ENGLISH 9 SELF-LEARNING MODULE

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COMPETENCY

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EN9LC-IVf-13.3: Differentiate biases from prejudices

EXPECTATIONS
`competencies designed for the Grade 9 Level. The scope of this

module covers your lesson for 3rd Quarter Lesson 7.

After completing this module, you are expected to:

1. distinguish biases from prejudices;

2. analyze literature as a means of connecting to the world;

3. identify participles used in the given sentences;

4. use descriptions as clues to figure out the given word and

5. arrange events according to its sequence in the story.

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 PRE-TEST
Task 1: Let’s Try It Out!

I. Grammar: Directions: Identify the participle or participial phrase in the following

sentences by writing the letter of the correct answer on the Answer Sheet.
A 1. The crying man ran away and left his girlfriend in the midst of cold night.
A. crying C. midst
B. left D. ran
A 2. The poem written by Dennis receives a lot of praises from interested readers.
A. interested C. praises
B. poem D. written
D 3. Standing there in the middle of the street, Leny suddenly thought of spending summer
vacation in Canada.
A. suddenly thought
B. of summer vacation
C. in the middle of the street
D. standing there in the middle of the street
A 4. Blinded by love, Doris sacrificed the career opportunities in Australia for her man, Dennis.
A. blinded by love
B. Doris sacrificed the career
C. in Australia for her man, Dennis
D. sacrificed the career opportunities
A 5. Anthony spent his day by thinking a ton of dreams and staring at the closed door.
A. closed C. staring
B. spent D. ton of dreams

Task 2: Hit the Hints!

II. Relating to Social Issues: Directions: Analyze the given situations. Choose the best
answer in the pool of words that could describe it.

bias bullying discrimination prejudice racism

1. Anthony C’s Inc. is a leading company in Asia and it is looking for a qualified
CEO to manage the firm. Leny and Dennis are equally up for the position.
However, the hiring manager considers that a man is more- qualified
candidate than a woman without undergoing series of hiring process. As a
result, Dennis got the position. The action of the hiring manager is .
2. The bus driver doesn’t allow black people to sit on the chair. Only whites
areallowed to do so. The action of the bus driver is .
3. A child with disorder is often mocked by a group of pupils who emulate
and laugh at him. It is .
4. Juanita phones a hotel to book an accommodation on the first week of January. She
explains that she has a borderline personality disorder. The company then says that
she cannot rent the room. On the same day her friend Gabriela, who does not have
any mental health problems, calls the same hotel and is allowed to book on the first
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 week of January. The holiday company has refused a service to Juanita because of
her mental health problem. It is
.

5. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, anyone with a Japanese

blood living in the United States was considered suspect. It is .

LOOKING BACK

Glimpse from the Past: God created life, not races

Directions: Analyze the picture below and answer the questions that follow:

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Questions:
1. What are you reminded of by this illustration?

2. What message does this illustration convey?

3. What is the social issue that you can see in the picture?

4. When do you think biases and prejudices take place?

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 Let’s remember!
Bias -an inclination of temperament or outlook
Prejudice - injury or damage resulting from some judgment or action of another in
disregard of one's rights
6. Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary

YOUR TEXT
Directions: Read the excerpt from the play “Driving Miss Daisy” by Alfred Uhry then answer
the activities that follow.

DRIVING MISS DAISY

by Alfred Uhry (Part II)
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Daisy Werthan – a widow
Hoke Coleburn – her chauffeur
Boolie Werthan – her son
Source: Grade 9 Learner’s Materials: A Journey through Anglo-American Literature page 379
Photo Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=TQ3wXC5jqKE&t=48s

DRIVING MISS DAISY

by Alfred Uhry (Part II)

The play spans a period of twenty-five years in an unbroken series of segments. At the
beginning of the play, Daisy Werthan, a seventy-two-year-old, southern Jewish widow, has just
crashed her brand new car while backing it out of the garage. After the accident, her son Boolie
insists that she is not capable of driving. Over her protests, he hires a driver — Hoke Coleburn,
an uneducated African American who is sixty.

At first, Daisy wants nothing to do with Hoke. She is afraid of giving herself the airs
of a rich person, even though Boolie is paying Hoke's salary. She strongly values her
independence, so she also resents having someone around her house.

