PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT

ACTIVITIES FOR LEARNERS

7 - 10
MODULE 1

The Nature of
CORONAVIRUS
Psychosocial Support Activities for Learners (Grade 7 – 10)
Module 1 – Lesson 1: The Nature of CORONAVIRUS
First Edition, 2020

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PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT
ACTIVITIES FOR LEARNERS 7 - 10
MODULE 1

THE NATURE OF CORONAVIRUS

Introductory Message

For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Psychosocial Support Activities for Learners on The Nature

of CORONAVIRUS!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed

by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its Officer-in-
Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A. Agustin, in
partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor, Honorable Victor Ma.
Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum using
the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in developing this instructional
resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body
of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module.
You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage
their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the learners as
they do the tasks included in the module.
 For the Learner:

Welcome to the Psychosocial Support Activities for Learners Self-Learning

Module on The Nature of CORONAVIRUS!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities
for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to
process the contents of the learning material while being an active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills that

you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson at

hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts and

skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and application

of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS

At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:

1. understand the nature of the CORONAVIRUS pandemic;
2. differentiate good from bad germs or bacteria;
3. learn how to protect oneself from germs or bacteria; and
4. apply the concepts learned in this lesson and use it in real life situations.

PRETEST

Directions: Are you ready to learn the nature of Coronavirus? Before you know
it, first try to read the following questions and choose the letter of the correct answer in
the box.

A. MERS – CoV D. FLU

B. SARS – CoV E. CORONA VIRUS

C. N – CoV

__________1. It is a large family of viruses that can cause illness from the common cold
to more serious illness.

_________ 2. This virus was first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012. This usually attack
the patient’s respiratory system. It is also known as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.

__________ 3. It is a new type of coronavirus that has never been found in humans before
or is called Novel coronavirus 2019 or COVID-19 which causes chronic pneumonia in
some people and becomes an epidemic.

__________ 4. This is abbreviated as "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus."

an epidemic in 2002 and 2003.

__________ 5. This disease is simply having a cold, fever and muscle aches.
 LESSON

THE NATURE OF CORONAVIRUS

Do you know what coronavirus is?

If this is new to you, come and learn what it is.

WHAT IS CORONAVIRUS?

CORONAVIRUS is a large family of viruses that can cause illness from the
common cold to more serious illnesses such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
(MERS-CoV) believed to be acquired in camel and Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome (SARS-CoV) which can be obtained from the animal civet cat. Many
coronaviruses are naturally contagious to animals, but some can also infect humans. It
is a respiratory disease caused by a virus.

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a new

coronavirus recently introduced to humans for the first time. The World Health
Organization (WHO) has called it a pandemic. This means that the virus has spread all
over the world. About 80% of those who have COVID-19 have mild symptoms.

Why is it called coronavirus? It is called coronavirus because according to

study, the micro structure or appearance of its tentacle resembles a crown. Virus comes
from the Latin word virus, which means poison. It is a small organism that lives inside
a living creature.

Viruses infect all kinds from animals and plants to bacteria or germs to humans.
Infectious diseases are caused by germs that enter and destroy the cells of the body. It
requires immediate suppression and careful precautions to prevent the spread.

The word germ is the tiny species of life that can only be seen with a
microscope. Everywhere there are germs. There are germs in the air we breathe, in the
water we drink and most of the foods we eat. There are germs on our clothes, on our
skin, on our furniture, around us and even on the leaves of a book. There are also germs
in our body.

Just like people, germs may be classified as good germs and bad germs. Good
germs are our friends and bad germs are our enemies. We are lucky that there are more
good germs than bad ones. Although there are very few harmful germs, they are always
threatening our lives. They cause cholera, typhoid, tuberculosis, smallpox, measles, and
other infectious diseases. When they enter our body, they produce a toxin called toxin.
The toxin makes us sick. As a protection, our body produces an anti-toxin against it.
There is a fight between toxin and anti-toxin inside the body. As the toxin prevails, the
body remains sick. Once the anti-toxins have been overcome, the body recovers.

This 2019 coronavirus disease or COVID -19 also called SARS- CoVid 2 and
2019 Novel Coronavirus, an infectious disease caused by the new coronavirus, from
simple diseases such as fever, cold and flu and will get infected will not suffer Chronic
symptoms will be cured. But others will experience a serious illness that may not be
able to control right away and will increase the number of bad germs that eventually
lead to pneumonia, especially in the elderly and those with chronic illnesses. This
disease can spread to your area, to the community or to other parties which can lead to
pandemics or human death if their resistance and physical condition are weak.

ACTIVITIES

Now that you know the Nature of Coronavirus, COVID-19 and germs, answer the
following activities prepared for you.

Activity 1
Directions: Read the sentences below, and write T if the statement is TRUE and
F if the statement is FALSE. Write your answer in the space provided.

