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Quarter 2 – Week 1-2
Learning Activity Sheets (LAS)
After going through this Learning Activity Sheet, you are expected to:
1. Identify through music listening the characteristics of Japanese music in
relation to their history and culture.
2. Analyze the arts elements (color, line, Shape etc.) and principle in the
production of art in Japan.
3. Discuss the nature and background of Basketball
4. Describe the definition and importance of courtship and dating in choosing
a lifelong partner.
Pre-test
Direction: Encircle the letter of the correct answer that best describes the statement.
Direction: Below are the description of the arts and craft of Japan. Find your answer
on the box .Write your answer on the blank.
_________________ 1. The best known and most popular style of Japanese art.
_________________ 2. It is a kabuki make up applied to most actors
_________________ 3. It is an interpretation of actors own role through the medium
of the facial feature.
_________________ 4. It is a red face painting that indicates devotion, courage,
bravery.
_________________ 5. The painted faces of Japanese Kabuki Theater.
P D A T I N G V C T J L C
R R M A R R I A G E F O O
E E E H T A L C A R E V U
G N F G N E W B O R N E R
N I N F A T U A T I O N T
A E F R I E N D S H I P S
N N S Y F X N Y J K W G H
C T T E U L F A M I L Y I
Y E N G A G E M E N T R P
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Japanese Music
Japanese vocal music is quite different from Western vocal music and is
based on the intervals of human breathing rather than mathematical timing and how
Japanese musicians show their spiritual mastery in mastering his/ her instruments
more than simply perfecting a technique of some sort and proving entertainment.
A. Percussion Instruments
2. Tsuzumi
Two varieties
a. Kotsuzumi (smaller)- held on the right shoulder
and the player alters the tone by squeezing the laces
b. Otsuzumi (bigger) - is place on the right thigh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDq2y2Jq9PA&feature=related
Both consist of of five primary tones based on a scale with seven tones. The
two remaining tones are considered as auxiliary tones. The ancient melody of
Japanase music is commonly based on these modes. However one melody is not
always in one mode alone. The melody of Japanese music commonly shifts in both
modes they often give emphasis on the second or fourth tone of the mode.
Exercise no.1 Song Analysis
Sing the Yosen scale and the song “Sakura”. Analyze the different musical elements
used.
(Sakura-Cherry Blossoms) is a traditional Japanesefolk song depicting spring, the
season of cherry blossoms.
Sa - ku - ra Sa - ku - ra Ya - yo
i no Sa - ra wa Mi - wa - la - su ka - gi
ri Ka - su - mi - ka ku - mo - ka Ni - O
i - zo I - zu - ru i - za ya i - za
Ay mi - ni Yu - kan -----------
Sakura
Sakura Sakura
sakura yayoi no sorawa
mi-watasukagiri kasumika kumoka nioizo
izuru izaya zaya mini yukan
Cherry Blossoms
Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms,
Across the Spring sky,
As far as you can see.
Is it a mist, or clouds? Fragrant in the air.
Come now, come,
Let’s look, at last
Questions
b. Dynamics
c. Timber
d. Rhytm
e. Form
3. What can you conclude from the musical elements in the song in relation to the
characteristics of Japanese music?
Answer here:
Japanese Ukiyo-e
The best known and most popular style of Japanese art is ukiyo-e ,which is
Japanese for ‘ picture of floating world ‘”and it is related to the style of woodblock
print making that shows scenes of harmony and carefree everyday living. Ukiyo-e
art was produced in a diversity of different media , including painting and become art
domain of the upper classes and royalty but later was also produced by the common
people.
Painting in East Asia do not apply only on paper , silk and wood . Performers
of Kabuki in Japan and Peking Opera in China use their faces as the canvas for
painting while mask painting is done in Korea.
Peking oprea face – painting or Jingju Lianpu is done with different colors
in accordance with the performing characters personality and historical assessment.
The hero type characters are normally painted
In relatively simple colors whereas enemies bandits , Rebels and other have
more complicated designs on their faces.
It is traditional special way of make up in Chinese Operas in Pursuit of the
expected effect of performance . Originally Lianpu is called False Mask.
Reading Resource : www.absolutechinatours.com
Kabuki makeup is another way of face painting which has two types:
1. Standard makeup- applied to most actors
2. Kumadori makeup- applied to villians and heroes.
It is compose of very dramatic lines and shapes using colors that represents certain
qualities.
Dark red - passion or anger
Dark blue - depression or sadness
Pink - youth
Light green - calm
Black - fear
Purple - nobility
Some examples of face painting are:
Mukimi - guma or Suji-guma, where lines are painted onto an actor’s face.
Origami – came from “ori” meaning folding and kami meaning paper. It is the
traditional Japanese art of paper folding.Flowers , animals, birds, fish , geometric
shapes and dolls are the common models in Japanese origami.
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3.
History
Shooting – is the first basic skills to be learned -the most practiced skill of the game.
Dribbling – is a skill that you should master. It allows you to move around the court
while you’re in possession of the ball
Passing – basketball is a team game, it means all players are involved with the
process of playing the game and should function as one of the primary skills created
to accomplish this is passing.
Rebounding – is one of the major aspects of the game. It is your ability to jump with
power to gain possession of the ball as it bounces to the rim after a failed shoot
before it touches the floor.
Running – is one of the basic skills that a basketball player should possess,
because in this sport, speed defines best.
