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Department of Education
National Capital Region
DIVISION OF CITY SCHOOLS – MANILA
Manila Education Center Arroceros Forest Park
Antonio J. Villegas St. Ermita, Manila
ENGLISH 7
Expressing Oneself
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HOW TO USE THIS MODULE
Before you start answering the module, I want you to set aside other tasks
that will distract you while enjoying the lessons. Read the simple
instructions below to successfully enjoy the objectives of this kit. Have fun!
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Lesson 6:Expressing Oneself
Read the questions carefully and then encircle the letter of your answer.
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In your previous lesson you have learned that an epic is a long
narrative poem telling the acts or exploits of a legendary hero to save
his country, race, or community from savage creatures. The hero of
an epic is imbued with idealism, courage, wisdom, beauty,
endurance, chivalry, and justice. His legendary adventures are full of
fearful obstacles put up by supernatural forces or people with
supernatural powers. To overcome these supernatural obstacles, the
hero’s prowess has to be aided by friendly supernatural beings.
Maranao is one of the major Muslim groups in the Philippines. The name
Maranao means “people of the lake” or “lake dwellers” – they are the first
inhabitants of Lake Lanao. The Maranao people have rich literature that
include legends, myths, and epic stories. One of the epic stories you have
already read, the adventure of the two heroes Sulayman and Indarapatra.
Let’s discover another adventure of an epic hero in our new lesson.
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Activity 1: Vocabulary Building
Give the missing word by analyzing the relationship to its first set of words.
Write your answer on the space provided.
Activity 2: Reading
An old king ruled over the kingdom of Bumbaran. His kingdom was
prosperous, his people were good ,and he should have been very happy .But
the king was not contented. His heart was full of envy toward his younger
brother, Prince Bantugan. Every time someone praised Prince Bantugan, the
king frowned and looked angry.
"Prince Bantugan is so good." other people said, and the king grew
more angry because he knew that he was not as good as his brother
either. "Prince Bantugan is so brave," everybody said.
The king grew tired of people saying so many good things about his
brother while they said nothing nice about himself. The young ladies smiled
at Prince Bantugan. They allowed him to hold their hands, and they gave
him their love. But they did not like the older brother, the king.
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Soon Prince Bantugan returned victorious from battle. To his
astonishment no one met him, no one praised him, and no one even wanted
to speak to him. This saddened the good prince. He knew that his brother
hated him, so he decided to leave Bumbaran. He preferred to live in other
countries and to travel to far lands and forget about his unkind brother. In
his travels he heard about the beautiful land of the Kingdom-Between-Two-
Seas. It was ruled by a good, kind king and his sist er, the beautiful and
kind Princess Datimbang. Prince Bantugan decided to go there.
"How unfortunate that he should die here, " the king said." Does
anyone know who this young man is and where he came from? By his
clothes and appearance, he must be a king or a prince."
No one knew who the strange young man was. The king ordered
his body to be brought into the palace. The king was afraid that the relatives
or subjects of the dead man might wage war upon his kingdom. He therefore
treated the body of the young man as he would a royal person. He had it
dressed in magnificent clothes and placed it in a large hole in the palace.
Princess Datimbang placed flowers upon the bed on which the body lay. She
also decorated it with colored jewelry. Around the bed was an abundance of
fragrant flowers in jars and vases.
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The king then ordered the great brass going to be sounded. He made a
proclamation that all his people and the people of the neighboring kingdoms
must come to look at the prince or king so that he would know who he was
and where he came from.
People from far and near came to see the body, but no one knew who
the man was. The beautiful Princess Datimbang watched nearby. She had
fallen deeply in love with the handsome stranger.
In another part of the kingdom, some parrots were talking about the
young man and how he died in the Kingdom-Between-Two-Seas. Suddenly
they noticed that the parrot from the kingdom of Bumbaran was silent and
sad.
"Why are you sad, my brother?" one of the parrots asked.
"I lost my master, the Prince Bantugan." The parrot from Bumbaran
answered.
" He left Bumbaran never to return. I have looked for him everywhere
but have not found him."
"Ah, your master is lost, indeed," another parrot said. "He is dead. But
you can see his body in the palace where he is lying in royal state."
When the king heard what the parrot had said, he was determined to
put the body on a vinta and take it himself, with all honors, to the kingdom
of Bumbaran. Princess Datimbang went with him. Before the royal party left
the Kingdom-Between-Two-Seas, the princess asked the parrot to go ahead
of them and notify the King of Bumbaran of their coming. The parrot flew
ahead to the kingdom of Bumbaran. When he told the king about the death
of Prince Bantugan, the ladies shrieked and tore their hair and fainted.
Everyone grieved for the Good Prince Bantugan.
Even the king, his brother, was stricken with remorse and pain. He
was full of repentance. He blamed himself for the death of his brother. He
did not know what to do. Prince Madali was a brother of Prince Bantugan
and loved him dearly. He volunteered to go to the region of the dead and
bring Bantugan's soul back to his body. The king decided to go with him. It
was a very dangerous journey, but the two were not afraid .They rode on
their magic shields and rode up to the sky.
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For five days they flew. They reached the place of lightning, thunder,
and endless rain. Five more days they travelled. They reached the land of
burning heat. Their magic shields almost melted under them. So great was
the distance that they went on for five more days. At last they reached the
highest portals of the sky.
