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Department of Education
Regional Office IX, Zamboanga Peninsula

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Quarter 2 - Module 4:

Stepping into The Light

Name of Learner: ___________________________

Grade & Section: ___________________________
Name of School: ___________________________
 What I Need to Know

As a student who has gained confidence in self and the Lord, and is ready to
respond to issues and concerns, you must now step into the light.
This module contains compositions that will motivate you to take the steps that
will make a difference, - steps a leader must tread so that others may also see the
path into the light.

In charting the course of your journey in this module, you are expected to:
• make a connection of the message of the text to the world’s present
situation,
• write a journal entry; and
• design an action plan.

What’s In
Fill in the clouds below with your fears and doubts as you prepare yourself in taking
action in facing the issues and concerns in real life.

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 What’s New

Psalm 23

23 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

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He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

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He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's
sake.

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Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for
thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

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Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest
my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

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Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in
the house of the LORD for ever.

Source: “Psalm 23 KJV - - Bible Gateway,” Www.Biblegateway.com, Accessed August 22,

2020, https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2023&version=KJV.

Let’s answer the following questions:

1. What is a shepherd?

2. What does a shepherd do?

3. What does HE do to our soul? What does it mean?

4. How do you see this phrase “valley of the shadow of death”? How do you feel
about it?

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5.How does the speaker feel in verse 4? Why?

6. What does the Lord prepare in verse 5? In your home, what is usually on the
table?

7. What assurance does the speaker feel? Do you feel the same? Why?

What is it
The activities that you have done have something to do with you stepping into
the light, - with you doing the right thing.

The verses from Psalm 23 are rich in figurative language- language that has
a meaning beyond its literal sense. It may sound difficult at first but if you are going to
analyze it, you will appreciate the meaning as it unfolds. It may require imagination to
figure out its meaning. It is interpreted as a thought and not word for word.

The texts below will sum up the message of Psalm 23.

Verse 1-2: The Lord provides.

Verse 3: The Lord guides us to do the right thing.

Verse 4: The Lord will keep us safe.

Verse 5-6: God will bless us in abundance: more than what we need.

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 What’s More
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Activity 1: Pick and Match

Directions: Pick words or phrases from Psalm 23 to match with the images below.

Image by Thomas Ulrich from Pixabay

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Activity 2: Find and Circle

Directions: Find words associated with Psalm 23. Encircle them.

P X P R O T E C T I O N
R Z L Q W A E R T Y U B
O B O O P B L E E A I L
V B V S G U I D A N C E
I N B D F N G H O J U S
S M I L B D H I N G E S
I A B Z J A T M O M E I
O E F X K N G O E V I N
N R C E L C F R O F U G
G Y A C T E C L O B E S
U T R V M Y D I A M O A
I I B B N O S C A R E F

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Activity 3: The Connection

Directions: Read again Psalm 23, and connect its message to the present world’s
situation. Accomplish the graphic organizer below.
Text-to-World Connection
The text tells me… This reminds me of…

Activity 4: Think and Decide

Directions: Think of how you are going to hold on and continue doing the right
thing despite the following circumstances.

Circumstances Decision
1. I have to do it. But I am afraid
people will laugh at me.

2. It’s the right thing to do but

nobody is doing it.

3. I am afraid of the
consequences of doing what is
right.
4. I don’t have what it takes.

5.I don’t know what to do.

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 What I Have Learned
Journal Entry

Directions: Write a journal entry of how this week’s lesson went. Describe your
feelings. Feel free to express your thoughts, insights and ideas.

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What I Can Do
Getting Deeper
Directions: Make an action plan as to what steps you are going to take in your role
as a responsible student in the community amidst this COVID-19 Crisis.

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

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 Assessment
Let us check how well you have mastered the lesson in this module.
1-10. Choose from the word pool below the best answer to the questions or
referent to the statements. Write the letter on the space provided before each
number.

A. Provision D. Safety G. Courage

B. Abundance E. Shepherd H. Mercy

C. Guidance F. Sheep I. Favor

_____1. God gives us food, clothing and all that we need.
_____2. He will bless us beyond what we could imagine.
_____3. He will not allow us to be in danger.
_____4. He is our overseer.
_____5. We should not be afraid.
_____6. People tend to go astray.
_____7. He will lead us on what to do.
_____8. He will forgive us if we confess and repent.
_____9. He will bless us in front of our enemies.
_____10. He watches over us day and night.
11-15. Analyze the following figurative language. Write down its meaning on the
box provided below each item number.

