I.

OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the students must have:
1. recognized the Filipino values in the literary text
2. discussed the different Filipino Values that were included in the selection “Pliant Like the
Bamboo; and
3. dramatized Filipino Values on video based on the group discussion

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic: Pliant Like the Bamboo by: I.V.Mallari
Time: 120 minutes
Materials: Slide Show Presentation
Pictures
Rubric
References:
Estoque,J.M. (2021).Poetika at Literatura. Retrieved March
28, 2022 from http://filipinoliterature.blogspot.com/2011/09/pliant-like-bamboo.html?m
=1
Imamura, T., Miyagi, M., Saitu, I. (2010). Filipino Personality Traits and Values for Social
Support: FOW as human resources for work life balance in Japan (1)Filipino Personality
Traits and Values for Social Support: FOW as human resources for work life balance in
Japan (1). Retrieved March
29, 2022 from https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://core.ac.
uk/download/pdf/268585064.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiFm_uQ5fL2AhVnzIsBHdvhAWsQFn
oECAQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0G_bwg7wTUOO1I7WfESQO0
Gunner, J. (N.d).Figure of Speech Examples by Type.Retrieved March
30, 2022 from https://examples.yourdictionary.com/figure-of-speech-examples.html
Taylor, M.L.G., Alonzo, R., & Flores, E.R. (2017).21st Century Literature from the
Philippines and the World for Senior High School. C&E Publishing, Inc. 839 EDSA,
South Triangle, Quezon City.
Wilson, L. (2014).Filipino Values. Retrieved March
28, 2022 from https://www.slideserve.com/leo-wilson/the-filipino-values

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III. LESSON PROPER
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
A. Motivation
Good morning/afternoon Class. How are you? It
seems that everybody is doing great. Let us now Good morning sir. The students are
proceed in our first lesson for this second expected to respond.
quarter.To begin with, let us play a game. So,
you are going guess the Filipino Values that I
will be presenting on my screen. Are you now
ready? If you are now ready, please give a
thumbs-up.

Instruction: Guess the Filipino Values that I am

sharing on my screen. I will show a word with
missing letters and an image will be shown as
well to give you more clues. You may use the
chat box in responding, or you may use your
microphone.

1. B_YA_I_A_ -BAYANIHAN
*it is also called the “community spirit.”
Bayanihan is the Filipino Values that denotes The student answers BAYANIHAN.
camaraderie among the people in the community
and helping one another in time of need.
2. P_K_KI_A_A - PAKIKISAMA
*refers to an interpersonal relationship where
people are friendly with each other. Pakikisama
is a basic tendency for Filipinos, and is expressed The student answers PAKIKISAMA.
in their private lives, their public workplaces, and
in their relationship with their neighbor.
3_T_N_ NA L_ _B .-UTANG NA
LOOB
*means inner debt of gratitude. This is the
tendency to feel grateful to a person who has
extended a kindness to them. The student answers UTANG NA LOOB.

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4.B_ _A_A _A - BAHALA NA
*“come what may” indicates the tendency of
Filipinos to resign oneself into the hands of
destiny or faith. In situations that become
problematic, are unable to be resolved, and one The student answers BAHALA NA.
ends up in tight corner, Filipino will usually
say,”Bahala na.”
5. H _ _ _I_A_I_Y- HOSPITALITY
*is a trait that refers to the warm welcome that
the Filipino gives to visitors who come to his or
her home, especially strangers and foreigners.
6. H_Y_- HIYA (SHAME) The student answers HOSPITALITY.
*indicates disgrace, embarrassment, sense of
modesty and manners, and to lose face. For
example, a child is bashful, embarrassment one
feels when a sudden visitor comes and the house
is not neatly cleaned or there is not a suitable The student answers HIYA.
meal ready to welcome the visitors.
7. C_O_E _A_I_Y TI_S - CLOSE FAMILY
TIES
*it is very evident in the Philippines that
close-knit families demonstrate their deep for
love for each member, such as spouse, children,
parents, siblings grandparents and other relatives. The student answers CLOSE FAMILY
8. _ _GA_AN_- MAGALANG TIES.
*Filipinos are respectful. Tagalogs say “po” and
“opo” when addressing someone older
than..Filipinos use titles like Kuya for an older
brother and Ate for an older sister. There is also
popular “mano” where children reach for the
hands of their elders and touch it to their
forehead. The student answers MAGALANG.
9. _ES_L_E_C_ -RESILIENCY
*means that Filipinos, especially the victims of
these natural disasters, can overcome any
hardship and are idolized for doing so.

