LEARNER’S MANUAL

Third Quarter/Week 3

Day 1

Think and Tell

Do you go to church every Sunday?

Listen to the story “ Hearing Mass” then answer the following questions

Hearing Mass
One Sunday morning, Father, Mother, Teresita, and Marivic went to mass.
Marivic could not wait any longer for the mass to end. During consecration, she began to
cry loudly. Everybody turned to look at her.

Answer the following question.

1. How did Mother feel when Marivic started to cry in the church?
2. If you were Mother and Father, what would you do?
3. What should Father and Mother do with Marivic next time they go to mass?

Find out and Learn

Based on the story that you listened to what evidence proved that Marivic could not wait
any longer for the mass to end.

Try and Learn

Listen to the story “ The Big, Pink Bundle of Joy” then answer the following questions.
support your answers’
The Big, Pink Bundle of Joy

Mother has been here for five days. She could hardly wait to bring the big, pink
Bundle of joy to the children. Mother held the pink bundle lovingly to her bosom while
father called for a taxi.

Answer the following question

1. Where were father and mother?
2. What evidence support your answer that father and mother was in the hospital?
3. Why were there? Support your answer.
4. Where were they going? Give evidence to your answer.

Do and Learn
Individual activity

1. Listen to the story using tape recorder.

2. Based from the story listened to answer the following questions and provide
evidence for your answer.
 The Ferris Wheel Ride
Myrna was scared to ride on the ferris wheel. One fiesta day, her cousin asked her
to ride on the ferris wheel. When the ferris wheel turned around, Myrna felt dizzy. She
couldn’t look down. She felt as if she was falling.

Answer the following question then provide evidence to your answer to support
Understanding.

1. What do you think did Mryna wish?

2. Did Myrna enjoy her ride on the ferris wheel?
3. What would Myrna do next time?

Learn Some More

Group Activity
Listen as the teacher reads the story. Based from the story listened to, the pupils will
create their own question. Your answer must provide an evidence to support understanding.

A Bookworm
Vicente is a bookworm. He likes to read about almost everything. He likes
to read adventure stories, nature stories, fairy tales, and biographies. Whenever
he gets hold of a book, nothing could stop him from finishing it. He overworks his
eyes by reading. He reads even when the light is dim.
Write About It

Listen as the teacher reads the selection and answer the following questions.

Insects

Insects are found anywhere. They are either harmful or beneficial.

The butterfly and the bee are beneficial. They help pollinate the flowers.
The dragonfly is also a helpful insect. It eats other insects that destroy plants.
Ants, flies, cockroaches, aphids, termites and mosquitoes are insect
pests. They destroy our crops and homes, cause illnesses, and kill our plants.
They are harmful to men, animals, and plants.

1. What word ells where insects can be found?

2 .Write three beneficial insects.
3. Provide evidence that dragonfly is also a helpful insect.
4. Name two things which insects destroy.
5. Copy the letter that tells what insects may cause.

a. floods b. illness c. rain d,tsunami

Remember
In providing evidences you provide reason or opinion based upon information you read,
hear or interpret visually.
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Third Quarter/ Week 3

Day 2

Think and Learn

Read the following pair of words.

small – big ugly – pretty

shining – sparkling thick – thin
Compare the set of words written, What can you say about the pair of wo

Find and Learn

Distribute each letter to the pupils.
Arrange the letter and give the meaning of the word.

(lovely) LYVELO ______________1. beautiful

(elegant) GEELTAN_____________2. graceful
(adaptable) EAAADPTLB___________3. pliant
(fragrant) TRANFRAG____________4. sweet
(shining) NIIHGSN______________5.sparkling

What can you say about the pair of word?

Give the meaning of the word lovely, elegant, adaptable, fragrant, and sh

Try and Learn

1. Let the pupils read the poem “ My Native Land” ( Observe prop

My Native Land
How beautiful are her mountains grand
The peaceful valleys between
Her sparkling sun and cooling rains
That bathe the fertile plains-

How graceful are her stately plains

Her towering emerald trees
How pliant her rustling bamboos green
Dancing blissfully in the breeze

How pretty her white sampaguitas

And fragrant orchids so rare
How modest and sweet her daughters
Who harvest the golden grain-

How I love her rainbow birds

Her blue skies and sparkling waves
How I love this dear Philippines
Home on the troubled earth.
 1. Identify the words that have similar meaning as the underlined words.
1. The grand mountains are beautiful.
a. attractive b. marvelous c. elegant d. radiant
2. How graceful are her stately plains.
a. willowy b. obedient c. delicate d. refined
3. How pliant are her rustling bamboos green!
a. wavering b. obedient c. yielding d. loosening
4. How pretty are her white sampaguitas.
a. lovely b. cheerful c. ample d. considerable
5. How sweet and modest are her daughters who harvest the golden grain!
a. Darling b. pure c. harmonious d. fragrant

Identify the antonym of each of the underlined words.

