Lesson 4:

Playing your life’s

melody
•What do you think is
the best part of being
Filipino?
Lea Salonga
• Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga, is a Filipina singer and
actress, best known for her roles in musical theatre, for
supplying the singing voices of two Disney Princesses, and as
a recording artist and television performer.
Apl. De. Ap
• a Filipino-American rapper, singer and
record producer. He is a founding member
of the hip hop group Black Eyed Peas.
List of Folk songs in the Philippines
• Bahay Kubo
this songs is as familiar to Filipino school
children as the ABC’s and twinkle twinkle little
starts.
- Credited to have been written by composer and
1977 national artist for music Felipe de Leon,
Pakitong-Kitong
•Also called “tong tong tong tong
pakitong kitong”
•This Filipino folk song has both
tagalog and Cebuano version
Magtanim ay di biro

•Credited to Felipe De Leon,

“planting rice is never run”
•It describes the tedious chores
involved in planting rice
 O Ilaw
•A popular example of traditional
Filipino love song genre “kundiman”
•This song was made famous by
Filipino singer and actor Ruben
Tagalog
 Ang Pipit
• Relates the story of a sparrow, who falls of
the branch where it was perching on after
being stoned by a cruel man.
• It was co-written by Lucio D. San Pedro and
Levi Celerio
 Sa Ugoy ng duyan

•Another collaboration from Lucio D. San

Pedro and Levi Celerio
•Sa ugoy ng duyan (The swing of the
Cradel)
•It is a haunting and nostalgic lullaby
 Sa libis ng nayon
•This describes the beauty and
serenity of life in the country side
•It was written by Santiago S. Suarez
•It was popularized by Filipina singer
Sylvia la torre
 Bayan Ko
•Written in 1929 by Filipino poet Jose
Corazon de Jesus or “huseng battue”
and later set by to music by Constancio
de Guzma, bayan ko “my country”
•It is most famous rendition is by Filipino
folk singer Freddie Aguilar
RATE OF SPEECH

 Depends on the thought you are expressing.

 A reflection on the speaker’s mood.

 May vary from time to time and from passage to

passage.
TIPS TO IMPROVE SPEECH
CLARITY
• Make sure you have a good breath
support
• Keep your mouth empty
• Maintain good posture
• Make sure you say all sounds of a
word
• Use shorter sentences
• Slow Down
• Use a mirror
• Record and Play
• Learn the ways of pronouncing
each sound
• Practice regularly and use
techniques efficiently
 Movie clip
• a strip of motion-picture film,
especially an excerpt from a
longer film or one inserted as
part of another presentation, as
of a telecast or full-length
motion picture.
 TRAILER

•an excerpt or series of

excerpts from a movie or
program used to advertise
it in advance; a preview.
How to create the perfect trailer?
• Remember the trailer is also a story

• Deconstruct the film

• Target your core audience

• Don't spoil (too much)

• Or be too coy
• Remember your characters

• Show don't tell

• The Sound of Music

• Effects

• Watch as many trailers as you can

NEWS FLASH

 a single item of important news that is broadcast

separately and often interrupts other programs.

 a report on an important piece of news that is

given in the middle of another television or radio
show
 DOCUMENTARY
 a movie or a television or radio
program that provides a factual
record or report.

 consisting of official pieces of

written, printed, or other matter.
 VIDEO
• is an electronic medium for the
recording, copying, playback,
broadcasting, and display of
moving visual media.
 PARAGRAPH
 is a series of related sentences developing a
central idea, called the topic.

 Is a series of sentences that are organized and

coherent, and are all related to a single topic.

 can contain many different kinds of information.

 NARRATIVE PARAGRAPH

•It tells a story or series of events

that happened to the narrator.
•It also Features characters, setting,
and conflict or problem
 DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH

• It let the readers experience what the writer

wanted them to see, her, smell, taste, and
feel
• Descriptions can easily give readers
opportunity to picture out images using
adjectives, modifiers, and other figures of
speech
 PRECIS
 is a way of summarizing in which the tone,
proportions, and meaning of the original text are
maintained.

 summarizes a reading that you have completed.

 Include the author, title of the reading and other

relevant source information.
 SUMMARY

 a brief statement or account

of the main points of
something.