April 25, 2016
Lesson 2: Searching for our beginnings
My goals:
This lesson prepares you to appreciate diversity
In our culture. Discover how stories from varied regions in our country reveal ideas, customs, and belief. Regarding our place in the world.
I must aim to:
1. Express my awareness of diversity in our culture
2. Enhance my production of critical vowel and consonant sounds
3. Classify words to associate its meaning with another word
4. Use information presented in a creation story to infer, to evaluate, and to express critical ideas
5. Use a variety of tones for an oral interpretation of a literary text
6. Determine the use of precise words to create objectivity in written language
7. Observe rules and subject-verb agreement
8. Assign meaning to verbal geography
April 12,2016
Your Text
Words Of Wisdom
Proverbs guide us to our lives, without them, we will be nothing, most of these masterpieces were collected by Damiana L. Eugenio, a mother of Filipino folklore.
Filipino folklore also called salawikain or sawikain. Prescribe norms, impart of a lesson or emphasize traditions and beliefs in a community Damiana classified proverbs in six categories.
- General attitude towards life.
- Certain virtues and condemning certain vice.
- Expressing system values.
- Expressing system values expressing the general truth about human nature.
- Humorous.
- Miscellaneous.
Your Discovery Tasks
Task 1: Locate, Reflect, Evaluate!
Locate information in the selection to determine whether each statement is true or false.
- _F_ only a few people work on compiling folk literature. ¬> No, There are many people working on compiling folk literature.
- _F_ proverbs and other forms of folk literature were introduced by the Spaniards. ¬> No because there was already folk literature in the Philippines before the Spaniards came.
- _T_ our ancestors served as a guidepost for an upright living. ¬> Yes, because of their proverbs, we became better people.
- _T_ all proverbs are poetic and figurative in nature.¬> Yes, because most of our ancestors live in forest, coastal areas, and more natural places.
- _T_ proverbs may have geographical origins. ¬> Yes, many native Filipinos observed animals and inspire their good behavior.
- _F_ people react to the meaning of proverbs quickly. ¬> No, it takes time for them to react or follow on what the proverbs say.
- _T_ Proverbs are more superior than other literary forms. ¬> Yes, because they contain moral lessons about life.
- _T_ If proverbs can instruct, they can definitely prescribe. ¬> Yes because proverbs teach us.
- _F_ It is impossible to classify and categorize numerous proverbs. ¬> No, there's more than one person that classify and categorize proverbs.
- _T_ Our proverbs reflect a lot of things about our culture and identity. ¬> Yes because proverbs tell everything about humans, nature, attitudes, and more.
Task 2: Classify!
Use Damiana's system to classify the following proverbs, use the given codes.
G- General attitude
E- Ethical
V- System of values
T- General truth
H- Humorous
M- Misc.
- _T_ Matibay ang walis, palibhasa'y makabigkis (A broom is sturdy because its strands are tightly bound.)
- _E_ Sa taong walang takot, walang mataas na bakod. (To a fearless person, no fence is high enough.)
- _T_ Kung ano ang puno, siya ang bunga. (Whatever the tree, so is the fruit.)
- _E_ Aanhin pa ang damo, kung patay na ang kabayo. (What goods is grass if the horse is already dead.)
- _V_ Kung may isinusok, may madudukot. (If you save, you have something to withdraw.)
- _V_ Ang magalang na sagot, makakapawing pagod. (A respectful retort wipes away weariness.)
- _G_ Ang hindi marunong magmahal sa sariling wika, diag pa ang malansang isda. (he who does not love the national language is worse than a smelly fish.)
- _G/V_ Ang mabigat ay gumagaan, kung pinagtutulungan. (A heavy burden is lightened if everybody participates in carrying it.)
- _T_ Ang buhay ay parang gulong, minsan sa ibabaw, minsan sa ilalim. (Life is like a wheel. sometimes your above, sometimes your below.)
- _H_ Ang pili ng pili, natatapat sa bangi (One who is choosy ends up with the least attractive choice.)
April 6, 2016
Lesson 1: Valuing Our Elders' Wisdom
My Goals
In this lesson, I will appreciate my ancestors' wisdom that continues to influence my experiences. I will discover how their proverbs guide me to my ambitions and goals.
I must aim to:
- Express if the statement is either true or false base on what I know.
- Recognize the voice levels the voice levels and speech patterns.
- Determine the word or expression in a similar or opposite selection.
- Use the information in every article to evaluate, express, and infer critical ideas.
- Discuss the proverbs' features, the setting where and when they're made, and their purpose.
- Use the right volume and enunciation in a given communication.
- Identify the unique of properties and oral language.
- Observe rules and subject-verb agreement.
- Recognize the features and codes of the library's information sources.
My Initial Tasks
Task 1: True or false?
Write T if the statement is true and F if it's false.
- _T_ Philippine literature existed even before the Spaniards came.
- _T_ Proverbs express the unending wisdom of the old.
- _F_ Proverbs communicate only traditional beliefs and values.
- _T_ The form of proverbs is chiefly poetic.
- _F_ It is difficult to preserve proverbs.
Task 2: What did they say?
Complete the grid below as listen to the recording.
Scholar: Folk literature consists of the rich beliefs, songs, sayings, and tales of how things began
or why events happened. It presents several ideas about the cultural past of the Filipino people. It
is important for young people to study them so they may develop pride in our glorious past.
Newscaster: We are here at the launch of a new book of Philippine folk literature. Hundreds of
scholars and students are gathered here at the National Library for this event. The phenomenal
book was written by renowned anthropologist Dr. Ishmael Santos who believes that we need to
preserve the poems and stories of our ancestors as part of our cultural identity. The book is
available at all leading bookstores nationwide for a reasonable price of one thousand three hundred
forty-five pesos only. Hurry and get your copies now!
Student: I believe that young people should continue to read the sayings and stories crafted by our
ancestors and passed on to generations of citizens. It is our gateway to appreciating their lifestyle,
aspirations, and vision. I am not sure if we would grow up to become good citizens if we do not
have an appreciation and valuing of these national treasures
Recording
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Speaker's Voice
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Speaker's Message
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1
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Serious
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To tell about the old Filipino stories and poems.
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2
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Joyful
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To gives information about the happening when the book is published.
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3
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Happy
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To inform about the Filipino folklore.
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Task 3: Similar or Opposite?
In terms of meaning, a word may be synonymous or anonymous to another. Form the correct pairs of synonyms and antonyms in the selection.
Compiled
Comprehensive
Elders
Native
Limited
Simple
Ancestors
Complex
Lengthy
Gathered
Brief
Indigenous
Synonyms
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Antonyms
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Elders - Ancestors
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Complex - Simple
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Native - indigenous
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Lengthy - Brief
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Compile - Gathered
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Comprehensive - Limited
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Words of Wisdom
Damiana L. Eugenio, the mother of Philippine Folklore compiled and edited what may be considered as the most comprehensive collection country, There is a limited number of works like this in existence. She spent a lifetime collecting pieces of folk literature that reveal our ancestors' wisdom. When she gathered proverbs from various places in our country, she declared that our elders lived by simple, yet meaningful rules of righteous living. In fact, she asserted even the Spaniards who colonized our country noticed how proverbs form parted of the native spirit. Spanish missionaries were found to have translated such proverbs and other oral expressions in Spanish in order for their fellow religious people to learn our indigenous languages. By doing so, they were able to interact with early Filipinos there and eventually introduce the catholic faith. Proverbs are a brief interactive expression that suggests a specific action, behavior, or judgment.
