COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SOLIDARITY AND CITIZENSHIP

WORKSHEET for Week 3 Activity 1

Name: _______________________________________ Date: ______________

Grade and Section: _____________________________ Score: ________
Week 3 Activity 1: What is new?
Directions: Complete the three columns below by choosing the correct word from the
word pool.

connections Rewards working together generalizing process

sociological construct
Structures human behaviors
Dynamics information coercion
Processes
task accomplishment program expertise fuzzy boundaries leadership

Integrating relationships linkages physically mobile

Week 3 Activity 2: Arrange Me, What I Am?

Directions: Arrange the jumbled words to be able to come up with a sensible
word/words. Once it’s done, you have to look for the definition that best describes the
word.
1. B S R N E A U I D O

2. I R E N C C O O

3. I V T E T R A G I N E

4. S M N A Y I C D

5. Z U Z F Y
Answers:
1. ___________________________ 3. ___________________________ 5. ______________
2. ___________________________ 4. ___________________________

Definition:
1.
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2.
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4.
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5.
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Week 3 Activity 3: The Hamburger Paragraph
Directions : Describe the functions of communities in terms of structures, dynamics,
and processes.
THE HAMBURGER PARAGRAPH

Introduction: _________________________________________

Dynamics
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Processes
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Structures
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Conclusion: ______________________________________________

Questions to Ponder:
1. Why is it important to know how your community functions?

2. What difficulties did you encounter?

3. What have you learned?

Week 3 Activity 4: Reading Activity

Directions: Read “The Dynamics of a Community” . After reading be able to answer the
reflection question: Why is a community considered a “super-organic organism or
system”?

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Week 3 Activity 5: “Lakbay-Utak” (Mental Tour)

Directions :
1. Take a mental tour of a community, preferably a poor community, that is familiar to
you.
2. Imagine that you are investigating the community. Be quiet and let your mind travel
slowly and be aware of what the exercise reveals.
3. Identify the power actors/players in the community. Who are the influential members
of the community? What are the characteristics of these people? How do they influence
the members of the community?

Processing Questions:
1. Who are the power actors / players?

2. What makes them power actors / players?

3. What have you learned in the activity?

Week 3 Activity 6: “Pagkilatis”

Directions :
1. Identify the community that is familiar to you. You may use the same community in
the previous exercises.
2. Recall significant events or ordinary happenings that continue to exist in the
community.
3. Identify and describe these occurrences, put a name per occurrence , and determine
if each occurrence is considered as community dimension. Community dimensions are
actually different parts of a community. However, according to Phil Bartle, we apply the
term” dimension” because what we are referring to are “analytical categories” and not
“observable parts” such as the parts of the body (retrieved from
www.cec.vcn.ca/cmp/modules/com-wha.htm).
4. Draw a diamond and write in each angle the dimensions that you have identified in
the exercise.
5. Write your exercise output in a yellow pad paper or bond paper.

Week 3 Activity 7: Easy Essay!

Directions : Make an essay from any of the following functions of communities in terms
of structures, dynamics, and processes. You may use a yellow pad paper or bond paper
to write on. Rubrics had been provided below on grading your performance in this
activity.
1. How is the community composed? (Power Structure)
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 2. How do people in the community act to one another? (Dynamics)

3. How do communities develop? (Process)

Score Content Organization Develop[ment

4 Answer is appropriate Clear sense of order. Develops each point with
to the question. Supporting points are many specific details.
Content is factually presented in a logical Answer question
correct. progression. completely.
3 Answer is appropriate May lack a topic sentence but Each point presented
to the question. May points are presented in a logical with
have one or two progression. some details and
factual errors. evidence. All important
points included.
2 Content relate Logic of arguments is minimally Sparse details or
peripherally to the perceivable. Points presented in evidence. Question only
question; contains a seemingly random fashion, partially answered.
significant factual but all support argument.
errors.
1 Content unrelated to Lacks clear organizational plan. Statement are
question. Reader is confused. unsupported by any
details or explanation

Week 3 Activity 8: SWOT Analysis Matrix

Directions: Answer the SWOT Analysis Matrix below by filling the needed data. You
may think of your own barangay / town / organization in giving situations.
Name: _______________________________________ Date: ______________
Score: _____________
A. Given Community Situation / Activity
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B. Description (1 to 2 sentences)
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AREA DESCRIPTION
Strenght/s

Weakness/es

Opportunity/ies

Threat/s

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