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English
(Quarter 3-Module 3/Week 3)

Department of Education
SDO- City of San Fernando (LU)
Region 1
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English
(Quarter 3-Module 3/Week 3)
Literature:
a. Elements of a Short Story
b. The Sacrifice by Celso Al Carunungan

Most Essential Learning Competency

 Explain how a selection may be influenced by culture, history,
environment, or other factors.
(EN7LT-IV-h-3)

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 What I Need to This will give you an idea of the skills or
Know competencies you are expected to learn in the
module.

This part includes an activity that aims to check

What I Know what you already know about the lesson to take. If
you get all the answers correct (100%), you may
decide to skip this module.
What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help you link the
current lesson with the previous one.

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What’s New to you in various ways; a story, a song, a poem, a
problem opener, an activity or a situation.
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What is it lesson. This aims to help you discover and
understand new concepts and skills.
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What’s More to solidify your understanding and skills of the
topic. You may check the answers to the exercises
using the Answer Key at the end of the module.
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What I Have sentence/paragraph to be filled in to process what
Learned
you learned from the lesson.

This section provides an activity which will help

What I Can Do you transfer your new knowledge or skill into real
life situations or concerns.
This is a task which aims to evaluate your level of
Assessment mastery in achieving the learning competency.

In this portion, another activity will be given to

Additional you to enrich your knowledge or skill of the lesson
A Activities
learned.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

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 What I Need to Know

Welcome to Module 3 of Quarter 3. Congratulations for making it through Modules 1

and 2.

In this module you will learn about the Elements of a Short Story and read the short
story, “The Sacrifice” written by Celso Al Carunungan.

After going through this module, you are expected to

a. Explain how a selection may be influenced by culture, history, environment, or

other factors (EN7LT-IV-h-3),
b. Unlock vocabulary used in the reading selection,
c. Value the importance of family,
d. Identify the elements of a short story.

What I Know

Directions: Identify what is described. Write your answer inside the boxes.

1. It refers to place, time, weather conditions, social condition

and even mood or atmosphere inherent in the story.
2. It is the turning point of the story and the highest point of
interest.
3. This is the final outcome or untangling in the
story.

4. It is the opposition of forces which ties one incident to

another and makes the plot move.

5. It is the controlling idea or value in pieces of fiction.

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 Lesson
Elements of a Short Story
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What is a Short Story?
A short story is a fictional narrative in prose that can be read in one sitting. Like any
other fiction, it is an imaginative re-creation and re-construction of life and presents human
life on two-levels – the world of objective reality made up of human actions and experiences,
and the world of subjective reality dealing with human apprehension and comprehension.
Both of these worlds are realms of facts are connected and interdependent, yet they are not
the same.

A short story is a work of prose fiction that can be read in one sitting—usually
between 20 minutes to an hour. There is no maximum length, but the average short story is
1,000 to 7,500 words, with some outliers reaching 10,000 or 15,000 words. At around 10 to
25 pages, that makes short stories much shorter than novels, with only a few approaching
novella length. A piece of fiction shorter than 1,000 words is considered a “short short story”
or “flash fiction,” and anything less than 300 words is rightfully called “microfiction.”

Elements of a Short Story

1. Setting
It refers to place, time, weather conditions, social condition and even mood or
atmosphere inherent in the story.
2. Plot
It is the sequence of events in a story or play the plot is a planned, logical series of
event having beginning, middle, and end. The short story usually has one plot, and it
could be read in one sitting.
3. Conflict
It is the opposition of forces which ties one incident to another and makes the plot.
4. Character
This refers to the person in a work of fiction or the characteristics of a person.
5. Theme
It is the controlling idea or value in a piece of fiction. The theme may be the author’s
idea about a topic or view of human nature.
Source: https://www.blurb.com/blog/what-is-a-short-story/

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 What’s New

Directions: Choose the meaning of the underlined words in each of the given sentences.
Write letters only.

1. The mother is heavy with her fifth child.

a. sick b. pregnant c. weak d. strong
2. My father thumped on the table with his fist.
a. hit b. kicked c. pushed d. destroyed
3. Crispin brushed the tears from his eyes with his arms.
a. removed b. scattered c. wiped d. cleaned
4. The pregnant woman walked with great effort.
a. rush b. slowly c. fast d. surely
5. Our fat fields were swarmed by locusts.
a. unproductive b. rocky c. fertile d. barren

What Is It

Lesson The Sacrifice

3b Celso Al Carunungan

It was a rainy day in August, and the frog were noisy among the mushroom plants
in our backyard.
The house was quite this night for Father had gone to the house of Don Mateo, the
Spaniard who owned the plantation. Mother waited for him beside the stove, where the pot
of salabat was steaming above a low fire.
When he arrived, mother ran to him. “You’re very wet, Tomas,” she said. “Take
your clothes off and change, while I pour some salabat to warm you up.”
“The Spaniard has no money to lend,” said Father, she pulled out his undershirt.
“He bought fifteen hectares of coffee land and paid the man who repaired the irrigation
dam.”

