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English
Quarter 3, Week.5 - Module 2
Analyze Literature as a Means of Connecting To the World

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English- Grade 9
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Quarter 3, Wk.5-Module 2: Analyze Literature as a Means of Connecting to the World
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English
Quarter 3, Week.5 - Module 2
Analyze Literature as a Means of Connecting
To the World

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 Table of Contents

What This Module is About ………………………………………………………………….…. v

What I Need to Know ..................................................................................................................... v
How to Learn from this Module ................................................................................................... v
Icons of this Module ...................................................................................................................... vi

What I Know.................................................................................................................................. vii

Lesson 1:
Analyze literature as a means of connecting to the world .................... 1
What I Need to Know .................................................................................... 1
What’s In........................................................................................................ 1
What’s New ................................................................................................... 2
What Is It ....................................................................................................... 3
What’s More .................................................................................................. 4
What I Have Learned .................................................................................... 4
What I Can Do ............................................................................................... 5
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Key to Answers ……………………………………………………………………..………… 7
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References …………………………………………………………………………….……… 8
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What This Module is About
People around world are divided by distance, religion, race and culture...
Through literature, you can virtually travel or reach other places and connect to people.
Discover various traits, behaviors and personalities to a certain situation.

This lesson allows you to discover the extent to which you can understand to
the people with different personalities and needs. Do you care to extent a lifeline to
somebody in distress no matter how risky the situation? How else can you be a
channel of hope or a treat for those in need? How person’s act be affected by motives
and desires.

What I Need to Know

At the end of this lesson, you are expected to:

1. analyze literature as a means of connecting to the world.

2. share important lessons from a literature through character traits analysis,
And;
3. appreciate the importance of literature as a reflection of the world one’s
lived by

How to Learn from this Module

To achieve the objectives cited above, you are to do the following:
• Take your time reading the lessons carefully.
• Follow the directions and/or instructions in the activities and exercises diligently.
• Answer all the given tests and exercises.

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Icons of this Module
What I Need to This part contains learning objectives that
Know are set for you to learn as you go along the
module.

What I know This is an assessment as to your level of

knowledge to the subject matter at hand,
meant specifically to gauge prior related
knowledge
What’s In This part connects previous lesson with that
of the current one.

What’s New An introduction of the new lesson through

various activities, before it will be presented
to you

What is It These are discussions of the activities as a

way to deepen your discovery and under-
standing of the concept.

What’s More These are follow-up activities that are in-

tended for you to practice further in order to
master the competencies.

What I Have Activities designed to process what you

Learned have learned from the lesson

What I can do These are tasks that are designed to show-

case your skills and knowledge gained, and
applied into real-life concerns and situations.

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 What I Know
Task 1. LOOKING UP
How do you respond to the following situations?
For each situation below, indicate your opinion as a solution.

Situation Your Action

1. Your neighbor did not return your book at

your agreed date.

2. Your mother broke her promise to buy you

a smart phone on your graduation day.

3. Your loved one did not appear in your

dinner date because of his/her work.

4. A politician promised to concrete the road

but his term ended and the road still
untouched.

5. You accidentally met your friend who said

to double your money in a month but
disappeared without knowing where he is.

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 Lesson

1 Analyze Literature as a Means of Connecting

to the World

What I Need to Know

At the end of this lesson, you are expected to:

1. analyze literature as a means of connecting to the world;

2. share important lessons from a literature through character traits analysis; and
3. appreciate the importance of literature as a reflection of the world one’s lived by.

What’s in

Task 2.Using the Venn diagram, compare and contrast your understanding on the words,
MERCY and FORGIVENESS.

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 What’s New

Task 3: Read and understand carefully the selection.

