University of Luzon

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION LABORATORY SCHOOL

Dagupan City

LEARNING PLAN
Grade 7- English

I. Learning Goals and Content

a) define oral language and identify its component and function;
b) identify appropriate oral languages used, stance and behavior when
giving information, instructions, making explanations, and narrating
events in factual and personal recounts; and,
c) use appropriate oral language, stance, and behavior when giving
information, making explanations, and narrating events in factual
and personal recounts.
II. Learning Materials and References
Materials: PowerPoint Presentation, and Pictures.

References:
 Cervantes, R., De Vera, E., Francisco, N., et al. (2023). Essential
English. Rex Book Store
 Pre Colonial Literature. Retrieved from
https://www.studocu.com/ph/document/cauayan-city-national-
high-school/english-7/pre-colonial-phil-lit/28722078

III. Learning Process

A. Introduction
Task 1: Let’s Prepare!
 Greetings
 Prayer
 Checking of Attendance
Task 2: Stare and Guess!
Pictionary: Guess what term is being referred when the pictures in each
item are combined.

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Task 3: Question to Ponder

1. What is literature?
2. What literary genres of literature do you know?

Task 4: Recall
Family Feud: Divide the class into two teams. One member of each team faces
the other in a face-off as the teacher reads the question off the game board.

1. The following are the literary forms during the pre-colonial period EXCEPT:
a. Play c. Folksong
b. Folktale d. Oral Literature

2. A short story that is usually about animals and that is intended to teach a
lesson
a. Parable c. Fable
b. Short story d. Fiction

3. A folk song that express hopes and aspirations of the people love and
lifestyles, which is an example of folk song?
 a. Hele c. Hinilawod
b. Hale d. Biag ni Lam-Ang

4. A traditional story in prose concerning details of gods and demigods,

mythical creatures and the creation of the world and its inhabitants.
a. Legend c. Riddle
b. Myth d. Epic

5. “Do not do unto others what you would not want others to do unto you” is a
______
a. Chant c. Proverb
b. Maxim d. Hyperbole

Presentation of the Learning Goals

B. Presentation and Discussion

Philippine Literature during Pre-Colonial Period
Literature during this period may be classified into three groups: folk speech,
folk songs, and folk narratives such as riddles, proverbs, myths, legends,
fables, and
hero tales. Epics are of great proportions among oral literature in all regions.
 Literature from Latin term LITERA: Letter
 Pre-colonial literature in the Philippines gave us an illustration on
how the literature in our country began.
 Songs, dance and drama was developed simultaneously
 Common themes during this period mostly dealt with love, nature,
bravery of heroes, and supernatural events

Pre-colonial writing system

Filipinos have their own method of writing in which they use sharp
pointed tools, leaves and bamboos. They write from top to bottom and
read it from left to right.
Alibata
 An ancient writing system that was used in the Philippines. Although it
was extinguished by western colonization, some parts of Mindoro and
Palawan is still using it.
 Alibata contains 17 letters;
14 consonants
3 vowels

Literary forms
1. Oral Literature
It refers to any forms or verbal art of traditional cultures which is
transmitted orally.
 Riddles (bugtong) – A type of verbal play, a question or
observation deliberately worded in a puzzling manner and
presented as a problem to be solved.
 A rhymed statement that has equal number of syllables in each
line.

Example:
A deep well that is full of chisels
“Isang balong malalim, punong puno ng patalim”

Answer: Mouth “bunganga”

“Your sister is my sister and everybody’s sister”

Answer: Sugar apple “Atis”
Im not a king, neither a priest
But I wear different clothes

Answer: Clothesline “sampayan”

 Proverbs (salawikain) - short statements that teaches good lesson.

 Example:
“A person who does not remember where he/she came from will
never reach his/her destination” (Ang hindi lumingon sa
pinanggalingan hindi makakarating sa paroroonan)

“A toad does not run in the daytime for nothing”

“If a child washes his hands he could eat with kings”

 Chants (Bulong) – used in witchcraft or enchantment

Example:
“Tabi tabi po Ingkong, makikidaan po”

 Tanaga - a short poem of four lines with seven to eight syllables.

