Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region 02 (Cagayan Valley)
Schools Division Office of Isabela
Tumauini North District
300610-REGIONAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL for REGION 02
Camp Samal, Arcon, Tumauini, Isabela 3325
Excelsior RSHS

Subject: 21st Century Literature from the

Name: Leanne Cristelle P. Dela Cruz
Philippines and the World
Grade and Section: 11 – Viking Learning Activity Sheet: 1 (Week 2)

Geographic, Linguistic and Ethnic Dimensions of Philippine Literary History from Pre-
Colonial to the Contemporary

Lesson 2: Identifying Representative Texts from the Regions

What’s In

1. include the pre-colonial period, the Spanish colonial era, the American colonial era and
the contemporary period.

2. • Japanese Regime

The major Filipino poetry themes at the time include nationalism, country, love,
faith, religion, arts, and life in barrios.

Also, three distinct poems came to be which includes: Haiku, Tanaga, and
Karaniwang.

• American period

Change in language: The writers changed from using Spanish, Tagalog, and
various dialects of several regions, to American English

Change in themes: during this period, the writers were influenced to write
according to American themes and methods of writing.

• Spanish Period

Filipino alphabets known as "Alibata" changed to the Roman Alphabet.

European legends were infused into Filipino's songs and corridos 3. Folk songs
became popular

3. Here's another distinction in 21st century writing, modernists will be mostly in lines of
free verse, no fixed rhyme scheme, or style unlike traditional authors. Traditional
literature, if you may call it that, was mainly oral, didactic, and mythical, with a lot of
romanticism and idealism.
What’s New

1. Sea.

2. “The battering restlessness of the sea.”

“And neutral where the sea reaches its brine.”

What’s More

Activity 1: Graphic Organizer

Title Of The Text: Gabu

Author: Carlos A. Angeles
Questions Response
It is about the underlying restlessness of life
TOPIC itself and the search of the soul to find a
What is the text all about? type of spiritual permanence within its
turmoil.
SITUATION

What is the setting referred to or described In a beach of a place called Gabu

in the text?
CLIENT

Who is the target group of readers of the The target group of the text are the people
text? How would you describe the group in who contemplate about life.
terms of skills, values, beliefs and
attitudes?

PURPOSE To show people that life is fleeting, the only

Why was the text written? What does it
hope to achieve especially among its
client?
PERSONA
Who is the voice behind the text? What is
known about him or her?
constant thing in life is change, life can be
rough like sea, and that we can find our
stability like when the sea once meets the
shore.
Probably someone on the beach at Gabu
watching the rough sea, contemplating life.

Assessment 1: Reflect on Me

1. Tagalog

2. To encourage people to be excited about literature.

Activity 2: Outline
  Introduction: Philippine Literature is going through drought

 1st point: many are anticipating the reawakening of literature

Supporting evidence: It can be proven by numerous artists in our generation that

we see on the news and internet who promotes literature that is being left out.

 2nd point: literature today is focused on the demand of the public

Supporting evidence: The literature now is based on the trend in our society which
can be proven also on what we observe on the internet, it is most on mere
aesthetics which the public looks for.

 3rd point: A call for the re-emergence of Philippine literature

Supporting evidence: The text urges the reader to re-emerge of the Philippine
literature which we can see on some part of the text. It is because Philippine
literature is fading slowly.

Assessment 2: Theme’s Up

1. It talks about the situation of ordinary people and the injustice that lives within our
society. It talks about anger and resentment.

What I Can Do

 Verse 1: Our experiences determine how things appear to us.

 Verse 6: Women when together, are stronger

 Verse 7: It talks about of the strengths of women both physically, spiritually and
mentally.

Assessment

1. C 6. B 11. A

2. A 7. B 12. B

3. D 8. D 13. B

4. A 9. D 14. D

5. A 10. C 15. D
Additional Activities

I am affected in a way that it gives me a new perspective or view to consider in some

particular socio-political and moral issues confronting our country.