21st Century Literature of the

Philippines and the World

Week 2
(Day 1)
Most Essential Learning
Competency

Writing a close analysis and critical

interpretation of literary texts, applying a
reading approach, and doing an adaptation of
these, require from the learner the ability to
identify: representative texts and authors from
Asia, North America, Europe, Latin America,
and Africa
 Learning Objectives
After going through this lesson, you are expected to:

1 2 3
Write a close analysis Create/ produce a
and critical
creative Show
interpretation of literary
texts using a reading representation of appreciation of
approach and identify
representative text from
a literary text by different
Africa and Asia. applying representative.
multimedia skills.
 Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if
otherwise.
1. The theme can only be presented through a plot. FALS
2. Theme is the central meaning of a literary work. E
TRUE
3. The thematic concept is what the literature says
REVIEW

about the work while thematic statement is what

the reader understands about the literary text.
FALS
4. Print medium still struggles to be in demand E
because there is no exchange in experiencing a
good book in hand while immersing yourself
TRUEin a
story.
5. DeterminingTRUE
the evident structure of the text is
called Formalism.
ACTIVITY
ACTIVITY
ACTIVITY
ACTIVITY ANSWERS:

1. skimming
2. scanning
3. extensive
4. reading
5. approach
 Share your practical
examples:
Analysis

• Skimming
• Scanning
• Extensive Reading
ABSTRACTION
 ABSTRACTION
READING SKILLS
• Inference is using facts from the text along with your own
knowledge and reasoning to make an assumption.

• Prediction on the other hand uses information in the text

to guess what may happen next.

For instance, if the author describes a boy putting on a jersey,

pads, and a helmet, we can infer that he is a football player.
We can predict that he is probably getting ready to play a
game or go to practice.
 ABSTRACTION
• Guessing refers to the ability to infer the meaning of an
expression using contextual clues.
Context clues are hints you can find about a word's meaning by looking
carefully at the other words in a sentence.

Synonyms as Context Clues

Bill felt remorse, or shame, for his harsh words.

Antonyms as Context Clues

Our sweltering summer days were quickly replaced by the cold flashes of fall.

Explanations as Context Clues

The team was elated because they just found out they placed in the semifinals
ABSTRACTION

CAN YOU FIND

THE TELEPHONE
NUMBER OF
PALANCA
PRINTING PRESS?
 ABSTRACTION
Scanning is a technique wherein readers
search for keywords or ideas. It involves
moving eyes quickly down the page
seeking specific words and phrases.
Scanning is also used by the readers to
find answers to questions.
 ABSTRACTION
For example, in searching for a telephone number in a directory, we
scan the page for the name of the specific person we are looking for.
When we scan, we usually:
●have an idea what information is needed from the text
●look for content words or visual clues that signal that information
●read in blocks of words rather than word by word

When scanning, some people find it helpful to run their finger down
the middle of the text while their eyes move back and forth to
quickly find the information they are looking for.
 ABSTRACTION
In skimming, the main idea of a text is quickly
identified. Skimming is done at a speed three to four
times faster than regular reading. People often skim
when they have lots of material to read in a limited
amount of time. Some readers will read the first and
last paragraphs using headings, summarizes, and other
organizers as they move down the page or screen. Some
might also read the title, subtitles, subheadings, and
illustrations.
 ABSTRACTION
Skimming refers to looking over a text quickly (without
reading word for word) to get the general idea of what
the text is about.

When we skim, we usually:

●read the title and look at any accompanying visuals
●read the beginning and end of an article, ignoring the
details
●read just the first sentence of every paragraph
 ABSTRACTION

Skimming Activity
Q1: How did Kerry feel about the book?
 ABSTRACTION
I really don’t know why this book is so popular. I mean, I suppose it is going to
appeal to young girls who want danger and romance, but I found this book really
tedious. For a start, the characters were really unconvincing. The author went
out of her way to add lots of details about the characters, but I found these
details really pointless. I thought that some of the facts she presented about the
main characters would become significant in some way later in the novel, but
they didn’t. They were just worthless bits of information. I also was disappointed
that, although this book is meant to be about kids at high school, the writer
seems to have no recollection at all about what it’s like to be 17. The main
character thought and acted like a 32-year old. It just wasn’t believable. I’m not
saying Teresa Wilson is a bad writer. She can obviously string words together
and come up with a story that is appealing to a large number of people, but she
lacks anything original. There is no flair. It just uses the same sort of language
as you can see in many other mediocre novels.
 ABSTRACTION
Extensive reading is an approach to language learning,
including foreign language learning, by means of a
large amount of reading. The reader’s view and review
of unfamiliar words in a specific context will allow the
reader to infer the word’s meaning, to learn unknown
words. Extensive Reading is the free reading of books
and other written material that is not too difficult for
readers. Extensive Reading is sometimes called Free
Voluntary Reading.
 Application
Direction: Read the poem with understanding.
Write a critical essay about the poem by
completing the guide in the grid.

EQUALITY
(By Maya Angelou)
Application
Application
21st Century Literature of the
Philippines and the World
Week 2
(Day 2)
ACTIVITY

Aired (December 4, 2022): Doc Nielsen Donato and his team visited
the Amazon Rainforest to get a glimpse of the different species in the
area.
[Link]
 1. What interesting facts about
Amazon River were you able to
ANALYSIS

learn from the video?

