Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Cordillera Administrative Region
Division of Tabuk City
AGBANNAWAG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Tabuk City, Kalinga

INTERVENTION/REMEDIAL ACTIVITIES

GRADE 12-FIRST SEMESTER/FIRST QUARTER

S.Y. 2020-2021

UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

NAME:___________________________
SCORE:__________________

I. Multiple Choice.
Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer in the column provided.
CAPITAL LETTERS ONLY.
1.B 6. 11. 16. 21.
2. 7. 12. 17. 22.
3. 8. 13. 18. 23.
4. 9. 14. 19. 24.
5. 10 15. 20. 25.

1. It defines how people relate to nature and their physical environment.

A. Politics B. Anthropology C. Culture D. Sociology

2. It always describes human, human behaviour and human societies around the world.
A. Sociology B. Anthropology C. Political Science D. Culture

3. It is a social science that deals with humans and their interactions.

A. Sociology B. Anthropology C. Political Science D. Culture

4.It is the study of human social relationships and institutions.

A. Politics B. Anthropology C. Culture D. Sociology

5. It is a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing.
A. Beliefs B. Customs C. Traditions D. Norms

6. It is considered as a primary group and a basic unit in a society?

A. peers B. family C. family D. facebook friends

7. The theory refers to a socialization that may occur between infancy to adolescence.
A. Cognitive Development Theory B. Moral Development Theory
C. Theory of Social Self D. Psychoanalytic Theory

8. It pertains to violation of society’s norm.

A. social control B. deviance C. civil obedience D. RA 9165

9. A systematic means and practices used to maintain society’s norms, rules and laws; regulate conflict;
and discourage deviant behaviour.
A. human rights B. self-identity C. civil Disobedience D. Social Control
10. Refers to persons, groups, and institutions that interact with individuals to participate in the society.
A. agents of socialization B. social role
C. social standard D. social process
11. Kinship refers to those relationships found in all societies that______________.
A. is based on blood B. includes consaguineal relatives
C. includes affinal relatives D. all of the above
12. Anthropologists, as compared to other social scientists spent a great deal of time studying kinship
because they have:
A. always focused largely on biological relationships.
B. concentrated mainly on a small-scale society where kinship relations tend to be important.
C. always studied fictional relationships.
D. concentrate on industrial societies where kinship relations tend to be important.
13. A kinship diagram of a son, father, grandfather, and great grandfather would include ________.
A. affinal relatives C. two genders
B. collateral relatives D. bilineal relatives
14.The system of acknowledge social parentage; which varies from society to society.
A. descent B. kinship C. dynasty D. parental role
15. In bilateral descent, individuals are
A. members of the kinship group their parents have selected for them.
B. is equally related to both the mother’s and the father’s side of the family.
C. trace descent from both a patrilineage and a matrilineage.
D. can choose with which side of the family they wish to affiliate.
16. An organized political community that is living under a single system of government which governs a
large population, with a hierarchy of differing political positions and the power to enforce decisions
A. State B. chiefdom C. band D. society
17. A kind of family structure composed of spouses and their children from a previous marriage.
A. Extended B. reconstituted C. single D. nuclear
18. Also known as a politics of kinship is ____
A. political dynasty C. political structure
B. political stratification D. political arena
19. A relationship with other people through blood kinship ties based is ____
A. kinship B. patrilineal C. polyandry D. polygyny
20. A descent based on a female line.
A. patrilineal B. bilineal C. matrilineal D. lineal
21. Bond that is formed through marriage is _______.
A. patrilineal kinship C. affinal kinship
B. politics of kinship D. kinship by ritual
22.A type of polygamy in which a husband can take many wives.
A. monogamous B. polygyny C. polyandry D. descent

23.A type of authority that is legitimated by the sanctity of tradition or custom.

