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21st CenturyLiterature
from the Philippines
and the World
Quarter 2: Week 4
Learning Activity Sheets
 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World

Name of Learner: ________________________________ Grade 11 Quarter 2-Week 4

Section: ________________________________________ Date: _____________________

Produce a creative adaptation from across national literature and culture

Background Information:
Have you ever wondered how stories are known even if they were written and published years ago
and they came from different countries? Have you ever thought of how stories are being embraced by
people regardless of their nationality and culture that some stories already evolved from the original version
to the different film remakes? These great works from different nationalities achieved permanence and
universality because people want to share and retell these stories. They do creative adaptations from the
old literary works because we have a grown culture today and the interest of the audiences is continuously
changing. They believe that these literary works are the mirror of the history and the culture of every
country; hence, they want to keep these literary pieces alive in our senses and they want these to be part
of our lives. Literary adaptation is one of the reasons why we still have these stories even today. Just like
when we were children, we want to hear the same stories. Because of the pleasure we received from
those familiar stories that we like and enjoy, we still want to hear and see them, but in a different and a
new way.
Literature and Culture
The definition of literature has been defined differently by various writers. These are the following:
1. The word literature is derived from the Latin term litera which means letter. It is defined as a
piece of printed work related to the ideas, and feelings of the people, that may be true or just a
product of the writer’s imagination. (Saymo, 2008)
2. Literature is anything that is printed as long as it is related to the ideas and feelings of the people,
whether it is true, or just a product of one’s imagination. (Webster, 1828)

Culture
It is the characteristic features of everyday existence (such as diversions or a way of life) shared
by people in a place or time. (Webster,1828)

Adaptation and Creative Adaptation

Adaptation means a change or adjustment to improve something, or to make it suitable to a
different situation. A literary adaptation means to transpose a literary source (e.g. a novel, short story,
poem) to another genre or medium, such as a film, stage play and the like. It can also involve adapting the
same literary work in the same genre or medium just for different purposes, e.g. to work with a smaller
cast, in a smaller venue (or on the road), or for a different demographic group (such as adapting a story
for children) (Abellanosa, 2020).
Creative Adaptation is not just transposing one literary piece on the other medium. It should be
told from a particular perspective or transpose it in a creative way from preexisting material such as a
novel, short story, poem, film and the like. Many features relate to the original material, but there is room
for alterations and your own style/viewpoints to come through, and that it makes it a creative adaptation.

Below are the characteristics of the literature of the different countries and some of their creative
adaptation examples. Read some of their background information below.
Asian Literature
Asia is one of the largest continents that encompasses a widely diverse cultural heritages found
in such countries like China, India, Japan Vietnam, Korea and more. The literature of Asia can be
classified as Lyric, Drama, or Narrative and it usually reflects predominant culture and
philosophies of a particular era. (Sachi, 2014)

• Chinese literature does not include epic poems but rather stresses on everyday issues of society.
The Book of Songs, said to have been compiled by Confucius and the Tao, the Ching, the Central
book of Taoism, both focuses on the duties, behavior, and actions a person must do in order to
belong harmoniously to his society. (Mendoza, 2019) Confucius is China’s most famous leader,
philosopher and political theorist, whose ideas have gotten to the civilization of East Asia and his
influence never disappear. (Saymo, 2009)
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 • Japanese Literature was deeply influenced by the Chinese literature because of its cultural contact
from the ancient period until Edo period (1603-1868). Indian Literature also had influence through
the spread of Buddhism in Japan. Soon, Japanese literature unfold its own style of writing which
has influence both Eastern and Western literature though some of the influenced of the Chinese
literature remained. (Wikipedia) Japanese literature can be divided into four periods: the ancient,
classical, medieval, and modern. Japanese poetry is always brief, consist of vivid bits of description
of nature and never been warlike in character. (Saymo, 2009)

• Indian literary works contain religious and philosophical poetry, beast fables and legends reflecting
primitive culture and Buddhism. They are written in Sanskrit – the older Aryan language. Classic
Indian literature would reflect their predominant faith : Hinduism. While modern Indian literature
focused on subject matters that can be related to society and national issues. (Saymo, 2009)

Here is the example of story which has a creative adaptation of six different countries of Asia.

