Quarter 2 Module 4

Listening Comprehension
English - Grade 8
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Quarter 2 –Module 4: Listening Comprehension
First Edition, 2020

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 Lesson Inferring Dominant Thoughts and
1 Feelings Expressed in the Text
Listened To

What I Need to Know

An inference is a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

It is an educated guess based on the observation and background knowledge. It derives
logical conclusions from premises assumed to be true.
For example, if you see someone eating a new food and he or she makes a
face, then you infer he or he does not like it or if some someone slams the door; you
can infer that he or she is upset about something.
Another example, when you wake up in the morning, you observe dark clouds,
observe the air is cool and humid, and observe the puddles on the ground, you might
infer that it has recently rained. Take note that you did not see the rain; you decided
that it rained based on your observations.

What’s New

Activity 1: Say Something!

Directions: Draw any of the following pictures: (at random)

Caterpillar to Butterfly
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 Baby to Adult
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Two places – one developed; the other undeveloped

https://keydifferences.com/wpcontent/uploads/2015/06/Developed-Vs-Developing-Countries.jpg

Motive Questions:
1. What is common to all the pictures?
______________________________________________________________

2. What do these pictures show?

______________________________________________________________

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 What Is It

Activity 2: Constant Change

1. Read aloud the text for the first time while a family member listens intently.
2. Parent/Family member presents them the Task Grid.

Task Grid:

Stages in life which people Changes are compared to Things bring real pain
go through what to do

Message:

Listening Text:

Constant Change

All people everywhere go through stages in life. From being babies

to adults. Families move from being newlyweds to having babies, to
parenting children, to turning into grandparents and to laying loved ones to
rest. Just as seasons and weather changes require changes in one’s
clothing, life’s developments create periods of adjustments, too. Accepting
and coping with changes is the best thing to do.

Unlike the physical loss of one’s youth, intrusive changes however,

can bring the real pain, the deeper hurt. War, job loss, crises in the form of
an affair, untimely death, and illness. We do not welcome them, but have
not much choice either. In any circumstances, we who are experiencing
changes can rest in the assurance that ours is not an isolated case. It is
happening to others.

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Can we consider “Change” a universal truth? Why or why not?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________

What’s More

Activity 3: TAC (Think About Consequence

1. Working on or answering the Task Grid

2. In-depth discussion:
a. Do you agree to the idea that the best thing to do with changes is to accept
and cope with them?
___________________________
b. Given or faced with the following situations, how would you cope with each?

MOVING TO A NEW SCHOLARSHIP

HOUSE

_______________________________ ____________________________________

UNTIMELY DEATH OF A FAILURE IN ONE OR

LOVED ONE MORE SUBJECTS

_______________________________ ____________________________________

INABILITY OF YOUR PARENTS TO SUPPORT YOUR

STUDIES

_____________________________________________________

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 What I Have Learned

Activity 4: Exit Slip

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate answers.

1. Today, I learned ___________________________________________

2. I’d like to learn more about ___________________________________
3. The most important thing I learned today is ______________________
4. I wish ____________________________________________________
5. What surprised me the most today is ___________________________

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 Lesson
Determining the Tone and Mood
2 of the Speaker or Characters

What I Need to Know

When a person speaks you can easily feel if he or she is happy, sad, angry,
sincere, or respectful by the look of the face or the tone of the voice. You can also sense
the feeling of the speaker towards you by the tone of the voice.
When you read a literary piece, you can infer the writer’s attitude towards his or
her subject, although you neither can see the face nor hear a voice. You do this by
analyzing the choice of words, the arrangement of the words, and by the rhythm of the
lines or sentences.
In this lesson, you will be able to determine the tone and mood of the speaker
or characters in the narrative listened to.

What’s New

Writers use images to recreate sensory experiences with words and to aid the
reader in understanding the story. A picture may appeal to any one of the five senses:
sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste.

Activity 1: How Do You Feel?

Directions: Identify the word reflected by the pictures below and describe the
feeling portrayed in every picture.

Image taken from https://bit.ly/39dQUJ6

______________________________________________

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 .

1.____________ 2.____________ 3._______________ 4. ___________

What Is It
Mood and tone are important because they help create the meaning of a story.
Mood: is the overall feeling of the work.
Mood is the emotions that you (the reader) feel while you are reading. Some
literature makes you feel sad, others joyful, still others, angry.
Tone: the way feelings are expressed.
Tone is conveyed through the author's words and details.

Example:

Chester’s face grew brighter when he confirmed the inferiority of his classmates
when he got the highest grade in the class.

Chester’s MOOD is Superior.

The tone is Cynical.

What’s More

Writers, in presenting their ideas, should be clear and specific with the details
they use in their written work. While they are doing this, they should also choose the
right words to convey the tone they like the readers to feel towards their subjects.
In the next activity, you are going to determine the words that describe the tone
and mood.