A. legal B. rational C. charismatic D. traditional

24. The concept of right to issue and, using coercive power, to enforce a command.
A. power B. authority C. legitimacy D. rule of law

25. According to Weber, it is “the basis of every system of authority, and correspondingly of every kind of
willingness to obey, a belief by virtue of which persons exercising authority are lent prestige.”
A. charismatic B. political power C. jurisdiction D. legitimacy

Prepared by:

GRACE G. CALDERON
Teacher II
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Cordillera Administrative Region
Division of Tabuk City
AGBANNAWAG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Tabuk City, Kalinga

INTERVENTION/REMEDIAL ACTIVITIES
GRADE 12-FIRST SEMESTER/FIRST QUARTER
S.Y. 2020-2021

UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

NAME:___________________________ SCORE:__________________

I. True or False
Directions: Analyze each statement. Write T If the statement is true and write F if the statement is
false. Write your answer before the number.
________1. Culture is defined as how people relate to nature and their physical environment.
________2. The term “Politics” means scientific study of man or human beings.
________3. Theoretical perspective is used to analyse and explain objects of social study, and facilitate
organizing sociological knowledge.
________4. Anthropology always describes human, human behaviour and human societies around the
world.
________5. Beliefs refer to the state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person
or thing.
________6. Cultural perspective sees social life as a competition, and focuses on the distribution of
resources, power, and inequality.
________7. Sociology is the study of human social relationships and institutions.
________8. Sociological theory attempts to explain how the social world operates
________9. Political Science, social science that deals with humans and their interactions.
________10. Nature of politics refers to a theoretical foundation of contemporary anthropology.
II. Essay.
Briefly explain the concept of socialization based on the Sociological theories cited above. Relate it to
your personal life’s experiences. (10 points each) Using your own words. Write your answer on the space
below.

1. Family has a greatest influence on how we think and behave.

Explanation:____________________________________________________________________________
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2. Peer influence and social media greatly affects our mental behaviour.
Explanation:____________________________________________________________________________
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Prepared by:
GRACE G. CALDERON
Teacher II
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Cordillera Administrative Region
Division of Tabuk City
AGBANNAWAG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Tabuk City, Kalinga

INTERVENTION/REMEDIAL ACTIVITIES

GRADE 12-FIRST SEMESTER/FIRST QUARTER

S.Y. 2020-2021

UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

NAME:___________________________
SCORE:__________________

I.ESSSAY:

Answer the following questions using your own words:

1. What is a social institution? (5 points)

__________________________________________________________________________________
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2. In your own opinion how social and cultural institutions like family affect you in terms of personality
formation? (points)

__________________________________________________________________________________
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3. What types of authority do you observed prevalent in your locality? What roles and responsibilities do
student leaders perform in your barangay? (10 points)

__________________________________________________________________________________
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4. What can you say about the role of kinship in influencing other organizations, affecting even our politics
and economy? (10 points)

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Prepared by:
GRACE G. CALDERON
Teacher II
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Cordillera Administrative Region
Division of Tabuk City
AGBANNAWAG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Tabuk City, Kalinga

INTERVENTION/REMEDIAL ACTIVITIES
GRADE 12-FIRST SEMESTER/FIRST QUARTER
S.Y. 2020-2021

ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

NAME:___________________________ SCORE:__________________

I. Multiple Choice.
Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer in the column provided. CAPITAL
LETTERS ONLY.
1. 6. 11. 16. 21.
2. 7. 12. 17. 22.
3. 8. 13. 18. 23.
4. 9. 14. 19. 24.
5. 10 15. 20. 25.

1. Who are the target readers of an academic essay?

A. Parents, workers, teachers
B. Teachers, students, academic community
C. Students, out-of-school youth, government officials
D. D. None of the above

