Grade 8 HEALTH Q4 Lesson2 LM Alcohol
Grade 8 HEALTH Q4 Lesson2 LM Alcohol
Motivational Activity
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Answer the following questions:
1. What is an alcohol? What kinds of alcohol do you know? Is it safe to drink different
varieties of alcohol?
Read the information. Copy and complete the key diagram below. List the three types of alcohol
and provide examples.
Alcohol is a colorless, bitter-tasting substance that humans have been consuming since
the ancient times. It comes from plants that underwent fermentation. Fermentation is the process
of extracting alcohol from a plant or a fruit. An example of fermented alcohol is a beer. A beer is
extracted from grains. On the other hand, wines are from grapes and other fruits. There are three
types of alcohol: isopropyl, methanol and ethanol. Isopropyl and methanol are used in
laboratories and are poisonous and fatal if taken. On the other hand, ethanol is also called the
beverage alcohol. This is what humans consume that intoxicates and alters the nervous system.
Examples:
ALCOHOL
Activity 2: Brainstorming
What are the words you associate with “alcohol”? Write them down.
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Have you seen a person who has consumed alcoholic beverages? What are your observations?
List them inside the bottle.
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NOT TRUE!
Do you know that alcohol is a depressant? It means that when taken, it slows down the
processes of a person’s central nervous system. It is not true that alcohol gives extra strength and
energy. In addition, alcohol has very little nutritional value. They only provide empty calories.
How does alcohol go into your body? How is it absorbed? Fill in the blanks with correct
information.
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then exits the body through
urination.
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Activity 4: Myth Busters
Which of the following is a misconception about alcohol and alcohol drinking? Put an X in the
box.
Do the following:
1. Discuss alcohol and how it enters the body. Include the following:
a. Types of alcohol
b. Example of alcoholic beverages
c. Myths about alcohol and its effects
d. Path of alcohol through the body
Enrich Your Knowledge!
Recommended Media Resources:
• Read the article about alcohol and statistics on alcohol drinking in the Philippines:
http://pcij.org/blog/wp-docs/WHO_types_of_alcohol.pdf
http://pcij.org/blog/wp-docs/WHO_global_status_report_on_alcohol_2004_philippines.pdf
http://pcij.org/i-report/2006/alcoholism.html
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PART TWO - WHAT TO PROCESS
When alcohol enters the bloodstream, it goes in all the parts of the body. The main effect
of alcohol drinking reflects on a person’s central nervous system (CNS). The CNS control’s
one’s mental processes, memory, speech, learning and decision-making. It also affects a person’s
senses, feelings, movement and breathing.
The amount of alcohol that entered in the bloodstream at a certain period can be
measured in percentages through blood alcohol concentration (BAC) or most often called
blood alcohol level (BAL). A BAC of 0.05 percent means there is 5 parts of alcohol per 10,000
parts of blood in the body. A 0.3-0.5 percent BAC could lead to coma, brain damages and even
death.
Study the situations below. What are the physical and mental effects of every alcohol bottle
to you? Each bottle of alcohol has corresponding BAC/BAL. Write the effects to your body.
Situation A:
Alcohol drinker A went to a party and took around 2 bottles of beer. After an hour,
alcohol drinker left the party. Upon walking home, alcohol drinker slightly loses balances. The
speech, hearing and memory are also slightly impaired. Alcohol drinker A believes that s/he is
better than s/he really are.
Situation B:
Alcohol drinker B spent the night with friends drinking alcohol. Alcohol drinker
consumed around 3 shots of alcohol in just an hour. After that, alcohol drinker B significantly
loses balance and coordination. Alcohol drinker B was also found to be hard to talk with because
of impaired speech, hearing and vision. Alcohol drinker B has lost physical control, too. Alcohol
drinker B was also lightheaded and feeling very elated and happy. Alcohol drinker B cannot even
decide properly on what to do.
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Situation C
Alcohol drinker C just dropped by a friend’s house, where some are drinking alcohol.
Alcohol drinker C was teased to just drink 1 glass of wine. After that, alcohol drinker C started to
act silly and talking to people, sharing a lot of things. Alcohol drinker C was also a little relaxed
and started reacting slowly.
0.02-0.04
OR 1 drink in
1 hour
0.03-0.06
2 drinks in
1 hour
OR
0.05-0.14
3 drinks in
1 hour
OR
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Activity 2: Who’s Who?