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 Activity 2: Think of it!

Direction: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it
was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity,
it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope,
it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us,
we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way – in short,
the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities
insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of
comparison only.
There was a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on the throne
of England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the
throne of France. In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State
preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever.
- From A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

1. The tone of the passage is:

a. Nostalgic c. objective
b. Philosophical d. ironic
2. The mood of the passage is:
a. Humorous c. informative
b. Cautionary d. men-spirited

What I Have Learned

Activity 3: Introspection
Why do we need to know on how to determine the feeling of the speaker or
characters in a literary text?
____________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

In reality, is knowing one’s feeling important? Why?

___________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

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 What I Can Do
Activity 4: Bookmark
Directions: Read the sentences below and determine its tone/mood depicted.
Write the letter of each sentence in the box.

A. I see the sadness in your eyes,

The times that you are knowing
What's happening to your wondrous mind,
The symptoms you are showing.
- Changing Places CHEERFUL

B. I am born in a country of courage and integrity, TONE

It is my honor to live with full of Dignity and
- I Am a Filipino MOOD
by Brainard Pavon
AFRAID
PRIDE
SICK
C. You would never know it.
The constant pain I feel.
Because in the light of day
It almost isn’t real.
- The Darkness
by Dallas E. Krystoff

D. Walk in the summer of sunshine.

Fly in the blueness of sky.
- Dance
by Paul Haward

E. Hiding the hurt, hiding the pain,

Hiding the tears that fall like rain.
Saying I'm fine when I'm anything but.
This ache in my soul rips at my gut.

- Behind the Mask

by Melissa Bernards

I want to
live
Till the
sunset of
my time.
And I want
to give
All the
beauty that
is mine.
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 Lesson D Formulating Predictions About
the Contents of the Listening
3 Text

What I Need to Know

Do you believe in advance thinking? Have you experienced watching a movie
and it seems like you already what will happen next? What you have done is your
making a prediction.
We make predictions every day. We watch our family members and based on
their actions we can often guess what they are going to do or say next. Even young
children make predictions about the world around them. Imagine a young child walking
up to a toy store. She sees the sign and even though she can't yet read it, because she
has been there before she knows it is a toy store. Immediately, she begins anticipating
what is going to happen in the store. She is going to see and touch her favorite toys.
She might even get to take one home. (Bailey 2013)

What’s New

Have you listened to the news? Did you know what might happen next after you have
listened to it? In the next activity, read the article and answer the questions that follow.

Activity 1: Let’s Be Informed.

Instruction: Study the article carefully and answer the questions that follow.

Source:https://www.who.int/philippines/emergencies/covid-19-in-the-philippines

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 1. What is the article all about?
________________________________________________________________
2. How did the Corona Virus (COVID-19) came in our country?

________________________________________________________________

3. What do you think had happened after the first reported COVID-19 case in our
country?
________________________________________________________________
4. How do you think this COVID – 19 outbreak would end?
________________________________________________________________

What Is It

Many of us believe in the mindset of “Advance Mag isip”. Why do we predict?

Is this helpful? At this point, we are going to learn what is prediction and how can we
formulate prediction.

Students envision what will happen next based on their prior knowledge.
Predicting encourages the readers to think actively ahead and ask questions. The
students will understand the story better, connect ideas to what they are reading, and
interact with the text.

Prediction occurs when the readers mark an idea on what to listen or read to.
They predict what they are going to hear or read. After reading they will learn whether
to confirm or reject their predictions.

Example:

Learners are going to listen to a presentation about COVID 19. They predict
what new words they might hear, and what kind of feelings the speaker might have felt.
They listen to confirm their ideas.

In the classroom
Prediction is a valuable stage in listening and reading activities. It mirrors skills
use, where predictions form an important base for being able to process language in real
time. Both content and language can be predicted.

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 What I Have Learned
Activity 2: Let’s Talk.

Instructions: The following is a telephone conversation. Predict what the other speaker
is saying. Get a partner and present the telephone conversation (if applicable). Write
your answer.
Source: English Expressways II pp. 99

Maggie: I am Maggie Conception. I am interested to apply for the Youth Exchange

Program. Can you help me?
Other Speaker:
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________

Maggie: May I know the criteria for the selection of scholars?

Other Speaker:
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

Maggie: Could you tell me where can I get an application?

Other Speaker:
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

Magie: Thank you very much.

