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Department of Education
N a t i o n a l Ca pi t a l Re g i o n
Sc h o o l s D i v i s i o n O f f i c e o f La s Pi ñ a s Ci t y
LEARNING ACTIVITY WORKSHEETS 3
21st CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD
GRADE 12

Name: Maria Bettina L. Dizon_ Date: 10/25/2021 _ Score_ _

Learning Objective:
• Identify different ways to evaluate a literary text specifically by examining its
context.
• Analyze different literary texts through different contexts using critical reading
strategies
LEARNING OPPORTUNITY 1-2
Directions Read the poem entitled The Martyr by Nick Joaquin and identify the elements applied and
the possible context the poem implies.

The Martyr Speaker: The author of the poem

Being in love means never having to say you’re sorry himself.
After all, at some point in your life
That love was the most important thing to you,
Content: A person who makes
That love might be the one that you hoped would last forever, sacrifices for love and the one he
That love made you believe that destiny does exist, loves describes his perception of
And that love made you question, love and everything that comes
Why you were afraid to fall in love in the first place. along with it. In the end, he realizes
that all the while, he was hurting no
At that time in your life, one else but himself.
Everything just seemed so perfect,
Everything seemed so beautiful, Theme: Martyrdom, in a sense, for
Everything seemed to glow for you, the sake of love/loving someone.
And you were my everything.
Shape and Form: Free verse- It
I wouldn't even think twice about sacrificing my own has no specific syllable, stanza,
and fixed line count as well as
happiness for yours,
rhyming.
I was even willing to bare up this walled but crumpled heart of mine,
Just so I could be with you. Mood: The writer created a feeling
of longing, seeking, and
All I ever did was care for you. eventually— closure.
All I ever did was to make you happy.
And all I ever did was love you. Tone: The writer made use of a
tone similar to the way we all
Being in love means never having to say you’re sorry
conversate with others. The poem
But I needed to ask forgiveness from the one who was conveyed a regretful yet truthful
hurt the most… and eye-opening tone.
Myself. Source: https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-martyr-15/

Quarter: 1
MELC: Discuss how different contexts enhance
reader’s understanding
Note to the Teacher:
Imagery: The author painted an image of how love feels for him.
We can see this in lines like “everything seemed so beautiful”
and “everything seemed to glow for you”. I figure the poem is
something he wanted to say to someone heWeek: loves or5 loved.
& 6 For
the text’s meaning and enrich the
me, the imagery that the author used is aimed to create a familiar
feeling, as if you’re the person he’s referring to in the poem.
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 LEARNING OPPORTUNITY 3-4
Directions: Read the excerpt of the short story My Brother’s Peculiar Chicken by Alejandro
Roces. Answer the questions that follow and write a 5-10 sentence paragraph explaining the
context of the story.
I know how I can prove to you that this is a rooster.”
“How?” I asked.
“Would you agree that this is a rooster if I make it fight in the cockpit and it wins?”
“If this hen of yours can beat a gamecock, I will believe anything,” I said.
“All right,” he said. “We’ll take it to the cockpit this Sunday.”
So that Sunday we took the chicken to the cockpit. Kiko looked around for a suitable opponent.
He finally picked a red rooster.
“Don’t match your hen against that red rooster.” I told him. “That red rooster is not a native
chicken. It is from Texas.”
“I don’t care where it came from,” my brother said. “My rooster will kill it.”
“Don’t be a fool,” I said. “That red rooster is a killer. It has killed more chickens than the fox.
There is no rooster in this town that can stand against it. Pick a lesser rooster.”
My brother would not listen. The match was made, and the birds were readied for the killing.
Sharp steel gaffs were tied to their left legs. Everyone wanted to bet on the red gamecock.
The fight was brief. Both birds were released in the center of the arena. They circled around
once and then faced each other. I expected our chicken to die of fright. Instead, a strange thing
happened. A lovesick expression came into the red rooster’s eyes. Then it did a love dance. That
was all our chicken needed. It rushed at the red rooster with its neck feathers flaring. In one lunge,
it buried its spurs into its opponent’s chest. The fight was over.
Source: https://www.scribd.com/document/184818836/My-Brother-s-Peculiar-Chicken-1

1. Did the author grow up in the city or in the province? Support your answer.
I’m assuming the author grew up in a province. This is because cockfights are not as common in
cities as they are in provinces.
2. Point out possible Filipino custom / tradition that the author practiced / experienced. Support
your answer.
A Filipino custom we see here is the cockfight and bets. A lot of Filipinos, especially those who are
in provinces and raise roosters, see these events as a big deal. They are willing to spend so much
on making their rooster the strongest in the pit or place such huge bets on those that they believe
will win the fights.
3. Are there characters and situations in the text that could be like the author’s experiences?
Discuss your answer.
Could be! The author could’ve experienced this in real life. Since a rooster’s instinct is to attract the hen,
this situation could’ve been experienced by the author and saw the hen win.

If you were betting on who would win in a cockfight, no one would probably ever pick a hen to win.

We see two brothers who face the same bet. One of them thinks his hen will win a fight and of
course, his brother immediately disagrees and tries to convince his brother that it is a bad idea to
make his hen fight for it will most likely end up losing. However, his brother begs to differ and even
chooses a strong, Texas-born rooster to take a fight with.

The fight begins and everyone is taken with a different kind of surprise. The hen seemed to seduce
the rooster, making it submit to her and allowing her to take a critical hit on it. The hen wins, and
everyone who betted on the rooster is dismayed. The brother who owned the hen claimed victor in
an unconventional way.

Quarter: 1 Week: 5 & 6

MELC: Discuss how different contexts enhance the text’s meaning and enrich the
reader’s understanding
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Quarter: 1 Week: 5 & 6
MELC: Discuss how different contexts enhance the text’s meaning and enrich the
reader’s understanding
Note to the Teacher:
(Government Property. Not for sale)