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Identifying the Difference

Grade 9 - English

Writer:
VERLIGEN VARON ALAGOS
Pres. Roxas NHS
Critic:
MA PETRA A. ROMUALDO
EPS I-ENGLISH

Consultants:
DR. ELPIDIO B. DAQUIPIL DR. JUVY B. NITURA
Chief ES - CID EPS I - LRMDS

JASMIN P. ISLA MIGUEL P. FILLALAN JR., CESO VI

OIC - Assistant Schools Superintendent Assistant Schools Superintendent

OMAR A. OBAS, CESO VI

Schools Division Superintendent
 Least Learned Competency
 Distinguish the features present
among the characters.

Sub – task
 Compare the characters in the reading text
by finding their difference.

Guide Card 1
Look at the picture and identify any differences present between the two
pictures.
Guide Card 2
Take notice also of the second picture and observe for their differences and
similarities.

Guide Card 3

Sometimes what causes a non-

harmonious relationship among people is
not the lack of trust, communication, or time.
It is simple indifference.
In this lesson, you will learn how to
identify the difference among the characters
based on their actions or contributions in
the story.
Activity Card 1
Guess who am I?
Try to identify who is being described and choose the letter of your
answer that best describes the characters. Write the letter below the pictures.
a. a Jewish money-lender
b. the lady’s servant
c. Basanio’s friend
d. the Lady of Belmont
e. a merchant of Venice

Activity Card 2
 Read me gently…
Read the lines below that showor describe the characters’personality in the story of
“The Merchant of Venice.” Afterwards, describe each in your own words.

A young Venetian, Bassanio, needs a loan of three

thousand ducats so that he can woo Portia, a wealthy
Venetian heiress. He approaches his friend Antonio, a
merchant.
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 Antonio is short of money because all his wealth is
invested in his fleet, which is currently at sea. He goes to
a Jewish money lender, Shylock, who hates Antonio
because of Antonio’s anti-semiticbehaviour towards him.
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Shylock nevertheless agrees to make the short-
term loan, but, in a moment of dark humour, he makes a
condition - the loan must be repaid in three months or
Shylock will exact a pound of flesh from Antonio. Antonio
agrees, confident that his ships will return in time.
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Meanwhile, two of Antonio’s ships have been wrecked
and Antonio’s creditors are pressurising him for
repayment. Word comes to Bassanio about Antonio’s
predicament, and he hurries back to Venice, leaving
Portia behind.
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____Portia follows him, accompanied by her maid,
Nerissa. They are disguised as a male lawyer and his
clerk. Portia arrives in her disguise to defend Antonio.
Given the authority of judgment by the Duke, Portia
decides that Shylock can have the pound of flesh as long
as he doesn’t draw blood, as it is against the law to shed
a Christian’s blood.

Activity Card 3
Know me better.
Describe each in your own words. Write your answers on the provided space.

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Well done! Continue your good works.

Assessment Card 1
Find their difference…
 Using the Venn diagram, compare Antonio and Shylock with the words from
the box. Do not use the words that do not fit the character.

happy sad greedy ambitious married

generous lonely friendly loyal unkind single

Antonio Shylock

Enrichment Card
Compare the life in Urban and Rural Areas. Cite at least five answers for each.
 Congratulations!

Get to know some words below…

Woo – to seek the love of woman in order to

marry her
Merchant - is somebody who buys and sells
goods, especially as a
wholesaler or internationally.
Venice – historic city and seaport in
northeastern Italy, built on islands
Reference Card

A Journey to Anglo-American Literature, Learner’s Material for

English Grade 9, First Edition, 2014. Department of
Education-Instructional Materials Council Secretariat
(DepEd-IMCS), Pasig City, Philippines.
http://www.penguinreaders.com/pdf/downloads/pr/activity-
worksheets/9781405882279.pdf
Answer Key
Activity 1
 b c d

a e

Activity 2
Possible answers
 Antonio is a merchant-friend of Basanio who’s very much willing
to help a friend.
 Shylock is a money – lender who lend money after his own
condition.
 Bossanio is the man who needs much money before he can
pursue Portia.
  Portia is a wise lady who pretended to be a judge and helped
settled the situation of Antonio and Shylock.
 Nherissa is a lady who is Portia’s servant.

Activity 3

Antonio Shylock

 Generous  greedy
 Friendly  ambitious
 loyal  unkind

Enrichment Activity
Possible Answers:
Urban Rural
1. Traffic 1. Peaceful
2. Opportunities for education 2. Grow crops
3. Facilities for transport 3. Lots of animals
4. Business 4. Work on farms
5. Science and technology 5. Far away neighbors