Activity Sheet in English 6: Quarter 1

Activity Sheet in ENGLISH 6 QUARTER 1 Week 4-Day 1 Listening Comprehension EN6LC-Id-2.11.1, EN6LC-Id-2.11.2, EN6LC-Id-2.11.3 Infer the speaker’s tone, mood and purpose Vocabulary EN6V-Id-12.3.2, EN6V-Id-12.4.1.2, EN6V-Id-12.4.2.2 Infer meaning of figurative language using -context clues -affixes and roots -other strategies Attitude EN6A-Id-16 Observe politeness at all times EN6A-Id-17 Show tactfulness when communicating with others EN6A-Id-18 Show openness to criticism

Let’s Learn This

In this activity sheet, you will learn more about mood, tone and purpose of a text. Remember that tone is how the writer feels about what he is writing and mood is the feeling that the reader/listener has about the text.

Let’s Recall

Do you remember what an idiom is?  An idiom is an expression that cannot be understood from the meaning of its separate words but when grouped and taken as one will have a separate meaning of its own. Source: "Idiom." Idiom - Definition for English-Language Learners from Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary.  Accessed May 9, 2017. http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/idiom.

Idioms add color and interest to writing, and therefore are considered a type of figurative language. Task 1: Amazing Animal Idioms! Think-Pair-Share Think: Reflect about the given question/task. Pair: Face your seatmate/partner. Share: Discuss with your seatmate/partner your answer. Remember to observe the following during Think-Pair-Share activity: • Be polite. Wait for your turn to speak. Listen while your seatmate/partner is speaking. • Be tactful. Say what you want to say in a nice way. Also, wait for your seatmate/partner to finish first before you say something. • Be open. When your seatmate/partner does not agree with what you are saying, do not feel bad. Accept that he or she has different opinion.

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Here are sentences that have animal idioms. Brainstorm with your seatmate/partner the meaning of the animal idioms by studying the sentences. Choose from the given list of meanings.  A. a short sleep B. Wow! I’m surprised! C. very hot days D. wait and be patient E. become quiet suddenly

1. cat nap 2. clam up 3. dog days 4. hold your horses 5. Holy cow!

My father had a cat nap while mother is cooking dinner. Gabby clammed up when I asked him about his problem. It is nice to go to the beach during dog days of April. Hold your horses while I finish packing the food for our picnic. Holy cow! I can’t believe I scored perfect in the test.

Source: "Animal Idioms." EnglishClub. Accessed May 9, 2017. https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/idioms-animal.htm.

What words in the sentences helped you get the meaning of the idioms?

Let’s Try This

The idioms you just learned have animals in them. Today, you will be listening to a story that has animals, too. Before you listen to the story, let us learn some words that you will hear from the story. Task 2: Enrich Your Vocabulary A. Unlocking of Difficult Words Match the word from the first column to its meaning from the second column. Word 1. iguana 2. yam 3. almost as big as I am 4. nonsense 5. plotting

Meaning A. a large lizard B. a small piece of food C. almost the same size D. a meeting called to find answers E. not interfering with the affairs of others Page 2 of 9

Word 6. mischief 7. tidbit 8. council 9. antelope 10. minding my own business

Meaning F. behavior that causes problems or trouble G. planning secretly to do something illegal or harmful H. words or ideas that are foolish and have no real meaning I. an animal that looks like a deer, has horns pointing up and back, and runs very fast J. a long, thick root of a tropical plant that has brown skin and usually white or yellow flesh and that is eaten as a vegetable

B. Motivation and Motive Questions Now that you have learned the words, get ready to listen to the story. The story you will listen to today is a folktale. A folktale is a story handed down orally through generations. This folktale is a pourquoi (poor-KWAH). Pourquoi is the French word for why. A pourquoi explains why a natural event happened. Now answer the following questions: Do you like mosquitoes? Why or why not? In our story, do you think the mosquito i s liked or not liked by others? Why or why not? C. Listening to the Story Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears (A West African Tale) Retold by Verna Aardema Copyright 1975 Source: "Why Mosquitos buzzi n people's ears?" YouTube. January 16, 2015. Accessed May 17, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYtiFEPqCwE.

D. Discussion/Comprehension Questions Is the mosquito liked or not liked by others? Why or why not? Why are the animals alarmed and startled? What cause the jungle to remain dark? How do the other animals feel about Lion? How do you know? Why did the lion called for a council meeting of animals? Will Mosquito ever be able to show himself again to the other animals? Why or why not? If you can give an advice to mosquito, what will you tell him? If mosquito will change his behavior or attitude, what must he change? Page 3 of 9

Let’s Study This

Now let’s study the tone and mood of the story. TONE AND MOOD Tone and mood both deal with the emotions that center around a story or a poem or any piece of literature. Though they seem the same and can in fact be related by what causes them, they are in fact quite different. Source: "Tone and Mood." Our English Class. May 09, 2017. Accessed May 0, 2017. http://ourenglishclass.net/class-notes/writing/the-writing-process/craft/tone-and-mood/.

The tone is the attitude of the author toward the subject, the reader, or the characters. It is how the writer feels about what he or she is writing. The author conveys the tone by the setting, characters, word choice, and other details along the way. The mood is the feeling the reader gets from reading the author’s words. It is the feeling the reader or listener has about the text. It could be the same as tone, but not always. Here are some examples of tone words and mood words. Tone Words amused light matter-offact resigned angry optimistic authoritative pessimistic cheerful playful selfhorror clear important formal sad gloomy humorous serious informal suspicious ironic witty

Mood depressed mysterious romantic sentimental sorrowful suspenseful

Sources: "Poetry." Pinterest. October 09, 2016. Accessed May 18, 2017. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/224335625168786904/.

