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In this module, you will have an opportunity to encounter people in the selections
who may challenge your ability to know how you will respond or react in a situation, depending on
some factors that may influence you. This will also provide a variety of text, particularly, world
literacy pieces that are both relevant and meaningful to your life.
Many similar situations are reflected in the literature of the world which this module deals
with in order to overcome our personal challenges in life. You will learn how to express your ideas
or opinions so as to convince others to accept you standpoint on a certain issues or conflicting
situations in real life.
8. The main part of the article is best expressed in sentence no. _____.
a. 3 c. 10
b. 4 d. 12
9. Exploring the sea of goodness, means you are practicing _____.
a. conscientiousness c. kindness
b. humility d. sympathy
10.The word subtle in sentence 5 means _____.
a. clear c. refined
b. practical d. strained
11.The kind of evidence used by the writer to support her stand is through _____.
a. anecdotes c. statistics
b. examples d. video
12.The generalization or statement about the passage on life or human experience is to _____.
a. bring out the best in you c. struggle against the odds
b. stand up for one’s belief d. take strength to bear up the odds
D.Read each of the following short passages carefully and copy the letter of the word or phrase that
best completes each numbered item.
Echkart Tolle once said, “When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose
touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world. Your
innermost sense of self, of who you are, is inseparable from stillness. I am that is deeper than
your name and form.”
In your previous journeys, you have been provided with a lot of opportunities to
explore and improve yourself. Now that you are in the final stage of your junior high
school years, what this lesson promises is to teach you how to increase your effectiveness in
responding to problems which challenge your innermost sense of self, your “I am that is
deeper than your name and form.”
In this lesson, you’ll answer one enduring question about life, that is, “How does
discovering personal challenge create a deeper understanding of your innermost sense of
self?”
What’s in
WHAT IS IT
Make a list of the personal challenges Icarus and Daedalus needed to overcome to escape
from the cruel living.
ICARUS DAEDALUS
PERSONAL PERSONAL
CHALLENGES CHALLENGES
WHAT’S MORE
Pick out similar personal challenges you have experienced as the two characters.
MY PERSONAL
CHALLENGES
DAEDALUS
ICARUS
ASSESSMENT
Your instant reactions tell something about yourself. How would you react in each of
1. You are not invited to your 2. You’re parents broke their promise to
friend’s party.
Send you on a trip.
3. You failed the test. 4. Your best friend spilled out your secret.
Additional activities
Stress is a personal challenge. It affects your studies and slows you down in
accomplishing a lot of things. Use the chart below to identify what causes you stress
and how does it affect you.
Lesson 2
Topic: Building Up Defenses
The most important component of defense is awareness. In the previous lesson, you have
been made aware of your personal challenges and that is your initial step into building a defense
against life’s inevitable challenges.
In this lesson, you will have a lot of activities that will help you to be strong amid
discrimination. Specifically, you will be asked to answer the important question. “How do I build
the best defense against challenges to achieve the best quality of life?
What’s new
Discrimination is the unequal treatment provided to one or more parties on the basis of a
mutual accord or some other logical or illogical reason. It is the unfair or prejudicial treatment of
people and groups based on characteristics such as race, gender, age or sexual orientation.
The anticipation of discrimination creates its own chronic stress. People might even avoid
situations where they expect they could be treated poorly, possibly missing out socialization,
education and job opportunities .
Rate the following strategies in order to overcome discrimination (one is the highest).
_____ get involved
_____ focus on your strengths
_____ seek support system
_____help yourself think clearly
_____don’t dwell
_____seek professional help
What is it
Examine the editorial cartoon below and answer the questions that follow.
Processing Questions:
1. What is the cartoon all about?
2. What kind of discrimination is shown in the cartoon?
3. What would you do if you were in the shoes of the one discriminated
against?
What’s more
Many situations would require you to make use of your strengths. Examine the situation
below and answer the questions that follow.
WHAT CAN I DO
Building up defenses is like creating a strategies to help you reach your personal goal. Each
defense is critical in achieving success.
Using the organizer below, create a personal goal for the next five years.
ASSESSMENT
Tell something about this picture. Does it show discrimination? Explain.
Additional activities
Lesson
Topic: Capitalizing on Strengths and Recognizing our Weaknesses
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There were nine goddesses called Muses. Born out of Zeus and a Titan named
Mnemosyne, each muse presided over a different art or science.
