UNIT 1: OVERVIEW ON THE NATURE OF LITERATURE AND ITS GENRES

LEARNING ACTIVITIES:

Review test on the Nature of Literature and its Genres ( see attachment )

TASK 2: BREAK THE CODE

1. Literature
2. Poetry
3. Form
4. Prose
5. Genre
6. Fiction
7. Drama
8. Non-fiction
9. Rhythm
10. Language

TASK 3: I REMEMBER

A Poison Tree
Title and Author: By: William Blake

A Poison Tree by William Blake is a poem

that focuses on the emotion of anger and deals
Message and content with the darker side of human psyche. It uses
metaphor, antithesis and biblical associations
to highlight the self-damage by surpassing
anger. The emphasis is on letting go of
negative emotions and moving with life before
this energy impacts on health and well-being of
 others.
Furthermore, the poet used a metaphoric style.
An apple depicts the author vengeance; the
tree depicts loss of patience, underneath which
kills his enemy. It has a four sets of rhyming
couplets. Each stanza remains continued to
the next, and gives the poem a hurried, almost
furtive tone that matches the secretive deeds
carried in the darkness of poem’s content.
Thus, the author has clearly stated his anger
and feeling of vengeance in his heart. Though
he forgive his friend but it hasn’t and will never
forgive enemy for the wrongs that he has done,
and the hurt he has caused to him. Therefore,
the feeling of anger shaped up and now he can
do anything to make his enemy suffer and pay
for his karmas. However, the poet does not
even wish to wait for the justice of karmas; he
wishes to put an end to his vengeance by
murdering his enemy on his own, and so he
does. He kill or murder his enemy in the end,
and gets back his peace of mind.

There’s a lot of things that more likely

readers may like in the poem. Personally liked
the metaphoric style used by the author. A tree
Things I like about the poem to show what happens to seed, the begin of his
anger. Ultimately, the anger bears fruit, the
apple on the tree. When the foe sneaks into
the author’s garden and eat the apple, the foe
dies from its poison. In short, the author’s
anger killed his foe. Moreover, the poem made
me realized that anger should not suppressed
me. One must learn to forgive and let go of
negative emotions, and move on to the next
chapter of life. Indeed, the poem is the
masterpiece of realization.
TASK 4: WRITERS’ BANQUET (Filipino)

N. J. 1917

Nick Joaquin, a poet, playwright, novelist by time

Start as proofreader, editor, essayist in time

Widely known as historian at clime,

that resonate historical events at lime.

Towering the literary form as pantomime

“A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino” became its prime

Not just a single time but in regime

Truly, Nick Joaquin is a hero in chime

His work remain optimistic at dime

Lingered in the richness or volume by time

An immortalized work figured in heart of bime

Thus, Nick Joaquin, the literary laureate in centime

Flying high in the rays of chime

N.J. published his work in mystery of centime,

and, signed in the heart of literature as prime

That we indebted to owe all the time.

TASK 4: WRITERS’ BANQUET (International)

G.O.A.T

( Greatest of all time)

A man who lived 400 years ago in clue

His name is William Shakespeare, the indigo of blue

Lived in 100 miles, Northwest of London in town

An actor, playwright, both prosperous to bow a crown

With reputation and intellectual rapidity

He became the master of his own creativity

An English poet by scheme,

that often sees in book of literature, thus, in scheme.

He is the most quoted English author to go,

that signifies human has blue ego in indigo.

Made an art through writing from potion to notion

Skated in “Two Nobles Men”, the motion of emotion

Throughout his journey, thus, his greatness remained timely

He mastered and patterned his own contemporary widely

that banded as feature of future,

in later pages of literature.

TASK 5: CHOOSE AND ANALYZE

SopFlipProsVel

Spoken word poetry is intended for onstage performances,

that associated with hip-hop culture by chances.

Evolved to include different style or type;

thus, spoken word poetry is such a hype.

Alongside is the famous flip top

A Filipino rap battle on fire to bop

Insult range from head- to-toe

Oh! My friend, don’t be mad like a foe in tic-tac-toe!

Prose fiction is another example

The most organic of writing style in tone to lone,

that ranges in time or period to hone;

A prose fiction that can never be on stone.

