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Lesson Exemplar for TLE Grade 7
Quarter 1: Lesson 5 (Week 5)
SY 2024-2025

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TLE/ QUARTER 1/ GRADE 7
I. CURRICULUM CONTENT, STANDARDS, AND LESSON COMPETENCIES

A. Content The learners will

Standards • Demonstrate an understanding of using productivity software.

B. Performance The learners perform the utilization of productivity tools in a safe and responsible manner.
Standards

C. Learning Learning Competencies

Competencies Create word documents with page breaks, auto tables of contents, mail merge, and references.
and Objectives Learning objectives
At the end of the lesson, the learners shall be able to:
1. Generate a simple document with citations.
2. Produce a simple document with a mail merge.

D. Content Word Processing Software

• mail merge
• references

E. Integration SDG 4: Quality Education

SGD 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

II. LEARNING RESOURCES

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III. TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCEDURE NOTES TO TEACHERS

A. Activating Prior DAY 1

Knowledge 1. Short Review
Encourage students to think about
Before diving into exciting new features of word processing software, let’s take a
how page breaks help in creating
creative trip down memory lane to review the powerful tools we’ve already mastered—
clean separations between
page breaks and auto table of contents. Imagine you're creating a magical book filled
chapters, much like turning a page
with enchanted stories. To make it reader-friendly, you need to organize it beautifully.
in a real book.
Let’s recall how we did that using page breaks and auto tables of contents.
Questions:
Get students to visualize an auto
1. Imagine you’re writing a book of spells. Who can remind us what a page
table of contents as a guide or
break is and why we use it to separate different sections or chapters of our
index in a book of spells, which
spell book?"
magically updates itself to point to
2. Now, think of our spell book having hundreds of pages. Can anyone explain
the correct locations of each
how an auto table of contents is like a magical map that helps readers
chapter or section.
navigate through the chapters? Why is this feature so useful in a long
document?
Mail merge in MS Word is a helpful feature that allows you to create personalized
documents, such as letters or labels, for multiple recipients at once. By using a list of
information, you can automate the process of customizing each document with By understanding mail merge and
individual details like names, addresses, and other specific content. practicing with these examples
and analogies, the learners will be
Examples: able to easily create personalized
1. Letter to Students: Imagine you need to send a letter to all your classmates documents efficiently using MS
about an upcoming event. With mail merge, you can create one template letter Word.
and automatically fill in each person's name to make it personal for every B. Introduce the concept of
recipient. mail merge by asking
2. Address Labels: If you're sending out invitations to a party, you can use mail students how
merge to create address labels for each guest on your list. This way, you don't personalization can make a
have to handwrite each label - Word does it for you! document more engaging.
C. Show a sample
personalized letter

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 Analogies: compared to a generic one
1. Bakery Analogy: Think of mail merge like a bakery making personalized and discuss the differences.
cakes. The bakery has a list of orders with different names and decorations.
With mail merge, Word is the baker, and the list of orders is your data source.
Word helps add the unique touches to each cake just like it personalizes each
document with specific information.
2. School Yearbook Analogy: In a school yearbook, each student has their own
section with a customized message. Mail merge works similarly - like a magical
yearbook editor that automatically fills in the personalized details for each
student without having to write it out by hand.

2. Feedback (Optional)

B. Establishing 1. Lesson Purpose

Lesson Purpose Imagine you're creating a legendary recipe book for Filipino mythical creatures. You want Encourage students to think of mail
to personalize each recipe for different creatures like the kapre, tikbalang, and diwata merge as a magical tool that
without rewriting it many times. That's where our magic tool, the mail merge feature, comes automates repetitive tasks, making
in! it easier to personalize documents
Questions: for many recipients at once.
1. Why do you think the mail merge feature is like a magical spell? How can it help you
send personalized recipes to different Filipino mythical creatures quickly and Get students to see references as a
efficiently? way to strengthen their documents,
2. Imagine you’re writing a research paper on Philippine folklore and need to ensure much like how citing reputable
every fact and reference is accurate. How can using references improve the quality sources adds authority and
and credibility of your documents, just like citing ancient Filipino legends in your trustworthiness to academic
research? writing.
Mail Merge allows you to create a batch of personalized documents where each
By the end of this lesson, you will
document shares the same layout, formatting, text, and graphics, except for specific
understand how to use mail merge
personalized parts.
to automate sending personalized
• These personalized parts can include recipient names, addresses, and
documents and how to insert and
other customized information.
manage references to support your
• You associate a data source (such as an Excel spreadsheet, Outlook research and writing.
contact list, or any other database) with your Word document.

Common Document Types for Mail Merge:

• Letters: Create personalized letters with a customized greeting for each
recipient. Each letter prints on a separate sheet of paper.
• Emails: Send personalized email messages directly from Word, where
each recipient's address is the only address on the "To" line.

