English
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Quarter 1 - Module 11
Poems, Songs and Speeches
Department of Education
Republic of the Philippines
English – Grade 10
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1– Module 11: Poems, Songs & Speeches
First Edition, 2020
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English
Quarter 1 – Module 11
Poems, Songs & Speeches
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
COVER PAGE
COPYRIGHT PAGE
TITLE PAGE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
What This Module Is About
Note to the Teacher/Facilitator
Note to the Learner
Note to the Parents/Guardian
Module Icons
What I Need to Know
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Get Acquainted
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Pre-Test
2
Lesson 1
Poems & Songs (Monday –Tuesday)
What I Need to Know
Go Beyond
What I Know
Exercise First
What’s In
Explore More
What’s New
Read Now
What is it
Discuss to Know
What’s More
Exercise More
What I Have Learned
Learn It
What I Can Do
Express Them
Assessment
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5
6
7
9
11
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Lesson 2
Speech (Wednesday-Thursday)
What I Need to Know
Enjoy More
What I Know
Remember How
What’s In
Experience Better
What’s New
Read Now
What is it
Speak More
What’s More
Think Great
What I Have Learned
Realize It
What I Can Do
Do It Well
Assessment
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25
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27
Additional Activities
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Post Test
Key to Answers
References
Speak in Public
(Friday)
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WHAT THIS MODULE IS ABOUT
Note to the teacher/facilitator:
Welcome to the English 10 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module 11 on
Poems, Songs and Speeches!
This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by
educators from public secondary schools to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in
helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while
overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and
independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also
aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while considering their
needs and circumstances.
In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:
Notes to the Teacher
At the end of this module the teacher must
still assess whether learning competencies were
successfully met or another set of activities shall be
given to further boost learning.
As a teacher/facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use
this module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing
them to manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage
and assist the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
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Note to the learners:
Welcome to the English 10 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on
Songs, Poems and Speeches!
The hand is one of the most symbolized parts of the human body. It is often
used to depict skill, action and purpose. Through our hands we may learn, create
and accomplish. Hence, the hand in this learning resource signifies that you as a
learner is capable and empowered to successfully achieve the relevant
competencies and skills at your own pace and time. Your academic success lies in
your own hands!
Note to the parents/guardian:
This module was designed for your child to learn independently. However,
your child still needs your guidance specifically in accomplishing all the activities in
this module. In case of queries and/or confusion in completing this module, please
do attend to them by helping them or contact the subject teacher of the learner.
How to Learn From This Module
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to process
the contents of the learning resource while being an active learner.
This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:
What I Need to Know
This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in
the module.
What I Know
This part includes an activity that aims to
check what you already know about the
lesson to take. If you get all the answers
correct (100%), you may decide to skip this
module.
What’s In
This is a brief drill or review to help you link
the current lesson with the previous one.
What’s New
In this portion, the new lesson will be
introduced to you in various ways such as a
story, a song, a poem, a problem opener, an
activity or a situation.
What is It
This section provides a brief discussion of
the lesson. This aims to help you discover
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and understand new concepts and skills.
What’s More
This comprises activities for independent
practice to solidify your understanding and
skills of the topic. You may check the
answers to the exercises using the Answer
Key at the end of the module.
What I Have Learned
This
includes
questions
or
blank
sentence/paragraph to be filled in to process
what you learned from the lesson.
What I Can Do
This section provides an activity which will
help you transfer your new knowledge or skill
into real life situations or concerns.
Assessment
This is a task which aims to evaluate your
level of mastery in achieving the learning
competency.
Additional Activities
In this portion, another activity will be given to
you to enrich your knowledge or skill of the
lesson learned. This also tends retention of
learned concepts.
Answer Key
This contains answers to all activities in the
module.
At the end of this module you will also find:
This is a list of all sources used in developing this
module.
The following are some reminders in using this module:
References
1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the module.
Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities included
in the module.
3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not
hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are not alone.
We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and
gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!
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What I Need to Know
Get Acquainted
This module was designed and written just for you. It is here to help you
master using English language effectively. The scope of this module permits it to be
used in many different learning situations. The language used recognizes the diverse
vocabulary level of students. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard
sequence of the course. But the order in which you read them can be changed to
correspond with module you are now using.
