The Tale of the

Woodcutter and
the Tiger
A Korean Folklore
Q3-W5-ENGLISH 8
Mr. Rigor R. Suguitao
 Prayer
Dear Lord and Father of all,
Thank you for today.
Thank you for the ways in which you provide for us all.
For Your protection and love, we thank you.
Help us to focus our hearts and minds now on what we are about to learn.
Inspire us by Your Holy Spirit as we listen and write.
Guide us by your eternal light as we discover more about the world
around us.
We ask all this in the name of Jesus.
Amen.
Review…
Korean beliefs and practices
1. Bowing
2. Gifts
3. Foods
4. Religion
5. Clothing
 Learning
Competency
Analyze literature as a mirror
to a shared heritage of people
with diverse backgrounds
Learning Objectives:
1. Recognize folklore and its types
2. Identify the different shared
heritage of people with diverse
background in texts
3. Compare and Contrast the culture
of other Asian countries to the
Philippines
The Tale of the
Woodcutter and
the Tiger
A Korean Folklore
PICTURE TALK:

What message does

this picture try to
imply?
Filial Piety
• In more general terms, filial piety means to be good to one's parents; to take
care of one's parents;
• to engage in good conduct not just towards parents but also outside the home so
as to bring a good name to one's parents and ancestors;
• to show love, respect and support; display courtesy;
• to ensure male heirs, uphold fraternity among brothers;
• wisely advise one's parents, including dissuading them from moral
unrighteousness;
• display sorrow for their sickness and death;
• to bury them and carry out sacrifices after their death.
The story that we are about to
read is a FOLKLORE
What is a FOLKLORE?
 Folklore is made of two words: folk, which means
regional people, and lore, which means stories.
Therefore, folklore reflects stories told by people in a
particular region. Folklore can define a population’s
values, beliefs, and preferred way of life with its
literary themes.

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Oral Tradition
Folklore was passed down from earlier generations,
who told the stories verbally. Each generation would
then tell their own children, and these stories became
part of a culture’s tradition. The invention of the
printing press allowed these stories to be published –
and shared with the world.

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Types of FOLKLORE
1. Fables and Folktales
2. Fairy Tales
3. Mythology
4. Folk Songs
5. Folk Dance
6. Proverbs
7. Folk Art
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The Tale of the
Woodcutter and
the Tiger
A Korean Folklore
Q3-W6-ENGLISH 8
Mr. Rigor R. Suguitao
 The Tale of the Woodcutter and the Tiger
Korean folklore recalls the tale of a woodcutter who encounters a tiger in
the woods. Fearing that he would soon be the tiger’s dinner, he exclaimed: “You must be
my long-lost brother! Our mother cried for you when you left home. She had dinner ready
for you every night, waiting for your return. Sadly, our mother has just passed away. How
happy she would have been had she known you are alive and well!” The woodcutter took
out his handkerchief and pretended to wipe at his eyes. The tiger turned away, as tears
fell down his cheeks, leaving the woodcutter unharmed. Every year thereafter, on Chesa,
the Memorial Day of the woodcutter’s mother's death, an offering appeared on her grave
- sometimes a peasant, or even his mother's favorite mountain berries. The woodcutter
did not know where these offerings came from. One year, the woodcutter noticed that the
customary offering had not been placed on his mother’s grave, and he wondered what
had happened. Out from the bush, three baby tigers appeared, carrying offerings. They
approached the woodcutter and cried: “You must be our uncle! Mother tiger is gone now,
and we know how important it is for her to honor grandmother by bringing an offering to
her Chesa table beside her grave. We are here to bring offerings for our grandmother in
loving memory of our mother.” The woodcutter noticed that his face had turned suddenly
warm and realized that it was his own tears streaming down his cheeks.
Processing Questions…
1. Identify the characters in the story. What roles do the
characters play in the tale? What are the characteristics
of these characters that you admire/don’t admire?
a. Woodcutter
b. Tiger
c. Baby tigers
Processing Questions…
2. What particular event or circumstance in the story
has contributed to the Tiger’s way of looking at
things in a different way? How has this new way of
looking at things being passed on to the next
generation?
Processing Questions…
3. What kind of conflict led the woodcutter to fool the
tiger? What would be your own way of saving
yourself from danger?
Processing Questions…
4. In what ways does the story depict filial piety?
Explain.
What similarities or
differences exist between
Korean and Filipino ideals
in terms of FILIAL
PIETY? Explain.

5
It’s Show Time!
• Perform a role play that shows FILIAL PIETY
• The allotted time for each presentation is 4 minutes.
• Be guided with the criteria for scoring
• Language use – 20 pts.
• Presentation (content, clarity of idea, understanding of
topic – 30 pts.
• TOTAL – 50 pts.