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Very good class! As we go along with our
discussion today we will learn how these set of
Filipino values affect the way we live. The student answer RESILIENCY.
Filipino Values refers to the set of values that
majority of the Filipino have historically held
important in their lives. This Philippine Value
system includes their own unique assemblage of
consistent ideologies, moral codes, ethical
practices, etiquette, and values that are promoted
by their society.

Let us start our discussion by knowing the author

of the literary text.

Ismael Mallari
⚫ was an essayist and one of the early Filipino
writers in English.
⚫ ranked as leading literary and art critic in the
Philippines.
⚫ was a teacher in Philippine Normal
University of the East
⚫ Notable works:
The Stranger
When I was a little Boy
Values
Tales from the Mountain Province
Footprints on the Sand

Before we read and discuss the selection let us

unlock the vocabulary found in the selection. I
would like to ask for a volunteer to read.

Vocabulary
Pliant (Adjective)- easily modified;
adaptable; flexible(Collins Dictionary,2022)
Example: The dog was far from pliant and never

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obeyed his owner’s command.
Pestilence (Noun)-something that is destructive
or pernicious( Merriam-Webster
Dictionary,2022)
Example: Famine and pestilence at home drove
men to emigrate hopefully to the golden East.
Benevolence (Noun)- disposition to do
good( Merriam-Webster Dictionary,2022)
Example: He had a benevolence of manner suited
to the philanthropy of his mind.
Magnanimity (Noun)-kindness and generosity
towards someone, especially after defeating them The student reads the vocabulary that can
or being treated badly by them.(Collins be found in the selection.
Dictionary,2022)
Example: The losing team was surprised by the
winners’ magnanimity when they graciously
invited them to the after party.
Plight (Noun)-
an unpleasant condition, especially a serious, sad,
or difficult one ( Cambridge Dictionary ,2022)
Example: Most wealthy people are unaware of
the plight suffered by the people who hungry and
homeless.
Indolent (Adjective)-averse to activity, effort, or
movement : habitually lazy( Merriam-Webster
Dictionary,2022)
Example: The natives were allowed to live the
indolent life of the tropics.
Gallantry (Noun)-courteous attention to a
lady.(Merriam-Webster Dictionary,2022)
Example: The young man was noted for
gallantry.
Vicissitudes (Noun) -a favorable or unfavorable
event or situation that occurs by chance : a
fluctuation of state or
condition.(Merriam-Webster Dictionary,2022)

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Example: My vicissitude in college was tackling
seven classes and a job.

The teacher tells the story…

Pliant Like the Bamboo

by Ismael V. Mallari
It is about a story of a mango tree and a bamboo
tree. The two were unable to agree as to which
was stronger between them. They called upon the
wind to make the decision.

The wind blew its hardest. The mango tree stood

high. It did not yield because it knew it was
strong and sturdy. The mango tree did not sway.
It was too proud, too sure of itself, but at last, its
roots gave way and it stumbled down.

The bamboo tree was wiser. Knowing it was not

as robust as the mango tree, every time the wind
blew, it bent its head gracefully. It made loud
protestations, but it lets the wind have its way
until it finally got tired of blowing. The bamboo
tree still stood in all its beauty and grace.

Guide Questions:
1. What two trees are compared in the selection?
* The mango tree and the bamboo tree.

