WEEKLY LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEETS IN PERSONAL

DEVELOPMENT
MELCs:
 Explain that knowing oneself can make a person accept his/her strengths and
limitations and dealing with others better. (EsP-PD11/12KO-Ia-1.1)
 Share his/her unique characteristics, habits, and experience. (EsP-PD11/12KO-Ia-
1.2)
Quarter: 1, Week 1 Week Covered: 1 week

Content: Knowing and Understanding Oneself during Middle and Late Adolescence

Day 1: Self-Concept
ACTIVITY: SELF-CONCEPT INVENTORY
Instruction: Take a look at your own self-concept and answer the following self-concept inventory in
your journal. Give yourself a rating using the scale: 0 = very weak; 1 = weak; 2 = somewhat weak or
somewhat strong; 3 = strong; 4 = very strong
___1. I have strong sex appeal.
___2. I am proud of my physical figure.
___3. I am easy to get along with.
___4. I can adjust to different people and different situations.
___5. I am a fast learner, can understand with one instruction.
___6. I am intelligent.
___7. I can be trusted in any transaction.
___8. I have a clean conscience and carry no guilty feeling.
___9. I can express my ideas without difficulty.
___10. I talk in a persuasive manner that I can easily get people to accept what I say.
___11. I am emotionally stable and not easily rattled when faced with trouble.
___12. I am logical and rational in my outlook and decisions.

Scoring: Copy this table in your journal. Write your score opposite each number and get the subtotal.
Physical Appeal Human Relations Intelligence
1 __________ 3 __________ 5__________
2 __________ 4 __________ 6 __________
Subtotal: Subtotal: Subtotal:
Character Communications Maturity
7 __________ 9__________ 11 __________
8 __________ 10 __________ 12 __________
Subtotal: Subtotal: Subtotal:

How do you perceive yourself?

Look at the results of your self-concept inventory and answer the following questions. 1. In what areas do
you consider yourself strong (with score 7-8) or somewhat weak (score of 5-6) and very weak (below5). 2.
Are there qualities you consider as your weakness but other people consider as your strength? What are
these? Check with a partner. Example: A lady can say “I`m ugly” yet other consider her very charming. Or
 conversely, one can have the illusion of saying “I am very intelligent or competent” when most of his ideas
sound unreasonable or illogical to most of the people. There is indeed a big difference between what you see
in yourself (real self-image) and what is projected in the eyes of the others (your social image). 3. How
realistic is your self- image? 4. To what extent does it reflect your real self?

Reading: SELF-CONCEPT
Imagine yourself looking into a mirror. What do you see? Do you see your ideal self or your
actual self? Your ideal self is the self that you aspire to be. It is the one that you hope will possess
characteristics similar to that of a mentor or some other worldly figure. Your actual self, however, is
the one that you actually see. It is the self that has characteristics that you were nurtured or, in some
cases, born to have.
The actual self and the ideal self are two broad categories of self-concept. Self-concept refers
to your awareness of yourself. It is the construct that negotiates these two selves. In other words, it
connotes first the identification of the ideal self as separate from others, and second, it encompasses
all the behaviors evaluated in the actual self that you engage in to reach the ideal self.
The actual self is built on self-knowledge. Self-knowledge is derived from social interactions
that provide insight into how others react to you. The actual self is who we actually are. It is how we
think, how we feel, look, and act. The actual self can be seen by others, but because we have no way
of truly knowing how others view us, the actual self is our self-image.
The ideal self, on the other hand, is how we want to be. It is an idealized image that we have
developed over time, based on what we have learned and experienced. The ideal self could include
components of what our parents have taught us, what we admire in others, what our society promotes,
and what we think is in our best interest.
There is negotiation that exists between the two selves which is complex because there are
numerous exchanges between the ideal and actual self. These exchanges are exemplified in social
roles that are adjusted and re-adjusted, and are derived from outcomes of social interactions from
infant to adult development. Alignment is important. If the way that I am (the actual self) is aligned
with the way that I want to be (the ideal self), then I will feel a sense of mental well-being or peace of
mind. If the way that I am is not aligned with how I want to be, the incongruence, or lack of
alignment, will result in mental distress or anxiety. The greater the level of incongruence between the
ideal self and real self, the greater the level of resulting distress. Personal development modules
ultimate aim is greater self-knowledge that will lead to higher alignment between these two
personality domains.

