The Soul of Great

Bell

Prepared by:
Roscell D. Reyes
Teacher 1
Preliminaries
Prayer

Greetings

Class Room Management

Checking of Attendance

Review of Previous Lesson

What are you willing to sacrifice for
your family?
Activity
Preliminary Activities

TASK 1: STORY TIME! (5 mins.)

The students will watch a short video clip of

The Soul of the Great Bell.
Activity
TASK 2: UNLOCKING DIFFICULTIES (10
mins.)

This time, be ready to read the folktale “Soul

of the Great Bell” from China. Go over the
following terms or expressions taken from
the text. Read them to yourself and figure
out the meaning of each italicized word
using context clues.
In the Tower of the Great Bell: now the (1)
mallet is lifted to (2) smite the lips of the
metal monster—the vast lips inscribed with
Buddhist texts.

1. A mallet is ______
A. a hammer B. an axe C. a saw

2. To smite is to _____
A. hit B. touch C. caress
All the little dragons on the high-tilted eaves
of the green roofs (3) shiver to the tips of
their gilded tails under that deep wave of
sound.

A. fall on one’s knees

B. tremble at the loud sound

C. be destroyed by the gilded tails

All the green-and-gold tiles of the temple
are vibrating; the wooden goldfish above
them are (4) writhing against the sky.

A. twisting

B. pointing

C. leading
Therefore, the worthy mandarin Kouan-Yu
assembled the master-molders and the
renowned bell smiths of the empire, and all
men of great repute and cunning in foundry
work.

5. cunning means _______

A. innocent B. expert C. skilful
6. foundry means _______
A. market B. factory C. garden
Therefore, the molds had to be once more
prepared, and the fires rekindled, and the
metal remelted, and all the work tediously
and toilsomely repeated.
7. rekindled means _____
A. lighted again

B. set on fire again

C. stopped the fire

8. toilsomely means _____

A. with difficulty

B. lightly

C. unmindfully
(9) Gold and brass will never meet in
wedlock, silver, and iron never will embrace,
until the flesh of a maiden be melted in the
crucible; until the blood of a virgin be mixed
with the metals in their fusion.” What does
this mean?
A. The blood of a virgin maiden is made up
of gold, brass, silver, and iron.

B. Gold, brass, silver, and iron will fuse when

mixed with the blood of a virgin

C. Gold, brass, silver, and iron will never be

fused together by a virgin maiden.
And even as she cried, she (10) leaped into
the white flood of metal.

A. squat

B. jump

C. run
Activity
Here now is a folktale from China retold in
English by Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904).
Hearn was an American journalist whose
parents were Irish and Greek. He spent the
latter part of his life in Japan later marrying
a Japanese girl. His interest in oriental
culture inspired him to write the English
version of well-loved Chinese and Japanese
folktales. When he became a Japanese
citizen, he took the name Yakumo Kaizumi.
Analysis
TASK 3: The students will read the story
of the Soul of the Great Bell by Lafcadio
Hearn. After reading, students will
answer the activity. (10 mins.)
Analysis
TASK 4: SPIN A STORY WHEEL (15 mins.)
Analysis
1. Who are involved?

2. Where did this happen?

3.When did this happen?

4. What happened?

5. Why did the author tell this story?

Abstraction
Guide Questions: (10 mins.)
1. What two sounds were produced when the
bell was completed? Why?

2. Do you believe that the blood of the virgin

could make the metal mixed well? Why?

3. Do you know of a similar story in the

Philippines? What is it?
4. What other Chinese traditions involve
bells? Compare and contrast these traditions
with Filipino traditions.

5. If this is a folktale, how then do you define

a folktale?
6. Why was it entitled the “Soul of the Great
Bell?”

7. Do Filipinos and Chinese have similar

values? What makes you think so?
Application
Oral (5 mins.)

Has the story helped you understand your

identity as a Filipino and as an Asian? How?
Evaluation
Direction: Identify what the statement or
question is referring to.

1.The girl who sacrificed herself for his father

2. Emperor of Ming Dynasty in the story

3. Where did the story happen?

4. The author of the Soul of Great Bell

5. oral narratives that do not have a singular,

Assignment
How did the bell being described in the
story? Before and After? (Reference:
google.com)