Miss Granny
A South Korean comedy drama film entitled Miss Granny (English Title ) / Suspicious Girl (Literal
Title) was released on January 22, 2014 and it became huge box office hit with 8.65 million tickets sold
placing it second behind Hollywood animated film Frozen. It has been adapted with Chinese, Vietnamese,
Japanese, Thai, Indonesian, and Filipino film.
The story is about a widowed woman in her 70’s who realize she is becoming a burden to her
family, magically finds herself in the body of her 20-year-old self after having a picture taken at a mysterious
photo studio, then she decides to make out of her youth.
The variation of each film underwent in order to reflect the culture and life of people in each country
and adeptly cater the local audiences. Here are some of the noticeable change and alteration of the
adaptation of the said film.

Miss Granny’s film adaptations

Changes and
Korean Chinese Vietnamese Japanese Thai Indonesian Filipino
Alterations made
Title of the film Miss Granny/ 20 Once Sweet 20 Sing My Suddenly Sweet 20 Miss
Suspicious Again Life twenty Granny
Girl
Language Korean Mandarin Vietnamese Japanese Thai Indonesian Tagalog

Scene / Genre The Chinese adaptation shows scene of people playing mahjong, a type of traditional board
game that originated in China. The Japanese version is less comedic and emphasize
drama than a Korean version.
Songs Songs used were also different in each film.
Clothing style Clothing style of the characters were inspired by their own culture.

European Literature
Europe is one of the seven traditional continents that covers five ancient civilizations. They are the
Babylonia, Assyria, Egypt, Greece, and Rome countries, they are also known as Western literature. Its
literature contributed great works in the world and that it is quite close to impossible to describe the great
literary piece and great writers of European literature in just a short description. However, to give some of
the background information to the students, European Literature refers to the literature in many languages:
among the most important of the modern written works are those in English, Spanish, French, Dutch,
Polish, German, Italian, Modern Greek, Czech, Russian, Bosnian, and works by the Scandinavians and
Irish. (Mendoza, 2019)

• Greece Literature
The Greeks are known as a people of the world who had one of the highest forms of culture that
we have ever known. Their literature involves myths and include the work of homer. Homer is an
exceptional rhapsode who began collecting, codifying, and refining the oral tradition. His powerful
yet subtle imagery illuminates the nature of heroism. His characters’ actions transcend the classical
world and achieve a timeless universality. The Iliad and the Odyssey are Homer’s works. They are
epics that regarded as the greatest legacy of classical Greek literature. (Saymo, 2009)

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 • Rome Literature
Rome literature was written in the Latin language. It began in the middle of the third century B.C.
with imitation of the Greek masterpieces. The period covering the first century B.C and the first two
decades of the first century marks the beginning of the Age of Cicero and the Augustan Period.
The poetry of Virgil, Horace, and Ovid during the Augustan Age marked the gradual decline of
Roman culture. These periods in literature are all deeply influence and led the works of 21st century
European writers. (Saymo, 2009)

Here is the example of story which has a creative adaptation from different countries.
Hansel and Gretel
The original story of Hansel and Gretel is known as one of the collected German folklore of German
brothers Jacob and Wilhelm. The tale has been translated into 160 languages since the Brothers Grimm
first published it in 1812. The story featured child abandonment, attempted cannibalism, enslavement, and
murder. It has numerously adaptations even before, in literary, musical, film and multimedia. An example
of creative adaptation of this story is the Italian version entitled Nennilo and Nennella, and the Romanian
version entitled “The little boy and the wicked Stepmother.”
• In the Italian version the middle part of the story line was changed and even altered some known
characters from the original story. In this version, Nennilo and Nennella got separated to each other
and start a different journey.
• The Romanian version shown a lot of alteration created in the story, including the plot of it. In this
version the two children were abandoned and find their way home following a trail of ashes. But
when they return home, the stepmother kills the little boy and forces the sister to prepare his corpse
for a family meal.
In 2013, there were also four movie creative adaptations of Hansel and Gretel. They were entitled
Hansel and Gretel, Hansel and Gretel Get baked, Hansel and Gretel : Warriors of Witchcraft, and Hansel
and Gretel : Witch Hunters. These movie creative adaptations have their own different twist.
Meanwhile, there were a lot of adaptations made until today and each various version have their
own style and purpose in changing and adding events based on the original story. There are also versions
created for children which does not touch any dark and horror theme of the story. (Williams, 2020)
The newest and freshly adaptation of the story is the Gretel and Hansel : A Grim Fairy Tale which
is a 2020 dark fantasy horror film. The film stayed true to its source material while presenting creepier
twist. The biggest difference from its original story is its ending. Where in the fairy tale the siblings run
home to a father who welcomes them back, but this movie leaves an open -ended finale that is less happy
and hints at darker fates lying ahead. (Lewis, 2020)

Learning Competency with code:

Produce a creative adaptation from across national Literature and Culture
Directions/Instructions:
Read carefully the directions indicated in the following exercises then provide what is needed or what is
being asked in each item.

