Valuing Others and Their

Circumstances

Working with Others

Objective: Judge the relevance and
worth of ideas presented in the
material viewed.

Kindness Boomerang
 Share Your Thoughts:

Answer the Guide Questions

What is the
video all about?
Why do you think it is
entitled “Kindness
Boomerang”?
Kindness Boomerang
Do you believe that people
nowadays can actually help
and work with each other
with kindness?
Langston
Hughes
 Langston Hughes
James Mercer Langston
Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22,
1967) was an African American poet,
social activist, novelist, playwright,
and columnist from Joplin, Missouri.
He moved to New York City as a
young man, where he made his
career.
Langston Hughes
He is known as a great
contributor in Harlem
Renaissance.
 Langston Hughes
• The Harlem Renaissance was an
intellectual, social, and artistic explosion
centered in Harlem, New York, spanning
the 1920s. At the time, it was known as the
"New Negro Movement“
• New African-American cultural expressions
across the urban areas
• The Harlem Renaissance is considered to
have been a rebirth of the African-
American arts.
 Langston Hughes
Langston was raised mainly in
Lawrence, Kansas, by his maternal
grandmother, Mary Patterson
Langston. Through the black American
oral tradition and drawing from the
activist experiences of her generation,
Mary Langston instilled in her
grandson a lasting sense of racial pride.
 Task 2: The Author
Objective: Understand how a literary
text is influenced by one’s culture,
status, history, environment, or other
factors.
 Task 3: Word Climb
Objective: Use context clues to
determine the meaning of unfamiliar
words used in the Reading Selection.
 Task 3: Word Climb
1. snatch (v) - grab
2. tug (v) - pull
3. stoop (v) – to bend over
4. bothering (v) - annoying
5. frail (adj) - delicate
 Task 4:
Analyze literature as a means of va
luing other people and their various
circumstances in life.

Discuss a short story and identify its

features as a form of prose
 Task 4-A: Picture Series
Arrange the pictures based on the
events in the story.
 Task 4-B: The Elements
What are the elements of a short
story?
Where and
when did the
story happen?
Who are the
characters?
What was the
problem met by
the characters?
How is the
story being
told? Who is
the narrator?
How did the
characters
meet for the
first time?
How did Mrs. Jones
react when Roger try
to steal her purse?
Task 4-B: Reading Proper
Watch the short film of
“Thank You, Ma’am”
If you were Roger,
would you trust Mrs.
Jones right away?
When they arrived at
the boarding house,
what do you think
Roger was planning?
Why do you think
Roger tried to snatch
Mrs. Jones’
pocketbook?
WHAT DO YOU
THINK ROGER FELT
WHEN MRS. JONES
WAS BEING KIND TO
HIM?
When Roger was left
alone and free to
run, why do you
think he did not
escape from Mrs.
Jones?
Mrs. Jones prepared the food, and she
didn’t ask anything about the boy’s
life to avoid him getting embarrassed.
Instead, as they ate, she told him
about her life.
Did Mrs. Jones like
the boy? Why or why
not?
Mrs. Jones: Good night! Behave
yourself, boy!
Do you think Roger’s
encounter with Mrs.
Jones altered his life?
In what way?
What would Roger
become in the
future?
Why did Hughes title
the story, Thank you,
Ma’am?
Do you think the
story has something
to do with the life of
its author? Why or
why not?
What are the
realities in life that
are presented in the
story?
Remember the most
recent act of
kindness you did for
someone. Why did
you do it?
“Of Choices and Bases”
Work with a Partner

Roger and Mrs. Jones have

choices as to whether to do
what they did in the story or
otherwise. While choosing, they
have come up with reasons and
justifications.
Character Choices Economic Culture Environ
made status ment

1.
Roger

2.

1
Mrs. Jones

2
 “Small Group Differentiated Works”
Group Work

Choose your Group to work

on:
1. Short Skit
2. Tableau
3. Acting Out
 “Small Group Differentiated Works”
Group Work
Group 1: Continuing the Story – A Short Skit
Continue the story, assuming that the characters meet again. Write a dialogue
between Roger and Mrs. Jones in their second encounter (it could be a week later, a
month or a year), and be ready to perform the output.

Group 2: Altering the Ending – A Tableau Picture

Write a different ending to the story, and present it through a tableau picture.
One member shall read or explain the ending while others do a tableau.

Group 3: Acting out the Problem

Juvenile crime (a crime done by minors) can be a problem anywhere in the
world. Present a short role play showing a juvenile crime and its cause.
 “Small Group Differentiated Works”
Group Work

Rubric:

Content and Organization – 10 pts

Performance / Output Quality – 10 pts
Collaboration – 5 pts
I. Multiple Choice (5 items)
II. True or False (5 items)

TOTAL – 10 pts
1. What is the setting of the story?
A. The story happened around 7
A.M. in the police station
B. The story happened around 11
P.M. in a street near Mrs. Jones
boarding house
C. The story happened one early
morning in school
2. How did the characters meet in the
story?
A. When Mrs. Jones witnessed
Roger stealing the purse of an old
man
B. When Roger helped Mrs. Jones in
carrying her things
C. When Roger tried to snatch Mrs.
Jones pocketbook
3. Why did Roger want to steal money?

A. Roger wanted money to buy

something to eat
B. Roger wanted money to buy blue
suede shoes
C. Roger wanted money to buy blue
suede jacket
4. What did Mrs. Jones do to Roger in
his awful attempt towards her?
A. Mrs. Jones brought Roger in her
house to be cleaned and fed
B. Mrs. Jones brought Roger to the
police station so he would be
jailed
C. Mrs. Jones gave her purse and let
Roger escaped
5. What were the words that Roger
tried to say to Mrs. Jones before
they parted?

A. Roger tried to say “I’m sorry”.

B. Roger tried to say “I’ll be back”.
C. Roger tried to say “Thank you”.
True or False.
6. Mrs. Jones had never experienced
stealing when she was young.
7. Roger tried to escape when he had
the chance while Mrs. Jones was
preparing food.
8. Mrs. Jones adopted Roger so she
could take care of him.
9. The story presents themes such as
kindness, the value of second
chance, poverty, and dignity.
10. The story tells us that it is just right
to commit mistake because of
something that we want for
ourselves.
Answers:

1. B 6. True
2. C 7. False
3. B 8. False
4. A 9. True
5. C 10. False
Define the following:
1. Foreshadowing
2. Flashback
3. Media Res