Learning Area: English 7
Time Frame: 2 days
The learner demonstrates understanding of: pre-colonial
Philippine literature as a means of connecting to the past; various
Content Standard reading styles; ways of determining word meaning; the sounds of
English and the prosodic features of speech; and correct subject-
verb agreement.
The learner transfers learning by: showing appreciation for the
literature of the past; comprehending texts using appropriate
reading styles; participating in conversations using appropriate
Performance Standard
context-dependent expressions; producing English sounds
correctly and using the prosodic features of speech effectively in
various situations; and observing correct subject-verb agreement.
Describe the different literary genres during the pre-colonial
period.
Competency Skill/s
Discover literature as a means of connecting to a significant past.
Identify the elements of narrative.
Subject Matter
Topic The Creation (An Igorot Myth)
Malakas at Maganda (Myth of the First Man and Woman)
Plot, Setting and Narrative
Materials Textbook (English in Perspective: Philippine Literature 7)
Assessment Identification
Explore What is literature for?
Why do we need to spend our times reading stories, novels,
poems, etc., when out there, big things are happening and going
on?
But let’s look at some of the ways literature benefits us.
1. It saves your precious time.
It seems like wasting time, but literature is a great time-saver,
because it has accessible events, emotions and feelings which
would take us years, decades, centuries, and even millennia to
experience directly. Literature is like a life simulator and lets you
see what it’s like to be from being a child to teenager, to adult, to
old age so you can evaluate your own life in relation to others.
2. You will have a fuller understanding of lives other than your
own.
It will help you feel other else’s lives – their feelings of joy,
sadness, or heartbreak. You can try to experience being in other
gender identity, you can become a hero, a leader, or whatever it
is that you’re reading. Thus, making you more empathetic.
3. It lets you appreciate your heritage.
Do you want to travel back in time? Literature can help you
communicate to people that lived centuries before you and
understand their world and culture. From there, you will be able
to compare your own life and give importance to your own
heritage.
So, literature has a part in communication between the reader and
the writer. But we, readers have more benefits than the author
because for instance it will take them months to make a single
story but it will just take us minutes, hours, or days to read it. So
read!
Let’s begin with the first creation story by an Igorot myth.
By the way, myths are stories in an ancient culture to explain
practice, beliefs, or natural occurrence but considered as not true.
Consider Lumawig or the great spirit who or which caused the
creation, is an example of belief in mythical figures in the past.
Also, notice the symbolisms used like salt and clay which
probably represent civilization even during the pre-colonial
period.
Next is the famous story of Malakas at Maganda, which
expresses beauty and strong-willed attribute of the Filipinos.
Aside from the sky, the sea, and the bird, the Bamboo has a
prominent role to represent Filipinos not only because it usually
Firm-up
grows in a tropical area but also it represents flexibility or the
capability to adapt with new things.
In conclusion, both creation stories reflect the value of creativity
by our forefathers.
So, let’s proceed to some concepts or literary elements that can
help us understand narratives such as folk literature.
1. Plot – the series of events that unfold in the story. In other
words, the sequence which made up of the main things happen in
the story from the beginning to middle to end.
2. Setting – the location where the story takes place.
3. Characters – the persons, figures, or animals involved in the
story.
Why do we need to study literature?
How do creation myths describe the culture of our forefathers?
What are the symbolisms used?
Deepen
What are some elements of narrative?
In one whole sheet of paper, identify the plot, setting, and
characters of the two creation stories.
What have you learned about your Filipino forefathers after
Transfer
reading these traditional myths?
Prepared by: Checked by:
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John Lee B. Fletchetro Aida R. Federico, MALT
