LEARNING STRAND 3 -MATHEMATICS AND PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS

PARALLEL, PERPENDICULAR, AND INTERSECTING LINES

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL
SESSION GUIDE # ____

I. OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson, the learners should be able to:
1. Understand the difference between parallel, intersecting, and perpendicular lines.
2. Determine if a line is parallel, intersecting, or perpendicular.
3. Connect the lesson to their life experiences.

II. SUBJECT MATTER: PARALLEL, PERPENDICULAR, AND INTERSECTING LINES

LS3MP-G-PSC-JHS-20: Determine the conditions under which lines and segments are parallel or
perpendicular.

References:

Department of Education. n.d. “Secondary Modules LS3: Mathematical and Problem-Solving Skills.” ICT4ALS.
https://sites.google.com/view/ict4als/ict-resources-for-als/ae-secondary/ae-sec-ls3a.

Prerequisite/Prior Knowledge:
Lines are composed of points.
There should be at least two points to make a line.
A line segment is a part of a line having two endpoints.

Materials:
For modular: worksheet
For online/face-to-face: slides, worksheet

Duration: 60 mins

Value Aim - Socio-emotional Learning (SEL)

Focus: Achievement Orientation, Gratitude

Thinking Skills used: Systems Thinking, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Creative Inventive Thinking
III. PROCEDURES:
A. Review/Motivation
Description Thinking/STEM SEL Skill
Skill

Greet your learners. Recall from the previous lesson Creative Inventive Persistence
that lines are composed of points and at least 2 points Thinking
make a line. Show the following puzzle activity for the
students. Let them answer individually and let them
share their solution after 5 minutes.

Nine Dots Puzzle

Without lifting your pen, draw four straight lines
that pass through all nine of the points below

B. Activity
Description Thinking/STEM SEL Skill
Skill

Introductory Activity: Decision Making Achievement

Tell the learners that they will learn about parallel, Orientation
perpendicular, and intersecting lines. They will also Critical Thinking
practice achievement orientation and gratitude. Gratitude
 Activity Proper: Systems Thinking
Have your learners bring out their worksheet. If you
are doing online or face-to-face classes, you may put
the picture on a slide. Tell them that in the picture,
there are four friends who live in the same
community. Ask them what the names of the friends
are. Tell them that the four friends all want to finish
school so they can have a better life and help their
families.

Instruct the learners to help the four friends go to

school by drawing a line to show the path that each
one should take:

Ask the learners these questions: How about you? How

do you help yourself finish school? Call on learners to
share. Encourage them to name the specific behavior
they do to help themselves (ex: “Inaaral ang lesson
 mag-isa hanggang maintindihan ito” instead of just
“Nag-aaral ng mabuti”). Tell them that when they
recount specific things they do, they are more likely to
repeat that behavior.

To end the sharing, tell the learners that while the goal of
finishing school is important, the work we do every day to
reach our goal is more important. It is what gets us to the
goal. This is called “Achievement Orientation.”

C. Analysis
Description Thinking/STEM SEL Skill
Skill

In the next page of the worksheet, they will see Systems Thinking Curiosity
different types of lines. You may also put this up on a
slide. Ask the learners if they were able to observe Decision Making
these lines from the paths, they drew for the four
friends. Give them time to go back to the picture to Critical Thinking
look for the different lines.
Have them check the “observed” box if they have seen
these lines. Ask them to point out where these lines
are in the picture.
For each type of line, ask them if the lines met at
some point. Have them write “Yes” or “No” in the
blank provided. You may also have them encircle
where the lines met in the picture.
If their answer is “Yes”, have them name the friends
who met at that point of intersection. Tell them that
points of intersection are the points where the lines
 meet.
If their answer is “No”, then they do not have to name
any friends from the picture.

D. Abstraction / Generalization
Description Thinking/STEM SEL Skill
Skill

Go through the Abstraction part of the worksheet. If Critical Thinking Curiosity

you are doing online or face-to-face classes, it is best
to make these into slides.

