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Quarter 1 – Module 6:
Identify Different Meanings of
Content Specific Words
(Denotation and Connotation)
English– Grade 4
Alternative Delivery Mode (SLM)
Quarter 1 – Module 6: Identify Different Meanings of Content Specific Words
(Denotation and Connotation)
First Edition, 2020

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 What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you master the
concept of connotation and denotation. The scope of this module permits it to be used in
many different learning situations. The language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary
level of students. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course.
But the order in which you read them can be changed to correspond with the textbook
you are now using.

The module is divided into one lesson, namely:

Lesson 1 – Identify different meanings of content specific words: Denotation and
connotation

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Define and explore the concept of denotation and connotation;
2. Examine how word choice affects the meaning,
3. distinguish the use of words in the sentence whether connotation or denotation.

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 What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you
master the concept of connotation and denotation. The scope of this module
permits it to be used in many different learning situations. The language used
recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students. The lessons are arranged to
follow the standard sequence of the course. But the order in which you read them
can be changed to correspond with the textbook you are now using.

The module is divided into one lesson, namely:

Lesson 1 – Identify different meanings of content specific words:
Denotation and connotation

After going through this module, you are expected to:

4. Define and explore the concept of denotation and connotation;
5. Examine how word choice affects the meaning,
6. distinguish the use of words in the sentence whether connotation or
denotation.

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 What I Know?

Now, let us direct our interest with this poetic-

written creations to assess your knowledge on the
lesson that we are going to discuss.

Poem is a collection of spoken or written words that

expresses ideas or emotions in a powerfully vivid
and imaginative style.

Activity 1. Read the following poems and answer the

following questions on a separate sheet of paper.

The Rainbow
by Christina Rossetti
Boats sail on the rivers, and ships on the seas; but
clouds that sail across the sky are prettier than these.
There are bridges on the rivers, as pretty as you please;
but the bow that bridges heaven, and overtops the
trees, and builds a road from the earth to sky,
Is prettier far from these.

Questions:

1. The word pretty in the poem means ____.

A. ugly B. penny C. strong D. beautiful

2. What does the word “bow” connote?

A. bridge B. rainbow C. tree D. bend

Good work! Let us try another one.

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 Catterpillar
by Christina Rossetti
Brown and furry
Caterpillar in a hurry
take your walk
To the shady leaf, or stalk,
Or what not,
Which may be the chosen spot.
No toad spy you,
Hovering bird of prey pass by
you; Spin and die,
To live again a butterfly.

Questions:

3. The word “stalk” in the 4th line means ____.

A. follow B. hunt C. stem D. trunk

4. What does the second to the last line connote?

A. The caterpillar rests in a cocoon for a while.
B. The caterpillar suddenly falls form the leaf.
C. The caterpillar dies after spinning.
D. The caterpillar sleeps and died.

You have learned from your previous lesson about

identifying the meaning of the unfamiliar words
through prefixes and suffixes. Now, you will learn
another way of getting the meaning through denotation
and connotation.

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 Lesson Identify the different meanings of 1 content
specific words (Denotation
and Connotation)

What’s In

Activity 2:
Direction: Answer the “word equation” with the help of your dictionary
in the column as provided.

Word Equation New word Meaning

1. life+less =

2. re+write =

3. mis+heard =

4. dis+honest =

5. peace+ful =

Great! It seems that you really understood your previous topic.

Now, I want you to analyze how the word “chicken” is used in the
different covers of the books shown below.

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 Does the chicken on the first book cover similar to the
second book?

Source: Learning Materials p.301

What’s New

Activity 3.

Direction: Words differ in meaning depending on their use in

sentences. Take this activity for example. Read the following sentences
and do what is asked. Write your answer on a space provided.

Sentence A

Samira’s chicken won first place in the “Chicken Do Fast Eating

Contest”. It was the heaviest chicken challenge in the town.

