Pagadian Diocesan School

SACRED HEART DIOCESAN SCHOOL, INC.

“Where peace making is life-giving”
Molave, Zamboanga del Sur

TEACHERS LEARNING PLAN (STUDENT-CENTERED ACTIVITY)

The learner demonstrates understanding the impact of morality and human dignity as a
Content Standard:
means to become a follower of Jesus in his words and in his actions.
The learner capably integrates the true meaning of life in relation with morality, human
Performance Standard: dignity, freedom and faith that will allow the learner to be fully aware about his/hers
conscience to achieve the main call of this life “Holiness”.
At the end of the lesson, the students can understand the true value of Christian moral
by:
a. Becoming aware of and think critically about current moral issues and events in the light
Learning Competencies of Catholic faith.
b. Doing a close reading/analysis of a Gospel passage.
c. Reflecting on their personal faith in Christ in order to discern how to more closely follow
Jesus’ moral teachings and examples.
Learning Content: Being Human, Being Moral
1. Pacana, H. et al. (2019). Our Journey -Morality (2nd Edition). Datu Mampaalong St., Malaybalay
City 8700, Philippines: San Isidro Diocesan Press (SID Press).
Learning Resources:
2. Noel P. Miranda and Philip S. Javier III, “Called to Follow Christ in True Freedom” (Sibs Publishing
House, Inc., Quezon City)
Core Values Integration: Self- Consciousness, Respect, and Trust
Prepared By: Rey Casaliñas Desamparado, MA-PAM

Pre-assessment (FA)
Human dignity is a beautiful value that will take some time to develop in us. But now you can already start to
recognize your worth as a dignified person regardless of some difficult conditions.
Directions: Put a check ( ) mark inside the box that corresponds your true values if not, put an (X) mark.
Wake up very early in the morning then long hours of walking going to school.
Wake up very early in the morning then doing household chores.
*Doing summer jobs like gas man/woman, house helper (manglabada, bantay-bata, bantay tindahan,
etc.) farm works (Mamugas, mangguna, manapas, mangabuno, mananggi, poultry watchman, etc.),
Junkshop (Tigtimbang ug puthaw, etc.), food chains and many others.
On weekends, “Mangobra” or labor to get some funds for “baon” or project or tuition fees.
Utilize old shoes or school uniform (kahit may butas-butas na)
To get out of poverty as personal ambition
Being a working student
Avoid gossiping, bullying & backbiting
Show respect to persons who are poor, physically handicapped & marginalized.
Directions: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the statement is incorrect.
_________1. The apostles created man in their image and likeness.
_________2. The dignity of a human person can be taken away.
_________3. In the characteristics of the human person, it says that the human person is embodied by spirits.
_________4. Persons are embodied spirits. This stresses the unity between our “body and soul.”
_________5. Persons are unconscious beings, aware of themselves in their outgoing acts.

INTRODUCTION
The students will read the following passages:
“Do not be afraid . . .
I have called you by name- you are mine . . .
Because you are precious to me
And because I love you and give you honor.
Do not be afraid - I am with you.” (Is 43: 1-5)

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 Persons are aware that God created them but sometimes they lack the deeper realization that this action
shows that each one is created by God equal in dignity either rich or poor. The value of being created by God
is not yet fully internalized. It is because some focus only on the worldly false values like materialism,
consumerism, and self-aggrandizement. Furthermore, self-esteem also contributed a lot for not fully
discovering the value of honor of being a human, instead, self-pity or inferiority complex among us.