Exercise no. 3
Let’s check if you understood the lecture given. Answer the following questions:
1. What is basketball?
Love and infatuation – are both intense emotions that one feels for another person.
Infatuation or crush- is the state of being completely carried away by unreasoning
passion or love; addictive love.
Love – is a deep affection for someone and is based on true desire for the other
person’s best interest.
Affection – admiration for someone that maybe include the desire to get to know
that person better.
Courtship- is the period of the couple’s relationship which precedes their
engagement and marriage or it is an establishment of an agreed relationship
of more enduring kind.
Rooster courtship
Is a form of courting in Luzon. The rooster is assigned to be negotiator
wherein the male chicken is left of the house of the courted lady to crow every
morning for the admired of the lady’s family.
Bulacan
A kind of courtship known as the naninilong means serenading from under the
house, at midnight, the suitor goes beneath the nipa hut, a house that is elevated by
bamboo poles and the pricks the admired woman by using a pointed object to catch
the attention of the sleeping lady, after they converse in whisper.
Batangas
Men manifest their sincerity and loyalty to the women they are courting though
gesture and actions. Women are serenaded with tagalog songs accompanied by a
guitar. Men serve the family and relatives of the women by doing house chores such
as chopping wood, fetching water, cleaning the surroundings.
He is obliged to pay respect to the woman’s parents by saying mano po. In
living room they are seated within proper distance not close to each other.
Pangasinan
Folks make use taga-amo which means tamer a form of love potion or charm
which can be rubbed on the skin of the admired. The suitor may also resort to the
use of palabas meaning show or drama wherein the woman succumbs to revealing
her love to her suitor, who on the other hand pretends to commit suicide if the lady
does not confess her true feelings.
Kalinga
Ifugao’s practice a courtship called ca-i-sing or ebgan to Kalingas and pangis
to Tingguians where man and women are separated into houses. The house for
male is called ato, while the house for females is known as the olog or agamang.
The man visits the woman’s house to sing romantic songs and the woman replies to
these songs through singing. The courtship rituals are guarded by the elders who
inform the parents of both parties about the progress of the courtship.
Palawan
They performed courtship through the use of love riddles or pasaguli. The
purpose of love riddle is to assess the sentiments of parents of both suitor and the
woman. Pabalic / pabalik is done to settle the price in a form of dowry that will be
received by the woman form the courting man.
Visayas
Cebuanos also resort to serenading called balak. They also write love letters
that are sent through a trusted friend. Presents are not only given to the woman but
also to the relatives. They also used love potion to win the affection of the woman.
Men from Leyte perform the pangagad or paninilbihan instead of paying a
dowry during courtship. The suitor accomplishes household and farm chores for the
family of the woman .It also referred as subok – a trial or test for serving suitor.
Mindanao
Palabas, Sarakahan, Tupul or Magpasumbahi is practiced by Tausugs in
Mindanao. A suitor would threaten to stab his heart while in front of the courted
woman’s father. If the woman’s father refuses to give her daughter’s hand to the
suitor, the suitor is smitten by a knife.
The Bagobos on the other hand, send a knife or a spear as a gift to the home
of the courted woman for inspection. Accepting the weapon is equivalent to
accepting the man’s romantic intention and advances.
Types of Dating
1. Standard Date - involves two people
2. Double Date - two couples go on a date at the same time and place
3. Group Date - where any number of couples can enjoy a date.
Importance of Dating
Dating provides the partners with opportunities to:
1. Strengthen the relationship
2. Spend quality time with each other
3. Observe the others person character
4. Knows one another
5. Knows one strength and weaknesses
6. Reveal any potential problems the partners may have
7. Develop affection and respect
Engagement is a period of agreement entered between two people in love
for them to be able to know each other and their families well enough to be sure that
they are ready and are suited for lifelong relationship.
Exercise 4
A. Make an interview with your parents and a newly married couple (3-4 years of
being married) the following are your guide question.
3. What are the hardships did the man encountered in courting stage? Why?
4. Is the courtship and dating is important to them in choosing a lifetime partner?
Why?
5. What message you can get from the information that you gathered from your
parents and in the newly married couple.
B. Complete the table below. Give the advantages and disadvantages of old
courtship and the millennial courtship. Give as many as you can.
C. In your own words, define and explain the importance of Courtship, Dating and
Marriage.
Generalization / Reflections
Activity 5: What I have learned.
Post test
_______________ 1. The best known and most popular style of Japanese art.
_______________ 2. It is a kabuki make up applied to most actors
_______________ 3. It is an interpretation of actors own role through the medium of
the facial feature.
_______________ 4. It is a red face painting that indicates devotion, courage,
bravery.
_______________ 5. The painted faces of Japanese Kabuki Theater.
C. Matching type: Match Column A to Column B. Write the letter in the space provided.
Column A Column B
_____ 1. It is a team sport, wherein the objective is to shoot the ball a. shooting
through a basket.
_____ 2. The first basic skill of Basketball b. dribbling
_____ 3. Inventor of Basketball c. Bill Russhell
_____ 4. Led center of Boston Celtics in 1950’s d. Basketball
_____ 5. A skill you should master in playing basketball e. shooting
f. baseball
D. Loop- a word: Loop as many words as you can that have something to do with
marriage. Give your own definition and use the words in a sentence.
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N N S Y F X N Y J K W G H
C T T E U L F A M I L Y I
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Answers Key
References
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