The lesson focuses on analyzing literary conflicts and understanding the emotional nuances presented in the story of Mr. Angeles' homecoming celebration, where he gifts personalized sleeping mats to his family, including tributes to his deceased siblings. The narrative unfolds through emotional moments, from the excitement of receiving gifts to the tension and arguments over remembering the dead, culminating in a poignant revelation of the mats for his lost siblings. Ultimately, the story emphasizes the importance of commemorating loved ones and acknowledges the impact of loss on family dynamics.

2. At the end of this lesson the students will be able to:
1. Analyze literary piece from its conflicts
portrayed.
2. Establish ideas to set out evaluations
pertaining to the highlighted concept.
3. Resolve the conflicts portrayed from the
literary piece.

4. Mr. Angele’s homecoming celebration from his
occasional trips out of town had never been
more different than his homecoming from the
South. Aside from the things that he usually
bring home, he carried with him
extraordinary sleeping mats from a mat
weaver whom he met during his trip. He made
each sleeping mats personalized for
everybody. However, it surprised them when
when they found the extra mats that Mr.
Angeles bought for their loved ones who
already passed away.

5. a. Place: Nana Emilia’s House
b. Time: The time setting for the action
is in the afternoon. This story
happened somewhat between 1950’s
up to the present time. There is non
specific season for the said story but
the story evolves in the evening.

6. a. Protagonist: Mr. Angeles
b. Antagonist: Himself

7. a. Exposition: The story is started by Mr.
Angeles who is coming home for his
periodic inspection trip. Then he had
written in Mariveles to Nana Emilia
that he has a surprise to him that he
bought mats that are made by
anartistics craftsman at his area. This
mats have colorful designs with their
own distinguish weaves, design, and
colors. He is excited to give it to them
all.

8. B. Rising Action
The rising action is when Mr. Angeles is
giving his surprised to the whole family.
And the siblings were very excited to get
their gifts. And one by one, on the lighted
area of the house, he gave the mats with
distinguish names and symbolism on it.

9. C. Climax
The highest part of the story is wherein
they all get the mats but there are three
remaining mats that must be unfolded.
And Mr. Angeles unfold it one by oe and
he speaks in a loud voice that he offers
this simple mats to his 3 dead siblings
which are Josefina, Victoria, and
Conception.

10. D. Falling Action
The falling action of the story is where
Nana Emilia and Mr. Angeles argues about
this sensitive issues that they must forget
already because they are dead but Mr.
Angeles is so stubborn that he
emphasized that these children must not
be taken for granted.

11. E. Denouement
The denouement of the story s when the
children heard the word exploding the
silence. They wanted to turn away and
not to see the face of their father and also
when Nana Emilia shivered once and
twice, bowed her head, gripped her
clasped between her thighs.

12. F. Ending
At the end of the story here was a total
silence on the house. Then the mats were
unfolded and each name was slowly
revealed. And the mats for the 3 dead
siblings were described.

13. Because Mr. Angeles wants to
commemorate his 3 siblings and he was
so emotional that his sensitive issue must
not be talked about and also the emotion
was look before in himself and he find the
way out to burst that emotion by offering
mats to the siblings.

14. “We must not forget and take for granted
the people who passed away because they
contributed to our life and we must
respect them by commemorating them.”

16. 1. Describe Mr. Angeles as a father. Why do you think
he bought the mats for all the
members of his family?
2. What is the significance of the mat that was a
wedding gift to Nana Emilia to the
family?
3. Why do you think Jaime and Emilia felt terrible as the
last three mats were being
Opened?
4. How were the last three mats different from the rest?
5. What was the effect of death on the Angeles family?
Share some personal experience related to this.

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