For the first week or so of Hoke's employment, Daisy refuses to let him drive her anywhere.
He spends his time sitting in the kitchen. One day, however, he points out that a lady such as
herself should not be taking the bus. He also points out that he is taking her son's money for
doing nothing. Daisy responds by reminding Hoke that she does not come from a wealthy
background, but she relents and allows him to drive her to the grocery store. She insists on
maintaining control,
however, telling him where to turn and how fast to drive. On another outing, she gets upset when
he parks in front of the temple to pick her up, afraid that people will be thinking she is giving
herself airs.

One morning Boolie comes over after Daisy calls him up, extremely upset. She has
discovered that Hoke is stealing from her – a can of salmon. She wants Boolie to fire Hoke right
away. Her words also show her prejudice against African Americans. Boolie, at last gives up.
When Hoke arrives, Boolie calls him aside for a talk. First, however, Hoke wants to give something
to Daisy – a can of salmon to replace the one he ate the day before. Daisy, trying to regain her
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dignity, says goodbye to Boolie. Hoke continues to drive for Daisy. She also teaches him to read
and write. When she gets a new car, he buys her old one from the dealer.

When Daisy is in her eighties, she makes a trip by car to Alabama for a family birthday party.
She is upset that Boolie will not accompany her, but he and his wife are going to New York and
already have theater tickets. On the trip, Daisy learns that this is Hoke's first-time leaving Georgia.
Suddenly, Daisy realizes that Hoke has taken a wrong turn. She gets frantic and wishes aloud
that she had taken the train instead. The day is very long. It is after nightfall that they near Mobile.
Hoke wants to stop to urinate, but Daisy forbids him from doing so as they are already late. At
first Hoke obeys her, but then he pulls over to the side of the road. Daisy exclaims at his
impertinence, but Hoke does not back down.

Hoke is exceedingly loyal to Daisy, but not so loyal that he does not use another job offer as
leverage to get a pay raise. He tells Boolie how much he enjoys being fought over. One winter
morning, there is an ice storm. The power has gone out and the roads are frozen over. On the
telephone, Boolie tells Daisy he will be over as soon as the roads are clear. Right away, however,
Hoke comes in. He has experience driving on icy roads from his days as a deliveryman. When
Boolie calls back, Daisy tells him not to worry about coming over because Hoke is with her.

In the next segment, Daisy is on her way to temple, but there is a bad traffic jam. Hoke tells
her that the temple has been bombed. Daisy is shocked and distressed. She says the temple is
Reformed and can't understand why it was bombed. Hoke tells his own story of seeing his friend's
father hanging from a tree, when he was just a boy. Daisy doesn't see why Hoke tells the story—
it has nothing to do with the temple—and she doesn't even believe that Hoke got the truth. She
refuses to see Hoke's linkage of prejudice against Jews and African Americans. Though she is
quite upset by what has happened, she tries to deny it. Another ten years or so has passed. Daisy
and Boolie get into an argument about a Jewish organization's banquet for Martin Luther King,
Jr. Daisy assumes Boolie will go with her, but he doesn't want to. He says it will hurt his business.
Daisy plans on going, nonetheless. Hoke drives her to the dinner.

At the last minute, she offhandedly invites Hoke to the dinner, but he refuses because she
didn't ask him beforehand, like she would anyone else.

As Daisy gets older, she begins to lose her reason. One day Hoke must call Boolie because
Daisy is having a delusion. She thinks she is a schoolteacher and she is upset because she can't
find her students' papers. Before Boolie's arrival, she has a moment of clarity, and she tells Hoke
that he is her best friend.

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appn•cie1ed Hoke’ < merry skills
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salmon from her food shore.

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Forming a nd Using Partiuipia I Phrase

In Jhe prev+sus lesson. you learned that a participle makes use of the past
parliciple of the verb or ils present partmpIe (- ferm). Both present and pall participles
of a verb a +e used as adjectives. A participial phrase consists of a partziiple plus in
modiFers and ils complements. The whole phrase I\Jnctiona as an adjective.

Exarr›pIes-

• kmqing haqoñy. the orghene received their Toys.

