5. Legend
One of the earliest forms of folklore
of most, if not all, cultures.
A narrative that is partly true and
partly imaginary about particular
person, event, place or natural
feature.
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6.
7. COMPARISON CHART
LEGEND MYTH
Evidence that
events occurred /
people existed?
Yes No
When and where
did it happen?
Typically in more recent
historical past.
Usually the ancient past
from a specific ancient
culture.
Is it fact or fiction? Facts are distorted or
exaggerated. Some fiction.
No evidence to prove it as
fact. Fictional stories
explaining how "the world
was created" or some type
of natural situation that
occurred on Earth.
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8. COMPARISON CHART
LEGEND MYTH
Who are they
about?
Notable people from
history.
Gods, supernatural
realm, supernatural
creatures.
What are they
about?
Often about heroic
deeds, overcoming
obstacles, but may also
be about evil doing.
Traditional narrative
that explains natural
phenomena through
symbolism and
metaphor — often
involves the gods of
ancient cultures.
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13. Context Clues
the scheming bird
decided to don a blue color
became indignant upon hearing this
heaved a deep breath
intentionally pelting the sky 1
14. Why Does the Philippines Have 7000 Islands?
At a time when there was only a single
great mass of land between the great sky and
an equally great water, a large prehistoric
bird got bored of circling around the same
area for millions of years. It had made several
attempts to fly as far as it could, to discover
what lay beyond the far horizons. However,
the big bird was always forced to go back,
because there was no other land on where he
could rest his tired wings.
15. One day, the bird came up with a
clever idea. The scheming bird told the water
that the sky was irritated by the way the
water kept on copying the sky’s hue. If it
decided to don a blue color, then water also
became blue; if the sky was clear and white,
the water became clear and neutral too.
16. The sky hated it the most that the water
imitated even the former’s dark mood, because the
water also turned gray and somewhat murky. Water
of course became indignant upon hearing this; and
it heaved a deep breath to which great amounts of
water rose up in the form of gigantic waves, high
enough to reach the sky and fill its clouds with
water.
17. They sky was puzzled at the water’s behavior
because it seemed that it was intentionally pelting the
sky. The scheming bird approached the sky and told
the latter that the water was resenting the fact that
the sky often made the decisions on what color they
had to have. Even if water wanted to try other colors,
the sky kept on reflecting itself on the water’s surface.
18. Sky, of course, was furious upon hearing this
that it let out loud roars of thunder and flashes of
lightning that hit not only water but also the
large mass of land. It drained out all the waters
carried in its clouds while water continued to pelt
huge waves against the sky. All these affected the
great mass of land because it slowly softened
and weakened as sky and water fought against
each other’s might.
19. Soon enough, the great mass of land started to
break into little pieces much to the delight of the bird.
Sky and water saw what had happened, and as a result,
stopped fighting and tried with all their might to bring
back the pieces of land together. It was too late because
there were about 7000 pieces of land that were too far
away from the main land. The bird of course finally
fulfilled his wash of travelling far and wide beyond the
horizons.
20. Context Clues
the scheming bird
decided to don a blue color
became indignant upon hearing this
heaved a deep breath
intentionally pelting the sky
21. Answer the following:
1. How does the story explain the changing colors of the ocean?
2. What is the prehistoric bird’s motive in getting the sky and the
water into a quarrel?
3. What realization do the sky and the water have at the end of the
story?
4. What human traits do the bird, the sky and the water exhibit?
5. Is there a way the scheming bird could have foreseen the
outcome of its action? Explain your answer.
22. Copy and answer the following questions:
1. Who are the characters?
2. Where is the setting of the story?
3. What is the moral lesson that you learn
from reading it?
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24. COMPARISON CHART
LEGEND MYTH
Evidence that
events occurred /
people existed?
Yes, but evidence may be
incorrect or insubstantial
No
When and where
did it happen?
Typically in more recent
historical past. Usually from
a specific culture.
Usually the ancient past
from a specific ancient
culture.
Is it fact or fiction? Facts are distorted or
exaggerated. Some fiction.
No evidence to prove it as
fact. Fictional stories
explaining how "the world
was created" or some type
of natural situation that
occurred on Earth.
25. COMPARISON CHART
LEGEND MYTH
Who are they
about?
Notable people from
history.
Gods, supernatural
realm, supernatural
creatures.
What are they
about?
Often about heroic
deeds, overcoming
obstacles, but may also
be about evildoing.
Traditional narrative
that explains natural
phenomena through
symbolism and
metaphor — often
involves the gods of
ancient cultures.
