English 4

QUARTER 4 MODULE 2

Evaluating the Likelihood of

Story/Event that Could
Really Happen
PRE–TEST
Read the passage carefully.
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious
disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus. This new virus
and disease were unknown before the outbreak began in
Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
On 30 January 2020, the Philippine Department of
Health reported the first case of COVID-19 in the country
with a 38-year-old female Chinese national. On 7th of March,
the first local transmission of COVID-19 was confirmed.
W.H.O. is working closely with the Department of Health in
responding to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Directions: Write True if the sentence is correct
and False if the sentence is not correct.

True
____1. Lockdown during the pandemic is necessary
to slow down the spread of COVID-19.

True
____2. COVID-19 is a dangerous disease that
can take lives and affect the economy of a
country.
False
____3. Personnel manning the checkpoint during
pandemic is not necessary for specific tasks like
wearing protective gear, facemask, physical
distancing and mass gathering.
False
____4. It is proper to go to a gathering during
an outbreak of an infectious disease.
False
____5. Wearing facemask during the pandemic
violates human rights.
R E C A P

Events are things that happen in a

story. The order in which the events
happen is called sequence.”
L E S S O N

“Project Liwanag”

Like many upland communities, the Aeta

community from Sitio Caoayan in Capas, Tarlac did
not have access to electricity before, but their
lives changed after a group of young graduates
visited them.
A group called Project Liwanag installed solar
panels in the community for free.
 The community chief's son, Pablo Tarosca,
said that their community is grateful because
finally they have the access to electricity. A
Grade 2 student, Pablo said that before, he found
it difficult to study when night fell.

"We didn't have lights so we found it hard to

read. Now that there's light, we are happy
because we can finally read at night," Pablo said
in Anci, a local language used by the Aeta
community.
 Pablo hopes that someday, he will be able to
pay it forward. "When I finish studying, I hope to
help other indigenous communities," he said.
Guided Practice
Comprehension Check-Up
Read the sentences carefully. Do the thumbs up if
the sentence is correct and thumbs down if the
sentence is not correct.

____1. There are plenty of Aeta families living in

Northern part of Luzon.
____2. Many upland communities from Sitio Caoayan
in Capas, Tarlac did not have access to electricity.
_____3. Pablo Tarosca was a Grade 4 student.

_____4. Project Liwanag installed solar panels in the

community for free.

_____5. The Aeta community were very grateful for

having an electricity source in their place.
Guided Practice 2
Directions: Draw a smiley face if you agree
with the statement and sad face if you
disagree.
_____1. Project Liwanag is a non-profit organization
devoted to allowing and improving the quality of living
of indigenous people in the Philippines

_____2. A group of young graduates visited the

Aeta community to help them.
_____3. Indigenous people are not happy to have
access of electricity.

_____4. Bayanihan is a custom which means helping

one another.

_____5. After the Project Liwanag Pablo Tarosca

can now read at night.
 A C T I V I T Y
Activity 1

Santiago’s Survival Story

Santiago is a 14-year-old boy and has four siblings.

E.J., Amiel, Princess, and Gerardo. He’s partial to
4-year-old Princess, his only sister. When she
smiles, her eyes light up. Princess feels closest to
Santiago too. “I love him because he always takes
care of me and he feeds me,” she says.
When Typhoon Haima bore down on the Philippines,
Santiago’s family went to his grandparents’ house. But
when the 10

storm worsened, “My father and my grandfather had

to destroy the plywood at the back of his house for us
to escape,” Santiago says.
“When we checked on our house the following day, I
could no longer see a trace of it,” he says. “Our
things were soaked in floodwater, my books and school
materials all destroyed.”
 Recalling their narrow escape and their losses,
Santiago breaks down and cries.

But three days after Super Typhoon Haima

ravaged Northern Luzon, relief goods arrived in
Solana.
Directions: Draw a star if you agree with the
statement and moon if you disagree.

______ 1. The Philippine government gives out relief goods

during/after a disaster.

______ 2. You can go play outside while there is a typhoon.

______ 3. Helping out each other in times of need is a

must.
______ 4. Only the Northern Luzon experience disasters
every year.

______ 5. Typhoon is a natural disaster that can’t be

stopped.
Activity 2
Mang Boyong

Mang Boyong, a street food vendor selling

Taho, was seen in giving up his daily income and
chose to give away the popular Filipino snack to
feed checkpoint personnel along Valenzuela-
Meycauayan Bulacan boundary during lockdown due
to pandemic infectious disease COVID-19.
Directions: Write YES if the statement is true and
NO if it is false.
NO
______ 1. During pandemic, you don’t have to help
other people.
YES
______ 2. It is necessary to have checkpoint
between the boundaries of city/town to ensure order
and discipline.
YES 3. Taho is a famous and popular Filipino
______
snack.
 NO
______ 4. COVID-19 is a type of medicine to
cure pneumonia.

YES
______ 5. Mang Boyong is a selfless and
generous person to help personnel despite losing
income.
Activity 3
Junkshop Boy

Jayvee Acorita Calayag, who used to work as a

‘junkshop boy,’ believed in the saying “dreams do come true.”
Despite working as a junkshop boy – meaning he had to look
and dig into garbage bins or anywhere that has recyclable
materials in exchange for money for food and other life
materials, Jayvee proved that being underprivileged isn’t an
excuse NOT to finish studies.
Nevertheless, Jayvee graduated from BS Electronic
Engineering and probably the best gift a parent could ever
have!
Directions: Write Agree if the statement is correct
and Disagree if it is incorrect.
Agree
______1. Hard work beats talent any day, but if
you’re talented and work hard, it’s hard to beat.
Agree
______2. Success is possible to those who work
hard.
Agree
______3. No one can steal what you learned in
school.
Disagree
______4. School is not needed.
Disagree
______5. It is better to play games than to study.
 W R A P – U P

To wrap everything up that we have talked

about in this lesson, let us always remember that:

To evaluate the likelihood of story/events could

really happen, if there are evidences of facts such
as; pictures, videos, tale of people who experienced
or witnessed the action. Documents, chart and
important timeline are also needed.
 V A L U I N G

“Hope is the power of being cheerful in

circumstances that we know to be
desperate.”
 P O S T - T E S T

Janitor to Lawyer

Ramil Comendador may seem like an

ordinary guy working at the COMELEC as a
janitor. Without the knowledge of his
colleagues, he had been going to law school for
five years at the Universidad de Manila.
 Aside from following his studies, he
was supporting his wife and two children in
Bicol. “I just want to say that we can
stop the cycle of poverty. You just need
to work hard. Don’t think that you will
forever be poor,” he said in one interview.
 Directions: Write True if the statement is
correct and False if it is incorrect.
True
______1. Age cannot stop you from achieving your
dreams.
False
______2. Ramil’s family is in Mindanao.
False
______3. A janitor is someone whose job is to make
a mess.
True
______4. A person can be successful as long as
there is a goal and perseverance.
True
______5. Ramil is a hardworking and selfless
father.