Rizal Biography Module
Rizal Biography Module
OVERVIEW
Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda was born on June 19, 1861 in Calamaba, Laguna.
The seventh of the eleven children born to a relatively well-off family in a Dominican-owned
tenant land in Calamba, Laguna. Jose Rizal lived and died during the Spanish colonial era in the
Philippines.
ACTIVATION
To dream the impossible dream And I know What message does the
To fight the unbeatable foe If I'll only be true
To bear with unbearable sorrow song "Impossible Dream"
To this glorious quest
And to run where the brave dare not go. That my heart want to convey on the
To right the unrightable wrong Will lie peaceful and calm subject of Rizal?
And to love pure and chaste from afar When I'm laid to my rest.
To try when your arms are to weary As a student, what is your
To reach the unreachable star. meaning or concept of the
This is my quest song “Impossible Dream?”
To follow that star
Ooh, no matter how hopeless For you, what is the dream
No matter how far of Dr. Jose Rizal to the
To fight for the right
Without question or pause Filipino youth?
To be willing to march, march into hell
For that heavenly cause.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Analyze Rizal’s Family, childhood and early education.
2. Composed a short biographical essay that compares your early childhood education with
Rizal’s own.
3. Make a Timeline of Rizal’s childhood and early education.
4. Describe the birth of Jose Rizal.
5. Valuing virtues that were exemplified in the life of Rizal based on his relationship with his
family, childhood and early education
RIZAL’S BIRTH
“ALL RIGHT LAUGH AT ME NOW!! SOMDEDAY WHEN I DIE, PEOPLE WILL MAKE MONUMENTS AND
IMAGES OF ME.”
At the age of Seven, His father provided him the exiting experience
of riding a “CASCO” (A FLAT-BOTTOMED BOAT WITH A ROOF) on
their pilgrimage in Antipolo. The Pilgrimage was to fulfill to vow
made by Jose’s Mother to take him to the Shrine of the Virgin of
Antipolo should she and her child survive the ordeal of delivery,
which nearly caused her life. From Antipolo Jose and his father
proceeded to Manila to visit his sister Saturnina who was at the
time studying at La Cancordia College in Sta. Ana.
It’s believed that Lolay’s family are descended from LAKANDULA. The last
native of Tondo.)
commissioned as General of the revolutionary forces and elected as Secretary of Finance in the
Department of Government of Central Luzon.
Pantaleon it was resulted in the Rizal’s family becoming connected by affinity to Miguel Malvar
(the hero who could have been listed as the 2nd Philippine President for taking over the
revolutionary government after Emilio Aguinaldo arrest in 1901.)
RIZAL’S EARLY EDUCATION
EDUCATION IN CALAMBA
Doña Teodora was Rizal’s first teacher is not just a
sort of in his memoirs, Rizal wrote
“My mother taught me how to read and to say
haltingly the humble prayers which I raised
fervently to God.”
In Rizal’s time, seldom would one see a highly
educated woman of fine culture, like Dona
Teodora who had the capacity to teach Spanish,
reading and values through rare story books. Lolay
was the first teacher of the hero teaching him
Spanish, correcting his composed poems and
coaching him in rhetoric. Jose learned the
alphabet and catholic prayers at the age of 3 and
read and write at the age of 5
EDUCATION IN BIÑAN
During Rizal’s first day at the Biñan school, teacher ask him:
SUMMARY
CHILDHOOD OF RIZAL
• Jose in his early childhood, he mastered the alphabet and learned to write and read. His
early readings included Spanish version of Bible. At a young age, he already showed
inclinations to the arts. He amazed his family by his pencil drawings, sketches and molding
of clay. Later in his childhood, he showed special talent in painting and sculpture, wrote
Tagalog play, which was presented at a town fiesta and school.
