DON MARIANO MARCOS MEMORIAL STATE UNIVERSITY

NORTH LA UNION CAMPUS

Bacnotan, La Union
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
The Life and Works of Jose Rizal
PART I.
LESSION I: The Rizal Law
Objective:
a. Discuss briefly the Rizal Law.
b. Analyse the impact to the youth at present the implementation
of Rizal law.
LESSION II: Life of Rizal
Objective:
a. Discuss important landmarks in the life of Jose Rizal.
b. Analyse how these landmarks molded the mind and heart of
Jose Rizal
c. Using the definition of word “hero”, Justify how these
definitions apply to Jose Rizal.
LESSION III: Works of Rizal
Objective:
a. Identify parallel events in Noli Me Tangere and El
Filibustererismo that are still relevant to the situation of the
Philippines at present.
b. Review the different characters in both novels. Write your
analysis.
c. Write an essay to answer the following:
1. What is freedom?
2. How is the lack of freedom portrayed in the novel?
3. How is the situation in the novel different from the present
time?
4. What is the role of the youth in the development of the
future and society?
PART II.
ACTIVITY I: DID Rizal Retract?
Objective:
a. Discuss first about the retraction of Jose Rizal.
b. Justify your answer if Rizal did retract or didn’t retract?
ACTIVITY II: Controversies about Rizal
Was Rizal the Jack, the Ripper? On May 24, 1888, Rizal was in London’s
British Library to copy the book “Sucesos de las islas Filipinas” by hand.
Objective:
a. Discuss the controversies about Rizal.
b. Give your opinion regarding the issue.

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ACTIVITY III: Indolence of the Filipino People
Objective:
a. Discuss briefly the topic.
b. How Jose Rizal react regarding the Indolence of the Filipino
people?
c. In your own opinion “can we say that at present the Filipino
people are Indolence”?

PART IV: REACTION PAPER

Dr. Jose Rizal Movie 1998 by Cesar Montano

A. Introductory paragraph
1. Write a lead sentence that gains the reader's attention. Example:
“When speaking of families, it is important to consider the issue of sexual
behavior.”

2. Introduce your thesis or most important argument. Example: “The

American Revolutionary War was less of a social revolution than it was a
fight for economic autonomy.”

3. Introduce sub-arguments or sub-themes that you are going to use to

support your thesis.

B. Body of the paper

1. Discuss the sub-themes that you identified in the introductory
paragraph, in separate paragraphs.

C. Conclusion
1. Restate your thesis and sub-themes.
2. Write any closing comments or implications of your argument.

Prepared by:

Nathaniel A. Pe
CAS FACULTY

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