3RD QUARTER

HEALTH 8
UNIT STANDARD AND COMPETENCIES DIAGRAM

Students on their own and in the long run

will be able to demonstrate on how to Role play
prevent communicable diseases through
role play.

Consistently demonstrates personal

responsibility and healthful practices
in the prevention and control of
communicable disease

Identify the different stages of infection.
Define the stages of infection.
Identify the most common communicable
diseases.
Enumerate the signs and symptoms of common
communicable diseases
Identify effects of common communicable
diseases
State misconceptions, myths, and beliefs about
common communicable diseases.
Classify prevention and control of common
communicable disease.
EQ: How will you prevent and control communicable
diseases.
UNIT TOPIC:
PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF EU: Students understand the common communicable
DISEASE: COMMUNICABLE DISEASES diseases and ways on how to prevent and control
communicable disease.
demonstrates understanding of principles
in the prevention and control of
communicable diseases for the
attainment of individual wellness
CURRICULUM MAP

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WRITESHOP:
● Streamline Competencies for Selected Unit Topic.
● Classify and Sequence Unit Competencies according to A-M-T Learning Goals.
● Unpack Competencies Using the 5 Techniques.

Subject: HEALTH 8
Grade Level: GRADE 8
Quarter: 3RD QUARTER

Unit Topic Content Performance Learning Competencies Assessment Activity / Material Institutional Values
Standard Standard
Offline Online

PREVENTION AND The learner .. The learner .. AcquisitionAACQUISITION

CONTROL OF 1. Identify the different stages of infection. A1. Multiple Choice Activity 1. Pen and Activity 1: App: Good and Healthy being
DISEASE: Paper
demonstrates consistently ● incubation Quizizz
COMMUNICABLE
understanding of demonstrates
DISEASES principles in the personal ● prodromal stage
prevention and responsibility and PPT Presentation
● illness stage https://quizizz.com/
control of healthful practices in
admin/quiz/
communicable the prevention and ● decline
A. Stages of infection 5f1afba575b120001c52
diseases for the control of https://
● convalescence stage. 1c87/communicable-
attainment of communicable www.medicalnews
B. Top 10 leading diseases?
individual disease today.com/
causes of morbidity source=HeroSearchBar
wellness articles/5-stages- &page=FeaturedPage&s
and mortality in the of-infection earchLocale=&fromSear
Philippines ch=true

C. Most common
communicable
https://
diseases and its www.medicalnewstoda
prevention and y.com/articles/5-stages-
control of-infection

2. define the stages of infection A2. Fill in the blanks Activity 2 Activity 2: App: Good and Healthy being

● incubation Fill in the blanks:

1. Acute Respiratory Paper & Pencil
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 Infections ● prodromal stage Google Classroom/
Google Drive
2. Pneumonia ● illness stage PPT Presentation

3. Bronchitis ● decline
Youtube.com
4. Influenza ● convalescence stage. https://
www.youtube.com Video Presentation
5. Tuberculosis (TB) /watch?
v=zb_JwX9C4E0
https://
www.youtube.com/
6. Dengue
watch?v=zb_JwX9C4E0
7. Sexually 3. identify the most common communicable A3. Identification Activity 3 Activity 3 :App: Live Self-awareness
Transmitted diseases Worksheets Loop-a-
Loop-a-Word
Infections (STIs) Word
● (Top 10 leading causes of morbidity
Puzzle maker
8. HIV and AIDS and mortality in the Philippines)
https://
● Most common communicable
https:// www.liveworksheets.co
diseases and its prevention and m/ge3202983xs
D. Emerging and control
puzzlemaker.disco
reemerging diseases veryeducation.com
/word-search
1.Leptospirosis

2. Severe Acute
4. enumerate the signs and symptoms of A4. Concept Mapping Activity 4: Concept Activity 4: Self-awareness
Respiratory common communicable diseases Mapping on Mindmeister/ Zoom/
Syndrome (SARS) Symptoms of Google Docs on
common Symptoms of common
3. Chikungunya communicable communicable diseases
diseases
4. Meningococcemia