Learning Competencies:
EN10LC-Ih-14.3 Show appreciations for songs, poems and other listening texts; and
EN10VC-Ia-1.4/2.4 Determine how connected events contribute to the totality of a
material viewed
The module is divided into two lessons, namely:
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Lesson 1 – Songs & Poems
Lesson 2 – Speeches
After going through this module, you are expected to:
1. define and appreciate what are poems and songs and their elements;
2. evaluate speeches of certain famous speakers, and determine how
connected events contribute to the totality of the material viewed.
Pre-test
The items below are used to determine your knowledge about the lesson. Please
answer them honestly. Good luck and have fun learning through this module!
Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. In traditional poetry, you’re a prisoner to the __________.
A. line
C. paragraph
B. stanza
D. text
2. Poems are divided into many genres such as epic, jazz, and nursery and so
on. Whatever the genre or form, poetry is always a set of verses, and mostly
rhyming at the end, to make it
A. creative and fun
C. sound better to all
B. sound like a poem
D. reliable and trusted
3. The only thing that will make your poetry powerful and enticing is great
_______.
A. figurative Language
C. rhythm
B. imagery
D. sound
4. _________ speech is written to convince the listeners of the validity of the
speaker’s argument.
A. Argumentative
C. Persuasive
B. Informative
D. Demonstrative
5. In public speaking it is important that one must consider the type of
__________ he/she is speaking to as well as the type of occasion/event
whether formal or informal.
A. audience
C. group
B. people
D. viewers
6. Other than "I have a dream", another phrase the persona repeats in Martin
Luther King’s I Have A Dream is
A. Let freedom ring
B. Let there be peace
C. Let joy abound
D. Let us all come together
7. The focus of Dr. King’s speech, I Have A Dream is ?
A. celebrating the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
B. convincing everyone to live in peace and tranquility
C. ending segregation and racial injustice in America
D. getting more money for America’s black population
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8. _________ is a t type of speech that tries to change the reader’s mind by
convincing him or her to agree with your point of view.
A. Argumentative
C. Informative
B. Persuasive
D. Speech
9. _________ is an artistic tool that uses language to make a composition, which
says more in few words and has a much deeper meaning than just words.
A. Novel
C. Riddle
B. Poem
D. Song
10. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where
they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their
character” (104-107). Based on this statement, the King feels__________ about
the future of America.
A. angry
C. sadl
B. hopeful
D. scared
11. ___________is the faculty or power of speaking, an oral communication and
the ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and
gesture?
A. Argumentative
C. Informative.
B. Persuasive
D. Speech
12. Simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole are few of the examples of this
element of poetry.
A. figurative language
C. imagery
B. rhythm
D. sound
13. Speech is intended to inform and to share new ideas and build perception
about any topic.
A. argumentative
C. persuasive
B. informative
D. speech
14. Poems are not meant to be read by the eye but to be_______________.
A. delivered with gestures
B. read aloud
C. spoken briefly
D. sung gracefully
15. Martin Luther King, Jr. uses the “the valley” to represent
A. bad times
D. peace
C. justice
D. the future
You may now proceed to the first lesson of this module! Good Luck!
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Lesson
1
Poems and Songs
What I Need to Know
Go Beyond
This lesson will help you get acquainted with poems and songs. These two
can be considered related to each other in so many distinct ways. In this lesson, you
will have the opportunity to learn all about poems and how songs are literally
formulated and created.
They say that poems and songs are powerful compositions that express
authentic and true feelings and emotions of the writer. Allow yourself to appreciate
the beauty and power of poems and songs. In this lesson you are expected to
achieve the learning competency and objectives enumerated below.
Learning Competency:
EN10LC-Ih-14.3 Show appreciations for songs, poems and other listening texts

Lesson 1 – Poems & Songs
After going through this lesson, you are expected to:
1. Define and appreciate what are poems and songs and their elements
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What I Know
Exercise First
Before heading to the lesson proper, let’s have a short exercise about poems and
songs. This will help and guide about what to expect from this lesson as you
accomplish each task.
