Through Education Our Motherland Receives Light
The vital breath of prudent Education
Instills a virtue of enchanting power;
She lifts the motherland to highest station
And endless dazzling glories on her shower.
And as the zephyr's gentle exhalation
Revives the matrix of the fragrant flower,
So education multiplies her gifts of grace;
With prudent hand imparts them to the human race.
For her a mortal-man will gladly part
With all he has; will give his calm repose;
For her are born all science and all art,
That brows of men with laurel fair enclose.
As from the towering mountain's lofty heart
The purest current of the streamlet flows,
So education without stint or measure gives
Security and peace to lands in which she lives.
Where Education reigns on lofty seat
Youth blossoms forth with vigor and agility;
He error subjugates with solid feet,
And is exalted by conceptions of nobility.
She breaks the neck of vice and its deceit;
Black crime turns pale at Her hostility;
The barbarous nations She knows how to tame,
From savages creates heroic fame.
And as the spring doth sustenance bestow
On all the plants, on bushes in the mead,
Its placid plenty goes to overflow
And endlessly with lavish love to feed
The banks by which it wanders, gliding slow,
Supplying beauteous nature's every need;
So he who prudent Education doth procure
The towering heights of honor will secure.
From out his lips the water, crystal pure,
Of perfect virtue shall not cease to go.
With careful doctrines of his faith made sure,
The powers of evil he will overthrow,
Like foaming waves that never long endure,
But perish on the shore at every blow;
And from his good example other men shall learn
Their upward steps toward the heavenly paths to turn.
Within the breast of wretched humankind
She lights the living flame of goodness bright;
The hands of fiercest criminal doth bind;
And in those breasts will surely pour delight
Which seek her mystic benefits to find,
Those souls She sets aflame with love of right.
It is a noble fully-rounded Education
That gives to life its surest consolation.
And as the mighty rock aloft may tower
Above the center of the stormy deep
In scorn of storm, or fierce Sou'wester's power,
Or fury of the waves that raging seep,
Until, their first mad hatred spent, they cower,
And, tired at last, subside and fall asleep, --
So he that takes wise Education by the hand,
Invincible shall guide the reigns of motherland.
On sapphires shall his service be engraved,
A thousand honors to him by his land be granted:
For in their bosoms will his noble sons have saved
Luxuriant flowers his virtue had transplanted:
And by the love of goodness ever lived,
The lords and governors will see implanted
To endless days, the Christian Education,
Within their noble, faith-enrapture nation.
And as in early morning we behold
The ruby sun pour forth resplendent rays;
And lovely dawn her scarlet and her gold,
Her brilliant colors all about her sprays;
So skillful noble Teaching doth unfold
To living minds the joy of virtuous ways.
She offers our dear motherland the light
That leads us to immortal glory's height.
Rizal
Friday, May 3, 2019
Philosophy of Rizal
Reflection Activity:
1. In your own understanding, what is education for Dr. Jose Rizal?
2. Is Rizal a religious man? Why do you think so?
Education is the only mechanism that elevates the country to the highest level of glory. It is only education that liberates the mind from the bondage of ignorance, and it is the free mind that liberates the country from the dominion of others. Rizal wanted the Filipinos to be educated because he found education as the only answer to subjugation.
3. Rizal believed that education is the only way for a country to regain freedom. He died more than 100 years ago. Do you think his belief was correct?
4. We have corrupt government officials who are also products of the known universities of the country. Do you think our schools fail to do their mission of producing good men and women? What do you think?
Religion is taken from the Latin word, "religare" meaning connection. Our common understanding is, it is community of believers which members are bound by dogmas.
5. What is your own philosophy of religion?
6. Mahatma Gandhi said, "I like Christianism but I don't like the Christian." Comment on this.
The Philippines during the time of Rizal was a political domain of Spain. Unfortunately, the Philippines had no representative to the Spanish Cortes. The distance of both countries allowed the Spaniards to inflict into the Filipinos whatever they wanted. Rizal only wanted reforms particularly from Spanish leaders and uneducated Filipinos to be more responsible by way of education. So Rizal was a reformist rather than a revolutionist.
7. In your own words, describe the plight or unfortunate situation of the Filipinos under the abusive Spaniards.
8.What is your political philosophy?
Ethics is a branch of philosophy that studies human behavior. It determines human actions whether correct or incorrect, or right or wrong. It also includes morality of human actions.
9. What do you think would Rizal say to the Filipino women who married to foreigners for financial reasons?
10. What do you think Rizal's advice to parents who are experiencing problems in disciplining their children?
11. Rizal would like to preserve familial bonding as ethical pattern of the Filipinos. Is he right in advocating this? Why?
12. Do you think familial bonding during Rizal's time is still the same today?
Reference:
Tabotabo, Claudio V. and Roman D. Leano Jr. 2009. Jose Rizal: A Hero's Life. Philippines, Mindshapers.
