Making Connections

Between Information
Viewed and Personal
Experiences

ENGLISH 6 – Q1 Week 3 (Lesson 4)

REVIEW
Direction
Identify the type of visual media used in
the following descriptions. Write I for
images, V for videos and IN for
Infographics. Write the answers on a
separate sheet of paper.
1
I IN
2
3
I V
4
5
IN
I AM A FILIPINO
Direction
Guess the Filipino values by arranging the
jumbled letters given. The illustrations
serve as clues to the answer.
1
FAILSNUSEF
HT
FAITHFULNE
SS
2
NATISMLIAN
O
NATIONALIS
M
3
OSHYTTLIAI
P
HOSPITALIT
Y
4

CRTYAEIYTI
CREATIVITY
5

PYOTSVIIIT
POSITIVITY
 UNLOCKING
DIFFICULTIES
Direction
Infer the meaning of each underlined
word by using the sentence as a clue.
 Maria mumbles as she lies to her mother
about her low grades. If Maria mumbles, her
mother can’t ____________________.

a. understand the way she speaks

b. look at her appearance
c. love her sincerely
Most members of the Ayta tribe have kinky
hair. Their hair looks unique
and beautiful. How will you describe their
hair?

a. curly
b. straight
c. ugly
The sack of rice is so heavy that Remy has to
drag it to the kitchen. How
does she bring the sack of rice to the kitchen?

a. by asking someone to carry it

b. by carrying it
c. by pulling it
 Juanito comes from the Badjao tribe. He
feels discriminated as his classmates do not
like being friends with him. Do his
classmates accept Juanito?

a. no
b. yes
c. not sure
 Have you ever felt being
different from other people?
Does that difference make you
happy or sad? Why? Read the
story below. Find out how
Rommel learns to accept and
love himself for who he is.
DIFFERENC
E NOT
DIFFERENT
“I am not going to school anymore, Nanay.”

There is sadness in the voice that has echoed in Aling Pinang’s

ears. She stops fanning the charcoal stove in front of her as if her
hand has frozen stiff. She tightens her grip to the small carton
piece in her right hand. In a flash, she remembers herself
twenty-two years early—a young girl on her knees, crying in
front of a man tying a bolo knife on his waist, as he was heading
out to the farm. He was a man of small built. But that particular
day, he looked huge and frightening in young Pinang’s eyes.
That was Pinang’s father telling her not to go to school ever
again.
“Help your Ateng Mila sell kamoteng-kahoy. Earn money. In that
case, you’ll be useful to the family,” her father said coldly.

Aling Pinang gives a sigh. She stands up and looks behind her to see
the owner of that sad voice. It is her son, Rommel, hand clutching a
black, worn-out bag with
head bowed down. Her son, now twelve, looks as if all his hopes in life
has run out.

“Why?” asks Aling Pinang.

“I…. I am different,” mumbles Rommel as tears well in his eyes.
“Aren’t we all?”
Aling Pinang walks closer towards her son and strokes his curly
hair. Rommel steps back from his worried mother.

“It’s because of this kinky hair that I am different! And this skin
too!”

Feeling sorry for Rommel, Aling Pinang sighs once more. She
gently grabs him by the shoulder. Aling Pinang can’t help herself
but give her Rommel a tight hug.
Have you met someone
who has the same features
as Rommel? What would
you tell a person who hates
his or her looks?
That night, as they would go to sleep, Aling Pinang tries to
comfort Rommel.

“Are you asleep?” Aling Pinang asks softly.

“Don’t wake me up early for school tomorrow, Nanay. I won’t be

going even if you drag me out of bed.”

“Are you sure?”

“Uhmm,” affirms Rommel.

“Alright Romy. But before you sleep, I want you to hear a

story.”

Aling Pinang sits on the edge of his son’s papag and begins
telling him a story to cheer him up. Upon hearing her mother’s
story, Rommel raises himself up from the papag as if hope has
come to find him again.

“Nanay, be sure to wake me up early tomorrow,” says Rommel

with a big smile on his face.
What story do you think does
his mother told Rommel
about?

If you were Rommel, who

could encourage you to go to
school despite your problem?
What words would you like to
hear from him or her?
The next day, Rommel skips his way cheerfully to school. He
does not mind the long, rough, and uneven road ahead. He hums
happily to himself until he reaches school.

“Good morning, class. Yesterday, I told you that you would be

narrating a story about a person whom you look up to,” begins
Miss Emy.

The teacher gazes around at each of her pupils, who all look
nervous. Rommel confidently raises his hand and takes the
courage to speak in front first.
Miss Emy praises Rommel for taking the courage to volunteer
himself. She asks her pupils to listen to Rommel as he begins
sharing a story.

“Once there was this kid—someone my age. He was like me, an

Ayta.”

Rommel narrates how this kid grew up to overcome poverty,

difficulties, and discrimination to be the first-ever Ayta to
graduate from the well-known Bataan University.
“Instead of wearing a toga, this person made history not just by
being the first Ayta to graduate from that university. He was also
the first one to ditch the toga and wear a loincloth (bahag) on his
graduation day,” Rommel says proudly.
Have you heard of a similar
story? Whose story is it?