• Their paternal great-great grandfather, Chinese merchant Domingo Lamco, adopted the
name “MERCADO” which means “MARKET”. But Jose’s father, Francisco, who eventually
became primarily a farmer, adopted the surname “RIZAL” originally “Ricial” which means
“THE GREEN OF YOUNG’S GROWTH” or “GREEN FIELD”.
• Jose Rizal first memory when he has 3 years old. Their courtyard contained trees, yard,
carriage house and stable of the horses. Pepe was weak, sickly, and undersized, he was
given the fondest care by his parent, so his father built a “NIPA HOUSE” for Pepe play in
daytime.
• When Concha died of sickness in 1865, Jose mournfully wept at losing her, Rizal recorded in his
memories that by nightfall his mother would gather all the children in their home to pray the
Angelus, At the early age of three, he started to take a part In the family prayers.
• At the age of 5, Pepe learned to read the Spanish Bible. Which he would refer later in his writings.
Rizal himself remarked that perhaps the education he received since his earliest infancy was what
had shaped his habits
• At the age of 5, Pepe started to make pencil sketches and mold in clay and wax objects which it’s
fancy. When he was 6 years old, his sister laughed at him for spending too much clay and wax
images.
• At the age of Seven, His father provided him the exiting experience of riding a “CASCO” (A FLAT-BOTTOMED
BOAT WITH A ROOF) on their pilgrimage in Antipolo. The Pilgrimage was to fulfill to vow made by Jose’s
Mother to take him to the Shrine of the Virgin of Antipolo should she and her child survive the ordeal of
delivery, which nearly caused her life.
• At the age of 8 he had written a Tagalog Comedy which performed at a local festival and the
municipal captain rewarded him with two pesos. Rizal did not write the Filipino Poem “SA AKING
MGA KABABATA” was previously believed to be the Rizal’s first poem at the age of 8. However, Jose
had only encountered the word “KALAYAAN”, when he was at the age of 21
• The 5th child in the family. She married Mariano Herbosa of Calamba, Laguna. Charge of inciting the
Calamba townsfolk not to pay land rent and causing unrest, the couple was once ordered to be
deported along with some Rizal family members.
EDUCATION IN BIÑAN
• Rizal was subsequently sent to a private school in Biñan. In June 1869, his brother Paciano brought
him to the Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz. The school was in the teacher’s house, a small nipa
house near the home of Jese’s aunt where he stayed.
• Because of this, his classmate, especially the teacher’s son’s Pedro, laughed at the newcomer. So
later in that day. Jose challenged the bully Pedro to a fight. Having learned wrestling from his UNCLE
MANUEL, the younger and smaller Jose defeated Pedro. After the class, he had an arm-wrestling
match with his classmate Anders Salandanan. However, Jose lost and even cracked his head on the
sidewalk. In the following days. Jose was said to have some other fights with Biñ an boys. For his
scuffles, he nonetheless received many whippings and blows on the open palm form his
disciplinarian teacher.
• Rizal might not have won all his brawls but he, nevertheless, beat all Biñan boys academically in
Spanish, Latin and other subjects. Sometimes, Jose told his father that he had already learned all
there was to be taught in Binan. Don Francisco firmly scolded Jose and hustled him back to the
school. Maestro Cruz, Jose’s teacher in Binan, later confirmed, however, that Jose had indeed
finished already all the needed curricular works. So, he decided to send Jose to a school in Manila.
SELF- ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES ANSWER SHEET
Task 3:
Make your own Timeline of Rizal’s childhood and early education.
SAMPLE
TASK 4:
References
Purino Anacoreta, “Rizal the Greatest Filipino Hero” REX Bookstore 856 Nicanor Reyes Street, Manila
Philippines, 2015
Jenson Manebog ET. AL, “The Life and Works of Rizal” Mutya Publishing House Inc, 105 Engineering Road, Araneta University
Village, Malabon City, Philippines, 2018
https://www.slideshare.net/DeySibal/an-outline-of-jose-rizals-life
https://www.studymode.com/essays/Selective-Poems-Of-Don-Pagusara-1829899.html