Calliope, one of these sisters, was the inspiration of poets and musicians. She was the mother
of Orpheus (a mortal because his father was one) and gave to her son a remarkable talent for
music.
Orpheus played his lyre so sweetly that he charmed all things on earth. Men and women forgot
their cares when gathered around him to listen. Wild beasts lay down as they gathered around
him as if they were tame, entranced by his soothing notes. Even rocks and trees followed him,
and the rivers changed their direction to hear him play.
Orpheus loved a young woman named Eurydice, and
when they were married, they looked forward to many years of
happiness together. But soon after, Eurydice stepped on a
poisonous snake and died. Orpheus roamed the earth, singing sad
melodies to try to overcome his grief. But it was no use. He
longed for Eurydice so deeply that he decided to follow her to
the underworld. He said to himself, “No mortal has ever been
there before, but I must try to bring back my beloved Eurydice. I
will charm Persephone and Hades with my music and win
Eurydice’s release.”He climbed into a cave and through a dark
passage that led to the underworld. When he reached the river
Styx, he plucked his lyre again, and Cerberus, the fierce three-
headed dog who guarded the gates, heard the sweet music and lay still to let him pass. Orpheus
continued to play his lyre tenderly as he made his way through the gloomy underworld. The
ghosts cried when they heard his sad music. Sisyphus, who had been condemned to roll uphill
forever, stopped his fruitless work to listen. Tantalus, who had been sentenced to stand in a
pool of receding water, stopped trying to quench his thirst. And even the wheel to which Ixion
was tied as punishment stopped turning for one moment.
At last Orpheus came to the palace of Hades and Persephone, King and Queen of the
underworld. Before they could order him to leave, he began his gentle song, pleading for
Eurydice.
When stern Hades heard Orpheus’ song, he began to weep. Cold Persephone was so
moved that, for the first time in all her months in the underworld, her heart melted.
“Oh, please, my husband,” she said to Hades, “let Eurydice be reunited with Orpheus.”
And Hades replied, “I, too, feel the sadness of Orpheus. I cannot refuse him.”
They summoned Eurydice, and the two lovers clasped each other and turned to leave.
“Wait!” said Hades to Orpheus. “Eurydice is yours to take back to earth on one condition.”
“What is that?” asked Orpheus
“She must follow you, and you must not look back at her until you are on earth again.
“I understand,” said Orpheus, “and I am forever grateful.”
Orpheus and Eurydice left the underworld and made their way through the dark passage that led to
the upper world. At last they reached the cave through which Orpheus had descended.
“I can see daylight ahead” called Orpheus to Eurydice. “We are almost there.”
But Eurydice had not heard him, and so she did not answer.
Orpheus turned to make sure that she was still following him. He caught one last glimpse of her
arms stretched out to him. And then she disappeared, swallowed by darkness.
“Farewell,” he heard her cry as she was carried back to the underworld.
What’s new
Remember the gifts of Orpheus and Daedalus. If you possessed all the gifts
they have, how would use them in improving/resolving each of the following social issues?
What is it
Study the bulb puzzle below and answer the questions below.
Processing Questions:
1. How do the elements help you understand the flow of the story?
2. What is the theme of the story?
3. In what way do the elements contribute to your understanding of the
selection’s over-all theme?
WHAT’S MORE
How would you overcome the following personal conflicts:
1. Anger
2. Depression
Assessment
Read the story Orpheus once again and answer the questions below.
Concept 10
Design 10
Visuals 10
Word 10
Response/Feedbac 10
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Lesson
Topic: Dealing with Personal Challenges
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How do you deal with personal challenges? Most likely at this point, you have
already acquired the positive attitude of facing challenges no matter how difficult they may
seem. Problems, trials, disappointments, frustrations, or threats as challenges are normal in
our day-to-day experiences.
Dealing with these personal challenges matters and your intention should be focused
on achieving your goal through using positive ways. This is exactly the core of this lesson as
you’ll demonstrate your understanding of how to deal with personal challenges alongside the
essential literary concepts and language communication skills. Doubtlessly, that will add a lot
to make a better YOU!
What’s in
The Story of Arachne, the Weaver
There was a young girl in Greece whose name was
Arachne. Her face was pale but fair, and her hair was
long and dark. All that she cared to do from morn till
noon was to sit in the sun and spin; and all that she
cared to do from noon till night was to sit in the shade
and weave.
