Lesson 3: Live the Values

and National Identity of a

Filipino
Vocabulary Exercise
• Study the meaning of each given word below.
WORD MEANING
defiance Putting in opposition
frail Lacking even normal strength or force
glorious Extremely pleasant
inheritor An heir
vindication Means of gaining justification or
support
Directions: Fill in each blank with a suitable
noun, verb, adjective, or adverb from the
given list of words.
1. The Filipinos will always be proud of the country’s __________ and humble
beginnings.
2. After the continuous battles for the rights of the displaced farmers, they finally
got their ______ with the ruling from the court that they can now own their lands.
3. The strong ________ of the Filipino people against the invaders caused so
many lives.
4. The young children of today are the future ________ of this land which our
heroes fought for.
5. Poverty is evident in the slum areas of the country, where you can see most
children looking ________ and skinny.
How Proud are you as a
Filipino? Why do you say the
you are a true Filipino in
thoughts, in words, and in
deeds?
 Carlos P. Romulo
One of the canonical
writers who was
recognized as a
National Artist of the
Philippines Hall of
Fame in Literature in
1982
He spent his 50 years of
public service as
educator, soldier,
university president,
journalist and diplomat.
As a writer, he was the
only Asian to win
America’s most
coveted Pulitzer prize
in Journalism
He was one of many
Filipino writers who
used their mighty pen
to bring across the
essence of our identity
as Filipinos.
 What an Archetype is
• The term “archetype”, which has its origin in
ancient Greek, comes from the root word archeim
meaning original or old and typos which means
“pattern, model or type.”
• An archetype is an original pattern, including all
similar persons, objects, or concepts that are
imitated.
• Was introduced by psychologist Carl Gustav Jung
Example of Archetypes
• The Bully – intimidates others
• Battle of Good or Evil – good ultimately triumphs
• The Journey – the hero confronts trials along the
way
• The Family archetypes – the father, the mother,
and the child
• The story archetypes – the hero, the maiden,
and the wise old man
Archetypes are all models
after which other things
are patterned.
 I am a Filipino
Carlos P. Romulo
• It is a well-known literary work
that elucidates on national
identity through examination of
the Filipino’s ardent dream for
liberation from colonization.
• This was published in The
Philippine Herald in August 1941.
1. Explain the scenario
being described.
2. Describe the land the
invaders found.
3. What did the
Filipino-inheritor
realize?
4. How is the Filipino as the
“child of the East”?
5. Characterize Filipino as
the “child of the West.”
6. As a Filipino, what did
the writer realize?
Performance Task No. 3