2. To which tree is the Filipino likened? Why?

*The Filipino is like the bamboo. He knows that
he is not strong enough to
withstand the onslaughts of superior forces. And
so, he yields. He bends his head
gracefully with many loud protests.

3. How many years did the Spaniards rule the

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Philippines?
*The Spaniards came and dominated the The student answers mango tree and
Philippines for more than 300 years. bamboo tree.

4. How did the 300 years rule of the Spaniards

affect the Filipino.
* The Spaniards left the Filipinos still stood-only
much richer in experience and culture. Sir, Filipino is like the bamboo. He
-Food knows that he is not strong enough to
-Religion withstand the onslaughts of superior
-Festivities forces. And so, he yields. He bends his
-Holidays head
gracefully with many loud protests.
After the Spaniards left, who took place?
*The Americans…
5. In what aspect do you think, the Americans
influenced the Filipino’s mode of living and
thinking?
-Americans used more subtle means of winning
over the Filipino 333 years Sir to be specific.
⚫ American System of Education
⚫ Religious Freedom
⚫ Clothing
⚫ Food Answers may vary. Students are expected
⚫ English Language to participate.
-Filipinos embraced the American way of life.

6. How would you describe the way of life

during the Japanese Occupation?
*The way of life during Japanese Occupation is
drastic. Americans sir.
*The Japanese came like storm, like a plaque of
locusts, like pestilence rude, relentless and cruel.
*The Filipino learned to bow his head low
cooperate. Students’ answers may vary.
*Filipino learned to smile sweetly and thank

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them graciously for their “benevolence and
magnanimity.”
**And now that the Americans have come back
and driven away the Japanese,
those Filipinos who profited most from
cooperating with the Japanese have been
loudest in their protestations of innocence.
Everything is as if the Japanese had
never been in the Philippines. What Filipino trait
is reflected in this paragraph?
Students’ answers may vary.
-Hugas-kamay =refusing to hold responsibility
or involvement with.

7. Cite some lines from the selection that

indicates that Filipino can survive any
difficulties/challenges in life?

*”The past is already a dream, and tomorrow is

only a vision; but today, well-lived, makes every
yesterday a dream of happiness, and tomorrow is
a vision of hope.”

*”Life is like a wheel. Sometimes it is up,

sometimes it is down.”
*”Tomorrow will be only another day…it has
enabled the Filipino to shrug his shoulders in
times of adversity and say to himself “Bahala
na.”
Sir, I think hugas kamay. The student
8. What has the Filipino been often times explains his/her answer.
accused of?
“The Filipino has often been accused of being
indolent and of lacking initiative.”
9. How does the Filipino respond to accusation?
*He has answered back that no one can help

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being indolent and lacking in initiative who lives The students respond.
under the torrid sun which saps the vitality.

10. Why is the Filipino a dreamer of nature?

*Filipino is a dreamer of nature to escape from
the rigorous problems of life.
* His art is escapist in nature.
-wallowed in the *moro-moro, the awit, and the
kurido.
-loved to identify themselves as gallant knights
battling for the favors of fair ladies or the
possession of hallowed place.
-he loves to be lost in the throes and modern
romance and adventure.
**Filipino is gallantry towards women. No Sir, Filipino is accused of being lazy.
other place in Orient are women so respected, so
adulated, and so pampered.

11. Why is it said that the Filipino has a gift of

language? Students’ answers may vary.
* Filipino is eminently suited to his romantic
role. He is slender and wiry. He is nimble and
graceful in his movements, his voice is soft, and
he has the gift of language. This gift is another Sir, Filipino is a dreamer of nature to
means by which the Filipino as managed to escape from the problems of life.
survive. There is no insurmountable barrier
between him and any of the people The
foreigners do not have learn his language.
Filipino manages to master theirs.

12. What is your insight/take away about literary

text?
Students’ answers may vary.

Generalization

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*Filipino is like the bamboo tree. In its grace, in
its ability to adjust itself to the peculiar and
inexplicable whims of fate, the bamboo tree is
his expressive and symbolic national tree, it will
have to be, not the molave or the narra, but the The students’ gives their thoughts.
bamboo.