1. What element of a poetry goes along with the general sound of it as well as
making it easier to remember?
A. figurative Language
C. imagery
B. rhythm
D. sound
2. Which one makes your poetry powerful and enticing?.
A. figurative Language
C. rhythm
B. imagery
D. sound
3. What artistic tool uses language to make a composition, which says more
in few words and has a much deeper meaning than just words?
A. novel
C. riddle
B. poem
D. song
4. Poems are divided into many genres such as epic, jazz, and nursery and
so on. Why does poetry rhyme at the end regardless of its form?
A. make it creative and fun
C. sound better to all
B. sound like a poem
D. be reliable and trusted
5.Which one is meant to be done to poems rather than read it by the eye?
A. delivered with gestures
C. spoken briefly
B. be read aloud
D. sung gracefully
6. Which has words that are set in such a manner that they rhyme like in
poetry, to have an enhanced effect?
A. novel
C. poem
B. riddle
D. song
7. What element of poetry can include rhyme?
A. figurative Language
C. rhythm
B. imagery
D. sound
8. Which element has examples like simile metaphor, personification and
hyperbole?
A. figurative Language
C. imagery
B. rhythm
D. sound
9. Which is one can be a type of song such as religious, folk, pop?
A. artistic
C. creative
B. fun
D. lovely
10. Which makes you a prisoner to in traditional poetry?.
A. line
C. paragraph
B. stanza
D. text
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What’s In
Explore More
This lesson will allow you to understand the importance and use of poems
and songs. You are to explore how poems and songs work as well as to familiarize
the elements of poetry. But before we discuss them, let’s first comprehend the
definition of a poem and a song.
Notes to the Teacher
It is important that the learners must have prior knowledge on
literary devices, speeches and discourse markers so that learners will
have better experience in using this module. At the end of this module
the teacher must still assess whether learning competencies were
successfully met or another set of activities shall be given to further
boost learning.
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What’s New
Read Now
Please read the text below. Upon reading the selection, observe how the texts
are structured, and analyze how words are used creatively to make sound and
unique writing. You may also take down notes of terms that are unfamiliar to you and
define them as you move along to the next activities.
The Road Not Taken
BY ROBERT FROST
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.
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Unlocking of difficult terms
Directions: Define the following terms by looking for its definition in the dictionary.
1. undergrowth - ______________________________________________
2. trodden - __________________________________________________
3. diverge - __________________________________________________
4. worn - ____________________________________________________
Processing Questions:
Directions: Please answer the following questions. These questions are based in
the text you have just read.
1. What is the idea conveyed in the selection?
______________________________________________________________
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2. What type of literary composition the text is?
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3. What do you think was the road not taken being referred to in the text?
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4. What lesson in life is the author trying to express in his literary work?
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You are now ready to take the lesson proper. Make sure to complete the task
before heading to the next part of this module.
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What is It
Discuss to Know
Let’s try to understand how a poem can be related and at the same time
different from a song!
Poem and song are similar by nature as both can be composed. Poem is a
collection of words that need not be set to music, whereas a song is a composition
that can be sung on a particular piece of music. While poetry can also be set to
music and sung like a song, there are basic differences between a song and poetry
that are not obvious to common people besides music.
Poems
Poems are artistic tools that use language to make a composition, which says
more in few words and has a much deeper meaning than just words. Right from the
nursery rhymes to poems with nationalistic feelings, poems have been considered
literary works. Nursery rhymes are very useful for kids as they make it easier for
them to learn. Kids are also helped with improved vocabulary when poetry is
introduced to them at a tender age.
Poems can be considered a creative form of a language. Poems are divided
into many genres such as Epic, Jazz, and Nursery and and many others. Whatever
the genre or form, poetry is always a set of verses, and mostly rhyming at the end, to
make it sound better to all. There are 5 basic elements of poetry:
5 Basic Elements of Poetry
1. Imagery
The only thing that will make your poetry powerful and enticing is
great imagery. This goes along with the line you always hear “show don’t tell.”
Only with poetry, it’s ALL show and NO tell. For the love of god, don’t just say
that love hurts, give us a metaphor. Show us a weapon, maybe draw some
blood. Make it appeal to the five senses.
