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Department of Education
CARAGA REGION
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF AGUSAN DEL SUR

Learners’ Activity Sheets

Homeroom Guidance 11
Quarter 3 – Week 3
Positivity Amidst Life
Challenges

D.O Plaza Government Center, Patin-ay

Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur
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 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
CARAGA REGION
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF AGUSAN DEL SUR

Homeroom Guidance 11
Learners’ Activity Sheets
Quarter 3 – Week 3
First Edition, 2021

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 LEARNERS ACTIVITY SHEETS IN
HOMEROOM GUIDANCE PROGRAM GRADE 11
Quarter 3 Week 3

Name of Learner: ___________________________Section:_____________

School :___________________________________Date:________________
Teacher:__________________________________ Score:_______________

I. Title: Positivity Amidst Life Challenges

II. Learning Competency: Show optimism in facing life challenges

and problems. HGSPS-III -7

III. Introduction

Life itself is beautiful but it can never happen if you only feel
one emotion – merely sadness or happiness alone. Life can be
meaningful if you feel sad because of problems and challenges and
after that phase in your life happiness comes in.
Covid 19 pandemic bought stressful days to all people around
the globe from children to adults whom all can not have bonding
time together outside the homes to avoid the virus
contamination. Poverty , broken relationships , loss of loveones ,
sickness , different calamities like earthquakes, floods , typhoon ,
famine and the like. These scenarios will cause anxiety and
depression. If you will not help yourself to stay positive in life
under these circumstances you will end up having severe mental
illness or suicide which is the worst one. No matter what your life
situation is , there is always an available way for you to overcome
obstacles to being optimistic.
How to develop optimism , can you do it? Avoid getting hung
up on one thing, remember that there’s always a silver lining , get
over the past , be thankful , use positive affirmations, surround
yourself with positive people , watch your language to avoid
negative vibes. Remember that even a positive life has ups and
downs. You may create some positive Mantras and reflections,
focus on your success, get a role model , don’t try to predict the
future , keep a gratitude diary , and change your negative
thoughts.
Instead of saying “ Why is this happening to me?” say it this
way “ Thank you Lord for this challenges that made me stronger
under Your care” . Keep an open mind and perspective , surround
yourself with loved ones allow yourself to have bad days , make a
list of things you can manage , spend time in nature.
Nobody is exempted from experiencing hardships and
difficulties but if you pray to God for strength, wisdom, and hope,

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 you will not find it difficult to stay positive despite the challenges
that life is bringing your way.

Instruction: Do not write anything on this learning sheets. Please

write all your answers in your Homeroom Guidance activity
notebook.

IV. Activity

Activity No. 1.

Directions: Pictures below are the different scene of life challenges.

Label each picture. Write your answers in your HG activity
notebook.

Part I.
A. ____________________
B.__________________

C.___________________ D.
____________________

E. ___________________ F.
_____________________

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Part II.

Guide questions:
1. How does this people survived after the difficulties they are facing?
2. What you can do to help them survive?
3. Give some steps on how to survive upon having this kind of calamities
in your life.
4. If you are one experiencing this kind of situation what will you do to
cope up?

Activity No. 2
Direction: Read and understand the story of Dr. Ahmed . Write your
answers of the guide questions in your HG activity notebook.

Story of Dr. Ahmed, Nothing happens by chance

Dr. Ahmed, a well-known cancer specialist, was on his way to

another city for an important conference where he was to get an award
in the field of Medical Research. He was really excited to attend the
conference and to reach as shortly as possible. He had worked so long
& hard on his research and felt his efforts deserved the award.

However, after the plane takes off, within the next two hours, the
plane made an emergency landing at the nearest airport due to some
technical snag. He got afraid that he was going to miss the conference,
So, Dr. Ahmed immediately visited the reception to enquire for the next
flight but informed that next flight to the destination was after ten
hours.

The receptionist recommended him to rent a car and drive

himself to the conference which was only four hours away. Left with no

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other choice, he agreed to the idea despite his hatred for driving long
distances. Dr. Ahmed got a car rented and went on his journey.

