LESSON 1: Beginning the Knowledge Quest

To give you an overview of the things you will do in this lesson, pay
close attention to the expected skills and the activity map below:
In this lesson, you will learn the following:
• Identify prosodic features: stress, intonation and pauses serving as carriers
of meaning that may aid or interfere in the delivery of the message in stories
and informative texts. (Listening Comprehension)
• Use appropriate registers to suit the intended audience, and variation in
intonation and stress for emphasis and contrast. (Speaking-Oral Language
and Fluency)
• Use appropriate registers to suit the intended audience, and variation in
intonation and stress for emphasis and contrast. (Speaking-Oral Language
and Fluency)
• Develop strategies for coping with unknown words and ambiguous sentence
structure and discourse. (Vocabulary Development)
• Adjust reading speed based on one’s purpose for reading and the type of
materials read. (Reading Comprehension)
• Organize information extracted from a program viewed. (Viewing
Comprehension)
• Discover literature as a means of understanding the human being and the
forces he/she has to contend with. (Literature)
• Accomplish forms and prepare notices. (Writing and Composition)
• Use non-linear texts and outlines to show relationships between ideas.
(Writing and Composition) • Use varied adjective complementation. (Grammar
Awareness and Structure)
• Write informative articles (e.g. posters, slogans, advertisements, brochures)
that relate to culture and values.

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 Below is the lesson activities map to guide you in Building your Knowledge
Bank. Activity Map

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 For you to accomplish the tasks and perform well in the activities in this
lesson, write your goals and targets (expectations) in the box provided below:

LEARNING GOALS AND TARGETS:

Let us begin this lesson by reflecting on what you know so far about Afro-Asian
people.

 KNOW:
Let’s start the module by viewing some video clips/pictures that show who
Afro- Asians are. Click the YouTube link below. Link...

.I am An African Child c2010 Eku Mcgreed

Activity 1: THE THOUGHTS THAT I KNOW ARE…

In this activity, your quest for knowledge on the values and traditions of the
Asians and Africans will be geared up. Here, you will be asked to provide your
thoughts about them. Your thoughts will be based on what you know and what you
see in the video clip that will be viewed.

Question – What do you know about the people of Asia and Africa?

Directions:
1. Find a partner.
2. Discuss with him/her your views on the video clip you have just watched.
Your teacher will give the guidelines.
3. Complete the ‘My Initial Thoughts Are’ sheet below.
4. Compare your answers with those of your partner by exchanging each
other’s work.

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 What is an Educated Filipino?
Francisco Binetez
(An excerpt)

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Self-Assessment

Did you feel that your activities were successful? Why or why not? List your reasons.

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