems.
6. Seek professional help.
7. Focus on positive thoughts.
8. Talk to a friend who can do something about your problem.
9. Do some coping exercises.
10. Self-talk to help you change your thoughts.
11. Look at the problem as a challenge.
12. Congratulate yourself for any accomplishment.
13. Look for someone who will sympathize with you.
14. Convince yourself that you can overcome your own fears.
15. Take a deep breath when feeling nervous.

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Time to Read
As you grow, an adolescent like you may experience different changes physically,
emotionally, mentally, socially and spiritually. These changes may bring stress and anxiety if
you do not know how to handle and cope with it.

Here are some of the coping strategies that you can use in ordinary life situations.
Study the following coping techniques practice using it:

Positive Problem-Solving Strategies

1. Be careful and study your action.
2. Make a plan of action.
3. Look at the problem as a challenge.
4. Be creative in solving the problem.
5. Come up with the different solutions to
the problem.

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 Support-Seeking Strategies
1. Talk to a friend who can do something
about it.
2. Ask advice from responsible family
members/relatives.
3. Talk to someone to find out more
about the problem.
4. Look for someone who will
sympathize with you.
5. Seek professional help.

Positive-reframing Strategies

Self-Talk is a way to help you

change your thoughts. Here are some skills
that are helpful when you are under stress
or facing a problem:

1. When you are preparing for a stressful situation, you can use any of these
statements:
  I know I can do it.
  It’s easier once I get started.
  What exactly do I have to do?
  Tomorrow I will be through it.
  I have succeeded with this before.
 I won’t entertain negative thoughts.

2. When you are facing the challenge/problem:
  I can do this.
  I can only do my best.
  I can ask somebody for help.
  If I get nervous, I’ll take a deep breath.
  If I feel tense, I’ll do my coping exercise.
  It’s OK to make mistakes; no one is perfect.
  I won’t rush. I will take it slowly step by step.
  Relax! It will end.
  Take a deep breath.
  Lord/Allah, help me!
 I can always call someone.

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
3. When you are coping with fear:
  I’ll survive this.
  Take a deep breath.
  Lord/Allah, help me!
 I can always call someone.

Learning Task 2 : I am Changing!

Directions: Fill in the diagram with the different changes that may happen to an adolescent for
each of the given dimensions. Do this in the separate piece of paper.

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Learning Task 3 This activity will make you remember the different actions that you
have made in the past to solve problems.

Problem Solved!
Directions: Fill in the table with the different problems that you experienced. State your idea/s
about the problem and the plans that led to possible solutions. (Do this in a separate piece of
paper)

Problems Idea Plans/Actions Solutions

Oily face My classmates Sought help Consulted an
avoided me expert
because of my
face.

Think about it!

Answer the following questions and write your responses on your journal.
7. How do you feel after completing the chart?
8. Which among the problems did you consider the easiest? Why?
9. Which among the problems did you consider the most difficult? Why?
10. Which among the coping skills worked best in dealing with your problem? Why did
you say so?

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Learning Task 4 : My Commitment
A. Directions: Write a short paragraph of 3 to 4 sentences using the given phrase/words
below as the beginning. (Do this in your journal.)

Whenever I feel sad, worried and alone I would

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B. Directions: Write PR if the statement refers to positive-reframing, SS if it refers to support-
seeking and PPS for positive problem-solving. (Write your answer in a sheet of paper.)

• Do not act hastily.

• Think that every day you grow stronger and stronger.
• Seek help from a friend.
• Always call someone if you are afraid.
• Come up with different solutions to the problem.
• Think that it’s OK to make mistakes; no one is perfect.
• Do not entertain negative thoughts.
• Consult your parents if you are in a stressful situation.
• Do not worry much, believe in your abilities.
• Use self-talk statements to motivate yourself.

C. Despite all the stress and worries that you experience as you grow, you should not forget
to value and accept yourself. Learn to appreciate your strength and overcome your
weaknesses.
: I love you SELF!
Directions: Draw your own face .Inside the heart, write words that best describe you as a
person. Enjoy! (Do this in the separate photocopied material given by your teacher.

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References
Department of Education, Physical Education and Health 7 Learner’s Material. Pasig
City: Department of Education, 2017

Department of Education, Physical Education and Health 7 Teachers Guide. Pasig City:
Department of Education, 2017

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