However, shortly once he left, the weather suddenly changed and

a heavy storm began. The heavy rain made it difficult to look through
and he missed a turn he was supposed to take. After 2 hours of
driving, he got convinced that he was lost. Driving in the heavy rain on
a deserted road, feeling hungry and tired, he started looking for any
sign of living being.

After some time, when the storm calmed a little. He finally found
a small tattered house. Desperately, he got out of the car and knocked
the door. A beautiful lady opened the door. He explained the matter
and asked her if he might use her telephone. The lady with a heavy
heart told him that she doesn’t have any phone connection but told the
doctor that it could come inside until weather improves. Fully
exhausted and hungry, he accepted her kind invitation and walked in
then she gave him hot tea and bread to eat.

The lady asked him if he could join her for prayers but Dr.
Ahmed smiled and said that he believes in hard work only and told her
to continue with her prayers. Sitting on the table and sipping the tea,
the Dr. watched the woman in the dim light of candles as she was
praying for someone next to her, maybe, a small baby crib. Every time
she finished a prayer, she again started with another prayer. Feeling
that the woman could be in need of something, the doctor seized the
opportunity to speak as soon as she finished her prayers. The doctor
asked her what exactly she wants from God and asked if God will ever
listen to her prayers. He further asked about the tiny kid in the crib for
whom she was apparently making a lot of prayers. The lady gave a sad
smile and said that the child in the crib is her son who is suffering
from a rare type of cancer and there is only one Dr. Ahmed who can
cure him but she doesn’t have money to afford his fee. Moreover, Dr.
Ahmed lives in another far off town. She aforementioned that God has
not answered her prayer so far but said that God is going to make
some way out one day and added that she will not allow her fears to
overcome her faith.

Stunned and speechless, Dr. Ahmed was in tears. He whispered

under his breath, God is great, and recollected the sequence of events
that happened in his journey to this point. Firstly, there was some
malfunction in the airplane, then the thunderstorm hit, and he lost his
directions and all of this happened in a pre-planned sequence because
God did not just answer her prayer but also gave him a chance to come
out of the materialistic world and offer some help to the needy poor
peoples who have nothing but their prayers.
(Source:https://quitpit.com/nothing-happens-by-chance/)

Guide Questions:

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 1. What are the challenges does Dr. Ahmed encountered as
he
traveled to another city?
2. What have you observed and learned when Dr. Ahmed
faced
with an obstacle in his travel to reach his destination?
3. What have you learned in the attitude and behavior of the
lady
whom Dr. Ahmed met?
4. What do you think does Dr. Ahmed realized at the end of
the
short story?

Activity No. 3

Directions: Make your own mantra with the theme “Positivity amidst
life’s Challenges”. Write your mantra in a one sheet of A4
bondpaper.

Example of mantra: “I know I can do it , I know I can do it!”.

Rubrics

10 8 6 4 2
Originality, Originality Originality Originality Originalit
positive impact , with , content , content y,
to readers, impact to are are not neatness
content are very the significant significant,
significant, readers, , neatness
neatness content neatness
are
significant
, neatness

Activity No. 4. Read the real life story of Manila City mayor
Francisco Domagos. Answer the guide questions of this activity in
your HG activity notebook.

Life of Francisco Isko Moreno Domagoso_

Francisco Isko Moreno Domagoso known as Yorme ng

Maynila. Born on October 24 ,1974 in a depressed area of
Tondo, Manila. The only child of Joaquin Domagoso ( stevedore

