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Department of Education
National Capital Region
DIVISION OF CITY SCHOOLS – MANILA
Manila Education Center Arroceros Forest Park
Antonio J. Villegas St. Ermita, Manila

ENGLISH 9

Take The Challenge!

Quarter 1 Week 6 Module 6

Most Essential Learning Competency:
Arrive at the meaning of words through formation

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HOW TO USE THIS MODULE
Before you start answering the module, I want you to set aside other
tasks that will distract you while enjoying the lessons. Read the simple
instructions below to successfully enjoy the objectives of this kit. Have fun!

1. Follow carefully all the contents and instructions indicated in every

page of this module.
2. Write on your notebook or any writing pad the concepts about the
lessons. Writing enhances learning, which is important to develop and
keep in mind.
3. Perform all the provided activities in the module.
4. Let your facilitator/guardian assess your answers.
5. Analyze conceptually the posttest and apply what you have learned.
6. Enjoy studying!

PARTS OF THE MODULE

• Expectations - These are what you will be able to know after

completing the lessons in the module.
• Pre-test - This will measure your prior knowledge and the concepts to
be mastered throughout the lesson.
• Looking Back - This section will measure what learnings and skills
that you understand from the previous lesson.
• Brief Introduction- This section will give you an overview of the
lesson.
• Activities - These are activities designed to develop critical thinking
and other competencies. This can be done with or without a partner
depending on the nature of the activity.
• Remember - This section summarizes the concepts and applications
of the lessons.
• Checking your Understanding - It will verify how you learned from
the lesson.
• Post-test - This will measure how much you have learned from the
entire module

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Lesson 1 – “Mother to Son”

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

1. reveal the purpose and message of the poem by using graphic
organizers;
2. familiarize one’s self with the author’s background; and
3. determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and expressions used
in the poem through context clues and extended metaphors.

Identify what is being described by choosing the best answer from the pool of
words below. Write your answer on the space provided.

Mother Contractions staircase

Lyric poem Jim Crow Laws Jazz

______________1. It is a kind of poem that is almost like a song, with rhythm and
rhyme but shorter than a ballad.
______________2. It is a way of shortening two or more words into one.

______________3. It is a part of a building or structure that symbolizes achievements

or a path to your goals.
______________4. She symbolizes nurturing and the heart of the family.

______________5. It is a genre of music that originates among the African-

Americans in New Orleans in the late 19th century.

In a diary format, recall an instance or a moment when someone gave you

an advice and you appreciated it very much. Write this in the box.

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 Langston Hughes
• James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967)
• He was an American Poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and
columnist
• His parents divorced when he was a child and raised by his grandmother
instead.
• His writings were greatly influenced by his love for jazz which was quite
popular in Harlem, New York where he lived.
• He wanted to tell stories of people that reflected their actual culture,
suffering, love for music, laughter and the language itself.
(en.wikipedia.org)

As you read the poem listen, to how he recited his own poem “Mother
to Son”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL8InGxdgVU.
This time, listen to how it is recited by Viola Davis, an American actress, by
clicking on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7SmOe35y4I.
Whose reading do you enjoy better? Which one has more emotional impact?
Will you be able to read it with emotion?
MOTHER TO SON
By Langston Hughes

Well, son, I’ll tell you:

Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
It’s had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
But all the time
I’se been a-climbin’ on,

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 And reachin’ landin’s,
And turnin’ corners,
And sometimes goin’ in the dark
Where there ain’t been no light.
So boy, don’t you turn back.
Don’t you set down on the steps
’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.
Don’t you fall now—
For I’se still goin’, honey,
I’se still climbin’,
And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.

(powerpoetry.org
)

When you read a poem, you get to know the experiences of other people. This
helps you reflect on your relationship with others and learn how you’ll react to the
challenges you face in life.

Activity 1. Answer the following questions to fill up the staircase below:

1. Who is the speaker or persona in the poem?

2. To what object does the speaker compare her life?
3. What is the speaker doing?
4. What kind of stairway is the mother’s life not like?
5. What kind of stairway is the mother climbing?
6. What does the mother tell her son?

6.

5.

