Mr. Francis S.

Calubayan
SHS Teacher, Del Pilar Academy
 Content Standard:
The learner will be able to understand and appreciate the
elements and contexts of 21st century Philippine literature
from the Regions.
Performance Standard:
The learner will be able to demonstrate understanding and
appreciation of 21st Century Philippine literature from the
regions through a written close analysis and critical
interpretation of a literary text in terms of form and theme, with
a description of its context derived from research.

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 Lesson 3: Week 5
• Compare and contrast the various 21st
century literary genres and the ones from
the earlier genres/periods citing their
elements, structures and traditions, and
• Identify representative texts and authors
from each region (e.g. engage in oral
history research with focus on key
personalities from the students’
region/province/town)

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At the end of the lesson:
 You can differentiate the different 21st century
literary genres;
 You analyze a flash fiction considering its
elements and the context where and when it was
written;
 You appreciate literature as a mean of discovering
the self and understanding the contemporary
world.
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Lesson 3: Week 5
Flash Fiction
Mind Map
Lecture-Discussion
Reflection Questions
Analysis of Short Animated Film

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What do you think is
the flash fiction
about?
What is the situation
happened in the
story? Or what do
you think is the story
behind the text?
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Refers to a largely fictional work of
relative brevity
Some say it should have not more
than 50 words while others say it can
have as many as a thousand words.
Short short story, micro-fiction, micro-
narrative, sudden fiction

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 PLOT
A lot of successful
flash pieces employ a
twist at the end.

SLAM-BANG
CHARACTERS FLASH FICTION
FINISH

A flash story should

HOOK start with a compelling
scene and keep going.

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 1. Go Jamboard
2. Frame1-5 – STEM
12A, Frame 6-10 –
GENDER STEM 12B
3. Accomplish one
bubble.

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DANAS

TEXT

DANAS
DANAS

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• Who is the character introduce in the beginning of the letter? PLOT
• Describe the character, what do you think could be the relationship of
the character to the receiver of the letter? CHARACTERS
• What relationship do they have? Support your answer. HOOK

SLAM-BANG FINISH

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 PLOT
• What scenario is being revealed in this part of the letter?
• What is the connection of this to the beginning part of the letter? CHARACTERS
• Can you predict now who is the other character the speaker talk
to? HOOK
• How does the author define love in this part?
SLAM-BANG FINISH

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 • Describe Tony and Peter. What
relationship do they have?
• How does the “Nagmamahal, Peter”,
affect you?

• What is the revelation in the last part of the text?

• How does part contribute to your understanding of the text? PLOT
• What are your realizations?
CHARACTERS
• What do we mean by the last line in the text “at huwag mo siyang kakagalitan kung
naisin man niya maging tulad ko”? HOOK
• Do the events in the text has a resemblance in your own life?
• If you were Tony, how are you going to reply to this letter? SLAM-BANG FINISH

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 Reflective Questions

• After the reading and discussing the

flash fiction, did your view about
LGBTQ change? Why? Why not?
• How are you going to view LGBTQ
now?
• In your own perspective, do you
think LGBTQ will someday have their
safe space in the society just like
what women have achieved?

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DANAS

DANAS
DANAS

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 .
Individual-Group Activity
Reflective Questions
Short Animated Film Analysis
 Motion Pictures can be considered as one the genres that emerged in the contemporary
times that clearly reveals the issues and problem of the society. Now, to further
strengthen your skills in close analysis, you are going to do close analysis of a short film.
 The short film to be analyzed is “Miss Pretty Nose” which can be accessed on YouTube.
(To be uploaded in Schoology)
 The submission is by group, but all members must answer all the given questions. All
members must submit their answers and with those answers, the group will now create a
1-2 pages summary and attached to it are the members’ submitted answers. (download
the worksheet file)
 Only the leader will turn it the groups’ output

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. 1.Who are the two characters in the Short Animated Movie you
watched? Describe each of them.
2.What do you think is the greatest insecurity of Linda? What is
she afraid of?
3.How does Steven react to the revelation that Linda has an
ugly nose?
4.What does Linda discover after Steven found out that she
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has an ugly nose? How does she react on it?
5.What do you think are the reasons why Linda and Steven
choose to conceal their insecurities from each other?
6.If you were one of the characters, would you change your
physical appearance just to become pleasing to someone?
7.Do you think this scenario exist now? Cite some scenarios.
8.What moral/values can you make out of the events presented
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and revealed in the short film?

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