Photo-Language Session
They will look at the picture below and answer the following questions

1. Describe the pictures.

2. Write your insights or realizations.

3. Can you see the value of the human person as a peak of God’s creation? Justify your answer.

Every day, we hear of new discoveries and inventions. Many good things or signs of
progress are happening in the different parts of the world and also in our country. In
contrast, we also hear of people who die of hunger, are killed, whose shanties are tore
down, who do not have the basic things they need in order to live as dignified human
beings.
INTERACTION
The human person is the crowning glory of God’s creation. “God created man in His image, in the divine
image He created Him; male and female He created them” (Gen 1:27). Among all creations, the divine image
is present only in human beings. Besides, God created us out of love and for love. Truly, we are God’s beloved,
gifted, and empowered. Even if we have sinned God did not give up on us. He sent us Jesus His only beloved
Son to become like us, to be our Savior and make us realize our worth, the meaning of our existence and our
destiny. Through Christ, we become children of God and have this “inviolable dignity . . . which is the most
precious possession an individual can have, whose value comes not from what a person ‘has’ as much as from
what a person ‘is’” (Christifideles Laici 37) (cf CFC 683).
Since we are all God’s beloved, God’s children destined to live a life worthy of the dignity which comes
from Him. To have dignity is to have worth and value, to be honored and to be respected, to be endowed with
a characteristic that is inherent (intrinsically ours, a part of us), inviolable (cannot be violated or desecrated),
and inalienable (cannot be taken away from us). So, we need to respect one another and our uniqueness as well.
Through our respect for one another, we show respect and reverence to God who created us out of love and
from whom our dignity originates. Being wonderfully made by God, we can offer each other the richness and
giftedness that comes from Him and serve Him in one another.

CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN PERSON

1. We are Open and Relational Beings

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 Persons are open and relational by nature. No man is an island; we grow into our full selves as persons
only in relating to others. We Filipinos are outstanding in this regard: it is said “Filipinos are never alone.” We
realize being a person means being by others (our conception, birth, upbringing), being with others (our family,
friends, neighbors), and being for others (love, service). This is how we have been created by God – as social
beings. This is how we have been redeemed by Christ – as a people. This is how the Holy Spirit works not only
within but among us as the people of God, journeying toward our common destiny on God. (CFC 687)
2. We are Conscious Beings
Persons are conscious beings, aware of themselves in their outgoing acts. We possess this self-awareness
through our knowing and free willing (cf. CCC 1704-7; GS 14-17). Thus we “image” in our small way the
Creator’s infinite knowing and loving. This is the basis for our moral life. (CFC 688)
3. We are Embodied Spirits
Persons are embodied spirits. This stresses the unity between our “body and soul.” Our bodies are our
essential part of being a human, not merely an “instrument” we “use” according to our whims. Contrary to
those who look down on the body, and make it the source of all evil, Christian Faith regards the body as “good
and honourable since God has created it and will raise it up on the last day” (GS 14). Moreover, God the Son
further dignified the body through his Incarnation – “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” Jn 1:14).
And St. Paul admonishes us: “You must know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is within –
the Spirit you have received from God…. So, glorify God in your body” (1 Cor. 6:19-20). All our relationships
with others and with God are expressed through our bodies, which are the “natural sacrament” of our spiritual
depth. (CFC 689)
4. We are Historical Beings
Persons are historical realities. We are pilgrims on-the-way, who gradually through time, become our
full selves. In exercising freedom, we decide for ourselves and form ourselves; in this sense we are our own
cause. We develop as persons in discernible stages, described in great detail by modern psychology. Salvation
history narrated in the Bible shows the dynamic interplay between good and evil, success and failure, within
the lives of the great biblical figures. It recounts how God progressively brought His Chosen People to a clearer
understanding, and higher moral vision, of their own being and of God Himself. (CFC 690)
5. We are unique, yet fundamentally equal
Persons are unique, yet fundamentally equal. Despite physical differences as well as differing
intellectual and moral powers, we instinctively realize that as persons, in some basic way, we are all equal. This
is what our Faith explains: “All men are endowed with a rational soul and are created in God’s image; they
have the same nature and origin and, being redeemed by Christ, they enjoy the same divine calling and destiny;
there is here a basic equality between all men” (GS 29). Yet, each of us is called to “image” God in a unique
way – no one can “take our place,” as it were. To each of us Christ says: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I
have called you by name: you are mine” (Is 43:1). Thus, within the fundamental equality of all persons, we
recognize the unique identity of each person. (CFC 691)

Learning Activity

Activity #1: RESPONSORIAL PSALM (PS. 8)

