Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE I PANGASINAN
District of Urbiztondo
DALANGUIRING INTEGRATED SCHOOL
School Year 2021-2022

NAME: _____________________________________ Score: ____________________

GRADE AND SECTION: ________________________ Teacher: STEPHANIE D. DORIA
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ENGLISH 9
Quarter 2 – Module 1-Week 1-2

MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING COMPETENCIES:

Q2 Make connections between texts to particular social issues, concerns, or dispositions in real life.
Q2 Analyze literature as a means of understanding unchanging values in the VUCA (volatile, uncertain,
complex, ambiguous) world.
What I Need to Know
Education is very important and it should not stop. Amidst this pandemic we are
experiencing right now, your parents, the Department of Education, your community and your
teachers are working hand in hand to provide you a safe and quality education. Our singular
mission is to help you achieve your dreams in life and become a competitive person in this life
challenging world.
This module is crafted for you to master the skills that you can use in many different
learning situations. This lesson will help you develop your abilities in coping with the problems
brought by the life challenges.
Objectives:
As learner of this module, you are expected to:

1. Identify the lesson or moral of the given text

2. Identify the theme of the given text
3. Make connections between texts to particular social issues, concerns, or
dispositions in real life
4. Analyze literature as a means of understanding unchanging values in the VUCA
(volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) world
What I Know

In Literature, we learn lessons about others‘ lives especially when reading different literary pieces
like short stories, poems or essays. And eventually we learn to appreciate and value the varied
circumstances we can relate to.

Match the following words in Column A with their appropriate meanings in Column B.
Write only the letter of your answer.

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COLUMN B

It is the underlying general truth or the central

 COLUMN A

1. Moral
2. Poetry
3. Short story
4. Theme
5. Literature

What’s New

Study the picture below and recount your childhood dreams. Can you achieve your dreams in
life given that there are many struggles to face? What do you think are these struggles?

Credit: freepik.com

What Is It?

Read the poem and try to understand its meaning. Try to connect it in achieving your childhood
dreams. What is the theme or the central idea of the poem? You may write your answer on a piece
of paper.

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 A Dream Deferred

By Langston Hughes

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up

Like a raisin in the sun Or fester like a sore— And then run?

Does it sink like a rotten meat?

Or crust and sugar over—

Like a syrupy sweet/ Maybe it just sags

What’s More

Let us move on to some important ideas and let us try to connect the poem to the
dreams of people living in this uncertain and ambiguous world.

The poem Harlem (A Dream Deferred) is written by African-American Poet Langston

Hughes at the time of the Harlem Renaissance. The poet talks about a dream which is
deferred or delayed. The dream is that of equality and freedom for the African-Americans
who have been discriminated against on the basis of their color in America for ages.

The poem had been so powerful that a great black author wrote a play depicting how
his family suffered from the cruelty of the world. Lorraine Vivian Hansberry (May 19, 1930 –
January 12, 1965) was a playwright and writer. She was the first African-American female
author to have a play performed on Broadway. Her best known work, the play A Raisin in the
Sun, it highlights the lives of Black Americans living under racial segregation in Chicago. The
title comes from a Langston Hughes poem about dreams and what happens to our dreams
when they fail to become reality, "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up/like a
raisin in the sun?"

In a Nutshell
A Raisin in the Sun portrays a few weeks in the life of the
Youngers, an African-American family living on the South Side of
Chicago in the 1950s. As the story starts, the Youngers are about to
receive an insurance check for $10,000. This money
comes from the deceased Mr. Younger‘s life insurance policy. Each of the adult members of
the family has an idea as to what he or she would like to do with this money. But the most
significant dream is Mama Lena‘s because she wants to transfer to a neighborhood where
white Americans live.

