MODULE 1: 21st Century Literature from the Philippines

Lesson 2: TEXTULA

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BASIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Senior High School

First Quarter
AY 2020-2021, First Semester
Grade 11 – 21st Century Literature

Name: ___ Date: _____

Teacher: _______________________________ Year and Section: ___________

Activity Title: Tanaga and Textula

Learning Target: To show mastery of the elements of a textula by identifying the
poems that may be considered as such.

Concept Notes: Textula is another literary form that is rooted from our very own
Tanaga. It follows a specific structure of four (4) lines with seven (7) syllables each line.

Instructions: Given the elements that make up a Tanaga, look at the following poems
and see if they may qualify for a Tanaga. Check the box for each poem that qualifies.

Ako’y pang-labing-isa Ako ay may pangarap

‘di pa pinakabata Sisikaping matupad
Si mama ay buntis pa Kahit kami’y mahirap
O D’yos ko, paano na? ‘Di magiging tamad

Ngunit ako’y sumaya

Minsan ako’y lumisan kahit sandali, sinta
‘di nakinig sa iba pero sa katagalan
Huli na nang maalala lahat pinagsisihan
Mali’y ‘di naiwasan

Ang dati’y lumipas na,

‘di na maibabalik pa Mahirap ba? Ay, sobra.
Ang pwede na lang gawin, Ngunit natuto naman.
ang ngayo’y pagbutihin. Uulit pa ba? ‘Di na!
Sana ‘wag tutularan.
MODULE 1: 21st Century Literature from the Philippines

Lesson 2: TEXTULA

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BASIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Senior High School

First Quarter
AY 2020-2021, First Semester
Grade 11 – 21st Century Literature

Name: ___ Date: _____

Teacher: _______________________________ Year and Section: ___________

Activity Title: Tanaga and Textula

Learning Target: To analyze the featured examples of Textula by looking into the
rhyme scheme of each example and answering the given guide questions.

Concept Notes: Textula is another literary form that is rooted from our very own
Tanaga. It follows a specific structure of four (4) lines with seven (7) syllables each line.
Despite its conciseness, this literary form may still be used to communicate messages.

Instructions: Identify the rhyme scheme of each Textula. Write your answers on the
blank provided after each Textula and comprehensively answer the questions that
follow.

Textula ni Atilla Roma
Pulitiko
(A) Ay! Walang kapagurang
Pagngasab at pagdaldal
Labis pang tumatakaw
Ang baboy sa labangan

Rhyme scheme: ________________

 Textula (A) is entitled Pulitiko but the fourth line talked about a pig in the trough
(baboy sa labangan). What could this mean?
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Textula ni Adle Enriquez

(B) Isang payapang araw

Kalaro’y hinahanap
May batang nakadungaw
Sirang manika’y yakap
Tanging bilin ni inay
“Siya ay ‘wag lapitan”
Sapagkat ‘di kapantay,
Iba ang kinagisnan
(C) Sarili’y hinahanap
Wala sa alapaap
Bingi sa mga huni
Huwag sanang mahuli
Rhyme scheme: ________
(E) Kalakip ng tag-init
Ang mga ‘di masambit
Lagukin ang serbesa
Para lamang sumaya
Rhyme scheme: ________

Kagyat na nangangatal,
Sa tukso ay tampulan
Kakaiba ang asal
Kaya’t tinatawanan (D) Sarili’y nilulunod (F) Hiling ko’y ‘wag
Sa alon ng memorya umalis
Ngunit kung iinuhin, Lalanginan ng puntod Bakas ay iuukit
Siya’y kaibigang tunay Ngunit ako’y sa kanya Salita’y ‘di dadaplis
Mata’y mala-bituin Alaalang uulit
Ngiti ay laging alay
Rhyme scheme: ________ Rhyme scheme: ________
Rhyme scheme: ___________

 Textula (B) told the story of a kid looking for a playmate. What are the
realizations of the persona at the end of the poem?
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 What do you think is the persona feeling in Textula (C)?

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 Moving on may be the central thought in Textula (D). From whom can the
persona possibly have a hard time moving on?
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 Textula (E) describes a persona who drinks beer (serbesa) just to be happy.
Looking at the whole textula, what seems to be the persona’s problem?
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 Finally, what is the persona asking for in Textula (F)?

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