Day 2: Personal Effectiveness

Reading: PERSONAL EFFECTIVENSS

Personal effectiveness means making use of all the personal resources – talents, skills, energy
and time, to enable you to achieve life goals.
Your knowledge of yourself and how you manage yourself impacts directly on your personal
effectiveness. Being self-aware, making the most of your strengths, learning new skills and techniques
and behavioral flexibility are all keys to improving your personal performance.
Our personal effectiveness depends on our innate characteristics – talent and experience
accumulated in the process of personal development. Talents first are needed to be identified and then
developed to be used in a particular subject area (science, literature, sports, politics, etc.).
Experience includes knowledge and skills that we acquire in the process of cognitive and
practical activities.
Knowledge is required for setting goals, defining an action plan to achieve them and risk
assessment. Skills also determine whether real actions are performed in accordance with the plan. If
the same ability is used many times in the same situation, then it becomes a habit that runs
automatically, subconsciously. Here are some skills that will greatly increase the efficiency of any
person who owns them:
1. Determination. It allows you to focus only on achieving a specific goal without being
distracted by less important things or spontaneous desires. It may be developed with the help
of self-discipline exercise.
2. Self-confidence. It appears in the process of personal development, as a result of getting
aware of yourself, your actions and their consequences. Self-confidence is manifested in
speech, appearance, dressing, gait, and physical condition. To develop it, you need to learn
yourself and your capabilities, gain positive attitude and believe that by performing right
actions and achieving right goals you will certainly reach success.
3. Persistence. It makes you keep moving forward regardless of emerging obstacles –
problems, laziness, bad emotional state, etc. It reduces the costs of overcoming obstacles. It
can also be developed with the help of self-discipline exercise.
4. Managing stress. It helps combat stress that arises in daily life from the environment and
other people. Stress arises from the uncertainty in an unknown situation when a lack of
information creates the risk of negative consequences of your actions. It increases efficiency
in the actively changing environment.
5. Problem-solving skills. They help cope with the problems encountered with a lack of
experience. It increases efficiency by adopting new ways of achieving goals when obtaining a
new experience.
6. Creativity. It allows you to find extraordinary ways to carry out a specific action that no one
has tried to use. It can lead to a decrease or an increase of costs, but usually the speed of
action is greatly increased when using creative tools.
7. Generating ideas. It helps you achieve goals using new, original, unconventional ideas. Idea
is a mental image of an object formed by the human mind, which can be changed before
being implemented in the real world. For generating ideas you can use a method of mental
maps, which allows you to materialize, visualize and scrutinize all your ideas, which in turn
contributes to the emergence of new ideas. These are just some, but the most important
personal effectiveness skills which make the achievement of any goal easier and less costly.

ACTIVITY: MY BANNER – THE TREASURE WITHIN ME

In the spaces indicated by numbers, write down the following:

1 and 2 two things I do very well
3 and 4 my two greatest achievements in life
5 what in myself am I proudest of
6 my happiest moment
7 positive words that my friends use to describe me
 8 a personal goal that I have already achieved
9 three blessings for which I am most thankful to God
10 three of my positive qualities
11 difficulties, challenges and problems that I was able to solve and overcome

Day 3: Build on your strengths and work on your weaknesses

Reading: BUILD ON YOUR STRENGHTS AND WORK ON YOUR WEAKNESSES

Most failures emanate from weaknesses that are not recognized or probably recognized but
not given appropriate attention or remedy. This could be a weakness in communications, personality
or ability. Instead of giving up or indulging in self-pity, act. Go for speech lessons, get skills
upgrading, attend personality development sessions or whatever appropriate remedies to your
perceived weakness.
Instead of simply focusing on your weaknesses, recognize your own talents and abilities,
build on them, utilize them to your greatest advantage. This is where you can build your name and
popularity. Handicapped people like Jose Feliciano and other blind singers did not brood over their
physical handicap. They recognized that they have a golden voice so they search for ways to enrich
that talent and now they have won international fame in the field of music.

ACTIVITY: REFLECTION FROM MY BANNER

Write about your banner.

1. What do you consider as your weaknesses, abilities and talents? (3 pts)
2. What are the remedies you will take to improve or compensate for your weakness? (4 pts)
3. How can you further enrich your assets and strengths? (4 pts)
4. Where and how do you use it to your best advantage? (4 pts)

Day 4: You need to take charge of your future

Reading: YOU NEED TO TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR FUTURE

There are three kinds of people in this world:

The first is the Moviegoer. This person watches the movie of their lives, admires some parts
and criticizes others. Aside from that, they do nothing else. All she says the whole day is, “I like this
thing and but I don’t like that thing.” The Moviegoer feels she has absolutely no control of their lives
--- except to comment about it. Moviegoers are the most pathetic, miserable people in the world.
The second is the Actor. This person does not only watch the movie of her life. She actually
realizes she’s the Actor – and can control a big part of her life. She can actually make or break the
movie – by how well she delivers her lines and how she portrays her character. Actors are a happy
bunch, realizing they’re the start of the show and enjoy some level of control. But many times, they
wish the movie would end in another way – but realize that they have no say in such things.
The third is the Scriptwriter. This person does not only watch, and she doesn’t only act, but
she actually creates the entire movie from her mind. She determines what she will say, what she will
do, and how the movie will end. She realizes she has enormous control over her life, and sees to it that
the movie of her life will turn out beautiful.
Who are you among these three people?
Do you merely watch your life goes?
Or do you act out a script that you feel has been handed to you?
Or do you write the script and make your life beautiful?
By the way, the Producer of the movie is God. He tells you, “Make the movie beautiful, and I
will give you all that you need for success.”
Day 5: Presentation of individual talent/skill via video

ACTIVITY: TIKTOK LIKE

Instruction: You shall have a presentation in front of a camera in your home. The teacher shall rate
your presentation based on the following criteria: Originality (4 points), creativity/resourcefulness (4
points), teamwork (4 points), and quality of the video 3 points), for a maximum of 5 points.

You can film yourself, dancing, singing, reading your self-written poem or any talent or skill
you have within 1-3 minutes.

(Source: nchschant.com/16580/showcase/tiktok-take-over/)

REFERENCES:
Personal Development Reader First Edition 2016