WEEKLY LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEETS

ENGLISH 7 QUARTER 4 WEEK 6

ASSERT ONE’S IDENTITY AND UNDERSTAND OTHERS

Name: ______________________________________Section: __________________________

Most Essential Learning Competency (MELC): `

➢ Discover literature as a tool to assert one’s unique identity and to better
understand other people.
Learning Objectives:
➢ Identify characteristics of a Filipino;
➢ Distinguish the elements of short story;
➢ Analyze literature according to its important elements;
➢ Create a summary of a story through a graphic organizer following the
different elements of prose;
➢ Compose a story of one’s quarantine experience following the elements of
prose.
Time Allotment: 1 week or 5 days

What I Know

ACTIVITY 1: LET’S TRY WHAT YOU KNOW!

Let us check your prior knowledge about the elements of prose.

Directions: Read each question then choose the best answer. Write your
answers on your paper.

1. It is a brief work of literature, usually written in narrative prose which

can be read in one sitting.

a. Novel b. poem c. short story d. journal

2. It refers to an element in a short story which sets the time and location
in which the story took place.

a. Character b. conflict c. plot d. setting

 3. It refers to the feeling or atmosphere created when reading a story.

a. Conflict b. mood c. tone d. setting

4. The moral lesson or the main idea reflected in a story is called the

a. Conflict b. Mood c. Sequencing d. Theme

5. This element shows an in-depth analysis of the characters in the story.

a. Characterization b. conflict c. plot d. setting

6. This is a form of literature that contains various elements such as

themes, chapters, characters and settings.

a. Drama b. Journal c. Prose d. Poetry

7. This element shows who is narrating the story. It could be a narrator or it

could be a character.

a. Poetry b. Prose c. Point of View d. Setting

8. The character who opposes the main character is called the __________.

a. antagonist b. dynamic character c. protagonist static character

9. This is an external conflict where characters are against each other.

a. man vs himself b. man vs man c. man vs nature d. man vs society

10. A type of conflict where the protagonist has a strong belief against the

majority of the community or surroundings and decides to act on it.

a. man vs himself b. man vs man c. man vs nature d. man vs society

11. Don't judge a book by its cover is an example of ___________.

a. mood b. conflict c. theme d. setting

12. The most exciting part of the story is called the _________.

a. exposition b. climax c. setting d. rising action

13. A type of narration where the narrator has full access to the thoughts,
feelings and experiences of all the characters in the story.

a. first person b. Second person c. Third person d. none of the above

ACTIVITY 2: WHAT I AM

What you need:

Pen and Paper

What to do:

Read the selection “Where’s the Patis?” by Carmen Guerrero-Nakpil and answer
questions after reading.

Where’s the Patis?

