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Course Code GE 102 Week/Day 4

2 Sessions (3hrs)
Course Duration& SAT & SUN 8:00-
Life and Works of Rizal
Description Schedule 11:00
SAT 1:00-4:00 PM
Rizal's Life: Family, Childhood and
Lesson/Topic Lesson No. 3
Early Education
 Examine Dr. Jose P. Rizal's life, family, childhood, and early education;
 Describe the efforts, diligence and determination of Dr. Jose P. Rizal to
achieve excellence in his early education;
 Compare and contrast Dr. Jose P. Rizal's family and the family of the
present Generation;
Learning
 Participate actively in class discussion of the qualities and virtues of Rizal
Outcome/s
that are worth imitating as a student/citizen;
 Identify the people and events and their influence in the early life of
Rizal; and
 Glean from Dr. Jose P. Rizal's experiences the traits that would later on
define his character.
Value
Integrity and Love for God
Integration
Michael C. Pangilinan, “Life and Works of DR. JOSE P. RIZAL”. Mindshapers
Reference/s
Co., Inc., 2018
Course Coach Rayhan I. Jalaluddin, LPT

A. ACTIVATION OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

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Education. Please read, understand, and follow carefully the instructions provided for you. If you encounter any
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Activity 1. Making a family tree is a fantastic way to illustrate your family's history. Start by
researching your ancestry to find out who should be included, then diagram each generation to create your
family tree.

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CHAPTER 3
Rizal's Life: Family, Childhood, and Early Education
The wisdom and sacrifices of Jose P. Rizal for the country earned him the title of the greatest Malayan
who ever lived. It was an honor he rightfully deserves. Up to this day, no Asian has surpassed Rizal's ingenuity
and extreme intelligence

The fact that he is the national hero of the Philippines is just one side of him. The life and times of Rizal,
though short, is an endeavor that scholars and scientists alike find worthy to study and analyze. What is it about
the union of Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonzo (Rizal's parents) that produce Jose Rizal? As well-known
Rizalist, Dr. Austin Craig was the first to trace Rizal's family roots and discover his Chinese ancestry.

Jose Rizal was a 9th generation patrilineal descendant of a Chinese immigrant and business tycoon Don
Domingo Lamco (Chinese name: pinyin: Ke Yinan) of Laguna was the great-great grandfather of Jose Rizal.
Lamco is originally from Amoy, China who came to the Philippines in the mid-17th century. This is where he
met his wife, Inez de la Rosa daughter of Agustin Chinco an immigrant trader from Chuanchow.

To prevent conflict and hostility with the Spanish authorities, he decided to drop the name Lam-co and
adapted a Spanish surname. As merchants, they chose the name "Mercado” because it means market. Lamco
started the businesses of the Mercado clan. He was a successful entrepreneur in spite of the discrimination
experienced by Chinese traders from the Spaniards.

In June 1697, Lamco was baptized in the Catholic church of Manila's Parian Chinese ghetto and moved
to Binan, Laguna. He was 35 years old at the time. His financial state improved in Binan and he became a
Chinese community leader. Lamco's son Francisco Mercado and grandson Juan Mercado married Chinese
mestizas and both served as distinguished mayors of Biñan for five terms.

Juan's wife, Cirila Alejandra, was the daughter of an immigrant trader and Domingo Lamco's baptismal
godson Siong-co. They are the parents of Rizal's father. WVhen Rizal's father was born, the family transferred
to Calamba. The house they built was the first stone house in the whole town.

Jose Rizal's brother, Paciano was identified with one of the martyred priest, Jose Burgos so the family
changed their surname from Mercado to Rizal.

Recent genealogical findings revealed that Rizal also had Spanish, Japanese, and Negrito ancestry.
Teodora (Rizal's mother) great grandfather, Eugenio Ursua was a descendant of Japanese settlers.

Ursua married a Filipina named Benigna and their union produced Regina Ursua. Atty. Manuel de
Quintos, a Sangley mestizo from Pangasinán married Regina and their daughter is named Brigida. Brigida
married a half-caste Spaniard named Lorenzo Alberto Alonzo. They are the parents of Teodora and Rizal's
grandparents.

