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 As Filipino Youth, how do
these events/issues affect
you?
 TOPIC:

“Like the Molave”

-Rafael Zulueta da Costa
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:
a. determine the meaning of unfamiliar words
b. read the poem with correct phrasing and intonation
c. recognize and appreciate the uses of symbolism that creates
meaningful expression of thoughts, feelings and observations in
life
d.relate the poem read to real-life situation
e. show appreciation of the poem by doing differentiated tasks
 Knowing the Author
Rafael Zulueta da Costa (born 1915-1990) was
a Filipino poet. He used the name R. Zulueta da
Costa as a writer, and Rafael Zulueta as
a businessman.
He was a graduate of De La Salle College (now
University) where he specialized in business
administration. He began writing poems
in Spanish and later he also wrote in English. His
most famous work is Like the Molave and Other
Poems, which won the Commonwealth Literary
Award for Poetry in 1940.
TASK 1
Poem
Reading
“Like the Molave”
 Like the Molave
Not yet, Rizal, not yet. Sleep not in peace:
There are a thousand waters to be spanned;
there are a thousand mountains to be crossed;
there are a thousand crosses to be borne.
Our shoulders are not strong; our sinews are
grown flaccid with dependence, smug with ease
under another's wing. Rest not in peace;
Not yet, Rizal, not yet. The land has need
of young blood-and, what younger than your own,
Forever spilled in the great name of freedom,
Forever oblate on the altar
of the free? Not you alone, Rizal.
Like the Molave
O souls
And spirits of the martyred brave, arise!
Arise and scour the land! Shed once again
your willing blood! Infuse the vibrant red
into our thin anemic veins; until
we pick up your Promethean tools and, strong,
Out of the depthless matrix of your faith
in us, and on the silent cliffs of freedom,
we carve for all time your marmoreal dream!
Until our people, seeing, are become
like the Molave, firm, resilient, staunch,
rising on the hillside, unafraid,
Strong in its own fiber, yes, like the Molave!
Like the Molave
Not yet, Rizal, not yet. The glory hour will come
Out of the silent dreaming
from the seven thousand fold silence
We shall emerge, saying WE ARE FILIPINOS!
and no longer be ashamed
sleep not in peace
the dream is not yet fully carved
hard the wood but harder the woods
yet the molave will stand
yet the molave monument will rise
and god's walk on brown legs
Task 2: Unlocking underlying Symbolism
Group Activity Instructions: Identify symbolism presented in each line. Use
the breakout rooms to work collaboratively and choose a representative to
explain your answer.

GROUP 1: GROUP 3:
a. Unfold, oh timid flower! a. You at the impulse of your mind
b. Soar high, oh genius great b. The hard rock animate
GROUP 2:
c. You, who heavenward rise
d. On wings of your rich fantasy
Post-reading: Comprehension Questions
GROUP 1 GROUP 2
1. To whom is the 1. In the poem, why do
poem addressed? you think the speaker
asks the Filipino youth
to raise their standards
and aim high?
2. In stanza 1, the speaker 2. As a Filipino Youth, how
mentioned that the youth is would you show to the world
the fair hope of our that you are the hope of your
motherland, why do you motherland? List down your
think so? ideas to explain your
answers.
GROUP 3
1. Why did Rizal, the speaker,
compare the abilities of the
youth to a magic brush? In
what attributes are they
similar?
2. As a Filipino youth, what
can you do to show your
love and concern for our
country?
GROUP REPORTING:
GROUP 1:
a. Unfold, oh timid flower!
b. Soar high, oh genius great

1. To whom is the poem addressed?

2. In stanza 1, the speaker mentioned that the youth is the fair hope of our
motherland, why do you think so?
GROUP REPORTING:
GROUP 2:
a. You, who heavenward rise
b. On wings of your rich fantasy

1. In the poem, why do you think the speaker asks the Filipino youth to raise
their standards and aim high?
2. As a Filipino Youth, how would you show to the world that you are the hope of
your motherland? List down your ideas to explain your answers.
GROUP REPORTING:
GROUP 3:
a. You at the impulse of your mind
b. The hard rock animate

1. Why did Rizal, the speaker, compare the abilities of the youth to
a magic brush? In what attributes are they similar?
2. As a Filipino youth, what can you do to show your love and
concern for our country?
“The youth is the hope of
our fatherland.”
As a youth, what
preparation are you now
doing to fulfill Rizal’s
dream? In what way
would you show the
world that Filipinos are
strong and firm like the
Molave?
Do the following differentiated tasks by group.

Group 1: Digital poster

Make a poster on how you will
show to the world that you are
a proud Filipino youth. Add
one sentence caption
describing the theme of your
poster. Digital app can be
used like Canva or Google
Suite Apps like Jamboard.
Do the following differentiated tasks by group. (Asynchronous
Session)

Group 2: Facebook post

Using
#IamtheHopeofmyCountry’s
future, each member of the group
will write a facebook post about
how you will show that as a
Filipino youth, you are the hope of
your country’s future. Maximum of
4 sentences. Have it posted on
your social media platform.
Do the following differentiated tasks by group. (Asynchronous
Session)

Group 3. Jingle/Rap
Compose a song showing the
ways on how you will
contribute to the betterment of
your country as a Filipino
youth. Make sure to record
your presentation and upload it
on youtube or in your social
media platforms.
Rubrics for criteria and scoring

Creativity Delivery Preparation Cooperation Total

25% 25% and and group 100%
Originality performanc
25% e
25%

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3
 Group
Presentation
Assignment

A. Writing a Reflective B. Preparation for the

Journal next lesson
Think of environmental/political Read the passage closely. Write a
issues and problems you paragraph of 8-10 sentences explaining
observed in your community, your insight.
school, and country. Write your
insights on how you can help “When you take risks, you learn that
solve this certain issue. Explain there will be times when you succeed,
the issue you are most and there will be times when you fail,
concerned with and how it and both are equally important.
affects you and your community.
-Mahatma Gandhi