Note to Students

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Dear Students,

Welcome to this new learning journey in third quarter. Know that I am

glad that you are a part of my English 7 class this school year. Please be
reminded of a few things as you continue to equip yourself with learning.

•It is very important that you read this module provided to you in
order to be guided in our lessons.

•If you have questions regarding the lessons or parts that you need
help in, please feel free to ask for assistance from your subject
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•I, as your subject teacher, I am available to help you during

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•This module also has exercises and activities that you need to
answer or complete. Please use your activity notebook for your
exercises.

•Although we cannot meet each other in person for our classes due
to the season we are in, I encourage you to do your best and learn
as much as you can. Read more and watch the videos I will be
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•Stay updated with the events in the school and our community.

Above all, stay healthy and safe. Take extra care and responsibility as
you grow to become good young citizens of our community. Keep your

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faith in the Almighty strong and firm. See you all soon when things go
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MR. JASON REDIDO LOVITOS, LPT

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 Table of Contents
CHAPTER LESSONS PAGES

Filipino traits 1
The Mark of a True Filipino 4
Filipino in Thought, Word and Deed 6

Footnote to Youth 12

Types of Literary Conflicts 18

The Small Key 21

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Facts and Opinion 28
Fantasy and Reality 30
Mythology of Mindanao 33

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 Examination Coverage
FIRST PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
Filipino traits

The Mark of a True Filipino

Filipino in Thought, Word and Deed

SECOND PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

Footnote to Youth

Types of Literary Conflicts

The Small Key

FINAL EXAMINATION
Facts and Opinion

Fantasy and Reality

Mythology of Mindanao

• In answering your examinations, make sure to write

Note: •
your name and section.
Don’t let test questions left unanswered.

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Chapter 1
Lesson
Filipino Traits
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OBJECTIVES
As you work on this lesson, you are expected to:
• identify the desirable traits of a Filipino; and
• show pride in Filipino culture.

KEY QUESTIONS
• What are the desirable traits of a Filipino?

• What values are native to our Filipino culture?

DISCUSSION
In this lesson, you will learn different Filipino values
such as those that promote harmonious and peaceful
relationships, close family ties, respect for elders and trust
in a Supreme Being.

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Let’s Study and Analyze
Task 1
I. Ricardo holds on to desirable Filipino values and practices both as an
individual and as a member of the community. You are going to find out what
these traits are and how Ricardo practices them in his daily life.
Try to match the desirable Filipino traits in the box below with the actions
and behavior of Ricardo. Write the letter of your answer in the blank before each
number.

a. Trust in God
f. Bayanihan (Cooperation)

b. Hospitality g. Pakikisama (ability to get along with others)

h. Close Family Ties

c. Respect for Elders
i. Patience/Optimism
d. Utang na loob
j. Respect for Womanhood
(Debt of gratitude)

e. Resourcefulness/

____1. Ricardo kisses the hands of his parents, grandparents

and older relatives. He listens and gives importance to
their advice and helps them in any way he can. He
plans to take care of his parents when they grow old.

____2. Ricardo loves to be with his family at all times. He

goes to church with them, joins them for regular get-
togethers, and celebrates holidays with them as
much as he can. He would love to live with his family
even as he gets older.

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____3. Ricardo’s belief in God is very strong. He does not complain much
because he knows that God will take care of everything. He keeps and
venerates religious symbols in his house.

____4. Ricardo is always there to help his neighbors and other members of his
community. He joined and supported the People Power 2 uprising at Edsa
in January 2001. Aside from participating in national projects, he is always
available whenever his barangay needs his help and support in
implementing its projects.

____5. Ricardo sees things through until the end. He always has hope and looks at
the brighter side of things. He does not get discouraged when confronted
with problems. In fact, no matter how miserable his life is, he moves on,
knowing that in the end, the sun will shine again. He remains calm even if
he has a hard time commuting, or when he deals with everyday problems
like pollution, traffic, lack of water and electricity, bad roads and poor
telephone services.

____6. When someone does Ricardo a favor or helps him in his hour of need, he
feels that he needs to return a favor to that person. He would not feel
comfortable if he does not repay that person in any way that he can.

____7. You will always see cheerfulness in Ricardo’s face wherever he goes.
He tries to maintain harmonious and peaceful relationships with everyone,
even if he sees the faults of his enemies, friends, or family. For him, not being
friendly and cooperative with others would bring negative results.

____8. Ricardo loves to entertain guests, friends and even strangers. He is very
warm-hearted and generous in receiving visitors at home, in the
office, or wherever he meets people.

____9. Ricardo is very good at inventing new things. He makes decorations out of
old newspapers and used soft drink cans. He saves used paper and
empty bottles for future use.
___10. Ricardo respects his mother and this respect is extended to his sisters,
female friends, and colleagues. He opens doors, gives up his seat, and
carries bags for women. He also assists them when boarding or alighting
from vehicles.

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Lesson
The Mark of a True Filipino
2
OBJECTIVES
As you work on this lesson, you are expected to:

• identify the different Philippine national symbols;

• show understanding and respect for Philippine national symbols;
• demonstrate love for our culture and national identity.

KEY QUESTION
• What are the different Philippine national symbols?
What makes us uniquely Filipino?
DISCUSSION

The Mark of a True Filipino

I was once asked by a foreigner To
describe my beloved country Hark,
listen very carefully
To my true and faithful description.

If by chance I have seen

Unfurled and flying, high above the air
The most beautiful flag of red, white and blue
Symbol of my country, we give honor.

Once our national anthem is played

And by chance I hear its music drifting in the wind Place
your right hand over your breast
While its lively music is being played.

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Our national costumes, Barong tagalog and “Baro at Saya”
And our national flower, the Sampaguita
Our folk songs, our national tree—Narra And
the Philippine Eagle
All these are our national symbols.

Should anybody make fun Of

the color of your skin Be
proud, don’t be ashamed
Hold your head high, it is God-given

Our heroes never feared

To shed their blood and give their life For
freedom most revered
They’re our pride, let us not forget them.

Anonymous

Task 2
DIRECTION: Answer the questions below in not more than five
sentences.
CRITERIA:
Organization of ideas----7 points
Grammar---------------------3 points
Total----------------------------10 points

1. What other Philippine national symbols do you know that

are not mentioned in the poem?