2. Rhythm
Yes, rhythm can include rhyme. No, it doesn’t have to. It’s not even
recommended. In fact, the further away you can get from Dr. Seuss, the better.
(Of course not all poems that rhyme are horrible, but you can use fair
judgment here.)
3. Sound
The rhythm of a poem goes along with the general sound of it as
well as making it easier to remember.
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4. Figurative Language
In the previous lessons figurative language (e.g. simile, metaphor,
personification, hyperbole & etc.) were discussed. These are all present in
poetry and adds color and creative impact making poetry a literary
composition of unique expression of feelings and emotions of the author/writer.
5. Line and stanzas
In traditional poetry, you’re a prisoner to the line. The line owns you,
telling you “Four lines there, five there, then four again.” So as a poet in the
hipster age, of course you don’t want to conform. Unless you’re so against the
grain that you actually want to write traditional poetry. But whatever the case
may be, the line is a very important part of poetry. In fact, that’s another thing
that makes it unique to pros. In prose, you can format the lines however you
want and it has no impact on the writing. However, in poetry, that’s not the
case.
Songs
On the other hand songs are musical compositions, and inalienably linked
with music. It is a composition containing words set to music and meant to be sung
by singers. Though a song can be sung by a person in his voice without musical
instruments, songs are mostly sung along with musical instruments for maximum
effect. The words in a song are set in such a manner that they rhyme like in poetry,
to have an enhanced effect. Songs may be religious, folk, pop, artistic, and so on.
After reading the discussion, let’s try to practice what you have learned by
accomplishing the activities on the next pages of this module. 
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What’s More
Exercise More
Activity 1 Analyzing the Poem
Directions: Read the poem the Road Not Taken by Robert Frost once more. After
reading answer the following questions that follow:
1. List down figurative language present in the poem by writing the specific lines
from the text.
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2. What are the terms used that created rhyme in the poem? Explain.
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3. What images can be drawn from the poem? List down at least two (2) and
describe them briefly.
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Let’s have another activity!
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What I Have Learned
Learn It
From the previous lessons and discussions , I learned that….
• Both _____________1. and ________________2. are artistic expressions making
use of a language though a song is a musical composition while poetry can be sung
as well as read as text.
• 3._________________are considered more literary in nature than songs as they
make better use of words. Deeper feelings and emotions are conveyed in poems,
whereas songs are more direct and lighter in meaning.
• 4.___________________ is an expression of inner experiences of a poet, whereas
song is often set to a pre-existing piece of music.
• 5.________________ are dependent upon selection of lyrics and music as well as
the singer. On the other hand, poetry is free from these requirements.
What I Can Do
Express Them
Activity 2 From Poems to Songs
Songs just like poems are used to express emotions, feelings and thoughts
through music. In this time of crisis that we are facing (COVID19 Pandemic) a way to
conquer this challenge is through singing a song and dedicating it to our front liners.
Read the lyrics of the song “Fight Song” or may as well sing it.
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Directions: After reading/singing the lyrics, please answer the questions that follow.
Fight Song
By Rachel Platten
Like a small boat on the ocean
Sending big waves into motion
Like how a single word
Can make a heart open
I might only have one match
But I can make an explosion
And all those things I didn't say
Wrecking balls inside my brain
I will scream them loud tonight
Can you hear my voice this time?
This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I'm alright song
My power's turned on
Starting right now, I'll be strong
I'll play my fight song
And I don't really care
If nobody else believes
'Cause I've still got
A lot of fight left in me
Losing friends and I'm chasing sleep
Everybody's worried about me
In too deep, say I'm in too deep (In
too deep)
And it's been two years, I miss my
home
But there's a fire burning in my
bones
Still believe
Yeah, I still believe
And all those things I didn't say
Wrecking balls inside my brain
I will scream them loud tonight
Can you hear my voice this time?