2. What are the purposes of doing an academic writing?

A. To settle, to negotiate and to inform
B. To defend, to challenge and to question
C. To inform, to persuade and to argue a specific point
D. D. To guess, to hypothesize and to make conclusions
3. Writing academic papers requires deliberate, thorough and careful thought. Therefore, what should one do to
achieve a well-crafted academic essay?
A. One must depend on his/her own opinions alone.
B. One must conduct a research on the topic at hand.
C. One must not consult the Internet for unsure sources.
D. One must depend highly on the Internet for easy information access.
4. An academic essay must use appropriate vocabulary words but not too pretentious, highfalutin words. Which among
these words is the simplified version of the term, "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"?
A. beautiful; pretty
B. exquisite; one-of-a-kind
C. extraordinarily good; wonderful
D. hardworking; industrious
5. What are the three main parts of an essay?
A.The hook, the main idea and the conclusion.
B. The introduction, the body and the conclusion.
C. The topic sentence, the body and the conclusion.
D.None of the above
6. As long as you know your tutor, you don't need to use a formal style of writing. It's good to be friendly.
A. Some tutors like you to be formal but some don't mind as long as you do the work.
B. You only need to be formal in exams, not regular coursework.
 C. It's good to be friendly but always use formal English when you write assignments.
D. Formal English is too old-fashioned these days
7. Contractions are:
A. what happens when you have a baby
B. when someone says the opposite to you
C. when something is too narrow
D. a shortened form of a word
8. Which example is correct?
A. However, the main reasons are time, money and cost.
B. However the main reasons, are time, money, and, cost.
C. However, the main reasons are time money and cost.
D. However, the main reasons, are time money, and cost.
9. Which is correct?
A. They were effected badly by the incident
B. The incident effected them badly.
C. They were affected badly by the incident.
D. The affects of the incident were bad.
10. Choose the right one:
A. It's bowl's empty.
B. Its bowl's empty.
C. Its' bowls' empty.
D. It's bowls empty.
11. 'Information on the internet is 'free'. Anyone can use it without having to reference it.'
A. True
B. False
C. It depends on how important the assignment is.
D. You only need to reference authors' work on the internet
2. What is an academic language...
A. is a set of vocabulary terms used in schools
B. comes as second nature to native speakers, but is difficult for ELLs to acquire
C. is the linguistic register that students are expected to use in school subjects
D. D. All of the above
3. When do you use formal language?
A. In an academic essay.
B. When you talk to a friend.
C. When you write a text message.
D. In sending emails.
4. What does it mean to write academically?
A. To write in order to pass final exams
B. To write paper for scholars
C. To write using proper English language
D. To avoid copy pasting from the Internet
5. The term, "VERY OFTEN" may be improved using a more appropriate academic word which is:
A. Frequently C. Seriously
B. Rarely D. Stubbornly
6. Determine what you think will happen in the text.
A. Visualize C. Connect
B. Predict D. Clarity
7. Create mental images of the settings, characters, and events in the text.
A. Connect C. Clarity
B. Visualize D. Evaluate
8. Stop and ask yourself questions to see if the text makes sense.
A. Clarify C. Question
B. Evaluate D. Predict
9. Think about what you already know about the text. Find ways to relate the text to yourself, other texts, and
the world around you.
 A. Predict B. Visualize C. Clarity D. Connect
10. Think about the text as a whole and form opinions about what you read.
A. Evaluate B. Question C. Predict D. Connect
1. Which of the following statements in SUMMARIZING is false?
A. The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.
B. The Summary is what all or most of the sentences or paragraphs are about.
C. The Summary is usually found in more than just one sentence of the passage.
D. The Summary is one isolated thought in a passage.
2. Which of the following statements in SUMMARIZING is true?
A. The Summary is a thought that is true but is not in the passage.
B. The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.
C. The Summary is specific, detailed information contained in the passage.
D. The Summary is always found in the first sentence of the passage.

Choose the letter that presents the best summary in each of the following paragraphs:
3. When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range- herding cattle up a dusty
trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of cows. There are the mountains of
West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has
large coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers, swamps of southeast Texas
with alligators and other exotic wildlife.

A. There are a lot of cows in Texas.

B. There are many different, varied parts of Texas.
C. Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.
D. There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.
4. Tomorrow is Jill's birthday. She is excited because she gets to pick where she will eat dinner. Will it be
Mexican food at the Big Enchilada House? Or will it be fried chicken at the Chicken Shack, or a big
cheeseburger at Al's Hamburger Palace. She just couldn't decide. Then there was always the Pizza Shop with
that great pepperoni pizza. How would she ever decide? Maybe she would just flip a coin.

A. Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.

