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English
Quarter 2 – Module 3:
Employing Analytical Writing Skill
in Problem Solving

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 We are almost done with the Second Quarter! You are about to
finish another Academic accomplishment of Learnings and experiences.
Just keep going and keep motivated through HIS Glory! LOVE
T. JMBarri
Let`s Start
Please use BLUE BALLPEN for all the written Activities
Lesson
1 Winning Over Individual Challenges
After going through this lesson, you will be able to:
1. identify the varied ways to win over challenges;
2. appreciate the value of overcoming challenges; and
3. create an essay on how to overcome challenges.

What’s New: ACTIVITY 1.1: LET’S CONNECT

Directions: Answer the following questions below on your separate answer sheet. Don`t
forget to WRITE YOUR NAME & SECTION and the TITLE of the Activity. Similar answer
from your classmate will be marked ZERO.
1. Think back and list down at least 10 personal challenges you have experienced or
encountered in the past. You may do more than 10 if you wish.
2. Have you overcome those challenges that you have encountered?
3. Why is it important to win over our challenges?

What is It: ACTIVITY 1.2: YOU’RE MY IDOL

We look up to people because we admire how they were able to successfully
overcome challenges.
Think of a person that influences you most in winning over individual challenges in life.
Answer the questions below on a separate answer sheet. Don`t forget to WRITE YOUR
NAME & SECTION and the TITLE of the Activity. Similar answer from your classmate
will be marked ZERO.
1. What is/are the challenge/s that the person who influenced you most has faced?
2. What actions were attempted at solving the challenge of your idol? How did these actions
result to?
3. Why do you think people should face challenges in life?
4. What does your idol wants you to learn about his/her life.

What’s More: Listen to the lyrics of the song entitled “RISE UP” by Andra Day and answer
the questions below. Share your answer with your classmate. Provide a ScreenShot/Any

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 proof of your classmate`s collaboration on this activity and send it in our ENGLISH 10 GC.
1. What message does Andra Day, the singer of the song aim to express? Do you agree
with her message? Why?
2. Do you think that through the song’s message, you will be able to encourage an
individual to win over challenges?
3. In your opinion, what does Andra Day mean by Rising up a thousand times?

What I Can Do: Activity 1.3: LET’S GET IT WRITE!

On your answer sheet, write a three-paragraph essay on how we can successfully
overcome challenges. Your composition must have the following:
• Introduction/background of the topic and suggested resolution based on the
scenario.
• Body/discussion of the merits or advantages of the suggested resolution.
• Conclusion/summary of points to convince your friend to take your suggested
action or have a better opinion.

Lesson Denotative and Connotative Meaning of

2
Words
After going through this lesson 2, you will be able to:
1. identify the difference of Denotation and Connotation in finding the
meaning of words;
2. appreciate the importance of using denotative and connotative meaning of
words in literature and in daily life; and
3. demonstrate correct use of denotative and connotative words.
What’s New
Denotation- is a word’s literal or main definition. This definition is completely absent of
emotion. These are words or phrases that we can easily find the dictionary thus, it is commonly
known as the “dictionary definition.”
Connotations- meaning of words that are beyond what is literal. It is based on emotions,
feelings, moods or images that come up in your mind upon reading or hearing those words.
Connotations have:
1. positive associations
2. negative associations
3. neutral associations
Example:

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Positive connotation- Youth Negative connotation-Childish Neutral- Adolescent
Connotations also show symbolic meanings. Example Dove symbolizes Peace, and Blue
symbolizes sadness.
In this case, the word has completely new meaning that is far from its literal definition. That
is why connotation is also called the “hidden meaning”
Other Examples:
Stone- strong/strength
Snake- an evil person or a traitor Chicken- a coward or an easy task Heart- love or care
What I Have Learned: Activity 2.1: THE VENN DIAGRAM ACTIVITY
Draw a Venn Diagram on a separate sheet, compare and contrast the importance of using
DENOTATIVE MEANING and CONNOTATIVE MEANING OF WORDS in our daily lives
and even in literary texts (stories, poems, etc.) The outside circle is for their differences, the
inside circle is for their commonalities. Don`t forget to WRITE YOUR NAME & SECTION
and the TITLE of the Activity. Similar answer from your classmate will be marked ZERO.