1. In your own understanding, what is education for Dr. Jose Rizal?
2. Is Rizal a religious man? Why do you think so?
Education is the only mechanism that elevates the country to the highest level of glory. It is only education that liberates the mind from the bondage of ignorance, and it is the free mind that liberates the country from the dominion of others. Rizal wanted the Filipinos to be educated because he found education as the only answer to subjugation.
3. Rizal believed that education is the only way for a country to regain freedom. He died more than 100 years ago. Do you think his belief was correct?
4. We have corrupt government officials who are also products of the known universities of the country. Do you think our schools fail to do their mission of producing good men and women? What do you think?
Religion is taken from the Latin word, "religare" meaning connection. Our common understanding is, it is community of believers which members are bound by dogmas.
5. What is your own philosophy of religion?
6. Mahatma Gandhi said, "I like Christianism but I don't like the Christian." Comment on this.
The Philippines during the time of Rizal was a political domain of Spain. Unfortunately, the Philippines had no representative to the Spanish Cortes. The distance of both countries allowed the Spaniards to inflict into the Filipinos whatever they wanted. Rizal only wanted reforms particularly from Spanish leaders and uneducated Filipinos to be more responsible by way of education. So Rizal was a reformist rather than a revolutionist.
7. In your own words, describe the plight or unfortunate situation of the Filipinos under the abusive Spaniards.
8.What is your political philosophy?
Ethics is a branch of philosophy that studies human behavior. It determines human actions whether correct or incorrect, or right or wrong. It also includes morality of human actions.
9. What do you think would Rizal say to the Filipino women who married to foreigners for financial reasons?
10. What do you think Rizal's advice to parents who are experiencing problems in disciplining their children?
11. Rizal would like to preserve familial bonding as ethical pattern of the Filipinos. Is he right in advocating this? Why?
12. Do you think familial bonding during Rizal's time is still the same today?
Reference:
Tabotabo, Claudio V. and Roman D. Leano Jr. 2009. Jose Rizal: A Hero's Life. Philippines, Mindshapers.
Friday, March 29, 2019
Rizal's Travel Abroad
Here are some of the links for Rizal's travel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDQs7R6j4bY
https://ourhappyschool.com/history/jose-rizal-adventurous-voyager
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDQs7R6j4bY
https://ourhappyschool.com/history/jose-rizal-adventurous-voyager
Helping Others
Just
Help and Change Your Life Forever
We help each other because of the different reasons.
Some people help others, because
they just cannot not to help the other people if they need help. The other
people help, because they wish to give some positive energy or just because
they must help. Sometimes we can help the others,
because we are sure, that they will think in a good way about as after that. We
need to improve our health, and to be sure, that someone needs us. When we
help, we also get the real benefits to our health.
Help and
live longer
There were
some researches in different countries in 2013 and the scientist found out,
that the help can increase our life. It is possible to decrease the mortality
by 22%. How much do you need to live longer? If you help the others up to 100
hours per year, you will reduce the risk of the death by 28%. But it does not
matter how much time you spend while helping other people. You can do it 2
hours or 125- but you will get the positive result. The only main thing, which
you need to know, that this help should be systematic.
Another
researches have shown, that students improved their blood tests only help each
other 1 time a week and the positive aspects of this activity were shown after
some years.
Improve
your mood
We increase
our mood when we help other people. The researches have shown, that it is
needed to help people 5 times a week to improve your mood. But if you help only
1 time, it does not have any influence. You need to help people systematically
and the researchers showed, that people, which help, do not suffer from
depressions or decrease of motivation.
Speak
more
It is
possible to get a lot of friends if you help other people. This fact is very
important for our health. The researches showed, that the loneliness has
negative influence on our blood pressure and the risk of the heart attacks will
be increased. People, which know, that there are their friends that can help
them, live longer than people which do not have friends or family.
Lower
blood pressure
The
researches showed, that people at the age 50+, which helped other people only 4
hours a week had up to 40% lower risk to get problems with the blood pressure.
Also, scientists say, that the positive effect can be connected with the stress
decrease. In addition, volunteering gives you the great opportunity to find a
lot of new friends and to have positive emotions.
Little
things have the great meaning
If you wish
to help other people, just listen to their problems, but do not judge them. It
is the easiest thing that can be done. A lot of people know the answers to
their questions, but they have not realized it yet. When you allow them to
speak about problems, to discuss it, you give them the great opportunity to
check the situation from the other side and to find the best solution of it.
Sometimes, they need help to start the new life from the very beginning. The
essay on helping others will give you the great opportunity to understand it
better. Just place the order on this site and
you will get the essay as soon as it is possible. You can choose the time you
wish.