This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I'm alright song
My power's turned on
Starting right now, I'll be strong
I'll play my fight song
And I don't really care
If nobody else believes
'Cause I've still got
A lot of fight left in me
A lot of fight left in me
Like a small boat on the ocean
Sending big waves into motion
Like how a single word
Can make a heart open
I might only have one match
But I can make an explosion
This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I'm alright song
My power’s turned on
Starting right now, I'll be strong
I'll play my fight song
And I don't really care
If nobody else believes
'Cause I've still got
A lot of fight left in me
No, I've still got a lot of fight left in me
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1.
What is the song all about? Explain.
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2. What does the song suggest about fighting on life’s challenges? Explain.
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3. What are the similarities and differences of the qualities of songs and poems?
Similarities:
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Differences:
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_________________________
Well done!  Please check whether your answers are correct. Make sure to master
first the rules in dealing with direct and indirect signals before proceeding to the next
part of this module.
Good Luck!
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Assessment
Directions: Answer the following questions without looking back to the previous
discussions of this lesson. Please answer HONESTLY and encircle the
letter of the correct answer.
1. What artistic tool uses language to make a composition, which says more
in few words and has a much deeper meaning than just words?
A. novel
C. riddle
B. poem
D. song
2. Poems are divided into many genres such as epic, jazz, and nursery and
so on. Why does poetry rhyme at the end regardless of its form?
A. make it creative and fun
C. sound better to all
B. sound like a poem
D. be reliable and trusted
3. Which one makes your poetry powerful and enticing?.
A. figurative Language
C. rhythm
B. imagery
D. sound
4. What element of poetry can include rhyme?
A. figurative Language
C. rhythm
B. imagery
D. sound
5. What element of a poetry goes along with the general sound of it as well as
making it easier to remember?
A. figurative Language
C. imagery
B. rhythm
D. sound
6. Which element has examples like simile metaphor, personification and
hyperbole?
A. figurative Language
C. imagery
B. rhythm
D. sound
7. Which makes you a prisoner to in traditional poetry?.
A. line
C. paragraph
B. stanza
D. text
8.Which has words that are set in such a manner that they rhyme like in
poetry, to have an enhanced effect?
A. novel
C. poem
B. song
D. riddle
9. Which is one can be a type of song such as religious, folk, pop?
A. artistic
C. creative
B. fun
D. lovely
10. Which one is meant to be done to poems rather than read it by the eye?
A. delivered with gestures
C. spoken briefly
B. be read aloud
D. sung gracefully
Congratulations for completing the test!
You are now ready to proceed to the next lesson.
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Lesson
Speeches
2
What I Need to Know
Enjoy More
You are now down to the second lesson of this module. Make sure to
complete all activities before taking this lesson.
Learning Competencies:
EN10LC-Ih-14.3 Show appreciations for songs, poems and other listening texts; and
EN10VC-Ia-1.4/2.4 Determine how connected events contribute to the totality of a
material viewed

Lesson 2 – Speeches
After going through this lesson, you are expected to:
1. Evaluate speeches of certain famous speakers and determine how events
contribute to the totality of the material viewed.
What I Know
Remember How
Directions: Please answer the following set of questions by encircling the letter of
your answer. The items that follow are used to check how far your knowledge is
about the lesson at hand.
1. Other than "I have a dream", another phrase the persona repeats in Martin
Luther King’s I Have A Dream is
A. Let freedom ring
B. Let there be peace
C. Let joy abound
D. Let us all come together
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2. In public speaking it is important that one must consider the type of
__________ he/she is speaking to as well as the type of occasion/event
whether formal or informal.
A. audience
B. group
C. people
D. viewer
3. Speech that is written to convince the listeners of the validity of the speaker’s
argument
A. argumentative
C. persuasive
B. informative
D. speech
4. Martin Luther King, Jr. uses the image of “the valley” to represent______.
A. bad times
C. justice
B. peace
D. the future
5. The focus of Dr. King’s speech, I Have A Dream is ____________.
A. celebrating the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
B. convincing everyone to live in peace and tranquility
C. ending segregation and racial injustice in America
D. getting more money for America’s black population
6. ____________ speech is intended to inform and to share new ideas and build
perception about any topic
A. Argumentative
B. Persuasive
B. Informative
D. Speech
7. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where
they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their
character” (104-107). Based on this statement, King feels _______ about the
future of America.
