Submitted by: Dela Rosa, Jhon Ken N.

Grade/Section: HUMSS 12- Benitez

Submitted to: Ms. Karen Pastoral

WHAT’S IN
LET US GET TO KNOW THE AUTHOR THROUGH THEIR FAMOUS LINES

• Can you arrange the jumbled words inside the box to form a quotation and unlock the initials
of the authors who said the following lines. Write your answers on the space provided below.

"Brotherhood is the very price and condition of man's survival." - CPR

"There is so much that the past can teach us." - FSJ

"You cannot be a great writer; first, you have to be a good person." - AR

"The identity of the Filipino today is of a person asking what is his identity." - NJ

"What the mind forgets, the scars keep remembering." - ELT

WHAT’S MORE
TRY ANSWERING THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES

Activity 1. Listen to the youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RAKICNR8hA

Activity 2. Based on the listening text, answer the questions that follow. Write the word or
phrase of your answer in the worksheet.
A 1. Jose’s mother has the following characteristics EXCEPT being________.

a. supportive b. hardworking c. pessimistic d. compassionate

 
C 2. Jose’s childhood can be characterized as______________.

a. meager b. luxurious c. ordinary d. comfortable

 
C 3. The impact of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo to Jose is ___.

a. giving up his studies c. losing hope for his country

b. forgetting his hometown d. relating the experience of injustice

B 4. The characteristics of Jose’s novels and short stories are the following EXCEPT____.

a. used his hometown as the setting

b. written in English & translated into twenty two different languages
c. emphasized the need to migrate one place to another for survival
d. focused on the social underpinnings of the struggles of colonialism of Filipino
 
A 5. After he dropped of University of Sto. Tomas, Jose_____________.

a. opened a bookstore
b. built a publishing house
c. began his writing career in journalism
d. established the Philippine branch of PEN

C 6. According to his essay, “Why we are Shallow?” there is a decline of Filipino intellectual and
moral standards because of the following reasons EXCEPT____________________________.

a. study of Greek and Latin

b. lack of Filipino contemporary writers
c. loss of prominence in classic literature
d. emergence of information on the Internet

D 7. It can be inferred that Jose is unrecognized by his fellowmen because of his

______________.

a. extraordinary love for Rizal’s work

b. exceptional style in writing and profound views
c. authentic Filipino English and anti-elite views
d. unfinished education at University of Sto. Tomas
 
B 8. “Authors like myself choose the city as a setting for their fiction because the city itself
illustrates the progress or the sophistication that a particular country has achieved. Or, on the
other hand, it might also reflect the kind of decay, both social and perhaps moral, that has come
upon a particular people."
— F. Sionil José, BBC.com, 30 July 2003[1]
It can be deduced from the first sentence that Jose _____.

a. writes stories when he is in the city

b. believes that city depicts the progress of a country
c. proposes to other authors to use the rural setting in fiction
d. suggests that the setting of fiction should always be in the urban

A 9. Based on the second sentence in no. 8, it can be inferred that the city used as a setting can
otherwise_____________.

a. strengthen the community and the values of its people

b. solve the garbage pollution in the highly urbanized areas
c. change the social and moral behavior of the city dwellers
d. reveal the deterioration of social and moral standards of the people
 
C 10. Jose as a writer can be described as the following EXCEPT _______.

a. influential
b. illogical
c. relevant
d. award-winning

ACTIVITY 2
B. DRAW A (√) ON THE BLANK BEFORE THE STATEMENT THAT HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THAT
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE TEXT.

__√_1. Lea Salonga begins her performance in Miss Saigon as Kim (September 20, 1989)
 
√ 2. Former President Ferdinand Marcos dies in an inter-organ failure at his hospital in
Honolulu, Hawaii. (September 28, 1989)
 
____ 3.Typhoons Angela (Rubing), Dan (Saling), and Elsie (Tasing) impact the country in two
weeks. (October 1-13, 1989)
 
4. A plebiscite is held in ARMM, resulting in the ratification of RA 6734 that established the
region, with the inclusion of the provinces of Lanao del Sur (except Marawi City), Maguindanao,
Sulu and Tawi-Tawi. (November 19, 1989)
 
√ 5. A coup d'etat against the government of Philippine President Corazon Aquino was
staged by members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines belonging to the Reform the Armed
Forces Movement (RAM) and soldiers loyal to former President Ferdinand Marcos led by
Colonel Gregorio Honasan, General Edgardo Abenina, and retired General Jose Ma. Zumel.
( December 1-9, 1989)

B. ENCIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER

1. The first line of the poem use (personification, apostrophe) as a figure of speech.
 
2. The poem makes use of (light words, strong words,) to express how the author feels.
 
3. The fix voice against the weight of their lost in lines 4-5 means loss of (heritage, power.)
 
4. Lines 6-7 (urge, suggest) for the people to prepare for damage contract and prevention of
aftershocks after the death of the antagonist.
 
