NAME: RAYMUND JOHN P.

CIPRIANO COURSE & YEAR:

CMT – 1A

MODULE 4: PIAGET'S COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

This activity focuses on a story involving the interaction of family members. Choose a story you
want to use for this activity. It can be from a story you have read or a movie or telenovela that
you watched or plan to watch. Use a matrix to relate the characters to Piaget's stages of
cognitive development.

TITLE OF STORY/MOVIE: SEVEN SUNDAYS

SUMMARY: The story starts when the father of 4 announces to his kids that he is going to die
soon. This father is a widow who feels lonely and misses the company of his grown-up kids.
Upon learning of their father's condition, the siblings decide to spend time with one another on
Sundays. Even though, they have their personal issues and differences, they decide to do this
for their father. Everything goes well when they spend Sundays with their father. They reminisce
childhood and teenage memories. As they spend more time, they get to know each other again.
Each has his/her own problems which are unknown to the other sibling. The eldest son, Allan,
and the second son, Brian have a talk about Brian's troubles. One day, the father receives a call
from his doctor stating that he made a wrong diagnosis. The father does not reveal this to his
kids until the truth is found out by the eldest son. They have a talk and the father explains why
he decided not to tell the truth. The eldest son, Allan, expresses his feelings about the whole
situation and convinces the father to reveal the truth in their next get-together. At the start of the
get-together, the youngest son, Dex, finds out about his sister's marital problems. The whole
family also finds out about Dex's troubles and have a confrontation with Brian. Cha's problems
are brought out in the open, too. In the process of all the confrontation, their father's real
condition is revealed and this surprises Brian and Cha. This creates an exchange of painful
words against the siblings and unearthing of past pains. After a couple of days, Allan apologizes
to Brian and they patch things up. They both take the chance to apologize to Dex, as well. All
three go to Cha's house to visit her. and check her situation. All four meet their father at their
mother's grave and they talk to their dad about how they appreciate his sacrifices for the family.
They work out their issues and resolve hurt emotions. The story ends with the revival of Allan's
store, fun activities, an a dance showdown.

CHARACTERS:

Allan (Aga Muhlach),

Brian (Dingdong Dantes),
Cha (Cristine Reyes),
Dex (Enrique Gil),
Tatay Manuel (Ronaldo Valdez)
Piagetian Connection
What is his/her/ stage of cognitive development? Seven Sundays, a movie that greatly
appeals to our love and fondness of our family members and understanding. It also warmed my
heart due to the way they resolve their own conflicts as individuals by the use of their family and
vice versa.