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Activity Sheets in
English 6 (Quarter
1:Week 4-Day1)
S EN6V-Id-12.4.2.2
Infer meaning of figurative
H language using -context clues
Q1, WEEK4,
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An idiom is an expression that cannot
be understood from the meaning of
its separate words but when grouped
and taken as one will have a separate
meaning of its own.
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Brainstorm with your

seatmate/partner the meaning of
the animal idioms by studying the
sentences. Choose from the given
list of meanings.
 1. cat nap

My father had a cat

nap while mother is
cooking dinner.
2. clammed up
Gabby clammed up
when I asked him
about his problem.
 3. dog days

It is nice to go to the
beach during dog days
of April.
4. Hold your horses

Hold your horses while

I finish packing the
food for our picnic
3. Holy cow

Holy cow! I can’t

believe I scored perfect
in the test.
 ich Your Match the word from the first
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Tas bulary
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The story you will listen to today is a folktale. A folktale is a
story handed down orally through generations. This folktale is a
pourquoi (poor-KWAH). Pourquoi is the French word for why. A
pourquoi explains why a natural event happened.

Now answer the following questions:

Do you like mosquitoes? Why or why not?

In our story, do you think the mosquito is liked or not liked by

others? Why or why not?
Listen to a story called a Do you like
folktale.. A folktale is a mosquitoes? Why or
story handed down
orally through why not?
generations. This
folktale is a pourquoi
(poor-KWAH). Pourquoi
is the French word for
why. A pourquoi
explains why a natural
event happened
In our story, do you
think the mosquito
is liked or not liked
by others? Why or
why not?
Why
Mosquitoes
Buzz in
People’s Ears
(A West
African Tale)
Retold by
Verna SEE VIDEO
https://

Aardema www.youtube.com/
watch?
v=BO1K4wXy2CI
Is the mosquito liked or not liked by others? Why or
why not? Why are the animals alarmed and startled?
What cause the jungle to remain dark? How do the
other animals feel about Lion? How do you know? Why
did the lion called for a council meeting of animals? Will
Mosquito ever be able to show himself again to the
other animals? Why or why not? If you can give an
advice to mosquito, what will you tell him? If mosquito
will change his behavior or attitude, what must he
change?
The tone is the attitude of the author
toward the subject, the reader, or the
characters. It is how the writer feels
about what he or she is writing. The
author conveys the tone by the
setting, characters, word choice, and
other details along the way.
EXAMPLES
 The mood is the feeling the
reader gets from reading the
author’s words. It is the feeling
the reader or listener has
about the text. It could be the
same as tone, but not always.
EXAMPLES
 let’s identify the tone and mood of the following
Lines from the TONE MOOD
story
A. The mosquito said, A. I think the tone is A. As a
“Iguana, you will arrogant or know-it- reader/listener I felt
never believe what I all because the irritated or annoyed
saw yesterday.” mosquito is trying to because the mosquito
impress the iguana is boastful. The mood
that he saw is irritating.
something
unbelievable.
 Let’s identify the tone and mood of the following
Lines from the TONE MOOD
story
B. “What’s a B. As a
mosquito compare B. I think the tone reader/listener I
to a yam?” is irritated/angry felt sympathetic to
snapped the iguana because the iguana the iguana. I also
grumpily. “I would answered grumpily. feel irritated at the
rather be deaf than mosquito. The
listen to such mood is irritating.
nonsense!”
 Let’s identify the tone and mood of the following
Lines from the story TONE MOOD
C. “Now, why won’t he C. As a
speak to me?” said C. I think the
the python to himself. reader/listener
“Iguana must be angry tone is worried I felt alarmed at
about something. I’m because of what the situation.
afraid he is plotting the python
some mischief against thought of what The mood is
me!” He began
iguana might be alarming.
looking for
somewhere to hide. plotting.
 GROUP ACTIVITY
Identify the tone and mood of the following parts of the story . Then,
complete the table. use the list of Tone Words and Mood Words.

1. When the rabbit saw the big snake coming into

her burrow, she was terrified. She scurried out
through her back way and bounded, krik, krik, krik,
across a clearing.
2. A crow saw the rabbit running for her
life. He flew into the forest crying kaa,
kaa, kaa! It was his duty to spread the
alarm in case of danger.

2.
3. A monkey heard the crow. He was sure
that some dangerous beast was prowling
near. He began screeching and leaping
kili wili through the trees to help warn
the other animals.

3.
Pair Up

With your seatmate/partner, identify the tone

and mood of the following parts of the story
your teacher will say. Then, complete the
table. You may use the list of Tone Words and
Mood Words
1. When she returned to the nest, she
found one of them dead. Her other
children told her that the monkey had
killed it. All that day and all that night,
she sat in her tree – so sad, so sad, so
sad!
2. The night grew longer and longer.
The animals of the forest knew it was
lasting much too long. They feared
that the sun would never come back.

2.
3. Then King Lion called the
monkey. He came before him
nervously glancing from side to
side, rim, rim, rim, rim.
2

3.
The tone is the attitude of the author toward the subject, the reader,
or the characters. It is how the writer feels about what he or she is
writing. The author conveys the tone by the setting, characters, word
choice, and other details along the way.

The mood is the feeling the reader gets from reading the author’s
words. It is the feeling the reader or listener has about the text. It
could be the same as tone, but not always
Identify the tone and mood of the following. You
may use the list of Tone Words and Mood Words
1. Then, King Lion called the rabbit.
The timid little creature stood before
him, one trembling paw drawn up
uncertainly.
2. All the animals laughed when they saw
the iguana coming, badamin, badamin,
with the sticks still stuck in his ears!
3. “Punish the mosquito! Punish the
mosquito!” cried all the animals.

4. When Mother Owl heard that, she was

satisfied. She turned her head toward the
east and hooted: “Hoo! Hooooo!
Hooooooo!”
3. “Punish the mosquito! Punish the
mosquito!” cried all the animals.

4. When Mother Owl heard that, she was

satisfied. She turned her head toward the
east and hooted: “Hoo! Hooooo!
Hooooooo!”
5. Meanwhile, the mosquito had listened
to it all from a nearby bush. She crept
under a curly leaf, semm, and was never
found and brought before the council.