K to 12 Grade 8

1. 4th Quarter Module:
" CHANGING PERSPECTIVE"
Literature as Communication
Business Communication
Academic Communication
Global Communication

2. Lesson 1:
SIFT Method for Analyzing Literature
Sentence Fluency
Film Grammar
Choral Interpretation
Literature
as
Communication

3. Activity:
My Changing Perspective
Take a look at the meaning of the word Perspective.
Perspective means " mental outlook over time".
This means views change through time.
As we go through life, we can encounter people from different
walks of life. Interacting with them,we are exposed to various
views and different ways of understanding and describing
common experiences.
This often leads us to ponder the question,
How do I express my perspectives while
respecting other cultures?

4. Writers communicate their ideas in varied
ways.Some write stories while others
articulate their perspectives through verses
or poems. According to Angeliki Coconi,"
Literary Communication is the contact
between the author and the reader. The
writers sends a message through his text and
the audience receives it. The text comes to life
and serve its purpose only when it
communicates with the reader."
Literature as Communication

5. "The Brain Is Wuder than the Sky"
By: Emily Dickinson
The brain is wider than the sky
For, put them side by side,
The one the other will include
With ease, and you beside.
The brain is deeper than the sea,
For, hold them, blue to blue,
The one the other will absorb,
As sponges buckets do.
The brain is just the weight of God,
For, lift them, pound by pound.
And they will differ, if they do
As syllables from sound.

6. Questions:
1. Why is brain wider than the sky?
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2. What lesson does the poem impart?
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7. Answers:
1.
The brain is said to be wider than the sky because of
everything it can do.
It can allow us to go to places that we have never been to
before.
It can let us meet people that otherwise wouldn't by means of
reading.
2.
The poem tells us that we should make full used of our brain/
mind.
We sholud always remember that the brain is like a sponge,
always ready to absorb new things/ideas/lessons along the way.

8. "Education Gives Luster to the Motherland"
Wiseeducation, vital breath,
inspires and enchanting virtue
She puts the country in a lofty seat
Of endless glory, of dazzling glow
And just as the gentle aura's puff
Do brighten the prefumed flower here ,
So, education with a wise, guiding hands
A benefactress, exalts the humankind
Man's placid response and earthly life
To education he dedicates
Because of her, art and science are born
That, with a beautiful crown,decorate,
Man; and as from the high mount above
The pure rivulet flows, undulates
So education beyond measure
Gives the country tranquility secure.

9. Questions:
1. What is the subject of the poem?
2. According to the poem, how important is
education?
3. What lesson does the poem impart?

10. Vocabulary:
* enchanting-- attractive / pleasing
* virtue--- attitudess/ good quality or habits
* lofty---- very high/ impressive
* benefactress-- the person who receives help
* placid---- calm and peaceful ( not easily irritated)
* rivulet--- very small river (stream of water)
* undulates--- to move gently up and down
* tranquility-- serene, quiet, peaceful