What I Can Do: Activity 2.1: DECISION MAKING

Directions: Define each word using a dictionary, use the word in context/sentence, then
decide if the word has a positive or negative connotation. The first word is done for you.
Words Denotation Words in Sentence Connotation
Low in price, The guy I went on a Negative
Cheap not date
expensive. with was so cheap!

Economical

Hideous

Pleasing

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 Analyzing Characterization
Lesson based on the Story “How
3 Odin Lost His Eye”
After going through this lesson, you will be able to:
1. read and analyze the story “How Odin Lost his Eye”;
2. cite the importance of having good characteristics; and
3. examine the character traits of the main character in the reading selection.
What’s In: Activity 3.1: WORD POWER. Don`t forget to WRITE YOUR NAME &
SECTION and the TITLE of the Activity. Similar answer from your classmate will be
marked ZERO.
Look at the words given below. Explain how they relate to your characteristics as a
person. Write your answer on a separate answer sheet.

SACRIFICE WISDOM LOVE

Process Questions:
1. What are the common features of the three given words?
2. How can we develop the given characteristics to our lives as a person?
3. What is the importance of understanding the meaning of the given words?

What’s New:Activity 3.2: READ!

Please read the story “How Odin Lost His Eye” and answer the
questions that follow
HOW ODIN LOST HIS EYE
Retold by Catherine F. Sellew
Once when the world was still very young, Odin sat on his throne in the most beautiful palace
in Asgard. His throne was so high that he could see over all three parts of the world from
where he sat. On his head he wore a helmet shaped like an eagle. On his shoulders perched
two black ravens called Memory and Thought. And at his feet crouched two snarling wolves.

The great king gazed thoughtfully down on the earth below him. He had made the green land
that stretched out before his eyes. With the help of the other gods he had made men and
women who lived on that earth.

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The fair elves had promised they would help his children of the earth. The elves were the tiny
people who lived between heaven and earth. They were so small that they could flit about
doing their work unseen. Odin knew that they were the artists who painted the flowers and
made the beds for the streams. They took care of all the bees and the butterflies. And it was
the elves who brought the gentle rain and sunshine to the earth.

Even the ugly dwarfs, who lived in the heart of the mountains, agreed to help. They forged
iron and metals, made tools and weapons. They dug gold and silver and beautiful jewels out
of the earth. Sometimes they even cut the grain and ground the flour for the farmers on the
earth. — All seemed to be going well. Odin found it hard to think of evil times. But he knew
that the frost giants were only waiting for a chance to bring trouble to his children. They were
the ones who brought cold and ice to the world and shook the earth in anger. They hated
Odin and all the work of the gods.

And from high on his throne Odin looked down beyond the earth deep into the gloomy land
of his enemies. He saw dark figures of huge men moving about. They looked like evil
shadows. He, the king of the gods, must have more wisdom. It was not enough just to see
his enemies. He must know more about them.
So, Odin wrapped his tall figure in a blue cloak. Down from his throne he climbed. Down the
broad rainbow bridge, he strode and across the green earth till Ile came to one of the roots
of the great evergreen tree. There, close by the tree, was a well full of clear water. Its surface
was so still it was like a mirror. In it one could see pictures of things that had happened and
things that were going to happen.

But beside the well sat an old man. His face was lined with the troubles of the world. His
name was Mimir, which means "memory." No one, not even the great Odin, could see the
pictures in the well unless he first drank some of its water. Only Mimir could give the magic
drink. "Aged Mimir," Odin said to the old man, "you who hold the knowledge of the past and
future in your magic waters, let me have but one sip. Then I can know enough to protect the
men and women of the earth from the hate of the giants."

Mimir looked kindly at Odin, but he did not smile. Although he spoke softly, his voice was so
deep it reminded Odin of the distant roar of the ocean. "The price of one drink from this well
is not cheap," Mimir said. "And once you have drunk and gazed into the mirror of life, you
may wish you had not. For sorrow and death as well as joy are pictured there. Think again
before you ask to drink."

