Saint Columban College

HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

7016 Pagadian City

S T U D E N T ’ S M O D U L E

Name:_____________________________________________ Date: __________________

Grade & Section:____________________________________ Subject: Rel./ Val. Ed 8

Content Standard: The learner demonstrates understanding on encountering God, responding to God’s call to love and
friendship and proclaiming the belief to the Triune God or Trinitarian God.
Performance Standard: The learner responds to God’s call by making a prayer as we live our lives daily and according
to God’s call.
Learning Competency: Recognize the Ten Commandments in our lives
Learning Content: Understanding the Ten Commandments
Learning Resources: Sanvictores, G.S & Miranda, NP, Called to Celebrate Our Catholic Identity and Mission. Sibs
Publishing House, Quezon City pp. 71-87
Core Values: Reflecting on God’s interaction with His people as loving, faithful and saving God.

Module No. 4 Time Frame: 2 weeks

Learning Targets: At the end of the module, you can recognize the Ten Commandments in our lives by:

a. identifying the Ten commandments ,

b. explaining the Ten commandments; and
c. discerning which commandment needs to strengthened.

I. INTRODUCTION

Panagdait! Congratulations on completing

your Module 4. This time, get ready for the
next chapter. Buckled up!

Requesting everyone to have your own personal prayer before you start answering
the given module.

A. Motivation

Directions: Observe the given picture below. What can you implore from this picture? Give at least 3 rules
your parents imposed to you
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Why do you think your parents imposed these rules?

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 B. Transition/Linking Statements

In the past module, we’ve learned the different journey of God’s people away from the captivity and
witnessed the different miraculous things God made to set his people free. In this module, we will get to learn the
rules God has set to His people.

II. INTERACTION

A. Learning Activities

Lesson A.1. Explaining the Ten Commandments

To better understand the Ten Commandments, the first part of the discussion will show how the Israelites
kept each commandment.

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

1. I, the Lord, am your God. You shall not have any other gods beside me.

The Israelites faced many temptations to worship other gods such as nature and Baal, but the covenant
bound them to an exclusive worship of Yahweh.

Directions: Answer the following:

What are your own false gods?
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2. You shall not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain.
The Israelites believed that the name of a person held special importance ad power. The name represented
the person. In Scripture, whenever God gives a person important mission, He also gives that person a new
name to signify his or her new life and mission.

3. Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day.

God commanded a day of worship and rest to bring Israelites to a deeper appreciation of Him. The
Israelites observed the Sabbath as a day of worship and rest to commemorate God’s creation of rest and
their liberation from slavery.

Directions: Answer the following:

Why is celebrating the Eucharist important? How do we develop personal relationship with
Jesus?
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 4. Honor your father and your mother.
This commandment means we should respect our parents and our elders in words and deeds. Our parents
brought us into the world, and they nourish and support us. Obeying this commandment is not always
easy. Nonetheless, our respect for them must come from the fundamental fact that the serve as God’s
channels of His life and love.

ACTIVITY A. 1

Directions: Accomplish the following activities:

A. In a skit, show how you would uphold the fourth commandment in each situation below.
1. Your parents do not allow you to go out with your friends even on weekends. They believe you are
too young to go to different places without an adult companion for supervision.
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2. You want to buy a new dress or a pair of pants for a party. Your parents point out that you have
several good dresses or pairs of pants. They also remind you that you can borrow clothes from your
older sibling.
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3. Your father punishes you when you do something wrong without listening to your explanation.
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B. What do you expect your parents to tell you in each given situations? Explain.
1. You have a very messy room.
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2. You are failing in math.
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3. Your daily breakfast consists of potato chips, bubble gum, and soft drinks.
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5. You shall not kill

Killing an innocent person is murder. Murder is forbidden and is considered a terrible crime. It can be
motivated by anger or reasons of personal gain.

Directions: Answer the following:

1. How do you stand on the issue of restoration of death penalty in the Philippines?
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2. How can a teenager like encourage and foster respect for life? How can you help others
do the same?
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6. You shall not commit adultery

9. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife

The sixth commandment forbids a person from entering into sexual union with anyone other than his or
her spouse. The ninth commandment goes a step further. It prohibits from entertaining impure or lustful
thoughts and desires.
 7. You shall not steal
10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s food

The seventh commandment deals with our outward actions regarding our possessions. It is a relationship
that should be governed by justice and love. The tenth commandment thwarts the inner temptations to
crave for something that belongs to other.

ACTIVITY A. 1

Directions: Rate yourself on how you live the seventh and the tenth commandments. Check the box
that tells how often you do or show each action.

Always Ofte Sometimes Rarely Never

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1. I check any feeling of envy that I may have
toward my wealthy classmates

2. I throw my trash into the garbage can

3. I take my projects home and recycle their

reusable parts
4. I turn off the lights when they are not needed

5. I think of my blessings beyond the material

things I have and give thanks to God for my
family, friends and loved ones.

8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbors.

The eighth commandment prohibited the Israelites from telling lies. God’s holiness and truth
sustained the throughout their whole journey. As Christians we are called to witness the truth for
Christ our Lord is the truth.

B. Assessment Techniques:

B.1. Completion Type

Directions: The following are verses about the Ten Commandments. Fill in the blanks the correct answer
to complete the verses. Choose your answers inside the box.

Obey Abolish father prophets

Right fulfill friends
Mother first life

“Children, (1) ____________ your parents in the LORD for this is (2) _____________. Honor your (3)
______________ and (4) _________________ This is the (5) ____________ commandment with a promise,
that it may go well with you and that you may have a long (6) _______________ on earth”
- Eph 6:1-3
“Do not think that I have come to (7) _____________ the law or the (8) __________________. I have
come not to abolish but to (9) _______________.”
- Mt 5:17-19
“You are my (10) _________________ if you do what I command you”
- Jn 15:14
 III. INTEGRATION

A. Transfer of Learning

Lesson A.2. The Ten Commandments

Directions: Complete the table below. Base your answers from your lesson pp. 90-99.

Commandment Value Protected Violation Promotion ( Upholding

the commandment
First God as first priority Knowing and loving God;
gratitude for all his
blessings.
Second Blasphemy, inattentiveness in prayer
Third Sunday worship and rest
Fourth
Fifth Taking care of one’s health
Sixth Respect for sexuality Indecent exposure, pornography
Seventh Taking care of borrowed
books, observing proper
waste segregation.
Eighth Giving sincere
compliments; being truthful
in thought, word, and dead.
Ninth Clean thoughts
Tenth Simplicity, gratitude for
one’s blessings.

B. Reflection

Directions: Reflecting on God’s interaction with His people, write about an experience of yours
that shows God as a faithful, saving and loving God to you.

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C. Closure/Synthesis

The Ten Commandments provide us with basic moral norms for discerning good acts
from evil acts. Obeying God’s laws means respecting the moral rights of every human.
Ultimately, God’s laws teach us how we should live as an individuals and as a member of a
community.

You did a great job! You are now

done with our Module 5!

Prepared by:
Jovie C. Alboleras
Myra Claire Dalogdog