4.

3.

2.

1.

(Journey through Anglo-American Literature: Grade 9 English,

p.74)

Activity 2. An Extended Metaphor is a feature of a lyric poem that

presents comparison over several lines throughout the poem. Remember that a
lyric poem is a highly musical verse of the observations and feelings of a single
speaker.

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 Notice how the speaker or the “persona” makes many comparisons from the
first to the end line of the poem. Make a list of these comparisons.

Life to the Mother Compared to

Tacks

Splinters

Torn up boards

Dark

Crystal stairway’s image What it suggests

(A Journey through Anglo-American Literature: Grade 9 English, pp.76-77)

The poem is divided into 3 parts. Which lines of the poem talk about
hardships? Responses to hardships? Mother’s advice to keep? Use the following
table to write your responses.

Hardships Responses to Hardships Mother’s Advice to keep

(A Journey through Anglo-American Literature: Grade 9 English,

p.74)

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 KNOW THYSELF. One thing to overcome challenges is to know yourself.
Below is a graphic organizer where two sides of you are illustrated. Reveal the
negative (left side) and positive things (right side) about you so that you can cope
with “climbing the stairs” of challenges by balancing your characteristics.

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Answer the following questions by encircling the letter of your answer.
1. Langston Hughes came from a poor background.
a. Yes b. No c. No information
2. What place greatly influenced Hughes’ work?
a. Harlem b. America c. Africa
3. In the poem “Mother to Son”, the mother compares her life to a _______.
a. river b. journey c. staircase
4. The Stair has all of the following flaws except _______.
a. torn up boards b. cracks c. tacks
5. The mother’s tone is best described as _______.
a. Harsh and cold b. fearful but firm c. kind and firm
6. Why do you think the author began and finished the piece with, “Life for me
ain’t been no crystal stair?”
a. To emphasize an important idea
b. To show the passage of time
c. To show that the author is forgetful
7. Which is the main type of figurative language used in the poem?
a. Simile b. metaphor c. personification
8. Which rendition of poem’s recitation do you think is more effective to the
listener?
a. Viola Davis b. Langston Hughes c. You
9. What makes a poetic recitation effective?
a. How the readers can understand the poem better.
b. How the readers can pronounce the words better.
c. How the readers can feel the meaning of the poem better.
10. Does the recitation you listened to helped you understand the language used
in the poem better?
a. Yes b. No c. both a and b

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Lesson 2 – Word Formation

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

1. get meaning of words from clippings, blending, compounding and
acronym;
2. differentiate words that are clipped, blended, compounded and
acronym-formed; and
3. discover how meanings can be derived from words formed.
4. use clipped, blended, compounded, and acronym-formed words in
sentences.

Tell whether the words are CLIPPED, BLENDED or COMPOUNDED. Write

your answers on the space provided before the word or words.
_____________ 1. gonna ______________ 6. gas
_____________ 2. flu ______________ 7. cannot
_____________ 3. emoticon ______________ 8. vlog
_____________ 4. bus ______________ 9. sunflower
_____________ 5. immuno-deficient ______________ 10. high school

What words from the poem we studied previously can be categorized as clipped ,
blended or compounded. Write as many as you think there are, in the chart and
explain how they came to be as such.

Words from the Poem Meaning and/or Explanation

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 Words are alive and dynamic. It continuously increases in number and even
in meaning. Every day we use words that people coin or that evolved because of
necessity, situation, or cultural assimilation. There are words we use that can be
categorized into different ways.

CLIPPED – These are words that are shortened by clipping a part of the word from
the front, back or both ends of the word and still retain the meaning of the original
word.
Ex. Advertisement = ad
Hamburger = burger
Demonstration = demo
Aircon = air condition unit

BLENDED – These are words blended from letters of two different words to make
new words with different meanings.
Ex. Smoke + fog = smog
International + network = internet
Web + log = blog
Emotion + icon = emoticon

COMPOUND – These are words combined from two words without removing letters.
There are three types of compound words: closed, open and hyphenated.
A. CLOSED
Ex. Sunflower, grandmother, everything, carpark