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Jose Rizal's Family

DR. JOSE P. RIZAL’S FAMILY PORTRAIT

The Rizal family belonged to the “principalia” an aristocratic town of distinguished families. By frugal
living, hard and honest work, Rizal’s parents were able to live well. From the farms, which were rented from
the Dominican Order, they harvested rice, corn and sugarcane. They raised pigs, chickens and turkeys in their
backyard. In addition, Doña Teodora managed a grocery store and operated a small flour mill.

Rizal's parents were able to build a large stone house which was situated near the town church. They
owned a carriage which was a status symbol of the ilustrados in the Philippines and a private library consisting
of 1,000 volumes.

Their children were studying in colleges in Manila. They participated in all social and religious affairs in
the community. They were gracious and hospitable to all visitors and guests during the town fiesta and other
holidays.

The Rizal family had a simple, contented and happy life and was intimately close. Don Francisco and
Doña Teodora loved their children, but they never spoiled them. They were strict parents and they trained their
children to love God, to behave well, to be obedient and to respect people especially the old folks.

When the children got into mischief, they were given a good spanking because they believed in the
saying "Spare the rod and spoil the child."

The Hero's Father

Jose Rizal's Father, Don Francisco Mercado Rizal (1818-1898) was born in Biñan, Laguna. He studied
Latin and Philosophy at the College of San Jose in Manila. After their parent's death, Francisco and two of his
sisters moved to Calamba. He became a tenant farmer of the Dominican-owned hacienda. He was hardworking,
and independent-minded who talked less but worked more and valiant in spirit.

Don Francisco Mercado Rizal

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Jose Rizal described his father in his diary:

"My father was a model of fathers had given us an education commensurate with our small fortune; and
through thrift he was able to build a stone house; erect a little nipa house in the middle of our orchard
under the shade of some trees and others."

The Hero's Mother

Doña Teodora Alonso Y Realonda (1826-1911) was born in Meisik, Sta. Cruz Manila. She studied at
Colegio de Sta. Rosa in Manila. She was a woman of refined culture and character, with exemplary literary
talents, the fortitude of a Spartan woman and with business ability, she managed their store.

Doña Teodora Alonso Y Realonda

Rizal lovingly described his mother:

"My mother is a woman of more than ordinary culture; she knows literature and speaks Spanish better
than I. She even corrected my poems and gave me wise advises when I was studying rhetoric. She is a
mathematician and has read many books.”

Both parents greatly influenced Rizal as shown in his character. “From his father he inherited a profound sense
of dignity and self-respect, seriousness and from his mother the dreamer and bravery for sacrifices and her
literary prowess”.

Don Francisco Mercado Rizal and Doña Teodora Alonso Y Realonda were blessed with eleven (11) children:
two (2) boys and nine (9) girls. They were as follows in the order of their birth.

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Rizal Siblings

1. Saturnina (1850-1913)

The eldest child of the Rizal children. Her nickname was "Neneng”, she married to Manuel T.
Hidalgo of Tanauan, Batangas. Their children were Alfredo, who married Aurora Tiaoqui; Adela, who
married Jose Ver; Abelardo; and Amelia and Augusto, who both died young. Hidalgo and Rizal sent
frequent correspondence while the latter was in Europe. In 1909, Saturnina published Pascual Poblete's
Tagalog translation of the Noli Me Tangere.

2. Paciano (1851-1930)

He was the second child, closest, oldest brother of Jose Rizal. He was Rizal's confidant, and he
was the one who convinced Rizal to study in Europe without their parent's permission. He studied Latin
under maestro Justiniano Cruz before attending the Colegio de San Jose in Manila. While in the city,
Paciano lived and worked with Fr. Jose A. Burgos, who earned the anger of the Spanish friars by
campaigning for the secularization movement. Paciano was in charge of sending money and budget, and
constantly advised his brother Jose Rizal through letters while in Europe. Paciano became an ally of the
Katipunan. He became a general in the revolutionary army during the 1900's. After Rizal's execution in
December 1896 at Bagumbayan, he joined the Philippine Revolution and became a combat general. He
returned to his farm in Los Baños, where he lived as a gentleman, farmer, and died at the age of 79.

3. Narcisa (1852-1939)

The third child and whose nickname is "Sisa" and was married to Antonio Lopez (nephew of
Father Leoncio Lopez). She was a musician and an educator from Pueblo de Morong (former name of
Rizal Province). Their children were Emilio, Angelica, who married Benito Abreu; Antonio, who
married Emiliana Rizal, (the daughter of Paciano Rizal); Consuelo; Leoncio, who married Natividad
Arguelles; and Isabel, Francisco, Arsenio, and Fidela, all of whom died young. Narcisa could recite from
memory almost all poems of Jose Rizal.

