OFFENSE - DEFENSE

Stimulus Questions
1. What would you think if you see the
following names in an
article/news/feature story?
– Ferdinand Marcos
– Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino
– Imelda Marcos
– Cory Aquino
 Stimulus Questions

2. What do you know

about them?
 Stimulus Questions

3. Who are the other

personalities you know who
have involvement with them?
What was their participation in
the events during Martial Law?
 Stimulus Questions

3. Why do people feel

nostalgic about Martial
Law?
 SNEAK PEAKING
• Videos from Facebook
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“TORTYUR: Human Rights

Violation During the
Marcos Regime”
by Historian Micheal Charleston Chua
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MARTIAL LAW:
CHILD’S POV
Apo on the
Wall
BJ Patino
About the Author
• Program Coordinator
(Diploma in Multimedia
Journalism) at Asian
Center for Journalism at
the Ateneo de Manila
University
• Metro Manila, National
Capital Region,
Philippines387 mga
koneksyon
APO ON THE WALL by BJ Patino

There’s this man’s photo on the wall

Of my father’s office at home, you

Know, where father brings his work,

Where he doesn’t look strange

APO ON THE WALL by BJ Patino

Still wearing his green uniform

And colored breast plates, where,

To prove that he works hard, he

Also brought a photo of his boss

APO ON THE WALL by BJ Patino

Whom he calls Apo, so Apo could

You know, hang around on the wall

Behind him and look over his shoulders

To make sure he’s snappy and all.

APO ON THE WALL by BJ Patino

Father snapped at me once, caught me

Sneaking around his office at home

Looking at the stuff on his wall- handguns,

Plaques, a sword, medals, a rifle-

APO ON THE WALL by BJ Patino

Told me that was no place for a boy

Only men, when he didn’t really

Have to tell me because, you know

APO ON THE WALL by BJ Patino

That photo of Apo on the wall was already

Looking at me around,

His eyes following me like he was

That scary Jesus in the hallway, saying

I know what you’re doing.

 Guide Questions
• How would you describe the persona and the persona’s
father? How would you describe their relationship?
Would you say that your relationship with your father is
similar or different? Explain.

• In lines 12-13, there is a poem, there is the use of the

word “snappy” and “snapped”, respectively. What do
these words mean? How do they add to the poem in
terms of sound? How do they add to your understanding
of the relationship between the father and the son?
 Guide Questions
• Who is Apo on the wall? Cite evidence to
support your answer?

• How would you describe the relationship

between the persona’s father and Apo? What
does this tell us about the father’s perspective
about martial law?
 Guide Questions
• What kind of values does the persona’s father
want to teach to his child, specifically, about
what it means to be a man? Do you agree with
this values? Why of why not?
• Why is Apo compared to the “scary” Jesus in
the hallway?
 Guide Questions
• Read the last line of the poem. What does it
mean? How does this regulate the persons the
persona’s behavior?
• Do you think the persona’s perspective about
martial law is the same as his father’s? Why of
why not?
• How does this poem provide the reader a
glimpse of what martial law was like? How did
the poem make you feel?
 Breakout Room Activity
• TASK A – Detailing Characters
• TASK B – List the types of parenting styles, define
each.
• TASK C – Compare the parenting style during
martial law and the parenting style nowadays.
• TASK D – Answer the question: How did martial
law greatly affect the children in its time?
• TASK E - Compare the children during martial law
and children nowadays.
 DELEGATION

• TASK A – Groups 1 and 6

• TASK B – Groups 2 and 7
• TASK C – Groups 3 and 8
• TASK D – Groups 4 and 9
• TASK E – Groups 5 and 10
REFERENCE FOR TASK A