CATCH-UP

FRIDAYS
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1.Read the words taken
3. Value Filipino
from the article with
accuracy; resilience.
2·Determine and analyze
the purpose of an article
critique.
Mental health

Sandra Haro
Why Mental
Health
Matters?
Answer the • Have you experienced
following mental health problems?
questions • What should you do
when you are
experiencing mental
health problems?
ACTIVITY 1. Vocabulary Development
DIRECTIONS: Match the words in Column A with
correct definition in Column B.
COLUMN A
COLUMN B (DEFINITION)
(WORDS)
a. characterized by intense feelings.
1. Mental health b. includes our emotional, psychological and social well-
2. Emotional being.
c. relating to human society and interaction of the individual
3. Social and the group or welfare of human beings.
d. something that a person feels or experiences that may
4. Well-being indicate that they have a disease or condition.
5. Symptoms e. how people feel and how they function both on a personal
and social level, and how they evaluate their lives as a
whole.
 ANSWER KEY

1. Mental health includes our emotional,psychological

and social well- being.
2. Emotional characterized by intense feelings.
3. Social relating to human society and interaction of the individual
and the group or welfare of human beings.
4. Well-being is something that a person feels or experiences that may
indicate that they have a disease or condition.
5. Symptoms how people feel and how they function both on a personal and
social level, and how they evaluate their lives as a whole.
 ACTIVITY 2. READING TRAIN
Students will be reading the
article one by one. The teacher
may call next student to continue
reading the article (Segmented
reading).
 ARTICLE:
Mental Health Comprehension
By Viha Desai
Mental Health includes one's psychological,
emotional and social well-being - one's mental
health affects how they think, feel and act. It
also means keeping our mind healthy. Proper
mental health results in proper mental
functioning, which, in turn, results in being
productive in activities.
People usually forget that the mind is also a part of our
being, actually the most important part of our body, and
many tend to ignore the fitness of their mind. They
generally focus on keeping their physical body healthy.
Man is only considered superior to other animals because
of his highly developed brain. So, it is very important for a
person to keep both his body and mind fit and healthy.
Both mental health and physical health go hand in hand
and are equally important for optimum performance and
quality of life.
Mental illness does not mean that you're going crazy,
and one should not be ashamed of it. Mental illness is
the instability of one's health, which includes changes
in emotion, abnormal thinking and behaviour. Mental
illness is usually caused because of stress, or it can also
be due to a reaction to a certain traumatic incident.
According to many types of research, it has been found
that mental illness could also arise from genetic factors,
biochemical imbalances, child abuse or trauma, social
disadvantage, poor physical health conditions, etc.
People suffering from mental health issues show
various symptoms like lack of energy, pushing
away people, not making any physical activities,
loss of sleep or the will to eat, smoking, drinking
or even doing drugs, feeling helpless, yelling
and fighting, losing temper very quickly,
harming themselves.
Regardless, mental illness is curable. You can
always seek help from the experts, or bring a
change in your lifestyle. It has been proven
that regular exercise and meditation are great
medicines for curing mental illness. It is of
utmost importance to have a good diet and
enough sleep.
 post reading
ACTIVITY 3: THINK PAIR SHARE
Ask each pair to answer the post-reading questions
after reading. Write your answers on a sheet of
paper.
QUESTIONS:
1. Who is the article all about?
2. What does proper mental health result in?
3. Why man considered superior to other
animals?
4. What does mental health illness include?
 post reading
5. What is mental illness usually
caused by?
6. Why is World Mental Health Day
celebrated?
7. Name conditions through which
mental illness could arise from.
8. Name some ways by which mental
health illness can be cured.
SHARE YOUR
THOUGHTS
 ACTIVITY 4: TALK OF THE
TOWN
Group students into four. Each
group will be given a maximum of
10 minutes to go plan for their
group task which will be presented
with maximum of 5 minutes each
group.
 1st Station: The Singing Bee

Ask the group to present a song

related to taking care of our
mental health. Students may write
their own lyrics and adapt a
beat/music.
 2nd station: The Artist

Create a poster
encouraging students to
take care of their mental
health.
 3RD STATION:
Characterization

Using the image, draw

yourself about your current
feelings / state of your mental
health. Then, write a short
description/explanation about
your drawing. (each member
will draw their own image).
 4th station: Info-maker

Make an infographic on
how to take care of your
mental health. Write at
least 5 samples.
 GROUP
PRESENTATION
VALUING
1. If you have a friend which you think
is having a mental health problem,
how will you help him/her?
2.If you think that you are having
mental health issues, what will
you do?
 ACTIVITY 5: WRITING A PROMISE
DIRECTIONS:

JOURNAL WRITING:
Ask the students to trace their right hand
on a piece of paper. Inside the drawing,
write a promise on each tip of the finger
about protecting and taking care of their
mental well-being.