Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Division of Northern Samar
Region VIII
Laoang National Teachnical High School
Laoang, Northern Samar
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(Quarter 2) Learning Activity Sheets in

ENGLISH 8 SCORE:

Name of Learner: ____________________________________________

Grade Level: ________________________________________________
Section: ___________________________________________________
Name of Adviser: ____________________________
Name of Teacher: _Jeje Balanquit Cerbito_________
:@Jejie Balanquit Cerbito / 09507510428

Module 1 / Week 1: Writing and Composition

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General Direction: Please use this learning activity sheets with care and write your answers on
this sheets.

Test I - Directions: Read the questions carefully and encircle the letter of your answer.

1. Which stories that use magic, or supernatural as a primary plot?

a. fantasy b. horror c. mystery d. science fiction

2. Which paragraph that expresses chronological order of events and gives enough
information that the reader can understand?
a. descriptive b. narrative c. persuasive d. recounts

3. This paragraph types explains facts and ideas.

a. expository b. narrative c. persuasive d. recounts

4. It is a form of writing that tries to convince a reader to do something or to believe what you believe about a certain
topic.
a. expository b. narrative c. persuasive d. recounts

5. This form of writing describes how a person/thing looks or feels.

a. descriptive b. narrative c. persuasive d. recounts

6. This retells an experience or an event that happened in the past. The purpose of this is to inform, entertain or
to reflect and evaluate.
a. descriptive b. narrative c. persuasive d. recounts

7. This writing is where the author is recounting an experience that they were involved in directly.
a. events b. factual recount c. imaginative recount d. personal recount

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8. This writing can be used to retell a particular incident or event.
a. events b. factual recount c. imaginative recount d. personal recount

9. This writing retells of an imaginary event through the eyes of a fiction character.
a. events b. factual recount c. imaginative recount d. personal recount

10. Parts of the Introduction

a. Introduction-supporting details-Conclusion
b. Thesis Statement-Conclusion-Topic Sentence
c. Opening Statement-Conclusion-Supporting Details
d. Opening Statement-supporting details-Thesis Statement

Test II - Directions: Read the selection and answer the questions that follow.

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Paper is one of the world’s most important and useful products. 2Without it, there would be no
newspapers, magazines, writing paper, or greeting cards. 3There would be no paper bags or
boxes, paper money, gift-wrapping, or toilet paper. 4Take a look around you. 5How many things
can you see that are made from paper? 6Learn to conserve paper.

11. What is the selection all about?

a. newspapers b. paper c. paper products d. things around you

12. Which statement contains the main idea of the selection?

a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4

13. Which statements support the main idea of the paragraph?

a. 1- 4 b. 2- 5 c. 1- 6 d. 2- 6

14. How many things are made from paper that are mentioned in the selection?
a. 7 b. 8 c. 9 d. 10

15. Which statement should not be part of the paragraph?

a. Take a look around you.
b. Learn to conserve paper.
c. How many things can you see that are made from paper?
d. Paper is one of the world’s most important and useful products.

16. It is a prose narrative relating personal experience usually told in first person; its content
is non-traditional.
a. descriptive b. expository c. personal narrative d. persuasive

17. The following are the techniques in introducing a topic EXCEPT:

a. Ask Question b. Make a Conclusion
c. Begin with a Startling Fact d. Open with Lively Description

18. It is a type of text that is made by the author’s imagination.

a. biography b. fiction c. news columns d. non-fiction

19. This tells the story of someone’s life from the perspective of another writer.
a. biography b. fiction c. news columns d. non-fiction

20. This records daily life events and collects writer’s thought and feelings about the events.
a. biography b. diaries c. fiction d. Letters

Test III - Directions: Read each passage below and formulate its possible conclusion. Choose the letter of
your answer.

21. The Lost and Found section reported that of the 15 books found this month, 10 belong to
boys and 5 to girls. Of the 20 cases of lost ballpens, 18 were reported by boys and 2 by

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a. Girls are careless than boys. b. Girls are negligent than boys.
c. Girls are incautious than boys. d. Girls are more careful than boys.