5. Foot and Mouth https://

Disease https:// www.mindmeister.com
www.mindmeister. /map/2443158671
6. Avian influenza com/map/
2443158671
7. AH1N1 Influenza https://
www.medicalnewstoda

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 y.com/articles/
communicable-diseases
E. Development of
personal life skills to
prevent and control
5. identify effects of common communicable A5. Identification Activity 5: Activity 5:App: Google Self-awareness
communicable diseases Powerpoint Classroom/ Google Docs
diseases Presentation:
Identification
Video Presentation
F. Programs and
Video Presentation
policies on
https://
communicable
www.youtube.com/
disease prevention https:// watch?
and control www.youtube.com v=BTH4DqOMp94&t=23
/watch? 8s
v=BTH4DqOMp94
G. Agencies &t=238s
responsible for https://
communicable www.youtube.com/
disease prevention https:// watch?v=8919Zm8Gi4U
www.youtube.com
and control /watch?
v=8919Zm8Gi4U

6. state misconceptions, myths, and beliefs A6. True or False Activity 6: True or Activity 6: Learning Self-awareness and self-
about common communicable diseases False / Pen and Activity: True or False / expression
Paper Zoom/ Google Docs on
misconceptions, myths,
and beliefs about
https:// common communicable
www.mindmeister. diseases
com/map/
2443158671
https://
www.sciencedaily.com/
releases/
2013/01/130128113812
.htm

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 7. classify prevention and control of common A7. Labelling Exercise Activity 7. Activity 7: App Self-awareness and self-
communicable disease. expression
Think of me! Live Worksheets

https://www.liveworks
heets.com/bo3203683c
n

Zoom Breakout Rooms

Google Docs/ Google

Drive

Make – Meaning MAKE-MEANING

8. analyzes the nature of emerging and re- A8. CER Table Activity 8. Activity 8. App: Live Critical Thinking
emerging diseases Worksheet
CER (Text Analysis)

https://
PPT Presentation www.liveworksheets.co
m/lg3204240ox

https:// Online Material:

www.ncbi.nlm.nih. https://
gov/books/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
NBK20370/ books/NBK20370/

TransferTTRANSFER

9. promotes programs and policies to prevent A9. Poster Making Activity 9. Scaffold Activity 9. Poster Collaboration and
and control communicable diseases for Transfer. Making resourcefulness

Poster Making Google Classroom/

Google Drive
10. demonstrates self-monitoring skills to
prevent communicable diseases

Activity 10 Scaffold for

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 Activity 10 Transfer.

Creating Video
Presentation
A10. Performance Task Role Play
Google Drive /

Google Classroom

LEARNING PLAN
EXPLORE
In the first study session, you learned about the basic concepts in the transmission of communicable diseases. The knowledge you gained will help you to
understand this study session because they are interlinked. In the first section, you will learn about the different stages of communicable disease.

Following classification, you will learn the approaches in prevention and control of communicable disease. This will help you in identifying appropriate
measures for the prevention and control of communicable diseases that you, as a Health Extension Practitioner, and other health workers will put into place in your
community.

This study session forms the basis for study sessions later in this Module on specific diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.

Finally, you will learn how to apply the methods of community diagnosis to assess and prioritize actions to prevent and control the main communicable
diseases in your community. Communicable diseases can be classified in different ways into groups with similar characteristics. Classification will help you to
select and apply appropriate prevention and control measures that are common to a class of communicable diseases. In this section you will learn the basis for
each way of classifying communicable diseases and its relevance to your practice. This will be clarified using examples of communicable diseases that you may
already be familiar with.

Consider this question:

How can we prevent communicable disease?

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What is the main source of communicable disease

Map of Conceptual Change:

Fill out the first and second column.

What I know What I Want to Know What I learned

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 FIRM-UP (ACQUISITION)
LEARNING COMPETENCY-

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 LC1 - Identify the different stages of infection. Activity 1 Quizizz
● incubation Instructions: Read the article on the link below. For you to understand and enjoy this activity, use the
● prodromal stage
● illness stage guide questions provided.
● decline
● convalescence stage.

LT1 - I can identify the different stages of infection.

● incubation
● prodromal stage
● illness stage
● decline
● convalescence stage.