1. How peaceful the valleys between her sparkling sun and cooling rains.
a. violent b. disturbed c. noisy d. troubled
2. How graceful are her towering emerald trees!
a. brief b. little c. tiny d. low
3. How pretty are her fragrant orchids so rare.
a. Frequent b. repeated c. periodic d. common
4. How sweet and modest her daughters are!
a. Unchaste b. boastful c. grand d. excessive
5. How I love this dear Philippines, home on this troubled earth.
a. Peaceful b. restful c. dignified d. gracious

Do and Learn
Match the word at the left with their antonyms at the right. Then use each word in
a sentence. Write the letters of the answer on a piece of paper.

1. dependent a. ordinary
2. start b. independent
3. unwise c. end
4. special d. conserve
5. waste e. sensible
Learn Some More

Choose the antonym of the underlined word. Write the letter of the correct answer.
1 The poor child who has not eaten nor drunk water for days looks sick and wan.
a. pale b. strong c. weak d. sickly
2 Sisa’s husband was a vagabond. He had no work and seldom came home.
a. wanderer b. provider c. tramp d. nomad
3 Only God can reward you for your kindness for we are poor.
a. honor b. prize c. punish d. present
4 The boys laugh out loud as they splash each other with the chilly water.
a. Cold b. icy c. warm d. frozen
5 Blood oozed from the wound on his forehead.
a. Bleed b. sweat c. weep d. zip
b.
Read and Learn
Read the poem “My Native Land”

Write About It
Look for the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. Write it in your notebook.

1. Winnie aggravates and annoys everyone.

2. Fredo is so absentminded that he forgets where things are.
3. The twins work steadily without stopping until they finish.
Look for the antonym of the underlined word.
4. Manny Pacquiao is a rich man but before he is poor.
5. My mother always wants to buy cheap clothes and my father ‘likes expensive clothes.

Remember

Synonym are words with the same meaning.

Antonym are word with opposite meaning.
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Third Quarter/ Week 3

Day 3

Think and Tell

1. Show a picture of an eyebrows.
2. In what part of our body can you see the eyebrows?

Find and Learn

Read the story “ The Eyebrows” with accuracy, appropriateness and proper expression.

The Eyebrows

Eyebrows are part of the face which serve two purposes for beauty and
protection.
Eyebrows make the face look more beautiful by calling attention to the eyes.
They make the eyes look healthier and brighter.
Eyebrows do not only beautify the face but also protect the eyes from sweat.
without the eyebrows, drops of sweat may run into the eyes and blur the sight. Sweat
itself is a waste product and should be rid off.

Answer the following question.

1. The part of the body mentioned in the selection are the ___________.
a. eyelashes b. eyelids c. eyebrows
2. This part makes the face look_______________.
a. beautiful b. sad c. sleepy
3. Aside from beauty, they also serve as _______________.
a. communication b. conservation c. protection
4. They call attention to the ___________.
a. nose b. eyes c. cheeks
5. They make them look___________.
a. Uglier b. healthier c. funnier

Try and Learn

Let the pupils read another story “ A Visit to the City” with accuracy , appropriateness and
proper expression.

A Visit to the City

Mang Tibo had not visited the city lately. Everytime he came to the city, he
would writehis son to pick him up in the station. Because he wanted to surprise his
son, he did not write him about his coming this time.
Mang Tibo was surprised to see the many changes in the city. When he got
down the bus, he did not know where to go.
Answer the following question:
1. What happened to Mang Tibo?
a. He got lost.
b. He enjoyed looking around
c. He took a walk around the place
2. What should Mang Tibo have done?
a. gone to the nearest radio and TV station
b. gone back to the province at once
c. look for a policeman and asked for help
3. What was Mang Tibo likely to decide
a. Never come to the city again.
b. Never leave the province.
c. Never come to the city without asking his to meet him.

What have you noticed while you are reading the story?
Is it proper to read the story with accuracy, appropriate and proper
expression?
In what part of the storydid the author use accuracy, appropriateness and proper
expression?
Do and Learn
There are short paragraph written on a flashcard then choose one and read it with accuracy,
appropriate and proper expression.

Learn Some More

1. Group the pupils into five.
2. The leader of the group will choose one short story provided by the teacher.
3. Let all the members read it with accuracy, appropriate and proper expression.

Read and Learn

Read “Counting the Rain” with accuracy, appropriate and proper expression.