In the selection we discussed a while ago. We

can also find Figure of Speech and Patterns of
Development.

Figure of speech is a word or phrase that

possesses a separate meaning from its literal
definition.

1. Simile- is a comparison between two unlike

things using the words "like" or "as. Students’ answers may vary.
a. "The Filipino is like the bamboo tree." (p. 57,
par 4; p. 59, last pact
b. "Then the Japanese came like a storm, like a
plague of locusts, like a pestilences—rude,
relentless, cruel."
(p. 57, par 7)
c. "He has a saying that life is like a wheel." (p.
58, par 4)

2. Metaphor-makes a comparison between two

unlike things or ideas. Students are expected to participate in the
a. "the past is already a dream"; "every tomorrow discussion.
a vision of hope" (p, 58, par 2)

3. Personification-gives human qualities to

non-living things or ideas.
a. "...A mango tree and a bamboo tree called

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upon the wind" (p. 57, par 1)
b. "...the torrid sun which saps the vitality to
make the decision" (p. 58, par 7)
c. "...the bamboo tree regards the angry blasts of
the wind" (p. 59, par 1)

B. Patterns of Development-refer to the

particular strategy writers use to develop ideas.
Writers choose patterns based on their
PURPOSE.Whether you are aware of it or not,
you already use patterns of development to
express yourself.

1. Exemplification - uses specific, vivid

examples for the purpose of adding more
information to explain, persuade, define, or
illustrate a general idea.
a. The foreign invaders: Spain, America, Japan
(p. 57, pars 4-6)
b. Noted philosophers with doctrines about life
(p. 58, pars 3-4)
c. Examples of the escapist stance of Filipinos in
their literature and works of art (p. 58, par 9)
d. The Filipino's skill in learning the language of
their conquerors (p. 59, pars 2-3)
e. A summary of the similarity between the
Filipino and the bamboo (p. 59, par 4)

2.Comparison and Contrast -used to show a

reader the similarities and/or differences between
two subjects.

a. Response of the mango tree and the bamboo to

the blasts of the wind (p. 57, pars 2-3)
b. The way the invaders treated the Filipinos and

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the response of the Filipino (p. 57, pars 4-6)
c. How the Filipino views life (p. 58, pars 3-4)
d. The Filipino and the bamboo's reaction in
times of distress (p. 58, pars 7-8)
e. The treatment of women in the Philippines
vis-a-vis that in other Oriental countries (p. 59,
par 1)
f. How the Filipino resembles the bamboo in
times of distress (p. 59, par 1)

3. Cause-and-Effect- is a relationship between

two events in which both events happen at the
same time.

a. Cause of the defeat of the mango tree (p. 57,

pars 2-3)

3. Reason-Result- is a causal relation in which

the propositions express an event or state that
brings about another event or state. The result
occurs regardless of human intention or
non-intention.

a. Reason for the bamboo's response to the blasts

of the wind (p. 57, pars 2-3)
b. Reason for the Filipino's response (p. 57, pars
4-6)
c. The Filipino's response to foreign domination
(p. 58, par 2)
d. Reason underlying the Filipino's reaction to
foreign domination (p. 58, pars 5-6)
e. Justification of the Filipino's lack of vitality
and initiative (p. 58, par 7-8)
f. The Filipino's response to distress and ill
fortune (p. 59, par 1)
g. Reasons why the bamboo should be the

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Filipino's national tree (p. 59, par 4)

The teacher proceeds in checking of attendance.

Kindly say present if your name is called.
After checking the attendance, the teacher
reminds the students.
Class, if you have questions about our class or
about the intricacies of life and random things,
you can send me a message on Facebook
messenger or shoot me an email at
[email protected]
Okay class, let us call it a day. Thank you and
Goodbye. See you next week!

The students are expected to respond.

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 Goodbye Sir. Thank you!