4. Olimpia (1855-1887)

The fourth child with a nickname "Ypia", who was married to Silvestre Ubaldo, a telegraph
operator from Manila. Their children were Aristeo, who married Leonarda Limjap; Cesario and another
boy, both of whom died young. She died while giving birth in 1887.

5. Lucia (1857-1919)

Who married Mariano Herbosa (nephew of Father Casañas) of Calamba, Laguna. Their children
were Delfina, first wife of General Salvador Natividad and who helped Marcela Agoncillo make the first
Philippine flag in Hong Kong: Concepcion; Patrocinio, who married Jose Battalones; Teodisio, who
married Lucina Vitingco; Estanislao, and Paz, Victoria, and Jose. Herbosa died of Cholera and was
denied of Christian burial being the brother-in-law of Jose Rizal.

6. Maria (1859-1945)

Her nickname was "Biang' and was married to Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan Laguna. The
couple was blessed with five children. Their children were Encarnacion, who married Rosendo Banaad;
Mauricio, who married Concepcion Arguelles; and Petrona, Paz, and Prudencio, who all died young.

7. Jose Protacio Mercado Rizal Y Realonda (1861-1896)

His nickname was "Pepe", the greatest Filipino hero, and peerless genius. He became the
National Hero of the Philippines. He was a Filipino nationalist and polymath during the tail end of the
Spanish period of the Philippines. An ophthalmologist by profession, Rizal became a writer and a key

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 member or the Filipino Propaganda Movement which advocated political reforms for the colony under
Spain.

In 1872-1877, studied high school at Ateneo Municipal de Manila and graduated with honors. In
1878, took up Philosophy and Letters at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) while studying surveying
at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila. In 1879, he enrolled in the College of Medicine at University of
Santo Tomas. In 1884, Rizal started writing his first novel, Noli Me Tangere. In June 21, 1884, he
received the degree in Licentiate in Medicine from the Universidad Central de Madrid and while on June
19, 1885, received the degree in Licentiate in Philosophy and Letters and completed studies, Doctor of
Medicine. In 1886, he studied Ophthalmology at the University of Leipzig. In February 21, 1887, he
completed the novel Noli Me Tangere and finally, March 1887, Rizal published the Noli Me Tangere in
Berlin, Germany with the financial support of Dr. Maximo Viola. In 1890, published his edition of
Morga's Sucesos in Paris, France and published "The Indolence of the Filipinos" and moved to Brussels,
Belgium in September 18, 1891 published his second novel, El Filibusterismo with the assistance form
Valentin Ventura and Jose Ma. Basa.

In 1892, he founded the La Liga Filipina in Tondo, Manila. In July 7, 1892, Andres Bonifacio
founded the KKK to secure independence from Spanish rule. In 1892 to 1896, he lived in Dapitan to
serve in various capacity. In December 30, 1896, he had a common law relationship with Josephine
Bracken, an Irish girl from Hong Kong. He had a son but died a few hours after birth. Rizal named him
Francisco after his father.

He was executed by the Spanish colonial government for the crime of rebellion after the
Philippine Revolution, inspired in part by his writings, broke out. Though he was not actively involved
in its planning or conduct, he ultimately approved of its goals which eventually led to the Philippine
Independence. Executed by a firing squad at 7:03 in the morning at the Bagumbayan Field and was
buried at the Paco Cemetery after execution. He is widely considered one of the greatest heroes of the
Philippines.

8. Concepcion (1862-1865)

Her nickname was "Concha". She died at the age of three. Her death was Rizal's first sorrow in
life.

9. Josefa (1865-1945)

Her nickname was "Panggoy”. She was epileptic and died spinster at the age of 80. She became a
member of the Katipunan.

10. Trinidad (1868-1951)

Her nickname was "Trining". She was the last of the Rizal children to survive and died as
spinster too and died at the age of 83. She also became a member of the Katipunan and she was the
caretaker of "Mi Ultimo Adios".

11. Soledad (1870-1929)

The youngest whose nickname is "Choleng" married to Pantaleon Quintero of Calamba and was
blessed with five children were Trinitario, who married Maria San Mateo; who married Bernabe Malvar
(son of General Miguel Malvar); Luisa, who married Jose Arguelles; and Serafin and Felix, both of
whom died young. She became a teacher, is said to have been "the best educated among Rizal's sisters.
Soledad passed away in 1929, at age of 59.

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The Birth of Rizal

Jose P. Rizal, the 7th child of the Rizal family, was born on June 19, 1861, Wednesday, between 11:00
and 12:00 midnight in the town of Calamba, province of Laguna, Philippines. His mother almost died during
her delivery because Jose's head was big. As he recounted in his student memoirs:

"My coming out in this vale of tears would have cost my mother her life, had she not vowed to the Virgin
of Antipolo to take me to her sanctuary by way of pilgrimage”.

He was baptized in the Catholic Church in Calamba on June 22, 1861 by the parish priest, Father Rufino
Collantes. His godfather was Father Pedro Casañas, a close friend of the Rizal family. Father Collantes was
impressed by the big head of baby Jose. He told them "Take good care of this child, for someday he will
become a great man. The name Jose was chosen by his mother in honor of San Jose (St. Joseph) whose feast
was March 19.

SE PROTACIO MERCADO RIZAL ALONZO Y REALONDA

His complete name was JOSE PROTACIO MERCADO RIZAL ALONZO Y REALONDA. The
name Protacio was taken from the Catholic calendar which was a practice during the Spanish time, that when a
child is born, he/ she is named after the saint of the day. The surname Mercado which means market in Engish
was adopted in 1731 by his paternal great-grandfather, Domingo Lamco, a full-blooded Chinese merchant.

Added surname Rizal was given by Don Francisco which is closer to the Spanish word Racial which
means "luntiang bukirin" related to his work as hacienda owner/ farmer. Alonzo was the surname of Rizal's
mother and Realonda was used by Doña Teodora which is the surname of her godmother.

Jose Rizal’s Childhood Years

Jose Rizal, as a young boy had beautiful, fruitful and pleasant memories as well as sorrow. He grew up
in a happy home. He could remember the tenderest care of his parents because he was frail, sickly and
undersized boy. His father built nipa hut in the garden for him to play in the daytime. At the age of three (3), he
enjoyed watching in the garden the insects, the maya, culiawan, maria capra, pipit, the martin and other birds.
He listened "with excitement and wonder" to their twilight songs and sounds.

Another childhood memory was the daily praying of Angelus of 6:00pm in their altar as all of them
gathered for prayers.

At the "azotea" on a moonlit night, the aya (nursemaid) would tell stories about fairies, legends, tales of
buried treasures, and other fabulous stories. Sometimes if he did not like to eat his supper, the Aya would
threaten him that asuwang, tikbalang, nuno or the turbaned Bombay will come to take him away.

He is brought for a walk for the relief-giving breeze, to see the fruit bearing trees, flowers, birds. The
scenic beauty of his hometown Calamba, the legendary Mt. Makiling and the distant Antipolo with the shrine of
the miraculous Lady of Peace and Good Voyage.

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 At the age of three (3), he began to join religious processions, novena in the church and at the age of five
(5), he was able to read the Spanish Bible with the help of his mother. When Rizal was nearly 7 years old (June
6, 1868), his father took him for a pilgrimage to Antipolo in order to fulfill his mother’s vows which was made
when Jose was born. Doña Teodora could not accompany them because he had given birth to Trinidad. It was
the first trip of Rizal across Laguna de Bay and his first pilgrimage to Antipolo.

After praying at the shrine of the Virgin of Antipolo, they went to Manila, to visit his sister Saturnina at
the La Concordia College in Santa Ana.

The Hero’s First Sorrow

The Rizal children were bound together by the ties of love and care. Jose loved most his little sister
Concha (Concepcion) who was next to him. Unfortunately, Concha died at the age of three and for the first time
he shed tears for 1ove and grief, which is said to be his first sorrow.

The Story of the Moth

Of all the stories told by Doña Teodora to Jose, the story of the moth made the profoundest imprint on
him which he recalled after some years…

"My Mother was teaching me how to read in Spanish "The Children's Friends (El Amigo de Los Niños).
This was a rare book and old copy. This night, my mother became impatient with hearing me read so poorly. I
did not understand Spanish and so I could not read with expression. She took the book and read it to me but I
was watching the flame with some little moths circling around the flame. Soon as my mother noticed that I was
not interested. She stopped and said to me, "I am going to read to you a very pretty story. I once opened my
eyes on hearing the word story. She told me "The story of the moth”.

Once upon a time, an old moth had warned her daughter against the flame, so beautiful, so inviting, yet
fatal and deceitful for it destroyed whoever came too close. She herself said, she was once tempted by it;
she had barely escaped with half-burnt wings. The frightened young moth promised to obey, but was
soon asking herself: "now why should my mother try to give me such a scare? Why should I close my
eyes to such a pretty sight? These old people are such cowards! They think every fly is an elephant, any
old dwarf a giant. What harm can it do to me, whatever she says, if I come near the flame, as long as I
am careful? What I am, a little silly? What a story I shall have for all other girls if I, being very careful
of course, take a closer look. "No sooner said that done, and the silly little moth went fluttering around
the flame. At first she only felt pleasantly warm; this encouraged her and she flew closer and closer until
at last, dazzled by flame, fell and perished in it.

As she put me to bed, my mother said: "See to it that you do not behave like the young moth. Don't be
disobedient, or you may get burned as it did. "I do not know whether 1 answered or not....

The story revealed to me the things until then unknown. Moths no longer were, for me, insignificant
insects. Moths talked, they knew how to warn. They advised just like my mother. The light seemed to me more
beautiful. It had grown more dazzling and more attractive. I knew why the moths circled the flame.

The tragic fate of the young moth left a deep impact on Rizal's mind, and like that young moth he was
fated to die as a martyr for a noble ideal.

Rizal’s Mentors

Doña Teodora, Rizal's mother was his first teacher. Barely three (3) years old, Rizal learned the alphabet
from his mother. He was taught how to read and write in Spanish.

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 As he grew older, his parents employed private tutors to give him lessons at home. The first was
Maestro Celestino and the second, Maestro Lucas Padua. Later, and old man named Leon Monroy, a former
classmate of Rizal's father, became the boy's tutor. This old teacher lived at the Rizal home and instructed Jose
in Spanish and Latin. Unfortunately, he did not live long. He died five months later.

After Monroy's death, the hero's parents decided to send their gifted son to a private school in Biñan.

At about this time, two of his mother's cousin frequented Calamba. Uncle Manuel Alberto, seeing Rizal
frail in body, concerned himself with the physical development of his young nephew and taught the latter love
for the open air and developed in him a great admiration for the beauty of nature, while Uncle Gregorio, a
scholar, instilled into the mind of the boy love for education. He advised Rizal: "Work hard and perform every
task very carefully; learn to be swift as well as thorough; be independent in thinking and make visual pictures of
everything."

Rizal possessed a God-given talent for literature. His mother who was a lover of literature noticed his
poetic inclination, hence, she encouraged him to write poetry.

Since childhood, Rizal showed an unusual talent in art and literature. He scribbled verses on loose sheets
of paper and on the textbooks of his sisters. His mother, who was a lover of literature, noticed his son's
inclination and gift for writing poetry. At the age of eight years old, Rizal wrote his first poem in the native
language entitled, “Sa Aking Mga Kabata - To My Fellow Children"

To My Fellow Children
(Sa Aking Mga Kabata)

Whenever people of a country truly love

The language which by heav'n they were taught to use
That country also surely liberty pursue
As does the bird which soars to freer space above
For Language is the final judge and referee
Upon the people in the land where it holds sway;
In truth our human race resembles in this way
The other living beings born in liberty.

Whoever knows not how to love his native tongue

Is worse than any beast or evil smelling fish.
lo make our language richer ought to be our wish
The same as any mother loves to feed her young.

Tagalog and the Latin language are the same

And English and Castillian and the angels' tongue;
And God, whose watchful care o'er all is flung,
Has given us His blessing in speech we claim,

Our mother tongue, like all the highest that we know

Had alphabet and letters of its very own;
But these were lost - by furious waves were overthrown
Like bancas in the stormy sea, long years ago.

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 "Sa Aking Mga Kabata"
(To My Fellow Children)

Kapagka ang baya'y sadyáng umiibig

Sa kanyáng salitáng kaloob ng langit,
Sanglang kalayaan nasa ring masapit
Katulad ng ibong nasa himpapawid.

Pagka't ang salita'y isang kahatulan

Sa bayan, sa nayo't mga kaharián,
At ang isáng tao'y katulad, kabagay
Ng alin mang likha noong kalayaän.

Ang hindi magmahal sa kanyang salità

Mahigit sa hayop at malansâng isda,
Kaya ang marapat pagyamaning kusa
Na tulad sa ináng tunay na nagpalà.

Ang wikang Tagalog tulad din sa Latin

Sa Inglés, Kastilà at salitang anghel,
Sapagka't ang Poong maalam tumingín
Ang siyang naggawad, nagbigay sa atin.

Ang salita nati'y huwad din sa iba

Na may alfabeto at sariling letra,
Na kaya nawalá' y dinatnan ng sigwa
Ang lunday sa lawà noóng dakong una.

This poem reveals Rizal's earliest nationalist sentiment. In poetic verses, he proudly proclaimed that a
people who truly love their native language will surely strive for liberty like "the bird which soars to freer space
above” and that Tagalog is the equal of Latin, English, Spanish, and any other language.

Father Leoncio Lopez, the old and learned parish priest of Calamba fostered Rizal's love tor scholarship
and intellectual honesty.

At an early age, Rizal was already exposed to the injustices and brutalities of Spanish authority in the
Philippines particularly the Guardia Civil who were supposed to protect the people from harm. Rizal wondered
why these abuses were happening especially to the poor. Years later, he related:

I spent many, many hours of my childhood down on the shore of the lake, Laguna de Bay. I was
dreaming of what might be over on the other side of the waves. Almost every day, in our town, we saw
the Guardia Civil lieutenant injuring some unarmed and inoffensive villagers. The villagers only fault
was that while at a distance he had not taken off his hat and made his bow. The alcalde treated the poor
villagers in the same way whenever he visited us.

We saw no restraint put upon brutality. Acts of violence and other excess were committed daily... I asked
myself if, in the lands which lay across the lake, the people lived in this same way. I wondered if there,
they tortured any countryman with hard and cruel whips merely on suspicion. Or ever wonder also, in
order to live in peace, would one have to bribe tyrants?

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 Rizal, young as he was, grieved deeply over the unhappy situations of his beloved fatherland. The
Spanish misdeeds awakened in his boyish heart a great determination to fight tyranny.

Jose Rizal loved his sisters that he usually wrote letters to them while in the Philippines and foreign
countries. He emphasized his ideas about women and their righteous place in the society. He also compared the
Filipina to European women as to their dignity. One of his letters before he left the Philippines for Cuba in 1896
stated thus:

To My Sisters,

“I urge you take care, serve and love 0ur parents as you would like your children later to take care of
you, serve and love you in your old age. May you live united, forgive one another's asperities and
slight--faults, the natural thorns of life because it is a displeasure for parents to see that their children
are not living in harmony. Afterwards, when our parents are dead, we shall miss them greatly and we
shall be sorry for not having served them while they lived.

I give my brother-in-law very many thanks for the friendship they have always accorded me; they have
loved me as a brother; I could not help but love them likewise.

May my nephews and nieces study, be good, obedient to their parents, grandparents and aunts.

May my boys continue behaving well… I shall know how to take care of them if I return. God will
dispose of that. They have lost nothing: it is always good to have behaved well.

Yours,
RIZAL

C. REFLECTION AND RESPONSE/ACTION

I. IDENTIFICATION. Identify the following statements correctly by wring the answer on the space
provided before the number.

________1. The old parish priest of Calamba who fostered Rizal to value intellectual honesty and scholarship.
________2. The first native poem written by Rizal when he was eight (8) years old.
________3. An old man and former classmate of Rizal's father who taught Rizal Spanish and Latin.
________4. The complete name of our Philippine National Hero.
________5. The priest who baptized Rizal in the Catholic church in Calamba on June 22, 1861.
________6. The name that was taken from the catholic calendar which was a practice during Spanish time, that
when a child is born, he/she is named after the saint of the day.
________7. The name of the saint whose feast day is celebrated every March 19 that gave the mother of Rizal
to derive his name.
________8. A woman of refined culture and character, who studied at Colegio de Sta. Rosa, with exemplary
literary talents, with business ability and was considered the great mother of Rizal.
________9. A great man who took Latin and Philosophy at the Colegio de San Jose, became a tenant farmer of
the Dominican-owned hacienda, hardworking and independent minded.
________10. A well-known Rizalist who was the first to trace Jose Rizal's family roots and discovered the
Chinese ancestry of Rizal.