Clickable Links: https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5f1afba575b120001c521c87/communicable-diseases?

source=HeroSearchBar&page=FeaturedPage&searchLocale=&fromSearch=truehttps://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/5-stages-
of-infection

Screenshot of Online Resource: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/5-stages-of-infection

LC2 - define the stages of infection Activity 2 Fill in the blanks: Paper & Pencil
● incubation Instructions: Based on the video that you watched, answer the guide questions in your activity notebook.
● prodromal stage
● illness stage Read the statements below and write your answer on the provided blanks.
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 ● decline
● convalescence stage.

LT2 - I can define the stages of infection

incubation
● prodromal stage
● illness stage
● decline
● convalescence stage.

Clickable Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb_JwX9C4E0

Screenshot of Online Resource:

LC3 - identify the most common communicable diseases Activity 3: App: Live Worksheet Loop Words – Identification
(Top 10 leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the Philippines) Instructions: Using the pool of letters below, look at least 10 diseases. Write your answer

LT3 - I can identify the most common communicable disease in the

Philippines

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 Clickable Links: https://www.liveworksheets.com/ge3202983xs

Screenshot of Online Resource: https://getmeds.ph/blog/common-communicable-diseases/

LC4- enumerate the signs and symptoms of common communicable diseases Activity 4: Concept Mapping
Instructions: Create your own concept map about the symptoms of communicable diseases.
LT4 - I can enumerate the signs and symptoms of common communicable diseases

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 Clickable Links: https://www.mindmeister.com/map/2443158671
Screenshot of Online Resource: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/communicable-diseases

LC5- identify effects of common communicable diseases Activity 5: Identification: PEN AND PAPER
Instructions: Based on the video that you watched, answer the guide questions in your activity notebook.
Read the statements below and write your answer in your notebook.
LT5- I can identify effects of common communicable diseases

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 Clickable Links: https://classroom.google.com/u/0/
Screenshot of Online Resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTH4DqOMp94&t=238s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8919Zm8Gi4U

LC6 - state misconceptions, myths, and beliefs about common communicable diseases Activity 6: True or False / Pen and Paper
Instructions: Read the statements below and write True if it is correct and False if wrong.
LT6- I can state misconceptions, myths, and beliefs about common communicable Clickable Links: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130128113812.htm
diseases Screenshot of Online Resource:

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 Provide activities with instructions and questions and assessments related to Acquisition knowledge and process skills and competencies
Follow-up on EQ

DEEPEN (MAKE-MEANING)
LEARNING COMPETENCY INSTRUCTIONS
GUIDED GENERALIZATION TABLE
LC3
ARTICLE 1 Article 2 Article 3 ARTICLE 1

https://www.cdc.gov/plague/ https://www.who.int/news- https://www.sfcdcp.org/ https://www.cdc.gov/plague/index.html?

index.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov
%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov room/questions-and- %2Fplague%2Fhistory%2Findex.html
%2Fplague%2Fhistory answers/item/zika Process question
%2Findex.html
LT3 ● What is communicable Process question
Process question Process question disease prevention and ● What would happen if the
● What would ● What are the public control? signs and symptoms
happen if the health implications ● How can we prevent ● of communicable diseases
signs and of this and control were ignored?
symptoms classification? communicable ● How does knowing the signs
● of communicable ● What steps are diseases? and symptoms of a certain
diseases were required to ensure ● How does the communicable disease help
that a vaccine is
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 ignored? safe and effective? government help in in treating?
● How does fighting communicable
knowing the diseases?
signs and
symptoms of a
certain
communicable
disease help in
treating?

