PRAYER

 Sit properly.
 Raise your hand if you
want to recite.
 Participate
to gain points.
 Do not ask permission to go out
during discussion.
 Do not make
unnecessary noise.
CHECKING OF
ATTENDANCE
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:
EN7RC-IV-b-12.3: Use lexical and contextual cues in
understanding unfamiliar words and expressions
EN7LT-IV-b-6: Discover through Philippine literature
the need to work cooperatively and responsibly in
today’s global village.
EN7LT-IV-b-2.2: Explain how the elements specific to a
genre contribute to the theme of a particular literary
selection
EN7LC-IV-b-8: Process information mentioned
in the text listened to
EN7LC-IV-b-8.1: Determine the intentions of
speakers by focusing on their unique verbal
and non-verbal cues
EN7WC-IV-c-1.3: Organize information about a
chosen subject using a graphic organizer
MOTIVATION
 ACTIVITY
Directions: Listen to the
song “Man in the Mirror”
by Michael Jackson then
answer the following
questions:
1. What is the message
of the song?
2. According to the
song, where do we
start a change?
 UNLOCKING OF
DIFFICULT WORDS
ACTIVITY
Directions: Choose the
unfamiliar word that
matches the meaning of
the sentence.
1. I feel sad. She has everything
I want to have.
A. Jealous
B. Frail
C. Deft
D. Callous
E. Cooped up
2. I somehow hate her for not
showing care for other people.
A. Jealous
B. Frail
C. Deft
D. Callous
E. Cooped up
3. My grandmother is too weak
to do the things she used to love
doing before.
A. Jealous
B. Frail
C. Deft
D. Callous
E. Cooped up
4. One of my friends can draw
effortlessly. She is so talented.
A. Jealous
B. Frail
C. Deft
D. Callous
E. Cooped up
5. The dog was locked up in a cage
after biting one of the children.
A. Jealous
B. Frail
C. Deft
D. Callous
E. Cooped up
YOU MUST
KNOW
“When life changes to be harder,
change yourself to be stronger.”
Characters
CHARACTERS can be classified
as dynamic or static.
 A character is DYNAMIC if he or
she changes.
 A character is
STATIC if he or
she doesn’t
change.
A Shawl for

Anita
Lolita M. Andrada
 My mother brought us up single-
handedly. It was an extraordinary task
for a woman so frail - dealing with
three adolescent children. But she
managed. She did not finish high
school, but her deft hands had skillfully
eked out a living for the four of us.
She was good at knitting. Her job
tided us over until the eldest got a
diploma of teaching. Then she put up
a sari-sari store to send the other
children to college. Mother wanted
us all to get a college degree and she
had sacrificed much to see us
through.
 Mother had a soft heart -
especially for Anita. Anita was the
youngest, and I, being the middle
child, always envied her. She was
ever so gentle with her while I was so
impatient and jealous. I never
understood my mother.
 My mother who had always
been a frail woman was much
thinner now. Anita who was
married by now had never
stopped being pampered.
Her lack of concern for our
mother's failing health was getting
on my nerves. I felt like shouting at
her when I heard her ask Mother to
knit a shawl for her.
 Mother could hardly refuse,
but I knew that the task was just
too much for her.
She was too old to work.
 Mother said she felt useless
being cooped up in the house all
day, doing nothing. That was before
Anita sweet talked her into knitting
her shawl. I was beginning to hate
Anita for being so callous.
 Knitting the shawl might have
been an agony for Mother, but she
never showed any pain. At the end of
the day, she would look at her
handiwork, a smile on her lips as she
held it against her.
When Anita showed up one day
to visit Mother. I scolded her for
being so thoughtless.
 Anita touched my arm and in a
gentle voice she said, “I did it for
Mother. That shawl is giving her
reason to live. She felt so useless
because she had nothing to do, no
matter how small. Mother is one
person who prefers to live her life
working. If she stops working, she will
stop living.”
 I nodded my head. Perhaps
Anita was right. I was beginning to
understand my mother.
COMPREHENSION
QUESTIONS
1. Who narrates the
story?
2. Who are the characters
in the story?
3. Among the characters,
who is so frail but never
stopped working?
4. Who is the child that
the mother take care the
most?
5. Why does Anita keep on
requesting something
from the mother despite
her mother’s condition?
6. What kind of
character is the
narrator?
7. What kind of
text is “A Shawl
for Anita”?
ACTIVITY Directions: Using the
Character Development
Chart, show how the
dynamic character in
the story changes. Think
about the character in
the beginning of the
story and how he or she
was in the end.
Qualities at
the
Qualities
beginning of
toward the
the story
end of the
story
ACTIVITY Directions: Create
illustration of the story “A
an

Shawl for Anita” based on its

theme. You may include all the
characters in your illustration
or just focus on one central
character. Think about the
colors suitable for your work.
Be creative and resourceful. At
the back of the paper, explain
your work briefly.
The THEME in a piece of fiction is its
central insight. It is the main idea
that an author is trying to convey.
THANK YOU!