Suggested Time Allotment: 30 minutes
1. With the given different scenarios below, enumerate possible solutions to address
the problems.
2. Write your answers on a clean sheet of paper.

SCENARIO WHAT CAN YOU SUGGEST TO
SOLVE THE PROBLEM?

a. Your mother’s company has
declared cost-cutting for this
year because of low sales.
Her overtime pay every month
got affected. What are you
going to do in this situation?
b. Your classmate is being
teased by your classmates
“baboy” because he is a fat
boy. One time, you saw him
crying because a group of
boys in class always gets his
snacks. He doesn’t like to
report to your adviser what
your classmates have been
doing to him.
c. You are a Grade 5 transferee
student in your school. A quiet
and reserved pupil in class.
You feel shy in class because
you have difficulty in your
Reading and Mathematics
subject.
d. Your school is situated in
Barangay Malinaw. The
people in the neighborhood
throw their garbage anywhere.
Wastes are not disposed of
properly. Most of the people in

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the neighborhood seem not to
care.
e. Your family was surprised with
the high electricity and water
bill for the current month.
f. There is one community
nearby where your house got
caught by fire. You have old
clothes, blankets, and water at
home.

Processing Questions:
1. What did you feel about the activity?
2. How did you come up with possible solutions to the problems shown in the
activity?
3. What did you learn from giving help in solving other people’s problems?

a. Due to cost cutting in your mothers job, one of the ways that you can help her now that her salary is affected is to be prudent in how you spend money.

You may also decide to get a job for people of high school age which can cater for your needs.

b. A way that you can help your classmate is to be friends with him and also help protect him from the bullies.

c. A way that you can overcome your shyness is to seek for help from your classmates and teacher.

d. You can help the situation with the improper waste disposal by starting to educate the people on the health hazards associated with such acts.

e. To make sure that the electric and water bill is not that high again, you can help by conserving energy. You can turn off all lights and taps when they are not in use.

f. Since you have these items, you can give to those that got their house in a fire so they can use.

How to answer the processing question that follows

1. The question connects you to people. It puts you in their shoes, and makes you think of ways that you can solve human problems.

2. The solution to problems came from within, careful thinking of ways that you can make things easier and lighter for others.

3. The lesson from helping others is that it makes you happy. It makes you learn more about things and also puts you in their shoes.

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