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English
Quarter 2 – Module 2:Lesson 1
Figure it Out
English – Grade 9
Quarter 2 – Module2: Lesson 1 Figure it Out

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I. Introduction

Welcome to this module! You must be very excited to start with the learning
activities. The activities in the module aim to provide you with the amusing and
interesting learning experiences that will help you understand and communicate better
in English.
There are varied activities that will improve your reading comprehension skills.
The stories that you are going to read will make you embrace different challenges in
life.
Enjoy and happy reading and learning.

II. Objectives

MELC - Analyze literature as a means of understanding unchanging values in

the VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) world

a. Extract important details from the selection

b. Identify literary devices used
c. Infer character traits and draw conclusion
d. Create story map to identify features of a prose

III- Vocabulary List

1. Weave - verb; to interlace threads into cloth

2. Butcher - noun; a person who slaughters animals or dresses their flesh
3. Harshly - adjective; varying in quality
4. Contorted – verb; to twist in a violent manner
5. Wilderness – noun; an indefinite area specified body part
6. Circumstance – noun; an essential or inevitable
7. Muzzle - noun; a fastening or covering for the mouth of an animal used
to prevent eating or biting

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IV - Pre-Test

Read the selection and answer the questions below. Write your answer in your
answer sheets.

THE SLY FOX

The Sly fox is a wild animal that looks like a dog. It has a pointed nose and
ears, a brushy tail and thick fur. The fox is said to be a very clever animal in fooling
others. The wolf is a wild animal that looks like a dog too. It has thick fur and pointed
muzzle. Wolves and foxes hunt other animals. Sometimes, they end up hunting each
other.
One night, a fox met a wolf in the forest. The wolf was very hungry and in a
terrible mood. So the wolf said to the fox.
“Don’t move! I’m going to eat you this minute.”
As he spoke, the wolf backed the fox up against tree. The fox realized she
could not run away.
“I have to use my wits instead of my legs,” she said to herself.
“I could have been a good dinner for you last year. I was then very fat and
plump. But I had three babies then. Now I’m slim and not delicious.”
“I don’t care if you are plump or not. I don’t care how many babies you have.
I’m going to eat you right now!”
The wolf began closing in on the fox.
“Stop!” shouted fox. Look how skinny I am. I ran off all my fat looking for food
for my babies. But I know a place where you can find something good and fat.”
Wolf backed off and listened to fox.
“There is a well near here. In the bottom of it is a big round piece of meat. You
can get it instead of eating me. Shall we go?”
The wolf trotted off after the fox, making sure that she could not run away. They
came upon a well.
“See for yourself, what a fat juicy piece of meat is at the bottom of this well. I
wanted to get it for my babies. But you can have it.”
Inside the well was a delicious looking yellow round piece meat. Above the well,
the moon shone bright and clear. The wolf leaned over the well wondering how to get
the piece of meat. The fox jumped up quickly and pushed the wolf down into the deep
well.
I’m a sly old mother Fox!” Fox said to herself.

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1. How does the story open?
a. It introduces the characters of the story.
b. It gives background information on the characters.
c. It tells where the story happened.
d. It started with a dialogue between the two characters.

2. What characters does the story have?

a. Two animal characters c. An animal and a human character
b. Two human characters d. A moon and two animal characters
3. Which describes the setting of the story?
a. A bright day in the forest c. A rainy afternoon in the forest
b. A dark night in the forest d. A full-moon night in the forest
4. Why did the fox decide to use her wits instead of running away?
a. The fox was backed up against a tree. c. The wolf was in a terrible mood
b. The fox could not run away fast. d. The fox had babies with her.
5. Why did the fox not like herself to be the dinner of the wolf?
a. She had three babies waiting for her.
b. She was looking for food for her babies.
c. She was skinny and do not make a delicious meat.
6. Why did the wolf not eat the fox?
a. The wolf would eat the baby foxes instead.
b. The fox offered him something good and fat.
c. The wolf took pity on the fox.
d. The fox was able to escape from the wolf.
7. What was at the bottom of the well that looked delicious and good?
a. The moon’s reflection on the water of the well
b. A round juicy piece of yellow meat
c. A big round stone that looked like meat
d. Some food for the baby foxes
8. What could have happened to the wolf?
a. He was able to get the piece of meat at the bottom of the well.
b. He had a delicious dinner at the bottom of the well.
c. He and the fox became good friends.
d. He drowned in the well.
9. Which best describes the fox?
a. much wiser than the wolf c. as foolish as the wolf
b. more foolish than the wolf d. as wise as the wolf
10. Which is the climax of the story?
a. The wolf was hungry and in a terrible mood when he saw the fox.
b. The fox offered the wolf something good and fat instead of herself for dinner.
c. The wolf leaned over the well to get the juicy piece of meat at the bottom of the
well.
d. The fox jumped up quickly and pushed the wolf into the well.

