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21st CENTURY PHILIPPINE LITERATURE

AND THE WORLD - G12
Quarter 2 – Week 1
Competency: Writing a close analysis and critical interpretation of literary
texts applying a research approach (ENG12Lit-IIa-22)

Lesson: YOUNG ADULT FICTION EXCERPT

Objective/s:
1. Familiarize oneself with young adult fiction and the nature and elements of
narrative fiction.
2. Write a close reading analysis and critical interpretation of literary texts
applying a reading approach
3. Create/ perform a creative adaptation of the studied literary texts using
ICT

Although the socio-political landscape of the world has a lot to offer as a

subject for writing at the turn of the 21st century, writers at this period still wrote
about human concerns quite representative of the earlier generations, even drawing
topics from the classical works and western mythology. An example of this is Rick
Riordan’s young adult fiction like Percy Jackson. Most of the works in this era are
greatly influenced by the coming of age stories such as The Catcher in the Rye.
Besides, literary works in this century are characterized by the same literary styles
and techniques of early years. Ian Mc Ewan’s Atonement is reminiscent of Elizabeth
Bowen’s works
Narrative fictions written during the half of the century for young adults
are not really meant for teen agers as far as its form and content is concerned. It was
only lately when there came about a need to have a genre specifically for young
adults ages12-18. This type of writing is generally called young adult fiction. It
served as a transition readings from childhood to the more mature genre for adults.
Writings under young adult fiction extensively deal with teenage subjects like
love, friendship, adventure, fantasy and mythology. Though such writings are
dubbed as for young adults, they are also well loved and read by the adults.
In this module (1), you will learn more about one of the stories that has
piqued the imagination of young readers today. Also, you will discover what makes a
story exciting and meaningful. As an outset, you may develop heightened
appreciation and better understanding in your reading journey
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 ACTIVITY NO.1

Getting Started
A. Directions: Match the demigod in column A with his/her parent in column B.
Write the letter of your answer on the blank provided.
A B
______1. Helen A. Vulcan
______2. Hercules B. Apollo
______3. Orpheus C. Thetis
______4. Aeneas D. Poseidon
______5. Achilles E. Aphrodite
______6. Percy Jackson F. Athena
______7. Annabeth Chase G. Zeus

B. Directions. Choose the answer from the box. Write the letter of the correct
answer.

A. adventure D. novel
B. young adult fiction E. Michael L Printz Award
C. coming-of-age-story F. non-fiction

__________1. It is a category of fiction developed to soften the transition from

children’s novels to adult literature.
__________2. It is a genre that focuses on the growth of the protagonist from youth
to adulthood, which intends to emphasize dialogue or internal
monologue over action, like, The Catcher in the Rye.
__________3. It is a fictitious prose narrative of extensive length representing
realistic character and action.
__________4. It is an annual award that recognizes the best book written for teens
based on literary merits.
__________5. It refers to books in which characters are involved in exciting and
usually dangerous activities.

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Discussion
One good thing about the young readers now is that they have diversed
choices when it comes to stories of interest.One of them is the Young Adult (YA)
Fiction. Adventure novels have evolved from the traditional realistic to supernatural
and fantastic subjects..The novel excerpt from Rick Riordan’s “Son of Poseidon”
you are going to read later is one of the best YA stories that has rekindled young
and adult readers’ interest to mythology.

Character/characterization

As we have previously discussed, there are four ways by which characters’

traits are revealed: speech, action, possession, and other characters testimony.
Another important thing to look out for when studying character traits are the
motives for their actions, if they remain consistent or does conflicting actions at the
course of the story, or if they are flat or dynamic characters. Last quetion to ask is
are they lifelike? Are their motivations and action plausible in real life or contrived?

As you read the text below, take down notes about your observation of the
character traits of Percy as a human and that of a demigod.

Directions: Read the following passage inside the box and answer the
following questions on separate sheets of paper.