The long-standing appeal of A Raisin in the Sun lies in the fact that the
family's dreams and aspirations for a better life are not confined to their race, but can be
identified with by people of all backgrounds. Another major themes or central ideas in the

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 story are the value of dreams and the importance of family. All of the members of the family
has a separate, personal dream for their lives but each never left his/her saga of being one
family.
Read the whole story in your book English 9 A Journey through Anglo-
American Literature - Unit 4 pp. 431-435

Or you may watch its play at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZmCR1k2s6o

What I Have Learned

After exploring the ideas and the story, how about checking your understanding?
Answer the following activities on a piece of paper.
Activity A
1. Who are the characters in the story? Describe their personalities based on the
story.
2. What is the setting of the story?
3. How do you connect the setting of the story in our present condition or scenario?
Give examples.
4. What is Mama‘s greatest dream for her family? Illustrate it in a box. State her
reasons behind it.
Mama’s Greatest Dreams Reasons

5. What does Walter want to do with the insurance check? Discuss his motive.
6. Why is the story entitled ―Raisin in the Sun‖?
7. What is the moral of the story?
8. List some words or ideas that you may connect to the story. From the pool of
words, come up with the theme or central idea of the story.
9. Does anyone of the characters of the play remind you of someone?
10. What is the theme of the story?

Activity B Grasp It How does the dream of every member of the Younger family differ
and agree with your dreams or your family‘s dreams? Accomplish the bubble map then
discuss your answer.

My family Dream Younger family

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What I Can Do

The only white character to appear on the story is Karl Lindner,

a representative of the Clybourne Park Improvement Association, he bribes Walter
Younger not to move in their new community because the place is only for the White
society. Lindner symbolizes power and racism in the story.
If the Youngers accepted the bribe, do you think they were able to achieve all
their dreams especially Mama Lena‘s dream? Justify your answer. Write your
answer on a piece of paper.
Use the rubric given below to guide you in developing your ideas into a
paragraph.

Point Value 5 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Main idea Interesting, original Clearly stated Acceptable topic Missing, invalid, or
topic sentence, topic sentence sentence presents inappropriate topic
reflecting thought presents one one idea sentence; main
and insight; focused main idea idea is missing
on one interesting
main idea
Supporting Interesting, Examples and Sufficient Insufficient,
Sentences concrete and details relate to the number of vague, or
descriptive topic and some examples and undeveloped
examples and explanations are details that examples
details with included relate to the
explanations that topic
relate to the topic.
Organization of Thoughtful, Details are Acceptable No discernible
ideas logical arranged in a arrangement of pattern of
progression of logical examples; organization;
supporting progression; transitions may be Unrelated details;
examples; appropriate weak no transitions
Mature transitions
transitions
between ideas
Style in Appropriate tone, Appropriate tone; Acceptable tone; Inconsistent or
Writing distinctive voice; Clear sentences some variety in Inappropriate tone;
pleasing variety in with varied sentence Awkward, unclear,
sentence structure; structures; Effective structures; or incomplete
Vivid diction, precise diction Adequate diction sentences; Bland
word choices and word choices diction, poor word
choice
Grammar Consistent standard Some errors, but A few errors in Distracting errors in
English usage, none major, in usage, spelling, or usage, spelling, or
spelling, and usage, spelling, or punctuation (3-4) punctuation
punctuation No punctuation (1-2)
errors

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Assessment

After reading the selection or watching the play it is now time to validate your
understanding. Write the letter of your best answer on a piece of paper.

1. The poem Harlem (A Dream Deferred) is written by African-American Poet

.
a. Langston Hughes c. Lorraine Vivian Hansberry
b. William Shakespeare d. Edgar Allan Poe

2. This selection highlights the lives of Black Americans living under racial segregation
in Chicago .

a. Dreams Deferred c. Raisin in the Sun

b. The Man with the Hoe d. Literature

3. It is a practical lesson that is learned from a story or event.

a. Setting c. Character
b. Moral d. Theme

4. He symbolizes power and racism in the story.

a. Walter Younger c. Karl Lindner

b. Mama Lena d. Travis Younger

5. One of the themes of ‗Raisin in the Sun‘ is the

a. value of money c. value of house
b. value of family d. value of sun

6. Why did mama Lena want to buy a new house in a community of white?
a. Because she wanted to let her family feel that all is equal in rights and everybody
deserves to fulfil his dream
b. Because she wanted to have a rich life and become famous
c. Because she did not want Walter to succeed
d. Because she wanted to have an easy life because of her age
7. It is one of the lessons or morals of the story?
a. Never underestimate the black people.
b. Never let go of dreams.
c. Never use money in dealing with other people.
d. Never let your family decide for you.

