ENGLISH 8 – QUARTER 2 - MODULE 4

Comparing and Contrasting

Own Opinions with Those
Presented in Familiar Texts
 WHAT I KNOW
Activity 1 ODE (Opinion, Decision, Explanation)
◦ Study the opinions in the first column and decide
whether you would agree or disagree in the second.
Then, write your explanation in the last.
 Decision (Agree /
OPINIONS Explanation
Disagree)
1. President Marcos has
made our country
prosperous during his
time.
2. The church and the
state should work hand in
hand for the betterment
of the country.
3. The pandemic also has
positive effects.
 Decision (Agree /
OPINIONS Explanation
Disagree)
4. It is not proper to voice
your complaints or issues
on social media.
5. The money or valuable
possession you
accidentally found is for
you.
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QUARTER 2: LESSON 4
 WHAT’S IN
Activity 2 U.F.O. (Understanding Facts and Opinions)
Take time to read the following statements taken from various online articles and tell
whether they express facts or opinions.
1. Luna used to be a scientist.
2. General Antonio Luna was the real hero.
3. He was an illustrious author.
4. Luna "was the only general the Filipino army had".
5. Luna will be remembered not because of his scientific and literary accomplishments
but his military achievements.
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Activity 2 U.F.O. (Understanding Facts and Opinions)
6. He was both a master marksman and martial artist.
7. The Luna plan was extraordinary in its forethought, in its understanding of the
essentials of guerrilla warfare.
8. Luna and Rizal almost fought each other.
9. Luna—feeling sorry for turning down an earlier proposal to join the Revolution—
traveled to Belgium to study the art of war under General Gerard Leman.
10. The death of Luna, the most excellent and competent of the Filipino generals at
the time, was a determining factor in the battle against the forces of America.
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Activity 3 S.L.U (Seeing Likeness and Unlikeness)
Study the given statements taken directly from different texts and identify if
they show comparison or contrast.
1. Though Luna may not seem as great as Rizal at that time, his
achievements were exemplary.
2. His brothers were interrogated and released, but Antonio was sentenced
to exile in Spain and imprisoned in the Carcel Modelo de Madrid.
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Activity 3 S.L.U (Seeing Likeness and Unlikeness)
3. The popular perception is that Bonifacio and Luna possessed such talents.
4. General Emilio Aguinaldo and Supremo Andres Bonifacio are the two
most colorful and controversial personalities in our country’s history.
5. Bonifacio had no record of political compromises. Aguinaldo, an astute
politician, most certainly had, from the Spanish to the Americans to the
Japanese.
 WHAT’S NEW
Read the dialogue below and analyze how they expressed their agreement and
disagreement in sharing their views.
Jonson: Good morning! Are you done with your module in English?
Jansen: I have not started it yet. How about you?
Jonson: Well, I am about to finish it. It is a piece of cake! I think I am beginning to love
modular learning. I can learn at my pace.
Jansen: I am sorry, but I do not feel the same way. I would opt to go to school.
 WHAT’S NEW
Jansen: I prefer listening to our teachers’ discussions and exchanging views with
our classmates inside a real classroom.
Jonson: Same here, but what could we do? At least, modular learning is still
enjoyable. They are teacher-made. Just imagine our teacher discussing the lesson
while you are reading it.
Jansen: Thank you for the suggestion, but for me, the reality is far better than
imagination. Imagining makes me fall asleep.
Jonson: It happens to me too. No wonder we are twins.
Jansen: That is right. Okay, I will do my modules now. I believe we have no choice.
 WHAT’S NEW
Jonson: I am glad you know that. Would you like to copy my answers?
Jansen: Thanks for the offer, but I can manage.
Guide Questions:
1. What is the topic of their conversation?
2. What signal words did they use to express their agreement and their
disagreement?
