Learning Package

Lesson 7
Connecting to My Past
YOUR GOALS
This lesson makes you understand how our ancestors lived in the past as well as makes us
appreciate the richness of our own culture. As you relate to the past, you must be able to:
1. Use pictures and context clues to get meanings of words and phrases
2. Determine the effects of facial expressions and eye contact in understanding a message
3. Observe the right oral language conventions when inquiring about, summarizing, or reacting
to what has been listened to, read, or observed
4. Use appropriate idiomatic expressions in a variety of basic interpersonal communicative
situations
5. To organize ideas in the legends using comparison-contrast chart
6. Formulate compound sentences
7. Use archives, vertical files, and electronic databases to locate information
8. Write a five-to-seven sentence paragraph on information gathered
YOUR INITIAL TASKS
Task 1. More Than Words
a. An orchard is a place where fruit trees are grown.
Inside the box, draw fruit trees that can be seen in an
orchard.
b. Give the meaning of the words in bold letters in the
following sentences.
i. The little children are cautioned not to play near
the construction site.
ii. Children who usually misbehave are called rascals.
iii. As a penalty for their disobedience, the children
are asked to help planting seedlings.
c. Underline the word synonymous to goddess.
An orchard
The goddess of the mountain provided the people with all their needs. She was their (hostess,
patroness, priestess).
Task 2. Do You Remember?
Have you heard of or read legends about how monkeys came to be? Listen to the teacher as he
or she reads ―The First Monkey‖ (Iloko). While listening, take note of the following:
a. characters
b. setting
c. plot
d. facial expressions and eye contact shown by the teacher
e. pitch, volume, phrasing, intonation, and stress used in the oral reading
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