21st Century Learning Activity Sheet
21st Century Learning Activity Sheet
Type of Activity:
Concept Notes Exercise/Drills/Summative Test Performance Task Others ________
Activity Title: Graphic, Linguistic, and Ethnic Dimensions of Philippine Literary History
Learning Target: 1. To define literature.
2. To understand the literary history/evolution of the Philippines
Reference: Uychoco, Marikit Tara A. 2016. 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World. Rex Book Store.
Sampaloc, Manila.
What is literature?
derived from the Latin term “litera” which means letter. It has been defined differently by various writers. These are
the following:
Literature expresses the feelings of people to society, to the government, to his surroundings, to his
fellowmen, and to his Divine Creator. ( Brother Azurin)
Literature is anything that is printed as long as it is related to the ideas and feelings of the people, whether
it is true, or just a product of one’s imagination. ( Webster)
“True literature is a piece of written work which is undying. It expresses the feelings and emotions of
people in response to his everyday efforts to live, to be happy in his environment and, after struggles, to
reach his Creator” (PANITIKANG FILIPINO)
Literary History/Evolution of the Philippines
1. Pre-Colonial Period
the first Filipino alphabet called ALIBATA
based on traditions and customs of a particular area of the country
written on the perishable materials like dried leaves, bamboo cylinder, and bark of the trees
usually handed down to us through the word of mouth.
Type of Activity:
Concept Notes Exercise/Drills/Summative Test Performance Task Others ________
Activity Title: Graphic, Linguistic, and Ethnic Dimensions of Philippine Literary History
Learning Target: 1. To value and appreciate the contributions of Noli Me Tangere to the development of national freedom
Reference: Uychoco, Marikit Tara A. 2016. 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World. Rex Book Store.
Sampaloc, Manila.
Background Knowledge:
Noli Me Tangere was an ideological fire that forged the Katipunan to revolution. According to the poet and
writer J. Neil Garcia (2011), before Rizal wrote Noli Me Tangere, there was a no real concept of the Philippine
nation; that the novel was a “myth-making project”, a “means of imagining the special communal fantasy that
was the nation”. When Rizal wrote the Noli me tangere, the concept and dream of the Philippines nation
was born.
In the excerpt of Gina Apostol’s novel, The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata, the “revolution
act of reading” is explored through eyes of a young man, a high school student from the Ateneo. Reading
it makes you imagine what it would have been like to be alive during those heady days or revolution. In this
excerpt, he reads the book Noli me tangere by Jose Rizal, which was given to him by his friend, father
Gaspar, a Filipino Priest.
D 1. Why did the Noli Me Tangere have such a big impression on the narrator? Could you relate to the
R narrator’s experience of reading? Why or why not?
I 2. Have you ever felt the same about a book that you had read? What book was it? Why did it leave such
L a huge impression on you?
3. When the narrator says that the act of reading was a historic act, what did he mean? Do you think this
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is true even today?
4. Given this excerpt, what do you think is the importance of literature to society? Is this applicable today?
Department of Education
Division of Lanao del Norte
ARSENIO A. QUIBRANZA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Bualan, Tubod, Lanao del Norte
School ID: 304002