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CONFLICTS
IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE, WE ENCOUNTER PEOPLE WHO
MAY CHALLENGE OUR ABILITY TO KEEP OUR COOL, MAINTAIN OUR
COMPOSURE, OR STRETCH OUR PATIENCE.
WE REACT OR RESPOND DIFFERENTLY TO EVERY
SITUATION, DEPENDING ON SOME FACTORS THAT MAY
INFLUENCE SUCH REACTION OR RESPONSE.
SOMETIMES, OUR REACTION MAY BE POSITIVE SUCH THAT TAKING A BETTER
PERSPECTIVE OF THE SITUATION OR ISSUE, WE
WIN FRIENDS INSTEAD OF CREATE ENEMIES.
HOWEVER, HUMAN AS WE ARE, WE MAY ALSO
RESPOND NEGATIVELY WHICH MAY RESULT TO
DISAGREEMENTS OR CONFLICTS.
IN SOME CASES, WE MAY NOT BE IN CONFLICT WITH
ANOTHER PERSON BUT WITH OUR OWN SELVES.
WE MAY HAVE FELT LIKE THE WORLD CAVED IN ON
US BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM OR SITUATION THAT WE
COULD HARDLY RESOLVE OR GET AWAY FROM.
OR WE FEEL DISTURBED, PERPLEXED, OR WORST,
DEPRESSED BECAUSE WE COULD BARELY DECIDE ON
THE BEST THING TO DO ABOUT SUCH PROBLEMATIC
SITUATION.
MANY OF THESE SIMILAR SITUATIONS ARE
REFLECTED IN THE LITERATURE OF THE WORLD
WHICH THE FUTURE LESSONS DEAL WITH IN
ORDER TO SURFACE HOW INTRAPERSONAL
CONFLICTS MAY BE EXPRESSED OR RESOLVED.
IN THE PROCESS, YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO EXPRESS
YOUR PERSONAL IDEAS OR OPINIONS BOTH IN ORAL
AND WRITTEN ENGLISH SO AS TO CONVINCE OTHERS
TO ACCEPT YOUR STANDPOINT ON CERTAIN ISSUES OR CONFLICTING SITUATIONS IN REAL LIFE
AND EVENTUALLY, RESTORE HARMONIOUS
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS AROUND YOU.
AS WE GO ALONG THESE LESSONS, REMEMBER TO
SEARCH FOR THE ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING FOCUS
QUESTIONS:
HOW DO LITERARY TEXTS HELP ONE UNDERSTAND
HOW INTERNAL CONFLICTS CAN BE EXPRESSED AND
RESOLVED?
WHAT MAKES FOR EFFECTIVE PERSUASIVE
TEXTS?
EXPECTED SKILLS
DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF TEXTUAL AIDS LIKE
ADVANCED ORGANIZERS, TITLES, NON-LINEAR
ILLUSTRATIONS, ETC. ON THE UNDERSTANDING OF A
TEXT
DETERMINE HOW CONNECTED EVENTS CONTRIBUTE TO THE
TOTALITY OF A MATERIAL VIEWED
EXPLAIN HOW THE ELEMENTS SPECIFIC TO A
SELECTION BUILD ITS THEME
EXPLAIN HOW THE ELEMENTS SPECIFIC TO A
GENRE CONTRIBUTE TO THE THEME OF A PARTICULAR
LITERARY SELECTION
DETERMINE TONE, MOOD, TECHNIQUE, AND PURPOSE
OF THE AUTHOR
COMPARE NEW INSIGHTS WITH NEW LEARNING
DRAW GENERALISATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS BASED
ON THE MATERIALS VIEWED
EXPLAIN HOW A SELECTION MAY BE INFLUENCED BY
CULTURE, HISTORY, ENVIRONMENT, OR OTHER
FACTORS
SHOW APPRECIATION FOR SONGS, POEMS, AND OTHER
LISTENING TEXTS
DRAW SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OF THE
FEATURED SELECTIONS IN RELATION TO THE THEME
EXAMINE HOW SPOKEN COMMUNICATION MAY BE REPAIRED OR ENHANCED
EVALUATE LITERATURE AS A WAY OF EXPRESSING AND
RESOLVING ONE’S PERSONAL CONFLICTS
IDENTIFY WAYS OR STRATEGIES TO RESOLVE
INTERNAL CONFLICTS
USE REFLEXIVE AND INTENSIVE PRONOUNS
GET INFORMATION THAT CAN BE USED IN EVERYDAY LIFE FROM NEWS REPORTS,
SPEECHES, INFORMATIVE TALKS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS,
ETC.
IDENTIFY FEATURES OF PERSUASIVE TEXTS
FORMULATE A STATEMENT OF OPINION OR ASSERTION
USING WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS THAT EMPHASISE A POINT
COMPOSE A PERSUASIVE TEXT OF THREE
PARAGRAPHS EXPRESSING ONE’S STAND ON AN ISSUE
COMPOSE SHORT PERSUASIVE TEXTS USING A
VARIETY OF PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES
DETERMINE THE IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT SIGNALS,
VERBAL, AS WELL AS NON-VERBAL, USED BY THE
SPEAKER TO HIGHLIGHT SIGNIFICANT POINTS
EXPRESS INSIGHTS BASED ON THE IDEAS PRESENTED IN THE MATERIAL VIEWED
USE MODALS
IDENTIFY THE FACTORS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
DESCRIBE AND INTERPRET THE ETHICS OF PUBLIC
SPEAKING
DESCRIBE THE TECHNIQUES IN EFFECTIVE PUBLIC
SPEAKING
EMPLOY THE TECHNIQUES IN PUBLIC SPEAKING IN A
SAMPLE PUBLIC SPEAKING SITUATION
SINGLE OUT DIRECT AND INDIRECT SIGNALS USED BY
A SPEAKER
POINT OUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DEVICES USED BY THE
SPEAKER TO ATTRACT AND HOLD THE ATTENTION OF
THE LISTENER
PRE-TEST
GOAL ORGANIZER
LITERARY/MOVIE CHARACTERS ON PARADE
TELL HOW EACH CHARACTER EXPRESSED
AND RESOLVED CONFLICTS HE/SHE WAS INVOLVED IN.
Literary/Movie Character
Way/s of Expressing Conflicts
Way/s of Resolving Conflicts
Shylock (from William
Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice)
Richard Cory (from Arlington’s
Richard Cory)
Montressor (from Edgar Allan Poe’s The
Cask of Amontillado)
Literary/Movie Character
Way/s of Expressing Conflicts
Way/s of Resolving Conflicts
Pablo (from Alberto Florentino’s The World
is an Apple)
Okonkwo (from Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart)
Bella Swan (from Stephenie Meyer’s
Twilight)
Literary/Movie Character
Way/s of Expressing Conflicts
Way/s of Resolving Conflicts
Katniss Everdeen (from Suzanne Collin’s The
Hunger Games)
WHAT COMMON WAYS WERE EMPLOYED BY THE
CHARACTERS TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS THE TYPE OF
CONFLICT THEY EXPERIENCED ACCORDING
TO THE STORY?
WHAT COMMON WAYS DID THE CHARACTERS USE TO RESOLVE THE CONFLICTS
THEY EXPERIENCED WITHIN THEMSELVES?
WERE THE CHARACTERS ABLE TO RESTORE OR
ENHANCE RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS AFTER THE
CONFLICT? EXPLAIN.