Exercises/Activities:
A. List and identify as many as you can the popular products, festival, title of a literary product and other
trademarks that belongs to the given country.
Country Trademarks
Example: JAPAN Kimono, Anime, Tea set, sports: kendo, literary piece: The Tale of Genji
CHINA
INDIA
GREECE
ENGLAND
KOREA

Processing Question:
a. What help you identify the popular products, festivals and other trademarks of the given
countries?__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
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 b. How did you know that the identified products, festivals and other trademarks belong to it?
_____________________________________________________________________________
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B. Read the summary of Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s stone below and answer do the activity.
Summary of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Mr. Dursley, a well-off Englishman, notices strange happenings on his way to work one day. That night,
Albus Dumbledore, the head of a wizardry academy called Hogwarts, meets Professor McGonagall, who also
teaches at Hogwarts, and a giant named Hagrid outside the Dursley home. Dumbledore tells McGonagall that
someone named Voldemort has killed a Mr. and Mrs. Potter and tried unsuccessfully to kill their baby son, Harry.
Dumbledore leaves Harry with an explanatory note in a basket in front of the Dursley home.
Ten years later, the Dursley household is dominated by the Dursleys’ son, Dudley, who torments and
bullies Harry. Dudley is spoiled, while Harry is forced to sleep in a cupboard under the stairs. At the zoo on
Dudley’s birthday, the glass in front of a boa constrictor exhibit disappears, frightening everyone. Harry is later
punished for this incident.
Mysterious letters begin arriving for Harry. They worry Mr. Dursley, who tries to keep them from Harry,
but the letters keep arriving through every crack in the house. Finally, he flees with his family to a secluded
island shack on the eve of Harry’s eleventh birthday. At midnight, they hear a large bang on the door and Hagrid
enters. Hagrid hands Harry an admissions letter to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry
learns that the Dursleys have tried to deny Harry’s wizardry all these years.The next day, Hagrid takes Harry to
London to shop for school supplies. First, they go to the wizard bank, Gringotts, where Harry learns that his
parents have left him a hefty supply of money. They shop on the wizards’ commercial street known as Diagon
Alley, where Harry is fitted for his school uniform. Harry buys books, ingredients for potions, and, finally, a magic
wand—the companion wand to the evil Voldemort’s.
A month later, Harry goes to the train station and catches his train to Hogwarts on track nine and three
quarters. On the train, Harry befriends other first-year students like Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, a
Muggle girl chosen to attend Hogwarts. At school, the first years take turns putting on the “Sorting Hat” to find
out in which residential house they will live. Harry fears being assigned to the sinister Slytherin house, but he,
Ron, and Hermione end up in the noble Gryffindor house.
As the school year gets underway, Harry discovers that his Potions professor, Snape, does not like him.
Hagrid reassures Harry that Snape has no reason to dislike him. During their first flying lesson on broomsticks,
the students are told to stay grounded while the teacher takes an injured boy named Neville to the hospital.
Draco Malfoy, a Slytherin bully, snatches Neville’s prized toy and flies off with it to the top of a tree. Harry flies
after him. Malfoy throws the ball in the air, and Harry speeds downward, making a spectacular catch. Professor
McGonagall witnesses this incident. Instead of punishing Harry, she recommends that he play Quidditch, a
much-loved game that resembles soccer played on broomsticks, for Gryffindor. Later that day, Malfoy
challenges Harry to a wizard’s duel at midnight. Malfoy doesn’t show up at the appointed place, and Harry
almost gets in trouble. While trying to hide, he accidentally discovers a fierce three-headed dog guarding a
trapdoor in the forbidden third-floor corridor.
On Halloween, a troll is found in the building. The students are all escorted back to their dormitories,
but Harry and Ron sneak off to find Hermione, who is alone and unaware of the troll. Unwittingly, they lock the
troll in the girls’ bathroom along with Hermione. Together, they defeat the troll. Hermione tells a lie to protect
Harry and Ron from being punished. During Harry’s first Quidditch match, his broom jerks out of control.
Hermione notices Snape staring at Harry and muttering a curse. She concludes that he is jinxing Harry’s broom,
and she sets Snape’s clothes on fire. Harry regains control of the broom and makes a spectacular play to win
the Quidditch match.
For Christmas, Harry receives his father’s invisibility cloak, and he explores the school, unseen, late at
night. He discovers the Mirror of Erised, which displays the deepest desire of whoever looks in it. Harry looks in
it and sees his parents alive. After Christmas, Harry, Ron, and Hermione begin to unravel the mysterious
connection between a break-in at Gringotts and the three-headed guard dog. They learn that the dog is guarding
the Sorcerer’s Stone, which is capable of providing eternal life and unlimited wealth to its owner and belongs to
Nicolas Flamel, Dumbledore’s old partner.
A few weeks later, Hagrid wins a dragon egg in a poker game. Because it is illegal to own dragons,
Harry, Ron, and Hermione contact Ron’s older brother, who studies dragons. They arrange to get rid of the
dragon but get caught. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are severely punished, and Gryffindor is docked 150 points.
Furthermore, part of their punishment is to go into the enchanted forest with Hagrid to find out who has been
killing unicorns recently. In the forest, Harry comes upon a hooded man drinking unicorn blood. The man tries
to attack Harry, but Harry is rescued by a friendly centaur who tells him that his assailant was Voldemort. Harry
also learns that it is Voldemort who has been trying to steal the Sorcerer’s Stone. Harry decides that he must
find the stone before Voldemort does. Harry, Ron, and Hermione sneak off that night to the forbidden third-floor
corridor. They get past the guard dog and perform many impressive feats as they get closer and closer to the
stone. Harry ultimately finds himself face to face with Quirrell, who announces that Harry must die. Knowing

