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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET IN ENGLISH 7

Quarter 3, LAS 3

Learner’s Name: ________________________________________________

Grade Level/Section: ________________________________________________
Date: ________________________________________________

A. Most Essential Learning Competency:

● Explain how a selection may be influenced by culture,
history, environment, or other factors.

B. Objective
● Discuss how a selection is influenced by culture, history,
environment and other factors

1. Influence (n)- the power to change or affect someone or something

2. Culture (n)- the beliefs, customs, arts , etc. of a particular society, group,
place, or time
3. History (n)-the study of past events
4. Environment (n) -the condition that surrounds someone or something
Source: https://merriam-webster

Literature is important for it is the mirror of society. It has shaped

civilizations, changed political systems and exposed injustice. Literature
gives us a detailed preview of human experiences, allowing us to connect
on basic levels of desire and emotion. Literature also is thought provoking.
It allows students to raise questions and gives a deeper understanding of
issues and situations.

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 Culture is putting together people’s beliefs, tradition and shaped a
common sense of emphathy and unity among people. To make this
process successful, literature becomes a powerful instrument. Through
their interaction, there is the improvement of human’s need for literature
and cultural values. Culture is, all the norms, social rules, symbols, shared
meanings, traditions, customs, methods of doing things, beliefs, rituals and
interpretations of the world around, shared by particular group or
population.
A selection is being influenced by culture, history, environment and other
factors because of the tradition, religious ideas, moral values, language,
gender norms or experience that applies to it.
For a writer to come up with a selection, for example Flores de Mayo, he
must consider the culture of the place, the history of Flores de Mayo and how
it is being held. Same with the beliefs of the people as a bases for his writing.

Practice Task 1
Look at the picture below and answer the questions that follow. Write
your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Are you familiar with the picture? Where do you think can you see this?
2. What cultures and traditions are conveyed by the picture?

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 3. How is “Bayanihan” culture presented in the picture?
4. How does “Bayanihan” affect the life of the Filipinos?
5. In what way the Bayanihan culture may influence the development of a
selection?
Practice Task 2
Choose one from the pictures below and tell its influence to Bicol history,
culture and tradition. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1 2

3 4

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 Practice Task 3
Read the summary of the story of the “Ibalon” then, answer the questions
that follow. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
Forthwith Kadunong described the ancient land and spoke of its first hero,
Baltog, a white Aryan, who had come from Boltavara (Bharata-varsha or India). He
planted a linsa patch in Tondol (now in Kamalig) which, one night, was foraged by a
giant wild boar (Tandayag). The furious Baltog chased the Tandayag, killed with his
bare hands, and hung its enormous jawbones on a talisay tree in front of his house
in Tondol. For this marvelous feat, he was acknowledged chief of the local hunters.
The clans of Panicuason and Asog came over to marvel at the monstrous wild boar
in Ibalong.
Next to come was Handyong. With his followers, he fought the monsters of the
land. But Oryol, a wily serpent who appeared as a beautiful maiden with a seductive
voice, was one whom Handyong could not destroy. Meanwhile, Oryol admired
Handyong’s bravery and gallantry. Because of this, Oryol helped Handyong clear the
region of ferocious beasts until peace came to the land.
With Ibalong rid of wild creatures. Handyong turned to making wise laws and
planting the land with linsa and rice. A period of the nvention followed: boat, farming
tools, weaving looms, claywares, kitchen utensils, tree houses, and even a
syllabary. Together, the people built a society with culture. It was a golden period in
Ibalong when even slaves were respected under the laws of Handyong.
Then came a great flood, freed by Unos that changed the features of the land.
Three volcanoes, named Hantik, Kulasi and Isarog erupted simultaneously.
Inundations caused lands to sink, from which Lake Buhi came about, or rise, as in
the strip of seacoast in Pasacao, Camarines Sur, and wiped out many settlemets,
especially the Dagatnong settlement in the Kalabanga Gulf. The Malbogong Islet
Mountain sank in Bato, forming a lake.
Despite the calamities, Ibalong grew powerful under Old Chief Handyong,
whose constant companion and good friend, by then, was the young Bantong.
Although given a thousand men to destroy the half man and half beast Rabot,
who could change enemies into rocks, Bantong slew it single-handedly – to the loud
cheers of this thousand warriors that reverberated throughout the forests and
mangrove swamps. Brought Ligmanan, the corpse of Rabot was horrible to behold
that the Great Handyong himself was shocked at the sight.
1. What is the selection about?
2. What places in the selection are you familiar with?
3. What traits of the characters in the selection symbolize the Bicolanos?
4. What cultures and traditions are found in the selection?
5. What other factors influenced the development of the selection?

