GRADE 7 ENGLISH

UNIT 1, LESSON 1- A: FOLK SPEECHES WEEK 1 (JULY 11-15, 2021)

1ST PERIOD: 8:30 – 9:20 (S,M,W,TH) MS. ROBS MANGAOANG
1) What is literature?
• It is a body of work, either written, oral, or visual, containing imaginative
language that realistically portrays thoughts, emotions, and experiences of
the human condition.

• It is a body of written or orals works of a language, period, or culture,

especially those considered to have creative or artistic merit or lasting
value.

2) What are examples of literature?

• Poetry, drama, novels, short stories, biographies and autobiographies, etc.
3) Why is it important to study literature?

• Literature connects us to the past, gives us insights to the present, and helps
us envision the future.

• It helps us expand horizons by opening our eyes to different cultures,

customs, beliefs, and how these shape their citizens’ view of the world.

• It helps build critical thinking skills.

FOLK LITERATURE AGREE DISAGREE
1. Philippine folk literature has long
already existed before the coming of
the colonizers.
2. Our folk literature is oral in
tradition.
3. Sayings are good example of folk
literature.
Philippine Literature in the Pre-colonial Period (early times to 1564)

• Folk Speeches
 traditional oral literature
 changeable
 served as a means for local history, politics, and culture to be passed
from generation to generation
 Poetic and contain rhyme, rhythm, and rhetorical figures to suggest
different interpretation

 Riddles (Bugtong)
 Proverbs (Salawikain) or Sayings (Kasabihan)
 Quatrains (Tanaga)
Assignment: (10 pts.)

Write down 5 examples of Riddles (Bugtong) and 5 examples of

Proverbs (Salawikain) or Sayings (Kasabihan).

• Use font type Arial and font size 12.

• Due tomorrow, Monday (July 12), 1st period, to be submitted via
LMS under Classwork.
• Save your file as: Last Name_HW1_Eng7
Example: Mangaoang_HW1_Eng7
https://www.rd.com/list/what-am-i-riddles/

https://philnews.ph/2018/12/19/halimbawa-ng-salawikain-15-halimbawa-sala
wikain/

Essential English 7: pp. 4-7