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Module 4 : The Monkey and The Turtle

Introduction and Focus Question(s):

The story of two opponents, the monkey and
the turtle, is widespread in the Philippines. There
are varying versions throughout the country,
though the basic theme of the story stays the
same. What appears below is the one of the
Kapampangan versions.

In this module, we will tackle the story pattern

of this literary piece (The Monkey and the Turtle)
and how important to deal with problems/conflicts
in a nice and friendly manner. As we go deeper to
this module, we will encounter these questions and
later we can provide our answers on it:

1. How can we become an “agent of

transformation” in our community?
2. How can we resolve conflict without using
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violence?

Module Lessons and Coverage

In this lesson, we will be discussing the following lessons:

Lesson 12 The
Monkey and The Competency: Discover the conflicts presented in literary selections
and the need to resolve those conflicts in nonviolent ways.
Turtle
A. state the conflict presented in the story entitled “The Monkey and
the Turtle”;
Specific Learning B. classify the story pattern of “The Monkey and the Turtle” using
flowchart consisting (situation, problem, attempted solution, result,
Objectives
moral lesson)
C. demonstrate the possible way on how to resolve the conflict in
nonviolent ways.

Module Map

The Monkey and

The Turtle

Story Pattern Identify conflicts

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Timeline of Activities

Lesson Topic You will answer… Time Frame Date Accompliised/Submitted

12 Knowing The Pre-assessment 1 day
monkey and The Explore
Turtle
Firm-up

Deepening

Transfer Goals 1 day

Reflections
Post Assessment

Instructional Materials

English Coomunication Arts and Skills through Philippine Literature, Phoenix Publishing House
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Expected Skills
To do well in this module, you need to remember and do the following:
1. Answer thoughtfully and honestly the module
2. Read and follow the instructions very carefully.
3. Answer the pretest in order to determine how much you already know about the lesson in this
module.
4. Read each topic and do activities that are provided for you.
5. Perform all the activities diligently to help and guide you in understanding the topic.
6. Review the questions as many times as needed, as you answer the the discussion questions
related to them.
7. Answer the post test to measure how much you have learned from the lesson.
8. God bless and have fun.
Before you start this lesson, try to answer first the pre-assessment below to
test your prior knowledge regarding on the subject matter. Good luck!

(WRITE YOUR ANSWERS RIGHT AFTER THE ACTIVITY/QUESTION. THIS SERVES AS YOUR
ACTIVITY SHEETS. CUT THIS OUT AND SUBMIT)

Name:___________________________ Grade & Section:_____________ Date:________

Module: Pre-Assessment

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Multiple Choice
Instruction: Pick your response based on the statements given below. Write the letter of your
choice on the space provided before each number.

_____1. Your brother wants to take your ice cream which is your favorite flavor, what will you do?
A. I will not give it to him
B. I will give it to him after I punch him
C. I will ask him to buy himself one
D. I will give it to him and buy a new one

(WRITE YOUR ANSWERS RIGHT AFTER THE ACTIVITY/QUESTION. THIS SERVES AS

YOUR ACTIVITY SHEETS. CUT THIS OUT AND SUBMIT)
E. Name:___________________________ Grade & Section:_____________ Date:________

_____2. Your mother scolded you and caned you because you disobeyed her, what is your
response?
A. I will ask for sorry
B. I will just stay silent
C. I will talk back to her
D. I will report it to my father
_____3. Your best friend took your cellphone and hid under the teacher’s table. What will you do?
A. I will punch him
B. I will ask him nicely and ask him to return it
C. I will report it to the teacher
D. I will ask my father to come in school to scold him
_____4. Your sister accidentally punched you on the face. What will you do to your sister?
A. I will punch her too
B. I will scold her
C. I will forgive her
D. I will report it to our mother
_____5. You caught your classmate stole your 100 pesos bill, what will you do?
A. I will ask him why did he do that and help him
B. I will report him to the principal so that he will be given sanctions
C. I will punch him to learn his lesson
D. I will also ido the same what he did to me.

END OF Pre-Assessment:
You are done with the first part, good job! Now, you may proceed with the Explore to
prepare yourself for the topic.