Percy (The Son of Neptune)

Rick Riordan
The snake haired ladies were starting to annoy Percy
They should have died three days ago when he ran over them with police car
in Martinez. They definitely should have died this morning when he cut off their
heads in Tilden Park. No matter how many time Percy killed them and watched
them crumble to powder, they just kept reforming like large evil dust bunnies. He
couldn’t even seem to outrun them.
He reached the top of the hill and caught his breath. How long since he had last
killed them? Maybe two hours. They never seemed to stay dead longer that.
The past few days, he’d hardly slept. He’d eaten whatever he could
scrounge—vending machine Gummi Bears, stale bagels, even a jack in the Crack
burrito, which was new personal low. His clothes were torn, burned and splattered
with monster slime.
He’d only survived this long because the two snake haired ladies—gorgons,
they called themselves—couldn’t seem to kill him either. Their claws didn’t cut his
skin. Their teeth broke when they tried to bite him. But Percy couldn’t keep going
much longer. Soon he’d collapse from exhaustion, and then –as hard as he was to
kill, he was sure the gorgons would find a way.
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He scanned her surroundings. Under different circumstances, he might have
approach.
enjoyed the view. To his left, golden hill rolled inland, dotted with lakes, woods and
few herds of cow. To his right, the flatlands of Berkeley and Oakland merchant
west- a vast checkerboard of neighborhoods, with several millions of people who
1. What kind of character is Percy?? What qualities are revealed with his
description?

2. What are the characteristics of Percy proving he is a demigod and indeed the son of
Neptune. Enumerate them.

A vague sadness weighed Percy’s chest. Something told him he had been
to San Francisco before. The city had some connection to Annabeth—the only
person he could remember from his past. His memory of him was frustratingly
dim. The wolf had promised he would see her again and regain his memory—if
he succeeded in his journey.
Should he try to cross the bay?
It was tempting. He could feel the power of the ocean just over the horizon water
always revived him. Salt water was the best. He had discovered that two day s
ago when he had strangled a sea monster in the Carquinez Strait. If he could
reach the bay he might be able to make a last stand. Maybe he could even
drown the gorgons. But the shore was at least two miles away. He’d to cross an
entire city. He hesitated for another reason.
The wolf Lupa had taught him to sharpen his senses—to trust the
instinct that had been guiding him south. His morning radar had been tingling
like crazy now. The end of the journey was done almost—right under his feet.
But how could that be there was nothing on the hilltop. The wind changed,
Percy caught the sour scent of reptile. A hundred yards down the slope,
something rustled through the woods—snapping branches, crunching leaves,
hissing.
Gorgons.
Great. No other way off the hill. He had managed to get himself cornered.
He stared at the stream of cars flowing west to San Francisco and wished
he were in one of them. Then he realized the highway must cut through the hill.
There must be tunnel…right under his feet.
His internal radar went nuts. He was in the right place just too high up.
He had to check the tunnel. He needed a way down to the highway—fast. He
slung off his backpack. He’d managed to grab a lot of supplies at the Napa
Bargain Mart: s portable GPS. Duct tape, lighter, superglue, water bottle,
camping roll, a comfy panda pillow pet (seen on TV),and a swiss army knife—
pretty much every tool a modern demigod could want. But he had nothing to
serve as a parachute or a sled. That left him two options, jump eighty feet to his
death, or stand and fight. Both options sounded pretty bad.
He cursed and pulled his pen from his pocket. The pen didn’t look like much,
just a regular cheap ballpoint. But when Percy uncapped it, it grew into a
glowing bronze sword. The blade balanced perfectly The leather grip fit his hand
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like it had been custom designed4 for him. Etched along the guard was an
ancient
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3. Percy had a poor memory of himself. Did it hinder him from fighting the gorgons
victoriously? Prove it.

4. As a character, how is Percy similar to other epic heroes who have special ability, power, or
weapon?
5. What connection do you see with Percy’s action/decision in relation to this mental ability? Is his
quick thinking his best survival asset? Explain

