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Homeroom Guidance
Quarter 2 – Module 5:
Experience: The Best Teacher
Homeroom Guidance – Grade 8
Quarter 2 – Module 5: Experience: The Best Teacher
2020 Edition

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Department of Education. Homeroom Guidance Self-Learning Module 5:

Experience : The Best Teacher. Manila: Department of Education Central
Office, 2020.

Published by the Department of Education

Secretary: Leonor Magtolis Briones
Undersecretary: Diosdado M. San Antonio

Development Team of the Module

Authors: Generuth M. Bagaforo/ Wilson G. Santos
Editor: John Paul T. Salindo
Reviewers: Medelyn T. Valiente
Illustrator: Agape Cherry E. Echon
Marieto Cleben V. Lozada
Mark Dave M. Vendiola
Katrina S. Padilla
Layout Artist: Mark Dave M. Vendiola
Management Team:
- Bureau of Curriculum Development: Jocelyn DR. Andaya, Ma. Isabel Victorino Mark
Anthony Bercando, Jona Kristen Valdez, Tina Amor Buhat, Melynda Andres
- Bureau of Learning Resources: Alma Ruby C. Torio, Besy C. Agamata, Jejomar C.
Alda,
 Homeroom Guidance
Grade 8 Quarter 2 – Module 5:
Experience: The Best Teacher

Gabay sa Magulang

Ang modyul na ito ay sinulat upang gabayan ang inyong mag-aaral na

linangin ang kanyang aspetong personal at sosyal, akademiko, at panglipunan. Ito
ay dinesenyo para sa “distance learning” o alternatibong pamamaraan ng
pagkatuto na hindi nangangailangan ng pisikal na presensya sa paaralan, bilang
tugon sa direktiba na pagkansela ng “face-to-face class” dulot ng pandemyang
COVID-19.

Maaaring may mga pagkakataon na hingin ng inyong mag-aaral ang inyong

patnubay sa pagsunod sa mga tagubilin at pagsagot sa mga tanong sa bawat
bahagi ng mga gawain. Hinihiling ng kagawaran ang inyong supporta upang
matagumpay niyang maisakatuparan ang mga gawaing ito. Ang araling ito ay
makakatulong upang hubugin ang kanyang kabutihan na tanggapin ang
pagkakaiba-iba ng bawat tao sa katangian, kakayahan, damdamin at pananaw.
Tiyakin na sasagutin niya ang bawat bahagi ng modyul nang tapat hangga't
maaari, kapag siya ay sumasagot sa mga gawain at pagtatasa. Siguraduhing
maipapasa niya ang kanyang sagutang papel sa petsa at oras na itinakda ng
kanyang gurong-tagapayo.
Introductory Message
For the learner:

This module is designed for learners like you to help you in your academic-related
needs; concerns affecting your individuality (self), your relationship with others and
interaction in the community; and, in discovering your interests, talents and skills
that will help you explore future career options and opportunities.
This consists of six interactive activities for you to follow, namely:
Let’s Try This – which will help you get ready to learn
Let’s Explore This – which will guide you towards what you need to learn for this
module
Keep in Mind – which will give you the lessons that you need to learn and
understand in this module
You Can Do It – which will help you apply the lessons learned in this module into
real life pratice
What I Have learned – which will test and evaluate your learnings in this module
Share Your Thoughts and Feelings – which will help you express your thoughts
and personal point of view in this module.

Make sure to read, think, follow, and enjoy every task that you are ask to do.
Have fun! Stay safe and healthy!

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 Learning Objectives

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. describe the experiences that are valuable in life;
2. enumerate ways on how to discover one’s strengths and
distinguish own’s and other’s strengths and weaknesses;
3. demonstrate appropriate steps in personal decision making.

Period: Week 2 of 2st Quarter

Total Time Allotment: 60 Minutes
Materials needed:

A clean sheet of paper

¼ size Set of Colored Paper (green, blue, yellow, red,) or any piece of paper

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 MODULE
EXPERIENCE: THE BEST
5 TEACHER

Introduction
Life is a journey. In your journey you may encounter different
experiences in your home, school, and community. Life is very colorful. It
consists of a variety of experiences that we will meet in the day-to-day
existence. We learn from experiences and realities that we encounter,
whether it is bad or good we learn from them. As we move from one
experience to the other, we also know more of ourselves deeply. In handling
these realities and experiences we discover our strengths and weaknesses
which are important to be successful in dealing with the challenges in life.

In this module you will examine your and others experiences that are
valuable in your life and discovering your strengths and weaknesses that
contributes to your success. Let us explore more with the aim of discovering
yourselves more closely.

Let’s Try This

Time Allotment: 7 minutes

Directions:
In a clean sheet of paper, write the details of your family members.

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Name Age Type of Color of Colo Ordinal Number height weight
of hair your r of position of
Family (curly, shoes/ your in the siblings/
Member straight slippers shirt family cousins
(eldest, in the
)
2nd, 3rd, family
4th,
youngest,
etc)

Processing Questions: (Please answer in a clean sheet of paper)

1. How did you find the activity?

2. To whom family member you have similarity? Was it easy or
hard to identify? Why?
3. What did you discover about you and others?
4. What did you learn from this activity?

Let’s Explore This

Activity No. 2: Color Confession

Time Allotment: 15 minutes
Directions:

1. Ask your siblings/cousins to play with you. You will be the

facilitator/leader of the discussion.
2. You must all have a uniformed colored paper/just any paper
then writes your most challenging experience. Share it to the
group including your lesson learned from that experience.
3. Put in in your wall/floor with your own assigned area.
4. On the second set of paper, write down your own strengths and
experiences. Also place it on assigned area.
5. On the third set of paper onwards, write what you think is/are
their strengths individually.
6. Put those papers on your playmates area.