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that Harry desires to find the stone, Quirrell puts Harry in front of the Mirror of Erised and makes him state what
he sees. Harry sees himself with the stone in his pocket, and at that same moment he actually feels it in his
pocket. But he tells Quirrell that he sees something else. A voice tells Quirrell that the boy is lying and requests
to speak to Harry face to face. Quirrell removes his turban and reveals Voldemort’s face on the back of his
head. Voldemort, who is inhabiting Quirrell’s body, instructs Quirrell to kill Harry, but Quirrell is burned by contact
with the boy. A struggle ensues and Harry passes out.
When Harry regains consciousness, he is in the hospital with Dumbledore. Dumbledore explains that
he saved Harry from Quirrell just in time. He adds that he and Flamel have decided to destroy the stone. Harry
heads down to the end-of-year banquet, where Slytherin is celebrating its seventh consecutive win of the house
championship cup. Dumbledore gets up and awards many last-minute points to Gryffindor for the feats of Harry
and his friends, winning the house cup for Gryffindor. Harry returns to London to spend the summer with the
Dursleys.
Source: Sparknotes “Harry Potter/Summary Accessed Nov. 10,
2020 https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/harrypotter/summary/

Direction: Sequence the important plot from the story by providing the needed information below. Use
separate sheet.
Sequence Chain

Title :
Author :

Characters: Setting:
Place:
Time:

Event 1 Event 2 Event 3

Event 4 Event 5 Event 6

Direction: Based on your answer on the sequence chain, choose one event from the story of Harry Potter
that you want to add or alter and make your own version of it using your limitless imagination, then narrate
the events below.

Use separate sheet for this activity.