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Sentence B

“What’s the matter, are you chicken? Jimmuel’s friends asked him
why he didn’t join the pole climbing contest. They didn’t know that
he is afraid of heights.

Answer the following questions.

1. What is the meaning of “chicken” in Box A? _____________

2. How about chicken in Box B? What word in Box B can help you
get the meaning of chicken? __________________
3. What is another word for afraid? ______________

Activity 4.
Direction: Do the following tasks and answer the questions
that follow.

Task 1: Draw a sad face on the box provided below and fill it with blue
color.

Based from what you have drawn, what does blue color mean? When
someone says “I am feeling blue.” What does it mean?
Write your answer on the space provided below.

Good! You have given another meaning for the word blue. Let us
move to the next task.

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Task 2: Pick and feel a stone.
As you pick and feel a stone, how do you describe the stone?
Good! Meaning stone can have another meaning.
What does stone mean in this sentence?
“My mother does not love me anymore. She has a heart of stone.”?

Yes, you’ve got it! That will lead to us in this another activity. This
will surely be easier. Go get your dictionary and ask help.
Ask help to Mr. Dictionary while singing “Row, row your boat”.
I hope you’ll enjoy.

Activity 5. Direction: Find the exact and accurate meaning of the given
words below. Write your answers on the bubble map organizer.

thrifty
old

miser count

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 What is It?

Wow fantastic! You are getting more confident with your answers.
Now, let us discuss the meaning of the following concepts to help you
understand the meaning of the words on how it is used in the
sentence.

Denotation- is the specific, and concrete meaning of a word.

This is the meaning that can be found in a dictionary. It represents
the explicit and literal meaning of a word.

Example: warm (adjective)- having or giving out heat to a

moderate degree.
“It’s too warm here. We should open a window.”

It only means that denotation is the exact and literal meaning of

the word from the dictionary. Now, moving on to connotation.

Connotation- is an idea or quality that a word makes you think

about in addition to its meaning. It refers to the emotions associated
with a word. Sometimes it has social cultural implications. It can be
positive or negative (suggestive meanings).

Below are a few connotation examples:

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He’s such a dog. - in this sense, the word “dog” connotes
shameless or ugliness.
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“There’s no place like home” – while home may refer to the
actual building someone lives in, connotatively, it most
often refers to family, comfort and security.

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This time, I want you to try the following. Let’s give it a try!
Write a simple sentence below the box using the words given as:
1. “red” as connotative

2. “cold” as denotative

What’s More?

I want to make things clearer! Here’s a smooth exercise for you

to be more brilliant into this topic.
Activity 6. Write the connotative meaning associated with the
following animals? Write your answers on the right column provided.

Connotative Meaning
1. Tiger
2. Turtle
3. Dove
4. Shark
5. Snake

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Activity 7. Choose the word that best fits the sentence. Draw a heart
shape to the word that corresponds to your answer.
(home, house) 1. A _______ is where family lives happily and
harmoniously.
(hungry, starving) 2. Sammuel spent the whole day playing basketball
with his friends. When he arrived at home he was ______ to death.
(old, antique)3. Her _______ collection of bottles must be worth a
fortune.
(small, minute) 4. It has been found out that the particles that are so
_____, that can’t be seen by our eyes, can cause allergies.
(thrifty, miser) 5. Roxanne spends wisely and saves his allowance.
However, if there is someone in need, she helps that person. Therefore,
he is a ____ person.

What I Have Learned.

Let me check how far you have learned from our topic.
Complete the paragraph by filling in the important details about your
learning in this lesson.
I have learned from this lesson that there are two ways to understand
the meaning of a word, first is the __________________________ which
means
that_________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________,
and second is_________________________ which means
that_________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.

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 What I Can Do

Very well done!

Connotation and denotation may have differences in terms of usage
but learning them both helps you to communicate better. It will also
help you to enhance your vocabulary skills as you maximize the use of
dictionary in getting the literal meanings of the words. Moreover,
giving connotations to some words will also help you enhance your
thinking skills as to how words are used in sentences.