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 • Envelopes or Labels: Generate envelopes or sheets of mailing labels with
names and addresses from your data source.
• Directories: Create a list of information for each item in your data source
(also known as a catalog merge). Useful for printing contact lists or
grouping information.
Data Sources:
• You can use various data sources, including Excel spreadsheets, Outlook
contacts, or any database that Word can connect to.
• If you don't have an existing data source, you can even type it directly in
Word during the mail merge process.

In Microsoft Word, references and citations serve important purposes in academic

and professional writing.
1. Citations:
o Citations enhance the credibility of your work, demonstrate thorough
research, and allow readers to verify the information you've
presented.
2. Bibliography:
o The bibliography allows readers to explore the sources further, verify
facts, and delve deeper into the topic. It also helps prevent plagiarism
by giving proper credit to the original authors.
3. Microsoft Word's Reference Tools:
o These tools streamline the process of organizing and formatting
references, making it easier for writers to maintain consistency and
adhere to specific citation styles.

2. Unlocking Content Area Vocabulary

• Mail Merge - Mail merge is a powerful feature in Microsoft Word that allows
you to create personalized documents, such as letters, envelopes, labels, or
email messages, by combining a fixed template with variable data from a list or
database.
• Citations - a way to give credit to the sources of information you use in your
research or writing.
• Reference - is a helpful tool that allows you to add citations, footnotes,
endnotes, and tables of contents to your documents.

C. Developing and SUB-TOPIC 1: Mail Merge

Deepening
Understanding 1. Explicitation
Mail merge in MS Word is a useful tool that allows you to personalize documents such
as letters, envelopes, labels, and e-mails.

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 The teacher will ask the learners the following elicitation questions to develop
understanding on the topic.
● What is mail merge and how is it typically used in document processing?
● How can mail merge help improve efficiency when sending out personalized
documents to a large group of recipients?
● What are some key steps involved in setting up a mail merge in a word processing
software?

2. Worked Example
Today, we'll learn about the powerful mail merge feature. I’ll demonstrate how to set
it up and use it effectively to personalize your documents.
Demonstration: Step-by-Step for Mail Merge
Prepare your letter
1. Go to Mailings > Start Mail Merge > Letters.

2. In Word, type the body of the letter that you want to send to your mailing list.

Set up your mailing list

Your mailing list is a data source that contains the information that Word uses to
customize your letter. See Data sources you can use for a mail merge - Microsoft Support. If you https://support.microsoft.com/en
need to sort or filter your mailing list, see Mail merge: Edit recipients. -us/office/add-citations-in-a-
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Add content to your letter that’s different for each person who receives it.

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1. Go to Mailings > Address Block.

2. Choose a format for the recipient's name In the Insert Address Block dialog
box.

Data sources you can use for a mail

merge - Microsoft Support. (n.d.).
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3. Choose OK.
4. Choose Greeting Line.

5. Select the format you want to use in the Insert Greeting Line dialog box.
For more info, see Insert Greeting Line.
6. Select OK to insert the greeting line field.
7. Go to File > Save.
To insert other custom information from your mailing list, see add mail merge
fields one at a time.

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 Preview and print the letters
1. Go to Mailings > Preview Results to
preview your letters.

2. Choose Next or Previous to scroll

though your data set to be sure the names and addresses look right.
3. Select Preview Results again switch from the merged results back to the mail
merge fields in your letter
4. Select Finish & Merge > Print Documents.
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Save your personalized letter Insert mail merge fields - Microsoft

1. Go to File > Save. When you save the mail merge document, it stays connected Support. (n.d.).
to your mailing list for future use. https://prod.support.services.micr
2. To reuse your mail merge document, open the mail merge document. osoft.com/en-us/office/insert-
Choose Yes when Word prompts you to keep the connection. mail-merge-fields-9a1ab5e3-2d7a-
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video that is part of a training course.

