What do these words

create?

famine drought
parched sear
barren
What do these picture depict?
Remember:
1.Famine- a situation in which many people
do not have enough food to eat.
2.Parched- very dry especially because of
hot weather an no rain.
3.Drought- a long period of time during
which there is very little or no rain.
4.Sear- to burn and damage the surface of
something with strong and sudden heat.
5.Barren- having very few plants; not able to
produce fruit.
Listen to the story ―The Rice Myth‖
(Bohol). While listening, take note
of the following:
1. events that explain why
rice is white and red
2. pitch, phrasing, and
pacing demonstrated by the
teacher
CHECK IT UP

1. What was the

condition of Bohol
during that time?
CHECK IT UP

2. What did Sappia

do to help the hungry
people of Bohol?
CHECK IT UP

3.How did the

white and red rice
come to be?
MEAN WHAT YOU SAY…

1. Group yourselves into small groups

with six members each.
2. Practice reading the lines assigned to
your group for 10 minutes.
3. Present a choral reading of the text to
the class.
The Rice Myth – ( Bohol )
1. A long time ago, a famine gripped Bohol. The people begged Sappia, the goddess of mercy,
to give them food. Sappia took pity on them and came down to earth.
2 All the land was brown and dried up. A long drought left the land parched. Only the hardiest
weeds survived the long, rainless months, and already, people were dying for hunger. Her heart
swelling with pity.
3. Sappia bared her bosom and squeezed a drop of milk into each barren ear of weeds. She
emptied one breast, and then the other, but alas! There were a few more weeds with empty ears.
She implored heaven to give more milk, but when she pressed her breast again, blood and not
milk dropped into the remaining fruitless ears. Having given all her blood, she bent low and
whispered, "Oh, plants, bear thou in abundance, and feed my hungry people." Therefore, saying,
Sappia vanished from Earth.
4. She returned to heaven where everyday she watched the useless weeds grow heavy with
grain. She watched as hungry people gathered the ripened stalks. When people pounded the
harvest, most of the grains were milky white. These came from the ears, which Sappia filled with
her milk. Some grains were red, and these came from those, which filled with her blood.
5. However, red or white, the people cooked the grains, found them good to eat, and best of all,
these nourished them back to strength. They saved some of the seeds, which they planted when
the rains came soon after. The seeds gave a bountiful harvest. From her heavenly home, Sappia
rejoiced with the people. This life-giving grain, which was her gift to the famine-stricken people of
Bohol, is what we know as rice
Criteria for Evaluation:
Reading with proper intonation pattern

50%______________
Proper phrasing and pacing

30%______________
Synchronized reading

20%______________
 Bohol Tagalog

Situation of things
in the beginning
Gods/Goddesses

Humans

Purpose of Creation

Manner of Creation

Results of Creation
a. In what aspects are the two versions
similar and different?
b. What traits did the gods/goddesses
show?
c. What do the stories say about the
relationship between humans and their
gods/goddesses?
d. Share your answers with the class.
Support your answers by reading lines
from the versions.
Idiomatic expressions are
common phrases or sayings
whose meanings cannot be
understood by the individual
words or parts. One kind of
idiomatic expressions is the
phrasal verb.
Idiomatic Meanings
expressions (phrasal
verbs)
Care for To show likeness or
fondness
Carry out To do, to practice
Go on To continue
Take part To participate
Take pity To show compassion or
kindness for
Win over To gain support