Right next to him familiar voice jolted back to the present: “There you are!”
Percy stumbled away from the gorgon, almost falling off the edge of the hill. It was the
smiley one—Beano. Okay, her name wasn’t really Beano.
As near as Percy could figure, he was dyslexic, because words got twisted around when he tried
to read. The first time he had seen the gorgon posing as a Bargain Mart greeter with a big green
button that read: Welcome! My name is Stheno. He had thought it said beano.
The most horrible thing about her? She was still holding her big silver platter of free
samples. Crspy Cheese ‘n’ Wieners. Her platter was all dented from all the times Percy had killed
her, but those little samples looked perfectly fine. Stheno just kept toting them across California
so she could offer Percy a snack before she killed him. Percy didn’t know why she kept doing
that, but if he ever needed a suit of armor, he was going to make it out of Crispy Cheese ‘n’
Wieners. That stuff was indestructible.
“Try one?” Stheno offered. Percy fended her off with his sword. “Where’s your sister?”
“Oh put the sword away.” Stheno chided. “You know by now that even Celestial bronze
can’t kill us for long. Have a Cheese “n” Wiener! They’re on sale this week., and I’d hate to kill you
on an empty stomach.
“Stheno!” The second gorgon appeared on Percy’s right so fast, he didn’t have to react.
Fortunately, she was so busy glaring at her sister to pay him much attention. “I told you to sneak
up on him and kill him!”
Srheno’s smile wavered. “ Euryale…” She said the name so it rhymed with Muriel. ”Can’t I
give him a sample first?”
“No, you imbecile!” Euryale turned to Percy and bared her fangs.
Except for her hair which, was a nest of coral snakes instead of green vipers, she looked
exactly like her sister. Her Bargain Mart vest, her flowery dress, even her tusks were decorated
with 50% stickers. Her name badge read: Hello! My name is Die, demigod scum!
“You’ve led us quite a chase, Percy Jackson,” Euryale said. “But now you’re trapped, and
we’ll have our revenge!
Percy slammed the metal tray on top of Stheno’s head, and she passed out cold. He put the
platter behind his butt, said a silent prayer to whatever Roman god oversaw stupid sledding tricks
and jumped off the side of the hill

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7. Are Percy’s actions when he defeated the gorgons heroic? Are they believable? Expalin.
8. If you were Percy, how would you have dealt with the threats to his life?

ACTIVITY NO.2

Getting it Right
A. Directions: Work with your parent or any home learning partner. Think of you
and your family members’ favourite young adult fiction (it can be a movie or book).
Make a movie poster based on the story. You can create this the traditional way
(your available art materials) or through digital art. Post your work to the Facebook
page made by your subject teacher.

Criteria 1 – Needs 2- Good 3- Very Good

improvement
Content Student has The student is The student can
Accuracy insufficient somewhat accurately follow
knowledge about the knowledgeable the instruction.
topic. about the topic
Graphic The graphics are not The graphics are The graphics are
Relevance related to the topic. related to the related to the topic
topic and easy to
understand.

Attractiveness The drawing is The drawing is The drawing is

distractingly messy acceptably exceptionally
or has a very poor attractive attractive
design.
Total/
Comments

ACTIVITY NO.3

Sparking
A. Directions: Using your notes of Percy’s character, fill out the grid below
with your observation. (You will be using this as basis for writing your close
reading later on)

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CHARACTER MAJOR TRAIT YOUR INTERPRETATION OF
DELINEATION OF PORTRAYED/ THE
PERCY MOTIVE/CHOICE/ LIKEABILITY/DISLIKEABILITY
(TEXT LIFTED FROM OF PERCY AS A CHARACTER
PASSAGE)
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2.

B. Directions: Review your notes together with your written output for Activity A
(Sparking), then write an analysis about Percy’s character. Use the guide and
writing prompt/s to compose your literary analysis.

Format:

TITLE
Rick Riordan’s character Percy Jackson, in Percy: Son of Neptune, is a
likeable Character in terms of his human and godlike ways in dealing against his
obstacles and enemies.________________________________________________________
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In the early part of the passage__________________________________________
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Thus Percy is a character___________________________________________

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Reference

Frondoza R I., De Guia L G, and Bautista R R (2017).21st Century Philippine

Literature from the Philippines and the World. Quezon City: Trinitas Publishing
Inc.
https://www.britannica.com/art/English-literature/The-21st-century

Prepared by:

RENE L. BENGUA
Mataas na Paaralang Neptali A. Gonzales
SDO Mandaluyong

Editors:

MARY JANE SP. YORO CLARISSA P. TIBAR JAYPEE G. CASIPIT

Master Teacher II, MHS Master Teacher II, ABIS Master Teacher II, MPNAG
Content Language Layout

Approved:

RAMON M. BELARDO JR.

Education Program Supervisor, English

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