3. Do these signal words express respect for each other’s opinions?
4. Why do we have to respect each other despite our differences in views?
 WHAT IS IT
To understand the lesson in this module, you should have already acquired the
capacity to identify facts from opinion so you would gain a better understanding
of the writer’s argument. However, there are still some people, including adults,
who cannot distinguish them. To make it simple, all one has to do is to
understand that a fact is a statement that no one can disagree with because it is
a thing that is known or verifiable. An opinion, on the other hand, can be agreed
upon or not because its validity relies solely on our beliefs and feelings, and its
truth is different for every person (Oswald, 2019). Thus, you, as a reader, may
find yourself supporting or contradicting their opinions because you, too, have
your way of looking at things.
 WHAT IS IT
When you read texts, you would find yourself agreeing or disagreeing with the
writer’s opinions because unconsciously, you compare or contrast his views to
yours. Consequently, you might find yourself expressing your agreement through
nodding when you share the same points of view or your disagreement by
shaking your head because you do not.
Sometimes you read opinions you are really against, so you might find yourself
exclaiming your own as if you were arguing with the writer. Sometimes you
forget to maintain your respect for him and say things you might regret saying
only to realize in the end that the writer indeed has a valid opinion, which you
failed to see because you did not balance everything carefully.
 WHAT IS IT
The good news is, you are lucky he did not hear what you said and would not know about it
because he does not even know you personally. However, adolescents like you must already
be responsible for the words that you write or say. Hence, it is imperative to analyze what
you read first before expressing your agreement or disagreement, and the two ways to do
this are, as mentioned a while ago, through comparison and contrast.
As a review, because you have already studied them in your previous modules, to
compare is to see the similarities between two or more things or people, while to contrast
is to see the differences between them. Words that show similarities are but not limited to:
like, as, similar, similarly, the same, does not differ, and alike, and those that express
differences may include but are not limited to: unlike, different from, differ from, contrary to,
however, but, and opposed. Remember these as you take your activities for this lesson.
WHAT I HAVE LEARNED
Many people desire to be rich. For sure, you are one of them.
Here is one way of making yourself rich, not in money but knowledge. Answer
the given questions to start your Knowledge Investment Plan. Write your
responses in the provided space.

KIP (Knowledge Investment Plan)

WHAT I HAVE LEARNED
WHAT I CAN DO
Activity 4 V.I.P. (Very Important Points)
In the previous reading text, the author raised many leadership concerns
enumerated in the first column of the table below. Carefully read them and
express your opinions about their importance in leading a group to accomplish
assigned tasks successfully. Support these opinions with relevant facts or
quotations from authorities (famous writers, historians, leaders, philosophers,
and etcetera) who have the same views as yours to make them valid and
unbiased.
 RAISED CONCERENS IMPORTANCE
Preparation
Unified command and coordinated
Tactics
Good communication
Subordination
Considering suggestions
Disciplinary system
Cooperation
Support
Heeding warning
Power
ASSESSMENT
Now, it is your turn to be the writer. Based on the answers you provided in
Activities 3 and 4, write an opinion essay about the concerns of an efficient
leader and why they matter. Then, score it using the rubric below to ensure its
quality before submitting it to your teacher. Remember, your goal is to make
your readers agree with you, and one of them is your teacher. Best of luck!
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
Ambeth Ocampo, another award-winning writer, write it to bravely
expressed his opinions about the alibi of the arresting officers in response to the
controversial deaths of the war against drugs suspects during the present
administration and linked it to another controversial but historical deaths of two
of our most important heroes—Andres Bonifacio and General Antonio Luna.
Notice that despite his disbelief or doubt on the alibi of the policemen, he
remained respectful in expressing his views and backed them up with relevant
details to prove the validity of his claim.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
Analyze the text and tell whether Ocampo believes in their alibi or not based on
the opinions he presented and provide a brief explanation. Then, express if you
support his views or not, and explain.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
‘Nanlaban’: Bonifacio and Luna
By: Ambeth R. Ocampo
Nanlaban” is a word that echoes in this administration’s deadly war against
drugs. Nanlaban is invoked by police, who claim self-defense against suspects
killed in cold blood while unarmed, running away, prostrate in surrender, or
kneeling in supplication. Nanlaban was the basis for the controversial deaths of
Andres Bonifacio and Antonio Luna, two murders that popular opinion has laid
at Emilio Aguinaldo’s door.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
During Bonifacio’s trial, the prosecution claimed that Bonifacio resisted
arrest in Limbon, on April 23, 1897. Aguinaldo’s soldiers were said to have
merely returned fire in an encounter that left Andres Bonifacio wounded; his
elder brother, Ciriaco, dead; and his younger brother, Procopio, beaten
unconscious with fists, boots and rifle butts.
