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Objectives
Knowledge: Familiarize with the author of the short story.
Use pictures to introduce the story.
Summarize the story using the story wheel.
Product/ Performance: Present a skit that will show their favorite scene in the story.
III. A. Knowledge
1. Routines
2. Pre- reading activities
A. Show picture of Lafcadio Hearn, Then, tell some information about him.
Guide Questions:
1. What can you say about the pictures?
2. Can you tell what country is in the picture?
C. Answer the questions in the story wheel to get to know more about the folktale.
Questions:
Who are involved?
Where did this happen?
When did this happen?
What happened?
How was the story told?
Why did the author tell this story?
B. Process
Group Work
a. Fill the double- entry character grid.
C. Understanding
Group activity:
You have just read the Soul of the Great Bell. Have you noticed the descriptions of the bell? Fill
out the bell’s description on the corresponding columns and answer the questions that follow.
QUESTIONS:
1. Why was it entitled the Soul of the Great Bell?
2. What other Chinese traditions involve bells? Compare and contrast these traditions with
Filipino traditions.
3. Do Filipinos and Chinese have similar values? What makes you think so?
4. Has the story helped you understand your identity as a Filipino and as an Asian? How?
D. Performance
Group Work: Ask the student to act their favorite scene in the story.
E. Assignment
Read the story ‘The Happy Mirror: A Japanese Folktale’