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Task 1.
The following statements are answerable with a YES or NO. Check the column
corresponding to your degree of agreement by using the continuum very much agree
(4) – very much disagree (1). (10 points)
very agree disagre very
much e much
STATEMENTS agree disagree
(4) (3) (1)
(2)
1. Pain is inevitable and I need it
to feel alive
2. I am living with a purpose.
3. I believe that destination is
more important than the
journey.
4. Man co-exists with the
universe.
5. I believe in a greater power
than humanity.
6. What I perceive everyday in
life is the reality, not just a
construct of my mind.
7. I believe in human nature.
8. Truth exists even without
evidence.
9. A parallel universe exists.
10. After I took this quiz, I you
doing it as a free and
responsible agent.
Task 2.

Fill in the blank with a brief answer. Write spontaneously the first answer that comes
into your mind (10 points)

1. When asked who am I, I will say _____________________________________________

2. When asked about the meaning of life, I will answer _____________________________
3. The biggest mistake I made was _____________________________________________
4. When asked “Is there something more in life”, my answer is ______ because _________
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5. God allows pandemic ( e.g. COVID-19) to happen because _______________________
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Task 3
Write in the box three main ideas about existentialism, then write a short explanation
about these ideas and how can you use what you have learned in real-life situations
(12 points)
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Task 4

Encircle the best answer.

1. What is existentialism?
A. a philosophy concerned with the meaning of life
B. religion based on the pursuit of worldly pleasure
C. a philosophy concerned with death
D. a school of thought based on the idea nothing matters
2. These are all examples of Existentialist Principles except:
A. Essence precedes existence
B. The world we know is absurd and unfair
C. Social values and structure should control the individual
D. Man makes himself"
3. Existentialism is defined by which of the following concepts?
A. wealth, pleasure, honor equals to good life
B. living authentically
C. Science will make everything better
D. Accept that life "is what it is"
4. What is the absurd?
A. the idea that the world is meaningless
B. people who live in the mental institution
C. a philosophy about why people go crazy
D. the belief that God is responsible for creation
5. Existentialism is concerned with finding the self through:
A. Freewill
B. Choice
C. Personality Responsibility
D. All of the above

Task 5.
Encircle the best answer:
1. What should existentialists always be striving for?
A. A life without sin
B. A life of authenticity
C. A life of good deeds
D. All of the above
 2. The idea that we must choose but think of others when we choose is called
A. Intersubjectivity
B. Anguish
C. Condemnation
D. Absurdity
3. According to existentialism, how do we create ourselves?
A. By being born
B. By going to supermarket and gathering the necessary supplies
C. All of the above
D. By choosing
4. What is the notion of existentialism?
A. humans spend their time doing recreational activities and not enough time
trying to figure out where we came from
B. humans existed first then spent their time trying to sculpt their essence or
nature
C. humans exist then spend their time tampering with scientific theories
D. humans' existence was decided before they were born and have no say in
their life choices
5. What is existentialism?
A. emphasizes how humans used science to prove how things came to be
B. emphasizes the creation of the world which is a product of the big bang
theory
C. emphasizes the existence of an individual as a free and responsible agent
of society
D. emphasizes the origin of the world

Task 6.
Study the characters carefully and their conversation. Write your philosophical
perspective using the concepts, ideas and reflections that has transpired in the
lesson while answering the guide questions. Write your answer in the right
column opposite the picture. (12 points)

Guide Questions:

1. What was the picture about? How do you relate this to existentialism?
2. What are the possible existential questions that will be asked by the
characters?
3. What are the possible answers to these existential questions? Write one
sentence each.

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Task 7.
Choose a positive quote to share with your family members and encourage them to
write it down along with their thoughts, drawings that correspond to the quote, or
insights from a family discussion or activities based on the quote. Use the space below:
(5 points)

Task 8.

Come up with three “stars,” these are the things that you do well. These are the things
you are good at just like anything from a subject in school to a quality that makes you a
good friend.

After identifying your three stars, come up with a “wish” to complement your stars; the
wish should be something that you need to work on or would like to get better at. Pick
any three goals, as long as it is meaningful and important to you. (You will need this
output in the succeeding activities. This activity will not only help you come up with
important goals, but it will also help you develop the self-belief they need to succeed
and enumerate those objectives you really wants to achieve (10 points)

(paste your
picture here)
Task 9.
The organizer below focuses on the role of PHILOSOPHY hence it is placed in
the circle. Identify two roles of philosophy and write short explanations in the
square. In the bottom rectangles, provide example of each role. Write your
answers on the space provided (12 points)

PHILOSOPHY

Roles of PHILOSOPHY

EXPLANATION OF ROLES EXPLANATION OF ROLES

EXAMPLE EXAMPLE
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Task 10
The thesis statement is written on top of the box. Provide three reasons in the
middle boxes and tell whether you agree or disagree with the thesis statement.
Provide two supporting examples and facts in the bottom boxes. Note: The first
boxes were done for you. (5 points)

Thesis Statement:
“Philosophy improves the quality of life and leads man
into a positive outlook in life”

Knowledge of
Examples philosophy enables one
to think and consider the
facts before he acts.

 What course to take

in college
Facts  My priority today

Task 11.
Reflect on what you have written in Exercise 2. Your stars represent three things which
you can do best in life, and the wish expresses your deep-seated dream/s in life.
Answering the exercise means you are capable of conceiving a philosophical reflection.
Enumerate three concrete steps to make in order to reach your wishes and star. Make
use of your wishes and star to answer this exercise. (12 points)

Three concrete steps to

MY WISHES take

MY STAR
 By enumerating those concrete steps to make shows your rationality as a
human being. Being rational means you are philosophical as well in your
own simple way. I hope you realized how important philosophy is in your
everyday life. “Know thyself”, says Socrates.