A. angry
C. sad
B. hopeful
D. scared
8. The overall tone of King's speech is________.
A. angry
C. argumentative
B. depressing
D. inspiring and hopeful
9. The faculty or power of speaking, an oral communication and the ability to
express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture is _____.
A. argumentative
C. informative
B. persuasive
D. speech
10. Type of speech that tries to change the reader’s mind by convincing him or
her to agree with your point of view is _____________.
A. argumentative
C. informative
B. persuasive
D. speech
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What’s In
Experience Better
Notes to the Teacher
It is important that the learners must have prior knowledge
on figurative language, understanding speeches and short stories
and other related text so that learners will have better experience
in using this module. At the end of this module the teacher must
still assess whether learning competencies were successfully met
or another set of activities shall be given to further boost learning.
In the previous lesson you were able to learn all about poems and songs and
their similarities and differences. These literary compositions are used by writers to
express their ideas and thoughts in the most creative and unique way as possible.
This time you will appreciate the importance of speeches and their significance in
relaying information to a specific audience and how they vary with poems and songs.
Please read the speech entitled “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr.
and take down notes on important social issues being discussed in the speech.
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I Have a Dream
By Martin Luther King, Jr.
Delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the
greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand
today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a
great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the
flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of
their captivity.
But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years
later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and
the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely
island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred
years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds
himself an exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a
shameful condition.
In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the
architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the
Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every
American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as
well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and
the pursuit of Happiness." It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this
promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring
this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check
which has come back marked "insufficient funds."
But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to
believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation.
And so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the
riches of freedom and the security of justice.
We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce
urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the
tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of
democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation
to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick
sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make
justice a reality for all of God's children.
It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This
sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an
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invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but
a beginning. And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will
now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual.
And there will be neither rest nor tranquillity in America until the Negro is granted his
citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of
our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm
threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful
place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst
for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever
conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow
our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must
rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.
The marvellous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must
not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as
evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is
tied up with our destiny. And they have come to realize that their freedom is
inextricably bound to our freedom.
We cannot walk alone.
And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead.
We cannot turn back.
There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be
satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the
unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our
bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the
highways and the hotels of the cities. **We cannot be satisfied as long as the negro's
basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as
long as our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by
signs stating: "For Whites Only." We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in
Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which
to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until "justice rolls
down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream."
I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and
tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. And some of you
have come from areas where your quest -- quest for freedom left you battered by the
storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been
the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned
suffering is redemptive. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to
South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and
ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be
changed.
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Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.
And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have
a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true
meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are
created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former
slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the
table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering
with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed
into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where
they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its
governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join
hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and
mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked
places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh
shall see it together."2
This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.
With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of
hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation
into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work
together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for
freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will be
able to sing with new meaning:
My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my
fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride, From every mountainside, let freedom ring!
And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.
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And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.
Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.
Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.
Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.
Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.
But not only that:
Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.
Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.
From every mountainside, let freedom ring.
And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring
from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able
to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and
Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words
of the old Negro spiritual:
Free at last! Free at last!
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!
This text will be utilized later on as you move along with this lesson. Please
take note of important details of the speech.
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What is It
Speak More
What is a Speech?
Speech is the faculty or power of speaking, an oral communication and the
ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture. It is a
way of conveying once idea in a specific audience.
In public speaking it is important that one must consider the type of audience
he/she is speaking to as well as the type of occasion/event whether formal or
informal.
There are three types of speech:
1. Informative Speech
This speech is intended to inform and to share new ideas and build
perception about a specific topic. It gives the importance of your topic to the
audience. The goal of this speech is to give the audience a new
understanding or new appreciation of some topic with which one might be
familiar.
2. Persuasive Speech
This speech is written to convince the listeners of the validity of the
speaker’s argument. This might involve convincing some to change their
opinion or at the very least take into account some ideas that have not really
been considered before.
3. Argumentative Speech
This type of speech tries to change the reader’s mind by convincing
him or her to agree with your point of view. This attempts to be highly
persuasive and logical. It usually assumes that the reader disagrees with the
writer, but it should be noted that the reader is no less intelligent than the
writer.