D. Read the introduction to “Memoirs of Geisha” by Arthur Golden written by Ai is Baka below, then
complete the task that follows.
An Introduction to Memoirs of Geisha
A young nine-year-old girl, Chiyo, lives in a rather poor fishing village, Yoroido, on Japan's coast. Along
with her older sister, Satsu, she is sent to the geisha (Japanese for artisan) district called Gion. Split from the
only family she has left Chiyo is sent to the Nitta Okiya while her sister is transported elsewhere and becomes
less of a role. And Okiya is a house (sort of a compound) where a geisha lives and is taken care of. Here at the
Nitta Okiya Chiyo meets another girl about her age nicknamed Pumpkin. Together Pumpkin and Chiyo struggle
through the daily life of being treated as nothing more than slaves to the resident geisha, Hatsumomo.
Hatsumomo, the story's resident villain, tries her hardest to make Chiyo's life as miserable as possible.
On one particular occasion Chiyo feeling so depressed collapses on a bridge in tears over her life's
woes. Much to her surprise a high society passer by stops to question why she is so sad. Here little Chiyo meets
The Chairman for the first time. He shows her kindness in a world which has been naught but cruel to her and
from that point on Chiyo makes it her goal to break free from the social class she was born into and become a
geisha worthy of The Chairman. After much work and hardship Chiyo is allowed to attend school where young
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girls are taught all the important practices associated with the life of a geisha. She learns tea ceremony, how to
play the shamisen (like a little banjo or acoustic guitar), as well as quite possibly the most important act, how to
dance. The word geisha in Japanese is derived from a term referring to art so a geisha is like an artisan, or an
artist.
After some more altercations with Hatsumomo, Chiyo is taken under the wing of one of Gion's most
popular geisha, Mameha. Mameha also happens to be Hatsumomo's arch-rival as a geisha. Mameha takes a
long time to introduce Chiyo as her apprentice however once she does, she is already blessed with fame for
being associated with someone of Mameha's class. Here is the part of the story where Chiyo's name changes
to Sayuri (her geisha name). Mameha introduces Sayuri is many numerous figures in Gion life and it come to a
point where men are fighting for the highest bid on Sayuri's mizuage. All this time Sayuri is struggling with the
common life lessons learned when one is growing up into a young woman. It is very much a coming of age
story. Through all trials of adversity Sayuri faces her one goal is always to see The Chairman again.
Finally, the day comes when she is invited, along with Mameha, to a party at a teahouse at which The
Chairman is attending. For the next couple of weeks, she attends multiple parties which the chairman attends
all the while seemingly coming closer to achieving her goal. Tension has been growing concerning World War
II and the society in Gion is beginning to feel the effects of war. Rations are set up and many parts of the giesha
district have begun to close. Geisha are fleeing to other parts of the country hoping to avoid getting caught in
an attack. Sayuri and all of her friends are split apart until after the war and once everyone returns to Gion it is
realized the effects of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
All geisha who fled to these cities obviously died and it is a loss greatly felt by the community. Sayuri
desperately attempts to attain the love of the Chairman and the climax of the story is whether or not she does
meet her goal.
— Ai is Baka

Source: IMDb. “Memoirs Of A Geisha (2005)” Accessed Nov. 10,

2020 <https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397535/plotsummary>
Direction: Do the activities.
1. What part of the story you like to change? 2. How do you like to change it?

3. Remake the story by altering the parts that you wish to change with the Storyline. You may add
events that you want to include in the story. Reconstruct it by showing how the events affect and
change the ending of the story.

Use separate sheet for this activity.

CATEGORY 5-Exemplary 4-Proficient 3- Developing 2- Beginning Points

Sequencing The story is arranged Most of the story Some information in There is no
of details in a clear logical way. organized in a the story is logically clear plan for
and the Plot The clear and logical sequenced. There the
Line remake/reconstruction way. One part are sections where organization of
of the story contains /detail or item of information is not the sequence of
complete plot, information seems clear and concise. the story. The
including highlighting to be out of place. The remake/reconst
major events/details The remake/reconstructi ruction of the
remake/reconstruc on of the story story contains
tion of the story contains incomplete inadequate plot
contains adequate plot summary and summary.
plot summary. inaccurate details.
Content Content is clearly Content has some Content has little Content has no
relevant to story and relevance to story relevance to story relevance to
the theme, message is and the theme, and theme, story and
distinctly clear. message, is clear message is not theme, there is
with some clear. no message.
confusing points.

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Word Usage Student’s use of Student’s use of Student’s use of Student’s use
vocabulary is precise, vocabulary is term is more telling of vocabulary is
vivid, and paints a routine and than showing. very basic.
strong clear and workable
complete picture in the
reader’s mind.

Overall Score: ________

Reflection:
Reflect on what you have learned after taking up the lesson.
After taking up the lesson, I learned that…

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Writer: Jenn Clabele O. Dela Peña
Teacher I

Evaluator: Christian Paul S. Sunga, MAEd

Teacher II

Reviewed: Carmela T. Perez, EdD

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Reymar D. Paguio, PhD

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