The students will read meditatively Psalm 8. While reading, be aware of God’s precious love to them and to
all of us. They will write their insights by answering the questions below:
1. As stated in Psalm 8, have you experienced being proud of yourself as a person who receives good things
from God, a person who is a recipient of God’s great love? Elaborate your answer.
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2. “What you are is God’s gift to you. What you become is your gift to God”. Explain and connect to your
roots, family background, etc.
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3. Why is the human person, regardless of his/ her economic status, family background, physical appearance,
precious in the eyes of God? What verse in the Sacred Scriptures supports this fact?
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INTEGRATION
The students will read the Parable of Good Samaritan (Luke 10:29-37) and reflect on the meaning of the story,
by choosing six people they consider to be modern-day Good Samaritans: one from among the past or present
leaders of our country, one from their family, one from their classmate, one from their town or city, one from
their relatives, and one from their past teachers. They will write their names in column 1 and brief explanations
why they consider them Good Samaritans in column 2.
Modern-day Good Samaritan Reason:
From among the past or present leaders of the
country, I choose…

From my own family, I choose...

From my classmate, I choose...

From my town, city, I choose...

From my relatives, I choose...

From my teachers I choose…

The students will reflect on this following question/s:

What would our world be like if all persons recognized and respected the dignity of everyone (write a reflection
about how to grow in greater respect for the uniqueness and equality of all persons.)?

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 INTERVENTION
The learners will read the life of St. Dymphna as their guide role model with their trials.

ST. DYMPHNA
St. Dymphna, Virgin and Martyr, also known as Dymphna or Dimpna, is
Patron Saint for those with mental problems, sleepwalkers, asylums and
workers within psychiatry, fugitiveness, mental diseases and epilepsy. St.
Dymphna was the daughter of King Damon, a pagan king of Ireland and a
beautiful devoted Christian woman. She was secretly baptized as a young girl.
At the age of 15, her mother died, and her father sent his men out to find him
a new wife as beautiful as his late wife, but they found none that could be
compared to her. King Damon’s search was a failure that he decided to marry
his own daughter who had a striking resemblance to her mother. Maddened by
grief, he made advances on her that Dymphna fought him off and decided to
flee the country with an elderly priest Gerebernus (now also a saint), a family
friend. They went to Antwerp and then to Gheel in Belgium where they lived as hermits. However, her father
found out where they are hiding, and went to bring them back. When they refused, the king struck the head of
his daughter and ordered his servants to slay the priest. The corpses were put in sacrophagi and entombed in a
cave where they were found later. The body of St. Dymphna was buried in the Church of Gheel, and the bones
of St. Gerebernus were transferred to Xanten.
The site where she died is known for its miraculous healings of the insane and possessed. There is now a well-
known institution on the site, and her relics are reported cure insanity and epilepsy.
Devoted to her, the Church at Gheel venerated St. Dymphna for many years that a Cathedral, was built there in
her honor. This was destroyed in 1489 by a fire, but was rebuilt in 1532, and is still standing at present. Every
year, on the feast of the saint on May 15th, and on the Tuesday after Pentecost, numerous pilgrims visit her
shrine.

Post-Assessment
Directions: The students will answer the following questions by choosing the letter of the correct answer and
they will write their answer before each number.
____ 1. All persons are endowed with EXCEPT;
A. All irrational being C. Created in God’s image
B. Rational Soul D. Redeemed by Christ
____ 2. We are growing constantly in different aspects of life because we are ____________.
A. Embodied with Spirits C. Historical Beings
B. Conscious Beings D. Relational Being
____ 3. Which of the following is the only being that is called by God to share his infinite wisdom and love.
A. Human Dignity C. Human Knowledge
B. Human Freedom D. Human Person
____ 4. What do you call a person who can communicate by, with, and for others?
A. Embodied with Spirits C. Historical Being
B. Conscious Being D. Relational Being
____ 5. We have the capacity to be aware of our thinking, emotions, experiences as well as the meaning of our
actions because we are ____________.
A. Embodied with Spirits C. Historical Beings
B. Conscious Beings D. Relational Being