Do
something unusual
When you
change the life of other people, you get the amazing feeling. You can do it,
for example, if you become the mentor for the young people. You will help them
to avoid the mistakes you had and will teach them how to overcome some
difficulties.
Do
something from and to
If you
decided to help someone, you cannot stop on the half of the way. You need to be
sure that that the changes appeared and your words were not empty. People will
be grateful to you for your help and will appreciate your efforts and time you
spent.
Do not
wait for “thank you”
You should
not wait that all people will be thankful to you for your help. You should
understand, that the help is not something like goods, which is possible to
sell with benefits. We help each other just because we want to do in this way.
Do you give the person the bill, because you explained how to go to the
library, for example? Or should we stop giving some free advices and free help?
It seems, that no one needs such kind of help, because it will not improve our
life. But some kinds of help need to have some benefits. For example, we cannot
work for free, because we need to earn money.
Also, you
need to understand, that before helping other people, you need to be ready to
do it. It is clear, that there can be different kinds of help, everything
depends on our possibilities. But people should be ready for this help. For
example, little children cannot take care of someone or just to help, because
they are not ready, they just need to grow up and to understand what does the
help means. But adult people understood it and because of it, they can analyze
their life and understand where it is possible to help the other people.
All of us
can help other people and all can be the part of the mechanism, which can
change our life and make it better. In any case, if you help other people, you
become happier than you were before and you can be sure, that people will help
you too.
Activity:
1.
Explain the meaning of the
saying, “No man is an island.”
2.
Who are the “others” in your
life?
3.
Should we limit our “service
for others” to our “significant others” or the people who are close to use, either
by blood relationship or through friendship? Explain your answer fully.
4.
How did Rizal do his share of “serving
others”?
5.
How can you do your share of “serving
others”? Explain your answer fully.
References
De Viana, Augusto et. al. 2018. Jose Rizal:
Social Reformer and Patriot: A Study of His Life and Times. Philippines: Rex
Book Store.
Friday, March 1, 2019
Rizal as a Genius
Rizal was an expert of at least
22 fields of disciplines.
1.
As
physician. It was always the dream of Rizal to study
Ophthalmology to help his mother who was in the stage of advance blindness.
This dream was fulfilled in 1884 at the age of 23 at the Universidad Central de
Madrid. The university gave him the degree of Licentiate in Medicine. He went
back to Calamba and successfully cured many patients there. Being a physician
was one of the benefits that the people of Dapitan had enjoyed during the exile
of Rizal in that place of Zamboanga del Norte. His name as a physician reached
as far as Ireland. A friend George Tauffer came to Dapitan with his daughter
Josephine. And Josephine Bracken became the wife of Rizal.
2.
As
poet. At early age of eight, Rizal demonstrated his
poetic gift when he wrote “Sa Aking Mga Kababata.” Some of his known poems are
as follows:
a.
Recuerdo A mi Pueblo (In memory of my
town)
b.
My First Inspiration
c.
Through Education Our Motherland
Receives Light
d.
To the Child Jesus
e.
To the Virgin Mary
f.
To the Filipino Youth
g.
The Song of Maria Clara
h.
Hymn to Labor
i.
To My Muse
j.
Hymn to Talisay
k.
Josephine, Josephine
l.
Kundiman
m. Mi
Ultimo Adios
3.
As
novelist. Rizal had published two novels; the Noli Me
Tangere and El Flilibusterismo. There were stil unfinished ones; Makamisa,
Dapitan and many others. The Noli and El Fili pictured the deplorable
conditions of the Filipino people under the abusive Spaniards. They unveiled
the same evil.
4.
As
essayist. Aside from novels and poetry, Rizal was also an
essayist. He produced several essays some of which are as follows:
a.
Amor Patrio (Love of Country)
b.
On Travel
c.
The Indolence of the Filipinos
d.
Letter to the Young Women of Malolos
5.
As
a dramatist. The Council of the Gods of Rizal won
first prize in the literary contest 1880 at the Lyceum De Manila. It was
considered superior of all the manuscript submitted. The judges had no choice
but to proclaim the winner in spite of the fact that it was submitted by an
Indio. Other dramas of Rizal include the following:
a.
Comedia
b.
Beside the River
6.
As
historian. The greatest achievement of Rizal as historian
was his annotation (comment) of Morga’s Successos Las Islas Filipinas,
published in Mexico in 1609. Rizal praised Morga for being unbiased. And Morga
was a reliable historian.
7.
As
a painter. At an early age, Rizal had already shown his
artistic inclination. His first success in painting was when he was still a boy
in Calamba. It was said that a religious banner was damaged and new one should
replace it. Knowing that the boy Rizal was good in painting, the people came to
him and requested him to paint a religious banner. At once, Rizal consented,
and a new one was produced. One of his known paintings was of Saturnina, his
eldest sister. He was good at sketching. His sketches include the Monkey and
the Turtle. He also learned the Japanes art of painting called Sumi-e.