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ords fanciful frightening frustrating gloomy happy  joyful

Now let’s identify the tone and mood of the following.  A. The mosquito said, “Iguana, you will never believe what I saw yesterday.” B. “What’s a mosquito compare to a yam?” snapped the iguana grumpily. “I would rather be deaf than listen to such nonsense!” C. “Now, why won’t he speak to me?” said the python to himself. “Iguana must be angry about something. I’m afraid he is plotting some mischief against me!” He began looking for somewhere to hide. Think-Aloud Thinking aloud is verbalizing what one is thinking. Your teacher will model how to think aloud for you to infer tone and mood. Listen carefully because you may use this strategy to infer tone and mood. Tone Mood  A. I think the tone is arrogant or know-it-all  A. As a reader/listener I felt irritated or annoyed because the mosquito is boastful. because the mosquito is trying to impress The mood is irritating. the iguana that he saw something unbelievable. B. I think the tone is irritated/angry B. As a reader/listener I felt sympathetic to because the iguana answered grumpily. the iguana. I also feel irritated at the mosquito. The mood is irritating. C. I think the tone is worried because of C. As a reader/listener I felt alarmed at the what the python thought of what iguana situation. The mood is alarming. might be plotting.

Let’s Do This

Task 3: Writer’s Feelings, Reader’s Feelings Group Work Let us have some group activities. Remember to observe the following during group discussion: • Be polite. Wait for your turn to speak. Listen while your classmates are speaking. • Be tactful. Say what you want to say in a nice way. Also, wait for the one who is speaking to finish first before you say something. • Be open. When your classmates do not agree with what you are saying, do not feel bad. Accept that people have different opinions. Page 5 of 9

 As a group, identify the tone and mood of the following parts of the story your teacher will say. Then, complete the table. Be ready for a group reporting afterwards. You may use the list of Tone Words and Mood Words. 1. When the rabbit saw the big snake coming into her burrow, she was terrified. She scurried out through her back way and bounded, krik, krik, krik, across a clearing. 2. A crow saw the rabbit running for her life. He flew into the forest crying kaa, kaa, kaa! It was his duty to spread the alarm in case of danger. 3. A monkey heard the crow. He was sure that some dangerous beast was prowling near. He began screeching and leaping kili wili through the trees to help warn the other animals. Tone

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Let’s Do More

Task 4: Writer’s Feelings, Reader’s Feelings Again Pair Up With your seatmate/partner, identify the tone and mood of the following parts of the story your teacher will say. Then, complete the table. You may use the list of Tone Words and Mood Words. 1. When she returned to the nest, she found one of them dead. Her other children told her that the monkey had killed it. All that day and all that night, she sat in her tree – so sad, so sad, so sad! 2. The night grew longer and longer. The animals of the forest knew it was lasting much too long. They feared that the sun would never come back.

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3. Then King Lion called the monkey. He came before him nervously glancing from side to side, rim, rim, rim, rim.

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Let’s Remember

The tone is the attitude of the author toward the subject, the reader, or the characters. It is how the writer feels about what he or she is writing. The author conveys the tone by the setting, characters, word choice, and other details along the way. The mood is the feeling the reader gets from reading the author’s words. It is the feeling the reader or listener has about the text. It could be the same as tone, but not always.

Let’s Test Ourselves

Task 5: More Writer’s Feelings, Reader’s Feelings Identify the tone and mood of the following. You may use the list of Tone Words and Mood Words. 1. Then, King Lion called the rabbit. The timid little creature stood before him, one trembling paw drawn up uncertainly. 2. All the animals laughed when they saw the iguana coming, badamin, badamin, with the sticks still stuck in his ears! 3. “Punish the mosquito! Punish the mosquito!” cried all the animals. Page 7 of 9

4. When Mother Owl heard that, she was satisfied. She turned her head toward the east and hooted: “Hoo! Hooooo! Hooooooo!” 5. Meanwhile, the mosquito had listened to it all from a nearby bush. She crept under a curly leaf, semm, and was never found and brought before the council. Tone Mood 1.

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ANSWER KEY (For Teachers’ Use Only) Task 1 1. My father had a cat nap while mother is cooking dinner. (A) 2. Gabby clammed up when I asked him about his problem. (E) 3. It is nice to go to the beach during dog days of April. (C) 4. Hold your horses while I finish packing the food for our picnic. (D) 5. Holy cow! I can’t believe I scored perfect in the test. (B) Task 2 1. iguana (A) 2. yam (J) 3. almost as big as I am (C) 4. nonsense (H) 5. plotting (G) 6. mischief (F) 7. tidbit (B) 8. council (D) 9. antelope (I) 10. minding my own business (E) Task 3 Possible Answers: 1. Tone: alarming; Mood: suspenseful 2. Tone: alarming; Mood: suspenseful

3. Tone: alarming; Mood: suspenseful

Task 4 Possible Answers: 1. Tone: sad; Mood: melancholy 2. Tone: restless; Mood: anticipating

3. Tone: authoritative; Mood: anxiety

Task 5 Possible Answers: 1. Tone: authoritative; Mood: anxious 2. Tone: humorous; Mood: funny 3. Tone: authoritative; Mood: suspenseful 4. Tone: contentment; Mood: satisfied 5. Tone: serious; Mood: guilty Page 9 of 9