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 “Don’t worry so hard,” said mother. “With God’s help these difficulties will pass.”
“I need a man’s help now, Tina,” Father said, after sipping the ginger drink. “A
man who could lend me money.”
Mother’s eye opened wide, for it was terrible what father said. She rose from her
chair beside the stove and walked slowly to the table near father. She was heavy with her
fifth child.
“Tomas”, she said tenderly, “have faith.”
Under the bedroom, the ground was also warm and dry, and there, Silver, my
carabao, slept peacefully beside the chicken coop. in the silence that came after Mother’s
words, Silver groaned long and heavy. It was his way of snoring. The chickens woke up
and flapped their wings. One rooster crowed.
Father heard the noise of the animals and suddenly he thumped on the table with
his fist as if he made a great discovery. The teaspoon jumped inside the cup.
“I know!” Father said happily. “I know it!”
He stood up and came to the corner where I was sitting.
“Crispin,” Father said, “We’ll sell the carabao.”
“Oh, no!” I said, becoming warm suddenly. His words came like a brilliant flash of
lightning after which I saw dark spots everywhere I looked.
“No, father – please. Silver is my best friend.”
I went down the bamboo stairs to where Silver was sleeping. The carabao stirred
when I touched his broad shoulders.
I tried hard to say what I wanted to say to him. But I could not find the words.
“Silver,” I whispered finally, Father wants me to sell you away.”
The carabao moved and the one of his horn struck an ipil house post.
The he tried to stretch his front legs as if he wanted to rise, but I pressed my head heavier
on his back and he did not get up.
Then I heard footsteps coming down the stairs and moving slowly towards us. It
was father. He sat down beside me on the hay.
“Son,” Father said, “ I realize how much you love silver. I have watched you and
him playing in the river and on the rice paddies. But as you know, your mother is having
another baby shortly…
“You know, last year was a very dry one. We had a poor harvest. Even the
coconuts had very few fruits. And Maria’s mats are not selling at all.
And now, a new baby means more expenses – food, clothing, midwife’s fees, and other
things besides.”
I knew it was a crazy thought, but I wondered why father, who had four children
already would need another. And this in exchange for Silver, who was the only carabao I
had.
I raised my head and looked firmly at father, and said, “why must we sacrifice
Silver for … for a baby that we are not even sure would turn out good?”

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 “Crispin,” said Father gravely,” When you grow older and you become a Father,
you’ll find out the answer to that. I myself made such a sacrifice many years ago. No one
knew of it but your mother and I.”
Father kicked the loose ends of the hay closer to us so that we would have more
hay to seat on. Then he sat down close beside me.
“Years ago,” Father began, “your mother and I had our rice fields to till and the
earth was good and kind. Your mother was heavy with another child, when one afternoon,
suddenly the skies darkened and we saw the locusts swarming over our fat fields. They
came and went in a swarm for many days. Some of the men tried desperately to drive them
away by whipping the black skies with large mango tree branches. Some started to burn
their fields to stop the terrible wave of locusts.
“In the morning, the sun was pale and lifeless. But in the evening, the sky had an
eerie rosy glow. I became sullent and nervous.
“I went to town frequently, selling one possession after another,” Father went on.
“The last thing I sold was the carabao that pulled the plow in the devastated fields.
“One night, your mother came to me, and in a few words, she asked me to sell the
house and the tragic fields and move away.
“But I can’t do that! I said strongly. “This is my father’s house and we both love it
very much.”
“No, Tina,” I said, my voice still strong, I can’t give up this house.”
“Your mother did not argue. She simply walked to the window and looked at the
dark night. From where I sat, I saw the world outside. It was like one dark, endless tunnel.
Then I too looked out of the window and saw the dead stalks of rice plants, some fallen on
the ground, some still strong enough to stand against the afternoon winds from the west. It
was like a graveyard. I looked down at your mother and said, “When did the midwife say
the baby might come?”
“In a few days,” she replied. “We still have time,” I said. “We just can’t sell the
house that fast.”
“Your mother smiled.”
“I sold the house two days later. I found a job at the Spaniard’s plantation here in
Barrio Remedios. During our first week here, your mother gave birth to our first son – a
healthy boy.”
Father patted me on the shoulder and mussed my hair.
“You were that boy, Crispin,” he said.
I looked at him and saw the stripes of shadows on his face. The light upstairs was
much weaker now. Then I felt the tail of Silver brushing against my back and I knew that
he was awake again.
Then I saw Mother coming down from the stairs and she was holding the red and
green plaid that she had made into a blanket for me. She walked with great effort and I ran
to her crying. She wrapped the blanket around me.
I hugged her, and as I felt the warmth of her hand on my back. I saw that father was
rising from the hay. I brushed the tears from my eyes with my arms and said, “Father, I’ll
make a sacrifice, too.”