Claim(answer): Claim Claim: Claim(answer):

The plague spread WHO strongly encourages Being knowledgeable with the The plague spread because there
because there were too all countries with Aedes nature of communicable were too many people in one place.
many people in one aegypti mosquitoes, diseases helps us in creating Increased contact from other
place. Increased whether they ever had Zika specific ways to eradicate it. countries and poor sanitation also
contact from other virus transmission or not, helps in the spread of it.
countries and poor to enhance early warning
sanitation also helps in systems for Zika and
The government creates
the spread of it. related severe neurological
policies and programs that will It is because there are few things
complications. Zika virus
help in the prevention and known about the disease and there
infection is usually benign.
control of communicable is a lack of modern technological
However, studies have
It is because there are diseases advancement to help.
shown that Zika virus is a
few things known about
cause of congenital Zika
the disease and there is
virus syndrome, a
a lack of modern
condition occurring in Increased connection to the other
technological
newborns and infants who countries had helped in making the
advancement to help.
were exposed to Zika virus spread of the disease to transfer

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 before birth. To prevent faster as there is contact done from
congenital Zika virus the first person afflicted by the
Increased connection to syndrome, it is important to disease.
the other countries had monitor trends in Zika virus
helped in making the infection. WHO has issued
spread of the disease to a range of guidelines to
transfer faster as there help countries prepare and Some diseases can be prevented by
is contact done from the proper handwashing and making the
respond to outbreaks of
first person afflicted by surroundings always clean.
Zika virus and related
the disease. complications.

Some diseases can be

prevented by proper
handwashing and
making the
surroundings always
clean.

Evidence (supporting Evidence Evidence Evidence (supporting text)

text)
The first recorded outbreak Monkeypox virus is spreading Examples of this emerging disease
Examples of this of Zika virus disease was in Europe and the USA among are severe acute respiratory
emerging disease are reported from the Island of individuals who have not syndrome (SARS), which affected
severe acute respiratory Yap (Federated States of travelled to endemic areas. 30 countries in 2003, particularly
syndrome (SARS), Micronesia) in 2007. This July 23,22 was declared a those in Asia.
which affected 30 was followed by a large Public Health Emergency of
countries in 2003, outbreak of Zika virus international concern by WHO.
particularly those in infection in French
Asia. Polynesia in 2013 and
other countries and

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 territories in the Pacific.

Reason: Reason Reason Reason:

According to the World According to the World Vaccines can prevent many According to the World Health
Health Reports of WHO, Health Reports of WHO, infectious diseases. Most Reports of WHO, factors such as
factors such as aging there is no treatment people know kids need regular aging and increasing population,
and increasing available for Zika virus vaccines, but did you know that urbanization, poverty, pollution,
population, infection or its associated most adults are not aware that globalization, and inadequate health
urbanization, poverty, diseases. they also need vaccines care systems contribute to the
pollution, globalization, throughout their lives to protect emergence of new diseases.
and inadequate health against diseases like shingles,
care systems contribute pertussis, and hepatitis?
to the emergence of
new diseases.

Common Reason: Human activities such as poor sanitation or irresponsible use of antibiotics have been the cause of emergence and re-emergence of
disease.

Generalization/ Enduring Understanding:

The students will share their knowledge about communicable diseases, most especially the cycle of infections because it helps them to identify the specific
things that they can do to prevent the spread of infection.

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Learning Competency
Performance Standard
The learner consistently demonstrates personal responsibility and healthful
practices in the prevention and control of communicable disease
TRANSFER
Transfer Goal: Students on their own and in the long run will be able to demonstrate on how to
prevent communicable diseases through role play.

Performance Task

1. Role Play
List of Web 2.0 App for Output (Ex. Inshot etc.)

Analytic Rubric:

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 Self-Assessment

Values Integration

Provide GRASPS Performance Task, scaffolds to accomplish it and rubric.

Show again a map of conceptual change and ask students to answer the next parts.
Do values integration in line with school mission/vision and core values.
Provide closure and self-evaluation of learning.

Analytic Rubric
CRITERIA Outstanding Satisfactory Developing Beginning

4 3 2 1

Necessary content The role play goes beyond
and aspects what was anticipated in
demonstrating personal
responsibility and healthful
practices in the prevention
and control of
communicable diseases
The role play contains the
relevant information in
demonstrating personal
responsibility and healthful
practices in the prevention
and control of communicable
diseases
The role play has
insufficient details in
demonstrating personal
responsibility and
healthful practices in the
prevention and control of
communicable diseases
The role play does not
include the needed details in
demonstrating personal
responsibility and healthful
practices in the prevention
and control of
communicable diseases

