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Directions/Instructions
Read and follow the instructions given with understanding. Answer the activities by following the
directions correctly. Please read the background information for you to answer the comprehension
questions accurately.
Exercises/Activities
1. Preparatory Activity
List problems or issues that Filipinos of today face or experience and categorize them as indicated in the chart.
Issues presented in your chart are usually the same issues presented in pieces of literary works. As the discussion
on literature continues, you will encounter some of these issues and these may be present in some or all of the
periods in our Philippine Literature history.
Individual Familial Communal National
2. A. Cut out a picture from a magazine or draw any source of something that
represents the pre-colonial literature for you as a student. This is the period when we did not have papers
and pens to use. How do you think did our ancestors write their literary works and pieces? How do you
think did they communicate their stories?
B. Answer the next activity and try to analyze the things being compared in the riddles below.
ACTIVITY 2 Below are examples of riddles from different regions and ethnic groups.
Choose the best answer from the right and place the letter of your answer on your answer sheet.
1.Ilocano A. sili
Ajjar tangapakking (When you cut it) B. boat
Awaya ipagalliuk (chilli pepper) (It is mended without a scar) C. pineapple
2. Aklanon D. flower
Nagabuka owa‘t baba (It opens though it has no mouth) E. water
Nagahiyom-hiyom (It smiles quietly F. ears
Matsa may sikreto. (There seems to be a secret.) G. earrings
3. Visaya H. bell (kampana)
Baboy sa lasang (A wild pig of the forest) I. jackfruit
Ang tunok puro lansang. (Covered with spikes) I. jackfruit J. t-shirt
4.Bondoc J.eyes
Wada san duay sing-anag-I (There are two brothers)
Menkasidkugda. (They turn their backs on one another).
5. Tagalog
Nang hatakin ko ang baging (When I tugged on the vine)
Nagkagulo ang mga matsing. (The monkeys went crazy).
6. Badjao
Daing-daing ai bang kekita, (What kind of fish is this that)
Angekit kita? (When we bite, it bites us?)
7. Aeta
Muminuddukam (It wears a crown but isn‘t a queen)
A ningngijjitan (It has scale but isn‘t a fish)
8. Tagalog
Dalawa kong kahon (My two boxes are opened without a sound)
Buksan walang ugong
9.Bisaya
Gipalit ko bisan ug mahal, (I bought it and it‘s costly)
Apan magpulos lamang ug magbitay. (But I use it for hanging only.)
10. Bisaya
May ligon nga balay, (What house has post on top,)
Ang haligi atua sa taas, (A roof at the bottom,)
11. Bicol
Saro an nilaugan (It enters in one door)
Tolo an niluwasan (it exits in three doors)
ACTIVITY 3
Compose 2 Bicolano modern riddles (bugtong). Each riddle should contain two lines. They may refer to
common school and home equipment and appliances, food and things associated with contemporary life.
Write the riddles on the space provided.
Rubric to be used: Creativity/use of imagery 40% Wordings and syntax 30% Rhyme 30%
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ACTIVITY 4 List down 3 Filipino/ Bicol proverbs or salawikain that you may have heard from your elders.
Then give the lesson that it is trying to impart on us. The proverbs can be in Bicol or Tagalog dialects.
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Proverb 2. ___________________________________________________________________________
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Proverb 3. ___________________________________________________________________________
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Guide Questions (if necessary)
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Reflection
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Answer Key
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Name of Writer
Note: Practice Personal Hygiene Protocols at all times. Please include this in All Learning Activity
Sheets.
INPUT
Pre-Colonization Oral and written literatures were present in our culture even before colonizers came.
We had our own alphabet that our Malayan ancestors used. The written literary forms did not last because of the
materials used such as: 1) leaves, 2) bamboo canes, and 3) the ground.
Such materials did not last long because of its organic composition. But the oral literature continued by
word of mouth like: 1) riddles, 2) proverbs, 3) folksongs and folktales, 4) myths and legends, etc. The way our
ancestors lived during the early days is evident in the contents of these literary forms. Work and activity songs
described how people earn their livelihood like farming, fishing, pottery and a lot more. An example is the popular
song by the Tagalogs-―Magtanim ay di Biro‖ (Planting Rice is Never Fun).
Riddles Riddles are generally poetic in form and come in one, two, three or four lines. During the pre-
colonial period, riddles serve as a form of folk speech and are about the battle of the wits. Riddles use one or
more images to refer to an object to be guessed. The use of obscure words has been invented for the purposes of
rhyme and meter. 8 Very often, obscure or vague words appear as proper names, fictitious names of animals, also
to meet the need of rhyme. Sometimes the riddle may be in the form of a direct question. These riddles are called
is tigmo in Cebuano, bugtong in Tagalog, paktakon in Ilongo and patototdon in Bicol.
Folk Narratives Folk narratives consist of myths, legends and folktalkes. Myths are prose narratives
explaining how the world and people came to be in their form. These were the first tools man used to define his
world. The origin of the surrounding world has always been the object of interest of prehistoric Filipinos.
Proverbs The proverbs or aphorisms express norms or codes of behavior, community beliefs or they
instill values by offering nuggets of wisdom in short, rhyming verse. The extended form, tanaga, a mono-riming
heptasyllabic quatrain expressing insights and lessons on life is "more emotionally charged than the terse proverb
and thus has affinities with the folk lyric." Some examples are the basahanon or extended didactic sayings from
Bukidnon and the daraida and daragilon from Panay. Filipino proverbs or Tagalog proverbs or salawikain, echo the
values of the Philippines. Though they have been retold and passed down from one generation to another, and
the values and lessons they impart to us still hold true to this day. Example: If you plant, you harvest. Kung may
tinanim, may aanihin. It means that your future will be the result of your actions today. Plan ahead.