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English
Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Tell Me More about the Story
Character
English – Grade 3
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Quarter 1 – Module 2: Tell Me More about the Story Character
First Edition, 2020

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 What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is

here to help you master on noting details about the character.
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 the textbook you
are now using.
After going through this module, you are expected to read
simple sentences and levelled stories and note details regarding
character (EN3RC-10-2.2).
Enjoy your journey. Good luck!

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 What I Know
Directions: Read the story and the questions below. Choose the
letter of the correct answer. Write your answers on a separate
blank sheet of paper.

Rose in a Vase

Myca smells the red Rose in the vase.

“Oh, no, there’s a bug on the petal. It is a bad
bug.” Myca gets the Rose and the bug flies.

1. Who smells the red rose in the vase?

a. Myca b. bug

2. What does Myca see on the petal?

a. vase b. bug

3. What does Myca say about the bug?

a. fat b. bad

4. What happens to the bug when Myca gets the rose?

a. disappear b. flies

5. What did Myca feel when she saw the bug?

a. mad b. happy

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Lesson

1 Characters in the Story

Do you have a favorite story? Do you find the characters

who can connect to your life’s experience? Let’s find out how
these characters affect your personality.

What’s In
Directions: Tell a story about the picture. Write at least three
sentences about it. Use the words below to make your sentences.
Be ready to share your story.
ball
brothers
flowers
coconut trees
play

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 What’s New

Direction: Read the story below.

The Blind Black Carabao

Once upon a time, there was a blind black carabao
who lived in a rice field. His friends were a healthy cat, a rich
dog, and a selfish goat.
One day, the blind black carabao found a sack of rice.
He had an idea of saving it.

He then asked his friends, “Who will help me pick the

sack?”
“Not me,” purred the healthy cat.
“Oh no, not me,” barked the rich dog.
“Not even me,” shouted the selfish goat.
“Then I will,” said the blind black carabao.

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 So, he carried the sack of rice by himself.
When the storm came to their place, the blind black
carabao asked his friends, “Who will help me carry the sack?”
Nobody answered him. A healthy cat returned to her
chair, a rich dog hid in his house and a selfish goat ran in a
distant place.
“Then I will,” said the blind black carabao. So, he
carried the sack of rice by himself.
When the storm ends, all of them were very hungry. The
tired blind black carabao called and asked his friends again,
“Who will help me eat the rice?”
“I will,” purred the healthy cat.
“I will,” barked the rich dog.
“I will,” shouted the selfish goat.
“No!” said the blind black carabao. “I will,” Then he
began to eat the rice. His friends were swallowing their saliva
while looking at him eating the rice. He felt pity so he shared
his food with them.

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 “Thank you, carabao. Even though you are blind, you are so
hardworking and generous,” said his friends. “Without you, we will
all die with hunger,” barked the rich dog.
“That is why you are the favorite animal of the Filipinos,”
shouted the selfish goat.
“Next time let us help carabao to find some food in order for
us to live,” purred the healthy cat.
“I know you can also do it, so let us help one another,” said
the Carabao.

The next week, a healthy cat found some fruit seeds. They all
volunteered to plant. When days passed fast, they happily
harvested and shared the bounties of their harvests.

Comprehension Questions
Direction: Answer the following questions.
1. What did he want to do with the sack of rice?
2. Which animals did he ask to help him pick and carry the sack
of rice? Let’s name them.
3. What did each animal say?
4. What did the blind black carabao feel?
5. If you were to choose among the characters in the story,
who would you like to be? Why?

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Activity A. Describing the Characters
Think about the characters in the story “The Blind Black
Carabao”. Choose one of the main characters to describe in
detail. Complete the chart below.

Character: _____________________________________________

Details from the text to support your

story.

How would you describe

the character?

How does this character

affect in the story?

Why is this character

important in the story?

What do you feel about

the character? Why do
you feel that way?

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 What is It

Characters are people or animals in a story. The character

who is the focus in the story is called main character. The
characters are the actors in the story.
In the story, the characters are blind black carabao, rich
dog, healthy cat, and selfish goat. They have their own
characteristics and attitude.
For us to understand more about the character and attitude,
we need to note the details in the story.
Noting details is a comprehension skill that involves choosing
out a text from the story read. It is a piece of information like text
or picture to fully understand the story.
How do we note details regarding character?
1. Always read the story with full understanding and internalize
the text.
2. Jot down notes or highlight texts.

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 What’s More

Activity A.1 Character Profile

One way to easily identify the characters in the story is to
read and understand the whole story and by looking at the
illustrations of the story. Can you still recall the characters in the
story “The Blind Black Carabao?”
Choose one of the characters in the story and complete its
character profile below. Copy the character profile on a separate
blank sheet of paper.

Draw the character

inside the blue circle.

Write the name of the

character inside the
green circle.

I am ______________.
I like to ____________________________.
I am _______________________.

Complete the sentences to tell

something about the character.
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Activity A.2 It’s a Message
Pretend to be a selfish goat in the story. Write on a separate
blank sheet of paper your message to blind black Carabao when
you did not help him to carry the sack of rice.