OH, wait! Graphic novel is coming up hill!

A comic with book length till to bill

Done by multiple pages of panels,

that unfold stories by channels.

ASSESMENT:

1. What makes fiction different from non-fiction text?

Fiction is fabricated and based on author’s imagination. It often refers to a plot, settings and
characters created from the imagination. Non-fiction, by contrast, is factual and reports on the
true events. Usually, non-fiction has higher standard to uphold than fiction. Therefore, If it reports
truth, it is non-fiction. If it stretches the truth, it is fiction.

2. What are the salient features of prose, poetry, and dram as forms of literature and arts?

Salient feature of Prose

 most organic of writing style
 natural narrative inspired by how the world digest language
 colloquial take on fiction

Salient feature of Poetry

 arouse emotions
 allows the particular to represent the more general
 have a transcendental quality
 embodiment of human values not a kind of syntax
 give universal and enduring thought of life

Salient features of Drama

 artistically presented with dialogues

 meant to perform on stage
 structured with dialogues that known as script
 comprises of characters, plot, setting as well as symbolism
 impactful and real
3. For you, what image will best represent literature as a significant human experience? Explain
your answer.

The strength of scenic writing lies in its ability to evoke sensual images. Among the strangest
illusions, I think the best image that represent literature is the impulsivity of fire and withholding
emotions of ice. This represent the human experience all throughout the circumstances of life.
Moreover, these two images connotes the contrast between what was expected and what is
actually happened. The impulsivity of fire is the omission of negative connotation about human
experience while the withholding emotions of ice connotes the positive experience. Now, in a
certain aspect or concept like literature, the negative connotation may create a significant
masterpiece in literature, likewise in the positive connotation. Therefore, literature is the omission
of negative and positive human experience that written in a book of literature as an art.
UNIT II: TEACHING LITERATURE- An Overview

LEARNING ACTIVITIES:

TASK 1: POEM

Literature
Literature, one word, ten letters
Hang, hanging in toddlers fingers
Stress, stresses the mind of readers,
but, right to left love from strangers.

Culture, cultured the book of lovers

Measure, ensure the moral values of readers
Quote, quoted the philosophical nature of philosophers,
and, decode the code of writers.

Keen, keener to gain insight from believers,

but, literature lecture pure values to ponders.
Express, impress every page of papers
Literature pleasure the mind of readers bearers

Holy Poly! Literature brochure the mind of explorers

Bow! Wow! Sweet, tweet as boosters butlers
Truly, literature curve readers, writers, thus, masters
By simply, swiftly values the value of literature as gazers
TASK 3: PLAN

I. Objectives At the end of the lesson, students must

have:
A. reading text with accuracy,
appropriate and proper
expression
B. showing tactfulness when
reading a text with others
II. Content Standard The learner listens critically to different text
types; expresses ideas logically in oral and
written forms; needs.
Topic Demonstrate Interest in Reading
Materials PowerPoint Presentation and book
Reference Growing in English p.72
III. Engagement Let students read a story, and then divide
the class by pair and let each pair read the
story with accuracy, appropriate and proper
expression.
IV. Exploration Allow students to read the story “A Visit to
the City”, and let them answer the following
questions.
1. What have you notice
while you are reading
the story?
2. In what part of the
story you use
accuracy, appropriate
and proper
expression?
3. Is it proper to read the
story with accuracy,
appropriate and
 accuracy?
V. Explanation Discuss the proper reading of text with
accuracy, appropriate and proper
expression.
VI. Elaboration Let the students read again the story “A
Visit to the City”, with accuracy, appropriate
and proper expression.
VII. Evaluation Read the story “Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs” with accuracy, appropriate and
proper expression. Must be done by pair to
exchange dialogue.
ASSESSMENT
1. What factors affect interest in literature?
Positive factors
 knowing to read first
 getting used or into habit
 living to read more
 becomes their communication
 provides them connection
 the only means of entertainment

Negative factors

 don’t have time

 don’t know what to read
 prefer movie instead
 reading is too hard
 never got into habit
 reading keeps them awake

2. What do you think is the best approach in teaching literature? Why?

I think the Language-Based approach is the best approach in teaching literature. Why?
Because it encourages students to be actively participate in the process of understanding the
meaning of text. It also focuses on phonology (sounds), graphology (visual effect of the text),
semantics (meaning), dialect (variations of standard English), register (tone), period
(archaisms) and function (message in the text). These guides students to express their
opinions towards a text and to generate language in every activities. This is done by providing
students an exposure to the target language and connecting them to a specific vocabulary and
other aspects of the language where literary text are seen as means to improve language
proficiency.
3. Share your experiences in one of your literature classes and identify the approaches used by
your former literature teacher.