Other Speaker:
____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

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 What I Can Do

Predict the next part of a story and check if your prediction is right.
Activity 3: The Next Episode
Direction: Listen/watch a drama on radio/TV, predict what might happen next. On the
next day, check if your prediction is right.
TITLE: _________________________________

Last Part
________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

My Prediction
________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

WhatHappened?_________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________

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 Assessment: (Post-Test)
1. Which of the following is a way you can improve your listening skill?
a. Take brief notes while the presenter speaks
b. Just sit there
c. Tune out the presenter
d. Jump into the conversation

2. Which word indicates a tone of happiness to the following sentence:

Bouncing into the room, she lit up the vicinity with a joyous glow on her face as she told
about her fiancé and their wedding plans.
Source: https://quizlet.com/135496639/tone-mood-examples-flash-cards/

a. vicinity b. wedding c. joyful d. grateful

3. Identify the mood of the following sentence:

She huddled in the corner, clutching her tattered blanket, and shaking convulsively, as she
feverishly searched the room for the unknown dangers that awaited her.
Source: https://quizlet.com/135496639/tone-mood-examples-flash-cards/

a. fanciful b. Suspenseful c. Melancholy d. Sentimental

4. During colonial days there were no bathtubs or showers in the houses. They
were not missed, however. Many people of that time never thought of taking a
bath. Most people thought that water caused many diseases. Only the hands
and face were washed, and that wasn't often. You can predict that people of
today:
Source: https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/58a4828c3973d9ff0fb934b0/inferences-2-15-2-16

a. take more baths than people of colonial days

b. take fewer baths than people of colonial days
c. fear water more than people of colonial days
d. take less baths than people of colonial days

5. Shattered glass has caused many injuries and deaths. Glass manufacturers
have come up with an answer to this problem. They have developed
windshields that do not cut even when shattered. The use of this glass in
automobiles is expected to save many lives. You can predict that the new glass:

Source:https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/58a4828c3973d9ff0fb934b0/inferences-2-15-2-16

a. won't break c. will cost a lot of money

b. isn't sharp d. is cheap

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6-10. Read each passage carefully. Then, answer the question that follows. Choose
the letter of the best answer.

A Florida Program has found that the threat of legal penalties can reduce teen
smoking up to 40%. In Florida counties where underage smoking laws are strictly
enforced and penalties include being fined or losing a driver’s license, students were
far less likely to smoke than were students in lower-enforcement areas.

-Excerpt from InTime magazine, 2011

6. From this article, we can infer that:

a. School anti-smoking programs reduce smoking
b. Parent involvement reduces teen smoking
c. Paying fines and getting tickets reduces teen smoking
d. High attendance at school reduces teen smoking

In a belated effort to improve relations between cell-phone addicts and the

people who sit near them, Nokia has begun a campaign to silence phones during
theatre performances. Its public service announcement, which debuted in Dallas,
began with increasingly annoying rings, then urged the audience to switch phones to
vibrate. It was met with wild applause, and Nokia is now taking its show on the road.

-Excerpt from InTime magazine

7. Nokia is a company selling:

a. Movies b. Phones c. Theatre tickets d. Books

8. You can infer that Nokia did what after this public service announcement?
a. Stopped airing the message c. Replaced the message with a
new one
b. Continued airing the message d. Did nothing

The girls are ready for the meet. They get on their mark, the horn sounds, and they
dive in. Mary Stanton starts out on par with the others. Slowly she inches ahead.

-Excerpt from Jamestown Reading Navigator, InClass Reader

9. What is Mary Stanton competing in?

a. Track b. Swimming c. Volleyball d. Basketball

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 Young campaign workers looked up from their pizza at Obama re-election
headquarters in Chicago one evening last month to find an unexpected guest: the first
lady of the United States, there to deliver a surprise speech.
Michelle Obama, who often calls herself the mom in chief, is taking on the new role of
motivator in chief.
After nearly three years of limiting her time in the public sphere, she is suddenly
ubiquitous: headlining seven fund-raisers in October, promoting new initiatives for
veterans and her husband’s stalled jobs bill.
-Excerpt from “First Lady’s Mission: Energizing the Campaign”. The New York Times, 11/18/11

10. Based on the article, what can you infer ubiquitous means?

a. Disappearing c. everywhere

b. acting foolish d. in college taking classes

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 Key to Answers

Lesson 2

Activity 1 (possible answers)

1. happy
2. scared/shocked
3. crying/in pain/sad/grief
4. joyful/in love

Activity 2.
1. c 2. c

Activity 4

A- Afraid
B- Pride
C- Gloomy
D- Cheerful
E- Sick

Lesson 3

Activity 1
1. CoViD-19 in the Philippines
2. A Chinese national (first case) was found by DOH that was positive with the virus.
3. The airport and seaport of the Philippines were closely monitored. And, all people were
advised to wear face mask and to stay at home and to avoid being close contact with
other people. (possible answer)
4. When people will cooperate and observant to all the health protocols imposed by the
IATF or the government. And, if people will be vaccinated. (possible answer)

Assessment (Post Test)

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