Module 1 Enhancing the Self

Lesson 1, Day 1
RECOGNIZING ROLES
IN LIFE
LESSON 1
RECOGNIZING ROLES IN LIFE
You, like others, have important roles to play that make you
interested in shaping yourself to become a healthy and developed
young adult. Learning how to recognize and to perform your roles
effectively is a good indicator that you’re a responsible individual
using even your past experiences to make a difference in your life.
This can enhance your understanding of the world. Somehow you
have to continue finding out just what it is that fits you. So, whatever
it is that you do with significance, willingly and graciously, you have
to prove to yourself and to others that you can excel. Try your best.
Concentrate on ways to perform well. You’ll sure feel better if you do.

In this lesson, you will find a poem, an informative article, and

tasks/activities that will build your understanding of the value of
recognizing and performing roles in life, at the same time, develop
your listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, grammar and
literary skills. Hopefully, these can be demonstrated through a
Community Services Brochure.
YOUR INITIAL TASKS

Task 1 Three-Minutes Letter Search Riddle

Game

Read each statement closely, and search

for the missing letter as suggested by each
statement.
1. I begin the roaring.

2. I’m the shape of a full moon and

your lips in awe.

3. I have double of this in my bill.

4. I’m the frequently used letter in

English and we are 14 in this
sentence.
5. I begin the song and end the tones.
Put the letters together to come up with the
answer to this riddle.

What is it in life that I have to perform?

Task 2
All For the BEST
You most probably have the best plans for
your life at home, in school, in your career
and family because you have roles to
perform.

What could these roles be?

Form small groups of five and take turns in

answering these questions.
1. What kind of role in life
a. interests you most?
b. helps put you in a happy mood?
c. You prefer/ enjoy doing? You like best?

2. What are your talents or things you can do

well?

Give the reasons for your choices by making

a list of all of them in the following table.
 ROLE in Life that
Puts me Talents /
I prefer in a Things I
Interests I like Reasons
or enjoy happy can do
me most best
doing mood well
Task 3
INSPIRATIONS

You admire people primarily because of the

roles they perform in making a difference
not only in their lives, but also in others’
lives.

They inspire you because they have

achieved something special in the field
that also interests you.
Pair up and reflect on these questions:

- Who do you consider as an

inspirational person who is very
effective in performing his/her role in
life?

- What do you think are his/her

qualities that lead him/her to become
successful in performing his/her role
in life?
 Recall the name of the person (you know
personally or through reading or through
watching a movie) who has been successful in
performing an important role in his/her life.

List the qualities of this person that you and

others share.
Qualities:

Qualities:

Name:_________________
Task 4
EFFECTIVE? PARTIALLY…INEFFECTIVE?
Interview at least five classmates
and find out how they perform their
roles in life.

Note their responses.

Copy the chart shown below and

plot it with the entries called for.
 WAYS TO PERFORM LIFE ROLES

PARTIALLY
EFFECTIVE
INEFFECTIVE EFFECTIVE
Task 5
LOOKING BACK
Life is a continuous journey.

Your present plans have something

to do with your past experiences and
your plans for the future.
Why don’t you
Look back at the roles you played before,
and zero in on the most important one for
you?
Think of how it differs from the role you
are playing now.
Plot what were the roles you played
before, what role you are playing now and
what you hope to play in the future.
Specify how you feel about it and how
you fare in performing it.
 ROLES in life
Hope/
I Am How I wish to
How I Reason/
Played playing feel play in
felt s
before now about it the
about it
future
Task 6
FOCUS QUESTIONS
What roles can I perform that will make a
difference in my life?

Why is it important to recognize my roles in

life?

How can I perform my roles in life effectively?

Remember these questions as you work on the

phases of this lesson.
Task 7
What do I expect/ need / hope to
learn?

Write what you expect / need

/ hope to learn in this lesson.
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Agreement:

You will be given a

copy of this slambook.
Accomplish it at home
and be ready to share
in class next meeting.
Enjoy the rest of the day!

•See you next meeting!