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Lesson 1

How Others See Me YOUR GOALS This lesson allows you to begin your journey into understanding yourself which will hopefully lead you to mastering yourself. You must aim to: 1. Use single word adjectives in describing yourself and your classmates. 2. Explain why your views about yourself may be different from how others view you. 3. Narrate an incident in your life which is similar to the one found in the selection. 4. Distinguish between figurative and literal language. 5. Unlock the meaning of words as used in sentences. 6. Differentiate a narrative text from other types of texts. 7. Use determiners correctly. 8. Write an anecdote following the features of narrative texts.

YOUR INITIAL TASKS Task 1. How I View Myself On a half-sheet of paper, complete the visual organizer below by writing at four traits which you believe you have.

What I think of myself

Task 2. How Others View Me For this activity, you will need a piece of paper, and some tape. Write your name at the center of this paper. It is advisable to encircle your name. Once your teacher has finished giving you instructions, you are to move around the classroom, look for your classmates, and write only one word on each of their respective papers. That word must be an adjective which you think best describes that classmate. After five minutes, take the piece of paper from your back and look at how your classmates described you. Now compare the descriptions that your classmates wrote for you with those you wrote for yourself. How similar are they? How different are they?

Task 1. Using Context Clues in finding Synonyms Encircle the letter of the option that best approximates the underlined word in each sentence. 1. George could only stand in shock as Lilian tramped across the field, her angry eyes latched on to him. A. tread heavily

B. walked slowly

C. limped quickly

D. darted past

2. The vendor, hoping to finish selling his goods before noon, ambled toward the group of clueless tourists. A. crawled

B. sold

C. walked

D. limped

3. While Jonathan escaped the accident with just a scratch on his arm, his car was badly mangled. A. spared

B. scratched C. returned

D. ruined

4. Lourdes watched the performance with apprehension; she felt that anytime now, someone would make a mistake and the audience would laugh at her class. A. fascination

B. dread

C. rapture

D. listlessness

5. The mayor denounced the kidnapping of the eight year old year, and vowed that he would do everything in his power to get the girl back and punish the kidnappers to the fullest extent of the law. A. condemned

B. criticized

C. commented

D. contorted

6. Kyla‘s lips started to quiver when she heard that her daughter had been kidnapped. A. close

B. open

C. shrink

D. tremble

7. The prima ballerina snickered when she saw her main rival stumbling over the new dance steps. A. laughed derisively B. coughed politely

C. commented

D. parodied

Task 2.

Locate, Reflect, Evaluate!

Locate information in the selection to complete the table below. Make sure you can defend your answers. How did you Viewed the person you pranked?

How did the person you pranked viewed himself/herself?

How did you viewed yourself?

How did the person you pranked viewed you?

Once you have finished with the table above, answer the following questions in your notebook. Be prepared to share your answers with the rest of the class. 1. Do you think that the actions you did were justifiable? Why or why not? 2. Had you been in the same situation, what did you feel? 3. Have you learned anything out of doing it? What you it be?