Republic of the Philippines 10

Department of Education
Region v
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF SORSOGON
PILAR NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL

ENGLISH
LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET
QUARTER 3 WEEK 4

NOTE: Do not write anything in this learning activity sheet use separate paper to write your answers.
Read the directions carefully.

Lesson
4 Moralist Approach

I. INTRODUCTORY CONCEPT
Background Information for Learners
In this lesson, you will learn another literary approach that will enable you to appreciate
literature more. This lesson will make you realize that literature is more than just the physical aspect
and structure instead, it is the content that really matters that give the readers significant lessons in life.

II. LEARNING SKILLS FROM MELCs

 draw conclusion on how effective is the treatment of the underlying or overarching issue
concerning human experience (moralist) (EN10RC-IIIb-22.2); and
 relate significant lessons from a selection to real-life experience.

III. ACTIVITIES

Task 1: SAY WHAT YOU SEE

Share your viewpoints on the following pictures. Relate your perspective on today’s
events. Use a separate sheet of paper for your responses.

Guide Questions: (Write your answer in your answer sheet.)

 1. How important is nature to you?
2. Do you live in an environment same as the pictures shown above?
Describe the current environment you are living today.
3. As a youth of today’s generation, how can you help to save Mother Earth?
A. Let Us Study

Moralist Criticism is a type of literary critique that judges the value of the
literature based on its moral lessons or ethical teachings. In simpler terms, it
determines the worth of literature by seeing if it encourages good out of the
reader. For a moral criticism, it evaluates the maturity, sincerity, honesty,
sensitivity, and courage of literature.
Questions/Points to Consider:
• If the author seeks corruption or negative influence.
• The moral and ethical teachings the author presents.
• How does the text play out ethical principles?
• Is a practical, moral, or philosophical idea being presented?

B. Let Us Practice
Task 2: Read between the lines
Read the poem entitled, “God’s Grandeur” by Gerard Manley Hopkins and try to infer the
overall message of the poem.
God’s Grandeur
Gerard Manley Hopkins

The world is charged with the grandeur of God.

It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then, now not wreck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man’s smudge and shares man’s smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot, being shod.

And for all this, nature is never spent;

Their lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs-
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with warm breast and with ah! Bright wings.

Source: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44395/gods-grandeur

Comprehension Check: (Write your answer in your answer sheet.)

1. What is the overall message of the poem?
2. Was the author effective in expressing his message?
Share your reasons.
3. How did the author express the cause and effect of man’s
attitude towards nature?
 C. Let Us Practice More
Task 3: MY REFLECTION
The gifts of nature are countless, but we only appreciate their importance when
we don’t have them or lose them. Just imagine a single day without seeing the
daylight. Would life be worth living? Accomplish the graphic organizer to share your
thoughts. Use colored paper or other artistic materials in making your organizer.

Final Task. For Nature’s Sake.

Identify the persons or groups of persons who are responsible for the destruction of our
environment. Then, write a letter addressed to those persons to express your feelings of concern and to
discourage such persons from continuing the destruction of our environment. For example, write a
letter to the congressmen or senators and express your concern for the environment. Use colored paper
or other artistic materials in making your letter.

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NOTE: Your output in Task 3 and Final Task will be graded according to the given rubrics
below
Rubrics:
CONTENT 50%
CREATIVITY 10%
ORIGINALITY 30%
NEATNESS 10%
100%

IV. REFERENCE
Le, K. “Moral Criticism”. Prezi.com. Uploaded 2012. https://prezi.com/2iou0njas86h/moral-criticism
Lynn, S. Texts and Contexts: Writing About Literature with Critical Theory. 2nd ed. NY: Longman,1998.