8. What does the word ‗raisin‘ represent in the title ‗Raisin in the Sun‘?
a. money c. food
b. Mama Lena d. dreams

9. What must be the biggest problem encountered by Mama Lena in her decision to
divide the money for her children?
a. meeting Karl Lindner c. her grandson
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 b. buying the house d. her conflicting dreams with Walter
10. What signifies the success of the Younger family?
a. When Walter and Mama Lena did not accept the bribe from Mr. Lindner
b. When Walter finally supported her Mama Lena‘s decision in transferring to other
neighbourhood
c. A only
d. Both A and B
Additional Activity

One more step and you are done!

In this time of pandemic and ambiguous world where everything is not certain and
unpredictable, we should be like the Youngers who lived with integrity and never lost HOPE.
On a piece of paper, choose and draw any object that would symbolize HOPE
to each one of us. Then explain the meaning or message behind that symbol. Use a
clean sheet of paper or coupon bond for your drawing and explanation.
Use the rubric given below to guide you in developing your ideas into a paragraph.

Point Value 10 points 7 points 5 points 3point

Main idea Interesting, original Clearly stated Acceptable topic Missing, invalid, or
topic sentence, topic sentence sentence presents inappropriate topic
reflecting thought presents one one idea sentence; main idea
and insight; focused main idea is missing
on one interesting
main idea
Supporting Interesting, concrete Examples and Sufficient Insufficient,
Sentences and descriptive details relate to the number of vague, or
examples and topic and some examples and undeveloped
details with explanations are details that examples
explanations that included relate to the
relate to the topic. topic
Organization of Thoughtful, Details are Acceptable No discernible
ideas logical arranged in a arrangement of pattern of
progression of logical examples; organization;
supporting progression; transitions may be Unrelated details; no
examples; appropriate weak transitions
Mature transitions
transitions
between ideas
Style in Appropriate tone, Appropriate tone; Acceptable tone; Inconsistent or
Writing distinctive voice; Clear sentences with some variety in Inappropriate tone;
pleasing variety in varied structures; sentence Awkward, unclear,
sentence structure; Effective diction structures; or incomplete
Vivid diction, precise Adequate diction sentences; Bland
word choices and word choices diction, poor word
choice
Grammar Consistent standard Some errors, but A few errors in Distracting errors in
English usage, none major, in usage, spelling, or usage, spelling, or
spelling, and usage, spelling, or punctuation (3-4) punctuation
punctuation. punctuation

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No errors (1-2)

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Answer Key Answers may
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A 4.
Theme
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B 2.
Poetry vary
D 1.
Moral
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I Know
Answers may Answers may
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Additional
Activity What Is It

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Mama’s dreams are : to have a decent house, to

3. answers may vary

Southside of Chicago during the 1950s.
2. The story happens in a small apartment on the
woman than the other.
child of Ruth and Walter, is a completely different
Beneatha Younger. Beneatha, the oldest d
house. D
share the same dream -- to move the family into a B
woman and a devout Christian. She and Ruth B
traditional African-African she is described as a A
also works as a maid. The matriarch of the family, B
C
Lena (Mama) Younger. Lena, Walter's mother, B
C
from disappointment in her circumstances.
quiet Ruth is A
Assessment
described as young but with a face growing weary
Ruth Younger. Ruth, Walter's wife. She is
as a black man in white world.
and head of the family. He feels he is suffocating
Walter Younger.
(possible answers)
1.The characters are:
Walter Younger is the
father What I Have Learned