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"You are great and good, Odin," answered Mimir. "You have worked hard to make the world.
Only those who know hard work may drink from my well. However, that is not enough. What
have you given up that is very dear to you? What have you sacrificed? The price of a drink
must be a great sacrifice. Are you still willing to pay the price?"

Odin put his hands up to his bright blue eyes. Those two eyes had gazed across the world
from his high throne in the shining city of the gods. His eyes had taught him what was good
and beautiful, what was evil and ugly. But those eyes had also seen his children, the men
and women of the earth, struggling against the hate of the giants. One eye was a small
sacrifice to win knowledge of how to help them. And without another thought, Odin plucked
out one of his blue eyes and handed it to Mimir. Then Mimir smiled and gave Odin a horn full
of the waters of his well.

"Drink deeply, brave king, so you may see all that you wish in the mirror of life." Odin lifted
the horn to his lips and drank. Then he knelt by the edge of the well and watched the pictures
passing across its still and silent surface. When he stood up again, he sighed, for it was as
Mimir had said. He had seen sorrow and death as well as joy. It was only the glorious promise
at the end that gave him courage to go on.
So, Odin, the great king of the gods, became one-eyed. If you can find Mimir's well, you will
see Odin's blue eye resting on the bottom. It is there to remind men and women of the great
sacrifice he made for them.
(Source: Celebrating Diversity through World Literature, Grade 10 Learners Material, pp. 80-
83)
Activity 3.3: PLOT AND CONFLICT ANALYSIS.
You have just intently studied the story of “How Odin Lost His Eye”. Focus on the plot
structure of the story and analyze the conflict experienced by the main character Odin. Fill
out the worksheet below on a separate sheet. Don`t forget to WRITE YOUR NAME &
SECTION and the TITLE of the Activity. Similar answer from your classmate will be
marked ZERO.
1. Did you feel you were part of the story? YES NO Explain your
answer.
2. Were you able to predict the ending? YES NO Explain your answer.
3. What was your favorite part of the story? Explain your answer.

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 4. What type of conflict(s) did the author create? (check one or more)
Character vs. Nature Character vs. Society

Character vs. Self Character vs. Character

5. What was the most important conflict in the story?

6. What was the main character (the protagonist) trying to accomplish?
7. How was the main conflict resolved?

Lesson
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4 MODALS
After going through this lesson, you will be able to:
a. identify modal verbs used in expressing permission, obligation, and
prohibition;
b. cite the importance of using these modal verbs in everyday living especially in
written or spoken communication of ideas; and
c. construct sentences using modal verbs of permission, prohibition, and
obligation correctly.
What’s New
A modal is a type of auxiliary verb (also known as helping verb) that is used to
express ability, probability/possibility, permission, prohibition, obligation, and many more.
The modal verbs in English are:
can could may might will
would must shall should ought to
FUNCTIONS OF MODAL VERBS:
1. Permission- the verbs 'can', 'could' and 'may' are used to ask for and give permission.
Example:
a. You can borrow my pen.
b. May I speak with manager?
c. Could I leave early tonight, please?
d. You may use my room just for tonight.
2. Obligation- the modal verbs “should”, “must”, “has/have to” and “ought to” are used to
express that something needs to be done something is necessary. They can also be
used to give advice.

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a. As a student, you must do your homework.
b. We have to wear face mask whenever we go out.
c. You should stop smoking if you want to live longer.
d. We ought to follow the rules of the school.
3. Prohibition- “can’t/ cannot”, “mustn’t/ must not” are modal verbs used to express
prohibition or something that is not allowed, to give set rules and boundaries, and to give
orders.
Example:
a. You can’t drink alcohol when you are under 18 years old.
b. You must not use your phone in class.
4. Ability- to show that someone can do something, the ability to do something
and skills of a person. Use the modal verbs: can, be able to, could.
Example:
I can help you with that next week. (Positive)
Jake cannot play the piano. (Negative)
Hazel is able to run quickly. (Positive) John isn’t able to win the race. (Negative)
Jed could speak Chinese when he was still young. (Positive) I couldn’t find the website
for my online class. (Negative)
5. Probability/Possibility- to express a prediction or expectation that something will
happen now or in the future. Use the modal verbs: may, might, could, may be,
Example:
The forecast said that it may rain this afternoon. (Positive)
They may not buy the house because they lack funds. (Negative)
My relatives might visit us tonight. (Positive)
You might not get a day off next month. (Negative)
I guess I could still go to work even if it’s raining. (Positive) She couldn’t be in the office
this early. (Negative)
6. Request- to express polite ways of telling or asking someone to do something. It can
also express offers or invitations. Use the modal verbs: can, could, will, would, may
Example:
Can you come to my house for dinner? (Invitation) Will you attend the party with me?
(Invitation) Would you like to go the mall? (Offer)
May I take your order? (Offer)
Will you pass me the rice, please? (Request) Could you please open the door?
(Request)