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 My Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths Weaknesses

What others See in Me

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Name of Strengths Weaknesses
siblings/cousins

Processing Questions: (Please answer in a clean sheet of paper)

1. Is it easy or hard for you to recall the experiences? Why?

2. How do you feel when you shared your experiences?
3. What are your discoveries about your experience and of others?
4. What have you learned from these experiences?
5. What are your strengths and weaknesses?

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 6. Are the strengths and weaknesses observed by others in you the
same with what you observe about yourself?
7. How will these strengths and weaknesses contribute to your
adjustment in facing the new normal?

Keep in Mind
Time Allotment: 10 minutes
Our experiences play a great deal in our lives. These maybe
experienced in home, school, and community. These experiences teach us
lessons that are valuable in our life. And as we learn from these it will give
us a glimpse of knowing who we really are. When we know ourselves, we
also discover our strengths and weaknesses. Remember each one of us is
unique and we function differently in different situations. Therefore,
strengths and weaknesses may not be the same, but these help us to
achieve success and that can be also applied in daily life.

Strength is defined as the quality or state of being strong; capacity for

exertion or endurance while weakness is from the word weak which means
lacking strength: such as not able to resist external force or withstand
attack. (https://www.merriam-webster.com). Your strengths will help
push yourself further, but weakness may also be your way to improve
yourself and develop. Your strengths and weaknesses can be used to be
successful in life.

Finding our strengths and weaknesses help us know ourselves better

through self-examination and reflect on the circumstances in our lives. One
way to help us examine ourselves is using the SWOT analysis.

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 SWOT analysis is the examination of your situation by looking at
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. SWOT analysis is a way
of looking at your situation by identifying: Strengths, or those areas where
you have an advantage over others, or some unique resources to exploit;
Weaknesses, or areas where you may be weaker than others, and may find
that others can do better than you; Opportunities, or possibilities that you
can take advantage of to help you achieve your goals and ambitions; and
threats, or things that may prevent you from making a profit or achieving
your goals.
The SWOT Process

1. Identify the goal that you want to achieve

It is important to be as specific as possible. Be clear about timing,
that is, when you want to achieve your goal, and also how you will
know that you have achieved it (you may use SMART - Specific,
Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound)

2. Identify the personal strengths that will help you to achieve it It is

often helpful to consider knowledge, skills, experience, resources
and support that you have available. If you list these headings
separately, you will remember to consider them all.

Aside from your strength, identification of your weaknesses that

may hinder you is also helpful. Knowing your limitations may
provide you awareness to what extent you are capable to do.

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 These areas are generally internal, that is, they relate to you
personally, and the resources and skills that are available to you.
They are, therefore, things that are generally under your control.

3. Identify any personal opportunities that could enable you to achieve

the goal, and also that you will be able to take advantage of when
you have achieved it.

Opportunities are generally external, relating to the environment

and those around you, rather than yourself that it is based on your
strengths.

4. Identify any threats

These are external things and events that are worrying you, or that
might happen and prevent you from either achieving your goals or
taking advantage of the benefits.

5. Review and prioritize

Finally, review your analysis. Ask yourself: Is this recognizably

me? Is there anything that I have forgotten? Which areas are most
important in each of the four categories in the analysis?

Try to highlight one, or at most two, things from each of

strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that you think will
be most important in achieving (or preventing you from achieving)
your goal. Those areas will be your priorities for action.
(https://www.skillsyouneed.com/ps/personal-swot-analysis.html)

Learn from your experiences and make it a point that you continue
and move on whatever challenges you may encounter.

You Can Do It!

Activity No. 3: My SWOT Analysis

Time Allotment: 10 minutes

Directions:
1. Set a SMART goal related to your studies or family.
2. Do the SWOT analysis. Identify your strengths, weakness,
opportunities and threats in achieving your goal and write it on the
appropriate table.

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 Processing Questions: (Please answer in a clean sheet of paper)

1.How do you find the activity? What makes it easy or difficult for you?
2. Why you find it that way?
3. Cite at least one of your identified threat(weakness) then identify ways
on how you can overcome it.

What I Have Learned

Activity No. 4: I Draw It

Time Allotment: 10 minutes

Directions:

1. Think of a thing or symbol that will represent yourself.

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2. Draw that thing or symbol using words such as nouns (like your
name, address, anything that resembles you etc), adjectives (your
strengths, weaknesses and other things that describes you or
your family, and verbs (what actions and steps will you do to
show your strengths and how to overcome your weaknesses in
order to come up with a sound decision).
3. Show it to your family members

4. Share your poem to your family.

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 Share your Thoughts & Feelings

Song
Time Allotment: 8 minutes
Directions:
1. Find the song The Climb by Miley Cyrus in the internet or
search https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpTYG_Sqqdg.
If you cannot connect to the internet use these lyrics.

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After listening to the song it’s your turn to sing the song.
Processing
Questions:
(Please answer
in a clean sheet
of paper.)

1. What message can you get from the song?

2. Share your insights about the lyrics of the song in
relation to your experiences in life, your plan in facing
the new normal to reach your goal?

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References
https://www.merriam-webster.com date accessed October 23, 2019.
(Meriam Webster n.d.)
https://www.skillsyouneed.com/ps/personal-swot-analysis.html date
accessed October 24, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpTYG_Sqqdg

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