_____11. Life is like a race.

_____12. Finding a good man is like finding a needle in a haystack.

_____13. Just as a sword is a weapon to a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer.

_____14. A movie is a roller coaster ride of emotions.

_____15. He saw the problem as a speed bump, not a road block.

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REFERENCES

Online

“Psalm 23 KJV - - Bible Gateway.” Www.Biblegateway.com. Accessed August 22,

2020. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2023&version=KJV.

Images

Freepik.com. Concept of choice between hard and easy way Free Vector.
Freepik.com. Grandfather shepherd in a meadow and sleeping sheep. starry sky
free Vector.
Freepik.com. Fruits and vegetables Free Photo.
Freepik.com. Empty background nature scenery free vector.

Development Team

Writer: Maria Cristina Sundiam Estrao

Timalang National High School
Timalang, Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay
Editors/QA: Marjorie R. Daligdig
Garend E. Temporada
Reviewer: Evelyn F. Importante
OIC-CID Chief EPS
Illustrator:

Layout Artist:

Management Team:
Jerry C. Bokingkito
OIC-Assistant SDS
Raymond M. Salvador
OIC-Assistant SDS
Dr. Jeanelyn A. Aleman, CESE
OIC-Schools Division Superintendent

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My Final Farewell
Farewell, dear Fatherland, clime of the sun
caress'd Pearl of the Orient seas, our Eden lost!,
Gladly now I go to give thee this faded life's
best, And were it brighter, fresher, or more
blest
Still would I give it thee, nor count the cost.
On the field of battle, 'mid the frenzy of fight,
Others have given their lives, without doubt or
heed; The place matters not-cypress or laurel or
lily white, Scaffold or open plain, combat or
martyrdom's plight, T is ever the same, to serve
our home and country's need.
I die just when I see the dawn break,
Through the gloom of night, to herald the
day; And if color is lacking my blood thou
shalt take, Pour'd out at need for thy dear
sake
To dye with its crimson the waking ray.
And when the dark night wraps the graveyard
around With only the dead in their vigil to see
Break not my repose or the mystery profound
And perchance thou mayst hear a sad hymn
resound 'T is I, O my country, raising a song
unto thee.
And even my grave is remembered no
more Unmark'd by never a cross nor a
stone
Let the plow sweep through it, the spade turn
it o'er That my ashes may carpet earthly floor,
Before into nothingness at last they are blown.
Then will oblivion bring to me no
care As over thy vales and
plains I sweep;
Throbbing and cleansed in thy space and
air With color and light, with song and
lament I fare, Ever repeating the faith that I
keep.

My dreams, when life first opened to me,
My dreams, when the hopes of youth beat high,
Were to see thy lov'd face, O gem of the Orient
sea From gloom and grief, from care and sorrow
free; No blush on thy brow, no tear in thine eye.
Dream of my life, my living and burning
desire, All hail ! cries the soul that is now to
take flight; All hail ! And sweet it is for thee to
expire ;
To die for thy sake, that thou mayst aspire;
And sleep in thy bosom eternity's long
night.
If over my grave some day thou seest
grow, In the grassy sod, a humble flower,
Draw it to thy lips and kiss my soul so,
While I may feel on my brow in the cold tomb
below The touch of thy tenderness, thy breath's
warm power.
My Fatherland ador'd, that sadness to my
sorrow lends
Beloved Filipinas, hear now my last good-by!
I give thee all: parents and kindred and friends
For I go where no slave before the oppressor
bends, Where faith can never kill, and God
reigns e'er on high!
Farewell to you all, from my soul torn away,
Friends of my childhood in the home
dispossessed ! Give thanks that I rest from the
wearisome day !
Farewell to thee, too, sweet friend that
lightened my way;
Beloved creatures all, farewell! In death there is
rest!

Let the moon beam over me soft and

serene, Let the dawn shed over me its
radiant flashes, Let the wind with sad
lament over me keen ; And if on my cross a
bird should be seen,
Let it trill there its hymn of peace to my
ashes. Let the sun draw the vapors up to
the sky,
And heavenward in purity bear my tardy
protest Let some kind soul o 'er my untimely
fate sigh, And in the still evening a prayer be
lifted on high From thee, 0 my country, that in
God I may rest. (This is the 1911 translation by Charles
Derbyshire of the Spanish original of José
Pray for all those that hapless have died, Rizal's poem, Mi Ultimo Adiós)
For all who have suffered the unmeasur'd pain;
For our mothers that bitterly their woes have
cried,
For widows and orphans, for captives by torture
tried And then for thyself that redemption thou
mayst gain.