B. Jill loves Mexican food.
C. The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town.
D. Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin.
5. It started when they got to the bears. Peter felt tired and his stomach hurt. He dragged himself over to see the
elephants, which were eating from a stack of hay. Normally, the elephants were his favorite. Without much
interest, Peter followed his classmates to the camels, which were busy swatting flies with their tails. Peter
knew he should be having fun at the zoo, but he just felt terrible and all he wanted to do was lie down and
rest. Even the lions and tigers did not interest him now.

A. Peter's favorite animals were the elephants.

B. The camels were swatting flies with their tails.
C. It was really hot at the zoo.
D. Peter didn't enjoy the zoo because he felt really bad

Prepared by:
GRACE G. CALDERON
Teacher II

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Cordillera Administrative Region
Division of Tabuk City
AGBANNAWAG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Tabuk City, Kalinga
 INTERVENTION/REMEDIAL ACTIVITIES
GRADE 12-FIRST SEMESTER/FIRST QUARTER
S.Y. 2020-2021

ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

NAME:___________________________ SCORE:__________________

Directions: Underline the most correct answer in the following instances.

1. Instead of the informal 'I have read', use ( I think, The essay has )
2. The phrase 'turn out to be' is informal. Instead, use: ( become , end up )
3. Instead of 'paid for', use ( given, funded )
4. ‘Job' is a little too informal. Instead write ( role, gig, )
5. Instead of ‘funny’ use ( laughable, ironic )
6. Instead of 'picked out', use( selected, taken )
7. Rather than “stand for” write ( be, represent )
8. The term 'music fans' is informal. Instead, use ( audience, goers )
9. As a substitute for 'killing', use ( assassination, political murder)
10. Instead of 'given off', use (created, done )

Directions: Write true if the statement supports the principle of thesis statement; write false if
otherwise. Write you answer before the number.
1. Thesis Statement is the first sentence at the beginning of each paragraph.
2. It makes a claim that other people may dispute, challenge, or oppose.
3. It is a question in response to the writing assignment
4. It is a road map for a paper; it tells the reader what the paper will focus on.
5. It is a simple statement of fact
6. The first thing you should do after receiving your writing prompt is write your thesis statement.
7. A good thesis statement is a broad generalization about your topic.
8. "Blue printed" thesis statement is a statement that includes the main areas of support in the
order you will introduce them in your essay and thus acts as a blue print for the essay.
9. The Yankee Doodle Restaurant is a great place to eat, because the staff is friendly, the food is
delicious, and the atmosphere is relaxing is an example of blue printed thesis statement.
10. A thesis statement should reflect the main idea of an essay.

Prepared by:
GRACE G. CALDERON
Teacher II

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Cordillera Administrative Region
Division of Tabuk City
AGBANNAWAG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Tabuk City, Kalinga
 INTERVENTION/REMEDIAL ACTIVITIES
GRADE 12-FIRST SEMESTER/FIRST QUARTER
S.Y. 2020-2021

CREATIVE WRITING

NAME:___________________________ SCORE:__________________

Directions: Choose the letter of the BEST ANSWER. Write your answer on the table provided. CAPITAL LETTERS
ONLY.
1. 6. 11.
2. 7. 12.
3. 8. 13.
4. 9. 14.
5. 10 15.

1. A figure of speech which combines incongruous and apparently contradictory words and meanings for a
special effect.
A. Paradox B. Oxymoron
C. Metaphor D. Personification
2. Figurative language is a language that:
A. uses words or phrases which is different from the literal meaning
B. deviates from the normal language to convey an unusual meaning
C. makes writing interesting and vivid
D. All of the above
3. Imagery is characterized by the following EXCEPT:
A. it is considered as a figure of speech B. it consists of descriptive language
C. it draws on the five senses D. it is a literary device
4. It is a direct and explicit address either to an absent person or to an abstract or nonhuman entity.
A. Synecdoche B. Onomatopoeia
C. Oxymoron D. Apostrophe
5. All of the following are examples of figures of speech except:
A. Metonymy B. Synecdoche
C. Symbol D. Hyperbole
6. Which of the following does NOT describe diction?
A. It is the writer’s manner of speaking.
B. It is a special style used by writers in creating a literary text.
C. It is the writer’s distinctive choice and use of language.
D. It is the linguistic choices a writer makes to effectively convey action or reveal a character.
7. “Like as the armed knight appointed to the field” is an example of:
A. Simile B. Metaphor C. Personification D. Hyperbole