IV. EVALUATION
Dramatize Filipino Values on video based on group the discussion.
Instructions:
1. Form a group with 5-7 members.
2. Assign a group leader. He/she will assign who will write the script, compile the unedited
video and who will edit the video. In addition, he/she will assign who will upload the final
output.
3. Dramatize at least 4 Filipino Values that were included in the selection “Pliant Like the
Bamboo” through a video presentation. The video presentation must observe the following:
A. Time duration - maximum of 5-7 minutes
B. Dialogue (Language)- English, Filipino, Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a
4.In making/editing your video, use may use of the following suggestions: Tiktok, Facebook
reels, Instagram reels, Triller, Byte, Funimate,LomotiF,Cheez,Likee
5. Check the scoring rubric on how your final output will be graded.

V. ASSIGNMENT
Read in advance the short story entitled Dead Stars by Paz Marquez-Benitez.

Scoring Rubric

Criteria Rating

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Storytelling/ 15 to >11 pts 11 to>9.0 pts 9.0 to >5.0 pts 5.0 to > 0 pts 15
Script Quality
Excellent Very good Good Poor points
Conveys Does not Lack of idea(s)
Conveys
idea(s) convey ideas or story. The
idea(s)
or story to the or purpose of the
or story to the
viewers in an story to the drama has not
viewers in an
effective way. viewers in an been identified
effective way.
The drama effective way. or the video
The drama is
accomplishes The purpose does not match
compelling and
the purpose of of the purpose.
the purpose of
the project. the drama is
the task is
suggested, but
clearly
it is unclear.
accomplished
which to
feature Filipino
Values.

Audio Editing 10 to > 8.0 pts 8.0 to >6.0 pts 6.0 to> 4.0 pts 4.0 to 0 pts 10
Excellent Very good Good Poor points
The audio is The audio is The audio is Audio is
clear clear, but only inconsistent in cut-off
and effectively partially assists clarity at and
assists in in times inconsistent.
communicating communicating and doesn’t It interferes
the main idea. the story being communicate with
The audio told. the understanding
editing story well. of
enhances the The the story. The
storytelling and viewer has to dialogue is
adds value and strain to hear absent
atmosphere to the dialogue. or inaudible.
the drama.

Video Editing 10 to> 8.0 pts 8.0 to > 6.0 pts 6.0 to >4.0 pts 4.0 to> 0 pts 10
Excellent Very good Good Poor points
Excellent use The transitions Good use of Little to no use
of and effects are transitions and of transitions
transitions and on point; effects; and effects;
effects; very smooth inappropriate distracting
smooth blend blend between blend between edits between
between scenes; edits scenes; edits scenes
scenes;invisible are unobtrusive are disruptive
edits

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Cinematography 10 to> 8 pts 8.0 to > 6.0 pts 6.0 to >4.0 pts 4.0 to> 0 pts 10
Excellent Very good Good Poor points
Excellent Very good Poor
composition; composition; composition;
Minimally
camera camera camera
acceptable
movement is movement is movement is
composition;
smooth; use of smooth; use of very erratic;
camera
lighting is lighting is Lighting
movement is
effective; uses good; quality is very
erratic;
a variety of uses some problematic;
lighting
effective shots variety of weak,repetitive
quality is
effective shots shots
problematic;
but lacks
uses little
consistency
variety in
shots

Creativity 15 to >11 pts 11 to>9.0 pts 9.0 to >5.0 pts 5.0 to > 0 pts 15
Excellent Very good Good Poor points
The drama The drama The drama
The drama
shows shows little shows no
shows an
some evidence evidence of evidence of
evidence of
of imagination imagination imagination
imagination
and creativity. and and
and creativity.
There is creativity. creativity.
There is
thoughtfulness There There is no
thoughtfulness
to the style and is minimal thoughtfulness
to the style and
mood that suits thoughtfulness to the style and
mood that suits
the drama. to the style mood that suits
the drama.
and the drama.
mood that
suits
the drama.

60
points

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