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GRADE & SECTION: ________________

PRE-READING (40 minutes)

A. Unlocking of Difficulties (30 minutes) 7:15-7:45
DIRECTIONS: Using your dictionary, give the meaning of the underlined words and use each word
into a meaningful sentence.
1. over the face of the abyss
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2. in the vault of heaven
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3. the move and swarm in the waters
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4. fill the earth and subdue it
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5. with all their mighty throng
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B. Motive Question (10 minutes) 7:45-7:55

Answer the questions: “What Filipino legends do you know?” “Do you think this story/legend is
true?” Explain your answer.

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DURING READING
C. Silent Reading (20 minutes) 7:55- 8:15
Directions: Read the text entitled “The Creation” silently and independently. Be sure to understand
what the text/legend 1is all about in preparation for the next activity.

The Creation

In the beginning of creation, when God made heaven and earth, the earth was without form
and void, with darkness over the face of the abyss, and a mighty wind that swept over the surface of
the waters. God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light; and God saw that the light was good,
and he separated light from darkness. He called the light day, and the darkness night. So, evening
came, and morning came, the first day.
God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters, to separate water from water.” So, God
made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it, and so it was; and
God called the vault heaven. Evening came, and morning came, a second day.
God said, “Let the water under heaven be gathered into one place, so that dry land may
appear,” and so it was. God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters he called seas;
and God saw that it was good. Then God said, “Let the earth produce fresh growth, let there be on
earth plants bearing seed, fruit trees bearing fruit each with seed according to its kind.” So it was; the
earth yielded fresh growth plants bearing seed according to its kind; and God saw that it was good.
Evening came, morning came, a third day.
God said, “let there be light in the vault of haven to separate day from night, and let them serve
as signs for both festivals and for seasons and years. Let them also shine in the vault of heaven to
give light on earth.” So it was; God made the two great lights, the greater to govern the day and the
lesser to govern the night; and with them he made the stars. God put these lights in the vault of
heaven to give light on earth, to govern day and night and to separate light from darkness; and God
saw it was good. Evening came, and morning came, a fourth day.
God said, “Let the water teem with countless living creatures, and ley birds fly above the earth
across the vault of heaven.” God then created the great sea monsters and all living creatures that
move and swarm in the waters, according to their kind, and every kind of bird; and God saw that it
was good. So, he blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase, fill the waters of the seas; and let
the birds increase on land.” Evening came, and morning came, a fifth day.
God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures, according to their kind: cattle, reptiles, and
wild animals, all according to their kind.” So it was; God made wild animals, cattle and all reptiles,
each according to each kind; and he saw that it was good. Then God said, “Let us make man in our
image and likeness to rule the fish in the sea, the bird of heaven, the cattle, all wild animals on earth,
and all reptiles that crawl upon the earth.” So, God created man in his own image, in the image of
God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be
fruitful and increase, fill the earth and subdue it, rule over the fish in the sea, the birds of heaven and
every living thing that moves upon the earth.” God also said, “I give you all plants that bear seed
everywhere on earth, and every tree bearing fruit which yield seed: they shall be yours for food. All
green plants I give for food to the wild animals, to all the birds of heaven, and to all reptiles on earth,
every living creature.” So it was; and God saw that all he had made, and it was very good. Evening
came, and morning came, a sixth day.
Thus, heaven and earth completed with all their mighty throng. On the sixth day, God
completed the work he had been doing, and on the seventh day, he ceased from all his work. God
blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on that day he ceased from all the work he had
set himself to do.
This is the story of the making of heaven and earth when they were created.

D. Comprehension Check (40 minutes) 8:45- 9:25

DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions:
1. What was life on earth in the beginning of Creation?
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2. Compare life then and now.
Now
Then
3. What were God’s creations in six days?
Creation Purpose

First Day

Second Day

Third Day

Fourth Day

Fifth Day

Sixth Day

4. Why did he cease from all his work on the seventh day?
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POST READING

E. Reading Between the Lines (15 minutes) 9:25- 9:40

DIRECTIONS: Give your reactions on the following lines.
“ The nature of men is always the same, it is their habits that separate them.”

“I love mankind, its people I can’t stand.”

F. Group Task (20 minutes) 9:40-10:00
DIRECTIONS: Identify (aside from man) the other beautiful creations of God in this world. Present
this through a picture/collage, poem, song, and the like. Explain your work.

REFLECTION (20 minutes) 10:00- 10:20

Share what positive values you have gained after reading the text.

G. FUN ACTIVITY (25 minutes) 10:20-10:45