Explore
ACTIVITY 1: AREN’T WE FRIENDS?
Are you familiar with this show? What did you observe from them? Are
they friends? How do you say so? Do you think they can resolve their
problem by what they are doing?

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Response:

END OF EXPLORE:
Well done! Now, you are going to read a story entitled
“The Monkey and The Turtle” and answer some questions
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afterwards.

Your goal in this section is to learn and understand the story Entitled “The Monkey and The
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“The Monkey and The Turtle”

Once there lived friends, a monkey and a

turtle. One day they saw a banana tree float on the
water. The Turtle swam out and brought it to land.
Since they were friends, they decided to divide it,
cutting it in half across the middle.

“I will have the part with the leaves on,”

said the monkey, thinking that the top was best. The
turtle did not have any choice but to agree because
she could not do anything against the monkey. The
monkey planted his top of the tree, and the turtle planted the stump. Of course, the monkey’s
plant just died. But the turtle’s plant grew and eventually brought a lot of fruit.

The monkey heard of the turtle’s good fortune, so one day,

he passed by to see his friend. “Can you go up the tree and get the
bananas?” the turtle requested the monkey. “I will give you half of the fruit
in exchange,” she added, as she could not climb the tress herself.

The monkey gleefully accepted, but when he got to the fruits,

he started munching, refusing to give the turtle any. Soon after, the
bananas were all gone. The turtle only got some bananas peel that the
monkey once in a while tossed down to her.

Furious, the turtle collected sharp

sticks and surrounded the trunk of the tree with them. Then, she

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went away. When the monkey clambered down to the ground, he got badly injured with the sharp
sticks, so he set off to find the turtle to avenge himself.

The monkey looked for a long time and finally found the turtle under a siling labuyo
plant. The monkey was about to punch her, but she whispered, “Keep quiet! I am guarding the
king’s fruits.” The monkey, ever greedy, demanded that he be given some.

“I will give you some,” agreed the turtle, “on condition that
you promise not to eat them until I am far away. The king might see
you and then he would punish me.” The monkey agreed. When the
turtle was a long way off, he began to chew the peppers. They were
very hot, and he burned his mouth badly.

He was now extremely angry and resolved to make

the turtle pay for his misfortunes. He searched all over the woods and
fields for her. At last, he found her near a huge snake pit. The monkey
threatened to kill the turtle.

But she apologized to him profusely and told him,

“Dear monkey, I know you are mad at me. Will you forgive me? I got a
king’s belt for you!”

“Why, surely! Where is it?” said the monkey very eagerly.

“Here it is; I’ll get it for you.”

In his desire to get the king’s belt, the monkey grabbed at the object to which the turtle
was pointing. It was actually a snake that immediately coiled itself around the monkey, almost
squeezing him to death. The monkey managed to free himself from the snake’s hold and swore
that this time; he would kill the turtle as soon as he found her.

The turtle hid under a coconut shell. The monkey had been searching for a long time
and was by this time very tired. He happened to sit on the coconut shell to rest. As he sat there,
he called loudly, “Turtle, where are you?”

“Here I am!” a low voice answered. The monkey looked all around but saw nobody. He
shouted again and again, and the turtle answered him. The sound seemed to come from below
and deep inside him, and he thought that some part of his body was making fun of him.

Thinking it was his abdomen, the monkey

threatened, “Stomach, if you answer again when I
am not talking to you, “I’ll punish you.” Once more he
called out; and once more, “I am here,” came the
answer from below.

This was too much for the monkey. He

grabbed a big stone and began to hit his belly with it.
He pounded so hard he badly injured himself that he
eventually died.

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(WRITE YOUR ANSWERS RIGHT AFTER THE ACTIVITY/QUESTION. THIS SERVES AS
YOUR ACTIVITY SHEETS. CUT THIS OUT AND SUBMIT)
F. Name:___________________________ Grade & Section:_____________ Date:________

ACTIVITY 2: ANSWER ME!

Instruction: In this part, you are going to answer the following questions based on the story “The
Monkey and The Turtle”.

