DAILY LESSON PLAN

DATE:
SUBJECT: 21ST-CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD
GRADE & Grade 12 1st Semester
SEMESTER:
CONTENT: 21st-Century Literature from the region where the school is based in relation to the Literature of
other regions in various genres and forms in consideration of:
4. names of authors and their works, and backgrounds of the literature from the region where the
high school is located.
CONTENT The learner will be able to understand and appreciate the elements and contexts of 21st-Century
STANDARDS: Philippine Literature from the regions.

PERFORMANCE The learner will be able to demonstrate understanding and appreciation of 21st-century Philippine
STANDARD: literature from the regions through:
 A written close analysis and critical interpretation of a literary text in terms of form and
theme, with a description of its context derived from research; and
 An adaptation of a text into other creative forms using multimedia.

LEARNING 3. situate the texts in the context of the region, nation, and the world
COMPETENCY:
CODE: EN12Lit-IIc-29

Lesson Title: The Question of Race

Lesson Overview: (See “View” on page 136-137)
This lesson explores the theme of homecoming and identity within the Filipino-American context.
a. Describe Filipino-American writing. Enumerate the three critical phases of Filipino-American writers.
b. Read the essay “Under My Invisible Umbrella” by Laurel Fantauzzo.
c. Explain the concept of liminality.
d. This lesson tackles Filipino-American writing, liminality, homecoming, tone, and metaphor by analysing
the essay of Laurel Fantauzzo entitled “Under My Invisible Umbrella.”

II. Objective: The students will be able to;

a. Show a deeper understanding of the personal and social issues Filipino-Americans
face.
b. Respond critically to the poem and consequently articulate this response through an
introduction to the Philippines as guide for balikbayans.
c. Appreciate the cultural and aesthetic diversity of literature of the world.

III. Subject Matter:

Topic: Lesson 14: The Question of Race
Materials: printed copies of the lesson/topic and writing and oral activities, board, chalk
Reference: 21st-century literature from the Philippines and the world Teacher’s Manual and textbook
Value focus: Appreciation of the representative texts and authors from Europe

IV. Developmental Activities:

Prayer
Greetings
Review
Checking of attendance
Submission of assignments/outputs/projects (if there is/are)

Lesson Proper:

Activity:
In this lesson, we looked at how whiteness is a form of privilege and how a young Fil-Am writer struggles with
such privilege in the process of homecoming. We first looked at recurring tropes and themes in Filipino- American writing
and explored the many ways in which liminality inflects a Filipino- American’s notion of identity. We looked at the
experience of Laurel Fantauzzo and explored the ways in which she deals with this in her Palanca-award winning piece.

MEDIA / TEXT HOW WHITE LOVE IS DEMONSTRATED

Filipino/ Tagalog Film
Print Advertisement
TV Commercial
Sports

Read the essay “Under my Invisible Umbrella” by Laurel Fantauzzo

Analysis:
1. What did you discover in the activity?
2. What do you feel about the information?

Abstraction:

1. What is the relevance of this information to the 21st century youth?

 Application:

In groups, imagine that you are being asked to come up with a “Five Things a Balikbayan Needs to Do to Fit In”
guide. Ideally, your audience must be Filipino expatriates abroad, or “balikbayans” as we say, who have been away for a
long time and are about to return to the country for a visit or for good. Your guide should highlight the unique Filipino
characteristics and values. The guide must be carried out in essay form of not more than 1, 000 words, to be posted in a
blog. The essay must be accompanied by photographs originally taken or produced by the group.

CRITERIA MAY STILL BE IMPROVED GOOD EXCELLENT

1 POINT 2 POINTS 3 POINTS
MAIN IDEA
(45 POINTS)
ORGANIZATION
(45 POINTS)
GRAMMAR AND USAGE
(10 POINTS)
TOTAL SCORE

V. Assessment:
Complete the following sentences.

1. _______________ is the state of being neither here or there.

2. A recurring issue one finds in a lot of Filipino – American texts is an issue of
___________.
3. Laurel Fantauzzo uses both the __________ and the _____________ tense in her
writing.
4. This cultural affection for White Westeners, especially American, is sometimes called
_________.

VI. Assignment:

- Study the next literary text.