2. How can you be a hero in your own way with your

friends? Your neighbors? Your colleagues at work?
3. Why is it important to know and love your culture?

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Lesson
Filipino in Thought, Word and Deed
3
OBJECTIVES
As you work on this lesson, you are expected to:

o identify Filipino characteristics, values, practices and

traditions; and

o give opinion on how to show loyalty to your country.

•

KEY QUESTION
• Which Filipino traits are truly desirable? How and
when are these shown?

DISCUSSION

Read the dialogue that follows.

Characters:
Domeng – a 48 year-old balikbayan from the US
Joseph – a teenage son of Domeng
Concha – the 70 year-old mother of Domeng
Honesto – the 75 year-old father of Domeng
Rey – a neighbor and good friend of Domeng
Arvin – a teenage adopted son of Honesto and Concha

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Narrator
Scene 1 : At the Airport

Concha : Arvin, how come the plane has not arrived yet? It’s
already an hour late, I’m getting worried. Something
might have happened to them.
Arvin : Nana Concha. Please calm yourself. Haven’t you
heard the announcement? The plane from San
Francisco has just arrived.
Concha : Really, Arvin?
Arvin : That’s true! Nana
Concha!. Concha : Thank
God!
Arvin : Nana Concha! Mang Rey! Let’s move over there so we
can see them immediately.

Concha : I think that’s better. With my poor eyesight, I may not be

able to recognize Domeng and his son Joseph from
afar.

Arvin : Nana Concha, about how many years has Uncle

Domeng been away from the Philippines?
Concha : Oh, he was still young then. He was about twenty years old.

Rey : That’s right, Arvin. We’re of the same age and I’m 48
years old now.

Arvin : You’re 48 years old now, Mang Rey? In that case,

Uncle Domeng has been away for 28 years now.

Concha : You’re right,Arvin.

Rey : Arvin, look! Look at that lady! She has plenty of

luggage, she can hardly carry all of them.

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Arvin : She’s not the only one who’s like that, Mang Rey. Look at the
others. I bet, most of their luggage are for pasalubong.
Isn’t Nanay Concha like them? Every time she travels,
she always brings pasalubong.

Rey : Ah, yes. Even when she’s just from the market, she still brings
pasalubong.

Concha : So, what’s wrong with that? That’s being a Filipino. We’re
fond of giving something as pasalubong.
Arvin : You’re right. Almost every balikbayan I see has plenty of
baggages.

Concha : That’s because, most of us Filipinos are thoughtful and

generous. Arvin : Will Uncle Domeng have plenty of baggages, too?
Concha : Rey, Rey! Look! Isn’t that Domeng who’s just come out of the
door?

Rey : That’s him! And he saw us, too!

Concha : Domeng! Domeng, my son!
Arvin : Nanay Concha, with 28 years being in America, do you think
Uncle Domeng has changed his nickname to.. maybe
“Dom” or “Domy”?

Concha : It doesn’t really matter whether he has changed his nickname

or not. To me, he is still my Domeng!
Rey : I’ll leave you for a while. I’ll have to make the car ready.
The parking lot is quite far from here, so, when Domeng is
ready, we can immediately leave.

Concha : That would be

better, Rey. Domeng : Nay! Nay!

Concha : Domeng, my son!

Domeng : (Domeng, kissing his mother’s

hand) Concha : God bless you, my son.

Domeng : Where’s Tatay?

Concha : Oh, his arthritis acted up again, so he opted to wait for

you at home.
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Domeng : By the way, Nay, this is Joseph, your grandson. Joseph,
this is your Lola.

Concha : Oh, he’s so

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Concha : Oh, his arthritis acted up again, so he opted to wait for
you at home.

Domeng : By the way, Nay, this is Joseph, your grandson. Joseph,

this is your Lola.

Concha : Oh, he’s so

handsome! Joseph :
(Kissing Lola’s hand)
Concha : God Bless you, Joseph. And, Joseph, this is Arvin, your
cousin. Joseph : How are you, Kuya Arvin?
Arvin : Ah…I’m fine, Joseph.

Concha : Domeng, this is Arvin, your

nephew. Arvin : (Kisses the hand of
Domeng)
Domeng : I thought for a while, you’re not with Nanay. How come
you’re keeping a distance?

Arvin : I’m sorry, Uncle. I was a bit apprehensive in getting

close to you, because I’m not that good in talking
English.

Joseph : Why did you ever think of that, Kuya Arvin?

Arvin : You see, some of our cousins who also came from
America only spoke in English. And I felt awkward talking
to them.

Joseph : Don’t worry, Kuya Arvin, I’m used to speaking Filipino.

Back home, we always talk in Filipino except when we
have visitors. Daddy and Mommy want us to speak in
Filipino even if we’re not born in the Philippines.

Domeng : That’s true. I haven’t forgotten what Nanay taught us. That
we should not forget our own language and we should be
proud of it. And that’s one measure of being a true
Filipino.

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Arvin : I admire you for that, Uncle Domeng. You’re not like the
others who teach their children to speak in English, just
to give the impression of being ‘class’.
Concha : I’m proud of you, Domeng. Despite your having been
away from our country for so long, you have not forgotten
being a Filipino.
Arvin : Here comes our ride, Uncle Domeng.
Concha : Arvin, please help them put their luggage inside
the car. Rey : I’ll open the baggage compartment.
Domeng : I know you…. Ah, Rey? Yes, its you,
Rey! Rey : I thought you have forgotten about
me.
Domeng : That’s not possible, Rey. Except for a few white hairs, you
have not changed at all.
Rey : Oh, well. Let’s talk more about it later, Domeng. Let’s
attend to your luggage first, so we can leave.
Concha : You know, Joseph, Rey and your father were “age
mates” and good friends. They were like brothers.
Joseph : Aha! Then Tito Rey must know a lot of Daddy’s secrets.
Tell me about you and Dad when we get home, ha, Tito
Rey.
Concha : It seems like you brought a lot of pasalubong. Aside
from your suitcases, you brought some balikbayan
boxes as well.
Domeng : That’s not even enough, Nay. We didn’t have much time
to shop, so I’m thinking of buying some more items from
the Duty Free Shops here. I’ve heard, there are a lot of
items to choose from and they’re a lot cheaper, too.
Concha : That’s true, Domeng. They’ve lowered the prices
even for imported items.
Joseph : And you know what, Lola. You can even choose the
item you want Daddy to give you as pasalubong. You
can get what you really wanted and need most.