Is the person in Rommel’s

story worth admiring? Why?
“Who is that person?” asks his classmate.

“That person is my inspiration. Today, he tirelessly fights for the

rights of the members of the Ayta community in Bataan. We can
still live peacefully in the land of our ancestors because of him.
That person, the man I look up to… my father.”

All his classmates are amazed.

Rommel continues, “My father is not different. He makes a

difference.”
From that day onwards, Rommel has never felt bad of being an
Ayta. He learns to accept and love himself. He doesn’t hate his
skin that reflects the color of the earth anymore. Anyway, it is
what’s inside him that defines who he is.

“I will also make a difference, a history,” Rommel promises

himself.
Who is your inspiration? How
does he or she inspire you?

What are the good traits of

this person?
COMPREHENSION CHECK
Direction
After reading the story, answer the
following questions.
 Who are the main characters in
the story?
1
The main characters in the story
are Rommel and Aling Pinang.
 What did Rommel tell his
mother when he got home from
2 school?

Rommel told his mother that he

doesn’t want to go to school
anymore.
 Why did Rommel feel different
from his classmates?
3
Rommel feels different from them
because of his physical appearance.
 How did Aling Pinang convince
her son to continue going to
4 school?

Aling Pinang tells him an inspiring

story.
 What made Rommel accept his
difference from others that he once
5 thought of negatively?

He was inspired by how his father made a

difference in the world despite the
difficulties that came his way.
 Would you be friends with a member of the
indigenous community like Rommel? Why
6 or why not?
Do you also have someone who serves as
your inspiration? Who is it? How does he or
7 she inspire you?

Explain this line, “It is what’s inside you

that defines who you are.”
8
 You have just read Making
Difference not connections is
making meaning
Different in which from a text
the provided (Draper, 2010).
illustrations
and questions helped
you make
connections.
When you make connections, you
are able to understand what you
read. You are like assembling
jigsaw puzzle pieces. In your
mind, all the data are not
scattered pieces as they form a
whole picture that you can
understand. Hence,
making connections when
reading a text is truly necessary.
Draper (2010), an educator in
Australia, explains the three
types of connections that
learners like you should make
to understand texts.
 Text-to-self Connection
- the connection made
between the text and
the
reader's personal
experience
Example I have a classmate
who is an Ayta. I look
up to him because
despite poverty, he is
always cheerful and
hopeful.
 Text-to-text Connection
- the connection made
between a text being
read (or
viewed) to a text that
was previously read
Example Rommel reminds me of
a character in a comic
book. They both used to
hate how they looked.
But in the end, they
realized that it is what
in their hearts that
matter the most.
 Text-to-world Connection

- the connection made

between a text being
read and something
that occurs in the
world
Example Many members of the
indigenous group in the
Philippines experience
discrimination.
Sometimes, we Filipinos,
judge them because of
their
looks.
 Draper (2010) also
provides questions
that may help you in
making connections.
 Text-to-self Text-to-text Text-to-world
What does this remind me of in What does this remind me of in What does this remind me of in
my life? another book I’ve read? the real world?

How does it differ from my life? How is this text similar to other How is this text similar to things
things that I have read? that happen in the real world?
Has something like this ever
happened to me? How does it differ from other How does it differ from things
books that I have read? that happen in the real world?

How does this relate to my life?

Have I read about something like
this before?
What were my feelings when I
read this?

Have I changed my thinking as a

result of reading this?

What have I learned?

 Let us have some
examples for a better
understanding. Study
the table below.
Dirt and soil cover the palm of
his hands. But among
everything Mang Erning has,
those dirty hands are what he is
most proud of. Those are the
hands that feed the whole
nation.

“If I’d live for another forty

years, I’d still be tilling this
land… my treasure… my life,”
he thinks to himself.
 Text-to-self Text-to-text Text-to-world

My Tito Franklin is a When I was in the 4th I feel sorry towards the
farmer. Many times, I grade, I read about a farmers during the ECQ
see him in dirty, long farmer who brought because many of their
sleeved shirt. His hands home a goose. The goose harvested crops were
and feet are covered in laid golden eggs, so the wasted. They could not
mud. But I am not farmer thought he was deliver them to the
ashamed to have an going to get rich. The markets easily because
uncle like him because story did not end happily of the lockdown. I wish
he works hard all day to because the farmer was President Duterte would
provide for his family. too greedy. help them.
 The stronger you are
connected to a text, the better
you understand it. And the
better you comprehend
something, the more you
remember it.
I AM A FILIPINO
Direction
Guess the Filipino values by arranging the
jumbled letters given. The illustrations
serve as clues to the answer.
 Kind of
Scene or Line Connection
Question
from the Story Prompted by
the Question