Carmen Guerrero Nakpil

Travel has become the great Filipino dream. In the same way that an American
dream of becoming a millionaire or an English boy dreams of going to one of the
great universities, the Filipino dreams of going abroad. His most constant vision is
that of himself as tourist.
To visit Hongkong, Tokyo and other cities of Asia, perchance, to catch a glimpse of
Rome, Paris or London and to go to America (even if only for a week in a fly-specked
motel in California) is the sum of all delights.
Yet having left the Manila International Airport in a pink cloud of despedidas and
sampaguita garlands and pabilin, the dream turns into a nightmare very quickly.
But why? Because the first bastion of the Filipino spirit is the palate. And in all
the palaces and fleshpots and skyscrapers of that magic world called "abroad"
there is no patis to be had.
Consider the Pinoy abroad. He has discarded barong tagalong or "polo" for a sleek,
dark Western suit. He takes to the habiliments from Hongkong, Brooks Brothers
or Savile Row with the greatest of ease. He has also shed the casual informality of
manner that is characteristically Filipino. He gives himself the airs of a cosmopolite
to the credit-card born. He is extravagantly courteous (specially in a borrowed
language) and has taken to hand-kissing and to plenty of American "D'you minds?"
He hardly misses the heat, the native accents of Tagalog or Ilongo or the company
of his brown-skinned cheerful compatriots. He takes, like a duck to water, to the
skyscrapers, the temperate climate, the strange landscape and the fabled
refinements of another world. How nice, after all, to be away from good old R.P. for
a change!
But as he sits down to meal, no matter how sumptuous, his heart sinks. His
stomach juices, he discovers, are much less neither as apahap nor lapu-lapu.
Tournedos is meat done in a barbarian way, thick and barely cooked with red
juices still oozing out. The safest choice is a steak. If the Pinoy can get it well done
enough and sliced thinly enough, it might remind him of tapa.
If the waiter only knew enough about Philippine cuisine, he might suggest venison
which is really something like tapang usa, or escargots which the unstylish poor
on Philippine beaches know as snails. Or even frog legs which are a Pampango
delight.
But this is the crux of the problem where is the rice? A silver tray offers varieties
of bread: slices of crusty French bread, soft yellow rolls, rye bread, crescents
 studded with sesame seeds. There are also potatoes in every conceivable manner,
fried, mashed, boiled, buttered. But no rice.
The Pinoy learns that rice is considered a vegetable in Europe and America. The
staff of life a vegetable!
And when it comes a special order which takes at least half an hour the grains
are large, oval and foreign-looking and what's more, yellow with butter. And oh
horrors! - one must shove it with a fork or pile it with one's knife on the back of
another fork.
After a few days of these debacles, the Pinoy, sick with longing, decides to comb
the strange city for a Chinese restaurant, the closest thing to the beloved
gastronomic county. There, in the company of other Asian exiles, he will put his
nose finally in a bowl of rice and find it more fragrant than an English rose garden,
more exciting than a castle on the Rhine and more delicious than pink champagne.
To go with the rice there is siopao (not so rich as at Salazar) pancit guisado reeking
with garlic (but never so good as any that can be had on the sidewalks of Quiapo)
fried lumpia with the incorrect sauce, and even mami (but nothing like the down-
town wanton)
Better than a Chinese restaurant is the kitchen of a kababayan. When in a foreign
city, a Pinoy searches every busy sidewalk, theatre, restaurant for the well-
remembered golden features of a fellow-pinoy. But make it no mistake.

Process questions:

1. Why do you think Filipinos love to eat rice?

2. Do you think the person in the selection enjoys eating food from other countries?
Why do you think so?

3. What Filipino food are mentioned in the selection?

4. What specific food do you like from the selection? Explain.

5. What do you think is the message reflected in the selection?

6. What specific Filipino trait are you proud of? Why?

7. If you will be given a chance to travel to another country, where will you go? Why?
ACTIVITY 3: THINKING OUT LOUD!

Read the column. Write your answers in the next column.

1. What characteristics of Filipinos do you know?

2. What are the characteristics of a Filipino can

you infer from the selection?

3. What did you learn after reading the text?

4. How does understanding one’s uniqueness and

characteristics become a key to understanding
others?

What is it

ELEMENTS OF PROSE

CHARACTERS are the people who are involved in the story. Characters can
be major or minor, and static or dynamic.

Characterization is the method used by the author to reveal the personality of the
characters.
Major characters: The characters are important to the story. They are the people
who the story is centered around.
a. Protagonist – the character with whom the reader empathizes
b. Antagonist- the character that go against the main character
Minor characters: These characters exist only to highlight or illuminate the major
characters.
Static characters - These are characters whose attitudes do not change by the
end of the story. They stay the same the whole time.
 Dynamic characters - These are the characters who have a change in attitude
by the end of the story.

SETTING
Time and location that a story takes place. For some stories, the setting is very
important; while for others, it is not. When examining how setting contributes to a
story, there are multiple aspects to consider:
a. Place b. Time c. Weather Condition d. Social conditions
e. Mood/ atmosphere (What feeling is created at the beginning of the story?)

PLOT
The order of events that make up a story. The plot usually begins with
an exposition, which introduces us to the characters and background information
of the story. Next comes the rising action, which involves complications that lead
to conflicts between characters. After the rising action we reach the climax, which
is a turning point in the story. After the climax there is a falling action which
leads to the resolution/ denouement of the conflict.

