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Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
Division of Rizal
ANGONO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Kalayaan, Angono, Rizal

21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD

WEEK 4– MODULE 5
FIRST QUARTER
MODULE TITLE: BASIC ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY

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Name of Subject Teacher: JANETTE PLANTADO Grade and Section: 11- STEM A Date:

Activity/Task Title: What’s New “Sinigang”

What’s More: Elements of a Short Story
5 points each

Directions: Read and understand the story “Sinigang” on What’s New by Marie Aubrey J.
Villaceran pages 56-62, then, identify the six (6) elements below from the short story.

Setting: The main Setting of the story was in the kitchen at Liza’s house.

Characters: Liza, Meg (Liza’s younger sister), Mother and Father of Liza, Tita Loleng, Sylvia
(Liza’s father concubine), Lem (Sylvia’s son).

Plot: The story shows how Liza dealt with her problems regarding her father's second family.
The story begins with the preparation of the condiments to be used in cooking Sinigang,
while She and her aunt Loleng were cooking Sinigang her aunt asked what happened
when he visited the funeral of her half brother Lem and how was they meet his mother
Sylvia. All the memories came back to her mind, the pains caused by her knowing that her
father had a child with someone else, but her love for her father still prevailed despite her
marriages and shortcomings his first family.

Conflict: The conflict was liza’s father having a child with another woman. This is Man Vs.
Man because of the problem between Liza and her dad

Theme: I think the story mainly all about forgiveness and acceptance. The story taught us
that no matter how huge or big the mistake that person do towards you, we need to
forgive them and accept the fact, though it is not easy to forgive that person but as they
always said, there will be always a room for improvement, you just need a time.

Point of View: First Person Point of View.

Rubrics/Scoring Tool
Score Description Criteria
5 Excellent The answer was clear, well-organized, supported by detailed and accurate information.
4 Very Good The answer was clear, organized and supported by information.
3 Good The answer was written in clear information.
2 Fair The answer was short and unclear.
1 Poor The answer needed improvements.

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Activity/Task Title: Activity/Task Title: PERFORMANCE TASK What I Can Do: Activity 2

Directions: Create an original quotation on the moral values that you got from the story
“Sinigang” and its impact to you as a 21st century learner. Be guided with the rubrics below.
(20 points)

No. Criteria 5 4 3 2 1
Excellent Very Good Good Fair Poor
1 Uses appropriate language to present information
2 Presents relevant content based on the theme of the story.
3 Shows considerable originality and inventiveness
4 Presents the ideas in a unique way

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