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What’s More
Think Great
Activity 1 Analysing the Speech
Direction: Answer the following questions based on the speech of Martin Luther
King Jr. “I Have A Dream.” Use the space provided for your answers.
1. What do you think is the purpose of the speech “I Have a Dream” by Martin
Lither King Jr.?
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
2. Why did Martin Luther King Jr. choose the word dream?
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
3. How does the speech repetition of I Have A Dream develop the central idea of
the speech?
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
4. Prior to getting to the part of the speech where King describes his dream, he
made mention of some of the struggles that African-Americans have faced in
history. Why does he do this? Among the struggles what stands out to you the
most?
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
5. Where you convinced about the points and ideas presented by the speaker?
Why or why not? Explain.
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Good Job! Please review your answers before going to the next part of this
lesson.
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What I Have Learned
Realize It
From the previous lessons and discussions, I learned that….
1.__________________is the faculty or power of speaking, an oral
communication and the ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech
sounds and gesture. It is a way of conveying once idea in a specific audience.
In public speaking it is important that one must consider the type of audience
he/she is speaking to as well as the type of occasion/event whether formal or
informal.
There are three types of speech:
2. _________________________
This speech is intended to inform and to share new ideas and build perception
about “Tree Planting.” It gives the importance of your topic to the audience. The goal
of this speech is to give the audience a new understanding or new appreciation of
some topics with which one might be familiar.
3. _________________________
This speech is written to convince the listeners of the validity of the speaker’s
argument. This might involve convincing some to change their opinion or at the very
least take into account some ideas that have not really been considered before.
4. _________________________
This type of speech tries to change the reader’s mind by convincing him or
her to agree with your point of view. This attempts to be highly persuasive and
logical. It usually assumes that the reader disagrees with the writer, but it should be
noted that the reader is no less intelligent than the writer.
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What I Can Do
Do It Well
Activity 2 Making My Own Speech
Directions: Choose a type of speech you want to write about based on the types mentioned
earlier in this lesson. The topic must be about the COVID19 Pandemic and how we can
overcome this challenge that everyone is talking about. The speech must follow the three
paragraph pattern consisting of the parts: Introduction, Body and Conclusion. Use the box
below for your speech.
You are graded based on the following criteria: Content – 20 pts., Organization – 15 pts.,
Grammar & Diction 10 pts., and Neatness and Penmanship 5 pts. a total of 50 points.
Title: ________________________________
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Good Job!  I guess you are now ready to proceed to get tested.
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Assessment
Check It Out
Directions: Without looking back on the discussions of this lesson, please answer
the following questions HONESTLY. Encircle the letter of your answer.
1. What is the faculty or power of speaking, an oral communication and the
ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture?
A. argumentative
C. informative
B. persuasive
D. speech
2. What type of speech tries to change the reader’s mind by convincing him or
her to agree with your point of view?
A. argumentative
C. informative
B. persuasive
D. speech
3. What speech is written to convince the listeners of the validity of the speaker’s
argument?
A. argumentative
C. persuasive
B. informative
D. speech
4. What speech is intended to inform and to share new ideas and build
perceptions on any topic?
A. argumentative
C.persuasive
B. informative
D. speech
5. What is one of the things to consider as a speaker aside from the occasion or
event?
A. audience
B. group
B. people
D. viewers
6. Other than "I have a dream", what other phrase does the speaker in King’s I
Have A Dream repeat?
A. Let freedom ring
C. Let joy abound
B. Let there be peace
D. Let us all come together
7. What does “the valley” represent in Martin Luther King’s I Have A Dream?
A. bad times
C. justice
B. peace
D. the future
8. What is focus of Dr. Martin Luther King’s speech?
A. celebrating the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
B. convincing everyone to live in peace and tranquility
C. ending segregation and racial injustice in America
D. getting more money for America’s black population
9. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where
they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their
character” (104-107). Based on this statement, how does King feel about the
future of America?