The sequence of the role
Organization play is pleasant, and it is
organized in a meaningful
(Logical Progression of
and engaging way in
information)
demonstrating personal
responsibility and
healthful practices in the
prevention and control of
The sequence of the
role play is
meticulously planned
out in demonstrating
personal responsibility
and healthful practices
in the prevention and
control of
Inconsistent transitions are
made throughout the role
play in demonstrating
personal responsibility and
healthful practices in the
prevention and control of
communicable disease
The role play flow is not
adequately sequenced in
demonstrating personal
responsibility and healthful
practices in the prevention
and control of
communicable disease

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 communicable diseases
The overall theme of the
Creativity role play is creative and
very effective, it uses an
elements of surprise and
used necessary props and
materials
Relevance The role play is clever and
relevant in demonstrating
personal responsibility and
healthful practices in the
prevention and control of
communicable diseases
TRANSFER GOAL
PERFORMANCE STANDARD
The learner is able to consistently
demonstrates
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practices in the prevention and control of
communicable disease
communicable disease
The overall theme of the
role play is effective, it
uses some props and
materials
The role play is relevant in
demonstrating personal
responsibility and healthful
practices in the prevention
and control of
communicable diseases
TRANSFER GOAL
The learner on their
own and in the long
The overall theme of the
role play is somehow
effective, it limitedly uses
props and materials
The role play is ineffective in
demonstrating personal
responsibility and healthful
practices in the prevention
and control of communicable
diseases
The overall theme of the
role play is ineffective, it
doesn't use any props and
materials
The role play is
inappropriate in
demonstrating personal
responsibility and healthful
practices in the prevention
and control of
communicable diseases
PERFORMANCE TASK
 run will be able to
demonstrate on how to
prevent communicable Role play
diseases through role
play.

UNIT PERFORMANCE TASK WITH 1 PRODUCT

PERFORMANCE STANDARD: The learner is able to Students on their own and in the long run will be able to demonstrate on how to prevent communicable
diseases through role play.

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 `

SITUATION: Students should be able to conceptualize and execute ways in preventing the spread of communicable disease inside a society
whereas the SK Chairman is ought to conduct programs and activities to address the aforementioned situation.

GOAL: To demonstrate/Execute different ways in preventing the spread of communicable disease.

ROLE: Sk Chairman

PRODUCT: Programs and Activities to address communicable disease.

AUDIENCE: Youths

STANDARDS: The program should have activities that are appropriate to the components selected and relevant to the overall goal,

GRASPS Narrative:

UNIT PERFORMANCE TASK WITH DIFFERENTIATED PRODUCTS

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 PERFORMANCE STANDARD: The learner is able to Students on their own and in the long run will be able to demonstrate on how to prevent communicable
diseases through role play.

SITUATION: Students should be able to conceptualize and execute ways in preventing the spread of communicable disease inside a society
whereas the SK Chairman is ought to conduct programs and activities to address the aforementioned situation.

GOAL: To demonstrate/Execute different ways in preventing the spread of communicable disease.

ROLE: Sk Chairman

PRODUCT CHOICES:
a. Programs to address communicable disease.
b. Activities to address communicable disease.

AUDIENCE: Youths

STANDARDS: (criteria from each subject area)

GRASPS Narrative:

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 I can…

I can classify the

prevention and control of
communicable diseases.
I can list down the
communicable diseases.

I can apply the

prevention and control of
communicable diseases.

I can state how

communicable diseases
can be prevented and
controlled.

I can follow the

prevention and control of
communicable diseases

I can describe how

communicable disease be
prevented and controlled

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 I can discuss how
communicable diseases
can be prevented and
controlled

I can explain the

prevention and control of
communicable diseases

I can create a solution

on how to prevent
communicable
diseases.

LEARNING COMPETENCY
FIRM-UP (ACQUISITION)
LC1 - Identify the different stages of infection. Activity 1 Quizizz
● incubation Instructions: Read the article on the link below. For you to understand and enjoy this activity, use the

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 ● prodromal stage guide questions provided.
● illness stage

● decline

convalescence stage.
Clickable Links: https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5f1afba575b120001c521c87/communicable-diseases?
source=HeroSearchBar&page=FeaturedPage&searchLocale=&fromSearch=truehttps://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/5-stages-of-
infection

I can… https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/5-stages-of-infection

OR
WALT…

I can identify the different stages of infection.