The Merchant of Venice
(Sypnosis)

In Venice, a merchant named Antonio worries that his ships are overdue. As his
colleagues offer comfort, his young friends—Bassanio, Graziano, and Lorenzo—arrive. Bassanio
asks Antonio for a loan, so that he can pursue the wealthy Portia, who lives in Belmont. Antonio
cannot afford the loan. Instead, he sends Bassanio to borrow the money on the security of
Antonio’s expected shipments.
At Belmont, Portia and her maid, Nerissa, discuss the suitors who have come in response to
Portia’s father’s strange will. The will says Portia may only marry a man who chooses the correct
casket made from three possible options: gold, silver, and lead. Much to Portia’s distress, all her
suitors are unsatisfactory. However, she does fondly remember a time when Bassanio came to
Belmont, and that leaves her with some hope.

Bassanio approaches Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, about the loan. Shylock holds a
grudge against Antonio for his lending practices and apparent 2nti-Semitism. Still he offers
Bassanio the loan. Instead of charging interest, seemingly as a kind of joke, he asks for a pound
of Antonio’s flesh if the loan isn’t repaid within three months. The bond is agreed to (who wouldn’t
agree to that?) and Bassanio prepares to leave for Belmont with his friend Graziano.

Meanwhile, one of Shylock’s servants, Launcelot, wishes to change masters and

persuades Bassanio to employ him. Shylock’s daughter, Jessica, also longs to leave home. She
wants to become a Christian and marry Antonio’s friend Lorenzo. Before he departs to serve his
new master, Launcelot takes a letter to Lorenzo that contains plans for Lorenzo and Jessica to
elope that night. When Shylock goes out, Jessica escapes to elope, taking gold and jewels with
her. The following day, Bassanio sets sail for Belmont, while Shylock rages over the loss of his
daughter and the treasures she has stolen.

In Belmont, one of Portia’s suitors (the Prince of Morocco) chooses the golden casket,
while another (the Prince of Aragon) selects silver. Both chose the wrong casket and are
unsuccessful. As Aragon leaves, Bassanio is announced. Portia eagerly goes to greet him.

After a few days, Shylock hears that his daughter Jessica is squandering her stolen wealth
in Genoa. He begins to rail bitterly against Christians. He reminds Antonio’s friends that if the loan
is not repaid on time, he will insist on the original agreement of one pound of flesh.

Back in Belmont, Bassanio chooses the lead casket, and in so doing, he wins Portia. His
friend Graziano asks for Portia’s maid Nerissa to be his wife. Portia gives her ring to Bassanio,
making him promise never to give it to another. As Lorenzo and Jessica come to Belmont, news
arrives that Antonio’s ships have been lost at sea, and he is now bankrupt. They are also told
Shylock insists on the fulfilment of his bond and has had Antonio arrested. Bassanio and Graziano
leave in haste to help Antonio. Portia and Nerissa resolve to follow afterwards, disguised as
lawyers.

In the court in Venice, Shylock demands his pound of flesh. The Duke, presiding over the
court, seeks legal advice from the lawyer “Balthazar,” who is Portia in disguise. Portia pleads for
Shylock to have mercy on Antonio. Bassanio offers his wife’s money, which would more than pay
the debt, but Shylock refuses to accept. Antonio’s death is only prevented as Balthazar explains
the bond is for flesh but not for a single drop of blood. So Shylock cannot collect the pound of
flesh.

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 For threatening the life of a Venetian, Shylock forfeits his goods to Antonio and Bassanio.
Antonio refuses his share of compensation and asks for it to be put in a trust for Lorenzo and
Jessica. He also demands that Shylock becomes a Christian. Broken and in submission, Shylock
leaves the court. Bassanio and Graziano thank the lawyers, who ask for their rings as legal fees.
Bassanio and Graziano refuse until Antonio intervenes and makes them give the rings to the
lawyers.

Undisguised, Portia and Nerissa return home at night to find Lorenzo and Jessica enjoying
the tranquillity of Belmont. When their husbands arrive, Portia and Nerissa scold them for giving
away their rings, pretending they had been given away to other women. Before long, they reveal
themselves as the lawyers from the trial. Antonio receives news that his ships have returned safely
after all (looks like we didn’t need to go through all this mess in the first place!). The play ends as
the three couples prepare to celebrate their marriages

What’s it

TASK 4: Encircle the letter of your answer.