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Modal Verbs Example Uses

Can • They can control their own budgets. Ability / Possibility Inability /
We can’t fix it. Impossibility Asking for
• Can I smoke here? permission
• Can you help me? Request
Could • Could I borrow your dictionary? Asking for permission.
• Could you say that again more slowly? Request
• We could try to fix it ourselves.
• I think we could go to war again. Suggestion Future possibility
• He gave up his old job so he could Ability in the past
work for us.
May • May I have another cup of coffee? Asking for permission Future
• China may become a major economic possibility
power.
Might • We'd better phone tomorrow, they Present possibility Future
might be eating their dinner now. possibility
• You never know, they might give us
a 10% discount.
Must • We must say good-bye now. Necessity / Obligation
• They mustn’t disrupt the work more Prohibition
than necessary.
Ought to We ought to employ a professional writer. Saying what’s right or correct.

Shall • Shall I help you with your luggage? Offer Suggestion

(More Shall we say 2.30 then? Asking what to do
common in • Shall I do that, or will you?
the UK
than the US)

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 Should • We should sort out this problem at Saying what’s right or correct
once.
• I think we should check everything Recommending action Giving
again. advice Uncertain prediction
• You should check your posture when
using the computer.
• Profits should increase next year.
Will • I can’t see any taxis so I’ll walk. I'll do Instant decisions Offer
that for you if you like. Promise
• I’ll get back to you first thing on
Monday.
Certain prediction
• Profits will increase next year.
Would • Would you mind if I brought a Asking for permission Making a
colleague with me? Request Making a Request
• Would you pass the salt please? Making arrangements Invitation
Would you mind waiting a moment? Stating Preferences
• "Would three o`clock suit you?" -
"That’d be fine."
• Would you like to play golf this Friday?

• "Would you prefer tea or coffee?" - "I’d

like tea please."
Test I: Directions: Fill in the blanks with appropriate modals. Write your answer on the blank
line.
1. There are plenty of tomatoes in the fridge. You buy any.
2. It's a hospital. You smoke.
3. He had been working for more than 11 hours. He be tired
after such hard work.
4. I speak Arabic fluently when I was a child and we
lived in Morocco.
5. The teacher said we read This book for our own pleasure as
it is optional.
6. you stand on your head for more than a minute?
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7. If
you want to learn to speak English fluently, you to work hard.
8. Take an umbrella. It rain later.
9. You leave small objects lying around. Such objects
may be swallowed by children.
10. People _______walk on grass.

Test II. Read the questions properly and circle the letter of the correct answer
1. Select a synonym for "Denotation"
a. Definition c. Reference
b. Diction d. Meaning
2. If someone uses the term "rug rat", is this a denotative or connotative
definition for the term "child"?
a. Connotative c. Both a and b
b. Denotative d. Neither
3. What is the denotation of "snake"?
a. An amphibian c. A toy
b. A liar, cheater, or fraud d. Snake
4. What is a connotative meaning of the term, "babe"?
a. A baby pig c. Someone you're attracted to
b. Babe d. A hog
5. What is the denotative meaning of the phrase, "Kick the bucket."
a. Actually kicking a bucket c. Falling in a bucket
b. Dying d. None of the above
Additional Activities Task 1: From your lesson 1 and lesson 2, create a poster based on
the theme below. Use a short bond paper for your output. BE CREATIVE & UNIQUE!
“What are the characteristics that we need in order to overcome
our challenges in life?”

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“Never say you CAN`T! You CAN;
only if you WANT!– -T.JMBarri

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