Day 2

3. Lesson Activity
(See worksheet #1 for the activity which students will accomplish.)
This activity will help you understand how to create customized letters using the Mail Assessment:
Merge feature. You'll be able to generate bulk letters or emails without manually pasting
• Observation: Monitor
individual names, addresses, and other information into each letter.
Here are the steps for the learning activity: students during
1. Open Microsoft Word: practice.
o Start by opening an existing Word document or creating a new one. • Discussion: Engage
2. Access the Mail Merge Wizard: students in a discussion
o Go to the Mailings tab. about the role of mail
o Click on the Start Mail Merge command. merge in
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 o Select Step-by-Step Mail Merge Wizard from the drop-down menu. documents/letters/memo
3. Choose the Document Type: .
o In the Mail Merge task pane, choose the type of document you want
to create (e.g., letters, envelopes, labels).
o For this activity, let's select Letters.
o Click Next: Starting document to proceed.
4. Select Recipients:
o You'll need an address list (recipient data) to automatically place each
address into the document.
o You can use an existing file (e.g., an Excel workbook) or type a new
address list within the Mail Merge Wizard.
o Select Use an existing list and browse to your file.
o If using an Excel workbook, choose the appropriate worksheet.
o In the Mail Merge Recipients dialog box, select the recipients you
want to include in the merge.
o Click OK when done.
5. Write Your Letter:
o Now you're ready to write your letter.
o Each copy of the letter will have the same content, with recipient data
(e.g., name, address) inserted dynamically.
o Insert placeholders (merge fields) for recipient data where needed.
o For example, use the Address block placeholder to automatically
include recipient addresses.
6. Preview and Complete:
o Preview the merged documents to ensure accuracy.
o Navigate through recipients using Next or Previous.
o Once satisfied, click Finish & Merge to print, email, or save the
personalized letters.

DAY 3
SUB-TOPIC 2: Reference
1. Explicitation Video: Mail merge. (n.d.). Microsoft
The following questions will be asked to the learners to understand the purpose of Support.
reference and citations, the process of inserting citations in MS Word, the importance of https://prod.support.services.micr
following citation styles, distinguishing between bibliography and reference list, and osoft.com/en-us/office/video-mail-
utilizing the “Manage Sources” feature: merge-507b5468-f771-485d-9ef0-
1. What is the purpose of including references and citations in a document? 27857168a266
2. How can you insert a citation using the built-in features of Microsoft Word?
Word 2016: Mail Merge. (n.d.).
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including references in academic writing? 2016/mail-merge/1/
4. Can you explain the difference between a bibliography and a reference list when
creating citations in MS Word?
5. How does using the "Manage Sources" feature in Microsoft Word help in
6. organizing references and creating citations efficiently?

2. Worked Example
In Word, you can easily add citations when writing a document where you need to cite
your sources, such as a research paper. Citations can be added in various formats,
including APA, Chicago-style, GOST, IEEE, ISO 690, and MLA. Afterwards, you
can create a bibliography of the sources you used to write your paper.
To add a citation to your document, you first add the source that you used.

Add a new citation and source to a document

1. On the References tab, in the Citations & Bibliography group, click the arrow
next to Style and click the style that you want to use for the citation and source.
For example, social sciences documents usually use the MLA or APA styles for
citations and sources.

2. Click at the end of the sentence or phrase that you want to cite.
3. On the Reference tab, click Insert Citation and then do one of the following:
▪ To add the source information, click Add New Source, and then, in
the Create Source dialog box, click the arrow next to Type of Source, and
select the type of source you want to use (for example, a book section or a
website).
▪ To add a placeholder, so that you can create a citation and fill in the source
information later, click Add New Placeholder. A question mark appears
next to placeholder sources in Source Manager.
4. If you choose to add a source, enter the details for the source. To add more
information about a source, click the Show All Bibliography Fields check box.
5. Click OK when finished. The source is added as a citation at the place you
selected in your document.

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Add citations to your document
1. Click at the end of the sentence or phrase that you want to cite, and then on
the References tab, in the Citations & Bibliography group, click Insert Citations.
2. From the list of citations under Insert Citation, select the citation you want to use.

Find a source
The list of sources that you use can become quite long. At times, you might need to
search for a source that you cited in another document.

1. On the References tab, in the Citations & Bibliography group, click Manage
Sources.

If you open a new document that does not yet contain citations, all of the sources
that you used in previous documents appear under Master List.
If you open a document that includes citations, the sources for those citations appear
under Current List. All the sources that you have cited, either in previous documents
or in the current document, appear under Master List.

2. To find a specific source, do one of the following:

▪ In the sorting box, sort by author, title, citation tag name, or year, and then
look for the source that you want in the resulting list.
▪ In the Search box, type the title or author for the source that you want to find.
The list dynamically narrows to match your search term.

Edit a source
1. On the References tab, in the Citations & Bibliography group, click Manage
Sources.
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Microsoft Support. (n.d.-b).
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2. In the Source Manager dialog box, under Master List or Current List, select the -us/office/add-citations-in-a-
source you want to edit, and then click Edit. word-document-ab9322bb-a8d3-
Note: To edit a placeholder to add citation information, select the placeholder 47f4-80c8-63c06779f127
from Current List and click Edit.
Assessment:
3. In the Edit Source dialog box, make the changes you want and click OK.
• Observation: Monitor
students during
practice.
• Discussion: Engage
students in a discussion
about the role of
citations in scholarly
work.
Answer key:
1. author
3. Lesson Activity 2. reference list
(See worksheet #2 for the activity which students will accomplish.) 3. cited
A. Citing Resources. Proper citation and referencing are an important skill for students 4. page number
to learn. This worksheet will help you practice citing sources and creating references in 5. citation
Microsoft Word.
1. Introduction
o Engage students by discussing the significance of citing sources.
o Explain that citations give credit to original authors and allow
readers to verify information.
o Discuss common citation styles (e.g., MLA, APA) and their use in
different fields.
2. Understanding Citations
o Define what a citation is: a reference to a source used in a
document.
o Show examples of in-text citations (e.g., (Smith, 2023)) and
bibliographic entries.