B. OPEN
Ex. Hot dog, high school, iced tea, herd immunity

C. HYPHENATED
Ex. Self-quarantine, pigs-in-a-blanket, pre-test, up-to-date

ACRONYM – These are words that are formed from initial letters of terms that may
have been technical but became very common.
Ex. Laser = light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
ATM = automated teller machine
AWOL = absence without official leave
TV = television

ACTIVITY 1. Give the clipped version of the following words. Write your answers
on the blanks opposite the words.
1. Corona virus disease of 2019 __________________
2. Periwig __________________
3. Omnibus __________________
4. Policeman __________________
5. Laboratory __________________
6. Memorandum __________________
7. Photograph __________________

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Activity 2. Blend the words together to form new words. Write your answer in the
space provided.
1. Turn and whirl ______________________
2. Hazardous material ______________________
3. Telephone marathon ______________________
4. Internet etiquette ______________________
5. Breakfast and lunch ______________________
6. Stay and vacation ______________________

Activity 3. Fill in the blanks with the compound word that best fit the sentence.
Write your answers in the blanks.
1. I love looking at _________________ up in the sky even if they are noisy.
2. Tony always writes on his ________________ that’s why he rarely forgets
things.
3. Young men in our barangay miss playing _______________ every morning at
weekends at the covered court.
4. My ______________________, my brother’s wife, got a job as a contact tracer.
5. The people who has the lowest salary are our ___________________ in our war
against CoViD-19.

Activity 4. Try to spell out the words and/or meaning of the following acronyms.
Write your answers in the blank.
1. ASAP ____________________________________________________________
2. PUI ____________________________________________________________
3. LRN ____________________________________________________________
4. ID ____________________________________________________________
5. H2O ____________________________________________________________

Using some of words from previous exercises, group them together in the
categories shown in the chart below and write them under the correct label. Write a
minimum of 3 words per category. You will be given additional points for additional
number of words.

FOOD MEDICINE EVERYDAY EDUCATION RECREATION

TERMS

Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if otherwise.

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1. ___________ Clip means to trim.
2. ___________ Words that are clipped means they are shortened.
3. ___________ TWIRL is not an example of a clipped word.
4. ___________ Acronym is the easiest way to remember terms.
5. ___________ Laser is not an example of an acronym.
6. ___________ Blending words is an expression of creativity on the part of
the originator.
7. ___________ You can blend “I am not” into one word.
8. ___________ There are more that 3 types of compounding words.
9. ___________ INSIDE is not a compound word.
10. ___________ VIP is an example of an acronym.

Use the words in the box to fill in the blanks of the following sentences.

Webinars, PPEs, phone, USB, stir-fried,

spork, face mask, homeroom, asap, BLT

1. We need to submit this essay ___________ or else we won’t beat the

deadline.
2. I love eating ______________ noodles from Mongolian Barbecue. It’s a
shame they don’t operate anymore.
3. ________! I can’t watch. How can a horrible accident happen?!
4. I like how our classmates discussed things during our ______________
period.
5. Do you have her ______________ number?
6. Health workers discard __________ several times a day while caring for the
covid patients.
7. It’s hard to eat soup using a ____________.
8. I can’t let you stick your ______________ in my laptop. It may have a virus.
9. Wearing a _______________ is now a required part of your outfit when you go
out of the house.
10. ________________ are getting very popular these days especially for
teachers and students to upskill.

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REFLECTIVE LEARNING SHEET

Name: __________________________________ Grade and Sec.____________________

REFLECTIVE LEARNING SHEET

Directions: Write a reflective learning on word formation by answering the

questions inside the box. You may express your answers in a more critical and
creative presentation of your great learning. Have fun and enjoy!

This lesson What learnings have What other example

guides me to reflect I found from this can I contribute
on… lesson? to explore and
think more?

What learnings can What good What is my

I share with my character have I conclusion on
family and peers? developed from this the lesson?
lesson?

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Lesson 1

A Journey Through Anglo-American Literature: Grade 9 English Learner’s Material, pp.

74-77, (2014), Department of Education, Philippines.