Do you feel sad when text-to-self

There is others don’t seem to
like you?
sadness in
text-to-text
Rommel’s
voice.
text-to-world
 Kind of
Scene or Line Connection
Question
from the Story Prompted by
the Question

text-to-self
“I am not Has there been a
going to time when you
don’t feel like
text-to-text
school,
Nanay.” going to school?
text-to-world
 Kind of
Scene or Line Connection
Question
from the Story Prompted by
the Question

text-to-self
Have you read a
Aling Pinang story wherein the
tells Rommel a character has a text-to-text
story. supportive
parent?
text-to-world
 Kind of
Scene or Line Connection
Question
from the Story Prompted by
the Question

text-to-self
Rommel Are all school-age
children
happily goes to
in the Philippines text-to-text
school the next able to go to
day. school?
text-to-world
 Kind of
Scene or Line Connection
Question
from the Story Prompted by
the Question

He tirelessly text-to-self
Do you know a
fights for the
famous
rights of the
members of the
personality who text-to-text
stands for
Ayta community
people’s rights?
in Bataan. text-to-world
 Kind of
Scene or Line Connection
Question
from the Story Prompted by
the Question

text-to-self
It is what’s Do you make
friends with
inside him that
others based only text-to-text
defines who he on their
is. looks?
text-to-world
CHECK OR X?
Direction
Think of the image of our Philippine flag as
you do this activity. Determine the following
sentences that make meaningful connections
to the image in your mind by writing a check
or an X.
 ✔ ✔
5.) I saw a picture of Emilio Aguinaldo waving the
1.) The flag symbolizes our freedom. By seeing
Philippine flag in Kawit, Cavite. If I were born
it, I am reminded of the heroism of our brave during that time, I would have cried tears of joy at
Filipino heroes. that moment.

2.) Years ago, I heard the news about a young

✔
girl who saved the Philippine flag from a heavy
flood. At a young age, she expressed her love
for the country. ❌
6.) The Philippine flag has many colors. The
colors are red, blue, white, and yellow.

❌ ✔
7.) The Philippine flag waving in the air
3.) There is a flag in our school. Miss Korina,
reminds me of the hardships that Filipino
my adviser, has a good handwriting.
athletes endure to bring honor to our country.

❌
4.) I waited for my friend by the flagpole. I
don’t like that he made me wait for so long.
❌
8.) Our classroom is beside the flagpole. It is
spacious and nice.
SUM UP!
Direction
Answer the following
questions.
 What is making connections?
1
What happens when you make
2 connections when reading?

What connections can you make?

3
SEATWOR
K
Direction
Choose the letter of the best
answer.
 What is the best definition of texts?
1
a. Texts are not limited to written texts but also include photographs,
illustrations, films, advertisement, and the like.

b. Texts are purely made up of words and phrases which are meant
to be understood.

c. Texts only refer to messages that you send to your family and
friends through your cellphone.
 Which of the following is a set of
2 texts?
a. Nido commercial, drawing of Mount Samat, and a
film about Lapu-lapu
b. Leron-leron Sinta song, picture of a carabao, and a
map of Luzon

c. Both a and b are sets of texts.

 Complete the statement. Making
connections is ______________________.
3
a. identifying an error in someone’s statement

b. making meaning from a text

c. telling the facts from a story read

 To which do you connect the texts you
are reading or viewing?
4
a. self, another text, and the world

b. to what the teacher says and does

c. to your experiences alone

 If you make connections to what you are
reading or viewing, you ________.
5
a. can study independently

b. get high grades on examinations

c. understand the text better

Answers
 What is the best definition of texts?
1
a. Texts are not limited to written texts but also include photographs,
illustrations, films, advertisement, and the like.

b. Texts are purely made up of words and phrases which are meant
to be understood.

c. Texts only refer to messages that you send to your family and
friends through your cellphone.
 Which of the following is a set of
2 texts?
a. Nido commercial, drawing of Mount Samat, and a
film about Lapu-lapu
b. Leron-leron Sinta song, picture of a carabao, and a
map of Luzon

c. Both a and b are sets of texts.

 Complete the statement. Making
connections is ______________________.
3
a. identifying an error in someone’s statement

b. making meaning from a text

c. telling the facts from a story read

 To which do you connect the texts you
are reading or viewing?
4
a. self, another text, and the world

b. to what the teacher says and does

c. to your experiences alone

 If you make connections to what you are
reading or viewing, you ________.
5
a. can study independently

b. get high grades on examinations

c. understand the text better

 ADDITIONAL
ACTIVITY
Direction
Study the illustration. Tell
the kind of connection
made to the illustration
by each sentence.
 While on the bus with my mother, I saw this landmark on our
way home from Manila. Those soldiers are heroes and should

1 not be forgotten.

From my Araling Panlipunan book, I learned about how

World War II affected the Philippines. The bravery of these
soldiers who risked their lives fighting during the war must be
2 remembered by the younger generation.

Why am I reminded of the Bonifacio Monument located in

Tondo whenever I see this statue in Dinalupihan? I’ve recently
seen Bonifacio’s monument during Mayor Isko’s interview on
3 TV.
 My older brother is a soldier. Whenever he comes back home
from Mindanao, I feel so joyful.
4
Soldiers help people in times of crisis. Being a soldier is a noble
job.
5