Start by discussing what a line is. Then show the

learners that when you put another line beside it, it
now becomes a parallel line. The clue to remembering
parallel lines is the double “l” in “parallel.” Ask them to
think about why these lines never meet (answer: they
just go straight).

I. Did you observe the following types of lines in the activity above? Shade the box if you were able to observe
these lines.
 Observed Observed Observed Observed

Did the lines Did the lines Did the lines Did the lines
meet at some meet at some meet at some meet at some
point? (Yes/No) point? (Yes/No) point? (Yes/No) point? (Yes/No)

________________ ________________ ________________ ________________

If yes, name the If yes, name the If yes, name the If yes, name the
friends who met friends who met friends who met friends who met
at the point of at the point of at the point of at the point of
intersection: intersection: intersection: intersection:

_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________

_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________
______________ ______________ ______________ ________________
Note: point of intersection is the point where the lines meet

Remember that…

A B

This is a line. It has arrows on both ends to show that it goes on and on towards both
directions. It is named using two capital letters.

If we add another line beside it:

A C
This is now called parallel lines. These lines will never meet no
matter how long they extend.

If you need a clue to remember this type of line, just look at the
B D double “l” in parallel. Parallel lines look like the double “l”.
If two lines meet, they are called intersecting lines and the point where they meet is called the point of intersection.

Ask the learners to go back to the picture of the four friends and identify where the points of intersection are.

Intersecting
Lines

Point of
intersection
Point of
intersection

If intersecting lines create a perfect “L” shape, it means they met at a right angle (A right angle is 900. See image below).
This is called a perpendicular line.

Even if you turn a perpendicular line around, as long as it meets at a right angle, it is still considered perpendicular.

right angle Even if it has a different

L L (900) orientation, as long as it
meets at a right angle, it is
still a perpendicular line.
L L

E. Application
Description Thinking/STEM SEL Skill
 Skill

For the application part, you can check your learners’ Decision Making Gratitude
understanding by going back to the lines they made in
the picture at the beginning of the lesson. This has Reflective Achievement
been laid out in the worksheet. Thinking Orientation

Have the learners identify what kind of lines they are

by writing it in the blanks provided.

Answer key:
1. Perpendicular lines
2. Parallel lines
3. Intersecting lines
4. Perpendicular lines

Then, let the learners reflect on how the lines are

similar to their lives by recounting people who are
like parallel lines (people going in the same direction
or experiencing the same things but they have never
met them in person and just knows them from a
distance). Tell them that while they haven’t met these
people, it is comforting to know that they are not alone
in their life’s journey because they know that there are
people who are experiencing the same things.

There are also people who are like perpendicular

lines (people in their lives who they met at some point
in their lives and they met them at the right time). Ask
if they ever thanked these people. Remind them that it
is important to name these people so they can always
be grateful for them. We should never forget that when
times are hard, life is still full of good, kind, and loving
people who help us get through.
 F. Evaluation
Description Thinking/STEM SEL Skill
Skill

Given the figure below, determine whether each of Critical Thinking Persistence
the given pairs of lines form parallel, intersecting
or perpendicular lines.

1. LM and NO _____________________
2. TU and LM _____________________
3. RS and LM _____________________
4. LM and PQ _____________________
5. RS and NO _____________________

G. Assignment
Description Thinking/STEM SEL Skill
Skill

Take pictures of things around you that show parallel Digital Literacy Curiosity
and perpendicular lines. Share it on our Facebook group.
 Don’t forget to label them as parallel or perpendicular
lines.

Reflection

If we think about it, there are people in our lives who are
like…
Gratitude

Parallel lines – these are the people who are going in the
same direction/experiencing the same things as you but
you have never met them in person. You just know them
from a distance. Can you name these people?
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________

While you do not know these people, it is still comforting

to know that you are not alone in your life’s journey.

Perpendicular lines – these are people in your life who

you met at the right time. They were able to help you
make your life better. Can you name these people?
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________

It is important to name these people so you can always

be grateful for them.

Prepared by:

Name of ALS Teacher