Boy OR Girl
Let Us Analyze
Based on Activity 2, what are the factors that affect a person’s ability to get drunk? List them
down.
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FACTORS AFFECTING THE PERSON’S
ABILITY TO GET DRUNK
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Alcohol depresses the body senses and speech. What does it feel when drinking amounts of
alcohol? One at a time, do the following:
What did you feel? Write down your reactions and feelings below.
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How would smell, taste and feeling be affected by alcohol?
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Alcohol causes a person both intoxication and hangover. Intoxication happens when physical and
mental changes in the body of an alcohol drinker occur. On the other hand, hangover occurs
when an alcohol drinker feels uncomfortable effects after drinking. Give examples of situations
wherein one is intoxicated and the other one is experiencing a hangover.
Intoxication Hangover
Activity 3: Alcoholics
A person is “alcoholic” when he/she starts drinking obsessively and compulsively, without
his/her control. What long-term effect does alcohol-drinking give you? Study the following cases
and determine the specific long-term effect of alcohol drinking to him/her.
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Alcoholic regularly drinks alcohol with or
without friends. As a result of often drinking,
alcoholic does not appear intoxicated
anymore. But lately, alcoholic was ATLERCENO
hospitalized. Upon returning home, alcoholic
stopped drinking. When stopped, alcohol
cannot sleep and eat properly and often sweats
with fear and tremor.
DO YOU KNOW?
When a person takes drugs or medicines along with drinking alcohol, a multiplier
effect takes place. Alcohol depresses the body system, and if another depressant is taken,
such as tranquilizers, accidental death may occur.
Activity 4:
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How does alcohol drinking affect the family, community and country? Write your reflections on
the diagram below.
FAMILY
ALCOHOL
DRINKING
COMMUNITY COUNTRY
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Read the following testimonials of other teenagers. They were asked to explain the effect of
alcoholism in the family, community and the country.
Let’s Analyze!
How did you find the testimonials of the other teenagers? Do you share the same answers? Find
a partner and discuss your answers.
Using the internet, search for studies involving alcoholism in the Philippines. Visit
www.doh.gov.ph.
PART THREE - WHAT TO UNDERSTAND
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Right Turn Only! Avoiding Alcohol
Teenager A is in 2nd year high school. Teenager A is often seen with a barkada. Teenager
A is known for breaking the school policies and flunking in classes. One time, Teenager
A was caught by parents in a small bar near the school. Teenager A was found out to
have been drinking alcohol since 1st year high school. Teenager A does it almost every
week with or without friends. Teenager A is now grounded and cannot go to school.
What advice would you give Teenage A? Write a letter and tell your thoughts and advice.
Date:__________
Dear Teenager A,
Your Friend,
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Have you been invited to drink alcohol? How did you respond? How will you avoid these
situations? Fill in the blanks with alternatives to drinking alcohol.
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“Opps! I would prefer…
“I can’t because…
“Oh no! I…
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Let Us Learn!
Refusing someone who offers you to drink is easy. Follow the steps below to help you handle
situations.
“We can play anytime! But the bar is not always open!”
STEP 4: I really don’t drink because it’s not healthy for me.
Give a reason.
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Activity 3: Caught Up!
Read the situations below. Based on the steps to avoid drinking, how can you handle the
situations?
Your friends invited you for a sleepover to make a project in Science. After finishing
the project, your friends suggested to watch a movie. While watching the movie, one
friend brought bottles of beer. You were asked to get one and drink. What should you
do?
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You and your friend are walking home from school. You stumble upon an unopened
can of beer on the road. Your friend told you to get the beer and drink it at the side.
What should you do?
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Look at the bottles below. Are they alcohol bottles? Convert and design them into something
else. Make them “alcohol-free”.
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Activity 4: Headlines!
Have you read something about alcohol? Read newspapers, magazines, journals, or editorials.
Clip it here then write your reaction on a 1 whole sheet of paper.
According to Ricardo Zarco, alcoholism is the most common form of addiction in the
Philippines. What does the law say against alcohol? Research on laws and bills passed to control
alcohol in the Philippines. List them down. Submit a 1 paragraph reaction about the
government’s ways to ease alcoholism in the country.
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Rubrics for Grading Reaction Paper
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Check Your Knowledge
Do the following:
1. Discuss the strategies in the prevention and control of alcohol drinking. Include the
following:
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PART FOUR - WHAT TO TRANSFER
You will produce advocacy materials for the prevention of alcohol drinking with shared
responsibility from the family for a healthy family life.