Example:
“Ang katwiran ma’y nabaon
Ng sanda-sandaang panahon
Pag dumating ang panahon
Lilitaw din at uusbong”

2. Folktales
 These are inspiring human travails and triumphs depicting all
kinds of emotion.
 It is considered as the oldest form of literature in the
Philippines
 These tales entertain children and teach lessons about
Philippine culture, traditions, and beliefs

 Fables
- A short story that is usually about animals and that is intended
to teach a lesson
Example:
The Monkey and the Turtle
The story focuses on the monkey and turtle who started as friends.
They both saw a floating banana plant on the water. They thought
of splitting it so they could plan it. The monkey chose the upper
part of the plant, for he thought it was better. Meanwhile, the
turtle got the bottom part with the roots and grew an abundant
plant. Since the turtle couldn't climb the tree to get the fruits, he
asked the monkey to get them. Instead, the monkey betrayed the
turtle and ate every fruit. The turtle planned revenge on him,
which ended in the monkey's death. The monkey's friends also
planned revenge but did not win over the turtle
 Legend- explains the origin of things how they came to be and why
things came as they are
Example:
Why the Piña has a hundred eyes ( Ang Alamat ng Pinya)
Pinang an adorable yet lazy girl. The time came when her mother
first asked her to cook, which she ignored. She could not find the
ladle when she finally agreed to do it. Her frustrated mother hoped
that Pinang could grow a hundred eyes for being lazy so that she
could find everything. Later on, Pinang disappeared, and then a
yellow fruit with hundred eyes grew in their backyard.

 Myths – a traditional story in prose concerning details of gods and

demigods, mythical creatures and the creation of the world and its
inhabitants.
Example:
Aswang are shapeshifters, believed to appear human-like by day
but transform into different monstrous forms to harass and eat
awake humans at night, especially pregnant women who are about
to give birth. Aswang can change from human to animal form,
typically as a large black bird with a long tongue (tiktik), or as a
half-bodied monster (manananggal ), as a bat, a cat, a pig or a
black dog.
Aswang appear at night (rarely during the day)to prey upon
unwary travelers or sleeping people. It is said that they have a
peculiar liking for the taste of human liver. The only way for a
person to repel this creature from a home is to put one's brooms
upside
 The myth of the aswang is popular in the Visayas, especially in
provinces such as Aklan, Capiz, Antique, and Ilo-Ilo.

 Epic- Philippine epics are lengthy narrative poems these are

lengthy poems of adventures which revolve around supernatural
events and heroic deeds

Example:
 Biag ni Lam-ang (Ilokano)
- Tells the adventures of Lam-Ang who exhibit extraordinary
powers at a very young age

Don Juan and his wife

Namongan lived in
Nalbuan, now part of La
Union in the
northern part of the Philippines.
They had a son named Lam-
ang. Before Lam-ang was
born, Don Juan went to the
mountains in order to punish
a group of their Igorot
enemies. While he was away,
his son Lam-ang was born. It
took four people to help
Namongan give birth. As soon
as the baby boy popped out, he
spoke and asked that he
be given the name Lam-ang. He
also chose his godparents and
asked where his father
was.
After nine months of waiting
for his father to return, Lam-ang
decided he would go look
for him. Namongan thought
Lam-ang was up to the
challenge but she was sad to let
him go. During his exhausting
journey, he decided to rest for
awhile. He fell asleep and
had a dream about his father’s
head being stuck on a pole by
the Igorot. Lam-ang was
furious when he l
Don Juan and his wife
Namongan lived in
Nalbuan, now part of La
Union in the
northern part of the Philippines.
They had a son named Lam-
ang. Before Lam-ang was
born, Don Juan went to the
mountains in order to punish
a group of their Igorot
enemies. While he was away,
his son Lam-ang was born. It
took four people to help
Namongan give birth. As soon
as the baby boy popped out, he
spoke and asked that he
be given the name Lam-ang. He
also chose his godparents and
asked where his father
was.
After nine months of waiting
for his father to return, Lam-ang
decided he would go look
for him. Namongan thought
Lam-ang was up to the
challenge but she was sad to let
him go. During his exhausting
journey, he decided to rest for
awhile. He fell asleep and
had a dream about his father’s
head being stuck on a pole by
the Igorot. Lam-ang was
furious when he

 Hinilawod
- Oldest and longest epic poem in Panay
- The exploits of three Sulodnon demigod brothers;
Labawdonggon, Humadapnon and Dumalapdap

3. Folk Songs
 - A form of folk lyric which expresses the hopes and
aspirations of the people’s lifestyles as well as their loves.
- These are often repetitive.
Example:
 Uyayi- Lullaby
 Komintang- war song
 Harana or serenade
 Kundiman – melancholic love song
 Tagay (Cebuano/Waray)- drinking song
 Kanogan (Cebuano)- song of lamentation for the dead
 Subli- dance ritual song of courtship/marriage

Task 5: Answer Me!

