CATCH-UP READING LESSON 2

PLIANT
LIKE THE
BAMBOO
FIRST PERIOD:
Before listening; group the students according to the following words.

Group 1: the PREDICT group. As you listen imagine what is being

described in the song and predict what happens.

Group 2: the ASK group: as you listen, list down questions about the
ideas presented in the song.

Group 3: the GUESS group: as you listen, list down

unclear ideas or vocabulary and guess what they mean.

Group 4: the FOCUS group: as you listen, list down key words that
may add value or meaning to the entire song

group 5: the REVIEW group: as you listen, list down the big ideas
presented by the singer. Give your own meaning of these ideas.
While listening to the song TITANIUM, instruct students
to fill-in the blank with the correct lyric.
You shout it out, but
I can't hear a word you say
I'm talking loud, not saying much
You shout it out, but
I can't hear a word you say
I'm talking loud, not saying much
I'm criticized, but all your bullets
ricochet
1._____
Shoot me down, but I 2._____
get up
*I'm bulletproof, nothing to lose
Fire away
Fire away,3. _______
aim
Ricochet, you take your 4._____
Fire away, fire away
You shoot me down, but I won't fall
titaniu
I am 5.______
m
You shoot me down, but I won't fall
I am titanium
Cut me down, but it's you
Who'll have further to fall
Ghost town and 6.______
haunted love
7._____
Raise your voice, sticks and
Stones may break my bones
I'm talking loud, not saying much
I'm 8._______,
bulletproof nothing to lose
Fire away, fire away
Ricochet, you take your aim
Fire away, fire away
fall
You shoot me down, but I won't 9._____
I am titanium
You 10.______
shoot me down, but I won't fall
I am titanium
 ANSWER ME!

1.What is the message or the theme

of the song?
2.What is the significance of the title
“Titanium”?
3.Can you tell me now what will be
the theme of our selection today?
SECOND PERIOD:

Background of the Author: I.V. Mallari also

known as Ismael Villanueva Mallari was one of the
early Filipino writers in English. He was primarily
an essayist. He is ranked as the leading literary and
art critic in the Philippines. He wrote widely and
covered a broad range of subjects. His books were
usually published under the name I.V. Mallari.
"When I Was A Little Boy", "Values", "Tales from
the Mountain Province", and "Footprints on the
Sand". One of his famous essay is the “Pliant like the
Bamboo”.
UNLOCKING OF DIFFICULTIES:

1. PROTESTATIONS – AN EMPHATIC DECLARATION THAT

SOMETHING IS OR IS NOT THE CASE.
2. MAGNANIMITY – TO DISPLAY A NOBLE GENEROSITY. 3.
PLIGHT – AN UNFORTUNATE, DIFFICULT OR PRECARIOUS
SITUATION
4. FORBEARANCE – PATIENCE
5.INDOLENT –CAUSING LITTLE OR NO PAIN
6.UNPERTURBED – NOT WORRIED, UPSET OR DISQUIETED
7. VICISSITUDES – THE QUALITY OR STATE OF BEING
CHANGEABLE, MUTABILITY
8. EMINENT – EXHIBITING EMINENCE ESPECIALLY IN
STANDING ABOVE OTHER IN SOME QUALITY OR POSITION
9. INSURMOUNTABLE – INCAPABLE OF BEING
SURMOUNTED, INVINCIBLE
10. VERILY – IN TRUTH, CERTAINLY
PLAY THE VIDEO
PROCESS THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. IF YOU WILL BECOME ONE OF THE TREES IN

THE STORY, WHO WILL YOU CHOOSE TO BE?
WHY?
2. AS A FILIPINO, WILL YOU CONSIDER
YOURSELF LIKE THE BAMBOO? WHY? WHY
NOT?
3. DO YOU AGREE WITH THE WRITER’S
DESCRIPTION OF THE FILIPINOS? WYH? WHY
NOT?
4. WHAT SPECIFIC FILIPINO CHARACTERISTICS
ARE YOU PROUD OF? WHY?
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY:

Perform any of the following activities:

1. Draw/Create a symbol of yourself, then

explain why your chose that symbol.

2. Write a poem describing yourself using your

name as an acronym.

3. Write a song or rap describing yourself.