_____________
_____________
_____________

Dear Blind Black Carabao,

I am sorry, because
____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________

Your friend,

_________________

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 Rubric on Writing a Letter
4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point TOTAL
Parts of a Five parts Four parts Three or One or
Letter of a letter of a letter two parts none part
are are of a letter of a letter
included included are is included
(heading, (heading, included (heading,
greeting, greeting, (heading, greeting,
body, body, greeting, body,
compli- compli- body, compli-
mentary mentary compli- mentary
close, close, and mentary close, and
and signature) close, and signature)
signature) signature)
Capitalization The letter The letter The letter The letter
and
Punctuation has has one or has three has more
correct two or four than 4
punctua- capitali- capitali- capitali-
tions and zation/ zation/ zation/
has no punctua- punctua- punctua-
capitali- tion errors. tion errors. tion errors.
zation
errors.
Sentence All All Most Many
Structure senten- sentences sentences sentences
ces are are are are poorly
complete complete complete written
and well- and well- and well- and
construc- construc- construc- structured.
ted (no ted (no ted (no
fragments fragments fragments
or run- or run- or run-
ons). ons). ons).
Senten-
ces are
interes-
ting and
varied.

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Spelling The letter The letter The letter The letter
has no contains contains contains
spelling 1-2 3-4 4 or more
errors. spelling spelling spelling
errors. errors. errors.
Content The letter The letter The letter The letter
contains contains a contains a does not
a topic topic vague contain a
sentence sentence topic topic
and all and all sentence sentence
sentence sentences and few and no
s related related to sentences sentences
to the the topic related to related to
topic are are mostly the topic the topic
all presen- are not is not
presen- ted. presen- presen-
ted. ted. ted.

Activity B. Choose Me
In your notebook, draw the character that shows good
attitude in the story. Write at least 2-3 sentences about your
drawing.

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 Rubric on Drawing
3 points 2 points 1 point TOTAL
Clarity Easy to Make some Hardly make
interpret sense sense
Content Shows clear Shows a fair Hardly shows
understanding understanding understanding
of concept of concepts of concepts
Creativity Shows Shows fair Shows poor
competent quality of quality of
quality of work with work with no
work with good artistic artistic
better artistic imagination. imagination.
imagination

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 What I Have Learned

Direction: Answer the following questions.

A. How will you identify the character(s) in the story?

B. What do you call on the character who is the focus in the

story?

C. How will you write the details on the character in the

story?

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 What I Can Do

Directions: Write the name of your family members and their

characteristics in the table.

Name Characteristics

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 Assessment

Directions: Read the story below. Answer the questions in the

table.

Mike has a kite and a bike. He rides on his bike

to the playground. He flies his kite. One day, the kite
fell on the playground. Mike was sad. He had no
more kite.

Who is the
character in
the story?

Why is he
sad?

If you have
the chance
to write an
ending of the
story, what
would you
like to write?
Why?

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 Additional Activity

Directions: Recall the story on “The Blind Black Carabao”. Fill out
the data needed in the story map. Do this on a separate sheet of
paper.

Carabao Story Map

Characters:

Ending:

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 He is the main
What I Know What's New
character. Carabao
1. A is the savior of
2. B Comprehension Questions
1. He wants to save a sack everybody in the
3. B story.
4. B of rice.
2. Healthy cat, rich dog, and  I feel blessed about
5. A the character
selfish goat.
3. Each animal says “Not because even if he is
me”. blind but still he has
What’s In four legs to work
4. He feels tired and hungry.
5. I would like to be blind hard and he is kind
Junie and John-John are to his friends.
brothers. They are going to black Carabao because
he is hardworking and (Answers may vary.)
the garden that is full of
flowers and coconut trees. generous.
Then, they found a ball. Junie (Answers may vary.)
Activity A.1
wants to return to the owner
but John-John insists to play Activity A -Illustration of Blind black
the ball. Character: Blind Black Carabao
(Answers may vary.) Carabao -I am Carabao.
 Black, blind, big, -I like to give foods to my
have four legs, fat, friends.
hardworking and - I am happy.
generous. (Answers may vary.)
 Carabao is a good
example to other
character of the
story.
Activity A. 2 What I have learned Assessment
Dear Blind Black Carabao, A. By noting details about >Mike
I am sorry because I characters in the story. >The kite fell on the
am selfish. I did not help you B. Main Character playground. He had no more
to carry the sack of rice. Next C. Always read the story with kite.
time, I promise to help you full understanding and >Mike asks help to his friend
carry the sack of bananas. internalize the text. to make another kite.
Jot down notes or (Answers may vary.)
Your friend, highlight texts.
Goat (Answers may vary.) Additional Activities
(The content of the letter
may vary.) What I can do Characters: Blind Black
Anton (father) – loving, tall, Carabao, Selfish Goat,
Activity B and hardworking. Healthy Cat, Rich Dog.
This is blind black Carabao. Lily (sister) – beautiful and Ending: They learned to help
He is helpful to the farmers. sincere. their friend blind black
He carries sacks of rice every Den-den (younger brother) – Carabao to carry, plant,
day. I am thankful that we chubby, big eyes and noisy. harvest and share the
have rice to eat every meal. (Answers may vary.) bounties of their harvests
(Answers may vary.)
(Sentences may vary.)
Answer Key
References
K to 12 English Curriculum Guide May 2016, pg. 54.

Ponciano, Mil Flores, Esperanza D. Cruz, Ana Lou Caspi, Criselda

DG Ocang, Jeanette V. Sison, Raymond Bustamante, Rose B.
Pamintuan, Jelly L. Sore, Aurea L. Mazo, Myra R. Labay, Ivy
Romano, Leah Bautista, Dinah Bonao, Evelyn Mamangon, Josie
Mendoza. Let's Get Better in Reading. Pasig City: Department of
Education, 47.

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