Department of Education

Region XI
Division of Dav ao Oriental
Calapagan National High School
Lupon East

LESSON PLAN IN
21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD

Date:
Time:
Grade: 11 Magnanimity

I. LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson, the students are able to:
Writing a close analysis and critical interpretation of literary texts,
applying a reading approach, and doing an adaptation of these, require
from the learner the ability to:
 identify representative texts and authors from Asia, North America,
Europe, Latin America, and Africa
 explain the texts in terms of literary elements, genres, and traditions
II. LEARNING CONTENT
A. Subject Matter:
B. Lesson: A. Literary genres, traditions and forms from different national
literature
And cultures, namely, Asian, Anglo-American, European, Lati
American, and African
C. Code: EN12Lit-IIa-22
D. References: (21ST Century Literature from the Philippines and the World by
Marikit
Tara A. Uychoco) pp. 92- 95
E. Materials: TV, Tablets
F. Strategies: Cooperative Learning

III. LEARNING PROCEDURE

A. Preliminary Activity
 Prayer
 Checking of Attendance
B. Review
C. Lesson Proper
 Motivation
1. Why do you think history is called “history” instead of “herstory”?
What does this reveal about the roots of history?
2. Do you think women’s voices, and their perspectives, have been heard
and chronicled as faithfully as men’s perspectives? Why do you think
so?
 3. What is the importance of female perspective?
 Presentation
ACTIVITY
Students will watch the video summaries of the epic poem The
Odyssey by Homer. Afterward, they will be divided in groups and
will be given a story to read entitled “A Low Art” Excerpt from
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. (Canada)
After reading, each group will select reporters to present their
answers on the following questions in the class.
Group Guide Questions
Maka-Diyos 1. Why does Penelope consider storytelling “a low
art”?
2. How does Penelope’s portrayal differ from the
traditional portrayal of Odysseus? What do you
think of Odysseus?
Maka-tao 3. Based on Penelope’s perspective, how is she
different from how the epic portrays her? What
do you think of Penelope’s character in the
preceding story?
4. What does she have to say about the “official
version” of what happened? Why does she point
this out?
Makakalikasan 5. Why does she call herself “a stick to beat other
women with”?
6. Do you agree with her? Why or why not? Why
does Penelope say that she “sounds like an owl”
when she tries to warn other women?
7. How much of ancient history do you think is
fact and how much on gossip or exaggeration?
Makabansa 8. Do you think a story is colored by the biases of
the storyteller? Support your answer.
9. Do you think history is colored by the biases of
the historian? Support your answer.
10. Does this story change the way you look at
literature and history? Why or why not?

ANALYSIS
1. Who is the author of “A Low Art” ?
2. What is Historiographic metafiction?
ABSTRACTION
 Margaret Atwood is a Canadian award-winning writer best
known for her poetry, short-stories and novels such as The
Circle Game, The Handmaid’s Tale, Snowbird and The
Tent. “A Low Art” was written by Margaret Atwood
  Historiographic metafiction is a term coined by
Canadian literary theorist Linda Hutcheon in the late 1980s.
The term is used for works of fiction which combine
the literary devices of metafiction with historical fiction.
APPLICATION
 In your group, try to retell a familiar story from a different
perspective and show this in the form of a skit.
IV. EVALUATION
The evaluation is being conducted in Application.
The rubric in grading the skit is as follows:
 50% Understanding of the characters in the story
 50% Creativity
V. ASSIGNMENT
Write a short story or poem that would be considered a retelling or historiographic
metafiction. Try to approach it from the marginalized character, someone who is not
the main character of the story. You ca make a few embellishments or changes to the
story. The rubric above will be used in grading your short story or poem.

Prepared by:

ELEAN JOY S. REYES

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