Answer the following riddles:
1. The more I turned off the light, the longer it lives what am i?
(candle)
2. It has neither mouth nor wings, but can even communicate to all
kinds of people, what am I? (book)
3. They carry me: I carry them, what am I? (shoes)
4. What can’t be used until its broken, what am I? (egg)
5. What has two hands and a face but no arms and legs? (clock)
6. Your sister is my sister and everybody’s sister, what am I? (Sugar
apple)
7. I have a tail, and I have a head, but I have no body. I am NOT a
snake. What am I? (coin)
8. What belongs to you, but is used by everyone else? (Your name)
9. I never was, am always to be; everyone's looking, but no one sees
me. What am I? (Tomorrow)
10. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are
they? (Footsteps)

Task 6: What am I?
Identify which literary forms the following examples belong.

Riddles Proverbs Chants

Epic Myth Legend

Folk song Fable

___________ 1. Uyayi
___________ 2. Story of Bathala
___________ 3. Hudhud ni Aliguyon
__________ 4. Hinilawod
 __________ 5. Manananggal
__________ 6. Harana
__________ 7. Why is the sky High
__________ 8. You will know a true friend in time of need.
__________ 9. The Monkey and the Crocodile
__________ 10. Roll in the morning, leaf in the afternoon.

C. Assessment
Task 7: Quiz

I. Read and answer the following. Write the letter of your answer in the
space provided.

_____ 1. These are lengthy narrative poems these are lengthy poems of
adventures which revolve around supernatural events and heroic deeds.
a. Legend c. Myth
b. Epic d. Fable
_____ 2. A short story that is usually about animals and that is intended
to teach a lesson
a. Folksongs c. Riddles
b. Proverbs d. Fable
_____ 3. A traditional story in prose concerning details of gods and
demigods, mythical creatures and the creation of the world and its
inhabitants.
a. Myth c. Tanaga
b. Epic d. Chants
_____ 4. The following are the common themes of pre-colonial literature
in the Philippines EXCEPT:
a. Scientific Fiction c. Love
b. Heroic deeds d. Nature and supernatural events
______ 5. This literary form is often used in witchcraft or enchantment
a. Chants c. Tanaga
b. Proverbs d. Epic
______ 6. Alibata is the ancient writing system of the Filipinos, how many
consonants are included in the alibata?
a. 20 c. 14
b. 3 d. 17
______ 7. “Hinilawod” is an example of what literary form?
 a. Epic c. Legend
b. Myth d. Proverbs
______ 8. A type of verbal play, a question or observation deliberately
worded in a puzzling manner and presented as a problem to be solved.
a. Riddle c. Proverbs
b. Tanaga d. Maxim
______ 9. A short poem of four lines with seven to eight syllables.
a. Ambahan c. Tanaga
b. Epic d. Folk song
______ 10. The statement “People gain strength by standing together” is
an example of what literary form?
a. Proverbs c. Riddle
b. Chants d. Myth

II. Identify the words whether it is a proverb or a riddle. Write P if it is a

proverb and R if it is a riddle. Write your answers on the space provided.

______ 1. Peter hides but you can still see his head.
______ 2. A wild pig in the forest that is covered with spikes
______ 3. The devil plays with the idle man.
______ 4. The horse of Adam does not eat unless someone rides on it.
______ 5. It has one entrance but one exit.
______ 6. Cook only as much rice you have.
______ 7. Give and you shall receive.
______ 8. Riddle me, riddle me here comes a roaring chain.
______ 9. Termite feast on man while man is still alive.
______ 10. Made in night and will be answered in the morning light.

III. Briefly answer the following

1. What is the difference between a Proverb and Riddle?
 2. Describe the literary genres in the Philippines during the pre-colonial
period.

D. Asynchronous Task
Task 8: Assignment
Briefly answer the following:
1. Why is it important for us to study the roots of our literature?

Prepared By:
Pauline Anne R. Canilang
Irish Faye Valle

Prof. Tarhata C. Presto

Critic Teacher