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Concha : Oh, thank you so much! What is nice about your
shopping here, either in the Duty Free Shops or any of
the malls here, is that you’re able to help boost the
economy of our country.
Rey : Have you heard in America about our economic crisis?
Domeng : Ah, yes! Even if I’m already in America, I’ve always made
it a point to listen regularly for news about our country. I
will never forget who I am and from where I came from.

Task 3
DIRECTION: Answer the questions below in not more than five
sentences.
CRITERIA:
Organization of ideas----7 points
Grammar---------------------3 points
Total----------------------------10 points

1. What Filipino values, practices and traditions were

demonstrated by the characters in the play?

2. What can you say about Domeng, who remained loyal to

the language of the country of his birth?

3. Were Domeng and Joseph right in deciding to buy their

pasalubong from the Duty Free Shops here? Why?

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Chapter 2
Lesson
Footnote To Youth
1
OBJECTIVE

As you work on this lesson, you are expected to:

• Respond to the story’s conflict by making a

plot twist.

KEY QUESTION
• What’s in the story have in common to the real-
life problems in the society?

DISCUSSION

Footnote To Youth by Jose Garcia Villa

The sun was salmon and hazy in the west. Dodong thought to
himself he would tell his father about Teang when he got home, after
he had unhitched the carabao from the plow, and let it to its shed and
fed it. He was hesitant about saying it, but he wanted his father to
know. What he had to say was of serious import as it would mark a
climacteric in his life. Dodong finally decided to tell it, at a thought
came to him his father might refuse to consider it.

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His father was silent hard-working farmer who chewed areca nut, which he
had learned to do from his mother, Dodong's grandmother. I will tell it to him. I will
tell it to him. The ground was broken up into many fresh wounds and fragrant with
a sweetish earthy smell. Many slender soft worms emerged from the furrows and
then burrowed again deeper into the soil. A short colorless worm marched blindly
to Dodong's foot and crawled calmly over it. Dodong go tickled and jerked his
foot, flinging the worm into the air. Dodong did not bother to look where it fell, but
thought of his age, seventeen, and he said to himself he was not young any more.
Dodong unhitched the carabao leisurely and gave it a healthy tap on the hip.
The beast turned its head to look at him with dumb faithful eyes. Dodong gave it
a slight push and the animal walked alongside him to its shed.

He placed bundles of grass before it land the carabao began to eat.

Dodong looked at it without interests. Dodong started homeward, thinking how
he would break his news to his father. He wanted to marry, Dodong did. He was
seventeen, he had pimples on his face, the down on his upper lip already was
dark-these meant he was no longer a boy. He was growing into a man--he was a
man. Dodong felt insolent and big at the thought of it although he was by nature
low in statue. Thinking himself a man grown Dodong felt he could do anything. He
walked faster, prodded by the thought of his virility. A small angled stone bled his
foot, but he dismissed it cursorily. He lifted his leg and looked at the hurt toe and
then went on walking. In the cool sundown he thought wild you dreams of himself
and Teang. Teang, his girl. She had a small brown face and small black eyes and
straightglossy hair. How desirable she was to him. She made him dream even
during the day. Dodong tensed with desire and looked at the muscles of his arms.
Dirty. This field work was healthy, invigorating but it begrimed you, smudged you
terribly. He turned back the way he had come, then marched obliquely to a
creek.

Dodong stripped himself and laid his clothes, a gray undershirt and red
kundiman shorts, on the grass. The he went into the water, wet his body over, and
rubbed at it vigorously. He was not long in bathing, then he marched homeward
again. The bath made him feel cool. It was dusk when he reached home. The
petroleum lamp on the ceiling already was lighted and the low unvarnished
square table was set for supper. His parents and he sat down on the floor around
the table to eat.

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They had fried fresh-water fish, rice, bananas, and caked sugar. Dodong
ate fish and rice, but didnot partake of the fruit. The bananas were overripe and
when one held them they felt more fluid than solid. Dodong broke off a piece of
the cakes sugar, dipped it in his glass of water and ate it. He got another piece
and wanted some more, but he thought of leaving the remainder for his parents.
Dodong's mother removed the dishes when they were through and went out to
the batalan to wash them. She walked with slow careful steps and Dodong
wanted to help her carry the dishes out, but he was tired and now felt lazy. He
wished as he looked at her that he had a sister who could help his mother in the
housework. He pitied her, doing all the housework alone. His father remained in
the room, sucking a diseased tooth. It was paining him again, Dodong knew.
Dodong had told him often and again to let the town dentist pull it out, but he
was afraid, his father was. He did not tell that to Dodong, but Dodong guessed it.

Afterward Dodong himself thought that if he had a decayed tooth he

would be afraid to go to the dentist; he would not be any bolder than his father.
Dodong said while his mother was out that he was going to marry Teang. There it
was out, what he had to say, and over which he had done so much thinking. He
had said it without any effort at all and without self-consciousness. Dodong felt
relieved and looked at his father expectantly. A decrescent moon outside shed
its feeble light into the window, graying the still black temples of his father. His
father looked old now. "I am going to marry Teang," Dodong said.His father looked
at him silently and stopped sucking the broken tooth. The silence became intense
and cruel, and Dodong wished his father would suck that troublous tooth again.
Dodong was uncomfortable and then became angry because his father kept
looking at him without uttering anything.

"I will marry Teang," Dodong repeated. "I will marry Teang." His father kept
gazing at him in inflexible silence and Dodong fidgeted on his seat. "I asked her
last night to marry me and she said...yes. I want your permission. I... want... it...."
There was impatient clamor in his voice, an exacting protest at this coldness, this
indifference. Dodong looked at his father sourly. He cracked his knuckles one by
one, and the little sounds it made broke dully the night stillness. "Must you marry,
Dodong?" Dodong resented his father's questions; his father himself had married.
Dodong made a quick impassioned easy in his mind about selfishness, but later
he got confused. "You are very young, Dodong." "I'm... seventeen." "That's very
young to get married at." "I... I want to marry...Teang's good girl." "Tell your mother,"
his father said. "You tell her, tatay." "Dodong, you tell your inay." "You tell her." "All
right, Dodong." "You will let me marry Teang?"

