21 Century Literature From the Philippines and the World
Worksheet # 1
Identify geographic, linguistic, and ethnic dimensions of Philippine literary history
from pre-colonial to contemporary and representative texts from the regions.
Direction: Read the poem and answer the tasks given.
MAYON
Kristian Sendon Cordero
Camarines Sur
Ayon sa alamat, lason ng pana ni
Pagtuga,
Ang lumikha sa bulkan – libingan ito
Ng dalagang namatay sa isang
digmaan.
Ngayon, ano ang tutubo sa paanan ng
Mayon
Gayong nagiging malawak na itong
sementeryo
Ng abo, ng tao. Manganganak na
kaya ito?
Tinitigan ko ang nakangangang
bulkan – binalot
Ng ulap at ng sariling usok ang
tuktok, gatas sa labi.
Baka sakali, magpakita, nang may
silbi ang kamera.
Sa ilang retrato na ibinebenta ng mga
bata sa Cagsawa
Lusaw na tae ang nagliliyab na lava,
dumadaloy pababa.
Matandang nag-nganganga ayon
naman sa isang makata.
Sa isang lumang postcard na nakita
ko sa Antigo Merkado—
Kapag sa malayo, isa siyang
magandang sikyung nakatanod,
Handa sa pagkapkap, naghihintay sa
iyong pagpasok.
Tasks:
1. Choose one stanza and explain a particular stanza
2. Identify the various images in the poem
3. Write a short critique of the poem focusing on how the images in the poem present the
experience of viewing Mount Mayon.
WORKSHEET 1 for WEEK 2
Directions: Read and understand the poem, then answer the questions that follow.
Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
“Lyric 17”
Jose Garcia Villa
First, a poem must be magical
Then musical as a seagull.
It must be a brightness moving.
And hold secret a bird’s flowering.
It must be slender as a bell,
And it must hold fire as well,
It must have the wisdom of bows
And it must kneel like a Rose
And it must be able to hear
The Luminance of Dove and Deer.
It must be able to hide
What it seeks like a bride.
And over all I would like to hover
God, smiling from the poem’s cover.
1. According to the poet, what must a poem be first of all?
2. List 10 other qualities that a poem must have.
3. Where does the poet imagine himself?
4. Look at the qualities the poet names. What three do you consider the most
important? Explain your answer.
WORKSHEET 2 for WEEK 2
Word Search
Directions: Find the words that talk about Philippine Literature from the regions.
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Worksheet WEEK 3
Search and Read the essay: FIVE BROTHERS, ONE MOTHER from ‘Many Mansions’ by Exie Abola (Manila)
Answer the following:
a) Describe the kind of house that you have.
b) Share about four things that you love about your home.
c) What does the advent of social media like facebook and tweeter mean to our concept of being ‘at
home’?
d) OFW’s are often separated from family members geographically, how can this
affect how we view ‘home’?
e) How does Abola’s essay dramatize the saying “home is where the heart is”
WORKSHEET 1 – MODULE 8 Performance 1 (Week 5)
Read the story below and produce a creative representation of the literary text by applying
multimedia..
The Goose & the Golden Egg http://read.gov/aesop/091.html
There was once a Countryman who possessed the most wonderful Goose you can imagine, for
every day when he visited the nest, the Goose had laid a beautiful, glittering, golden egg.
The Countryman took the eggs to market and soon began to get rich. But it was not long before
he grew impatient with the Goose because she gave him only a single golden egg a day. He was
not getting rich fast enough.
Then one day, after he had finished counting his money, the idea came to him that he could get
all the golden eggs at once by killing the Goose and cutting it open. But when the deed was done,
not a single golden egg did he find, and his precious Goose was dead. Those who have plenty
want more and so lose all they have.
Criteria
Excellent
(25)
Very
Satisfactory (20)
Satisfactory
( 15)
1. Creativity-Unique video presentation
2. Visual/audio impact-Layout, transition and sound
3. Technical quality-over-all impact of video presentation
WORKSHEET 2 – MODULE 8 Performance 2 (Week 6)
Read the story below and produce a creative representation of the literary text by applying ICT
skills the following steps:
1. Note the sequence of events for the creative adaptation of the literary text.
2. Import images and music to your slides.
Fair
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3. Apply appropriate template designs.
4. Record a voice-over.
5. Add transitions.
6. Adjust the timeline.
7. Save your output.
A True Servant :
http://www.english-for-students.com/A-True-Servant.html
A king had a large number of slaves. One of them was very black. He was true to the king. So the king
loved him greatly.
One day the king went out on a camel. Some slaves walked in front of the king. Others went behind the
king. The black slave rode on a horse by the side of his master – The King. The King had a box. There
were pearls in it. On the way the box fell down in a narrow street. It broke into pieces. The pearls rolled
on the ground.
The king said to his slaves. “Go and take the pearls. I do not want them any longer," said the king. The
slaves ran and gathered the pearls. They took those pearls. The black slave did not leave his place.
He was by the side of his master. He guarded his master. He cared for the life of his master. He did not
care for the master’s pearls. He was the true servant.
The king observed the attitude of the servant and gave him many gifts.