Create a material that advocates for the prevention of alcoholism. Choose from any of the
following:
[ ] Song/Poem
Write a song or poem that centers on the alternative hobbies that you can replace
alcohol drinking. The song or poem may also discuss how alcohol can ruin someone’s life.
[ ] Artwork/Poster
Draw and/or paint an artwork that depicts the causes and effects of alcohol
drinking. You can also use recycled materials like empty bottles/cans of alcohol to create a 3D
artwork. Write a 1-paragraph description of your masterpiece.
[ ] Video
Create a video presentation that shows alcoholism in the Philippines and how the
government works on it. Write a short synopsis of your video.
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RUBRIC FOR ADVOCACY MATERIAL MAKING
Criteria 4 3 2 1
Required The advocacy All required elements All but 1 of the Several required
Elements material includes all are included on the required elements are elements were
required elements as advocacy material. included on the missing.
well as additional advocacy material.
information.
Labels All items of Almost all items of Many items of Labels are too small to
importance on the importance on the importance on the view or no important
advocacy material advocacy material are advocacy material are items were labeled.
are clearly labeled clearly labeled with clearly labeled with
with labels that can labels that can be read labels that can be read
be read from at least from at least 3 ft. away. from at least 3 ft.
3 ft. away. away.
Graphics - All graphics are All graphics are related All graphics relate to Graphics do not relate
Relevance related to the topic to the topic and most the topic. One or two to the topic or several
and make it easier to make it easier to borrowed graphics borrowed graphics do
understand. All understand. Some have a source citation. not have a source
borrowed graphics borrowed graphics have citation.
have a source a source citation.
citation.
Attractiveness The advocacy The advocacy material The advocacy material The advocacy material
material is is attractive in terms of is acceptably is distractingly messy
exceptionally design, layout and attractive though it or very poorly
attractive in terms of neatness. may be a bit messy. designed. It is not
design, layout, and attractive.
neatness.
Grammar There are no There are 1-2 There are 3-4 There are more than 4
grammatical/mechan grammatical/mechanica grammatical/mechanic grammatical/mechanic
ical mistakes on the l mistakes on the al mistakes on the al mistakes on the
advocacy material. advocacy material. advocacy material. advocacy material.
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GENERALIZATION
Alcohol drinking is one of the most common past-times of human beings. For some
alcohol replaces water as their basic drink during meals. But little do these people know that too
much alcohol consumption could lead to damage to the body systems.
Technically, not all types of alcohol can be consumed. Only ethanol, which is also called
beverage alcohol, can enter the body. If other types of alcohol, like methanol and isopropyl go
into the bloodstream, extreme damage and even death may occur. Alcohol intake can be
measured through the blood alcohol concentration (BAC). It is counted in percentages of ethanol
present in a person’s bloodstream at a certain period. A higher BAC means having a higher risk
of experiencing impairments in the body functioning. For example, drinking various alcoholic
drinks at shorter intervals greatly affect a person’s BAC.
There are also a lot of myths and misconceptions about alcohol drinking. It is not true
that alcohol gives you extra strength. Alcohol has very low nutritional content and it has empty
calories. Drinking alcohol will not give you a boost of self-esteem either. It is actually a
depressant. It slows down the function of the central nervous system (CNS), making a person
vulnerable to doing undesirable things. These undesirable things are often mistaken as results of
having a higher self-esteem. It is also not true that one can be sober after drinking alcohol
through consuming coffee. Coffee is a stimulant. You can only have a drunk-awake person.
Bathing does not also count to the ways on how to sober up after heavy drinking. It just produces
the same effect as that of taking coffee. Alcohol is also not yet proven to be a cure to snake bites
and other related injuries.
There are two immediate effects of consuming alcohol: intoxication and hangover.
Intoxication happens when the alcohol goes into the bloodstream, producing physical and mental
changes in the body. These may include changes in sight, smell and other senses. Hangover on
the other hand is the occurrence of an uncomfortable feeling after getting intoxicated. These
effects are only for occasional drinking. But when a person consumes alcohol consistently and
heavily, extreme changes in the body may occur. A person may suffer from liver diseases like
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cirrhosis. Cirrhosis happens when an alcoholic’s liver is already being stored with fats. These
fats block the flow of blood inside the liver, making it damaged and malfunctioning.
