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This document is the first day's lesson plan for a module on Philippine literature in the precolonial period. It introduces students to folk speeches like proverbs, riddles, and oral traditions. Students will learn to distinguish features of different oral literature, appreciate how they reveal ancestral wisdom, and connect to the past. Activities include identifying true/false statements about folk literature, self-assessing their understanding, answering sample riddles, and analyzing proverbs/riddles through discussion questions.

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Week 1 - Day 1

This document is the first day's lesson plan for a module on Philippine literature in the precolonial period. It introduces students to folk speeches like proverbs, riddles, and oral traditions. Students will learn to distinguish features of different oral literature, appreciate how they reveal ancestral wisdom, and connect to the past. Activities include identifying true/false statements about folk literature, self-assessing their understanding, answering sample riddles, and analyzing proverbs/riddles through discussion questions.

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ENGLISH 7 WEEK 1 – DAY 1

QUARTER 1 – Module 1
Philippine Literature in the
Precolonial Period

PHILIPP
INE
LITERA
TURE
To our dearest learners,

Welcome to a new and extraordinary fun-filled year of learning and discoveries!

This module is intended to aid you in your odyssey of using English in various contexts. This module will
help you with the following:

 Understand historical concepts in Philippine literature.


 Acquaint and engage you to different Philippine literature.
 Enrich your grammar awareness.
 Follow the correct prosodic features of speech.

Thus, we highly encourage you to never write anything and to take good care of this module.

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ENGLISH 7 WEEK 1 – DAY 1

OBJECTIVES
This lesson allows you to appreciate the wit of our ancestors that continues to
influence us, our daily lives, and our experiences. Discover how their proverbs or oral
literatures serve as lamps towards strengthening our values. The following is to be
aimed:
1. Express whether a statement is true or false based on what you know.
2. Use the appropriate reading style (scanning, skimming, speed reading, intensive
reading etc.) for one’s purpose
3. Identify the distinguishing features of proverbs, myths, and legends.
4. Discover literature as a means of connecting to significant past.

SUBJECT MATTER
Topic: Lesson 1: Folk Speeches — Simplest Rules
Material/s: Essential English (Worktext in Literature and Language)

PROCEDURES
PREPARATORY ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITY 1: True or False?


Write T if the statement is true according to what you know and
write F if it is false. Answer this in your notebook.
_____ 1. Proverbs are simple yet meaningful rules of righteous living.
_____ 2. Proverbs express the unending wisdom of our ancestors.
_____ 3. It is difficult to preserve proverbs.
_____ 4. The form of proverbs is chiefly poetic.
_____ 5. Philippine literature existed even before the Spaniards came.
_____ 6. Riddles and proverbs are the simplest forms of oral literature.
_____ 7. In Filipino, proverbs are called salawikain or sawikain.
_____ 8. In Filipino, riddles are called bugtong.
_____ 9. Riddles are statements, questions, or phrases having a double or veiled
meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved.
_____ 10. Our proverbs are not only witty expressions but also cultural treasures.

ACTIVITY 2: Self-assessment
Put a check mark () on the space provided whether you agree or disagree
on the following statement based on what you know. Answer this in your notebook.
Folk literature Agree Disagree

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ENGLISH 7 WEEK 1 – DAY 1

1. Philippine folk literature has long already existed before


the coming of colonizers.
2. Our folk literature is oral in tradition.
3. Sayings are good examples of folk literatures.
4. Folk literature reveals our ancestors’ wisdom.
5. Proverbs can quickly affect a change in view or
disposition

DISCUSSION

In this quarter, you will be able to read and learn different traditional oral
literature of the Filipino people that has long existed even before the arrival of
colonizers. These are riddles and proverbs — the simplest forms of oral literature.

Riddles are statements, questions, or phrases having a double or veiled


meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved.
(For examples, see page 5 in your textbook)

Damiana L. Eugenio, the mother of Philippine Folklore compiled and edited what
may very well be considered as the most comprehensive collection of proverbs in our
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 areas in our country, she declared that our elders lived by simple,
yet very meaningful rules of righteous living. In fact, she asserted that even the
Spaniards who colonized our country noticed how proverbs formed part 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 the early Filipinos their and
eventually introduce the Catholic faith.

In Filipino, proverbs are called salawikain or sawikain. Proverbs are brief


instructive expressions that suggest a specific action, behavior, or judgment. Referred
to by some scholars as ―the wisdom of many and the wit of one, they are commonly
written in the form of short assertions or poetic two-liners which have rhyme. It is
interesting to note that people are easily struck by proverbs when they are woven in
conversations or writings. This is perhaps because they have the power to teach people
the more essential truths about life and the complexity of living. Compared to lengthy
narrations, descriptions, or argumentations, proverbs can quickly affect a change in
view or disposition.
(For examples, see page 6 in your textbook)

Tanaga is an indigenous type of Filipino poem, that is used traditionally in the


Tagalog language. Tanaga evolved from proverbs and riddles.
(For examples, see page 7 in your textbook)

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ENGLISH 7 WEEK 1 – DAY 1

EXERCISE YOUR MIND


Answer the following riddles. Do this in your notebook.

1. If you drop me, I'm sure to crack. Give me a smile, and I'll always smile back. What am
I?

2. I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but
water kills me. What am I?

3. I am white when I am dirty, and black when I am clean. What am I?

4. This is as light as a feather, yet no man can hold it for long. What am I?

5. I have two hands, but I can not scratch myself. What am I?

6. I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old. What am I?

7. You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead. What am I?

8. What is full of holes but still holds water?

9. What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?

10. What goes up but never comes down?

ASSESSMENT

A. Select two of your favorite proverbs/riddles and answer the following questions.
Do this in your notebook.
1. How are they similar to the popular modern proverbs/riddles today? How are they
different?
2. Which ones were difficult to decipher? What made them difficult?
3. How does the theme/message of your chosen proverbs/riddles apply to you?

B. Choose one quatrain or tanaga from the selections on page 7. Analyze what you
feel about it, then complete the statement below to describe your mood of your chosen
stanza. Do this in your notebook.

I feel ___________________________ about ___________________________


_____________________________ because _________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________.

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