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"Son, if that is your wish... of course..." There was a strange helpless light in
his father's eyes. Dodong did not read it, too absorbed was he in himself. Dodong
was immensely glad he had asserted himself. He lost his resentment for his father.
For a while he even felt sorry for him about the diseased tooth. Then he confined
his mind to dreaming of Teang and himself. Sweet young dream.... Dodong stood
in the sweltering noon heat, sweating profusely, so that his camiseta was damp.
He was still like a tree and his thoughts were confused. His mother had told him
not to leave the house, but he had left. He had wanted to get out of it without
clear reason at all. He was afraid, he felt. Afraid of the house. It had seemed to
cage him, to compares his thoughts with severe tyranny. Afraid also of Teang.
Teang was giving birth in the house; she gave screams that chilled his blood. He
did not want her to scream like that, he seemed to be rebuking him. He began to
wonder madly if the process of childbirth was really painful. Some women, when
they gave birth, did not cry.

In a few moments he would be a father. "Father, father," he whispered the

word with awe, with strangeness. He was young, he realized now, contradicting
himself of nine months comfortable... "Your son," people would soon be telling him.
"Your son, Dodong." Dodong felt tired standing. He sat down on a saw horse with
his feet close together. He looked at his callused toes. Suppose he had ten
children... What made him think that? What was the matter with him? God! He
heard his mother's voice from the house: "Come up, Dodong. It is over." Of a
sudden he felt terribly embarrassed as he looked at her. Somehow he was
ashamed to his mother of his youthful paternity. It made him feel guilty, as if he
had taken something no properly his. He dropped his eyes and pretended to dust
dirt off his kundiman shorts. "Dodong," his mother called again. "Dodong." He
turned to look again and this time saw his father beside his mother. "It is a boy," his
father said. He beckoned Dodong to come up.

Dodong felt more embarrassed and did not move. What a moment for
him. His parents' eyes seemed to pierce him through and he felt limp. He wanted
to hide from them, to run away. "Dodong, you come up. You come up," he mother
said. Dodong did not want to come up and stayed in the sun. "Dodong. Dodong."
"I'll... come up." Dodong traced tremulous steps on the dry parched yard. He
ascended the bamboo steps slowly. His heart pounded mercilessly in him. Within,
he avoided his parents eyes. He walked ahead of them so that they should not
see his face. He felt guilty and untrue. He felt like crying. His eyes smarted and his
chest wanted to burst.

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He wanted to turn back, to go back to the yard. He wanted somebody to
punish him. His father thrust his hand in his and gripped it gently. "Son," his father
said. And his mother: "Dodong..." How kind were their voices. They flowed into him,
making him strong. "Teang?" Dodong said. "She's sleeping. But you go in..." His
father led him into the small sawali room. Dodong saw Teang, his girl wife, asleep
on the papag with her black hair soft around her face. He did not want her to
look that pale... Dodong wanted to touch her, to push away that stray wisp of
hair that touched her lips, but again that feeling of embarrassment came over
him and before his parents he did not want to be demonstrative. The hilot was
wrapping the child, Dodong heart it cry. The thin voice pierced him queerly. He
could not control the swelling of happiness in him. You give him to me. You give
him to me," Dodong said. * * * Blas was not Dodong's child. Many more children
came. For six successive years a new child came along. Dodong did not want
any more children, but they came. It seemed the coming of children could not
be helped.

Dodong got angry with himself sometimes. Teang did not complain, but
the bearing of children told on her. She was shapeless and thin now, even if she
was young. There was interminable work to be done. Cooking. Laundering. The
house. The children. She cried sometimes, wishing she had not married. She did
not tell Dodong this, not wishing him to dislike her. Yet she wished she had not
married. Not even Dodong, whom she loved. There has been another suitor,
Lucio, older than Dodong by nine years, and that was why she had chosen
Dodong. Young Dodong. Seventeen. Lucio had married another after her
marriage to Dodong, but he was childless until now. She wondered if she had
married Lucio, would she have borne him children. Maybe not either. That was a
better lot. But she loved Dodong... Dodong whom life had made ugly. One night,
as he lay beside his wife, he roe and went out of the house. He stood in the
moonlight, tired and querulous. He wanted to ask questions and somebody to
answer him. He w anted to be wise about many things. One of them was why life
did not fulfill all of Youth's dreams. Why it must be so.

Why one was forsaken... after Love. Dodong would not find the answer.
Maybe the question was not to be answered. It must be so to make Youth. Youth.
Youth must be dreamfully sweet. Dreamfully sweet. Dodong returned to the house
humiliated by himself. He had wanted to know a little wisdom but was denied it.
* * * When Blas was eighteen he came home one night very flustered and happy.
It was late at night and Teang and the other children were asleep.

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Dodong heard Blas's steps, for he could not sleep well of nights. He
watched Blas undress in the dark and lie down softly. Blas was restless on his mat
and could not sleep. Dodong called him name and asked why he did not sleep.
Blas said he could not sleep. "You better go to sleep. It is late," Dodong said. Blas
raised himself on his elbow and muttered something in a low fluttering voice.
Dodong did not answer and tried to sleep. "Itay ...," Blas called softly. Dodong
stirred and asked him what was it. "I am going to marry Tena.

She accepted me tonight." Dodong lay on the red pillow without moving.
"Itay, you think it over." Dodong lay silent. "I love Tena and... I want her." Dodong
rose f rom his mat and told Blas to follow him. They descended to the yard, where
everything was still and quiet. The moonlight was cold and white. "You want to
marry Tena," Dodong said. He did not want Blas to marry yet. Blas was very young.
The life that would follow marriage would be heard... "Yes." "Must you marry?" Blas's
voice stilled with resentment. "I will marry Tena." Dodong kept silent, hurt. "You
have objections, Itay?" Blas asked acridly. "Son... n-none..." (But truly, God, I don't
want Blas to marry yet... not yet. I don't want Blas to marry yet....) But he was
helpless. He could not do anything. Youth must triumph... now. Love must
triumph... now. Afterwards... it will be life. As long ago Youth and Love did triumph
for Dodong... and then Life. Dodong looked wistfully at his young son in the
moonlight. He felt extremely sad and sorry for him.

