Critical Analysis

Instruction: Evaluate the poem ‘Sa Aking Mga Kabata’ in terms of its provenance,
credibility, and authenticity. You will be graded using the rubric below.

Sa Aking Mga Kabata

Historical Source to Analyze

It was a long-held belief that the poem Sa Aking mga Kabata (To My Fellow
Children) was written by Dr. Jose P. Rizal. According to popular belief, Rizal wrote the
poem in 1869 to express the importance of loving one’s native tongue. This is the poem
where one finds the popular line, “Ang hindi magmahal sa kanyang salita, mahigit sa
hayop at malansang isda.” However, did young Rizal really wrote the poem? Prove your
arguments in your paper and support it with various research.

Sa Aking Mga Kabata

Kapagka ang baya’y sadyang umiibig
sa kanyang salitang kaloob ng langit.
sanlang kalayaan nasa ring masapit
katulad ng ibong nasa himpapawid.

Pagka’t ang salita’y isang kahatulan

sa bayan, sa nayo’t mga kaharian,
at ang isang tao’y katulad kabagay
ng alinmang likha noong kalayaan.

Ang hindi magmahal sa kanyang salita

mahigit sa hayop at malansang isda,
kaya ang marapat pagyamaning kusa
na tulad sa inang tunay na nagpala.

Ang wikang Tagalog tulad din sa Latin,

sa Ingles, Kastila, at salitang angel,
sapagkat ang Poong maalam tumingin
ang siyang nag-gawad, nagbigay sa atin.

Ang salita nati’y tulad din sa iba

na may alfabeto at sariling letra
na kaya nawala’y dinatnan ng sigwa
ang lunday sa lawa noong dakong una.

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 Criteria for Grading

Criteria Performance Indicators Points

Provided an argument that is coherent to

Arguments 30
the content and the context it had.

Used relevant and truthful evidence to

Evidence 20
support the argument.

Used correct grammar, punctuation,

Grammar 15
spelling, and capitalization.

Ideas expressed the points in clear and

Organization of
logical arrangement of ideas in the 15
Ideas
paragraph.

Citations and Followed APA 7th edition’s proper text

10
References citation and referencing.

Adhered to the required style or

Format 10
appearance.

Total 100