Counting the Rain

I love counting the rain, Mother
As they patter and as I see
Do not all the great men like Rizal
Count rain, too, when still young like me?
See the numerous dropping rains
How hard it is for little brains.
And I recall the children’s riddle
About the old man’s countless canes.
How I love the fast falling rain
Like a thousand pounding pestles
And the little rushing water
Down the stream to see it nestles.
Write About It
Read a short story with accuracy, appropriate and proper expression and answer the following
question.

Air Pollution

Today, in most cities smoke and exhaust fumes fill the air and endanger the
health and well-being of the people. Smoke and exhaust fumes contain harmful by-
products from gasoline burned in cars and from factories.
Air pollution or smog is a serious problem in some cities. Smog consists of
smoke and exhaust fumes mixed with fog.
To control air pollution, smoke ordinances have been passed. Smoke-belching
Vehicles are checked and factories are required to reduce fumes emanating from them.

Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Smoke and exhaust fumes are usually abundant in______________.
a. Cities b. farms c. towns
2. Pollution is not good for our____________.
a. Health b. mind c. spirit
3. Smoke and exhaust fumes contain much___________.
a. Oxygen b. water vapor c. harmful gas
4. Air pollution can make us __________.
a. Active b. sleepy c. sick
5. When gasoline is burned, by-products are given off such as_________.
a. Oxygen and nitrogen
b. Carbon dioxide and water vapor
c. Smoke and exhaust fumes

Remember

Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

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Day 4

Think and Tell

What image have you seen?
What is written inside the arrow?

Problem

Solution

Find and Learn

Let the pupils read a short story.

Jose Rizal owned a horse when he was studying in Madrid. When

his allowance did not come one day, he did not have enough money for food.
What problem encountered by Jose Rizal?

Is there a possible solution for his problem?

What solution can you give?

Totoy needs a new school bag. He did not have enough money to buy
the bag. Then he heard that their neighbor was looking for a baby –sitter
for her little child. She was willing to pay a few pesos to the baby-sitter.

What is Totoy’s problem?

Do you think Totoy solve his problem?
What did Totoy do to solve his problem?

Try and Learn

For each Passage below, write the problem and solution in the correct column.

Passage Problem Solution

1.Jonh didn’t know what to take to
to school for Show and tell. He
asked his mother for an idea
. She suggested to take the
ribbon his dog won at the
pet parade.
 2.Emiily knew she had to get to
school on time, but her mother
said she couldn’t drive her. Emily
decided to leave early and walk
to school.

3.Mrs. Anderson wanted a fresh

pineapple for her cake. The store
near her did not have any fresh
one, so she went to another store
and bought it there.

4.Robert was afraid the flooding

river would reach his home.
His parents were away, and he
was watching with his little sister.
He saddled his horse, and he and
His sister rode to the top of the
Hill.

Do and Learn
Read the following passage.Answer the following questions.

Jenny’s family moved to a new city. She felt lonely because she had to leave her
friends. She used to love playing soccer in the park with them. She was known as
the greatest goalkeeper. At her new school, she overhead some of the girls
complaining. They were upset because their soccer team didn’t have a
goalkeeper. If they didn’t find one soon, the team wouldn’t be able to complete.
Jenny couldn’t believe her ears. She could be the goalkeeper. She found the
coach and asked if she could try out for the position. The following Saturday the
team won the game. Jenny blocked, won the game, and became the hero. Jenny
was no longer lonely; she had many new friends.
 Problem

Solution

Problem
What problem does the character have?

Events:
What did Jenny bear?
Why was this so important to her?
What did Jenny do?

Solution
How did this solve her problem?

Learn Some More

Group Activity
Each group will pick out one story provided by the teacher.
Then do the following:
Learn Some More
Group Activity
Each group will pick out one story provided by the teacher.
Then do the following

Read and Learn

Read a short story and determined the problem and solution.
The town officials requested the government to undertake cloud seeding operations.
The leaders responded immediately. Men were fielded out and started cloud seeding to include
rain. Soon the rains started falling.

Write About it

Write the problem and solution based on the short story.

1. The young man is kind-hearted. One day, he heard a little boy crying outside
his window. The young man found out that the child was being teased by the
bigger boys. The young man went out.

Problem________________________________
Solution________________________________

2. Jose Rizal owned a horse when he was studying in Madrid. When his
allowance did not come one day, he did not have enough money for food.
 Problem________________________________
Solution________________________________

3. Totoy needs a new school bag. He did not have enough money to buy the bag.
Then he heard that their neighbor was looking for a baby-sitter for her little
child. She was willing to pay a few pesos to the baby- sitter.