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IV- Learning Activities

Read the selection and answer the questions.

Selection A

The Shepherd’s Daughter

The king’s son falls in love with s shepherd’s daughter. A messenger tells the
girl that the king’s son wants her to be his wife. But he is the son of a king and king’s
sons don’t do anything. The shepherd’s daughter says he must be able to do
something productive before she will marry him.

He learns to weave beautiful rugs, so she marries the king’s son. One day the
king’s son is abducted by thieves. He tells his abductors that he can weave beautiful
rugs. He weaves three beautiful rugs and promises that if the thieves take them to
the palace, they will receive a substantial sum of money for each of them. The king
recognizes the rugs as the work of his son, shows them to the shepherd’s daughter,
who reads the messages skillfully woven into the rugs, tells the king where the
thieves can be found and the king’s men capture the thieves and free the king’s son.
That is why you must learn to make something useful, said his grandmother.
“Just as soon as I have the money, I’ll buy the wood and a saw and hammer and
make a chair,” I tell my grandmother.
https://quizlet.com/18908014/the-shepherds-daughter-flash-cards/

A - About the text

1. What relative of the author’s thinks that all men showed labour?
2. The author’s grandmother tells that he is supposed to be what?
3. The king that the author’s grandmother talks about is from where?
4. The son of the king of Persia falls in love with whom?
5. What does the shepherd’s daughter say that the king’s son must do before
she will marry him?

Points to Remember

Drawing conclusions is using information that is implied or inferred to make meaning

out of what is not clearly stated. Writers give readers hints or clues that help them read
between the lines, since not everything is explicitly stated or spelled out all the time.

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Inference - is an idea or conclusion that's drawn from evidence and reasoning. An inference is
an educated guess. We learn about some things by experiencing them first-hand, but we gain
other knowledge by inference — the process of inferring things based on what is already known.

Figurative language is any kind of language or figure of speech that does not employ
the literal meaning.
A figure of speech is a word or phrase that possesses a separate meaning from its
literal definition.

Literary Devices
A. Figure of Speech
1. Metaphor
Many common figures of speech are metaphors. However, metaphors use figurative
language to make comparisons between unrelated things or ideas.
The “peak of her career,” for example, is a metaphor, since a career is not a literal
mountain with a peak, but the metaphor represents the idea of arriving at the highest point
of one’s career.

2. Simile
A simile is a very common figure of speech that uses the words “like” and “as” to compare
two things that are not related by definition. For example, “he is as tall as a mountain,”
doesn’t mean he was actually 1,000 feet tall, it just means he was really tall.

Example
This example uses a simile for comparison:
The internet is like a window to the world—you can learn about everything online!
The common phrase “window to the world” refers to a hypothetical window that lets you
see the whole world from it.

3. Idiom - is a common phrase with a figurative meaning. Idioms are different from other
figures of speech in that their figurative meanings are mostly known within a particular
language, culture, or group of people.
Example
There’s a supermarket and a pharmacy in the mall, so if we go there, we can kill two
birds with one stone.
The idiom is a common way of saying that two tasks can be completed in the same
amount of time or same place.

4. Proverb - is a short, commonplace saying that is universally understood in today’s

language and used to express general truths.
Example
I know you think you’re going to sell all of those cookies, but don’t count your
chickens before they hatch!
Here, “don’t count your chickens before they hatch” means that you shouldn’t act like
something has happened before it actually does.