8. ______________ is a figure of speech in which a thing or concept is described in terms of another thing
associated to it.
A. Simile B. Metaphor C. Metonymy D. Synecdoche
9. A figure of speech in which a thing, a place, an abstract quality, an idea, a dead or absent person, is addressed
as if present and capable of understanding is called:
A. Alliteration B. Apostrophe C. Synecdoche D. Metonymy
10. Which of the following is NOT true about diction?
A. It is the prescribed words used by the writers.
B. It is the word choice an author uses to convey a particular tone.
 C. It includes formality of the language, the emotional content, and the sounds of words.
D. It is the combination of denotation, connotation, concrete and abstract words, and sound devices.
11. “Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?” is an example of:
A. Metaphor B. Simile C. SynechdocheD. Paradox
12.Which of the following consists of 14 lines and is usually written in iambic pentameter?
A. ode B. elegy C. sonnet D. limerick
13. What is the lyric poem that that praises an individual, an idea or an event?
A. ballad             B. ode                   C. elegy                   D. sonnet 
14. What type of poetry is usually organized into quatrains or cinquains, has a simple rhythm structure,
and tells the tales of ordinary people?
A. epic                   B. sonnet                C. ode           D.  ballad
15. What stanza describes as having seven lines? 
A. sestet                B. septet                 C. tercet        D. cinquain 
For Nos. 16-25.
Directions: Below are excerpts from different literary texts. Identify what figure of speech is exemplified in each
number. Choose your answer from the box.
Metaphor Onomatopoeia Personification Simile Oxymoron
Paradox Apostrophe Hyperbole Synecdoche Metonymy

_____________16. “Ebony and ivory / Live together in perfect harmony” (McCartney & Wonder)
_____________17. “Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health,
Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!” (Shakespeare)
_____________18. “Pity, you ancient stones, those tender babes
Whom envy hath immured within your walls” (Shakespeare)
_____________19. “He watches from his mountain walls, and like a thunderbolt he falls.” (Tennyson)
_____________20. “That I may rise, and stand, o’erthrow me.” (Donne)
_____________21. “Even at night time, Mama is sunrise.” (Hunt)
_____________22. “The western wave was all a-flame. The day was well nigh done!” (Coleridge)
_____________23. “A day was twenty-four hours long but seemed longer. There was no hurry, for there
was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with…” (Lee)
_____________24.“…the glish of squirting taps plus slush of foam knocked off and a faint piddle of drops...” (e.e.
cummings)
_____________25.“Fall had barely touched the full splendor of trees…” (Knowles)
Prepared by:
GRACE G. CALDERON
Teacher II

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Cordillera Administrative Region
Division of Tabuk City
AGBANNAWAG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Tabuk City, Kalinga

INTERVENTION/REMEDIAL ACTIVITIES
GRADE 12-FIRST SEMESTER/FIRST QUARTER
S.Y. 2020-2021

CREATIVE WRITING
NAME:___________________________ SCORE:__________________

Directions: Read the short stories with understanding. Use the table below to determine the parts
of the plot in each story and write your answers on your answer sheet.
Elements Story 1 Story 2
1. Plot
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Denouement
2. Point of View
3. Characters
4. Setting
5. Conflict

1. Kaitlin wants to buy a puppy. She goes to the pound and begins looking through the cages for
her future pet. At the end of the hallway, she sees a small, sweet brown dog with a white spot
on its nose. At that instant, she knows she wants to adopt him. After he receives shots and a
medical check, she and the dog, Berkley, go home together.
2. Scott wants to be on the football team, but he’s worried he won’t make the team. He
spends weeks working out as hard as possible, preparing for try outs. At try outs, he
amazes coaches with his skill as a quarterback. They ask him to be their starting
quarterback that year and give him a jersey. Scott leaves the field, ecstatic!

Prepared by:
GRACE G. CALDERON
Teacher II