● incubation

● prodromal stage

● illness stage

● decline

● convalescence stage.

Screenshot of Online Resource:

LC2 - define the stages of infection Activity 2- Fill in the blanks: Paper & Pencil

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 ● incubation Instructions: Based on the video that you watched, answer the guide questions in your activity notebook.
● prodromal stage Read the statements below and write your answer on the provided blanks.
● illness stage

● decline

● convalescence stage.

I can define the stages of infection

incubation

● prodromal stage

● illness stage

● decline

● convalescence stage. Clickable Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb_JwX9C4E0

Screenshot of Online Resource:

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 Activity 3: App: Live Worksheet Loop Words - Identification
Instructions: Using the pool of letters below, look at least 10 diseases. Write your answer

Clickable Links: https://www.liveworksheets.com/ge3202983xs

Screenshot of Online Resource: https://getmeds.ph/blog/common-communicable-diseases/

LC3 - identify the most common communicable diseases

(Top 10 leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the
Philippines)

I can identify the most common communicable disease

in the Philippines

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 Scaffold for TRANSFER 1
Activity 4- ROLE PLAY
Instructions: Act like a Healthcare Personnel and show in the video how to prevent and control
communicable disease.

Clickable Links: https://slideplayer.com/slide/12675094/

Screenshot of Online Resource:

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 Scaffold for TRANSFER 2
Activity 5 - INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY!
Instructions: Create a Poster that promotes the prevention and control of communicable diseases.

Clickable Links: https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/560205641119922510/

Screenshot of Online Resource:

Self-assessment: - Essay
Instructions: Create an essay on how to prevent communicable diseases.

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 Interactive Quiz1 - TRUE OR FALSE
Instructions: Read each question and Flip the card to see if your answer is correct or not.

Link: https://quizizz.com/join/quiz/60136a464fcece001bbffe86/start

Screenshot:

Interactive Quiz2
Instructions: Read each item carefully and choose the correct answer. Write your answer in your paper.

Link: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-b5-communicable-diseases-knowledge-questions-
11937726

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 Screenshot:

How to Write a Scientific Explanation

Components
● Make a claim about the problem.
● Provide evidence for the claim.
● Provide reasoning that links the evidence to the claim.

Definitions
● Claim: An assertion or conclusion that answers the original question
● Evidence: Scientific data that supports the student’s claim that must be appropriate and sufficient. Can come from an investigation or other source such as
observations, reading material, archived data, or other source.
● Reasoning: Justification that links the claim and evidence. Shows why the data counts as evidence to support the claim, using appropriate scientific
principles.

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Qualities of Communication
Write the explanation so others can understand it.
✔ Use precise and accurate scientific language.
✔ Write clearly so that anyone interested in the explanation can understand it.
✔ Explain your logic to help share your knowledge.

Explanation Tool Layout

The Question:
Initial question based on an observed phenomenon or situation.
Our Claim:

Your claim is a statement that expresses the answer or conclusion to the question.
Our Evidence: Our Justification (Reasoning) of the Evidence:
Your justification explains why the evidence supports the claim. Provide a logical connection between the
Your evidence should always include
evidence and claim.
collected data (Numbers!) and/or
observations

1.1 Factors involved in the transmission of communicable diseases

Transmission is a process in which several events happen one after the other in the form of a chain. Hence, this process is known as a chain of transmission (Figure 1.1). Six
major factors can be identified: the infectious agent, the reservoir, the route of exit, the mode of transmission, the route of entry and the susceptible host. We will now consider
each of these factors in turn

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Figure 1.1 Factors involved in the chain of communicable disease transmission.

1.2 General approaches in the prevention and control of communicable diseases

You now have a working knowledge of factors involved in the chain of disease transmission (described in Study Session 1), and how to classify communicable diseases. This
knowledge will help you to identify prevention and control measures that can be applied at each link in the chain. When we say prevention it refers to measures that are applied to
prevent the occurrence of a disease. When we say control it refers to measures that are applied to prevent transmission after the disease has occurred. Most of the measures for
prevention and control of communicable diseases are relatively easy and can be applied using the community’s own resources. You have an important role in educating the public
to apply these measures effectively.
You have learned that prevention and control of communicable diseases involves interventions to break the chain of transmission.

