Learning Package

Lesson 1
Valuing Our Elders’ Wisdom
YOUR GOALS
This lesson allows you to appreciate the wisdom of our ancestors that
continues to influence our experiences. Discover how their proverbs serve as
guideposts towards strengthening our values. You must aim to:
1. Express whether a statement is true or false based on what you know.
2. Recognize differences in voice levels and speech patterns.
3. Determine words or expressions in a selection that are similar or opposite.
4. Use information presented in an article to infer, to evaluate, and to express
critical ideas.
5. Discuss the features of proverbs, their intended purpose, and the setting during
which they were produced.
6. Use appropriate volume and enunciation in a given communication situation.
7. Identify the unique features and properties of oral language.
8. Observe rules on subject-verb agreement.
9. Recognize the features and codes of the library‘s information sources.
YOUR INITIAL TASKS
Task 1. True or False?
On a half-sheet of paper, write T if the statement is true according to what you
know and F if it is false. Be ready to explain your answer with a partner.
_____ 1. Philippine literature existed even before the Spaniards came.
_____ 2. Proverbs express the unending wisdom of the old.
_____ 3. Proverbs communicate only traditional beliefs and values.
_____ 4. The form of proverbs is chiefly poetic.
_____ 5. It is difficult to preserve proverbs.
Grade 7 English Learning Package 3