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Module 48
A DepEd-BEAM Distance Learning Program supported by the Australian Agency for International Development
WRITING A RESUME

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Good day dear learner, how are you today? Another day is given
for us to learn a new lesson.
This module deals with writing activities. We will learn today how
to write a resume. A resumè is a summary of data.
The school asks you or your parents to fill out forms at the
beginning of the school year. Sometimes, we fill out forms for library
card applications, coupons, ID cards and many others.
Look at Austin’s information sheet.
To the Learner
Let’s Try This
Let’s Learn This
Name: Austin Jayce F. Cruz Sex: Male
Address: Hilay St. Guihing, Hagonoy, Davao del Sur Age: 11
Phone No: 3001434
Birthday: May 12, 1995
Birthplace: Davao del Sur
Mother’s Name: Alexes Anne F. Cruz
Father’s Name: Allan Jeremy Y. Cruz
School: Guihing Central Elem. School
Number of brothers: 2 Number of Sisters: 1
Hobbies: Playing basketball and reading books

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Answer the following questions:
1. Based on Austin’s information sheet, what is his complete name?
2. How old is Austin?
3. What is the importance of the date May 12, 1995?
4. If you want to call Austin, what number are you going to dial?
5. Where was Austin born?
In the information sheet you can find data, they help you answer
the questions. This time try filling up this information sheet.
In the information sheet below there are blanks where data are
written. Let us study each item.
Name: ___________________________ - is the space where the name of
the person is written. Sometimes surname or family name is
written before the first name.
Middle Name – is the whole surname of the mother.
Middle Initial – is only the first letter of the surname of the mother.
Example:
Name: Cruz, Austin Franco
Surname First Name Middle Name
or
Name: Cruz, Austin F.
Last Name/Surname/Family Name First Name Middle Initial
Address: __________________________ - is the space where the name of
the place is written. It includes the house no., street,
barangay, municipality.
Let’s Study This

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Example:
34 Hilay St., Guihing, Hagonoy, Davao del Sur
House # Street Barangay Municipality Province
Sometimes the house number is not written.
Sex: ________ - tells if the person writing the information is a girl
(Female) or boy (Male).
Age: _______ - tells how old is the person writing the information.
Birthdate: _______________ - indicates the month, day, and year when
the person is born.
Birthplace: ________________ - the place where the person is born.
Mother’s Name: _________________ - the full name of the mother.
Father’s Name: __________________ - the full name of the father.
Hobbies: ____________________ - the favorite things that a person wants
to do or make him busy during free time.
Occupation: _________________ - indicates the work of a person.
Example: teaching
farming
businesswoman/businessman
private employee
self-employed
Nationality: _______________________ - the identity of a person where he
belongs in relation to his country or motherland.
Example: Filipino, American, Chinese

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Direction: Fill out this form with information.
Are you done? Let your teacher check your work.
Direction: Ask a friend to say something about himself. Listen for
important details such as:
Name: __________________________________
Age: _______
Address: ________________________________
Birthday: ________________________________
Birthplace: ______________________________
Favorite:
Cartoon: ___________________________
Movie: _____________________________
Food: ______________________________
Color: _____________________________
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_________________________
Name of School
Name: ____________________________________________
Grade: __________________ Gender: __________
Date of Birth: ____________Nationality: _________
Religion: ________________ Place of birth: _________________
Address: ____________________________
Father: ______________________________
Occupation: _________________________
Mother: _____________________________
Occupation: _________________________

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You have learned to fill out the data in a resume. We
will test whether you have already mastered the skill by
answering the final activity. But before that, you should
remember this:
Information sheets come in any form. There are library
card applications, coupons, ID card, and many others.
They consist of personal information of a person.
In the exercise above, the data come from a friend. The name,
age, address and all other data belong to only one person. These data
tell about the person you are interviewing. This set of data is also
called a resume.
Now, let us all do the next activity.
Let’s Remember This

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Directions: Study the resume below and answer the questions that
follow.
Name: Eric Dela Calsada
School: Guihing Central Elementary School Gender: Male
Address: Guihing, Hagonoy, Davao del Sur
Birthdate: January 8, 1996 Age: 13
Birthplace: Digos City
Religion: Protestant
Nationality: Filipino
Telephone Number: 553-0872
1. Based on the data presented what is an entry for birthdate?
2. What is the name of the school that Eric enrolled in?
3. Where was Eric born?
4. How old is he?
5. If you want to call Eric what number will you dial?
Finished?
Now check the answers against the Answer Key.
Let’s Test Ourselves

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Direction: Fill out this form with information.
Name: ______________________________________________________________
Surname First Name Middle Initial
Parents’ Name: _______________________ _______________________
Father’s Name Mother’s Name
Birth: ______________________ _________________________________
Month Day Year Town, Province
Parents’ Occupation: ____________________ _______________________
Father’s Work Mother’s Work
Finished?
Let your teacher check your answers.
I hope that you learned a lot today.
Congratulations.
Let’s Enrich
Ourselves

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Let’s Test Ourselves
1. January 8, 1996
2. Guihing Central Elementary School
3. Digos City
4. 13 years old
5. 553-0872
Answer Key