LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET IN ENGLISH 8

School Year 2020-2021

Name of Learner: ____________________________________
Grade Level & Section: ____________________________________
Date: ____________________________________

MELC 1: EN8V-If-6 Determine the meaning of words and expressions that reflect the local culture by noting context clues

Remember:
Context clues provide further information about a word or phrase that helps reader
understand its meaning. Context refers to the parts of a piece of writing that precedes or
follows a word and contributes to its whole meaning. Different types of context clues
include the following: synonyms (restatement), definitions (statement), antonyms (contrast),
explanations (example), cause-and-effect (reason-result), comparison (sameness) and
inference (general text).

LEARNING TASK 10: CLUE LIST

Directions: Analyze each sentence carefully. Identify the meaning of the underlined word using context clues. Choose your answer from the
words/phrases inside the box. Write your answer on the space provided before each number.

A. hand woven fabric B. changed to a new religion C. tokens D. wetland E. place of worship of
Muslims

_____1. Amir goes to the mosque to pray every Friday.

_____2. In Liguasan Marsh, different species of fish, reptiles and amphibians live.
_____3. Sittie bought different souvenirs from her last visit to Lake Sebu as her remembrance.
_____4. When the Spaniards came, most of the people were converted to Christianity, but the Islam community refused.
_____5. Maguindanaons are well known for their inaul which is their traditional woven cloth.

LEARNING TASK 11:

Directions: Identify the unfamiliar word inside the call out. Write the unfamiliar word in the first bilao. In the second bilao, write the type of context
clue used in the sentence. In the third one, write the meaning of the unfamiliar word and in the fourth bilao, construct a new sentence using the
unfamiliar word.

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Mayuro, Rosario, Batangas
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 Filipinos believe in
bayanihan, a
community spirit that
makes difficult tasks
become easier.

During World War

II, Filipinos were
famished for they
experience extreme
hunger.

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 Rituals like
offering food to
trees, chanting
and dancing for
healing, are
practiced by early
Filipinos.

Many women from

different Philippine
ethic tribes love to
wear adornments to
add beauty to
clothing and physical
appearance

Prepared by: Noted by:

KRYSTEL D. ALMAREZ JOCELYN M. BIANZON

Teacher I Principal II

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Mayuro National High School
Mayuro, Rosario, Batangas
[email protected]
Mayuro Nhs [email protected]
 LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET IN ENGLISH 8
School Year 2020-2021
Name of Learner: ____________________________________
Grade Level & Section: ____________________________________
Date: ____________________________________

MELC 3: EN8G-IIIa-3.6 Use modals appropriately

Remember:
Modals are auxiliary or helping verbs that may express permission (can, could,
may), prohibition (can’t, must not/mustn’t), obligation (have/has to, must) and no
obligation (don’t/doesn’t have to). They are necessary to determine the weight of one’s
action to be done or performed. They also help in understanding the source of permission,
obligation and/or prohibition.
Reported speech is also known as indirect speech. It is a report on what someone else said or wrote without using that
LEARNING TASK 8: WHAT WOULD I SAY IF…
Directions: Think about these situations and formulate sentences using modals. The first one is done for you as an example. Write
your answer on the spaces provided.

Situation: You want to make a promise to a frontliner who saved your friends.
Answer: I will treat you to a body massage.

1. You are the President of your class and are tasked to make two classroom rules on social distancing.

2. You are planning to shoot a vlog with your teenage friends about sharing two skills you can learn while you quarantine at home.

3. You were asked by your mother to give an advice to your younger sister/brother about proper hygiene.

4. You are to make a shout out for medical frontliners to be posted in social media in support to their efforts against CoVid-19.

5. You were asked by your younger sibling on the importance of planting since she had heard of a news about Plantitos and
Plantitas on trend.

Prepared by: Noted by:

KRYSTEL D. ALMAREZ JOCELYN M. BIANZON

Teacher I Principal II

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Mayuro National High School
Mayuro, Rosario, Batangas
[email protected]
Mayuro Nhs [email protected]
 LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET IN ENGLISH 8
School Year 2020-2021
Name of Learner: ____________________________________
Grade Level & Section: ____________________________________
Date: ____________________________________

MELC 4: Identify and use signals that indicate coherence

Remember:
Coherence is very important in a sentence, paragraph or texts. It helps the author
in establishing connection between and among concepts presented. It can only be
established with the help of various transition signals that signify different meanings. There
are four (4) basic classifications of transition signals such as additive, adversative, causal
and sequential transitions. Reported speech is also known as indirect speech. It is a report on what someone else
said or wrote without using that person's exact words. Unlike direct speech, it doesn’t have quotation marks. An analogy
LEARNING TASK 10: WRITING WITH TRANSITIONAL DEVICES
Directions: Exhibit your understanding on transitional devices by writing a 3-paragraph essay on one of the following topics below. Write your
output on the back portion of this activity sheet
1. Things I do during the Enhanced Community Quarantine Period
2. My thoughts about the school year 2020-2021 amidst COVID-19 Outbreak
3. My family’s preparation to avoid COVID-19 threat
4. The role of social media during Quarantine Period
Rubric for Essay

Areas of Excellent (5) Very Satisfactory (4) Good (3) Needs Improvement (2)
Assessment
Ideas The essay presents an original The essay has consistent idea The idea presented by the The essay presents vague or
and logical idea essay is too general unclear ideas
Organization The essay has a strong and The essay has organized Some organization/ attempt at No organization/ lack
structured introduction, body introduction, body and concluding introduction, body and introduction, body and
and concluding paragraphs paragraphs concluding paragraphs concluding paragraphs
Understanding The writer shows strong The writer shows a clear The writer shows adequate The writer shows little
understanding on the subject understanding on the subject matter understanding on the subject understanding on the subject
Word Choice matter as reflected in the essay as reflected in the essay matter as reflected in the essay matter as reflected in the essay
The use of transitional devices Transitional devices make the essay Needs more transitional devices Little or no use of transitional
make the essay very coherent coherent to make the essay coherent devices
Sentence Sentence structure enhances Sentence structure is evident; Sentence structure is limited; No sense of sentence structure
Structure meaning; flows throughout the sentences mostly flow sentences need to flow or flow
piece
Mechanics No errors on grammar, spelling, Few errors on grammar, spelling, Several errors on grammar, Numerous errors on grammar,
and punctuations. and punctuations. spelling, and punctuations. spelling, and punctuations

Prepared by: Noted by:

KRYSTEL D. ALMAREZ JOCELYN M. BIANZON

Teacher I Principal II

_______________________________________________________________________________________________
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Mayuro National High School
Mayuro, Rosario, Batangas
[email protected]
Mayuro Nhs [email protected]