DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Division of Rizal
BINANGONAN SUB-OFFICE
DON JOSE M. YNARES, SR. MEMORIAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
San Carlos, Binangonan, Rizal

WEEKLY HOME LEARNING PLAN AND

ANSWER SHEETS IN ENGLISH 10
Name of Student: Parent’s Signature:

Week: 5-6 Quarter: 3

Date: April 19-26, 2021 Learning Modality: Modular DL/ONLINE DL

Learning Area ENGLISH

MELC 18: Compose an independent critique of a chosen selection (formalist and moralist
Learning
approach) (EN10WC-llg-14)
Competencies:

Learning Week 5: The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost (Part 1)

Tasks
Introduction:
Formalism/Formalist Approach refers to critical approaches that analyze, interpret, or
evaluate the inherent features of a text. These features include not only grammar and
syntax but also literary devices such as meter and figures of speech. The formalist
approach reduces the importance of a text’s historical, biographical, and cultural context.
Literary Devices are tools used by writers to hint at larger themes, ideas, and meaning in a
story or piece of writing. Some of them are as follows:
1. Simile- (indirect comparison) two unrelated objects are being compared to each other with the
use of the words “like” or “as.”
Ex. You are as brave as a lion.
2. Metaphor- (direct comparison) a statement in which two objects, often unrelated, are
compared to each other.
Ex. This tree is the god of the forest.
3. Imagery- it engages the senses to deepen the reader's comprehension of what is happening
and how to feel about it.
Ex. Sight imagery: The tree spread its gigantic, sun-flecked shoulders.
Sound imagery: The forest was hushed, resounding with echoes of the tree’s stoic
silence.
Touch imagery: The tree felt smooth as sandstone.
Taste imagery: The tree’s leaves tasted bitter, like unroasted coffee beans.
Smell imagery: The sweet aroma of the freshly baked chocolate chip cookies wafted
from the kitchen to the living room
4. Symbolism-uses symbols which can be words, people, marks, locations, or abstract ideas to
represent something beyond the literal meaning.
Ex. rainbow–symbolizes hope and promise red rose–
symbolizes love and romance
four-leaf clover–symbolizes good luck or fortune wedding ring–
symbolizes commitment and matrimony
5. Personification-giving human attributes to nonhuman objects.
Ex. The car needs a cold shower.

Sound devices are special tools the poet can use to create certain effects in the poem to

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 convey and reinforce meaning through sound. Some of them are:
1. Rhyme- is the matching vowel sounds at the end of words or lines.
Ex. Out of the night that covers me Black as the pit from
pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
2. Repetition- is the repeating of any words, phrases, sentences or lines within a poem.
Ex. To the swinging and the ringing of the bells, bells,
bells-
Of the bells, bells, bells, bells
Bells, bells, bells-

To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells!’

3. Assonance- is repetition of vowel sounds within words.
Ex. I like to decline an offer of wine to define my style.
4. Alliteration- is the repetition of the consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
Ex. The shepherd shook his head in negation.
5. Onomatopoeia- uses words which imitate the natural sounds of things
Ex. The sack fell into the river with a splash.
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Formalistic Approach- refers to critical approaches that analyze, interpret, or evaluate the inherent
features of a text.

In formalism, readers do not need detailed contextual knowledge beyond the text. The
meaning is inherently conveyed in the text's unique form or structure.

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 Formalism/Formalistic Approach

·a. technical - attempts to be a science of literature, with a technical vocabulary

·b. explicate- emphasizes clarification, or "close reading," of "the work itself'

·c. formal - aims to classify, categorize, and catalog works according to their formal attributes
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Answer the following Learning Tasks:

