ARELLANO UNIVERSITY - PASIG CAMPUS

ANDRES BONIFACIO HIGH SCHOOL

Pag-Asa Street Barangay Caniogan City of Pasig
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

DYNAMIC LEARNING PLAN

SUBJECT 21st CENTURY LITERATURE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD

TOPIC HOW MY BROTHER LEON BROUGHTHOME A WIFE BY MANUEL
ARGUILLA
REFERENCE 21st Century Literature of the Philippines and the World(2016), Uychoco,
Marikit Tara A.http://infotrac.galegroup.com/it

WEEK WEEK 3 AND 4 DAY

OBJECTIVES (At the end of the lesson, students should be able

Discuss the important events in the story;
Value the literary text by sharing their views on the transience of life orally;
and.

Perform the different scenes in the story through role playing.

CONCEPTS Teacher will ask the students about their experiences in the city. What are
their favorite places or establishments in the city?

Then the teacher ask couple of questions like:

1. About their experiences in the barrio.

2. What do they do in their free time in the barrio?
3. What do they love and dislike most about it.? 4. Do they have friends in
the barrio?
5. What are the like?

1. Vocabulary Enrichment

The teacher will present the difficulty terms through a test. Match the
sentence in Column A with the sentence that has the same meaning in
column B. Take note of the underline phrases. Write the letter of your
answer on the blank before each number.
A B
____1. She was fragrant like a morning a. It is starting to get dark.
whose papayas are in bloom.
____2. The Queen’s white coat glittered b. She smell very nice.
like beaten cotton.
____3. There was a world of laughter c. It sparkled and shore.
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between them.
____4. The horse was fairly dancing d. They enjoyed each other’s company.
with impatience.
____5. The sun had sunk and shadows e. Morning had come.
were stealing into the fields.

P PRESENTATION OF THE LESSON

Manuel E. Arguilla

Brief Background of the author

 Manuel Estabilla Arguilla (Nagrebcan, Bauang, June 17, 1911 –

beheaded, Manila Chinese Cemetery, August 30, 1944) was an
Ilokano writer in English, patriot, and martyr.
 He is known for his widely anthologized short story “How My Brother
Leon Brought Home a Wife,” the main story in the collection How My
Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife and Other Short Stories, which
won first prize in the Commonwealth Literary Contest in 1940.
 Brought Home a Wife’ is that one must preserve, even though
certain sacrifices, in order to reach one’s goal. In particular: – One
may have to surrender a small part of one’s life in order to be happy.
In the story, Leon arrived with his wife in the country meeting Leon’s
brother for the first time.

The story of “How my brother Leon brought home a wife?” by Manuel

Arguilla focuses on the brother-in-law Baldo’s perspective or thoughts upon
meeting his brother’s wife Maria. It started when Maria was introduced by
Leon or in Maria’s way of naming him Noel, Baldo had immediately noticed
that she was beautiful and fragrant just like the morning when the papayas
are on bloom. He noticed the small features of her face like her dimples for
example.

Characters:
 Baldo- younger brother of Leon
 Leon- older brother of Baldo who brought home a wife
 Maria- Leon’s loving wife
 Labang- their pet bull

When the three went to see Labang a bull that his family kept and cared for
as a pet, Maria wasn’t frightened or scared of him. She even went to touch
Labang’s forehead. As they travel to go to their house, Baldo noticed his
brother’s and Maria’s closeness and affection for each other are true an
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Pag-Asa Street Barangay Caniogan City of Pasig
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

strong like they were in their own world.

As instructed before by Baldo’s father they are to take a shortcut, which

surprised the couple. Though, in Waig the stars were of full brightness and
visibility. Maria had noticed and was awed for its beauty, and together the
couple sang the song Sky sown with stars. When they arrived his mother
and sister Aurelia was already waiting for them and as they met Leon’s
wife they cried.

Baldo was called by his father to report back. He told his father all good
things and the fact that she wasn’t afraid of Labang. Maria was a city
woman who had never experienced life in the countryside.

Setting:
 Waig
 Nagrebcan, La Union

QUESTIONS/ACTIVITY Guide Questions

Strategy: Oral Recitation and Individual Activity

1. Where did the story happen?

2. Who are the characters in the story?
3. Why did the father treat Maria like he did?
4. What was Maria like?
5. Who were Baldo and his father talking about?
6. How did Baldo describe the woman?
7. What was the reaction of the father regarding the woman? Cite details.
8. What was the relationship of the woman to Manong Leon

ASSESSMENT/ Strategy: Role Playing

APPLICATION Learning Goals: The teacher will group the students into five and every
group will act the most exciting part of the story.

PREPARED BY: NOTED BY: CHECKED BY:

[ MR. MIKE A. VILLEGAS ] [ MS. MARAH JANE B. REYES] Ms. VIRGINIA M. POLITICO
Subject Teacher Subject Coordinator Principal, High School Department