Problem_________________________________
Solution_________________________________

4. Jun and Jerry started arguing over the new toy. Jun wanted to keep it but Jerry
disagreed since he wanted to keep the toy for himself. Mother came to the
scene and advised the boys to share the toy train. But the boys went with the
quarrel. Before they knew it, mother was back holding one of the slippers.

Problem_________________________________________
Solution_________________________________________

5. The dogs were playing wildly in the yard. Father drove them away. However,
The dogs ran towards the patch of vegetables where they continued lunging at
each other.

Problem__________________________________________
Solution__________________________________________
 LEARNER’S MANUAL in English 5

Third Quarter/Week 3

Day 5

Think and Tell

Let the pupils read the following sentences.
Can I ask question please?
May I borrow your book?

At the end of the lesson you will be able to use can and may as modal auxiliaries in
asking permission and making request.

Find and Learn

Read the following sentences.

A B
Can I ask a question ? Could you take a message ?
Could I ask a question ? Would you carry this for me?
May I ask question? Can you take the message?

What is the use of can? Could? May?

We use can, could, and may to ask permission to do something.

How about the use of could you? Would you?

We use could you and would you as a polite ways of telling or asking someone
do something or request.

Try and Learn

Look at each picture. Complete each sentence by writing may or can on each blank.

1. I_________ a letter to my friend.

2. You_______ go home now.

3. I_______ help my teacher.

4. I_______ sing our national anthem.

 5. A dog ______ barks if he sees a stranger.

Do and Learn

These are the activities a child in grade five may do at home. Make your own
sentence.

Play
I

May Watch tv.

We

Read books

1. _____________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________
Learn Some More
Group 1 and 2 will write sentences using can and may.
Group 3 and 4 will write sentences using could you and would you

MAY & CAN

MAY CAN
Asking Permission Asking Permission

Asking Permission Asking Permission

Asking Permission Asking Permission

COULD YOU & WOULD YOU

COULD YOU WOULD YOU

Request Request

Request Request

Request Request

Read and Learn

Read the poem “Kitten”
Kitten
Holy ( censored), that ball can bounce!
Get the(deleted) out of here,
This string is great!
Son of a (removed), I can run so fast!
No (banned) way,I just broke that plate!
What the (edited) , did you see me jump!
Well (forebidden) Me, I’m caught in a jar
Mother (bleep) , I showed that lamp!
Oh (out) No, There goes your guitar!
Unbelievable,
I can climb your legs!
No (blocked) lie,
I can distress your floor!
For sakes, Isn’t my life grand!
So sad I’m a kitten, For six months more!
Write About it

Answer each question carefully.

1. What can you do for mother today?
2. What may you do on rainy days?
3. Who can always help us?
4. Who can give me a pet?
5. Who may play basketball?
 LEARNER’S MANUAL in English 5

Third Quarter/ Week 4

Day 1

Think and Tell

Read “Mood Poem”
Poem
I love my friend
He went away from me.
There’s nothing more to say.
The poem ends
Soft as it began
I love my friend.
The mood in the poem is sad.What clues in the poem can you use to
determine the mood?

Find and Learn

Read Antonio’s Diary ( See Lesson Guides in Elementary English 5 p.18-19 )
Ask the pupils the following questions:
a. Who is Antonio’s friend? Francisca
b. Is she blind like Antonio? No
c. When do they meet? every Saturday afternoon
d. Where do they meet? at the park
e. What would Francisca do whenever she sees Antonio coming? Shouts
in her high voice ( write the answer on the board )
f. What would she say? “ Hello, Antonio! Let’s go!” ( write the answer on
the board )
g. What emotion or mood do the words and action of Francisca indicate?
Excitement, eagerness ( write the answer on the board )
h What would they do in the park?
walk around the park and Francisca would describe everything she
sees to Antonio
i. How would they walk around the park?
Hold hands and talk about things Francisca see ( write the answer on
the board)
j. What emotion do these actions indicate? Friendliness ( write the answer
on the board )
k. Which action of Antonio tells us that sometimes he feels sad about being
blind? When he cries
l. What does Francisca do when she sees him crying? Hold him tight and
tell him that her eyes are big enough for the two of them.
m. What is Francisca’s mood feeling as she holds his hand and tells him
about her eyes? ( compassion )
n. Could you say that Antonio and Francisca are close? Why/ Why not?
Yes, they are close because they like to spend time together, talk about
things and console each other when one is lonely

What helped us in guessing Antonio’s and Francisca’s mood?