CONFLICT
A struggle between two opposing forces that is resolved by the end of the story.
Conflicts usually involve AT LEAST one major character.
• Man vs himself- a type of conflict that takes place inside a character's
mind. Man vs. self-literary conflict usually involves the main character's
inner struggle with self-doubts, a moral dilemma, or their own nature.
• Man vs man commonly seen in literature and modern storytelling and is a
type of external conflict. This conflict will most often play out between a
protagonist and his or her antagonist, although it can also appear between
friends or acquaintances, as well.
• Man vs nature- Conflict is an external struggle positioning the character
against an animal or a force of nature, such as a storm or tornado or snow.
• Man vs society - A type of conflict where the protagonist has a strong
belief against the majority of the community or surroundings and decides
to act on it.
 What’s More

POINT OF VIEW
This refers to who tells the story, and how they tell it.
a. First person: story told by the protagonist or a character who interacts
closely with the protagonist or other characters; speaker uses the pronouns "I",
"me", "we". Readers experiences the story through this person's eyes and only
knows what he/she knows and feels.
b. Second Person - Story told by a narrator who addresses the reader or some
other assumed "you"; speaker uses pronouns "you", "your", and "yours". Ex: You
wake up to discover that you have been robbed of all of your worldly possessions.
c. Third Person - Story told by a narrator who sees all of the action; speaker
uses the pronouns "he", "she", "it", "they", "his", "hers", "its", and "theirs". This
person may be a character in the story. There are several types of third person
POV:
Limited - Probably the easiest: POV for a beginning writer to use, "limited" POV
funnels all action through the eyes of a single character; readers only see what the
narrator sees.
Omniscient- God-like, the narrator knows and sees everything, and can move
from one character's mind to another. Authors can be omniscient narrators by
moving from character to character, event to event, and introducing information
at their discretion.
There are two main types of omniscient POV:
Innocent Eye/Naive Narrator – Story told through child's eyes; narrator's
judgment is different from that of an adult.
Stream of Consciousness - Story told so readers solely experience a
character's thoughts and reactions.

THEME
The central meaning or idea of the story; the moral lesson the story is trying to
teach. It is a message that gives an opinion about life, humanity or society.
Examples of theme include: love, friendship, good vs. evil, the importance of family,
crime is bad, etc.
ACTIVITY 4: WRITE IT!
What you need:
Pen and Paper
What to do:

In this activity you need analyze the Essay Where is the Patis? following the
elements of Prose. Write your answer in the given graphic organizer.
ACTIVITY 5: STORY RELAY

What you need:

Pen and Paper
What to do:

In this activity you need to recall just one of the best stories you have read
then give your analysis and the important events of the story following the elements
of prose. Use the graphic organizer below to show your literary analysis.
ACTIVITY 6: WHAT’S YOUR STORY

What you need:

Pen and Paper

What to do:
Compose a story about your experience during the summer community quarantine.
Be guided with the elements of a story. Please refer to the rubrics for rating to be
guided how you will make your quarantine story. Choose your own title.
References:
Management Team of Grade 7 English Learning Material. English 7 Learner’s Material. First
Edition. Department of education-Bureau of Learning Resources (Deped-BLR), Pasig City
Philippines, pp. 430-432

https://www.slideshare.net/shyrey/elements-of-prose

https://literaturenotesforyou.weebly.com/elements-of-prose.html

https://kwf.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2_Wheres_the_Patis.pdf

https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/curriculum-development/resource-
support/net/assessment%20form%202.5-%20short%20story%20assessment%20rubric.pdf
Answer Key

ACTIVITY 1: LET’S TRY WHAT YOU KNOW!

1. C. Short story 8. A. Antagonist

2. D. Setting 9. B. Man vs. man
3. B. Mood 10. D. Man vs. nature
4. D. Theme 11. C. Theme
5. A. Characterization 12. B. Climax
6. C. Prose 13. C. Third Person
7. C. Point of View

ACTIVITY 2: WHAT I AM

Answers may vary.

ACTIVITY 3: THINKING OUT LOUD!

Answers may vary.

ACTIVITY 4: WRITE IT
Title of the selection: Where’s the Patis? Author: Carmen Guerrero Nakpil

Characters: Filipino

Setting: Abroad

Beginning: The author points out that regardless of where a Filipino may be, he will always be recognized by his
choices of food.

Climax: A Filipino will always look for rice.

End: In a foreign land, A Pinoy will always look for a Pinoy restaurant to satisfy his crave for Filipino food.

Point of View: Third person

Conflict: Man vs. himself

Theme: It reminds us that although it is good to discover new things and to experience new customs, we must always
remember our roots, for it molded us into the person we are today.

ACTIVITY 5: STORY RELAY

Answers may vary.

ACTIVITY 6: WHAT’S YOUR STORY

Answers may vary.

Prepared by: Reviewed by:

ANGELYN C. SAJOT, SST I BNHS HAZEL P. YABO, School Principal II BNHS