21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD

Learning Activity Sheet

Quarter 1, Week 4

Name of Learner: ________________________________________ Score:____________

Grade Level/Section:_____________________________ Date:____________________

Competencies: 1. Demonstrate an understanding of the anecdote

2. Interpret the anecdote using appropriate multimedia format

3. Produce a creative representation of a literary text by applying

multimedia skills

FACTS. MULTIMEDIA FORMATS THAT YOU CAN USE TO CREATIVELY INTERPRET VARIOUS GENRES
OF LITERARY TEXTS

1. Blog or a “weblog” is a website containing informational articles about a person’s own opinions,
interests, and experiences. These are usually changed regularly (DepEd 2013, 9).

2. Mind mapping is a graphical technique to visualize connections of ideas and pieces of information.
This tool structures information to better analyze, comprehend, synthesize, recall, and generate new
ideas. You can use Microsoft Word or online mind mapping tools in creating a mind map. (Pasuello
2017).

3. Mobile phone text tula is a traditional Filipino poem. A particular example of this poem is a tanaga that
consists of 4 lines with 7 syllables each with the same rhyme at the end of each line. (DepEd 2013, 8).

4. Slideshow presentation is created with the use of Microsoft PowerPoint. It contains a series of
pictures or pages of information (slides) arranged in sequence and often displayed on a large screen
using a video projector (Computer Hope 2018).

5. Tag cloud is a visual, stylized arrangement of words or tags within textual content such as websites,
articles, speeches, and databases (Techopedia 2020).

6. Video is an electronic device used to record, copy, playback, broadcast, and display moving visual
media (Lexico 2020).

ACTIVITY 1. Identify the multimedia formats that you can use to creatively interpret various genres of
literary texts.

1. ____________________
2. ____________________
3. ____________________
4. ____________________
5. _____________________
6. _____________________

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 ACTIVITY 2: Create your own text tula and send it to your teacher via messenger or text. Choose
your own subject/topic. Refer to the rubrics below.

FACTS. UNDERSTANDING OF THE ANECDOTE

An anecdote is a short entertaining or interesting story about a real incident or person (Nagpal 2016).
Anecdotes tell about a variety of stories and tales since they can be about any topic under the sun. It is a
short story about a real person or event which usually intends to make the listeners laugh or ponder over a
topic (Your Dictionary, 2020)

PURPOSES OF USING ANECDOTES

1. To bring cheer 2. To reminisce 3. To caution 4. To persuade or inspire

ACTIVITY 3.1. Read the popular anecdote of Jose Rizal about the story of the moth. Answer the
questions that follow.
On The Story of the Moth