( their actions and what they say )
 So how can we tell the mood of a person or a character in a story?
( through his /her actions and utterances/ statement )

Try and Learn

Show picture of the following situation. Identify the mood of expression in the following
situation:

- A girl crying over her dog run over by a car

- A snake crawling towards the girl
- A mad dog approaching an old woman
- A lady with a wide grin

Do and Learn

. Infer the mood of the person presented in each situation.

1. Tina saw the thin ragged beggar and gave him/her last peso.
2. Clara groped in the dark. She touch something slimy and hairy. She
shrieked and could not move.
3. Ana felt like walking on air, and that everybody loved her trophy from the
judges.
4. Tony was going to the city for the first time. He couldn’t sit tight. He
pointed at the new things he saw.
5. Aling Pinang looked at her colorful garden. Her plants were all flowering
and it was a sight to see.
Learn Some More
Group Activity

Divide the pupils into 4 groups. Distribute to each group, strips of

cartolina with a mood written on each strip. ( Have a list of suggested
moods) ( happy, sad, afraid, disappointment, surprise )

Tell each group member to get a strip of cartolina without showing what
was written on it to the other group members.

Tell each member to act out or make facial expression to describe the
mood written on his/her strip of cartolina while the rest of the group
members guess what that mood is. Each member will take his turn.

Read and Learn

Read the following activity. Identify the mood of expression shown in the following
situation.

Mang Simon, a fisherman, uttered silently, “ Where will I get the money for my
children. School will soon open, but everyday I catch small numbers of ifsh.”_________
He thought of dynamite fishing asa way to help him increased his catch. His wife
reminded him of the violations he may commit. So, he got his nets and said a prayer
before he rowed his boat.”_______________.
Write About it

Infer the mood of the person who said each sentence.

1. “Today is the day I’ve been waiting for”.
2. ‘I hate you so much!”
3. “We won! We won! the game!.
4. “Your dress is so pretty.”
5. “I can’t thank you enough for the help you’ve given me.”
 LEARNER’S MANUAL in English 5

Third Quarter/Week 4
Day 2

Think and Learn

1. What are the following pastries/cakes made of?

cupcakes strawberry
pancakes blueberry
applesauce

Find out and Learn

Read the following words.

Sunday = sun + day

afternoon = after + noon
cupcakes = cup + cakes
pancakes = pan + cakes
applesauce = apple + sauce
strawberry = straw + berry
Chinatown = china + town
anybody = any + body
anytime = any + time

These two different words that have been together to form a new word isa called
a compound word.

Can you draw out the meaning of a compound word? ( you can try to combine the
meaning of short word?
- cupcakes - cakes shaped likes cup
- pancakes - cake fried on a pan
- applesauce - sauce made of apple
- Chinatown - town of the Chinese
- anybody - anyone
- anytime - at any moment

Try and Learn

Read each sentence and fill in the blank with a compound word. Choose your answer
below.

Haircut firemen stomachache

drugstore backyard cornfield

1. The ________________did their best to save the burning building.

2. Please go to the ______________ for some medicine.
3. Grandfather went to the barbershop for a _____________.
4. We will go to the______________ to harvest fruits and vegetables.
5. I have _____________ maybe because I ate too much.
Do and Learn
Write the compound word that mean the following:
____________bell by the door
____________ache or pain at the back of the body
____________cake fried on a pan
____________room where classes are held
____________cloth to cover

Learn Some More

Each group will do different activities.

Group 1
Box the correct compound words:
 Part of the day between noon and evening
afterglow afternoon
 Air transportation
airport airline
 Paper that tells the news
newscast newspaper
 Ground or place for playing
playmate playground
 Paper with a rough surface
` sandpaper sandstorm

Group II
Choose and give the meaning of the compound words.
1. One lazy afternoon , Greggy the young dog was relaxing at the
entrance of his doghouse.
2. He was about to daydream when Dave, the Dalmatian came by to
invite him for some outdoor games.
3. Greggy accepted it and asked permission from his grandmother,
she said it was okey but reminded him not to stay outside after dark.

Group III
Write the compound word on the blank before its meaning.
____________ = a store here books are sold
____________ = marker placed between the pages of the book
____________ = a set of shelves or cabinet for holding books
____________ = a person who spends much time reading a book
_____________ = use to protect the eyes from the sun’s glare
Read and Learn
Read the following:
applesauce -- sauce made of apple
footstep -- steps of the foot
Chinatown -- town of the Chine
hometown -- town where one’s home
newsstand -- place where newspaper are sold

Write About it
Give the meaning of the following:

1. seaweeds________________
2. sandcastle________________
3. fishnet___________________
4. swimsuit _________________
5. fingernails________________
Remember
Compound words are made up of two different words that have been put together to form a
new word.