Ballad of a Mother's Heart

1. BALLAD OF A
MOTHER’S HEART

2. Main Objective:
◦Establish a sense of objectivity in
evaluating a text using a set of criteria

3. What is a BALLAD?
- a narrative poem, often of folk origin and
intended to be sung, consisting of simple
stanzas.

4. JOSE LA VILLA TIERRA
- he came from Atimonan, Quezon.
- his philosophy of education is: "No man is truly
educated until he has learned his two R's which are
RIGHT and (W)RONG.”

5. Guide questions:
1. To whom is the song dedicated to?
2. What are the qualities of a mother based from the
ballad/song?

6. Read the poem
Ballad of a
Mother’s Heart

7. Questions:
1. What is the theme of the poem?
2. What kind of night is describe in the first stanza?
3. Describe the young man as a suitor.
4. What did the maiden ask to the young man to prove his love
for her? Why do you think she did this?
5. What line tells a mothers great love for her child?

9. In a sheet of paper, Illustrate a mothers love
through a spider web graphic organizer.
◦The title should be A Mother’s
Love

10. Speech choir
-to recite a verse, story or rhyme in unison with elements of
choreography.
-Through this speech choir experience where students
perform as a group, it helps to bring the text alive as you
perform it as a group.

11. Rubric for Speech Choir
CRITERIA RUBRICS
POINTING
SYSTEM
EVALUATION TOTAL
1. Voice Inflection
(45%)
a. Invoke thoughts, feeling and
sentences through rising and falling
intonations
b. Pronounce words clearly and
properly
c. Recite a well-modulated voice
25%
10%
10%
2. Appropriate
Facial Expression
(30%)
a. Display appropriate eye movement
b. Mark distinctions of mood through
voice variations
10%
20%
3. Over-all impact
(25%)
a. Display proper posture and
uniformity
b. B. Maintain eye to eye contact with
the audience
c. Recite the poem from memory
10%
10%
5%
TOTAL: