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Lesson Pre-Activity 1

“Semantic Web”
ENGLISH 7

Quarter: 2 Week: 1 Day: 1-3

Teaching Date: October 7, 9 & 11, 2024

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Lesson Pre-Activity 2

“Live, laugh, love”

funny baby laughing ||| funniest baby video ||| #shorts (youtube.com)
Laughter king - nepali viral laughing video / 2020 (youtube.com)
2 Guys Laughing Hard at Table #shorts (youtube.com)
Vice Ganda jokingly pushes Jhong out of laughter | Tawag Ng Tanghalan (youtube.com)

• What did you feel while and after watching the videos?
• What can you say about feeling happy?
• What good does it do to someone?
• Is feeling happy restricted to a specific age, gender, or race? Why do
you say so?
• Do you then believe in the following lines? Why or why not?

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Lesson Pre-Activity 2

“Live, laugh, love”

•Happiness is a state of mind.
•Happiness comes and goes.
•Joy is a mind-set.
•Joy can be constant.
“My Father Goes to Court”
By Carlos Bulosan
•Happiness is dependent. •Joy is independent.

•Happiness is conditional. •Happiness is unconditional.

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Carlos Bulosan Carlos Bulosan

• Carlos Bulosan was born in the Philippines in the • Determined to help support his family and further
rural farming village of Mangusmana, near the his education, Carlos decided to come to America
town of Binalonan (Pangasinan province, Luzon with the dream to fulfill these goals.
island). • Traveling by ship, Carlos arrived in Seattle on July
• He was the son of a farmer and spent most of his 22, 1930 at the age of seventeen. With only three
upbringing in the countryside with his family. Like years of education from the Philippines, Carlos
many families in the Philippines, Carlos’s family spoke little English and had barely any money left.
struggled to survive during times of economic Desperate to survive, he soon began working
hardship. various low-paying jobs: servicing in hotels,
• Many families were impoverished and many more harvesting in the fields, and even embarking to the
would suffer because of the conditions in the Alaskan canneries.
Philippines created by US colonization. Rural • During his hardships in finding employment, Carlos
farming families like Carlos’ family experienced experienced much economic difficulty and racial
severe economic disparity due to the growing brutality that significantly damaged his health and
concentration of wealth and power in the hands of eventually changed his perception of America.
the economic and political elite.

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Carlos Bulosan Carlos Bulosan

• From several years of racist attacks, • The discrimination and unhealthy working
starvation, and sickness, Carlos underwent conditions Carlos had experienced in many of his
surgery for tuberculosis in Los Angeles. His workplaces encouraged him to participate in union
organizing with other Filipinos and various workers.
health condition with tuberculosis forced him
Carlos became a self-educated and prolific writer
to undergo three operations where he lost determined to voice the struggles he had
most of the right side of his ribs and the undergone as a Filipino coming to America and the
function of one lung. Yet, he recovered and struggles he had witnessed of other people. Like
stayed in the hospital for about two years many of his fellow Filipinos in his time, Carlos never
where he spent much of his time reading and had the opportunity to return to the Philippines.
writing. After years of hardship and flight, he passed away
in Seattle suffering from an advanced stage of
bronchopneumonia. He is buried at Queen Anne
Hill in Seattle.

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Unlocking Content Area Vocabulary

Learning Analyze literary texts as expressions of individual or communal values

Competency
within a structural context.

Lesson objectives:
1 Define elements of prose pertaining to characters and plot.;
Derive the intended message of the assigned reading based on its
2 selected literary genre elements.

Break down a text into its corresponding plot parts.

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Literature
LESSON 1 ELEMENTS OF PROSE: SHORT STORY
It refers to creations that are written
or spoken to express ideas, stories,
and other
interests.
universal human

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Genres of Literature POETRY PROSE

(Fiction) DEFINITION • Emphasizes meter, rhyme, and • Use ordinary forms of written or
structured verse, though free verse spoken language, without a
poetry lacks these conventions. Poetry is formal metrical structure. It
more concentrated and rhythmic than follows grammatical rules and

Poetry Drama Prose FORMS

prose. flows naturally like everyday
speech.
• Sonnets, haikus, free verse, ballads, • Novels, short stories, essays,
limericks and epics articles, biographies and letters
FEATURES • Focuses on the qualities of language • Focuses on narratives,
using literary devices. explanation, or exposition.
• Often leaves room for interpretation to • Sentences and paragraphs are
the readers. structured to present ideas
clearly and logically.
PURPOSE • Used to evoke emotions, convey deep • Primarily used for storytelling,
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expression through word choice and information in a direct and
Short Story structure straightforward manner.

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Prose The most well-

Novel
50,000-
Novella
Fiction
known example of
Non-fiction a six-word story is,
"For sale: baby Novelette
Word count:
79,999 words

Stories are imaginary and invented. Factual writing that deals with shoes, never
20,000-
real events, people and Word count: 49,999 words
worn." Short Story
Examples: information. 7,500-19,999
• Myths
Examples: Flash Fiction Word count: words
• Fables 1,000-7,499
• News
• Novels
• Reports Word count: words
• Short Stories • Journals Below 1,000
• Articles words
• Essays
• Textbooks
• Biographies

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Short Story
Characteristics Description
LENGTH • Short stories fall in the range of about 1,000 to 7,499

Short Story
words.
PLOT • Due to its brevity, the narrative in a short story is
condensed.
• Usually only focusing on a single incident and a few
characters at most.
SETTING • Limited to one or two locations, enhancing the story’s
focus and immediacy.
THEME • Short stories often explore a single theme or message,
giving readers a clear takeaway.
LANGUAGE • Language is precise and efficient, with no room for
unnecessary details, making every word count and
contribute to the overall effect.

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Well-known Philippine Short Stories Well-known Philippine Short Stories

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Elements of a Short Story

setting
• Time and location where a story takes place.
Elements of a Short Story When examining how setting contributes to a story, there are multiple aspects
to consider:

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Elements of a Short Story Elements of a Short Story

character character
• A person or animal who takes part in the action
of a short story.

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Elements of a Short Story Elements of a Short Story

characterization

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Elements of a Short Story Elements of a Short Story

characterization

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Elements of a Short Story

plot Elements of a Short Story plot

▪ Character vs. Technology – Struggles against science as it moves

beyond human control.

Exposition (introduction)
• Beginning of the story;
• Characters, background, and setting
are revealed/exposed.

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Elements of a Short Story plot Elements of a Short Story plot

Rising Action
•Events in the story
become complicated;
•Conflict is revealed.
•Events between
exposition and climax.

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Elements of a Short Story plot Elements of a Short Story plot

Falling Action
•Resolution begins;
events and complications
start to fall into place.
•Events between climax
and denouement.

Resolution/
Denouement
•Final outcome of events
in the story.

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theme
Elements of a Short Story

• Central message, “moral of the story” and underlying

-end-
meaning of a fictional piece, may be the author’s thoughts
on the topic or view of human nature.

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