II. TRUE OR FALSE. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if otherwise.

________1. Of all the stories told by Doña Teodora to Rizal, the story of the moth made the profoundest
imprint on him.

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________2. Both of Rizal's parents greatly influenced his character. "From his father he inherited a profound
sense of dignity and self-respect; and from his mother, the dreamer, bravery for sacrifices and literary
prowess.
________3. The sacrifices and wisdom of Jose Rizal for the country gave him the title of the Greatest Malayan.
________4. The Rizal surname was given by Doña Teodora Alonzo which is closer to the Spanish word
"Ricial" which means "luntiang bukirin" related to his work as hacienda owner.
________5. At the age of four (4), Rizal joined religious processions, novena in the church and at the age of
five (5), he was able to read the Spanish Bible with the help of his mother.
________6. Doña Teodora was the first teacher of Rizal and by three (3) years old, Rizal learned the alphabet,
and also how to read and write in Spanish.
________7. The Rizal family belonged to the "principalia", the aristocratic section of a town composed of
distinguished families.
________8. Josefa was the most beloved sister of Rizal who was next to him and died at the age of 3 and for the
first time he shed tears for love, grief and said to be his first sorrow.
________9. Jose Rizal was the 8th child of the Rizal family, was born on June 19, 1861 Wednesday between
11:00 and 12:00 night in Calamba, Laguna.
________10. When Rizal was nearly seven (7) years old, his mother took him for a pilgrimage to Antipolo in
order to fulfill the vow his mother made when Jose Rizal was born.

III. MATCHING TYPE. Match Column A with Column B by writing the correct answer on the space
provided before the number.

A B
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Family a. Teodora
2. The eldest child of the Rizal children and married to Manuel b. Soledad
D. Hidalgo c. Josefa
3. The greatest Filipino hero, genius and pride, whose d. Trinidad
nickname is "Pepe" e. Narcisa
4. 4The second child and brother of Jose Rizal who convinced f. Lucia
Rizal to study in Europe without their parent’s permission g. Concepcion
5. Rizal's sister who died at the age of three (3) and her death h. Melchora
was considered as the first sorrow i. Olimpia
6. An old maid sister of Rizal whose nickname is "Trining” j. Saturnina
and died at the age of 83 k. Maria
7. A school teacher in Morong Bataan whose nickname is l. Paciano
“Sisa” and married to Antonio Lopez m. Jesusa
8. The sister of Rizal whose nickname is “Biang" and blessed n. Jose
with 5 children with her partner o. Ambrocio
9. Sister of Rizal who was married to Silvestre Ubaldo,
telegraph operator from Manila
10. An old maid sister of Rizal whose nickname is “Panggoy”
and died at the age of 80

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

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 I. ESSAY (5 POINTS EACH)

1. Explain the message of the letter given by Rizal to his beloved sisters before he left the Philippines for
Cuba in 1896.

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2. Enumerate and explain briefly the importance and similarities of your family and parents to Rizal's
family and parents.

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3. Explain the important lesson that we can learn from "the story of the moth" particularly in dealings with
our parents’ advice and reminders.

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4. Explain the message of the poem, "To My fellow Children” giving importance to nationalism and
national identity.

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5. Explain the importance of this chapter and your family in molding your personality towards your bright
future.

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6. Explain why Dona Teodora chose Jose as Rizal's name.

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 Note: Please turn to ANNEX C for the activity sheet

E. FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE LEARNING AND TEACHING

Take note of the difficulties that you encountered in accomplishing this lesson if there are any, write
them in the space provided for, at the end of the unit. Thank you.

 Note: Please turn to ANNEX D for the activity sheet

Republic of the Philippines

BASILAN STATE COLLEGE
College of Arts and Sciences
Main Campus Sumagdang, Isabela City, Basilan
www. Bassc.edu.ph.
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(Surname) (First Name) (M.I.)
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ANNEX A
I. ACTIVATION OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

Activity 1

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III. SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

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IV. FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE LEARNING AND TEACHING

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