1. Bassanio asks his friend ______________for a loan.

A. Antonio B. Solanio C. Solerio D. Gratiano
2. Bassanio wants a loan so that he can __________________.
A. put on a lavish wedding B. throw a huge dinner party for Shylock
C. travel to Belmont D. pay back his family after squandering his inheritance
3. Antonio agrees to borrow money from Shylock because ________________________.
A. he wants to travel to Belmont
B. he wants to show the extent of his friendship for Bassanio
C. he needs money while his ships are at sea
D. he wants to trick Shylock
4. How many suitors fail the casket test?
A. One B. Two C. Three D. We don’t know
5. Jessica wants to elope with _______________.
A. Gratiano B. Lancelet C. Solanio D. Lorenzo
6. Jessica stole what from Shylock?
A. money B. jewelry C. pride D. all of the above
7. Why do Shylock and Antonio despise each other?
A. Religious differences B. Commercial differences
C. Social differences D. All of the above
8. Who comes to the courtroom disguised as a lawyer named Balthazar?
A. Nerissa B. Bassanio C. Portia D. The Duke
9. Why can’t Shylock carry out the bond as written? Remember it is written that he should only have
a pound of flesh.
A. he is too squeamish B. it is impossible to do
C. no-one will lend him a knife D. he knows that, if he does, he won’t get paid
10. Bassanio and Gratiano return to Venice to repay the money Antonio owes Shylock. How does
Shylock react?
A. accepts the money B. accepts the money with interest
C. insists on carrying out the bond as written D. shows mercy

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 What’s More

Task 5. Traits Analysis: Describe the traits of the characters on the strand.

1. Antonio

2.
Bassanio

3.
Shylock

4.
Portia

5.
Jessica

What I Have Learned

Task 6:Merchants of Venice depicts on love, hate, loyalty, religion and justice. Now, think of an
event or situation in our society nowadays where these things still evident.

Love

Hate

loyalty

religion

justice

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 What I Can Do
Task 7:Journal Writing

Reflect on the recent pandemic that the world has experienced today. In a short
bondpaper, write in your journal how to be like Anthonio and Shylock in dealing with the
people who are in intense need.

Summary

Task 8: Complete each clause in your notebook.

Summing up what learned in my journey through this lesson, it enables me to

_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

It made me realize that ____________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
I therefore commit to ______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

Assessment (Post Test)

Essay Writing: Answer briefly in a short bond paper. Be guided with the rubrics for the rating of your
output.

1. What is the reason behind why Balthazar asked their rings as the legal fee
for the case of Anthonio?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

2. In your own opinion, was the trial fair or unjust to other party? Support your answer.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

3. If an act of help is bounded with conditions and agreements, it may be called as “taking
advantage”. Would you mean that banks, lending establishments and pawnshops are also
taking advantage of their clients because they are asking for interests?
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________

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 Features 4 3 2 1
Quality of *Piece was * Piece is written *Piece had a little *Piece had no
Writing written in an in an interesting style or voice . style and voice
extra ordinary style and voice. *Give some new *Gives no new
style And voice. * Somewhat information but information and
* Very informative and poorly organized. poorly organized. ___________
informative and organized
well organized

Grammar, Virtually no Few spelling and A minor spelling, So many

Usage & spelling, punctuation punctuation or spelling,
Mechanics punctuation or errors, minor grammatical punctuation and
grammatical grammatical errors grammatical ___________
error. errors errors that it
interferes the
meaning

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Key to Answers
Task 1. answers vary
Task 2. answers vary
Task 3.
Task 4. 1.a 2.a 3. b4. b.5. d 6.d 7. d 8. c 9. d 10. c
Task 5.answer vary
Task 6. answer vary
Task 7. answer vary
Task 8. answer vary

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References

K to 12 Curriculum Guide (English) (May 2016) p. 209

https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/exploreshakespeare/shakespedia/shakespeares-
plays/merchant-
venice/#:~:text=The%20Merchant%20of%20Venice%20Summary,a%20lawyer%20and%20saves
%20Antonio.

https://www.thoughtco.com/essay-rubric-2081367

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