Alcoholism in the Philippines is evident. It is said that alcohol drinking is one of the most
addictive habit of Filipinos (Richard Zarco). Alcoholism affects a person’s everyday life. It
alters the normal activities of a person. With this, the person’s family will be affected too.
Reported cases of family violence are resulted from alcohol addiction. If these cases get worse,
effects will be shown on a larger scale. The communities and even the whole country will be
affected.
Only a person can help himself. Prevention is still better than cure. That is why a person
must have a strong foundation of resistance skills. These skills involve getting the courage to
refuse the temptation of alcohol consumption. These skills also involve advocacy on the
prevention of alcohol addiction. After all, it is always our choice. Alcohol is just a colorless,
bitter-tasting liquid that we can avoid drinking.
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
addictive drugs – drugs that can cause addiction physically and psychologically
advocacy materials – materials like posters, flyers, or brochures which show active
support of ideas or causes; plead or argue for something
alcohol – colorless, bitter-tasting liquid that is consumed and/or used either as beverage or
medicine
alcohol poisoning – occurs when the body is damaged physically due to too much alcohol
consumption
blood alcohol concentration – (BAC) measured in percentages, amount of alcohol that has
entered a person’s bloodstream at certain duration
blood alcohol level – (BAL) another term for blood alcohol concentration
brain stroke – a non-communicable disease which affects the arteries which carries blood to the
brain resulting to brain damage. Also called brain attack or plainly stroke.
cancer - any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell
division which may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic
system or the blood stream
central nervous system (CNS)- the part of the nervous system that receives and coordinates all
body activities; consists of the major nerves, brain and spinal
cord.
cigarette – finely grounded and processed tobacco wrapped in a special paper for
smoking
cirrhosis – condition when the liver is “scarred” due to heavy alcohol consumption
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COPD – stands for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, a disease of smokers which worsens
over time. It is characterized by severe coughing, shortness of breathe, wheezing, and
tightening of the chest.
dependence – condition when a person needs alcohol in order for the body to function normally
depressant – a drug that suppresses the central nervous system, slows down the body functioning
drug – any substance not considered as food which alters body structure of functions
emphysema – a lung disease which worsens in time. One of the smokers’ disease which destroys
the alveoli (air sacs) and nearby tissues. It is characterized by shortness of
breath, rapid breathing and expanded chest cavity.
ethanol – also called beverage alcohol, type of alcohol that can be consumed by humans
fatty liver – condition when the liver is being stored with fat from alcohol
gateway drug – a drug which can open doors for the user to experiment and try more
dangerous drugs; drugs like nicotine and alcohol
hangover – physical effects that give discomfort to humans who consumed alcohol
heart attack – is the immediate death of heart muscles due to blockage of the coronary arteries
(heart arteries) by a blood clot. It is also called myocardial infarction.
illegal drug – a drug mandated by law as not to be used by anyone either in small or
large amount
intoxication – physical and mental changes that the body is experiencing upon consuming
alcohol
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multiplier effect – condition when alcohol is consumed simultaneously with any drug or
medicine, causing impairments in the physical and mental functioning of the
body
sidestream smoke – the smoke that comes out of the lighted end of a cigarette or pipe.
Also called “second-hand smoke (SHS) or “environmental
tobacco smoke (ETS).
stimulant drug – a drug which temporarily quickens the central nervous system
third-hand smoke – dangerous smoke left on objects like sofa, beddings and clothes
tobacco – refers to the leaves of the tobacco plant which are dried and prepared for
smoking or chewing.
tolerance – condition when a person needs more alcohol to feel its original effects
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REFERENCES
Print materials:
Non-print materials:
• emb.gov.ph/ECA%20Center/RA8749.pdf
• en.wikipedia.org
• kidshealth.org/classroom/3to5/problems/drugs/smoking.pdf
• newsinfo.inquirer.net/61111/smoking-kills-10-filipinos-every-hour
• vsearch.nlm.nih.gov
• www.cancer.org/Cancer/CancerCauses/TobaccoCancer/secondhand-smoke
• www.chanrobles.com
• www.goodcharacter.com
• www.peelregion.ca
• www.philstar.com/article.aspx?
articleid=787799&publicationsubcategoryid=200
• www.quitsmokingnorthampton.com/whats-in-a-cigarette.php for information
about chemicals present in cigarettes
• www.readwritethink.org /files/resources/interactives/acrostic/
• www.who.int/tobacco/wntd/en/
Photographs:
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