Way back in high school, one of our teacher in literature discussed the Greek Literature. It’s all
about Gods and Goddesses. Actually, we are familiar in some names of God and Goddesses
like Cupid and Psyche, Hades, Athena, Perseus, but the rest are still unknown to us. Aside
from we can’t identify the names, also the pronunciation and their information left us anxious.
So, what our teacher did? He use the paraphrastic approach. He re-tell the text to us and
simple the terms to explain what are they and who are they. In short, the complicated ones
made into simpler for us to understand easily.
UNIT III: TEACHING POETRY AND DRAMATIC POETRY

LEARNING ACTIVITIES:

LYRICISM
Gauging students comprehension that allow themselves to explore creativity.

To plan, choose five titles of a poem. Divide the students into five groups with assign leaders. The
leaders will pick randomly in the choices of title. They will be given at least 10 minutes to
compose a two (2) stanza poem related to the title they’ve pick. Then, after 10 minutes, they
present it as a song. Depending on how the students responds, this will gain an understanding of
class comprehension.

ASSESSMENT:
Making a Learning Plan in Teaching Poetry
I. Objectives At the end of the of the lesson, students
must have:
A. analyzed elements of poetry
such as rhymes, sound
devices ( onomatopoeia,
alliteration, and assonance)
B. inferred the meaning of
unfamiliar words based on the
given context clue
II. Content Standards Values the purpose/function of sound
devices and rhymes
Topic Rhymes and Sound Devices of Poem

Materials PowerPoint Presentation and book

Reference New Dynamic Series in English p. 78

III. Engagement Let students read an example of a poem,

and let them tell the words that rhyme and
the sound devices being used.
IV. Exploration Allow students to complete the following
short poems using the words inside the
parenthesis.
A. Rhymes
One morning, Pretty
Little___________(lane,
garden, hen) is eating.
B. Alliteration
Sheep should ____________
in a shed. (sleep, away, sway)
C. Assonance
I lie down by my side for
my__________. ( lady, bride,
baby)
D. Onomatopoeia
Whoosh, passing breeze
Whoosh, whoosh_______.
(splash, sparks, sprinkle)

V. Explanation Discuss the function and purposes of

UNIT 4: TEACHING PROSE AND DRAMATIC PROSE

LEARNING ACTIVITIES:

STORY RELAY

Run this short exercise to build topic comprehension.

Fold the paper where the random letters of the alphabet is written, then, distribute it a class. As they
hand the paper, students who got the letter A will create the first sentence of the story. Continuous until
the last letter of the alphabet. Make sure to give 5 minutes time for every students to create their relay
story. This will help to quickly assess if students can process a content in an allotted time.

ASSESSMENT:

Make a Learning Plan in Teaching Prose

I. Objectives At the end of the lesson, students must have:

A. defined prose fiction
B. discussed its nature and;
C. composed their own prose fiction
piece
II. Content Standard Possess its own unique fiction writing style
Topic Meaning and Nature of Prose Fiction
Materials PowerPoint Presentation, video clip and book
Reference English Basics
III. Engagement Present a video about prose fiction, then,
students will answer the following question:
A. Write your own definition of a
prose fiction, then, expound its
nature.
IV. Exploration Allow students to choose and read an example
of prose fiction. Then, let them identify what
type of prose fiction by expanding its nature.
V. Explanation Discuss the meaning and nature of prose
 fiction.
VI. Elaboration Read an example prose fiction “Animal Farm”
by George Orwell. Highlight and illustrate the
creative edge of the literary piece.
VII. Evaluation Produce your own prose fiction piece that
shows a deeper understanding towards
humanity.
 A Detailed Lesson Plan in English (Secondary)

By: Maria Rica Lagaña

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, students must have:
A. defined prose fiction and discussed its nature
B. analyze text to effectively understand information/messages
C. compose their own prose fiction piece

II. Subject Matter

Topic: Meaning and Nature of Prose Fiction
Materials: PowerPoint Presentation, video clip, book and picture
Reference: English Basics

III. Procedure

A. Learning Activities

Teacher’s activity Student’s activity

“Good Moring, class!” “Good Morning, Ma’am!”

