Senior High School Department
ADAPTIVE TEACHING GUIDE
Most Essential Topic (MET)
Exploring the impact of traditions and location on Filipino poetry in the 21st century.
Lesson
Prose and Poetry

Basic understanding of Philippine traditions, geography, and culture.
Kinakailangang
Kaalamang
Pangnilalaman
(Prerequisite Content-knowledge)

Familiarity with the characteristics of poetry as a literary genre.
Kinakailangang kasanayan
(Prerequisite Skill)
Written or oral quiz: Identify key traditions and cultural elements from selected Filipino works.
Kinakailangang Pagtatasa
(Prerequisites Assessment)
Written or oral quiz: Identify key traditions and cultural elements from selected Filipino works.
Pre-lesson Remediation na
gawain
(Pre-lesson Remediation Activity)
For Students with Insufficient Level on Prerequisite
Content-knowledge and/or Skill(s)
Provide a simple infographic or handout summarizing key Filipino traditions
and geographical landmarks.
For Students with Fairly Sufficient Level on
Prerequisite Content-knowledge and/or Skill(s)
Briefly discuss how these are reflected in Filipino arts and literature.
Task: Analyze a stanza from a simple poem (e.g., a tanaga) and identify its theme.
Task: Analyze a stanza from a simple poem (e.g., a tanaga) and identify its theme.
PANIMULA
Time Frame
1 Hour
Learning Competency
Identify the geographic, linguistic, and ethnic dimensions of Philippines literary history from colonial to he contemporary.
Preparatory Assessment
Activity/ies (PAA) or Enabling
Formative Assessment
Activity/ies(EFAA) or
Performance Task
Show a slideshow of Philippine traditions (e.g., fiestas, indigenous crafts) and locations (e.g., Banaue Rice Terraces, Mayon Volcano).
Ask:
What makes these traditions and locations unique?
How do they inspire artistic expressions like poetry?
Overview of the Lesson
This lesson examines the elements of poetry by looking at an example of Filipino regional
STUDENT’S EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
Chunk 1 Lesson
Traditions and Locations
Formative Question
What’s in a poem?
What is the difference between poetry and poem?
Define 21st-century Filipino poetry and its key features:
Discussion
Reflects current issues (e.g., OFW struggles, urbanization, cultural preservation).
Blends traditional forms (e.g., tanaga) with modern free verse.
Examine how poems integrate Filipino traditions and local settings to communicate universal themes.
Activity:
Group students into pairs. Provide each pair a poem or excerpt.
Ask them to highlight lines that depict traditions or locations and explain their significance
SYNTHESIS
If all you had as basis for knowing about Mount Mayon was the poem, would you want to visit it or not? Explain.
RUA (Remembering, Understanding, Applying) OF STUDENT’S LEARNING
Option 1 for RUA
Option 2 for RUA
Option 3 for RUA
ACTIVITY 1
ACTIVITY 2
RUA 2 (Understanding):
RUA 1 (Remembering):
List examples of Filipino traditions and locations
mentioned in the poems.
RUA 3 (Applying):
Write a 4-6 line poem inspired by a Filipino tradition or place.
With rubrics provided
Discuss how these elements influence the
themes and forms of the poems.
POST-LESSON REMEDIATION ACTIVITY
For Students with Insufficient
Level on Prerequisite Contentknowledge and/or Skill (s)
•
•
Provide simplified texts or visual aids explaining traditions and locations.
Encourage collaborative poem-writing activities to scaffold individual work.
For Students with Fairly Sufficient
Level on Prerequisite Contentknowledge and/or Skill (s)
•
•
Assign a more complex poem to analyze independently, focusing on advanced literary devices.
Encourage them to experiment with traditional Filipino poetic forms (e.g., tanaga).
PREPARATORY ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY (PAA) OR ENABLING FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY (EFFA) OR PERFORMANCE TASK
Preparatory Assessment
Activity/ies (PAA) or Enabling
Formative Assessment
Activity/ies (EFAA)
•
•
Compare two poems: one reflecting rural tradition and one depicting urban life.
Students present their analysis, highlighting contrasts in themes and imagery.
Prepared by:
Teacher
Academic Program Coordinator
Principal