And oh, how fine and fair were the things which she wove on her loom! Flax, wool, silk—she
worked with them all; and when they came from her hands, the cloth which she had made of them
was so thin and soft and bright that people came from all parts of the world to see it. And they said
that cloth so rare could not be made of flax, or wool, or silk, but that the warp was of rays of
sunlight and the woof was of threads of gold.
Then as, day by day, the girl sat in the sun and spun, or sat in the shade and wove, she said: "In all
the world there is no yarn so fine as mine, and in all the world there is no cloth so soft and smooth,
nor silk so bright and rare."
One afternoon as she sat in the shade weaving and talking with
passersby, someone asked of her, "Who taught you to spin and
weave so well?"
"No one taught me," Arachne replied. "I learned how to do it as I
sat in the sun and the shade; but no one showed me."
"But it may be that Athena, goddess of wisdom, taught you, and
you did not know it."
Athena" Athena? Bah!" said Arachne. "How could she teach
me? Can she spin such skeins of yarn as these? Can she weave
goods like mine? I should like to see her try. I can likely teach
her a thing or two."
She looked up and saw in the doorway a tall woman wrapped in a
long cloak. Her face was fair to see, but stern, oh, so stern! And her gray eyes were so sharp and
bright that Arachne could not meet her gaze.
"Arachne," said the woman, "I am Athena, the goddess of craft and wisdom, and I have heard your
boast. Are you certain you still mean to say that you can spin and weave as well as I?"
Arachne's cheeks grew pale, but she said: "Yes. I can weave as well as you."
"Then let me tell you what we will do," said Athena. "Three days from now we will both weave;
you on your loom, and I on mine. We will ask all who wish to come and see us; and great Zeus,
who sits in the clouds, shall be the judge. And if your work is best, then I will weave no more so
long as the world shall last; but if my work is best, then you shall never use loom or spindle. Do
you agree to this?"
"I agree," said Arachne.
"Very well," said Athena. And she was gone.
When the time came for the contest in weaving, hundreds were there to see it, and great Zeus sat
among the clouds and looked on.
Arachne took her skeins of finest silk and began to weave. And she wove a web of marvelous
beauty, so thin and light that it would float in the air, and yet so strong that it could hold a lion in its
meshes; and the threads of warp and woof were of many colors, so beautifully arranged and mingled
one with another that all who saw were filled with delight.
"No wonder that the maiden boasted of her skill," said the people and Zeus himself nodded.
Then Athena began to weave. And she took of the sunbeams that gilded the mountain top, and of
the snowy fleece of the summer clouds, and of the blue ether of the summer sky, and of the bright
green of the summer fields, and of the royal purple of the autumn woods,—and what do you suppose
she wove?
The web which she wove was full of enchanting pictures of flowers and gardens, and of castles and
towers, and of mountain heights, and of men and beasts, and of giants and dwarfs, and of the mighty
beings who dwell in the clouds with Zeus. And those who looked upon it were so filled with
wonder and delight, that they forgot all about the beautiful web which Arachne had woven. And
Arachne herself was ashamed and afraid when she saw it; and she hid her face in her hands and
wept.
"Oh, how can I live," she cried, "now that I must never again use loom or spindle?"
And she kept on weeping and saying, "How can I live?"
Then, when Athena saw that the poor maiden would never have any joy unless she were allowed to
spin and weave, she took pity on her and said:
"I would free you from your bargain if I could, but that is a thing which no one can do. You must
hold to your agreement never to touch loom or spindle again. And yet, since you will never be
happy unless you can spin and weave, I will give you a new form so that you can carry on your
work with neither spindle nor loom."
Then she touched Arachne with the tip of the spear which she sometimes carried; and the maiden
was changed at once into a nimble spider, which ran into a shady place in the grass and began
merrily to spin and weave a beautiful web.
I have heard it said that all the spiders which have been in the world since then are the children of
Arachne. Perhaps Arachne still lives and spins and weaves; and the very next spider that you see
may be she herself..
What’s new
Discuss the answer to these questions:
Do you believe that sticking to your comfort zone instead of taking risk when you face a
challenge is a better decision all the time?
LIST FIVE STRATEGIES THAT YOU THINK CAN HELP YOU DEAL WITH YOUR
PERSONAL CHALLENGES
What’s more
Read the quote below and tell what you feel about it.
assessment
In a scale of 1-6 and 1 is the highest, rank the following values that can help you succeed
in dealing your personal challenges.
Additional activities
Make a title of the slogan below with the theme overcoming challenges.
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