Task 4
DIRECTION: Make a plot twist of the story right after Dodong asked his father to
marry Teang. Give your most creative and realistic ending as if Dodong’s
father did not let him marry Teang. What will happen next? (In not more than 3
paragraphs only)

-The narration must be in summary form.

CRITERIA

Content--------25 points
Creativity------15 points
Grammar------10 points
Total-------------50 points

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Lesson
Types of Literary Conflict
2
OBJECTIVE

As you work on this lesson, you are expected to:

• Identify literary conflicts

KEY QUESTION
• What are the different literary conflicts?

DISCUSSION

What Is Conflict in
Literature?
In literature, a conflict is a literary device characterized by
a struggle between two opposing forces. Conflict provides
crucial tension in any story and is used to drive the
narrative forward. It is often used to reveal a deeper
meaning in a narrative while highlighting characters’
motivations, values, and weaknesses. There are six main
types of literary conflict, each of which is detailed below.

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Internal vs. External Conflict
All conflict falls into two categories: internal and external.

• Internal conflict is when a character struggles with their own

opposing desires or beliefs. It happens within them, and it drives
their development as a character.
• External conflict sets a character against something or someone
beyond their control. External forces stand in the way of a
character’s motivations and create tension as the character tries
to reach their goals.

Including both internal and external conflict is crucial for a good story,
because life always includes both.

The 6 Types of Literary Conflict

1. Character vs. Self
This is an internal conflict, meaning that the opposition the character
faces is coming from within. This may entail a struggle to discern what
the moral or “right” choice is, or it may also encompass mental health
struggles. All other types of conflict are external—meaning that a
character comes up against an outside force that creates the conflict.

2. Character vs. Character

This is a common type of conflict in which one character’s needs or
wants are at odds with another’s. A character conflict can be depicted
as a straightforward fist fight, or as intricate and nuanced as the
ongoing struggle for power in the HBO series Game of Thrones.

3. Character vs. Nature

In a nature conflict, a character is set in opposition to nature. This can

mean the weather, the wilderness. This is the essence of the man versus
nature conflict: man struggles with human emotions, while nature
charges forth undeterred.

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4. Character vs. Supernatural
Pitting characters against phenomena like ghosts, gods, or monsters raises
the stakes of a conflict by creating an unequal playing field. Supernatural
conflict also covers characters, like Harry Potter or Odysseus, who have a
fate or destiny and struggle to accept the sacrifices that come along with
it.

5. Character vs. Technology

In this case, a character is in conflict with some kind of technology. Think of

the tale of John Henry, the African American folk hero. In American folklore,
Henry was a former slave who worked as a steel-driver on the rail line.

6. Character vs. Society

A character vs. society conflict is an external conflict that occurs in literature

when the protagonist is placed in opposition with society, the government, or
a cultural tradition or societal norm of some kind. Characters may be
motivated to take action against their society by a need to survive, a moral
sense of right and wrong, or a desire for happiness, freedom, justice, or love.

Task 5
Answer the question below in not more than five sentences.
CRITERIA:
Organization of ideas----7 points
Grammar---------------------3 points
Total----------------------------10 points

1. What literary conflict does the story entitled, “Footnote to Youth” is all
about? Why?

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Lesson The Small Key
2
OBJECTIVES
As you work on this lesson, you are expected to:

• Recognize author’s intention in making the story;

• Reflect moral from the story.

KEY QUESTION
• How does trust play an important aspect in
a relationship?

DISCUSSION

The Small Key

It was very warm. The sun, up above a sky that was blue and tremendous and
beckoning to birds ever on the wing, shone bright as if determined to scorch
everything under heaven, even the low, square nipa house that stood in an
unashamed relief against the gray-green haze of grass and leaves.

It was lonely dwelling located far from its neighbors, which were huddled close to one
another as if for mutual comfort. It was flanked on both sides by tall, slender bamboo
tree which rustled plaintively under a gentle wind.

On the porch a woman past her early twenties stood regarding the scene before her
with eyes made incurious by its familiarity. All around her the land stretched endlessly,
it seemed, and vanished into the distance. There were dark, newly plowed furrows
where in due time timorous seedling would give rise to sturdy stalks and golden grain,
to a rippling yellow sea in the wind and sun during harvest time. Promise of plenty and
reward for hard toil! With a sigh of discontent, however, the woman turned and
entered a small dining room where a man sat over a belated a midday meal.

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Pedro Buhay, a prosperous farmer, looked up from his plate and smiled at his
wife as she stood framed by the doorway, the sunlight glinting on her dark
hair, which was drawn back, without relenting wave, from a rather prominent
and austere brow.

“Where are the shirts I ironed yesterday?” she asked as she approached the
table.

“In my trunk, I think,” he answered.

“Some of them need darning,” and observing the empty plate, she added,
“do you want some more rice?”

“No,” hastily, “I am in a burry to get back. We must finish plowing the south
field today because tomorrow is Sunday.”

Pedro pushed the chair back and stood up. Soledad began to pile the dirty
dishes one on top of the other.

“Here is the key to my trunk.” From the pocket of his khaki coat he pulled a
string of non descript red which held together a big shiny key and another
small, rather rusty looking one.

With deliberate care he untied the knot and, detaching the big key, dropped
the small one back into his pocket. She watched him fixedly as he did this. The
smile left her face and a strange look came into her eyes as she took the big
key from him without a word. Together they left the dining room.

Out of the porch he put an arm around her shoulders and peered into her
shadowed face.

“You look pale and tired,” he remarked softly. “What have you been doing all
morning?”

“Nothing,” she said listlessly. “But the heat gives me a headache.”

“Then lie down and try to sleep while I am gone.” For a moment they looked
deep into each other’s eyes.

“It is really warm,” he continued. “I think I will take off my coat.”

He removed the garment absent mindedly and handed it to her. The stairs
creaked under his weight as he went down.

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“Choleng,” he turned his head as he opened the gate, “I shall pass by Tia
Maria’s house and tell her to come. I may not return before dark.”

Soledad nodded. Her eyes followed her husband down the road, noting the
fine set of his head and shoulders, the case of his stride. A strange ache rose
in her throat.

She looked at the coat he had handed to her. It exuded a faint smell of his
favorite cigars, one of which he invariably smoked, after the day’s work, on
his way home from the fields. Mechanically, she began to fold the garment.