Development:
LEARNING TASK 1

Directions: Read each question and all the choices carefully and then identify the best choice that
completes the statement. Encircle your answer.
1. Based on the information in the poem, what do yellow woods represent?
a. choice b. older people c. People d. Poets
2. In the first stanza of the poem, how is the word “diverged” used?
a. headed to the same place
b. circled around and went backward c. went in different directions
d. continued forward in a straight line
3.The rhyme scheme in the first stanza is
a. ABAAB b. ABBAB c. ABABB d. ABBAA
4. What is the setting of this poem?
a. a wood with two roads in it
b. a dark forest in the middle of winter
c. a quiet street near a town
d. the back yard of a house in the country
5. In line 20, what “has made all the difference” according to the speaker of the poem?
a. The speaker took the road less traveled by.
b. The speaker chose a road after looking as far down it as possible. c. The speaker selected the
road that bent in the brushwood.
d. The speaker chose the first of the two roads.
6. You can infer that the tone of the poem is a. love and determination
b. confusion and hesitation
c. happiness and satisfaction d. weariness and despair
7. Why the road has “wanted wear” and been “grassy?” in the second stanza?
a. The second road had been taken by only few people. b. The second road had a nice view.
c. The second road had been chosen by many people.
d. The second road was near a river that was near the woods.
8. What do you think is the theme of this poem?
a. living life to the fullest b. giving up hope
c. making a choice
d. having strong determination
9. “I shall be telling this with a sigh”. This in this line refer to
a. the picture of the first road winding in the undergrowth
b. the plants and grasses that lay near the paths in the yellow woods c. the residence of the speaker
in the vicinity of the yellow woods
d. the explanation of why the speaker chose the second road
10. What are the various sounds that are used to emphasize some sections of the poem?
a. alliteration, assonance, rhyme, rhythm
b. alliteration, assonance, rhyme, onomatopoeia c. rhythm, alliteration, assonance, euphony
d. cacophony, assonance, rhyme, alliteration
Engagement:
LEARNING TASK 2
Directions: Give the line in the poem which tells that the word “diverged” means went in different
directions. (10 points)
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 Assessment:
LEARNING TASK 4
Directions: Color each word that rhyme in each stanza of the poem “The Road Not Taken” of Robert
Frost.
1. color yellow 2. color orange

Week 6: The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost (Part 2)

Introduction:
Moralist Approach is a type of literary critique that judges the value of the literature based on its
moral or ethical teachings.

 Its concern is not only to discover meaning but also to determine

whether works of literature are both true and significant.

 It is used to determine whether a work conveys a lesson or message and whether it can
help readers lead better lives and improve their understanding of the world.

 Using this approach, literature that is ethically sound and virtuous is praised while literature
that misguides and corrupts is condemned.

MORALIST APPROACH

A tendency-rather than a recognized school within literary criticism to judge literary works according
to moral rather than formal principles

The importance of literature is not just its way of saying but also what it says.

The larger purpose of literature is to teach morality and to probe philosophical issues.

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Answer the following Learning Tasks:

Engagement:

LEARNING TASK 1
Directions: Recall a time when you had to make a difficult decision. Do you think you made the
right choice? Was the outcome favorable or not? (10 pts.)
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Assimilation:
LEARNING TASK 2
Directions: Answer the question and write your answer in the space provided below. (10 pts.)
“What are the chances that the speaker will get to come back and try the other path?”
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 Assessment:
LEARNING TASK 4
Directions: Explain the following lines from the poem considering the realities of life to support your
explanation. (10 pts.)
Example:
Lines 2-3
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood

Answer: We should choose only one path or decision in life base form our capability to achieve it.
Once it is made, it will never be undone. If we are going to relate it in our dreams, we should be
wise and choose a career we can grow and reach. When we discover the essence of our chosen
career, we will start to love it.
Lines 14-15
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
Answer:
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You need to come out at least 10 sentences as you reflect on the topics cited below. (10pts
each)

WEEKS 5-6: The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost (Part 1)

Reflect on what you learned from the lesson by completing the sentence below:
I used to think that _______________________________________________________________
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Reflections:
But now, I think _________________________________________________________________
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Note:

Write all the answers in the answer sheet.

Make sure to write an insight about your significant learning from every lesson you finish
studying.

For MODULAR DL
 Return outputs every Friday at 2:00- 4:00 pm.
Mode of For ONLINE DL
Delivery  Return outputs every Friday at 2:00- 4:00 pm.
 Activities will be submitted through Gmail ([email protected]) (as instructed in
the synchronous learning with the subject teacher).