“Let us pray first”…. (One student will lead the prayer)

(Checking of Attendance) (Students will raise their hands and
……….say present………. say present as the teacher calls in
their names)

“How’s your day student? Is it good so “It was good, Ma’am!”

far?”

“Okay, that’s good to hear. So, let’s “Yes, Ma’am!”

begin this with an activity. Are you
ready?”
IV. Application
Choose one prose fiction example. You may check the different websites or book for some
example. Read the text at least twice and create a critical analysis. Follow the structure below.

Introduction
Plot summary/Description
Analysis/Interpretation
Conclusion/Evaluation

Your work will be check based on the given criteria: Motivation

“Is prose fiction inspired by how the world digest language?”
Divide the students into two groups. Draw lots to decide whether who is pro and anti-
proposition. They must have to make a stand whether they agree or not in the topic given
above. Duration of activity is only 30 minutes.
 Teacher’s activity Student’s activity
“Job well done, students! Both sides “Thank You, Ma’am!”
really stand for their proposition. Very
good!”

“Okay, let’s proceed to our lesson proper. “Yes, Ma’am!”

Are you ready?

A. Lesson Proper

Teacher’s activity Student’s activity

A. Presentation
Present a picture or prose fiction.
Let the students identify some
ideas or terms related to it.

B. Motivation
“Ma’am, maybe organic style of writing.”
“Students, what are your ideas or
terms related to the picture I’ve
presented?”
 “Okay! What else?” “Ma’am, they are the writings that built
upon a structure of sentences as opposed
to poetic verse.”

“Very good! Now, let’s discuss the

meaning and nature of prose “Yes, Ma’am!”
fiction. Are you ready?”

C. Discussion
“Okay, prose fiction is the most
organic writing style, using a
natural narrative inspired by how
the world digests language- a
colloquial take on fiction that is
constantly evolving.”

“So, the term or ideas that you’ve

given earlier are correct. Another, “Okay, Ma’am!”
prose fiction opposed to poetic
verse. It is build upon sentence
structure while the poetic verse is
in stanza.”

“Ma’am, prose fiction offers readers a

glimpse into another world. Delving into
“Aside from what I’ve mentioned pages of a book and becoming a part of
earlier, what else students?” someone’s else imagination is like having
time travel way back then. A strong and

deeper understanding between the writer

and the reader.”
 “Very good! So, prose fiction gives
reader a pleasure and
entertainment. Most works of prose
fiction occupying the brain just the
right amount to allow an escape but
“ Yes, Ma’am!”
without an overly intensive
attention span- the imagination.
That’s why I’m encouraging you to
read books in your free time to
explore the beauty of prose
literature. Can you do that
students?”
“There’s none, Ma’am!”

“Okay, some more questions or

clarifications?”

(Student answer)
Prose fiction is the most organic of writing
D. Analysis style. It is constantly evolving by how the
“Nice! I am pleased with your world digest language. It gives pleasure
active participation. Now, answer and entertainment to readers that allow an
the question below; escape of imagination.
“Write your own definition of
prose fiction and expound its
nature.”

E. Generalization
 “Now, class always remember that “Yes, Ma’am!”
prose fiction is the most commonly
produced and consumed
commercial writing style that exist
today, and it continues to develop,
parallel to the natural speech and
language of humans. Am I clear
student?”

Content: 50%
Organization: 30%
Mechanics: 20%

V. Evaluation
Read the prose fiction example “Animal Farm” by George Orwell. Highlight and illustrate the
creative edge of the literary piece.

VI. Assignments
Produce your own prose fiction piece according to your choice of topic. Observe correct
spelling and proper punctuation.