29. Sensory Details Example
Auditory (appealing
to the sense of
hearing)
• hearts pounds loudly in
the quiet room
• beating of drums
echoing faintly from the
distant hills
36. Sensory Words
Motion
Sparks of flame leap from the burning bushes, rising
toward the sky and swaying fleetingly before
disappearing into space.
crawl
skip
tiptoe
scramble
waddle
run
37. What to Avoid
Toomanyadjectives
Adjectives arewords thatdescribeormodifynouns.
Example:
Thetiny, fluffy, soft, furrycatmadeacute, weird, funnysound.
Modified example:
Thetiny,fluffy catmadeacutesound.
38. 1. The woo jacket felt prickly against her fingers.
CA: Tactile / Touch
2. For a brief of second, a spike lightning illuminated the dark purple
clouds.
CA: Visual / Sight
3. A faint buzz of voices came from behind the closed door
CA: Auditory / Hearing
4. The sweet yet tart taste of the apple juice flooded his mouth.
CA: Gustatory / Taste
5. The sharp aroma of pine needles filled the air.
CA: Olfactory / Smell
39. 1. This desk has a hard smooth surface.
2. The light, flowery scent of my sister’s perfume invaded my nostrils.
3. As I carefully swallowed each delicious morsel, I savored the rich and
creamy chocolate bar.
4. Brightly colored hot air balloons filled the clear sky.
5. The campfire crackled quietly in the night.
40. 1. This desk has a hard smooth surface.
CA: Tactile / Touch
2. The light, flowery scent of my sister’s perfume invaded my nostrils.
CA: Olfactory / Smell
3. As I carefully swallowed each delicious morsel, I savored the rich and
creamy chocolate bar.
CA: Gustatory / Taste
4. Brightly colored hot air balloons filled the clear sky.
CA: Visual / Sight
5. The campfire crackled quietly in the night.
CA: Auditory / Hearing
Editor's Notes
Before the coming of Spaniards, literature in the Philippines consisted of spoken and orally transmitted genres, mainly legends, myths, proverbs, folk songs and epics. These genres have gone through significant changes that have been passed on to the present. Moving on…
… or lasting value.
In Lesson 1 we are going to tackle on what a legend is.
The Story of pina is an example of what we called LEGEND.
When we say legend it’s a genre of folklore that explains the origin of something like a person, a place, or a natural phenomenon. Legends may be transformed over time, in order to keep them fresh and vital.
Myth is from europe
L - but evidence may be incorrect or insubstantial
L - Usually from a specific culture …..
L – FICTION refers to literature created from the imagination
L – NOTABLE a famous or important person. …. M – SUPERNATURAL unexplainable by natural law or phenomena
So now we are going to read a legend and its title is Why does the Philippines have 70000 Islands?
So as we are reading the story we are going to encounter these words. Lets read the meaning of these words for you understand the passage more.
Scheming - describes someone who is always doing sneaky things to make things happen
Don – to put on
Indignant - feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment.
Heaved – taking a deep breath
Intentionally – you are doing it on purpose
So now we are going to read a legend and its title is Why does the Philippines have 70000 Islands?
So as we are reading the story we are going to encounter these words. Lets read the meaning of these words for you understand the passage more.
Scheming - describes someone who is always doing sneaky things to make things happen
Don – to put on
Indignant - feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment.
Heaved – taking a deep breath
Intentionally – you are doing it on purpose
It’s because of the mood of the sky. If it decided to don a blue color, then water also became blue; if the sky was clear and white, the water became clear and neutral too.
because there was no other land on where he could rest his tired wings.
and as a result, stopped fighting and tried with all their might to bring back the pieces of land together.
Selfish, easy to fool
That’s the end of our lesson
See you next week for another fun day activity!
Goodbye!
Let move on on understanding
How is the use of sensory details in a written text useful to a reader? So lets find out!
Sensory details use the five senses (sight, touch, sound, taste, and smell) to add depth of detail to writing. Although sensory details are most commonly used in narratives, they can be incorporated into many types of writing to help your work stand out. Sensory details are powerful and memorable because they allow your reader to see, hear, smell, taste, or feel your words.
Now lets study the examples in the following table showing the different kinds of sensory details.
When writing a text make sure that the shape, color and appearance is present so that the readers can clearly visualize the text.
Look at the words heart pounds and beating of drums, I know that the moment you read it you suddenly heard the sound of a heart pounding at the beat of the drums? Aim I right. That’s how sensory details works
Here are some of the examples of Sensory words
Retain only the most powerful words in your writing, deleting any unnecessary words
All these descriptive terms make it confusing for the reader as to what exactly they are supposed to picture in their heads.
Reducing the amount of adjectives used to describe “cat” and “sound” creates a more specific image, concrete image.