School: BNCHS Grade Level: 12

Teacher: GLIZA MAE E. MONISIT Learning Area: English

Teaching Dates: 1st Week Quarter: 1st

Topic: Reference: LM pp.89-

Weekly Lesson 90
Learning Writing a close analysis
Activities
Competency: and critical interpretation
of literary texts to identify:
a. geographic,
Division Bayugan linguistic and
: City ethnic dimensions
of Philippine
Literary History
from pre-colonial
to the
contemporary
b. Representative
texts and authors
from each region

Day 1 OBJECTIVES:
 Read a poem;
 Identify the elements of poetry;
 Point out author’s contribution to the development of regional
literature

TASK 1: BRACE YOURSELF!

Unscramble these words.
Hint: Cultural groups of Caraga

1. AWMNAMA= _______________
2. ONHIAGON=________________
3. OKAAMY=__________________
4. WBAANON=________________
5. ANLAGKA=_________________

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Background check of a poet

Telesforo Sungkit Jr is a Higaonon poet and novelist. He is the author of Batbat hi Udan, a novel in Filipino. He won
the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Writers' Prize 2007 for his Cebuano novel Mga Gapnod sa
Kamad-an and the NCCA Writers' Prize 2011 for his Cebuano Novel Ang Agalon sa mga Balod. He is also a recipient
of the National Book Development Board Trust Fund for Writers for his Cebuano novel Mga Tigmo sa Balagbatbat.
His novel Driftwood on Dry Land was published by University of Santo Tomas Publishing House in 2013. He writes in
Higaonon, Cebuano, Filipino and English.

I Higaonon
By Telesforo Sungkit Jr | 1 March 2018

I. You laugh I kneel on big rock

I you called pagan, or I pray before big tree.

you say pagan is bad people. You angry I call Migbaya,

You say you is Christian you say my God is devil.

and Christian is good people. I not laugh you kneel on dead tree

or you pray to hanging God there.

I not angry you call your God, III.

and I not call Him devil. I you called brother

I angry you get my lands, you say brother skin also brown.

I angry you get my golds, You say you is my brother

I angry you burn my wood books, and brother is good people.

but you say I should love enemy. You laugh I kneel on big rock

You say love enemy or I pray before big tree.

but you killed grandpa baylan, You laugh I speak wrong your tongue

you killed grandma bae, or I not knowing you say.

you killed uncle bagani, You angry I call Migbaya,

you killed even dog talamuod. you say my God is devil.

You angry I speak my tongue,

II. you say I silent I not speak your tongue.

I you called savage I not laugh you kneel on dead tree

you say savage is bad people. or you pray to hanging God there.

You say you is civilized I not angry you call your God,

and civilized is good people. and I not call Him devil.

You laugh I speak wrong your tongue I not laugh you speak in your teeth

or I not knowing you say. or you kalamura speak my tongue.

You angry I speak my tongue, I not angry you speak your tongue,

you say I silent I not speak your tongue. I not say you silent you not speak my tongue.

I not laugh you speak in your noses I angry you get my lands,

or you kalamura speak my tongue. I angry you get my golds,

I not angry you speak your tongue, I angry you dishonor my sisters,

I not say you silent you not speak my tongue. but you say I should love brother, skin also

I angry you kill my datus, brown.

I angry you burn my house, You say love brother, skin also brown

I angry you get my honey, but you help kill grandpa baylan,

I angry you get my sakop, you help kill grandma bae,

but you say I should know democracy. you help kill uncle bagani,

You say know democracy you help kill dog talamuod,

but you commanding all you help kill even my balangkawitan rooster.

you telling I not speak I angry you help kill my datus,

you forcing I live near plantations I angry you help burn my house,

You making all us sakop I angry you help steal my honey,

you killing my brothers not liking you. I angry you paying cheap my abaka, coffee,
coconut, banana, etc.

but you say I should know government. IV.

You say know government I pagan?

but you commanding all I savage?

you telling I not speak I brother?

you forcing I live near plantations

you making us all sakop V.

you killing us not liking you. I knowing gooder, I knowing bad.

I knowing badder, I knowing good.

I knowing brother, I knowing stranger.

I knowing things yesterday, today, tomorrow.

I ancient.

I Higaonon.

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LEARNING TASK 2: .

Read the poem, “I Higaonon” by Telesforo Sungkit Jr, and answer these questions.

1. Who is the author of the poem?

2. From whose point of view was it taken?
3. Who is the protagonist of the poem?
4. What is the conflict of the poem?
5. How is the word “tongue” used in stanza no. 7
6. What does the author mean in these lines, “I not laugh you kneel on dead tree or you pray to
hanging God there”
7. What is your persona if you are to put yourself in the poem?
8. How was the author’s style of writing?
9. What lesson did you get out from the poem?
10. As a student, how will you show affection and a sense of understanding to people who belong to
a cultural minority?

LEARNING TASK 3: The Opposites

Look for words in poem which are opposite in meaning to each of the following.

1. Open _____________________ 6. Cheerful _____________________

2. Harmony __________________ 7. Moves _____________________
3. Ridiculous__________________ 8. Insincere _____________________
4. Uncertain __________________ 9. Loud _____________________
5. Built __________________ 10. Permanent _____________________

Day 2 OBJECTIVES:
 Understand the message of the poem by stanza;
 Show appreciation for the significant human experiences
highlighted from the selection

LEARNING TASK 5: Line-by-Line Analysis

Understanding fully the poem, identify each line below which matches appropriately to the 1-9 stanza.

Line Analysis of Each Stanza Stanza Number

1. The poet compares the world to a vast battlefield, where we human
beings come temporarily in the camps to fight the battle of our life
2. It conveys the poet’s positive attitude towards life that life is serious, not
baseless or useless.
3. The poet instructs us not to trust the future, however pleasant it may
seem, because we often get carried away by the happy dreams about
our future and forget to act in the present
4. The poet compares the world to a vast battlefield, where we human
beings come temporarily in the camps to fight the battle of our life.
5. It conveys the poet’s positive attitude towards life that life is serious, not
baseless or useless.
6. The poet instructs us not to trust the future, however pleasant it may
seem, because we often get carried away by the happy dreams about
our future and forget to act in the present.
7. The poet urges us not to mind the consequences, or to make our mind
prepared for any fate
8. To him, grave is not the ultimate goal of life; life does not end with
death.
9. The poet reminds us of a very popular quote,”Learn from the past, live in
the present, and hope for the future.”
10. The work given to us is vast and time consuming, but the time is running
away fast with every moment.
11. We will not be living forever here, but we can leave our marks on the
infinite flow of time through our good work.
12. A person who spends all his time sleeping is already dead.
13. The poet suggests that neither enjoyment, nor sorrow should be our
ultimate aim or way of life.
14. He also tells us to forget the past events, as they are dead, and they
should not haunt us anymore and affect our present action.
15. We must learn to labour, to work hard, to act wisely, and wait for the
rewards patiently.

Day 3 OBJECTIVES:
 Point out correct responses by drawing conclusions and
generalization to the selection

QUESTIONS CHOICES
A B C D
1. What type of values did Longfellow Positive Values Religious Values
endorse forces in the based values based on his
making of solely on love of
American the Bible nature
character
2. Who is the speaker in Longfellow’s Narrator Young man Psalmist God
poem?
3. The main thing the young man think act pray quote
advises is to
4. The young man does not want to complicated Empty hard short
hear that life is dream
5.