Lovely T.

Pitiquen
ABM 12-A

ACTIVITY 6
Discuss with three or four of your classmates what you like about the following: a. Poem b. Its
subject c. The mood the poem puts in you d. What it makes you remember e. What it makes you think
about Share your findings with the class.

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT

Group’s Name Alagad ni Maria
Title of the poem Justice
Its subject The justice here in the Philippines
the mood the poem puts you in Anger
What makes you remember News that shows the injustice her in the Philippines
What it makes you think about Why does our justice fading? Why does justice only
applies to those who have power?
Its impact to you I together with my groupmates were angry and disgusted
with how our Justice here in the Philippines work.
 PROCESSING
1. Who do you think are the characters in the poem?
 I think the characters in the poem are three men because they call each other
“dude,man,pare”. And since they talk in CoÑo I can say that they are wealthy
and belong to the upper class of society.
2. Using the urban dictionary, define ―CoÑo”.
 CoÑo means someone who speaks bilingual. One who combines two
languages in one sentence
3. What do these characters talk about?
 The characters were talking about being a Filipino because one of them did
addressed the famous proverb here in the Philippines which is “to look back
on where we started” so that they won’t be judged as boastful.
4. Is there a story that you can derive from the poem?
 Yes, a story like this can be derived from a true story.
5. What are some events or situations mentioned in the poem?
 The situation presented in the poem reflects one of the Filipino culture
especially the saying of Dr. Jose Rizal which can be read at the 5 th line in the
poem. “Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan, ay hindi
 makakarating sa paroroonan”. It delivers a message that no matter how well
off might be, we should always look back from what we came from.
6. What language/s did the author use in the given selection?
 The author used two languages which is English and Filipino.

7. Have you tried using the same language while talking to friends or other family
members?
 Before I was using that kind of language but they can still understand me
though. I use that to make fun to my friends but sometimes it just came out
unintentionally. Its me being “maarte”.
8. Can you easily understand the meaning of the lines from the poem
based on the language used?
 No, it was kind of confusing even though I’m also CoÑo. It was
hard to connect each sentence.
9. Who do you think are the types of individuals that use these kind of language?
 Those people who were born in other countries but is a Filipino, or those
people who is rich and “maarte”.
 ACTIVITY 8
Using your own words and understanding, retell the some of the lines from the poem
―CoÑotations”. Write your interpretation per line on the space provided.
1. I‘m like tripping right now I have suitcase fever.
Revised Line: I feel like I’m on a trip right now, I have bunch of suitcases.
 Interpretation: The person who is talking feels like he’s on a trip because of how many
suitcases he has.
2. Dude, man, pare, three people can be the same.
Revised Line: Dude, man, pare whatever it is that we use to call each other, it’s all the same.
Interpretation: The person who’s talking states that whatever they call each other, there will
be no difference because it is all the same.
3. So they can see we know how to look where we came from.
Revised Line: So that they can see we remember to look back from where we begin.
Interpretation: It means to have a sense of gratitude from where they started, and also to not
be boastful.

4. Dude, man, can you make this areglo naman?

Revised Line: Dude, man can you assemble this gift instead?
Interpretation: The person who’s talking is asking for help in preparing the gift.
5. Make it pabalot kaya in the mall?
Revised Line: Could we rather gift wrap in the mall?
Interpretation: Deciding to let staffs of the gift wrapping station in the mall do the work.
 ACTIVITY 9: MY OWN JOLOGRAPHY
Create a short stanza poem depicting your own Jolography. Think an appropriate
title.

Friends

Hi, kamusta? I missed you

Oh you got a problem with you?

Just smile it’ll be solved soon

Look at the sky, there is a beautiful moon

 ACTIVITY 10: MY NARRATIVE POEM
Write a short narrative poem from one of your life’s experiences. Make use of
the different figures of speech. Be able to formulate a title of it.

Excuse ng Barkada

Last week is Denesse’s kaarawan and we want to make punta to

their house but I have a strict parents so we make isip na they
should make paalam me so that I can go to her birthday. So later
that day, they came here sa bahay, at first we’re just chilling and
making kwento but maya maya they were looking for opportunity
to make paalam to my parents but my mother go out to make bili
something in the palengke. So the only person that is left is my
papa, he was hesitating to say yes because there is a possibility
na mapahamak me, but at the end he’s pumayag but he gave me
oras to make uwi, but ofcourse since it’s traffic I didn’t make it to
the oras he gave but he’s not galit so I’m happy.