To culminate our topics, let us make a comprehensive philosophical application of what

we gained in the lessons.
Task 12.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disturbed the life of every human being. As rational being, we can
reflect about this reality from the lens of rational thinking. Read and reflect the article written by
Fr. Ortega and other reflections above. Write an article critique, also known as a response
paper, which is a formal evaluation of an article or another type of literary or scientific content.
Your main goal is to show whether or not the writer provided reasonable arguments and facts
for their main points. Consider the following points in making your philosophical critique: (15
points)

 Instead of simply summarizing the main points of the article, you must critique them.
You must not offer a mere summary of the research articles above. Your teacher wants
your unique opinion and discussion.
 You should provide not only your impressions of the article, but evidence that backs
them up as well.
 In addition to identifying the main idea of the article, you should also clarify its
background and purpose.
 Most of all, you’ll focus on the issues this article raises, as well as the ones it avoids.

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Task 13.

Use Padlet in expressing our ideas. Below is a link and a QR code to access the board.
Post an image that will symbolize your hopes and dreams for a better “new normal”
amidst the pandemic. Write a brief description about your symbol. After doing this, post
a comment to three individuals in the dashboard. You can access the Padlet using the
link or the QR Code below (12 points)

Link: https://padlet.com/isnhs2020/qwm13uwqna7a0kzf
QR Code

Task 14
Amidst fear and uncertainty during the pandemic, there is an urgent call to
conceptualize plans of action and concretize this same plan with pledge of commitment.
Fill up the format following the pattern given below. (12 points)
Action Plans Objectives Milestones Timeline REMARKS
(Areas/ by December 2020
Aspects)
(This pertains to the (Goals that you want to (Milestones are significant (In a 10-month (These are personal
areas in your life that achieve at the end of the events which you think you period, what can comments, reminders or
you would like to school year) One aspect can achieve thus far by you do monthly? notes to self as you go
improve) Choose one or may have more than one December 2020?) By the end of the on achieving your
two aspects only objective) What do you Enumerate here what do first semester, what? objectives)
a. spiritual want to achieve by May you expect to achieve by
b. economic 2021? that time) (See example below)
c. social
d. psychological/
emotional
e. intellectual
Spiritual To be able to deepen my By December, I should be August 2020 – May attendance in religious
personal relationship with able to attend and actively 2021 – complete activities depends on the
God and beg for strength participate in my Church’s attendance in existing protocol,
to face the challenges of activities Sunday masses
the pandemic December 2020 –
complete attendance
in Aguinaldo masses
March-April –
attended Lenten
services
Statement of Commitment
In five to ten sentences, express what can you do to fulfil your plans of action.
You may consider some thoughts and ideas you learned from this topic. End your
statement with a philosophical quote or hashtag.

My Personal Statement of Commitment

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VII. Notes to teachers:
o The MELC is subdivided into two main topics namely: Philosophical Reflection
focus on Existentialism and On Attaining a Comprehensive Outlook in Life thus
separate learning activity sheets (LAS) were prepared.
o Each subject matter has corresponding concept notes followed by activities.
o The activities did not follow the pattern having at least three activities for easy,
moderate challenging and enrichment. The degree of difficulty per activity
suffices as this will be reflected in the rubrics that will be used.
o The first part of the activity (Philosophical Reflection) provides the learners with
concepts while the second part immerses the learners into pure and actual
process of reflection. Thus, the activities were designed for this purpose.
o The last set of activities were also meant as “debriefing activities” to ease some
negative thoughts and feelings about the pandemic.

Rubrics for Philosophical Reflection

Rubrics for Philosophical Essays and written work (to be adjusted according to the
assigned point per task)
Performance Needs Improvement Fair Very Good Excellent
Indicators (1 point) (2 points) (3 points) (4 points)
Number of Insufficient number of Minimal but Most concepts Most concepts and
Concepts concepts selected acceptable relating to topic were all significant
(sufficiency) relating to topic number of selected concepts selected
concepts selected, and they clearly
with some relate to the topic
relationships to
the topic
Arrangement of Arrangement of Arrangement of Arrangement of Arrangement of
Concepts concepts illustrates no concepts concepts concepts
understanding of demonstrates demonstrates and demonstrates
conceptual simple understanding of complete
relationships understanding of subordinate understanding of
subordinate conceptual subordinate
conceptual relationships conceptual
relationships relationships
Depth of Coverage Insufficient coverage Show a basic level Shows a sold grasp Shows a sold
of contend covered of coverage of key of most of the grasp of all the
ideas but little content and shows content covered.
extension of ideas extensions of most Extensions of the
key ideas key ideas show a
deep
understanding of
that content

VIII. Answer Key to the Tasks:

You can do this
Task 1. 10 points
 “Very much agree” is the preferred answer because all the statements are
existential statements. Any person who finds meaning in life agrees with the
statements.
Task 2. 12 points
(Answers may vary)
Task 3. 12 points
(Answers may vary)

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Task 4. 5 points
1. A
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. D
Task 5. 5 points
1. B
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. C
Task 6. 12 points
(Answers may vary)

Challenge Yourself
Task 7. 12 points
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Task 8. 12 points
(Answers may vary)
Task 9. 12 points
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Level Up
Task 10. 12 points
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Task 11. 12 points
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Task 12. 12 points
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Task 13. 12 points
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Task 14. 12 points
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