2. Do you have other facts/ trivia

that you share to the class about
Amazon River or Brazil?
 ABSTRACTION
Se n t i n 1910 to l i ve w i t h d i s t a n t r e l a t i ve s w h o ow n a r u b b e r
plantation along the Amazon River, English orphan Maia is excited.
She b e l i eve s s he i s i n for b r i g htly colore d m a ca ws , e nor m ou s
butterf li es, and "curtains of sweetly scented orchids trailing from
the trees." H er British cla ssma tes wa rn her of ma n-ea ting
a ll i ga tor s a nd wi ld, mu rde rou s Indi a ns . Unfor tu na te ly, no one
cautions Maia about her nasty, xenophobic cousins, who douse the
house in bug spray a nd forbid her from venturing beyond their
coiffed compound. Maia, however, is resourceful enough to f in d
her s elf s ma ck in the middle of more excitement tha n s he ever
imagined, from a mysterious "Indian" with an inheritance, to an
itinerant actor dreading his impending adolescence, to a
remarkable journey down the Amazon in search of the legendary
giant sloth.
 ABSTRACTION
Eva Maria Charlotte Michelle Ibbotson (née Wiesner; born
21 January 1925 – 20 October 2010) was a British novelist
born in Austria to a Jewish family who fled the Nazis. She is
known for her children's literature. Some of her novels for
adults have been reissued for the young adult market. The
historical novel Journey to the River Sea (Macmillan, 2001)
won her the S ma rties Prize in ca tegory 9 –1 1 yea rs,
garnered an unusual commendation as runner-up for the
Gua rdia n Prize, a nd ma de the Ca rnegie, Whitbrea d, a nd
B l u e P e t e r s h o r t l i s t s. S h e w a s a f in a l i s t fo r t h e 2 0 1 0
Guardian Prize at the time of her death. Her last book, The
Abominables, was among four f in alists for the same award
in 2012.
 ABSTRACTION
Adaptation from The Journey to the River Sea
By Eva Ibbotson

Maia is an orphan. Her only guardian is a lawyer, named Mr. Murray, whose
on ly res p on s ib il ity is to h el p h er w ith th e s mal l amou n t of mon ey h er
parents have left her when they died. Then, Maia learned that her relatives,
the Carters would be willing to take care of her. When a note written by the
Carter twins, Gwendolyn and Beatrice, arrives, Maia makes up her mind to
go l ive with the Car ters in their house on the Amazon. She travels there
with Miss Minton, her new tutor. On the boat fromEngland, she meets Clovis
King, a struggling child actor. The two quickly became friends. Maia is very
excited to l ive with the Carters. She imagines that she and the twins will
become the best of friends and they will have a wonderful time together.
 ABSTRACTION
However, the only reason the Carters took Maia in was her
money. In real ity, Gwendolyn and Beatrice are self is h.
They hate Maia before they even know her. Maia feels like
b eing with the Ca r ter s is l ike a b eing in p r is on. Soon,
h o w e ve r, s h e m e e t s F i n n , w h o i s r u n n i n g a w a y f ro m
private detectives known as “the crows.” They are trying
to force Finn to return to England and claim his
inheritance.
 ABSTRACTION
W h e n C l ovi s c o m m i tte d a m i s ta ke i n a p l a y w h e re h e
b e l o n g s , h e g o e s to M a i a fo r h e l p b e c a u s e h i s a c ti n g
company f ir es him. She and Finn hide him in the hidden
lagoon where Finn l ives and devise a plan to get Clovis
back to England. Finn, Maia, and Clovis plan to make the
crows believe that Clovis is Finn so Clovis pretended to be
Finn.
 ABSTRACTION
Meanwhile, in England, Clovis confesses that he is not the
real Finn and wishes to go home, which causes Sir Aubrey,
Finn’s father to have a heart attack. The real Finn goes to
his father's home, to help Clovis reveal the truth.

In the end, Mrs. Carter, Beatrice, and Gwendolyn return to

En glan d to be com e se r van t s of t h e i r we alt h y re lat i ve.
However, Maia, Miss Minton and Clovis all return to Brazil.
Finn inherits all his family’s money and possessions.
APPLICATION
 Comprehension Check
Di re cti on : Th e stor y was qui te i n te re sti n g. Now,
APPLICATION
answer the questions that follow to test your
understanding.

1. What problems did Maia experience during her

travel to Brazil?
2. What are the characteristics of Gwendolyn and
Beatrice?
3. What life lessons did she learn from her friends
Finn and Clovis?
Application
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 Answers:
1. a. extensive reading
2. a. reading approach
3. d. scanning
Application
4. c. skimming
5. a. skimming
6. d. skimming
7. d. extensive reading
8. c. reading approach
9. b. the author is persuading the people to see their real
situation
10. a. listen to their pleas
11. a. put things in place to support people achieve similar
outcomes
12. c. The family is suffering from war.
13. a. hopeful
14. d. Ropes are found in Asia
15. a. Someone who believed that there is a superior race
over the other, that person is a racist.