LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET IN ENGLISH 8

Worksheet No.4 Quarter 3

Learner’s Name:________________________________________
Grade Level/Section:____________________________________
Date:_________________________________________________
I. LEARNING SKILLS
A. MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING COMPETENCY
Analyze literature as a mirror to a shared heritage of people with
diverse backgrounds.
B. OBJECTIVE
1. Analyze the diversity of the characters in the story
2. Give ways on how to deal with people of diverse backgrounds
II. INTRODUCTORY CONCEPT
In this lesson, you will be learning a folktale from a country named
Laos. Are you familiar with this country? This nation is a landlocked
country of northeast-central mainland Southeast Asia. Laos is bounded to
the north by China, to the northeast and east by Vietnam, to the south by
Cambodia, to the west by Thailand, and to the northwest by Myanmar
(Burma). Beautiful Laos is one of the prettiest countries in Southeast Asia
but also one of the least visited. Since the country is small and landlocked
it has no coastline. Laos is known for its spectacular limestone mountains
which offer you amazing opportunities to go trekking and explore eerie
karst formations and caves. Aside from the beautiful sceneries that this
country has, Laos’ literature is also rich. Let us now read and explore one
of the country’s folk tales, The King Who Makes Dreams Come True.
There was once a king named Phrommathat who ruled the kingdom of
Pharanasi. He is very prosperous and generous that his people are
contented of his governance. He could give anything his people wanted.
One day, he had this thought in his mind, “Did I give my people
everything?” wondered King Phrommathat.
“Yes, everything…except for…their dreams,” he thought.
“But as I am the greatest king, I should be able to give them everything,
even their dreams.”
So, the next day, the king made a proclamation to his people.
“From now on, tell me your dream. I will make everyone’s dream come
true.”
One day, an old man walked into the palace to have an audience with the
king.
“Your Highness, last night I dreamed that I was married to the daughter of
the richest man in the kingdom.”
“Your dream will come true tomorrow,” promised the king, “I will order the
rich man to have an audience with me first.”
 “I will be the happiest man on earth. The rich man’s daughter is so young
and beautiful.”
He was so overjoyed that he could not help himself. On his way home, he
walked by the rich man’s house to see the rich man’s daughter. Once
there, he said to the rich man,
“I dreamed that I married your daughter last night and I have informed the
king about it. He will arrange the wedding for me tomorrow.”
The rich man was alarmed but he called his daughter to let her know about
it. The rich man’s daughter was a very smart girl. She said to the old man,
“Oh, dear Grandfather, if the king orders us, we must follow his command.
But we must wait for his order. Today, you must return to wait at your
house first. When I receive the order from the king, I will be your wife.”
The old man returned home happily; he could hardly wait to have such a
young and beautiful girl for his wife.
The rich man asked his daughter, “Do you think you can really follow the
king’s command, my daughter?”
“Oh, no Father, the old man is old enough to be my grandfather. I cannot
marry him, but we have to think of how to get out of this situation,” she
answered.
They continued discussing the matter until late that night. Finally, the girl
came up with a brilliant plan. They asked their gardener to help to execute
the plan.
Early the next morning, the rich man’s gardener went to have an audience
with the king. He was the first one on that day. So, he asked,
“Your Majesty, is it true, as I was told, that you would grant your people
their dreams?”
“Yes, what is your dream?” the king asked.
“Then, I am the happiest man on earth.” The gardener continued, “I
dreamed that I married the queen last night.” The king was infuriated,
“How dare you dream that you married my wife!”
“I am not giving you my wife. This is not right. You are just a gardener;
how can you marry a queen? Now off with your arrogant head.”
Before the guards arrived, the gardener said, “Please have mercy on me.
You already gave me your word that you would give me my dream. I am
following your command. You cannot talk about right or wrong now. Even
the old man who was old enough to be the girl’s grandfather was allowed
to be married to a young woman of fourteen.”
The king was speechless. After a while, he said, “All right, then, I will stop
this command from now on. You are not going to marry my wife. The old
man is not going to marry the rich man’s daughter.” So ended the vain
command of King Phrommathat of Pharanasi. And so ends the tale of “The
King Who Makes Dreams Come True.

III. ACTIVITIES
It was a good story, wasn’t it? Now, Let us see how much you understood
and learned from the folk tale by answering the questions below.
 A. Practice Tasks
TASK II
1. What KINGDOM did King Phrommathat rule?
The kingdom that King Phrommathat ruled is
_____________________
2. What did the King decide to do for his people?
The King decided that ______________________________________
3. If you were the king, what would you do to make your people happy
and contented?
If I were the king __________________________________________
4. What lesson did you learn from the folktale?
The lesson that I have learned from the folktale __________________
5. Do you think we should first consider others when making decisions?
Why?
I think __________________________________________________
6. Do you think a person’s background (belief, privilege, experiences)
affects how he/she decides? Why or why not?
I think a person’s background _______________________________
TASK I
Examine the main characters’ traits, actions, dialogue and speech in the folktale.
Then, complete the Character Traits Reading Response Chart.

King Rich Mans’

Phrommathat Daughter

Old Man

B. ASSESSMENT
 Now let us see how much you’ve learned today. Analyze the literature
we have just discussed. If you are one of the characters in the folktale,
how are you going to deal with other people despite your differences.
Complete the Mind Map with your answers.

How should we deal

with others?

Age Gap Power and Intelligence

Authority

IV. RUBRIC

Criteria 4 3 2 1 Score
Content Includes 6 Includes 4-5 Includes 3-2 Does not
correct correct correct Include any
answers answers answers correct
based on based on based on answers
characteristics characteristic characteristics
based on
given s given given characteristics
given
Grammar No misspelled There are 1 or There are 3 or There are
words or 2 misspelled 4 misspelled more than 5
grammatical words and words and misspelled
error grammatical grammatical words and
error error grammatical
error
Total Score

V. References

Hays, J. (2014, May) Laos Literature, Folk tales and Books about Laos.
August 6, 2020. Retrieved at
http://factsanddetails.com/southeast-asia/Laos/sub5_3c/entry-2968.html
Chanaec, S. (2020. August) 10 interesting Facts about Laos that Will
Surprise You. August 8, 2020. Retrieved at https://nomadicboys.com/facts-
about-laos/
 The Crazy Tourist. 15 Best Places to Visit in Laos. Retrieved at
https://www.thecrazytourist.com/15-best-places-visit-laos/

Images
https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/30751209927223628/
https://www.shutterstock.com/search/old+man+cartoon
https://www.shutterstock.com/search/king+on+throne+cartoon
https://www.dreamstime.com/illustration/read-map-cartoon.html
https://www.shutterstock.com/search/cartoon+king

Definition of terms
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/prosperous
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/infuriated
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/tale
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/vain
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/execute
English 8 Module 4, Quarter 3

Prepared by:

JENICA A. QUNTAL, Tr. I

Antipolo National HS/Catanduanes
Quality Assured by:

GINA B. PANTINO,Ed.D.
Education Program Supervisor, English

JOSALIE T. TONIO
Secondary School Principal I
Reviewed by:

JAEL P. OLAÑO
Head Teacher I/ San Jose Pili NHS

MYLENE P. ABABA
Master Teacher I/ Pili NHS

GIRLYN F. AVILA
Teacher III/ Don Servillano Platon Memorial NHS

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