As she was doing so, s small object fell from the floor with a dull, metallic
sound. Soledad stooped down to pick it up. It was the small key! She stared at
it in her palm as if she had never seen it before. Her mouth was tightly drawn
and for a while she looked almost old.

She passed into the small bedroom and tossed the coat carelessly on the
back of a chair. She opened the window and the early afternoon sunshine
flooded in. On a mat spread on the bamboo floor were some newly washed
garments.

She began to fold them one by one in feverish haste, as if seeking in the task
of the moment in refuge from painful thoughts. But her eyes moved restlessly
around the room until they rested almost furtively on a small trunk that was
half concealed by a rolled mat in a dark corner.

It was a small old trunk, without anything on the outside that might arouse
one’s curiosity. But it held the things she had come to hate with unreasoning
violence, the things that were causing her so much unnecessary anguish and
pain and threatened to destroy all that was most beautiful between her and
her husband!

Soledad came across a torn garment. She threaded a needle, but after a
few uneven stitches she pricked her finger and a crimson drop stained the
white garment. Then she saw she had been mending on the wrong side.

“What is the matter with me?” she asked herself aloud as she pulled the
thread with nervous and impatient fingers.

What did it matter if her husband chose to keep the clothes of his first wife?

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“She is dead anyhow. She is dead,” she repeated to herself over and over
again.

The sound of her own voice calmed her. She tried to thread the needle once
more. But she could not, not for the tears had come unbidden and
completely blinded her.

“My God,” she cried with a sob, “make me forget Indo’s face as he put the
small key back into his pocket.”

She brushed her tears with the sleeves of her camisa and abruptly stood up.
The heat was stifling, and the silence in the house was beginning to be
unendurable.

She looked out of the window. She wondered what was keeping Tia Maria.
Perhaps Pedro had forgotten to pass by her house in his hurry. She could
picture him out there in the south field gazing far and wide at the newly
plowed land with no thought in his mind but of work, work. For to the people
of the barrio whose patron saint, San Isidro Labrador, smiled on them with
benign eyes from his crude altar in the little chapel up the hill, this season was
a prolonged hour during which they were blind and dead to everything but
the demands of the land.

During the next half hour Soledad wandered in and out of the rooms in effort
to seek escape from her own thoughts and to fight down an overpowering
impulse. If Tia Maria would only come and talk to her to divert her thoughts to
other channels!

But the expression on her husband’s face as he put the small key back into his
pocket kept torturing her like a nightmare, goading beyond endurance.
Then, with all resistance to the impulse gone, she was kneeling before the
small trunk. With the long drawn breath she inserted the small key. There was
an unpleasant metallic sound, for the key had not been used for a long time
and it was rusty.

That evening Pedro Buhay hurried home with the usual cigar dangling from
his mouth, pleased with himself and the tenants because the work in the
south field had been finished. Tia Maria met him at the gate and told him that
Soledad was in bed with a fever.

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“I shall go to town and bring Doctor Santos,” he decided, his cool hand on his
wife’s brow.

Soledad opened her eyes.

“Don’t, Indo,” she begged with a vague terror in her eyes which he took for
anxiety for him because the town was pretty far and the road was dark and
deserted by that hour of the night. “I shall be alright tomorrow.”

Pedro returned an hour later, very tired and very worried. The doctor was not at
home but his wife had promised to give him Pedro’s message as soon as he
came in.

Tia Maria decide to remain for the night. But it was Pedro who stayed up to
watch the sick woman. He was puzzled and worried – more than he cared to
admit it. It was true that Soledad did not looked very well early that afternoon.
Yet, he thought, the fever was rather sudden. He was afraid it might be a
symptom of a serious illness.

Soledad was restless the whole night. She tossed from one side to another, but
toward morning she fell into some sort of troubled sleep. Pedro then lay down
to snatch a few winks.

He woke up to find the soft morning sunshine streaming through the half-open
window. He got up without making any noise. His wife was still asleep and now
breathing evenly. A sudden rush of tenderness came over him at the sight of
her – so slight, so frail.

Tia Maria was nowhere to be seen, but that did not bother him, for it was
Sunday and the work in the south field was finished. However, he missed the
pleasant aroma which came from the kitchen every time he had awakened
early in the morning.

The kitchen was neat but cheerless, and an immediate search for wood
brought no results. So shouldering an ax, Pedro descended the rickety stairs
that led to the backyard.

The morning was clear and the breeze soft and cool. Pedro took in a deep
breath of air. It was good – it smelt of trees, of the ricefields, of the land he
loved.

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He found a pile of logs under the young mango tree near the house and
began to chop. He swung the ax with rapid clean sweeps, enjoying the feel of
the smooth wooden handle in his palms.

As he stopped for a while to mop his brow, his eyes caught the remnants of a
smudge that had been built in the backyard.

“Ah!” he muttered to himself. “She swept the yard yesterday after I left her.
That, coupled with the heat, must have given her a headache and then the
fever.”

The morning breeze stirred the ashes and a piece of white cloth fluttered into
view.

Pedro dropped his ax. It was a half-burn panuelo. Somebody had been burning
clothes. He examined the slightly ruined garment closely. A puzzled expression
came into his eyes. First it was doubt groping for truth, then amazement, and
finally agonized incredulity passed across his face. He almost ran back to the
house. In three strides he was upstairs. He found his coat hanging from the back
of a chair.

Cautiously he entered the room. The heavy breathing of his wife told him that
she was still asleep. As he stood by the small trunk, a vague distaste to open it
assailed to him. Surely he must be mistaken. She could not have done it, she
could not have been that… that foolish.

Resolutely he opened the trunk. It was empty.

It was nearly noon when the doctor arrived. He felt Soledad’s pulse and asked
question which she answered in monosyllables. Pedro stood by listening to the
whole procedure with an inscrutable expression on his face. He had the same
expression when the doctor told him that nothing was really wrong with his wife
although she seemed to be worried about something. The physician merely
prescribed a day of complete rest.

Pedro lingered on the porch after the doctor left. He was trying not to be angry
with his wife. He hoped it would be just an interlude that could be recalled
without bitterness. She would explain sooner or later, she would be repentant,
perhaps she would even listen and eventually forgive her, for she was young
and he loved her. But somehow he knew that this incident would always
remain a shadow in their lives.