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 o Discuss the purpose of each component (author, title, publication
date, etc.).
3. Creating a Simple Document
o Provide students with sample content (e.g., an article or
paragraph).
o Instruct them to create a new Word document.
o Demonstrate how to insert in-text citations:
▪ Place the cursor where the citation should appear.
▪ Go to the References tab.
▪ Click on Insert Citation and choose the appropriate
source.
o Guide students in creating a bibliography:
▪ Navigate to the end of the document.
▪ Click on Bibliography and select a citation style (e.g., MLA).
▪ Word will generate the bibliography based on inserted
citations.
4. Practice and Exploration
o Assign students a topic or let them choose one.
o Research relevant sources (books, websites, etc.).
o Insert in-text citations and build a bibliography.
o Discuss challenges encountered during the process.
5. Closure
o Review the steps for inserting citations and creating a
bibliography.
o Emphasize the importance of accurate and consistent citations.
o Encourage students to explore other citation styles and tools.

B. Fill in the blank with the correct words.

Word bank:
Page number author citation
reference list cited

1. In-text citations indicate the _______ of the source.

2. The full details of the source are provided in the _________ at the end of the
document.
3. The reference list includes all sources _________ in the text.
4. Quotations require a citation with the author and _____________.
5. Paraphrased information also requires an in-text __________.

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 D. Making 1. Learners’ Takeaways
Generalizations The teacher will ask the learners:
• Teachers will emphasize the importance of the different computer number
systems.
• The teacher will ask the learners to expound or recap the concept of the
different computer number systems.
• The teacher will process their answers and let the students again create a
single generalization.
2. Reflection on Learning
The teacher will ask the learner this question:
How do you find today’s lesson? Was it hard? Which part of the lesson do you find
difficult?

IV. EVALUATING LEARNING: FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT AND TEACHER’S REFLECTION NOTES TO TEACHERS

A. Evaluating DAY 4
Learning 1. Formative Assessment
A. Multiple Choice Questions: Choose the correct answer from the choices for each Answer key:
question. 1) d
1. Which of the following is NOT required in an in-text citation?
2) c
a) Page number
b) Author's last name
3) a
c) Year of publication 4) b
d) Title of the source 5) d
2. Where should the reference list be placed in a document?
a) Beginning of the document
b) End of the document
c) Separate section at the end
d) Anywhere in the document
3. How should you cite a direct quote that is longer than 40 words?
a) Indent the quote and include an in-text citation
b) Include it in quotation marks with an in-text citation
c) Paraphrase the quote and include an in-text citation
d) No citation is needed for long quotes
4. Which of these is the correct format for a book reference?
a) Author. (Year). Title. Publisher.
b) Author, A. A. (Year). Title of work. Publisher.

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 c) Author LastName, FirstInitial. (Year). Title. Publisher.
d) Author. Title. (Year). Publisher.
5. What should you do if you cannot find all the required information for a
reference?
a) Consult your teacher for guidance
b) Skip that source and do not include it in the reference list
c) Make up the missing information to complete the reference
d) Use "n.d." for the year and include as much information as possible
B. Open Ended Questions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences:
● Explain the difference between an in-text citation and a reference list entry.
2. Homework (Optional)

B. Teacher’s Note observations on any The teacher may take note of

Effective Practices Problems Encountered
Remarks of the following areas: some observations related to
the effective practices and
strategies explored problems encountered after
utilizing the different strategies,
materials used materials used, learner
engagement and other related
learner engagement/ stuff.
interaction

others Teachers may also suggest

ways to improve the different
activities explored/ lesson
exemplar.

C. Teacher’s Reflection guide or prompt can be on: Teacher’s reflection in every

Reflection ▪ principles behind the teaching lesson conducted/ facilitated is
What principles and beliefs informed my lesson? essential and necessary to
Why did I teach the lesson the way I did? improve practice. You may also
▪ students consider this as an input for
What roles did my students play in my lesson? the LAC/Collab sessions.
What did my students learn? How did they learn?
▪ ways forward
What could I have done differently?
What can I explore in the next lesson?

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