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Learning Activity Lesson
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Learning Activity Sheet for English Grade 5
Quarter 1: Lesson 2
SY 2025-2026
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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET
Learning Area: English Quarter: 1st Quarter
Lesson No.: Lesson 2 Date:
Lesson Title/ Topic: Recognizing Story Elements
Grade &
Name:
Section:
I. Activity No. 1: Getting the Different Figures of Speech in a Chosen Selection
(20 minutes)
II. Objective(s):
1. define the following sound devices and figures of speech used in literary
texts: onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance, and consonance; simile,
metaphor, and personification (EN5LR-I-1-1)
2. identify onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance, consonance, similes,
metaphors, and personifications used in a selection (EN5LR-I-1-1)
III. Materials Needed: Pen and paper
IV. Instructions: Read the two selections and answer the guide questions that
follow in your own answer sheets.
PART I: The Familiar Sounds in Our Home
By Rocky James G. Sarasua
Before I sleep at night my mama would shhhh… shhhh… shhhh…
While asleep, they hear me zzzzzz… zzzzzz… zzzzz…,
When I wake up, the white rooster will crow tik-tilaok! Tik-tilaok! Tik-tilaok!
Our cows would Maaaaaa! Maaaaaa! Maaaaaa! Our ducks would kwak! Kwak!
Kwak!
The minute Mayas will Twit! Twit! Twit! Twit! Twit! Our pet Browny will bark aaarf!
aaarf! aaarf!
These are the sounds that I listen to every morning.
For the breakfast, my mama would heat up a kettle for their coffee.
The whistling sound signals that the water is boiling hot as the sun.
The crunchy cereals I bite munch, the excited egg in the pan sizzles,
And a burp, burp, burp means that I’m full.
In silence, the sad shiny silver clock sounds Tik-tak, Tik-tak, Tik-tak,
Mama’s vivacious vacuum cleaner thuds woooooooooooooooooooooh,
The fabulous flower garden has buzzes from the bees.
The birds chirp in the distant trees.
When the sun sets
My energy resets
It’s time to rest like a king.
When the moon appears lively and sweet, I am all ears,
For the stories my mama will tell
For me to feel very well.
And before I sleep at night my mama would shhhh… shhhh… shhhh…
While asleep, they hear me zzzzzz… zzzzzz… zzzzz…
GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1. What sounds does the poet hear every morning as described in the poem?
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2. How does the poet describe the sounds of the rooster and the farm animals
in the poem?
3. What does the whistling sound in the poem signify?
4. Describe the breakfast scene mentioned in the poem. What sounds are
associated with breakfast?
5. What does the poet mean by "the sad shiny silver clock sounds Tik-tak, Tik-
tak, Tik-tak"?
6. How is the vacuum cleaner described in the poem? What sound does it
make?
7. What sounds can be heard in the fabulous flower garden according to the
poem?
8. What natural sounds are mentioned in the last stanza of the poem?
9. How does the poet describe the transition from day to night in the poem?
10. What feelings or emotions does the poet experience when listening to the
stories told by Mama at night?
PART II: Trees
By Joyce Kilmer
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
Joyce Kilmer, “Trees” from Poetry 2, no. 5 (August 1915): 153.
GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1. What is the central theme of the poem "Trees" by Joyce Kilmer?
2. How does the poet describe trees in the poem? What words or phrases does
he use?
3. Why do you think the poet chose to write about trees? What message is he
trying to convey?
4. How do trees benefit the environment and living beings?
5. In what ways can we contribute to conserving trees and protecting the
environment, based on what you've learned from the poem?
6. Identify examples of personification in the poem "Trees." How does
personification help convey the poet's message?
7. What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor? Can you find
examples of both in the poem?
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8. How does the poet use imagery to describe trees? What pictures do you see
in your mind when you read the poem?
9. Find instances of alliteration or consonance in the poem. How do these
techniques enhance the poem's rhythm and meaning?
V. Synthesis/Extended Practice/Differentiation (if needed):
Learner’s Takeaways
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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET
Learning Area: English Quarter: 1st Quarter
Lesson No.: Lesson 2 Date:
Lesson Title/ Topic: Recognizing Story Elements
Grade &
Name:
Section:
I. Assessment
II. Objective(s):
Ddefine the following sound devices and figures of speech used in literary texts and
identify onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance, consonance, similes, metaphors,
and personifications used in a selection (EN5LR-I-1-1)
III. Materials Needed: Pen and paper
IV. Instructions: TRUE OR FLASE
Write TRUE if the statement gives a correct idea and FALSE if otherwise.
1. Figures of speech are important for the beauty of literature.
2. The tongue twister "She sells seashells by the seashore" is an example of
alliteration.
3. "How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?" is an example of hyperbole.
4. "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of consonance.
5. "Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear; Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair" is an example of
personification.
6. The tongue twister "Betty Botter bought some butter" is an example of simile.
7. Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words or
syllables.
8. Hyperbole involves extreme exaggeration for emphasis or effect.
9. Simile directly refers to one thing by mentioning another to suggest they are alike.
10. Personification attributes human characteristics to non-human things or abstract
concepts.
11. Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words or syllables.
12. Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the ends of words.
13. Onomatopoeia involves the use of words that imitate the sounds they represent.
14. Metaphor compares two different things using the words "like" or "as."
15. The tongue twister "Betty Botter bought some butter" exemplifies onomatopoeia.
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