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Task 5
Answer the questions below in not more than five sentences.
CRITERIA:
Organization of ideas----7 points
Grammar---------------------3 points
Total----------------------------10 points

1. What moral can you can get from the story?

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2. What do you think is the author’s intention in making the story?

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 Grade 7-English QUARTER 3
Lesson Facts and Opinion
1
OBJECTIVE

As you work on this lesson, you are expected to:

• Differentiate from opinion in a text.

KEY QUESTION
• How to determine whether the statement is fact
or just opinion?

DISCUSSION

READING Fact vs. Opinion

Facts: Statements that can be verified. They can be proven true or

false. Statements of fact are objective they contain information but
do not tell what the writer thinks or believes about the topic.

Example: My car payment is $250 per month.

Questions to Identify Facts:

1. Can the statement be proved or demonstrated to be true?

2. Can the statement be observed in practice or operation? Can you

see it happen?

3. Can the statement be verified by witnesses, manuscripts, or

documents?

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Opinions: Statements that express a writer’s feelings, attitudes, or beliefs. They are
neither true nor false. They are one person’s view about a topic or issue.

Example: My car payments are too expensive.

Types of Opinions:
1. Positions on controversial issues
2. Predictions about things in the future
3. Evaluations of people, places, and things
Words to Identify Opinions:
1. Biased Words (bad, worse, worst, good, better, best, worthwhile, worthless, etc.)
2. Qualifiers (all, always, likely, never, might, seem, possibly, probably, should, etc.)

Informed Opinions: The opinions of experts are known as informed opinions. As

experts in their field, they may make observations and offer comments that are not
strictly factual. Instead, they are based on years of study, research, and
experience.

Example: Chimps are in massive danger of extinction from dwindling habitats.(Jane

Goodall, primate expert and ethologist)

Questions to Identify Informed Speakers:

1. Does the speaker have a current and relevant background to the topic under
discussion?
2. Is the speaker generally respected within the field?
3. Does the speaker carefully signal, via judgment words, to identify when they are
presenting opinions vs. facts?

Task 6
Direction Identify Facts and Opinions. Write F for facts and O for Opinion.
______ 1. Alligators provide no physical care for their young.
______ 2. Humans should be concerned about the use of pesticides that kill insects
at the bottom of the food chain.
______ 3. There are 28 more humans living on the Earth now than there were 10
seconds ago.
______ 4. We must bear greater responsibility for the environment than our
ancestors did.
______ 5. Nuclear power is the only viable solution to our dwindling natural
resources.

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Lesson Fantasy and Reality
2
OBJECTIVE

As you work on this lesson, you are expected to:

• Differentiate fantasy from reality

KEY QUESTION
• What is fantasy and realism?

DISCUSSION

I. What is Fantasy?
is a genre of fiction that concentrates on imaginary elements (the
fantastic). This can mean magic, the supernatural, alternate worlds,
superheroes, monsters, fairies, magical creatures, mythological heroes—
essentially, anything that an author can imagine outside of reality. With
fantasy, the magical or supernatural elements serve as the foundation of
the plot, setting, characterization, or storyline in general. Nowadays,
fantasy is popular across a huge range of media—film, television, comic
books, games, art, and literature—but, it’s predominate and most
influential place has always been in literature.

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TYPES OF FANTASY
There are dozens of types and subgenres of fantasy; below are several of the
most well-known and typically used.

a. Medieval
Fantasy stories that are medievalist in nature; particularly focused on topics
such as King Arthur and his knights, royal court, sorcery, magic, and so on.
Furthermore, they are usually set in medieval times. They often involve
human protagonists facing supernatural antagonists—opponents like fire-
breathing dragons, evil witches, or powerful wizards.
b. High/Epic Fantasy
Fantasy stories that are set in an imaginary world and/or are epic in nature;
meaning they feature a hero on some type of quest. This subgenre became
particularly popular in the 20 th century and continues to dominate much of
popular fantasy today. Prime examples include J.R.R. Tolkien’s The
Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia.

c. Fairy Tales

Short stories that involve fantasy elements and characters—like gnomes, fairies,
witches, etc— who use magical powers to accomplish good and/ or evil. These
tales involve princes and princesses, fairy godmothers and wicked
stepmothers, helpful gnomes and tricky goblins, magical unicorns and flying
dragons. Fairytales feature magical elements but are based in a real world
setting; for example, “Snow White” takes place in a human kingdom and also
has a magical witch.

d. Mythological

Fantasies that involve elements of myths and folklore, which are typically
ancient in origin and often help to explain the mysteries of the universe and all
of its elements—weather, the earth, the existence of creatures and things,
etc—as well as historical events. The most well-known are Greek and Roman
mythology; for example, stories about the Greek Gods and heroes like Hercules
have been retold countless times through fantasy films. Major examples include
Homer’s epic tales The Iliad and The Odyssey.

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e. Fables

Short stories that are similar to fairy tales, but involve animated animals as
the main characters. The most famous collection is Aesop’s Fables, which
each end with a short moral; for example, his tale “Mercury and the
Woodman” concludes with the lesson, “honesty is the best policy.”

WHAT IS LITERARY REALISM?

Literary realism is a literary movement that represents reality by portraying
mundane, everyday experiences as they are in real life. It depicts familiar
people, places, and stories, primarily about the middle and lower classes of
society. Literary realism seeks to tell a story as truthfully as possible instead of
dramatizing or romanticizing it.

Task 7
Answer the questions below. Limit your answer in 2 paragraphs only
CRITERIA:
Organization of ideas----7 points
Grammar---------------------3 points
Total----------------------------10 points

1. What is the difference between reality from fantasy?

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Lesson Mythology of Mindanao
3
OBJECTIVE

As you work on this lesson, you are expected to:

• Determine supernatural entity from reality.

KEY QUESTION
• What are the supernatural creatures found in the
text that makes it unrealistic?

DISCUSSION

Mythology of Mindanao
Mabel Cook Cole

long, long time ago Mindanao was covered with water, and
the sea extended over all the lowlands so that nothing could be
seen but mountains. Then there were many people living in the
country, and all the highlands were dotted with villages and
settlements. For many years the people prospered, living in peace
and contentment. Suddenly there appeared in the land four
horrible monsters which, in a short time, had devoured every
human being they could find.