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 B. Characterization- are the methods by which story tellers reveal the traits of
characters.
Two types of characterizations
1. Direct characterization - is when a narrator or character describes another
character directly.
Ex. Tom struggled in school but tried hard. Pam was lazy but learned very quickly.
Explicit – clearly or directly stated

2. Indirect characterization - is when character traits are revealed through a

character’s behaviour or actions.
Ex. Jess left the pizza crust on her floor. Tim helped old Ms. Jones with her bags.
Implicit – not clearly stated, implied

C. Imagery – is one of the elements of a poem that invoke any of the five senses to
create a set of mental images. Specifically, using vivid or figurative language to represent
ideas, objects, or actions. We use imagery in everyday speech to convey our meaning.
Types of imagery
1. Visual imagery (sight) - in this form of poetic imagery, the poet appeals to the
reader’s sense of sight by describing something the speaker or narrator of the
poem sees. It may include colors, brightness, shapes, sizes, and patterns. To
provide readers with visual imagery, poets often use metaphor, simile, or
personification in their description.
Ex. The sunset was the most gorgeous they’d ever seen; the clouds were edged
with pink and gold.

2. Auditory imagery (hearing) - this form of poetic imagery appeals to the reader’s
sense of hearing or sound. It may include music and other pleasant sounds, harsh
noises, or silence. In addition to describing a sound, the poet might also use a
sound device like onomatopoeia, or words that imitate sounds, so reading the
poem aloud recreates the auditory experience.
Ex. The concert was so loud that her ears rang for days afterward.

3. Olfactory imagery (smell) - In this form of poetic imagery, the poet appeals to the
reader’s sense of smell by describing something the speaker of the poem inhales.
It may include pleasant fragrances or off-putting odors.
Ex. After eating the curry, his breath reeked of garlic.

4. Gustatory imagery (taste) - In this form of poetic imagery, the poet appeals to
the reader’s sense of taste by describing something the speaker or narrator of
the poem tastes. It may include sweetness, sourness, saltiness, savoriness, or
spiciness.
Ex. The familiar tang of his grandmother’s cranberry sauce reminded him of his
youth.

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 5. Tactile imagery (touch) – in this form of poetic imagery, the poet appeals to the
reader’s sense of touch by describing something the speaker of the poem feels
on their body. It may include the feel of temperatures, textures, and other physical
sensations.
Ex. The tree bark was rough against her skin.
6. Organic imagery (emotion). In this form of imagery, the poet communicates
internal sensations such as fatigue, hunger, and thirst as well as internal
emotions such as fear, love, and despair.

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/poetry-101-what-is-imagery-learn-about-the-7-types-of-imagery

Selection B
Read the story and answer the questions that follow.
The Lady Chang
Marjorie Clark
When the Lady Chang arrived in the city of Canton, she possessed nothing in the
world but the clothes she was wearing, the jewels on her fingers, and most precious of
all, her little son, Ko. Everything else – her husband, her fine home and all her servants,
even the village in which she lived – had been washed away and lost forever in the great
flood that had swept down upon them so suddenly.
She found a house which costs very little, for it was in a poor part of the city, near the
rubbish dumps. Every morning the carts rumbled by, taking all the city rubbish to be burned
and buried.
“I am lucky to have this small house,” the Lady Chang told herself. “I can clean my
house in the morning: I can play, with my dear son, Ko, each afternoon; and in the evening,
when he is asleep, I can weave and embroider. The cloth I make will sell easily, and so I
shall be able to feed and clothe both Ko and myself.”
“Little Ko grew fast and was a great joy to her.
“What are you doing, my son?” asked his mother one day, as she turned from her weaving
to catch him at play.
“I am the butcher, Mother,” laughed Ko. “I am working in the market. See how cleverly I
kill this goat, and how I cut it up for customers.” And he raised his voice and shouted
harshly as he had heard the butcher shouting each day in the market place.
The Lady Chang sighed. “Indeed, my son learns quickly. He should not be here to copy
the ways of rough men. He should be learning to be a scholar as his father was.” She
searched the city and found a house near the university.
“To live here will cost a great deal,” she thought. But she did not hesitate for long. She
left their house near the market and sold her last ring of pearl and silver, and soon she
and her son were living in their new house.
Now indeed, life was hard for the Lady Chang. In order to live and pay for Ko’s

