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Always wear your facemask.
Raise your hand if you want to
speak.
Stand up when called to recite.
Speak loud and clear when
reciting.
1. review the plot diagram;
2. use the plot diagram in identifying the
sequence of a short story of a given
literary piece entitled “The Aged Mother”
and;
3. build harmonious relationship with
others through active participation in class
discussion.
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Bashō, in full name
Matsuo Bashō, he is the
supreme Japanese haiku
poet, and the author of
the story entitled The
Aged Mother.
The “Story of the Aged Mother” tells
about the story of the son and his
mother going through struggles
because of the unkind ruler who
issued cruel orders. The orders
included sending the elderly to the
mountain to be abandoned and left to
die.
1. What was the governor’s first
proclamation? Why did he proclaim it?
(Ano ang unang proklamasyon ng
gobernador? Bakit niya ito ipinahayag?)
2. Where did the son bring his mother to
be saved from the cruel proclamation of
the governor?
(Saan dinala ng anak ang kanyang ina
upang maligtas sa malupit na
pagpahayag ng gobernador?)
3. What problem or conflict was
faced by the main characters in the
story?
(Anong suliranin o tunggalian ang
hinarap ng mga pangunahing tauhan
sa kuwento?)
4. How were the old people
saved from death?
(Paano naligtas ang mga
matatanda sa kamatayan?)
5. What did the governor realized
in the last part of the story?
(Ano ang napagtanto ng
gobernador sa huling bahagi ng
kuwento?)
6. What similarity do you see between
the story of our culture as a Filipino in
treating our parents?
(Anong pagkakatulad ang nakikita mo
sa kwento ng ating kultura bilang
Pilipino sa pakikitungo sa ating mga
magulang?)
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1. The teacher will show 5 questions from
story, The Aged Mother. Each group will going
to identify the sequence of the story by
answering the prepared questions.
2. You will write the letter of your answer
on the card board provided by your teacher.
The first group who will raise their card
board will be the one to answer.
3. If the answer of the group is
incorrect, the other group can steal
the question. The team who will give
the correct answer will get the
points. Each correct answer is
equivalent to 10 points.
4. After doing the given activity,
each group will classified the
elements of The Aged Mother
using the Plot Diagram on the
board.
Directions: Identify the sequence of the story.
“The governor demanded that his subject should
present him with a rope of ashes. He conversed
with the poor farmer and asked him where he
obtained his wisdom. He told the governor that it
was his mother who has taught him. The governor
then realized that Shinano also needs the wisdom
of the elderly.”
Climax
Resolution
Rising Action
Falling Action
Directions: Identify the sequence of the story.
“He lifted his helpless old mother to
his back and stated on his painful
journey up to the mountain; however,
they went back to their home. There,
the son hid his mother.”
Climax
Resolution
Rising Action
Falling Action
Directions: Identify the sequence of the story.
“Long, long ago a poor farmer and his aged,
widowed mother lived humbly and happily at
the foot of the mountain of Shinano;
however, their governor gave strict orders to
immediately put to death all the aged
people.”
Climax
Exposition
Resolution
Falling Action
Directions: Identify the sequence of the story.
“The cruel law was abolished when the
governor was informed that the wisdom
of the poor farmer came from his aged
mother. He gave them freedom to live
and restores their peace.”
Climax
Resolution
Rising Action
Exposition
Directions: Identify the sequence of the story.
“The problems begins when the farmer
learned that the governor of Shinano had
made a decree that all aging people will
be put to death. The son was about to
leave his mother on the mountain. ”
Climax
Rising Action
Resolution
Exposition
 Classified the
elements of The
Aged Mother
using the Plot
Diagram on the
board.
1. What lesson/value you learned
from the story, The Aged
Mother?
2. How are you going to apply the
values you have learned from
the story?
POINTS TO REMEMBER:
Plot Diagrams are essential
tools for building literary
comprehension and effective
storytelling.
“Love for our
Parents and valuing
the wisdom of the
aged people”
ASSIGNTMENT:
Direction: Express your thoughts about valuing the aged
people through the following activities
a. Poster/Slogan Making
b. Song Composition
NOTE: CHOOSE ONE ACTIVITY/TASK ONLY.
Rubrics:
 Grammar and Structure – 50%
 Originality of Ideas – 25%
 Creativity – 25%
Total of: 100%
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