A. angry
B.hopeful
C. sad
D.scared
10. What is the overall tone of King's speech is?
A. angry
B. argumentative
C. depressing
D. inspiring
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Additional Activities
Speak in Public
In the previous lesson you were asked to write a speech. This time, a speech
cannot be considered a speech without a specific audience. Record yourself
delivering your speech whether memorized or read and post in it your Facebook
account. Make sure that your speech deals with a topic which is relevant and timely
in today’s generation.
You will be graded based on the following scoring rubric:
Directions: Circle one number (1-5) for each category. Add the total and divide by
10 for an average. Names and courses are not included in the final report but are
used for tracking purposes.
Content
1
Content
States the purpose.
5
2
Organizes the content.
3
4
5
High
4
Average
3
Low
2
5
4
3
2
1
Supports ideas.
5
4
3
2
1
Incorporates stories and
examples.
Summarizes the main idea(s).
5
4
3
2
1
5
4
3
2
1
5
4
3
2
1
5
4
3
2
1
5
4
3
2
1
5
4
3
2
1
5
4
3
2
1
1
Delivery
6
Demonstrates awareness of
listener’s needs.
7 Speaks clearly with appropriate
vocabulary and information.
8 Uses tone, speed, and volume
as tools.
9 Demonstrates complexity of
vocabulary and thought.
10 Appears comfortable with
audience.
Source: Tony Narkawizc at the Institutional Research Office and Edie Wagner, in Professional Studies
Good Luck!
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Post Test
This is the moment of truth. Please answer the test without looking back at the
previous lessons. In case you are not confident yet, you may review the lessons first.
Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. The faculty or power of speaking, an oral communication and the ability to
express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture is _____.
A. argumentative
C. informative
B. persuasive
D. speech
2. Simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole are few of the examples of this
element of poetry.
A. figurative Language
C. imagery
B. rhythm
D. sound
3. A speech which is intended to inform and to share new ideas and build
perception about any topic.
A. argumentative
C. informative
B. persuasive
D. speech
4. Poems are not meant to be read by the eye but to be________.
A. delivered with gestures
C. read aloud
B. spoken briefly
D. sung gracefully
5. Martin Luther King, Jr. uses the image of “the valley” to represent
A. bad times
C. justice
B. peace
D. the future
6. Other than "I have a dream", the phrase that the persona repeats in I Have A
Dream is
A. Let freedom ring
C. Let joy abound
B. Let there be peace
D. Let us all come together
7.. The focus of Dr. King’s speech I Have A Dream is
A. celebrating the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
B. convincing everyone to live in peace and tranquility
C. ending segregation and racial injustice in America
D. getting more money for America’s black population
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8. The type of speech that tries to change the reader’s mind by convincing him
or her to agree with your point of view is
A. argumentative
C. informative
B. persuasive
D. speech
9. Artistic tool that uses language to make a composition, which says more in
few words and has a much deeper meaning than just words
A. novel
C. poem
B. riddle
D. song
10. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where
they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their
character” (104-107). Based on this statement, King feels______ about the
future of America?
A. angry
C. hopeful
B. sad
D. scared
11. In traditional poetry, you’re a prisoner to the __________.
A. line
C. paragraph
B. stanza
D. text
12. Poems are divided into many genres such as Epic, Jazz, and Nursery and so
on. Whatever the genre or form, poetry is always a set of verses, and mostly
rhyming at the end, to make it
A. creative and fun
C. reliable and trusted
B. sound better to all
D. sound like a poem
13. The only thing that will make your poetry powerful and enticing is great
_______.
A. figurative Language
C. imagery
B. rhythm
D. sound
14. Speech that is written to convince the listeners of the validity of the speaker’s
argument?
A. argumentative
C. informative
B. persuasive
D. speech
15. In public speaking it is important that one must consider the type of
__________ he/she is speaking to as well as the type of occasion/event
whether formal or informal.
A. audience
B. group
B. people
D. viewers
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Answer Key
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Lesson 2 Speeches
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References
Almonte, Liza R. et. al. Celebrating Diversity through World Literature Grade 10.
Learners Material (Pasig City: REX Book Store, 2015), 69-72.
Forlini, Gary, et.al. Prentice Hall Grammar and Composition 4.( Singapore: Pearson
Education South Asia Pte. Ltd., 20014), 346-351.
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