THE BEGINNINGS OF PHILIPPINE LITERATURE GRADE 8 ENGISH
Activity: I know what you did last summer
Experimented in the Kitchen ACTIVITY SHEET Watched a Movie Read a Book Beach Bummed Travelled Abroad Joined a Contest Attended a Workshop Wrote a Journal Made New Friends Experimented in the Kitchen Visited Relatives Volunteered for a Cause Rode a Train Bought a Gadget Followed a TV Series Added More Than 20 New Friends in FB Tried a New Social Media Visited a Theme Park Planted Anything Green Cleaned My Room Groomed My Pet
In the absence of modern technology, how do you think our ancestors entertainED themselves during summer breaks?
Does she look familiar to you?
Which of the following represent the beginnings of PHILIPPINE LITERATURE?
A. ASWANG
B. Bernardo Carpio
C. Juan Tamad
D. Si Malakas at si Maganda
E. Tiktik
F. Tikbalang
F. TIYANAK
Mahaba ang bituka at ito’y lumilipad Mahaba ang bituka at ito’y lumilipad Kapag hindi mahangin ito ay tinatamad. (The entrails are long and it’s able to fly But then becomes lazy when no wind goes by.) Answer: _______________ What makes the passage difficult to decipher? Where do you usually hear these expressions? Do you know of any expressions like this? What are they called?
HERE IS AN ADDITIONAL EXAMPLE… Mayrong araw, mayrong buwan hindi naman langit Mayrong katapusan ngunit muling nagbabalik Tumatanda ngunit isang taong gulang lagi Wakas niya ay ipinagbubunyi. It stops but then right away resumes Grows older but always a year in age Its life’s end is celebrated with fun and homage.) (It’s not heaven but has suns and moons Answer: _______________
Riddles or bugtong are omnipresent in literally all Philippine dialects. What qualities do all these sample riddles have in common? Can you identify at least four similarities with the way they are constructed?
ASSIGNMENT Write a riddle on a 1/8 sheet of paper. You may choose to write an original riddle. Make sure you do not let others know what your riddle is/are as we shall have a riddle guessing game next meeting.
THANK YOU
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