5. The word (weapons, ghost) symbolize violence which is of product of anger and hatred.

6. “Thief,” “scoundrel,” and “usurper of heritage,” are words used to (emphasize, empathize)
the angry tone of the poem.
 
7. “Stench” is the word used by the author to express how he feels about Marcos’
(family, leadership)
 
8. The author used fetid language “rot” which affirms his (discontentment, wrath) against
Marcos.
 
9. The author in sixth stanza (convince, persuade) the readers not to be swayed by the
antagonist’s clan for he still believes in future of our country.
 
10. The author (strongly, nonchalantly) condemns in the last stanza that the remains of former
president Marcos do not reach or country.

ACTIVITY 3. READ THE SUMMARY OF THE NOVEL “ A CHILD OF SORROW” BY ZOILO GALANG
AND ITS BIOGRAPHY, HISTORICAL ANALYSIS, AND BIOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF SOPHIA BUAL.
ENCIRCLE A IF YOU AGREE AND D IF YOU DISAGREE. BE READY FOR THE DISCUSSION OF YOUR
ANSWERS.

• The story revolves around two lovers, Rosa and Lucio, who had undergone a lot of tribulations
in their relationship. They were torn between fighting for their love or complying their
responsibilities to their parents. Besides, there was Oscar who gave several quakes to their
strong ties. Until one night, Oscar raped the beautiful Rosa. She was helpless that time like a
gazelle in the teeth of a lion. The two--Rosa and Lucio--said goodbye to each other with Rosa
couldn't move on and wept almost every day and Lucio who drowned himself in paperwork,
books, and all. At the end, Rosa died.
 

• Biography: Born on June 27, 1895 in Bacolor, Pampanga, Zoilo Galang grew up in Spanish
culture and was indoctrinated by American influence. He graduated at Pampanga High School
and studied law but did not finish it. Throughself-teaching, he widened his knowledge which
helped him in making his masterpieces. Galang was the first Filipino who wrote a novel in
English.

(Agree, Disagree) 1. The setting of the story is in a town because the author
also grew up in the rural area.
 
(Agree, Disagree) 2. The dilemma of the characters in the novel is very
common when the novel was written.
 
(Agree, Disagree) 3. English was the medium of instruction when Galang
was still studying.

Historical Analysis: Since Galang grew up in Spanish culture, probably he wrote the novel in
accordance with the era he was in but attacked it the other way around. And it's very evident in
the notion of the novel about marriage, according to Wikipedia, "...marriage itself does not only
signify the union of the persons, but also the fusion of the two families, and the unification of
two clans (Spanish colonialism)."; however, Galang showed a character in the novel who is
Lucio. Lucio was despised by the parents of Rosa. They did not want her to be married to an
ordinary man. With this circumstance, we could say that Galang wanted to show a fresh story to
the people of his time.

(Agree, Disagree) 4. The American culture was imbedded in the novel because
marriage was very important for the Americans.
 
(Agree, Disagree) 5. During the time the novel was written, Filipino parents
wanted their daughter to marry a wealthy person.
 
(Agree, Disagree) 6. A new kind conflict in his novel was introduced by Galang

Biographical Analysis: Galang was a learned man. He enhanced his knowledge through
immersion or social interaction. Didactically, experience is the best teacher, thus making Galang
be exposed to the reality of life. With this, he was able to come up an idea which tackles about
the weaknesses of people and he pointed out sorrow. Sorrow is already part of our system but
only felt if triggered, right? So, it is safe to say that Galang must have experienced the things
that the characters in his story had encountered. There is imitation. There is reflection. There is
heart. Therefore, a masterpiece was unfolded.

(Agree, Disagree) 7. Galang learned all by himself.

 
(Agree, Disagree) 8 . Galang was able to experience the feeling of sorrow like the
character of Lucio.
 
(Agree, Disagree) 9. The characters in the novel were purely created in Galang’s imagination.
 
(Agree, Disagree) 10. Galang’s “ Child of Sorrow” is a masterpiece, for its theme
is universal and timeless.