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schooling, she had to rise at dawn each day. She would clean her house, do the cooking,
wash the clothes, and then work hard at her weaving until far into the night.
Ko learned quickly, and the Lady Chang often smiled as she wove the bright
threads and watched the cloth growing beneath her busy fingers.
“Ko will be a learned man,” she told herself proudly. “Already his teachers speak highly of
him. He works so well that I care not that I must sit here weaving all day long.”
She threaded her loom with fine threads and began to weave a lovely pattern of gold
and silver and scarlet.
Each day when Ko returned from his studies, he admired his mother’s work. “This is
the most beautiful piece of cloth you have ever woven, Mother, he said one day. “Surely
you will strain your eyes with such fine work.”
“Ah, my son,” she laughed, “this is to pay for you to be a wise and great man. My eyes are
a poor price to pay for that.”
By this time Ko had grown to be a fine, tall lad. So easily and so well had he
learned his lessons that he began to grow proud and vain. “I know as much as any of the
professors who try to teach me,” he said scornfully.
“That is boastful talk,” the Lady Chang reproved him. “You should learn
humility as well as knowledge from books, my son. You still have much to learn, I fear.”
A little later, however, Ko came home one day and threw his books on the table. “I have
finished with schooling,” he said defiantly. “I am tired of learning. I know quite enough to
earn my living.”
“Do not stop!” cried the Lady Chang. “You will be a wise and great man like your father,
if you would only complete your studies.
“No, Mother,” declared Ko. “I mean what I say. I have finished with Learning.”
The Lady Chang did not argue with him. She reached across the table and got a sharp
knife that lay there. Then, without a word, she slashed her weaving from the loom. The
cloth fell, its gold and silver and scarlet in a tangled unfinished heap at her feet.
“Mother!” cried Ko in horror, “what have you done? All your hard work is wasted! If you
had worked a little longer, this would have been a perfect piece of cloth. Now it is nothing
but a half-finished rag.”
The Lady Chang looked at her son with grave eyes. “Son, you could have been a wise
and great man,” she told him. “Now you will be little more than a peasant who toils in the
fields or labors in the market place.”
Ko’s cheeks grew red as he looked again at his mother’s lovely work, ruined and
unfinished. Then, he picked up his books. “I have learned a lesson, Mother,” he said in a
low voice. “I will finish my studies. They’ll not be wasted. I may never be a great man, but
I will try to be a wise one.”

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 The Lady Chang’s heart was filled with joy as she watched Ko return to his studies.
She drew her seat close to the loom and began to pick up the threads once more. Many,
many hours of hard work lay before her, but that which she had already done would not
be wasted. Ko indeed became a wise man, and great one. He was famous through all the
land of China.
And now, when Chinese children are told tales of brave people in their country’s history,
they listen to the story of the Lady Chang, who was not afraid to ruin her most perfect work
in order to teach a lesson to her son.
Source: https://thyrene.wordpress.com/tag/the-lady-chang-chinese-tale-by-marjorie-clark/

B - About the Text

1. What was Lady Chang’s aspiration and hope for her son?
a. To finish his studies b. to be rich c. to be great
2. What great sacrifices did she make to bring up her son?
3. Why did her son want to quit school?
4. How did lady Chang react to her son’s quitting school?
5. What character traits did Lady Chang try to develop in her son?
6. What object in the story symbolizes or shows the hard work of Lady Chang?
7. What does the phrase “To live here will cost a great deal,” means?
8. “ I am tired of learning” means?