One night, all the family, except my mother and myself, went to bed early. Why I do not know, but we two
remained sitting alone. The candles had already been put out. They had been blown out in their globes by
means of a curved tube of tin. That tube seemed to be the finest and most wonderful plaything in the world. The
room was dimly lighted by a single light of coconut oil. In all Filipino homes, such a light burns through the night.
It goes out just at day-break to awaken people by its spluttering.
My mother was teaching me to read in a Spanish reader called "The Children's Friend" (El Amigo de Los
Ninos). This was quite a rare book and an old copy. It had lost its cover and my sister had cleverly made a new
one. She had fastened a sheet of thick blue paper over the back and then covered it with a piece of cloth.
This night my mother became impatient with hearing me read so poorly. I did not understand Spanish
and so I could not read with expression. She took the book from me. First, she scolded me for drawing funny
pictures on its pages. Then she told me to listen and she began to read. When her sight was good, she read
very well. She could recite well, and she understood verse-making, too. Many times during Christmas vacations,
my mother corrected my poetical compositions, and she always made valuable criticisms.
I listened to her, full of childish enthusiasm. I marveled at the nice-sounding phrases which she read from
those same pages. The phrases she read so easily stopped me at every breath. Perhaps I grew tired of listening
to sounds that had no meaning for me. Perhaps I lacked self-control. Anyway, I paid little attention to the
reading. I was watching the cheerful flame. About it, some little moths were circling in playful flights. By chance,
too, I yawned. My mother soon noticed that I was not interested. She stopped reading. Then she said to me:
"I am going to read you a very pretty story. Now pay attention."
On hearing the word 'story' I at once opened my eyes wide. The word 'story' promised something new
and wonderful. I watched my mother while she turned the leaves of the book as if she were looking for
something. Then I settled down to listen. I was full of curiosity and wonder. I had never even dreamed that
there were stories in the old book which I read without understanding. My mother began to read me the fable of
the young moth and the old one. She translated it into Tagalog a little at a time.
My attention increased from the first sentence. I looked toward the light and fixed my gaze on the moths
which were circling around it. The story could not have been better timed. My mother repeated the warning of
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the old moth. She dwelt upon it and directed it to me. I heard her, but it is a curious thing that the light seemed
to me each time more beautiful, the flame more attractive. I envied the fortune of the insects. They frolicked so
joyously in its enchanting splendor that the ones which had fallen and been drowned in the oil did not cause me
any dread.
My mother kept on reading and I listened breathlessly. The fate of the two insects interested me
greatly. The flame rolled its golden tongue to one side and a moth which this movement had singed fell into the
oil, fluttered for a time, and then became quiet. That became a great event. A curious change came over me
which I have always noticed in myself whenever anything has stirred my feelings. The flame and the moth
seemed to go further away and my mother's words sounded strange and uncanny. I did not notice when she
ended the fable. All my attention was fixed on the face of the insect. I watched it with my whole soul... It had
died a martyr to its illusions.
As she put me to bed, my mother said: "See that you do not behave like the young moth. Don't be
disobedient, or you may get burnt as it did." I do not know whether I answered or not... The story revealed to me
things until then unknown. Moths no longer were, for me, insignificant insects. Moths talked; they know how to
warn. They advised just like my mother. The light seemed to be more beautiful. It had grown more dazzling and
more attractive. I knew why the moths circled the flame.

1. What is the purpose of the anecdote?

a. to bring cheer b. to reminisce c. to caution d. to persuade or inspire

2. Why did Jose Rizal’s mother told the story?

a. to scold him b. to arouse interest on reading c. to impart a lesson

d. to show the life of a moth

3. Who shared this anecdote?

a. Jose Rizal b. Teodora Alonzo c. Jose Rizal’s sister d. Rizal’s mother

4. What is the moral of the anecdote?

a. be obedient to parents b. be careful c. be kind c.be helpful

5. Moths talked; they know how to warn. This means that moths are being
compared to:
a. mothers b. children c. fathers d. grandmothers

ACTIVITY 3.2 Identify the purpose of the following anecdotes based on the situation stated below.

1. A father tells his children a story on how the love story of their mother and father began.
a. to bring cheer b. to reminisce c. to caution d. to persuade or inspire

2. At dinner, a Grade 12 learner shared his story on sending a message/chat to his teacher
realizing that it was wrong sent.
a. to bring cheer b. to reminisce c. to caution d. to persuade or inspire

3. A grandmother tells his grandchildren the consequences of marrying at a young age.

a. to bring cheer b. to reminisce c. to caution d. to persuade or inspire

4. Before beginning the discussion, the teacher shared her story on how
she became a successful teacher.

a. to bring cheer b. to reminisce c. to caution d. to persuade or inspire

5.A covid 19 survivors shared his story about his experiences on how he
dealt with covid 19 diseases.

a. to bring cheer b. to reminisce c. to caution d. to persuade or inspire

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ACTIVITY 4: Using your mobile phones/laptops, make a PowerPoint Presentation of the anecdote
above. Submit to your teacher via messenger. Refer to the rubrics below.

References:
Mendoza, Paul Anthony B. et. al., 2016. 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World. Plaridel,
Bulacan. St. Andrew Publishing House.

Rizal, J. (n.d.). On The Story of the Moth. Retrieved October 17, 2020, from
http://thelifeandworksofrizal.blogspot.com/2011/12/on-story-of-moth.html
Poetry rubric from http.garyhess.blogspot.com

PowerPoint Presentation rubric from pptwork.com

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