22. The baby keeps on crying even if the nurse has just changed his diapers. The baby has
just been fed so he is not hungry.
a. The baby is wet. b. The baby just want to cry.
c. The baby is not feeling well. d. The baby wants to eat again.

23. The Barangay captain called an emergency meeting to all barangay officials. All of the
barangay officials attended except the secretary who is very important in the meeting.
The secretary has never missed a single meeting in all the three years she has been a
secretary in the barangay.
a. The secretary feels ill. b. The secretary was not informed.
c. The secretary doesn’t want to attend. d. The secretary is busy for nonsense.

24. Betty’s store has just opened. She has been in business for only about two months. The
people who used to patronize other stores now go to Betty’s store.
a. Betty is very friendly. b. Betty threatens the customers.
c. Betty has a lot of stocks in store. d. Betty offers lowest prize and discounts.

25. Out of 70 graduating Grade 12 students, only 62 could march on their Graduation Day.
The 8 students failed to pass the given requirements.
a. The students who failed are lazy and tedious.
b. The students who could not march are proud.
c. The 8 students has another best plan in life.
d. The 8 students has a special recognition in another date.

Performance Task #1: Write Now!

Choose from any of the following topics for your PERSONAL NARRATIVE. A minimum of
150 words is required. Consider the rubric below upon writing and write it on your creative. Write it
on a short bond paper, do not forget to write your name and section.

 Most Memorable Place I Visited

 The Happiest Event in My Life
 My Ultimate Goal in Life

CATEGORY 10 7 4

Writing has clear Writing has not enough

Writing has very unclear
ORGANIZATION beginning, middle, and clear beginning, middle,
beginning, middle, and ending.
ending. and ending.

Writing makes sense. It

Writing mostly makes
has many details that Writing does not make sense
CONTENT sense and has some
help the reader imagine and/or has few details.
details.
what is being described.

The work is neat and easy Handwriting is legible but

Work is difficult to read.
QUALITY OF WORK to read. could be better.

MECHANICS All sentences have capital ost of the sentences have Writing is missing many capital

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the correct places. marks in the correct
places.
TOTAL:

Performance Task #2: Write Now!

Your goal is to write one simple DESCRIPTIVE TEXT. Choose one
of these topics:” Describe your bestfriend or your favorite family
GOAL member”. “Describe your Favorite Food”, “Describe your favorite
Room in the House”, “Describe an object that is commonly used by
the people in your House”.

Rubric for Writing Descriptive Paragraph

 Using sensory images, precise adjectives, and vivid verbs

 Readers enjoy descriptive writing because it helps them see someone or something in a new way.
Using words and images that bring sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing to life are crucial to good
descriptive writing. Powerful adjectives can help tell a descriptive story, too
 Write it on a short bond paper, do not forget to write your name and section .

PERSONAL NARRATIVE RUBRIC

Category 4 - Novice 6 - Discoverer 8 - Achiever 10 - Hero
Well-focused
Few hints are evident Interesting and precise
No evidence of a sentences and
at using organized sentences and
Ideas and purpose or logical ideas paragraphs are
ideas to describe paragraphs tell a
Organization that help the reader see logical and help
people, places, and descriptive story with
what is being described. readers see what is
things. metaphor.
being described.
Engages the reader in
the story by making
Lacks evidence of Provides some Use well-crafted people, places, and
Word Choice sensory words and sensory words and sensory images and objects come alive with
adjectives adjectives appropriate adjectives sensory details,
that describe. comparisons, and
powerful adjectives.
Offers readers engaging
Proper use of Shows variety of
Structure, Proper use of complete and compelling
complete sentences, sentence structures
Grammar, sentences, spelling, sentences and
spelling, punctuation, with few errors in
and punctuation, or grammar paragraphs without
or grammar are spelling, punctuation,
Mechanics are not evident. spelling, punctuation,
somewhat evident. and grammar
and grammar errors.
No sense of artistic Provides some Exhibits strong use Creative use of materials
concern to neatness concern for artistic and understanding of to tell an engaging story
Presentation and no attempt to technique and artistic concepts; artistically; powerful
and Creativity interest the reader neatness; offers basic details figure strongly details and description
through sensory detail. description. in the work.
Score:

Prepared by:
JEJE B. CERBITO
Subject Teacher