CITY PROVINCE

Objectives:1.Recognize mood in literary

works.2.Appreciate the beauty of

living a simple life.3.Present a jingle, drawing,

slogan and a 3-minute role play showing the differences between the old and modern lifestyle.

Bruce Ignacio• He studied creative

writing and jewelry making in the Institute of American Indian Arts in Sta. Fe, New Mexico.

• He represents the modern-day descendants of a native American group.

Lost By: Bruce Ignacio

I know not of my forefathersnor of their beliefsFor I was brought up in the city.

Our home seemed smothered and surroundedas were other homes on city sites.

When the rain cameI would slush my way to schoolas though the street were a wading pool.

Those streets were always crowded.I brushed by people with every step, Covered my nose once in awhile,Gasping against the smell of perspiration on humid days.

Lights flashed everywhereuntil my head became a signal, flashing on and off.

Noise so unbearableI wished the whole place would come to a standstill,leaving only peace and quiet

And still, would I like this kind of life? . . .The life of my forefatherswho wandered, not knowing where they were going,but just moving, further and furtherfrom where they had been,

To be in quiet,to kind of be lost in their dreams and wishing,as I have been to this day,I awake.

Then I recall this trailSwept away by the north wind,It wasn’t for me to followThe trail of the long walk.

Comprehension Questions

Mood is the general feeling or atmosphere in a literary work. It is the feeling the reader gets from reading .

How to Identify Mood?• Choice of words• Line length• Rhythm• Setting• Plot• details

Identify its mood1. Bouncing into the room, she lit up the vicinity with a joyous glow on her face as she told her fiancé about their wedding plans.

2. Bursting through the door, the mother screamed uncontrollably at the innocent teacher who gave her child an F.

3. She huddled in the corner, clutching her tattered blanket and shaking convulsively, as she feverishly searched the room for the unknown dangers that awaited her.

What’s the difference between

mood and tone?

Mood vs. Tone Mood is the emotions that the reader feels while he is reading.

Tone is the feeling the author meant to set in the story or towards the subject.

MOOD

-the overall feeling of the work .

TONE

-the way feelings are expressed.

1. I’d rather stay here than to go into that dark room.

MOOD: reader feels a creepy mood.TONE : the person is scared.

2.Gerry kicked and threw the poor cat out of the house.MOOD: the reader felt pitiful towards the cat and furious to Gerry.

TONE: Gerry is angry to the cat.

Essential Question

Why study poetry?

Fixing Skills

DirectionsRead the following lines then write the letter of its correct mood.

1.) There is quiet in my heartLike one who rests in days of painOutside the sparrows on the roofAre chirping in the dripping rain.

from Rain in my heartEdgar Lee Masten

a. calm c. joyfulb. reflective d. resigned

2) The city is so big,Its bridges quake with fearI know I have seen at night

from The City Is So BigRichard Garcia

a. amazed c. fearfulb. horrified d. nostalgic

3.) Love, leave me like the light,The gently passing day;We would not know but for the night,When it has slipped away

from If You Should GoCountee Cullen

a. ecstatic c. euphoriab. gloomy d. regretful

Formative AssessmentDirections: Read the

following passages carefully and identify its mood by writing the letter of the

correct answer

ChoicesA. triumphantB. sillyC. calmD. boringE. despairingF. desolate

1. My Glider”by Jack Prelutsky

My glider is graceful,my glider is grand,I launch it aloftwith a flick of my hand.It smoothly ascends,then it pauses and swoops,it hovers in space and turns intricate loops.

2. “The Bean Eaters” by Gwendolyn Brooks

They eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair. Dinner is a casual affair.Plain chipware on a plain and creaking wood, Tin flatware.

3. “Buffalo Dusk” by Carl Sandburg

The buffaloes are gone.And those who saw the buffaloes are gone.Those who saw the buffaloes by thousands and how theypawed the prairie sod into dust with their hoofs,their great heads down pawing on in a great pageant of dusk,Those who saw the buffaloes are gone.And the buffaloes are gone.

4. Animal Farm by George Orwell

A little way down the pasture there was a knoll that commanded a view of most of the farm. The animals rushed to the top of it and gazed round them in the clear morning light. Yes, it was theirs—everything that they could see was theirs! In the ecstasy of that thought they gamboled round and round, they hurled themselves into the air in great leaps of excitement. It was as though they had never seen these things before, and even now they could hardly believe that it was all their own.

5. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

The Buddha went quietly on his way, lost in thought. His peaceful countenance was neither happy nor sad. He seemed to be smiling gently inwardly. With a secret smile, not unlike that of a healthy child, he walked along, peacefully, quietly. He wore his gown and walked along exactly like the other monks, but his face and his step, his peaceful downward glance, his peaceful downward-

Answer Key

Answer Key1.B2.D3.F4.A5.C

Group Enrichment ActivitiesGroup 1: Present a jingle expressing the diverse idea of antiquity and modernityGroup 2: Present a drawing showing the old and modern architecture designs of a Filipino home.Group 3: Present a slogan about change.Group 4: Present a 3-minute role play showing the different lifestyles now and then.

6 Facets of Understanding Questions:

Explanation: What is the key concept of the poem “Lost”?Interpretation: What does the poem reveal about the complexities and nature of modern-day life?Application: How can you use what you have learned today in real life situations?

Perspective: How does the speaker’s point of view similar or different to your point of view?Empathy: What was the poem trying to make us feel and see?Self-knowledge: How are your views about modernization shaped by the lesson?

AssignmentWrite a poem about the happiest day in your life.