Hughes, Langston. “Mother to Son.” Youtube.com. Langston Hughes. Accessed May

19, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL8InGxdgVU.
Hughes, Langston. “Mother to Son.” Youtube.com. Viola Davis. Accessed May 19, 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7SmOe35y4I.
“Langston Hughes.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, May 20, 2020.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langston_Hughes#/media/File:Langston_Hughes_by_C
arl_Van_Vechten_1936.jpg.
"Mother To Son" By Langston Hughes-Quizz. Quizizz.com. 2020. Accessed 27 May 2020.
https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/59703bd93bf42c11009a1538/mother-to-son-by-
langston-hughes.
“Mother To Son.” Power Poetry. Powerpoetry.org. 2020. Accessed 27 May
2020.https://powerpoetry.org/content/mother-son.
“Vector Graphics Clip Art Silhouette Human Body Stock, HD Png Download , Transparent
Png Image - PNGitem.” PNGitem.com. Accessed May 26, 2020.
https://www.pngitem.com/middle/iwxiTxJ_vector-graphics-clip-art-silhouette-
human-body-stock/.

Lesson 2

“Clipped Words and Its Definitions: Clipped Words List and Examples: Clipping Compound
Exercises - Grammar in English.com.” Clipped Words and Its Definitions | Clipped
Words List and Examples | Clipping Compound Exercises - Grammar in English.com.
Accessed July 17, 2020. http://www.grammarinenglish.com/compoundwords/?
lesson=clipped.

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Examples of Compound Words: 3 Types Explained. Accessed July 17, 2020.
https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-compounds.html.

Gabriele. “Blended Words in English.” Transparent.com Blogs. Transparent Language, July

7, 2015. https://blogs.transparent.com/english/blended-words-in-english/.

Kosur, Heather Marie. “Word Formation - Compounding Words, Blending and Clipping.”
BrightHub Education, December 20, 2009. https://www.brighthubeducation.com/esl-
lesson-plans/59679-forming-new-words-compounds-clipping-and-blends/.

Acknowledgements

Writer: Adeline C. Tejada, MT II

Editor: Daisy S. Orines, HT VI
Reviewer: Vicente M. Victorio, Jr.-EPS
Management Team: Maria Magdalena M. Lim-Schools Division
Superintendent-Manila, Aida H. Rondilla -Chief Education Supervisor
Lucky S. Carpio-EPS and Lady Hannah C Gillo, Librarian II-LRMS

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 A.10
C .9 .8 A .7 B .6 A .5
C .4 C .3 C .2 A .1 A
Post Test

(Answers vary)
Understanding
Checking Your

To keep climbing .6
similar)
staircase (or
richness A damaged .5
bright, and full of Crystal staircase .4
A life that is clear, Giving advise .3
Staircase .2
Crystal Stair A mother .1
Activity 1 Jazz .5
obstacles
Mother .4
uncertainty,
Is full of trials, pain,
Staircase .3
(answers vary) Contractions .2
Life – Your Lesson Lyric poem .1
Activity 2 Looking Back to Pre-Test

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 (Answers vary)
Understanding
webinars.10 Checking Your
Face mask .9
.8 USB atom of oxygen
Spork .7 hydrogen and 1
PPEs .6 atoms of
Phone .5 true.10
Water or two .5
.4 Homeroom False .9
False .8 Identification .4
.3 OMG number
Stir-fried .2 True .7
True .6 reference
Asap .1
False .5 Learners’ .3
Post Test True .4 investigation
False .3 Person under .2
True .2 possible
True .1 As soon as .1
Remember Activity 4

photo .7
frontliners .6 Memo
.4 Sister-in-law Lab .5
Basketball Police .4
Notebook Bus .3
compounded.10
Airplanes Wig .2
.9 Compounded
CoVid-19 .1
Blended .8
Activity 3 Activity 1 .7 Compounded
Staycation is/has not because Clipped .6
Brunch Meaning: I was, I will, .5 Compounded
Netiquette Clipped .4
Telethon I’se, I’ll, ain’t, cause Blended .3
Hazmat Words From the Poem: Clipped .2
Twirl Your Lesson Blended .1
Activity 2 Looking Back to Pre-Test

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