Pa st Participle i'azb + -d or —ed in plan rer6 or otfier firms. in mgufar verbs}
• The girl saw the memo afiacñed O The dax.
 In the above examples, the participate phrase, jumping happily, modifies the orphan; and the
participial phrase attached to the box modifies the memo.

Word Modifier Phrase Modifier

a. Sleeping boy a. The baby sleeping in Miriam’s arms
b. The crucified God b. God crucified by his people

A. Identifying Participles
Directions: Write the participle or participial phrase in the sentence then opposite
the noun it modifies.

Examples:
1. Removing her eyeglasses, Doris quickly put her cap.
Removing her eyeglasses - Doris

2. She got a dancing doll for her birthday.

dancing - doll

1. Having lost all my money, I went home early unconscious.

2. The broken window was fixed by the carpenter.
3. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a shortage of delivered goods in the
market.
4. The Meralco consumers were shocked by the billing statement they received.

5. A proposed bill has to undergo several Senate readings before it becomes a law.

B. Forming Participial Phrases

Directions: Combine the set of sentences into one to form the participle / participial
phrase modifying the underlined word.

Example: The employee is Miss Maliksi. She is crossing the street.

The employee crossing the street is Miss Maliksi.
1. The article did not win any award in the contest. It was poorly written.

2. We saw an Indie movie. It was filmed in Batanes.

3. Janethe watched her favorite TV program. It was an overrated show.

4. The teacher smiled at the students. They were singing.

5. I saw the window. It was shattered.

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 REMEMBER

Bias -an inclination of temperament or outlook

Prejudice - injury or damage resulting from some judgment or action of another in
disregard of one's rights Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary & www.quora.com

- refers to prejudging or deeming something as inferior or superior before

looking at the evidence

The participle is a verbal used as an adjective. A participle may make use of the
past participle of the verb or its present participle (-ing form). The participle comes
before the noun it modifies.

Forming and Using Participial Phrase

In the previous lesson, you learned that a participle makes use of the past
participle of the verb or its present participle (-ing form). Both present and past
participles of a verb are used as adjectives. A participial phrase consists of a
participle plus its modifiers and its complements. The whole phrase functions as an
adjective.
Source: Grade 9 Learner’s Materials: A Journey through Anglo-American Literature

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

Make a slogan that depicts the idea in the picture shown using
appropriate participial phrases. Write your slogan inside the box.

Source: Grade 9 Learner’s Materials: A Journey through

Anglo-American Literature

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 POST-TEST

A. Directions: Choose the correct form of the participle in each sentence.

Write your answer/s in words on the Answer Sheet.

1. The book by Sionil F. Jose is inspiring.

A. being written B. having been written C. written
2. from a severe stomach ache for a week, I made an
appointment with my doctor and arrived before the time.
A. being suffered, having appointed
B. having suffered, appointing
C. suffering, appointed
3. The dialogue is from a Filipino play.
A. being read B. having been read C. reading
4. Ang Probinsyano teleserye for so long, he became a fan
of Coco Martin.
A. Being watched B. Having watched C. Watching
5. at the crowd below, I saw him talking with the man.
A. Being looked B. Having looked C. Looking

B. Directions. Tell whether the following situation is a form of prejudice or bias. Write the
word PREJUDICE or BIAS on your Answer Sheet.
1. There’s only position available for Senior Manager. There were two
remaining applicants. The first one graduated in a small computer school and the other
from a well-known university. The employer immediately hired the applicant who
graduated in the university without any further procedure.

2. A college graduate was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment. After he

had served his sentence, he seeks for a job, but the employer refused to hire him due to
his criminal record.

3. The woman was applying as a stewardess in an airline company. She

was not qualified for the job due to lack of height requirement.

4. Two students were involved into a fight in the school. One is an

academic awardee and the other is a repeater. The guidance counselor favored the
student with honors and the other one was condemned without further investigation.

5. An old teacher is being ignored by the students while giving instructions

due to his age.
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 REFLECTIVE LEARNING

Connecting to Life

A. Directions: Write a reflection on how you can prevent bias and prejudice in your home,
school, or community by completing the sentences inside the box. You may expound your
answer by citing some examples.

This lesson in bias and prejudice guides me to

ponder the value of fairness and equality by

.
What good character have I developed
from this lesson?

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