The keeper of the gate asked them," Why are you here? What do you
want?"
"We have come to ask the angel of Death when we shall die and when
the end of the world will come, the young men were answered.
"Go to the next door" the gatekeeper told them." You will find the angel
who guards the soul of the dead there.
So the two flew to the second gate and were stopped by the guard
there.
"Why are you here?" asked the guard. "You have no business here."
You are not dead."
"We have come to ask the Angel of Death when we shall die." Prince
Madali answered.
"Come in but only for a minute," the guardian said opening the door.
"Then you must return to earth right So
away."
The two entered and found themselves in a beautiful garden full of
fragrant flowers and delicious fruits. On a large table were bottles of
different colors which contained the souls of the dead.
The two tricked the Angel of Death to go out for a minute. As soon as
the angel was out of the room, Prince Madali whispered softly, "Bantugan,
my brother where are you?"
From a large blue bottle near them, the voice of Prince Bantugan
answered, "I am here."
Prince Madali seized the bottle and away the young men flew back to
earth. When they reached the place, the king and the princess of the
Kingdom-Between-Two-Seas were just landing with the body of Prince
Bantugan.
Prince Madali transferred the soul of Prince Bantugan from the bottle
to his body. The body stirred. Then Prince Bantugan sat up and stretched
out as if just awakening from a deep sleep.
The people shouted with joy. For many days they celebrated the
return of their beloved prince. Later Prince Bantugan married the beautiful
Princess Datimbang. Source: English 7 Learners Material, DepEd, pp.73-76
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Activity 3: Understanding the Text
1. Why did the old king of Bumbaran hate Prince Bantugan?
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2. What did the old king do while the prince was away to draw the people
away from the latter? ________________________________________________
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3. What did Prince Bantugan do when he learned about the proclamation
issued by the king? ___________________________________________________
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4. How did Prince Bantugan die?
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5. How did the king of the Kingdom-Between-Two-Seas treat the prince’s
body? ____________________________________________________________________
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6. Why did the princess fall in love with the dead prince?
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7. How did the king and the princess find out who the dead man really was?
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8. What did the old king and Prince Madali do when they found out that
Prince Bantugan had died?
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9. How was Prince Bantugan brought back to life again?
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10. How did the story end?
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You have learned that “The Good Prince Bantugan” is an epic story
told in the great oral tradition of the Maranao. It deals with the adventures
of Bantugan and of his friends. You have learned in your previous activity
that frontliners are our modern-day heroes because they have gone through
countless adventures in coronavirus-stricken places. In your family, who do
you consider a hero?
Cut and paste a picture of your family member and write words of gratitude
and encouraging words.
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Plot is the series of related events that make up a story. Most plots
are built with these parts:
Exposition, tells you who the characters are and, usually
what their conflict is.
Rising action is the series of relevant incidents that create
suspense, interest, and tension. It is also the background
circumstances that together create turns and twists leading to
a climax.
Climax is the story’s central turning point – the moment of
peak tension or conflict. It can also be the most exciting part of
the story.
Falling action occurs right after the climax, when the
characters take steps to resolve the conflict.
Resolution is the final part of the story where the conflict is
resolved and the story ended.
Your Task. Narrate the sequence of events in the story using the plot coaster
as your guide.
Source: https://www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/climax-plot
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Write sequence of the story inside the box below.
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Fill in the blanks with the correct parts of a plot.
1. __________is the most exciting part of the story.
2. ___________is the series of relevant incidents that create suspense.
3. __________tells you who the characters at the beginning of the story.
4. __________ it occur right after the climax, when characters take
take steps in resolving the conflict.
5.__________is the part where the conflict is resolves and the end of the
story.
Lesson 7: Phrases
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Preposition – is a word used to link nouns, pronoun, or a phrase to other
words within a sentence. It acts to connect the people, objects, time and
location.
The term phrase refers to a group of words that doesn’t include a subject
and a verb. It acts as a part of a speech within in sentence.
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Practice 1. Identify the Noun Phrase in the sentence.
Write your answer on the line.
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will, shall, could, base form Did you exercise today?
would, should We will go to the park.
might, must, can We could travel to Japan.
Ana and Liza might stay in the
hotel.
Remember:
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List of Common Prepositions
about by outside according to
above down over because of
across during since by way of
after except through in addition to
against for throughout in front of
around from till in place of
at in to in regard to
before inside toward in spite of
behind into under instead of
below like until on account of
beside near up out of
besides of upon out
beneath off with beyond
between on without
Practice 3. Identify the Prepositional Phrase in the sentence.
Write your answer on the line.
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Write the Noun Phrase on the first column. Construct your own sentence
using the phrase you listed.
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Activity 3: Verb Phrase. Read the short passage then spot any Verb
Phrases in it.
Write the Verb Phrase on the first column. Construct your own
sentence using the phrase you listed.
Verb Phrase Your Own Sentence
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Activity 1: VERB PHRASE
Identify the Verb Phrase in the sentence. Write your answer on the line.
1. My mother has cooked dinner for us. _____________________________
2. All teenagers must stay home at night. ___________________________
3. Ruben has gotten good grades last quarter. ______________________
4. The students have cleaned the classroom.________________________
5. Curfew for minors must be implemented. _________________________
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Name: _______________________Grade and Sec._____________
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Book:
English 7 Learners Material, “The Good Prince Bantugan. DepEd, pp.73-76
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