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A. Content The learners will be able to understand and appreciate literary texts in various genres across national
literature and cultures.
B. Learning (EN12Lit-IIa-22) Identify representative texts and authors from Asia, North America, Europe, Latin
Competencies America and Africa
2. CONTENT This lesson tackles on how the immigrant experience is rendered by Merlinda Bobis through the use of
taste as a critical literary device and how the events in the story may function as a template for the
reading of world literature.
4. PROCEDURES
Preparatory Greetings
Activity Opening Prayer
Attendance
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Motivation: The teacher will ask the students’ interest by recalling an incident/situation that makes them
surprised/amazed on different cultures and traditions in Philippine society. Tell them to write this anecdote
and share it in class.
ASK:
1. Why do we have different cultures and traditions?
2. What is the significance of multiculturalism?
3. Do you think that other countries too have different cultures and traditions? Explain your answer.
Activity Activity 1
1. The class will be divided into five groups.
2. Each group will collect current information about multiculturalism from around the world
3. Instruct the students to share their answers in class.
Activity 2
Pre-reading/During-reading
1. Instruct the students to read silently about the short story “An Earnest Parable” by Merlinda Bobis
2. Let the students write the questions that they have about the story.
3. At the end of the lesson, let the students go back with the table below, and list the things that they learned about
“An Earnest Parable” based on the story.
An Earnest Parable
What I know What I want to know What I learned
After-reading
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1. To respond critically, ask the students to answer the activity on the worktext.
1. What can you say about the professional life of Merlinda Bobis?
2. What is the power of her works?
3. How did she use literal and symbolic device as an interesting piece of world literature?
Generalization:
Abstraction 1. Discuss the meaning of “The residents of Bessel Street were kin in tongue”
2. Discuss the other literary techniques and devices in the story.
3. Discuss how these devices contribute to the larger meaning in the story.
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Evaluation 15 items Pen-and-Paper Test: One point is given for every correct answer.
Closure
Agreement Ask the students to write on ‘What do you think of romantic relationships between people from
different countries? Do you think they are doomed to fail? Explain.
Remarks