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Despite of those changes,

How can you show your love to the Philippines and your

1.Filipinos received their liberty on June 12,

LIBERT Ywhich A noun

means freedom.

2. The stars make the firmament beautiful and bright at night.

FIRMAME NT A noun which

means sky or heaven.

3. The family members suffered stomachache after eating

An adjective which means rotten or

PUTRID

4. Japans cherry blossom is akin to Philippines sampaguita.

AKIN An adjective
which means similar in kind or related.

5. On her birthday, I bestowed her favorite toy.

BESTOW
A verb which means give or present as a gift.

6. The Americans mother tongue is the English language.

MOTHER TONGUE A noun which

means native language.

OUR MOTHER TONGUE BY: Dr. Jose P. Rizal

BRIEF INTRODUCTION It was written by Rizal when was eight years old.

IF truly a people dearly love The tongue to them by Heaven sent, Theyll surely yearn for liberty Like a bird above in the firmament.

BECAUSE by its language one can judge A town, a barrio and kingdom; And like any other created thing Every human being loves his freedom

ONE who doesnt love his native tongue; Is worse than putrid fish and a beast; And like a truly precious thing It therefore deserves to be cherished.

THE Tagalog languages akin to Latin, To English, Spanish, angelical tongue; For God who knows how to look after us This language He bestowed us upon.

AS others, our language is the same With alphabet and letters of its own, It was lost because a storm did destroy On the lake the bangka in years bygone.

CRITERIA
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Directions: Choose the answers which will make the statements correct. Encircle the letter of your choice. 1. The speaker of the poem was
a. a man who explains the significance of ones native language b. a man who describes the beauty of life

c. a man who loves his countrymen

2. Love for ones native language is the ____________ of the poem.

a. Tone b. Theme c. Mood

3. Jose Rizals poem , Our Mother Tongue is an example of a. Narrative poetry b. Lyric poetry c. Dramatic poetry

4. The general feeling of the poem is___________.

a. patriotism b. happiness c. lamentation

5. The basic attitude of the poet as expressed in the poem is a. proud b. sad

ASSIGNMENT
Read and study the following selections and answer the activities that follow. 1. The Ignorant Poor Man and The Priest (A Bikol Folktale) 2. Scent of Apples by Bienvenido Santos Reference: Abelos, Alex V., et.al. Philippine Literature: Rediscovering