1. What is the problem or conflict in the story? What do you think is the root of it?
__________________________________________________________________________
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2. Who were the characters in the story? Are they in good-terms? Why do you say so?
__________________________________________________________________________
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3. What do you think with their actions? Is it a right thing to do with our neighbor? Why do you
say so?
__________________________________________________________________________
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__________________________________________________________________________.

END OF FIRM:
Well done! Now, you are going to answer some activities to deepen your
understanding regarding this story.

(WRITE YOUR ANSWERS RIGHT AFTER THE ACTIVITY/QUESTION. THIS SERVES AS

YOUR ACTIVITY SHEETS. CUT THIS OUT AND SUBMIT)
G. Name:___________________________ Grade & Section:_____________ Date:________

DEEPENING
Your goal in this section is to deepen what you have learned in the story.

ACTIVITY 3: CLASSIFYING THEM!

Instruction: Below is a story pattern format which you are going the provide what is need in every
boxes based in the story. Write your answer inside of each box.

What is the situation of the story?

Situation

What is the problem in the story?

Problem

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Attempted
Solution
 What is the result of the main character's solution?
Result

What did you learn from this story?

Moral
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ACTIVITY 4: INTERNALIZE IT!
Instruction: These are the Essential questions that you need focus on and try to give your
opinion based on what you have learned to the topic.

1. How can we become an “agent of transformation” in our community?

2. How can we resolve conflict without using violence?

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END OF DEEPENING:
Congratulations on answering these activities, well done! Let’s go for the next part
which is the Transfer Goal. Let us put your learnings into a meaningful one. Enjoy!

Transfer Goals
Your goal in this section is to apply your learning to real life situations.

ACTIVITY 5: MAKE IT REAL!

Instruction: In a Peace Month Culmination Program, your teacher appointed you to be the
grade 7 representative in a Question-and-Answer Portion. Your task is to provide an answer
based on this question, “If you have a misunderstanding with your best friend, how will you
save the friendship without hurting his/her feelings?”. Your answer must be presented to
Marian College Community by using either Slogan, Poster (using Symbols) and Poem (4
lines). After creating either of the latter, you are going to explain your output based on the
question you have and you will be rated based on the following criteria: Content – 20,
Relevance – 20, and Creativity – 10, a total of 50 pts. Write your answer in another sheet of
long bond paper and attach it with name, grade and section, and date submitted.

END OF TRANSFER TASK:

You have completed this lesson. Congratulations.
Let us now see what reflections you have.

REFLECTION
There is a very well-known Golden rule that is being passed generation by generation which
is,” Do not do unto others what you do not want do unto you”. As a student, what is your
response regarding on this Golden Rule? Do you agree or not? Why?

Write your answer here..

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(WRITE YOUR ANSWERS RIGHT AFTER THE ACTIVITY/QUESTION. THIS SERVES AS

YOUR ACTIVITY SHEETS. CUT THIS OUT AND SUBMIT)
H. Name:___________________________ Grade & Section:_____________ Date:________

POST ASSESSMENT
A. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Write the letter of your answer on the space provided
before each number.
____1. Who saw first the banana tree floating on the water?
A. Monkey B. Turtle C. other animals D. Both of them
____2. Why do you think that the monkey decided to have the part with the leaves on?
A. Because it was the best
B. Because it will bear fruits right away
C. He listens to his instincts
D. He just likes it
____3. Which plant died eventually?
A. Monkey B. Turtle C. Both of them D. None of them
____4. Why do you think the monkey refused to give some bananas to turtle?
A. Because he is greedy
B. Because turtle is already full
C. Because turtle doesn’t like it at all
D. Because he is very hungry
____5. What is the reaction of the turtle when the monkey is just munching and refusing to give
her any?
A. Contented B. Furious C. Calm D. Begging
B. SEQUECING EVENTS: Arrange the following statements from 1-5
based on what happens first in the story.
_____1. The turtle collected sharp sticks and surrounded the trunk of the tree with them.
_____2. They saw a banana tree floating on the water.
_____3. The monkey hit his belly and died eventually.
_____4. The Turtle hid under a coconut shell.
_____5. The turtle’s plant grew and eventually brought a lot of fruit,

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Congratulations, you have reached the final round to complete
your module. We will again learn other things for the next session. Good
job and keep the fire burning.

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