Adding insult to injury, Bonifacio’s wife Oryang was sexually abused by the
arresting officer, Col. Agapito Bonzon. In vain did Bonifacio request the court to
present his confiscated weapons that had all bullets intact—proof that he did not
discharge his weapons, and that the arresting party shot at them without
provocation. Nanlaban indeed. Bonifacio and his brother were executed for
treason on May 10, 1897.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
Antonio Luna was summoned, by telegram, to an important meeting with
the president in Cabanatuan. When he presented himself at Aguinaldo’s
headquarters on June 5, 1899, exhausted from a long journey on horseback, he
was told the president was away. There he saw Felipe Buencamino, a high
ranking official he had arrested for treason, and Aguinaldo’s Kawit bodyguards
whom he had disarmed and punished for insubordination. His famous temper
flared, and the soldiers killed him allegedly in self-defense. Luna and his aide,
Paco Roman, were finished off by gunfire; Luna was also stabbed to make sure
he was dead. Being outnumbered, Luna and his aide could have been disabled or
restrained, but the handy alibi, then as now, was simply nanlaban.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
Bonifacio and Luna come to mind again as historical documents that figure
in their notorious deaths surfaced recently, and will be on the block next
weekend. A sheet of yellowed paper, with the top right corner torn off, is
expected to bring in bids starting from half a million pesos, and more viewers to
Jerold Tarrog’s 2015 blockbuster “Heneral Luna,” now streaming on Netflix.
Billed as “The Extremely Historically Important Hen. Luna Telegram, from
Emilio Aguinaldo summoning him to his death,” the document reminds us how
Luna’s terrible death ensured his place in Filipino hearts and tarnished Emilio
Aguinaldo’s.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
In his angry Guam memoirs, Apolinario Mabini blamed Aguinaldo for the
deaths of Bonifacio and Luna. He even recommended a glorious death on the
battlefield as Aguinaldo’s only redemption. Aguinaldo thumbed his nose at the
Sublime Paralytic and outlived all his enemies, dying in 1964, five years short of
his 100th birthday.
Cutting through auction house hype, we know that Luna received two
telegrams while he was directing the construction of the defenses at Binmaley.
The first one, sent from Angeles, called Luna to a meeting on the defense of
Pampanga. The second, sent from Cabanatuan, called Luna to a meeting on a
revamp in government.
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Antonio K. Abad, in his 1926 book “Ang Mahiwagang Pagkamatay ni
Heneral Luna” (The Mysterious Death of General Luna), wrote that the Angeles
telegram was from Aguinaldo, while the Cabanatuan one was a trap, set by
people to settle scores with the fiery general.
Partly in code, the message reads: “Folabo puoncimane iun thiuntodonade
sin ordenar fegmicaen ciusi Esperando contestacion a mi telegrama anterior en
que le pediapipso incupsicaen Suplico urgencia….” Decoded, it reads: “Paging
for an important meeting, therefore you are ordered to come here immediately.
Waiting for a reply to my previous telegram about urgent matters to discuss.
Beseech urgency.”
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Luna’s reply at the bottom of the coded message, supplied by the auction
house, is “Felipe Buencamino not yet detained based on my accusation.” The
original Spanish, in Luna’s fine hand, reads: “Felipe Buencamino aun detenido
sin formacion [de] causa base [mi] acusacion.” (Felipe Buencamino still arrested
without prosecution based on [my] accusation.)
While this is not the telegram fished out of Luna’s pockets as he lay dead in
the afternoon sun, his fists clenched in defiance, his mouth curled from the curses
hurled at his murderers as they finished him off, it reopens a wound in our
history too painful to bear.
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