What emotion is conveyed by each picture?

angry
scared

shy sad

worried silly

tired
confused

excited surprised

proud happy
What emotion is conveyed by each picture?
Folktale- a story handed down orally
through generations.

Pourquoi- French word for why. It

explains why a natural event happened.
 Directions: Match the word from the first column to its meaning from the second column.

a. A large lizard
1.Iguana
b. A small piece of food
2.Yam c. Almost the same size
3.Almost as big as I am d. A meeting called to find the answer

4.Nonsense e. Not interferring with the affairs of others

5.Plotting f. Behavior that causes problems or trouble

g. Planning secretly to do something illegal
6.Mischief or harmful
7.Tidbit h. Words or ideas that are foolish and have
no real meaning
8.Council
i. An animal that looks like a deer
9.Antelope j. A long, thick root or tropical plant that
has brown skin and usually white or yellow
10.Minding my own flesh and that is eaten as a vegetable
business
 Directions: Match the word from the first column to its meaning from the second column.

Antelope yam
 Animals in the story

iguana
 Animals in the story

snake
 Animals in the story

rabbit
 Animals in the story

crow
 Animals in the story

monkey
 Animals in the story

owl
 Animals in the story

lion
 Animals in the story

mosquito
 Motive Question

Do you think mosquito is liked or not liked by

the others?
Why or why not?
But let us first give some pointers in listening:
•Listen attentively
•Remember the key words
•Keep an open mind
•Determine the message of the story

(Listening to the story) “WHY MOSQUITOES

BUZZ IN PEOPLE’S EARS”
A west African tale Retold by Verna Aardema
Copyright 1975
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYtiFEPqCw
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 COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:
Why are the animals alarmed and startled?
What cause the jungle to remain dark?
How do the other animals feel about lion? How do you know?
Why did the lion called for a council meeting of animals?

ANSWERING THE Motive QUESTION:

Is the mosquito liked or not liked by the others? Why or why not?
Will mosquito be ever to show himself again to the other
animals? Why or why not?
If you can give an advice to mosquito, what will you tell him?
If mosquito will change his behavior or attitude, what must he
change?
 Now let us study the TONE and MOOD of the story.
Tone and mood both deal with the emotions that center
around a story or a poem or an piece of literature. Though they
seem the same and can in fact be related by what causes them,
they are quite different.

The TONE is the attitude of the author towards the subject, the
reader, or the characters. It is how the writer feels about what
he or she is writing. The author conveys the tone by the setting,
characters, word choice, and other details along the way.

The MOOD is the feeling the reader gets from reading the
author’s words. It is the feeling the reader or listener has about
the text. It could be the same as tone, but not always.
 Tone words

amused
gloomy
cheerful

authoritative
arrogant horror

angry
formal humorous
 Tone words

resigned pessimistic

ironic

worried playful
witty

sad informal
optimistic
 Tone words

suspicious
threatening

irritated serious
 Mood Words

alarming
annoyed ashamed

fanciful
boastful depressed
 Mood Words

frightening
happy
frustrating

romantic
joyful mysterious
 Mood Words

sarcastic
suspenseful
sentimental

sorrowful stressed
 Group Work:
Let us have some group activities.
Remember to observe the following during group
discussion:
• Be polite. Wait for turn to speak. Listen while
your classmates are speaking.
•Be tactful. Say what you want to say in a nice way.
Also, wait for the one who is speaking to finish
first before you say something.
• Be open. When your classmates do not agree
with what you are saying, do not feel bad. Accept
that people have different opinions.
TASK 1
As a group, identify the tone and mood of the following parts of the story. Then,
complete the table. Be ready for a group reporting afterwards. You may use the list of
tone words and mood words.

•When she returned to the nest, she found one of them dead. Her other children told her that
the monkey had killed it. All that day and all that night, she sat in her tree—so sad, so sad, so
sad!

•The night grew longer and longer. The animals of the forest knew it was lasting much too long.
They feared that the sun would never come back.

•Then king lion called the monkey. He came before him nervously glancing from side to side
rim,rim,rim,rim

TONE MOOD
A.

B.

C.
TASK 2: WRITER’S FEELINGS; READER’S FEELINGS
Identify the TONE and MOOD of the following parts of the story. Then show your
classmates by acting out your answer.

•The mosquito said, “Iguana, you will never believe what I saw
yesterday.”

•“What’s a mosquito compare to a yam?” snapped the iguana

grumpily. “I would rather be deaf than listen to such nonsense!”

•“Now, why won’t he speak to me?” said the python to himself.

“Iguana must be angry about something. I’m afraid he is plotting
some mischief against me!” He began looking for somewhere to
hide.
If you were the mosquito, would you
change your behavior? Why?
 How is TONE different from MOOD?
The tone is the attitude of the author towards the
subject, the reader, or the characters. It is how the
writer feels about what he or she is writing.
The mood is the feeling the reader gets from
reading the author’s words.
It is the feeling the reader or listener has about the
text. It could be the same as tone but not always.
Let us just simplify that tone is what the author,
the one who wrote the story feels. And mood is
what the reader feels about the story that he read
or watch.
 Evaluation
Identify the tone and mood of the following. You may use the list of
tone words and mood words.
•Then King Lion called the rabbit. The timid little creature stood before
him. One trembling paw drawn up uncertainly.
• All the animals laughed when they saw the iguana coming, badamin,
badamin, with the sticks still stuck in his ears!
• “Punish the mosquito! Punish the mosquito! Cried all the animals.
•When mother owl heard that, she was satisfied. She turned her head
toward the east and hooted: “Hoo! Hooooo! Hooooooo!”
• Meanwhile, the mosquito had listened to it all from a nearby bush.
She crept under a curly leaf, semm, and she was never found and
TONE MOOD
brought before the council.
A.
 
B.

C.

 
Assignment:
There are lots of stories about animals which
you can learn a good lesson from them. And
there is one story in which the characters are
very familiar to us. It is entitled, “THE ANT
AND THE GRASSHOPPER”. Now choose 3
parts of the story and give the tone and
mood of your chosen part. Remember to
report them tomorrow.