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They were in luck because before darkness fell, they spotted a little isolated hut in the distance. When they arrived at the hut,
they met a kindly old woman who invited them in and offered them a place to spend the night.
The old woman offered them some porridge which she was cooking in an iron pot over some firewood. The brothers declined
for they were very exhausted and also did not want to impose on this old woman who living alone, had cooked enough porridge only
for one person.
The old woman gave them some mats and showed them into a room where they could lay down and have a good night rest.
Soon, the entire hut was dark and everyone in it was asleep.
Sometime in the night, the youngest of the three brothers woke up and he was very hungry. His older brothers had declined
the offer of some supper and he had just gone along, but he was really hungry. So he went out into the kitchen to see if any of the
porridge remained and indeed, there was enough porridge in there for one person. It appeared that the old woman had not eaten any
of it, she must have been keeping it for the next day. It wouldn’t harm anybody if he ate just a little bit of it, and it would certainly do
him a lot of good. So he ate a little bit. Then a little bit more, and even more until it was all gone. Realizing his folly, he decided to
cover it up and went out to pick some stones to put in the pot. He hoped the old woman would not notice.
The three brothers were up early the next morning to continue on their journey. They bade farewell to the old woman and
thanked her for her kindness.
The old woman discovered the stones in her pot soon after the brothers left and immediately set out after them. Even though
she was very old, she could move as fast, or maybe even faster than any young man since she was able to catch up with the three
young men.
She accused them of stealing her porridge and filling her pot with stones, at which the eldest brother who spoke for them
sincerely denied. The old woman though was certain that one of them performed the deed, so she challenged them to take a test.
They went to a nearby river which had a log laying across it. Each one of them would walk across the river on the log while singing a
song which the woman taught to them. They would each sing this song in Yoruba:
Ti m ba je koko arugbo
If I ate the the old woman?s cocoyam
Ki okun gbe mi, ki okun la mi
Let the sea take me
Ki okun gbe mi si erigidi ofun
Let the sea take me to ____ [unable to translate last part]
The first two brothers walked confidently across the river singing the song. But the youngest brother was so scared as he
Post Reading
Answering Questions
Summarize the following story The Fox and the Crow . Use the pattern of the
story element map graphic organizer below.
E. Generalization
How will you summarize the information from a text heard?
IV. Evaluation
Summarize the story entitled the Lion and the Mouse. Write the characters,
setting and Events
Characters
Setting
Events
The Lion and the Mouse
A Lion lay asleep in the forest, his great head resting on his paws. A timid little
Mouse came upon him unexpectedly, and in her fright and haste to get away, ran
across the Lion's nose. Roused from his nap, the Lion laid his huge paw angrily
on the tiny creature to kill her.
"Spare me!" begged the poor Mouse. "Please let me go and some day I will surely
repay you."
The Lion was much amused to think that a Mouse could ever help him. But he
was generous and finally let the Mouse go.
Some days later, while stalking his prey in the forest, the Lion was caught in the
toils of a hunter's net. Unable to free himself, he filled the forest with his angry
roaring. The Mouse knew the voice and quickly found the Lion struggling in the
net. Running to one of the great ropes that bound him, she gnawed it until it
parted, and soon the Lion was free.
"You laughed when I said I would repay you," said the Mouse. "Now you see that
even a Mouse can help a Lion."
Pilandok was a prankster. He belonged to a poor family. One morning he left his parents to
look for food. He walked and walked until he became tired. He lay down beneath a tree on
which hung a huge beehive, closed one eye, and rested.
Soon a prince called Sumusong-sa-Alongan came by, riding on a horse. On his saddle hung
many bags of gold and other beautiful things that he had won on his conquests. He asked
Pilandok what he was doing under the tree. Without opening his eye, Pilandok answered that
he was he servant of a powerful sultan and that he was guarding a royal gong whom no
ordinary man may beat. And then he pointed up at where the beehive hung.
"No, the sultan will be angry with me if I let just any man beat the royal gong," Pilandok said
firmly.
"I am not an ordinary man. I am the son of a sultan myself. Here – I will give you a whole bag
of gold if you will only let me beat the gong."
Pilandok pretended to think. And after a while, he said "I’ll take that bag. But please, beat
the gong only when I am far away, for the sultan might come at the sound of it and chop off
my head."
Pilandok swept up the bag of gold and ran away as fast as he could. When Sumusong-sa-
Alongan could no longer see him, the prince took a big stick from the ground and beat the
beehive. Hundreds of angry bees were upon him in an instant, and if a troop of soldiers had
not come his way and helped him, he would have died.
Post Reading
Answering Questions
1. Why did Pilandok decide to go to the
wood?
2. How did he trick Somusun with regard
to the beehive?
3. Did he able to convince Somusun?
4. What did Somusun do so Pilandok will
let him have the gong?
5. If you were Somusun will you
immediately believe Pilandok?
D. Skill Development
1. Teaching/Modeling
Present graphic organizer to the class and show them how to use it in the story map.
Forest
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E. Generalization
What is a graphic organizer? How important is the Graphic Organizer?
IV. Evaluation
Read the story about the Frog and the Ox and fill in the graphic organizer with details in
the story.
V. Assignment / Enrichment
Read a short story then make a graphic organizer out of the story.
Evaluation sheet
heard
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Quarter: 4 Week: 6 Day: 1 Date:
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Pre-reading Activities
1. Drill/Reading of Words
Porridge
Jungle
Isolated
Exhausted
Farewell
. Review
Recall how to make a summary of an
informational text.
*First giving a brief explanation of what the
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1. Give him some porridge: it takes a long time to get filled up after starving.
2. But I love "The Jungle Book" and "Wild Animals I Have Known."
3. My property is isolated and very quiet.
4. She was exhausted but couldn't sleep.
5. No farewell, no apology, nothing.
During Reading
1. Reading of the story through chunking of
how porridge transformed mankind. Ask
them to take down relevant information.
The Three Brothers and the Pot of Porridge
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Post Reading
Answering Questions
1. Teaching/Modeling
Characters
Three Brother
old woman
Setting
Events
Present another story to the group The Ant and the Grasshopper then have a
discussion to their group mates then let them write the summary.
Learners will utilize the graphic organizer presented for them to be guided.
1. Application-Group Work
Summarize the following story The Fox and the Crow . Use the pattern of the
story element map graphic organizer below.
Generalization
How will you summarize the information from a text heard?
IV. Evaluation
Summarize the story entitled the Lion and the Mouse. Write the characters,
setting and Events
Characters
Setting
Events
V. Assignment / Enrichment
Summarize the things that you have done in your home. Use the graphic organizer
below