CATCH-UP FRIDAYS TEACHING GUIDE

Catch-up Subject: English 8 Grade Level: 8

Quarterly Theme: National reading Program Date: March 9, 2024
(refer to Enclosure No. 2 of
DM 001, s. 2024, Quarter
3)
Sub-theme: Duration: 4 hours

Session Title: Subject and Time: English 8

Reading Enhancement 7:45-12:00
Session

I. Session 1. Draw conclusions from a set of details.

Objectives 2. Infer thoughts and feelings expressed in a text listened to.

II. Subject A. Content: DEAR – Drop Everything and Read

Matter B. Reference: DM No. 001 s. 2024

Materials: Copy of Worksheet on Making Predictions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDi66yKKxDM
Markers
Journals or notebooks for each student
III. Procedure Duration Activities

A. Daily Routine (5 minutes)

Prayer:
Checking of attendance:
Pre-Reading B. Motivation:
Teacher shows the class pictures of plastic wastes.
Preparation and Setting
In

1. What do you see in these pictures?

2. What problem are we facing now with regard to
plastic wastes?
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using
plastic?
4. You see it everywhere. We use it all the time. Do you
think it’s high time our government implemented a total
ban on the use of non-biodegradable plastic? Why
do/don’t you think so?
5. What can you say about the No Plastic Days
(Wednesday and Saturday) implemented by our local
government? Do you think it is effective to reduce the
plastic waste in our city? Why/Why not?

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C. UNLOCKING OF UNFAMILIAR WORDS

Directions: Identify the meaning of the underlined
words using context clues.
1. Their trash bin is filled with junk --a mixture of
crumpled pieces of paper, candy wrappers, and plastic
bottles.
A. things that are considered to be of no use or value
B. things that are donated or given to someone in need
C. things that are kept in a container for future use
2. The poor man collected the discarded materials he
found inside the huge trash can and sold them at a junk
shop.
A. Sold for a particular price
B. Thrown because no one wants or needs them
C. Kept because some things are still useful
3. The fire from the shoe factory gave off fumes that can
be inhaled even from afar.
A. Air in the atmosphere
B. Something that can kill someone
C. Harmful or strong-smelling gases or smoke
4. The increasing number of COVID-19 cases all over the
world poses a great health hazard in the lives of the
people.
A. something that
is dangerous and likely to cause damage
B. something that people should be afraid of because it
can kill
C. something that should be avoided and stopped
5. The house builders unearthed a human skeleton
while they were digging up the ground.
A. built something on the ground
B. took something from the ground
C. discovered something in the ground

During Reading Students read the following paragraph, and then answer
the questions that follow.

Dedicated Reading time
(1) Do you know that two-thirds of the world’s junk
consists of plastic? (2) In every place we go to and in
every direction, we look to, plastics are a common sight.
(3) It is because almost anything now can be made of
plastic, just as almost anything can be stored in a plastic
container. (4) But how are we going to dispose of the
discarded plastic objects and the used plastic
containers? (5) If we dump the plastic junk into the seas,
it will never break or corrode although seawater is a
fairly corrosive substance which eats away even the
strongest metals. (6) If we burn plastic garbage, it will
give deadly fumes which will cause cyanide poisoning to
persons who inhale enough of the gases. (7) Burying

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plastic garbage may sound aesthetically good since it

would clear our surroundings’ ugly sights. (8) But what
about possible hazard at some future time when these
materials are unearthed?

1. What constitutes the greater bulk of our garbage?

2. Is dumping the plastic junk into the sea a good way of
getting rid of it? Why?
3. What happens if we burn plastic garbage?
4. What is the advantage of burying plastic garbage?
What is the disadvantage?
5. As a student how can you help reduce plastic waste in
your school and in your community?
6. Based on the answers to the above questions, what
should be the decision of the people with regard to the
use of plastic materials?
A. Plastic materials, which make up two-thirds of the
world’s junk, should be used sparingly because plastic
garbage cannot be burned and does not decay.
B. Unless scientists find adequate means of disposing of
this non-decaying plastic garbage, the use of plastic
materials poses a problem to our environment.
C. Plastic junk should be disposed of by burying it
instead of throwing them into the sea or burning them.

Note: Teacher tells the class that in answering the

last question, they needed to find some reasons and
pieces of evidence from the text to come up with that
sound decision. She further tells them that when one
decides or judges something based on given evidence
or proof, one draws conclusion.
Post Reading Activity Students watch a video (Inferences and Conclusions
Practice – True Move Commercial) and make inferences
and draw conclusion about what is happening in the
video.
Progress Monitoring
FIRST SCENE
through Reflection and 1. Why is the boy’s head down?
Sharing 2. Do you think the man and the boy know each other?
3. Why did the man give the woman money?
4. What do you think is the relationship between the girl
and the man?
5. What is the girl probably thinking?
6. Why did the man give the boy the soup and pay for
the medicine?
SECOND SCENE
1. What do you think is in the bag?
2. Why did the man behind the counter give the bag to
the man with the beard?
3. What can you guess about the man with the beard?
4. Who do you think owns this restaurant? What made

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you think so?

5. Based on what you have seen so far, what can you say
about the man behind the counter?
6. What do you think has happened to the man?
THIRD SCENE
1. How is the girl feeling right now?
2. What is she thinking about?
FOURTH SCENE
1. Who is the man in the white coat talking to the girl?
FIFTH SCENE
1. What is for sale in the picture? Why?
SIXTH SCENE
1. What has changed about the hospital bill?
2. Who paid the bill for the family? Why?
SEVENTH SCENE
1. What is the boy thinking in this scene?
EIGTH SCENE
1. Why does the film include this picture at the end?
2. What are they trying to communicate to the viewer?

PREPARED:

____________________________
Name of Teacher

NOTED:

MERCEDES C. SORIA
Master Teacher – II

APPROVED:

CATALINA T. PEDONG
School Principal IV

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