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at Manila North Harbor) and Rosario Moreno from Allen ,
Northern Leyte whose natural desire was to see their only child
succeed in life but the couple themselves barely earned enough
for their family’s needs in a day.
Isko is one of the most underprivileged and in a portion
of the city that’s forsaken. At the age of 10 by pushing a cart
and going house- to- house to gather old newspapers ,
cartoons , used bottles and any reusable and recyclable junks
worth selling , then reselling them to the local junk dealer-
shop. He also rummaged through restaurants garbage bins for
leftover food , which his mother would recook for dinner.
Because of poverty , he missed to have the luxury of boyhood
joys , like toys , new shoes and clothes and other things which
a young boy should have.
In the midst of financial inadequacy he never lost
interest in his studies and finished his elementary years at
Rosauro Almario Elementary School. He continue his
education in high school at Tondo High School. Now a budding
teenager , he “ promoted “ himself into a pedicab driver when
not in school. Likewise deprived of teenage indulgences like
parties , outings , proms and other social activities because he
is busy eking out a living. Undaunted by these early setbacks
in life , Isko knew that adherence to hard work and belief in
oneself are the key ingredients to success.
Upon graduation from high school , he is deeply
committed and very determined to advance and change their
economic status for the better, he enrolled at the Philippine
Maritime Institute hoping to earn a degree in Maritime
Engineering course with the hope to free them from poverty by
plying international waters with the hope to earn dollars but
fate intervened.
In 1993 he was scout by a talent Wowie Roxas while
attending a funeral in Tondo and was then persuaded to join
show business. He committed himself as part of That’s
Enterinment variety show of German Moreno and gained role
in the Philippine movies but still he never lost focus on his
dreams.
In 1998 he was elected and sworn as councilor in the
firstcongressional district in Manila and he was reelected in
2001 and 2004 respectively. While landing his political career
Isko continues to seek his life-long dream to alleviate poverty
is thru education that is why inspite of his hectic schedule he
attended short courses Executive Education Program at
Harvard University , Strategic Leadership Program at Oxford
University and Public Administration at Pamantasan ng
Lungsod ng Maynila while fulfilling his duties . At University
of the Philippines Diliman Domagoso also took up Local
Legislation and Local Finance in 2007 when he vice mayor in

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 Manila and in 2018 he was elected as the mayor of the capital
city of the Philippines, Manila.
(Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isko_Moreno)

Guide questions:

1. What does Isko doing on the streets of Manila on his

childhood days?
2. What do you think is the reason of Isko of that early
age
he learned to find means for a living?
3. How can Isko Moreno positively alleviate poverty?
4. What can you say about an old adage , “ Poverty is not a
hindrance to success.
Explain briefly.

IV. Reflection
Directions: Write a reflection paper about the picture below.
Write your written reflection in a one sheet A4 bond paper.

Rubrics

10 8 6 4 2
Originality Originality, Originality Originalit Originalit
, positive with impact , content y, y,
impact to to the are content neatness
readers, readers, significant are not
content content are , significan
are very significant , neatness t,
significant, neatness neatness
neatness

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V. References

https://www.gracebarkerhealth.com/keeping-a-positive-attitude-in-the-midst-of-

challenges (acessed on July 26, 2020)

https://www.somtribune.com/2020/04/09/when-should-people-go-to-the-

hospitals-if-they-have-covid-19-symptoms/(acessed on July 26, 2020)

https://www.borgenmagazine.com/rd-in-alternative-uses-of-fishing-waste-

give-the-philippines-new-hope/ (acessed on July 26, 2020)

https://www.elitereaders.com/if-youre-used-to-wasting-food-watching-this-

video-will-make-you-rethink-your-choices/(acessed on July 26, 2020)

8 Strategies for Boosting Your Optimism - Game Changers

International

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 (lethiaowens.com)(acessed on July 26, 2020)

5 Tips to Optimize Health (selecthealth.org)(acessed on July 26,

2020)

https://www.wattpad.com/201009406-biography-of-francisco-domagoso-a-
k-a-

isko-moreno(acessed on July 26, 2020)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isko_Moreno(acessed on July 26, 2020)

https://quitpit.com/nothing-happens-by-chance/(acessed on July 26, 2020)s

Holy Bible, in the Book of Ecclesiastes Chapter 3, verses 1 - 8

VI. Answer Key

Activity No. 1
Part I.
a. patience fighting Covid/sickness
b. funeral , loss of love one
c. depression / sadness
d. poverty
e. broken relationship
c. calamity

Part II.
Guide question answers depends on the students how they understood
through life experiences.

Activity No. 2
Answers based on the reflection of the students .

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Activity No. 3
Answers depends on answers of the students guided by the made rubrics.

Activity 4.
Answers based on the reflection of the students guided by the made rubrics.

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