“Abebe’s Story”
Typhoid fever is a disease that manifests clinically with high fever and headache. Suppose Abebe is infected with the infectious agent of typhoid fever, but he has no
manifestations of the disease. He works in a cafe and among 20 people he served in one day, five got infected, but only three of these developed the disease. Among the
three who developed typhoid fever, two recovered and one died.

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Your Name:
Group Members’ Names:

The Question:

From the given information:

a. What are the likely modes of transmission?
b. Which of the affected persons are active cases and which are carriers?
c. Can you group the 20 people who were served in the cafe into the four stages of the natural history of a communicable disease?

Our Claim:

Our Evidence: Our Justification (Reasoning) of the Evidence:

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 CER GUIDED GENERALIZATION TEMPLATE

Essential ARTICLE 1 Article 2 Article 3

Question
PLAGUE ZIKA VIRUS MONKEYPOX
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Process question
Process question
- What would happen if the signs and
- What are the public health
symptoms of communicable diseases were Process question
implications of this classification?
ignored?
- What is communicable disease
- What steps are required to
- How does knowing the signs and symptoms prevention and control?
ensure that a vaccine is safe and
of a certain communicable disease help in
effective? - How can we prevent and control
treating?
communicable diseases?
- How does the government help in
fighting communicable diseases?

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 Claim(answer):
The plague spread because there were too many
people in one place. Increased contact from other
Disease
countries and poor sanitation also helps in the
Prevention
spread of it.
and Control
(Communic
able)
It is because there are few things known about the
disease and there is a lack of modern
technological advancement to help.
Increased connection to the other countries had
helped in making the spread of the disease to
transfer faster as there is contact done from the
first person afflicted by the disease.
Some diseases can be prevented by proper
handwashing and making the surroundings always
clean.
Evidence (supporting text)
The plague spread to France and Spain in 1348 The first recorded outbreak of Zika virus Monkeypox virus is spreading in Europe and
and then to Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. It disease was reported from the Island of the USA among individuals who have not
decimated London in 1349 and reached Yap (Federated States of Micronesia) in travelled to endemic areas. July 23,22 was
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Claim Claim:
WHO strongly encourages all countries Being knowledgeable with the nature of
with Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, whether communicable diseases helps us in creating
they ever had Zika virus transmission or specific ways to eradicate it.
not, to enhance early warning systems
for Zika and related severe neurological
complications. Zika virus infection is The government creates policies and
usually benign. However, studies have programs that will help in the prevention and
shown that Zika virus is a cause of control of communicable diseases
congenital Zika virus syndrome, a
condition occurring in newborns and
infants who were exposed to Zika virus
before birth. To prevent congenital Zika
virus syndrome, it is important to monitor
trends in Zika virus infection. WHO has
issued a range of guidelines to help
countries prepare and respond to
outbreaks of Zika virus and related
complications.
Evidence Evidence
 Scandinavia and northern England by 1350. 2007. This was followed by a large declared a Public Health Emergency of
outbreak of Zika virus infection in French international concern by WHO.
Polynesia in 2013 and other countries
and territories in the Pacific.

Reason: Reason Reason

According to the World Health Reports of WHO,
factors such as aging and increasing population,
urbanization, poverty, pollution, globalization, and
inadequate health care systems contribute to the
emergence of new diseases.
According to the World Health Reports
of WHO, There is no treatment available
for Zika virus infection or its associated
diseases.
Vaccines can prevent many infectious
diseases. Most people know kids need regular
vaccines, but did you know that most adults
are not aware that they also need vaccines
throughout their lives to protect against
diseases like shingles, pertussis, and
hepatitis?

Common Reason:
Human activities such as poor sanitation or irresponsible use of antibiotics have been the cause of emergence and re-emergence of disease.

Generalization/ Enduring Understanding:

The students will share their knowledge about communicable diseases, most especially the cycle of infections because it helps them to identify
the specific things that they can do to prevent the spread of infection.

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