Practice Task 1
Match the idiom in column A with its meaning in column B. Write the letter of your choice
in your activity sheets.
Column A Column B

1. Sit on the fence a. Delay or avoid make a decision

2. Hit the nail on the head b. Very frank or intimate conversation
3. Heart to heart talk c. Keep quiet; stop talking
4. Bag of bones d. Guess correctly
5. Bit my head off e. very thin
6. Hold your tongue f. Very angry; speak sharply
7. Break the ice g. Make the guest feel comfortable
8. Pull a leg h. A successful performance which make
the audience applaud again and again
9. Pick a person’s brain i. Fool someone
10. Bring the house down j. Get specific information through tactful
questions

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Practice Task 2
Identify figure speech- Choose from the box the figure of speech used.

a. Simile b. Metaphor c. Idiom d. Proverb

1. Crocodile tears
2. Friendship is a sheltering
3. Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.
4. Her lips is like macopas in the garden.
5. If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both.

Practice Task 3
Read the passage and answer the questions. Choose the correct answer.
Mary went downstairs. There was an aroma in the air. The table was set
with warm blueberry muffins, freshly squeezed orange juice, and brewed coffee. A
note was left on the table. It said, "Dear Mary, Have a great day. Good Luck at
your new job. Love, Dan" Next to the note there was a wrapped present with a
bow on top.
1. Who is Mary?
a. A wife b. a husband c. a baker d. a nice person
2. What time of the day is it?
a. Morning b. afternoon c. evening
3. Based on the information in the passage, what does aroma probably mean?
a. Something pretty b. something nice c. something that smell
4. There was a brewed coffee on the table. What does brewed mean?
a. old b. made c. plain
5. What was the purpose of the note?
a. To inform b. to entertain c. to congratulate d.to thank
6. Who is Dan?
a. Her husband b. her boss c. her neighbour
7. What is Mary’s new job?
a. Sa store clerk c. real state agent
b. baker d. not enough information given
8. Who probably made the muffin, orange juice and coffe?
a. Mary b. Dan
9. Why was there a present on the table?
a. To congratulate c. to say sorry
b. a thank you gift d. not enough information
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Post- Test
Read the following sentences then write the letter of the best answer to each question
that follows.
1. . “ Father, give me my share of the state”. The son is
a. envious b. disrespectful c. industrious
2. She spoke as if her tongue had been dipped in acid. She spoke
a. cheerfully b. angrily c. calmly
3. I heard mother sigh, ”I hope your father is safe on his way home tonight”. She felt
silent after that. The mother feels____
a. bad b. worried c. confident
4. The night had come quickly and stars were twinkling overhead. We could hear the
mighty throb of the engine far below down the deck . Where were the people.?
a. on a train b. on a plane c. on a ship
5. “We can only set out nets a few times a day. Setting the nets and hauling them in
takes a lot of time and work” Who is the speaker?
a. a fisherman b. an acrobat c. a hunter
6. Left alone, cutie would lie down on her mattress with her fore paws under her head.
It can be inferred that cutie is a ?
a. baby b. cat c. chick
7. Which word give a clue to your answer in the preceding item?
a. mattress b. head c. fore paws
VIII - Assignment

From the story of “Lady Chang” create a story following the graphic organizer below.

TITLE : Lady Chang

SETTING: __________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

CHARACTERS ______________________________________________________

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PROBLEM:

EVENT 1

EVENT 2

EVENT 3

SOLUTION THEME

MOOD

References:
English 9 Learning Module
https://yourstoryclub.com/short-stories-from-college/moral-short-story-student-life/index.html

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Answer Key

Pre-Test

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

Learning Activities

A – ABOUT THE TEXT

1. ANSWER MAY VARY

2. ANSWER MAY VARY
3. ANSWER MAY VARY
4. ANSWER MAY VARY
5. ANSWER MAY VARY

B- ABOUT THE TEXT

1. A
2. ANSWER MAY VARY
3. ANSWER MAY VARY
4. ANSWER MAY VARY
5. ANSWER MAY VARY

Practice Task 1 Practice test 2 Practice 3 POST TEST

1. A 1. C 1. A 6. B 1. B 6. B
2. D 2. B 2. A 7. A 2. B 7. C
3. B 3. D 3. A 8. D 3. B
4. E 4. A 4. B 9. D 4. C
5. F 5. D 5. C 10. A 5. A
6. C
7. G
8. I
9. J
10. H

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