Quarter/MLECs: Date: Remarks

I. Objectives The students should be able to:

1. Identify the elements of fiction;
2. Compare and contrast in a legend; and
3. Use literature as a tool to assert one’s unique identity and to better
understand other people.
Materials Visual aid, Chalk, Pentel Pen
II. Lesson Discover literature as a tool to assert one’s unique identity and to
better understand other people.
III. Procedure
ACTIVITY Learning Task 1: How Resilient Are You?
Direction: For each statement, encircle the letter that best describe
you.

1. When given a new task, I’m confident that I’ll succeed.

a. Disagree
b. Maybe
c. Agree
d. Strongly Agree
2. When one attempt fails. I learn from it and change my approach
next time.
a. Disagree
b. Maybe
c. Agree
d. Strongly Agree
3. When a task doesn’t go to plan. It affect my self-belief
a. Disagree
b. Maybe
c. Agree
d. Strongly Agree
4. I have few people at work who I can speak to about issues in the
office.
a. Disagree
b. Maybe
c. Agree
d. Strongly Agree

5. When I encounter a difficulty, I lose sight of my goal quickly.

a. Disagree
b. Maybe
c. Agree
d. Strongly Agree

Learning Task 2.
 Direction: Decide whether the statement is Fiction or Nonfiction.

1. A book about horse that became friends with a cow. F

2. A book that tells about the life of Queen Elizabeth. NF
3. A book that gives facts about World War II. NF
4. A book that tells you how to grow a sampaguita.NF
5. A book about a boy that can fly. F

ANALYSIS What have you observed?

Are you familiar with those sentences?
What do you think is our topic for today?

Presentation of Objectives
ABSTRACTION
The teacher will discuss the following:
a. What is fiction?
Fiction – is defined as prose based on the authors imagination. It
means, such stories never happened in real life.

b. What is the six elements of fiction

c. How to use literature as a tool to assert one’s unique identity and to

better understand other people.

- Literature entertains and educates us, it can teach us about the past,
help us understand the present, and empower us to create the future.
 - Literature improves your command of language, teaches you about
the life, culture, and experiences of people around the world, and
makes you a wiser and more experienced person.
- Incorporating LITERATURE that encompasses topics on
compassion and tolerance will help us understand the unique needs
of every individual and help each to deal with vulnerable situation.

Classification of Literature
Structure Form
Fiction – is a literary work of Prose – written in the common
imaginative narration, either flow of language in sentences and
oral or written, fashioned to paragraphs which give
entertain and to make the information, relate events,
readers think and more so, to express ideas, or present
feel. opinions.
Nonfiction – a literary work of Poetry – expressed in verse,
REAL LIFE narration or measure, rhythm, sound, and
expression based on history and imaginative language and creates
facts whose main thrust is in an emotional response to an
intellectual appeal. experience, feeling, or fact.

APPLICATION Task 1: Elements of fiction

Direction: Choose your answer from the words inside the box.

Characters Tone Plot

Point of View Setting Theme

1. This is a series of events in a story shows how the events in a story unfold. It
has explosion, rising action, climax, falling action and denouement. (plot)
2. This tells when and where the story happened. (Setting)
3. This refers to a person, or sometimes even an animal, who takes part in the
action of a short or other literary works. (Character)
4. It shows values behind story, it is a central idea or belief in a short story.
( Theme)
5.Comes from the term ‘Punctum victus’ or point sight, which refers to where
your focus is. (Point of View)

IV. Evaluation Task 3:

Direction: Read the summary of the essay titled” Pliant like The Bamboo”
and answer the questions that follow.

Pliant like The Bamboo

 By Ismael Mallari

There is a story in Philippines folklore about a mango tree and a bamboo tree. Not
being able to agree as to which the stronger of the two was, they called upon the wind
to make the decision.

The wind blew its hardest. The mango tree stood fast, it would not yield. It knew it
was strong and sturdy. It would not sway. It was too proud. It was too sure of itself,
But finally, its roots gave way, and it stumbled down.

The bamboo tree was a wiser. It knew it was not as robust as the mango tree. And so
every time the wind blew, it bent it head gracefully. It made loud protestations, but it
lets the wind have its way. When finally the wind got tired of blowing, the bamboo
tree still stood in all its beauty and grace.

The Filipinos is like the bamboo tree. He knows that he is not strong enough to resist
the vigorous attack of superior forces, so he yields and survived.

This means that the Filipino would accept any kind of life that God would present to
him. For this reason, he is contented, happy and at peace. To him, as to that oriental
pet, “ the past is already a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision, but today, well-lived
makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.

The Filipinos is very resilient; he has the ability to recover from any obstacles that
comes his way.Man-made or natural forces, he emerges triumphantly. He never gives
up, ni matter how hard life was before and even now, The Filipino remains to be
PLIANT like the bamboo.

Guide Questions:
1.What are the two trees being compared in essay?
Answer: The bamboo tree and the mango tree.
2.Why do Filipinos compare themselves to a bamboo tree?
Answer: We are resilient, just like bamboo. We bend with strong wind, then we stand
up again after it passes.
(We bend, but don’t break”)
3.How do the Filipinos show that they are pliant like the bamboo?
Answer: The Filipinos is very resilient, he has the ability to recover from any obstacle
that comes his way. Man-made or natural forces, he emerges triumphantly. He never
give up, no matter how hard life was before and even now, the Filipino remains to be
PLIANT like the Bamboo.
4.What does bamboo symbolize in Filipino culture?
Answer: Unity and strength.
5.What is the meaning of Pliant like a bamboo?
Answer: The story expresses a lesson about humility and resiliency.

V. Assignment
Post test
Direction: Encircle the letter of the best answer.
1.Which of the following is NOT true about the Filipino identity?
a. Filipinos take pride in their family
b. Filipinos are very religious
c. Filipinos are not proud of their race
d. Filipinos compassion is reflected in their collective spirit of volunteerism.
2. Why do we need to learn how to understand other people better?
a. To help us function better and achieve more
b. To respond appropriately to the situation in life
c. To keep our life safe and in some ways in control against fraud and danger.
d. All of the above
3.How can a writer use literature as a medium in asserting a person’s unique identity?
a. A writer’s reasons for writing a particular literary genre could be manipulative as in propaganda or
advertising.
b. A writer may use fictional characters to depict or reflect real life stories.
c. A writer can glamorize characters to make the appealing to readers.
d. A writer should not write about topic on violence, abuse and trauma.
4.It is an expression of culture because it conveys human knowledge, belief, and behavior .
a. Literature
b. Identity
c. Structure
d.Prose
5. Is defined as prose based on the authors imagination. It means, such stories never
happened in real life.
a. Poetry
b. Fiction
c. Literature
d, Identity

Prepared By:
Agudo, Pia M.