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Kurita, a terrible creature with many limbs, lived partly on land and
partly in the sea, but its favorite haunt was the mountain where the rattan
grew; and here it brought utter destruction on every living thing. The second
monster, Tarabusaw, an ugly creature in the form of a man, lived on Mt.
Matutun, and far and wide from that place he devoured the people, laying
waste the land. The third, an enormous bird called Pah, was so large that
when on the wing it covered the sun and brought darkness to the earth. Its
egg was as large as a house. Mt. Bita was its haunt, and there the only
people who escaped its voracity were those who hid in caves in the
mountains. The fourth monster was a dreadful bird also, having seven heads
and the power to see in all directions at the same time. Mt. Gurayn was its
home and like the others it wrought havoc in its region.

So great was the death and destruction caused by these terrible

animals that at length the news spread even to the most distant lands, and
all nations were grieved to hear of the sad fate of Mindanao.

Now far across the sea in the land of the golden sunset was a city so
great that to look at its many people would injure the eyes of man. When
tidings of these great disasters reached this distant city, the heart of the king
Indarapatra was filled with compassion, and he called his brother, Sulayman,
begging him to save the land of Mindanao from the monsters.

Sulayman listened to the story, and as he heard he was moved with

pity.

“I will go,” said he, zeal and enthusiasm adding to his strength, “and
the land shall be avenged.”

King Indarapatra, proud of his brother’s courage, gave him a ring and
a sword as he wished him success and safety. Then he placed a young
sapling by his window and said to Sulayman:

“By this tree I shall know your fate from the time you depart from here,
for if you live, it will live; but if you die, it will die also.”

So Sulayman departed for Mindanao, and he neither walked nor used

a boat, but he went through the air and landed on the mountain where the
rattan grew.

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There he stood on the summit and gazed about on all sides. He looked
on the land and the villages, but he could see no living thing. And he was
very sorrowful and cried out:

“Alas, how pitiful and dreadful is this devastation!”

No sooner had Sulayman uttered these words than the whole

mountain began to move, and then shook. Suddenly out of the ground
came the horrible creature, Kurita. It sprang at the man and sank its claws
into his flesh. But Sulayman, knowing at once that this was the scourge of the
land, drew his sword and cut the Kurita to pieces.

Encouraged by his first success, Sulayman went on to Mt. Matutun

where conditions were even worse. As he stood on the heights viewing the
great devastation there was a noise in the forest and a movement in the
trees. With a loud yell, forth leaped Tarabusaw. For a moment they looked
at each other, neither showing any fear. Then Tarabusaw threatened to
devour the man, and Sulayman declared that he would kill the monster. At
that the animal broke large branches off the trees and began striking at
Sulayman who, in turn, fought back. For a long time the battle continued
until at last the monster fell exhausted to the ground and then Sulayman
killed him with his sword.

The next place visited by Sulayman was Mt. Bita. Here havoc was
present everywhere, and though he passed by many homes, not a single
soul was left. As he walked along, growing sadder at each moment, a
sudden darkness which startled him fell over the land. As he looked toward
the sky he beheld a great bird descending upon him. Immediately he struck
at it, cutting off its wing with his sword, and the bird fell dead at his feet; but
the wing fell on Sulayman, and he was crushed.

Now at this very time King Indarapatra was sitting at his window, and
looking out he saw the little tree wither and dry up.

“Alas!” he cried, “my brother is dead”; and he wept bitterly.

Then although he was very sad, he was filled with a desire for revenge,
and putting on his sword and belt he started for Mindanao in search of his
brother.

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He, too, traveled through the air with great speed until he came to
the mountain where the rattan grew. There he looked about, awed at the
great destruction, and when he saw the bones of Kurita he knew that his
brother had been there and gone. He went on till he came to Matutun, and
when he saw the bones of Tarabusaw he knew that this, too, was the work
of Sulayman.

Still searching for his brother, he arrived at Mt. Bita where the dead
bird lay on the ground, and as he lifted the severed wing he beheld the
bones of Sulayman with his sword by his side. His grief now so overwhelmed
Indarapatra that he wept for some time. Upon looking up he beheld a small
jar of water by his side. This he knew had been sent from heaven, and he
poured the water over the bones, and Sulayman came to life again. They
greeted each other and talked long together. Sulayman declared that he
had not been dead but asleep, and their hearts were full of joy.

After some time Sulayman returned to his distant home, but

Indarapatra continued his journey to Mt. Gurayn where he killed the dreadful
bird with the seven heads. After these monsters had all been destroyed and
peace and safety had been restored to the land, Indarapatra began
searching everywhere to see if some of the people might not be hidden in
the earth still alive.

One day during his search he caught sight of a beautiful woman at a

distance. When he hastened toward her she disappeared through a hole in
the ground where she was standing. Disappointed and tired, he sat down
on a rock to rest, when, looking about, he saw near him a pot of uncooked
rice with a big fire on the ground in front of it. This revived him and he
proceeded to cook the rice. As he did so, however, he heard someone
laugh near by, and turning he beheld an old woman watching him. As he
greeted her, she drew near and talked with him while he ate the rice.

Of all the people in the land, the old woman told him, only a very few
were still alive, and they hid in a cave in the ground from whence they never
ventured. As for herself and her old husband, she went on, they had hidden
in a hollow tree, and this they had never dared leave until after Sulayman
killed the voracious bird, Pah.

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At Indarapatra’s earnest request, the old woman led him to the cave
where he found the headman with his family and some of his people. They
all gathered about the stranger, asking many questions, for this was the first
they had heard about the death of the monsters. When they found what
Indarapatra had done for them, they were filled with gratitude, and to show
their appreciation the headman gave his daughter to him in marriage, and
she proved to be the beautiful girl whom Indarapatra had seen at the mouth
of the cave.

Then the people all came out of their hiding-place and returned to
their homes where they lived in peace and happiness. And the sea withdrew
from the land and gave the lowlands to the peop

Task 8

Answer the questions below.

CRITERIA:
Organization of ideas----7 points
Grammar---------------------3 points
Total----------------------------10 points
1. What is the text all about?
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2. Do you believe that Mindanao has a certain historical mystery as
told in the story? Why so?
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You have successfully completed
the tasks in quarter 13

Keep up the good work!

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