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 6. How is the selection affected by the culture, history and environment?

Read the selection below, then answer the questions that follow. Write your answers on
a separate sheet of paper.

Pili Nut: Crown Jewel of Bicol

Though no one knows exactly when pili nuts

were first cultivated, it is assumed that ancient
inhabitants of the Philippines first gathered the
superfood as part of their diet. These edible nuts were
found on fruit trees growing in the wild, with at least
four known species in the country. Indigenous peoples
learned that aside from the kernel, the ripe pulp when
boiled could be eaten as well.
While its light buttery almond flavor is similar
to popular nuts such as cashews and almonds, pili
nuts are still relatively underrated and unknown among
Filipinos. This is primarily due to the nut’s incredibly
difficult cultivation process and rock-hard shells, making them hard to be readily available for commercial
export.
Pili trees are mostly found in the Southern part of Luzon, particularly in the Bicol Region. They
thrive in marginal soil conditions and are often resistant to typhoons and pests. However, it takes a span
of five to six years before the tree begins to bear the fruit containing the nuts. Harvesting is only from May
to October, peaking in June to August.
Fruits are then de-pulped, cleaned and dried. Once the shells (containing the nuts) have been
dried for two to three days, the difficult de-shelling process can begin. Sun-drying the shell also helps
shrink the kernel (causing it to naturally detach inside) so it is easier to extract. These can last up to a
year in storage.

How to get the pili kernels out of the hard shell?

Because of their tough shells, many have tried using
machines to open pili nuts – only to be sorely disappointed
with the results. These de-shelling machines often crush the
kernel in the process, wasting tons of precious foodstuff to
produce very little.
Hence, only human hands can be trusted to extract the
pili nut precisely. Bicolanos (people from the Bicol region)
call this centuries-old process pagtilad (manual
de-shelling). Using a sharp bolo (a large knife, similar t o a
machete) farmers accurately (yet carefully) whack the nut at
the middle until it cracks open. They make sure to control
the cracking force to prevent cutting through the kernel. A
‘paratilad’ (skilled pili nut de-sheller) can open the shell in a
split second, producing 100 kilograms of freshly opened pili nuts in a day.
The paratilad or skilled pili nut sheller of Bulusan can open the shell in a split second separating
the kernel whole and the shell cut into two perfect cone shaped half shells called binung-an. The kernels

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fall out automatically in the process unharmed. The technique lies in the positioning and angle of the bolo
(shown in the above photo of a paratilad) and the precise hitting of the shell. The paratilad knows this
technique almost intuitively.

1. What characteristics of a Bicolano are shown in the selection?

2. Do you think traditional “Pagtilad” as practiced in Bicol must be treasured by
youth like you? Why or why not?
3. How can “Pagtilad” culture influence the development of the selection?

IV. REFERENCES
English 7 Learner’s material
Module 4 Lesson 4 Task 2 Pp. 482-483
Understanding Filipino Practices & Culture (Procedure)
English 7 DLP Q1W9D3 P249 – 250
https://merriam-webster
https://publicrealm.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/reviving-bayanihan/
https://gulfnews.com/general/literature-is-the-mirror-of-society-1.86134
https://www.quora.com/What-is-culture?q=what%20is%20culture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibalong_Epic#:~:text=The%20Ibalong%20portrays%20deeds%
20in,land%20of%20Aslon%20and%20Ibalong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pijp7W6Rs_s&t=4s.
http://bulusanvirtualtour.blogspot.com/2012/11/how-to-get-pili-kernels-out-of-hard.html
https://www.nagacitydeck.com/p/penafrancia-2017.html
https://travelphilippines.net/luzon/donsol/
https://www.nagacityguide.com/tourist-destination/cwc-camsur-watersports-complex/
https://panlasangpinoy.com/how-to-cook-bicol-express-knr-pc/

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