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 What’s More

Directions: Answer the following questions the best that you can by choosing the correct
answer from the choices. Write letters only.
______1. Who is the author of the story “The Sacrifices”?
a. Lolita Andrada c. Celso Al Carunungan
b. Loreto Paras Sulit d. Unknown

______2. Where is the setting of the story?

a. Barrio Poro b. Barrio Remedios c. Barrio Kudlap d. Barrio Pias

______3. Who is the main character in the story?

a. Silver b. Mother c. Father d. Crispin

______4. The title of the story is ….

a. The Nanny b. The Sacrifice c. The Carabao d. The Angels

______5. What is the name of the Carabao?

a. Gold b. Silver c. Bronze d. Jade

______6. Crispin’s mother is heavy with the 5th child. How many brothers and sisters did
Crispin have?
a. 6 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5

______7. What kind of weather were they experiencing at that time?

a. Summer b. rainy season c. winter d. autumn

______8. What sounds were described in the story that are not heard in the city?
a. Croaking of frogs c. cheer of fans
b. Chirping of birds d. roaring of thunders

______9. Why did Crispin refuse to sell Silver? Because Silver is his?
a. schoolmate b. enemy c. best friend d. playmate

______10. Do you consider Crispin’s sacrifice worth giving?

a. Yes b. Maybe c. No d. Not sure

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 What I Can Do

Directions: Identify what is described. Write your answer on the space provided.

__________1. This refers to the person in a work of fiction or the characteristics of a person.

__________2. It is the opposition of forces which ties one incident to another and makes

the plot move.

__________3. It refers to place, time, weather condition, social condition and even mood or

atmosphere inherent in the story.

__________4. It is the sequence of events in a story or play.

__________5. It is the controlling ide or value in a piece of fiction.

What I Have Learned

Directions: Arrange the following events in the story chronologically by writing

numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) beside each sentence.
______1. Crispin’s father went to the house of Don Mateo, the Spaniard who owned the

plantation.

______2. Crispin decided to make a sacrifice too.

______3. The family was facing a problem that time.

______4. It was a rainy day in August and the frogs were noisy among the mushroom plants

in the backyard.

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______5. The father related the same situation when Crispin was about to be given birth.

Assessment

Directions: Answer the following questions correctly. Write your answers on a separate
sheet of paper.

1. What activities/memories/experiences did Crispin share with Silver?

_____________________________________________________________________

2. What kind of problem was the family facing at this time? Did they have this kind of

crisis before? How did the family solve the problem in the first time?

_____________________________________________________________________

3. Why did Crispin refuse to sell Silver?

_____________________________________________________________________

4. What did Crispin realize after hearing of his Father’s sacrifice?

_____________________________________________________________________

5. What character trait did Crispin exhibit when he decided to give up Silver?

_____________________________________________________________________

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 References
Bibliography
Esperanza, Gonzales A. Et. Al. SEDP Series, Textbook in English I, First Edition 1989

Rogelio C. Magsanoc, Worktext for Grade 7, English Interaction through Philippine

Literature
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 Answer Key

What I Know (Elements of What I Know (Sacrifice) What’s more (Sacrifice)

a short story)
1. B 1. C
1. Setting 2. A 2. B
2. Climax 3. C 3. D
3. Denouement 4. B 4. B
4. Conflict 5. C 5. B
5. Theme 6. C
7. B
8. A
9. C
10. A

What I Can Do What I have learned Assessment

1. Character 1. 2 Answer Vary
2. Conflict 2. 5
3. Setting 3. 3
4. Plot 4. 1
5. Theme 5. 4