_____1. MERS is also COVID-19.

_____2. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV) is the basis for the identification
of Novel Coronavirus.

_____3. COVID-19 is a disease of the human respiratory tract.

_____4. Coronavirus comes from the words corona and virus.

_____5. The Latin word for virus means poison.

Activity 2

Directions: Match the given definition in Column A with the term being defined
in Column B. Write the letter of your answer in the space provided before the number.

A B

_____1. Considered causes of disease A. Pandemic

progression.
B. Good
_____2. A disease that spreads in too many
C. COVID - 19
countries or places in the world.
D. Toxin
_____3. A disease suspected to have originated
to animals and was then transferred to
E. Germs
humans.

_____4. Type of germs that are said to be

abundant in our bodies.

_____5. This is considered toxic to one’s body.

Activity 3

Directions: Read the questions that follow and choose the letter of the correct
answer. Then, accomplish the Venn Diagram below by placing the letter of your answer.

5.__________
1._________

2.___________

4. ________
3.__________

1. What was your lesson about today?

A. Coronavirus C. Public Health Protocols
B. Pandemic D. Quarantine System

2. What is a serious illness caused by a Camel?

A. MERS – CoV C. SARS – CoV
B. Flu D. NCoV

3. It is also a serious disease believed to come from a civet cat.

A. Flu C. SARS – CoV
B. MERS – CoV D. NCoV

4. Which of the following diseases still has no cure or medicine?

A. MERS – CoV C. AIDS
B. SARS – CoV D. COVID – 19

5. What was the first term used or called to what is now known as COVID – 19?
A. MERS – CoV C. AIDS
B. 2019 SARS D. 2019 NCoV
 WRAP–UP
Now that you have completed the activities, what have you learned or realized
in this lesson?

Directions: Select the word in the box to complete the sentence. Write it in
the blank.

cells COVID-19 coronavirus virus anti-toxin

1. What I learned in this lesson is about the nature of ___________________.

2. The 2019 Novel Coronavirus has also been called ___________________________ until
now.
3. The Latin word _____________ means poison.
4. Infectious diseases are caused by germs which enters and destroys the
________________ of the body.
5. As a protection, our body makes a "___________________" against germs.

VALUING
Directions: Read the statements below then tell whether if it’s important or
otherwise. On the space before the number write the letter I for Important and NI if it
is Not Important.

_________1. It is necessary to learn the characteristics of coronavirus to combat and

prevent it.

_________2. We always think of our own will and do only what the majority wants.

_________3. Do not be afraid of what is happening to us today, what we should do is to

follow the instructions of the Department of Health or DOH.

_________4. Having knowledge of self-protection against COVID-19 is appropriate and

we must obtain information from a trusted authority only.

_________5. We should not keep in mind those things that will calm us down especially
in dealing with this pandemic
 POSTTEST

Directions: As you conclude your lesson today, try to answer the following
questions.

__________1. Which germs is more abundant in our body that can heal us?
A. bad germs
B. good germs
C. harmful germicides.
D. good germs kill by bad germs

____________2. If you have a simple illness such as fever, cold, flu and have an infection
but do not experience severe symptoms, what do you need to do?
A. ignore the illness you are experiencing.
B. since it may be treated, I’ll do the usual activities I am doing.
C. I’ll take precautionary measures to feel better and take the appropriate
medicine for the illness.
D. go on with my life.

____________3. If the coronavirus has spread in your area, community or other parts of
the country, what will be the consequences?
A. it will spread and suddenly disappear.
B. there will be a consultation in the village.
C. can lead to pandemic or human death.
D. will cause trees to fall in the forest.

___________4. How do you call a serious illness of a man due to the unstoppable germs
in his lungs?
A. Leukemia.
B. Tuberculosis
C. Pneumonia
D. Flu

____________5. Why is it important to be extra cautious and aware in the midst of this
pandemic?
A. to avoid lockdown in the area.
B. to surrender ourselves in different checkpoints.
C. so that the pandemic will be limited.
D. to prevent the spread of the virus and protect yourself to be infected.
 KEY TO CORRECTION

5. NI 5. ANTI - TOXIN 5. D
4. I 4. CELLS 4. D
3. I 3. VIRUS 3. C
2. NI 2. COVID – 19 2. A
1. I 1. CORONAVIRUS 1. A
VALUING WRAP – UP ACTIVITY 3

D 5. D 5. T 5. 5. D
C 4. B 4. T 4. 4. B
C 3. C 3. T 3. 3. C
C 2. A 2. T 2. 2. A
B 1. E 1. F 1. 1. E
POSTTEST ACTIVITY 2 ACTIVITY 1 A. PRETEST

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https://www.doh.gov.ph/2019-nCov/FAQs-Filipino

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https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/wapdf/100383.html?page=2

https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/coronavirus-facts-tl.aspx

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https://www.shutterstock.com/image-illustration/cartoon-virus-isolated-on-white-212720

https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birus