Now let’s make it musical for you. I hope you’ll enjoy the song.

Activity 8.
Read and sing along to the song if you are familiar with it.
Look for 5 unfamiliar words and give its denotative meaning with the
use of dictionary and identify another 5 words and give its connotative
meaning according to how it is used in the line of the song.

Yesterday’s Dream
- Donna Cruz
“We are the children of yesterday’s dream
we are the promise of the future we bring.
Waving the banner of love to all,
To every nation the rich and the poor
We are the world of the restless and young
And we need a hand to guide us.
Helping each other build each other

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As long as we’re together you and me
For together we stand divided we fall
Together we climb to the top of the world
We can be what we want for the world to see that we are the children
of yesterday’s dream…”

Assessment

You are about to finish learning the topics. Let us continue

to check your progress.
Activity 9. Identify the underlined word used in the sentence
whether denotation or connotation. Write your answer on the space
provided.
_____________ 1. He was angry with me because I had broken his pen.
_____________ 2. Huge waves rose in the angry sea.
_____________ 3. They fired at the house. The bullets buried
themselves in the wall.
_____________ 4. “Three nights later old Major died peacefully in
his sleep. His body was buried at the foot of the orchard.
_____________ 5. Death is a true friend.
_____________ 6. Jameer is my best friend.
_____________ 7. In ancient times, the Romans brought slaves from the
battles.
_____________ 8. “I was exposed as a slave of habit even in so trifling
a matter as getting the first cigarette out a new packer.
_____________ 9. Zanjoe’s peace of mind was shattered.
____________ 10. A glass pane of our window was shattered by a
cricket ball.

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 Additional Activities

Activity #1.
Through the use of dictionary, write the specific and concrete
meaning of the given words below. Write your answer on the space
provided below the given word.

Activity #2.
Underline the connotative word used in the sentence and write
its meaning on the space provided.
_____________ 1. What do you expect from a politician?

_____________ 2. You can always count on me.

_____________ 3. I’ll be on your side forevermore.

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 Answer Key

calm
.5 full of peace/
cruel, bad
.4 not honest .2 hard, rough/
.4 A
what is heard
.3 C did not understand
Sad, unhappy, grief
.3 to hear wrongly/
.2 B 1.
repeat
.1 D .2 write again/
Activity 1 .1 no life; dead; Activity 3
Activity 2

number
account; determine the
.4 count- take into

as possible
spends as little money traitor; not loyal .5 thrifty
hoards wealth and .5 cannot be trusted;
.4 minute
.3 miser – a person who
.4 deceiving
.3 antique
previous
.3 peace/ unity/
a long time; former or .2 starving
.2 old – having lived for .2 slow/ gentle
.1 home
resources carefully .1 brave/strong/ scary
Activity 6
money and other
or behaviour) using Activity 5
.1 thrifty – (of a person
Activity 4

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 .10 Denotation

.10 promise- hope; savior; .9 Connotation

.9 stand- help each other; be inspired/ motivated .8 Connotation

.8 hand- to give help; support or save .7 Denotation

.7 young- immature .6 Denotation

.6 yesterday’s dream- children of hope and unity; diversity .5 Connotation

.4 Denotation

.5 guide- direct; lead .3 Connotation

.4 build- to form .2 Connotation

.3 future- coming; occurring at a later time .1 Denotation

thing Assessment
will do a
particular .2 promise- assure someone that one
person’s mind during sleep
occurring in a dream.1 - a series of thoughts, images

Activity 7 (Possible answers)

References

English 4Learners Material 301-304

Teacher’s Guide 285 287
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Journeys 4, English Encounters: Reading 5

Oxford languages
https://genius.com

https://kidsconnect.com
www.toppr.com
http://www.nps.gov/archive/manz/ed_loaded_words_deno_co no.htm
https://study.com

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