8.
As
a sculptor. At first, Rizal learned sculpture by
himself when he was still a boy. He loved to shape figures using clay or wax.
This boyhood hobby on sculpture was further developed while he was in Ateneo.
Jesuit professors encouraged him to develop his sculpture talent. Also, the
Economic Society of friends of the country the University of Sto. Tomas awarded
him with a diploma and a silver medal for his wax model. Some of his sculptural
works were the following:
a.
Woodcarving of his father
b.
Woodcarving of his Josephine
c.
A clay figured called “The Mother’s
Revenge”
9.
As
an architect. Rizal had proposed to put up a
Filipino college in Hong Kong. As part of his plan he himself designed the
building. His house in Dapitan was design by himself. Looking closely at his
house in Dapitan, one finds an complicated knotting of rattan without the use
of nails.
10. As a musician.
Rizal was not only gifted with a good voice, but as a composer of music. He
also produced several musical compositions and one of those was entitled “Alin
Mang Lahi” (Any Race), a patriotic song.
11. As a linguist.
His travels and contact with different people provided Rizal the opportunity to
learn some languages and dialects. At the age of 35 he could speak 22
languages. In these 22 languages, he could communicate well both in writing and
speaking.
12. As a bibliophile.
Bibliophile is a lover or collector of books; Rizal collected more than 2,000
books. These books were categorized to fictions, geography, history, arts and
sciences. At young age, he was already reading the classic, philosophy and
fiction.
13. As a translator.
Knowledge of several languages is the basic craft to be a good translator.
Rizal could speak 22 languages, thus qualified as a translator. He translated
William Anderson’s fairy tales, Ethnology of the Islands of Mindanao from
German to Spanish and other known writings.
14. As an educator.
The value of education was planted in the mind of Rizal by his mother. He grew
up an educated man and became an educator. First, he had an aborted plan to put
up a school in Hong Kong. But finally in Dapitan, he had a school, a small one
but enough to accommodate a number of students.
15. As an economist.
Rizal was very well aware of the economic set up of the country during his
time. He was desolate about business in the country controlled by the
foreigners, particularly the Chinese. In an attempt to counter the Chinese
businesses in Dapitan, he encouraged the people to form a cooperative. He
himself engaged in business. More importantly, he encouraged everyone not to
patronize the Chinese stores.
16. As a surveyor.
He finished his surveying course at the Ateneo de Manila while he was at
University of Sto. Tomas, although he was not immediately granted the title
because of his young age. At 20, he began to practice surveying.
17. As an engineer.
Rizal did not formally study engineering. His reading of engineering books
helped him a lot. In Dapitan, he constructed a water system that supplied the
whole town. He built a large dam, good enough to collect water for the town
populace. Also in Dapitan, he remodeled the town plaza. Using his own money, he
provided the town with a lightning system consisted of coconut oil lamp.
18. As a naturalist.
A naturalist is one who collects and studies specimens like plants and animals.
While in Dapitan, Rizal gathered several species, which he sent to Europe. In
recognition of his works, European scientist named some species in his name.
They were Draco Rizali, a flying dragon or dragonfly; a pogenia Rizali, a small
turtle and Phacopahous Rizali, a frog.
19. As an archaeologist. Archaeologist
is one who studies ancient people’s civilization, through relics like temples,
tools, weapons, jars and others. While in Dapitan, Rizal excavated the Lumanao
Hill where he discovered several relics that belonged to the Chinese merchant
of the Sung Dynasty. He concluded that Lumanao Hill was a burial place of the
Chinese.
20. As a philologist.
A linguist is a person who is skilled in languages. A philologist is one who
studies the origin and development of a language. Rizal made his own study and
associated himself with known European philologists. He made a study of the
Tagalog Orthography, or spelling. He found out that Tagalog language had been
hispanized by the Spaniards. Rizal wanted to eliminate the hispanized spelling
by using K and W instead of c and u.
21. As an inventor.
Rizal invented a cigarette lighter and while in Dapitan, he invented a wooden
machine for making bricks. Using this machine he was able to manufacture 6000
bricks daily.
22. As a sportsman.
Rizal was expert in swimming, fencing, wrestling and rowing. He also loved the
play yo-yo. Fashioned from Europe he opened a gymnasium in Calamba. He
introduced European sports namely, boxing, fencing, pistol shooting, wrestling
and judo. His intention for establishing gymnasium was to discourage the people
from indulging in gambling. Part of the curriculum of the aborted plan of a
Filipino college in Hong Kong was gymnastics. In Dapitan, he did not only teach
academic subjects. He included boating, fencing, shooting, swimming and
wrestling.
23. As a magician.
Like all the other children, Rizal was interested in magic. When he was still a
boy in Calamba, he amused his sisters and friends with his skillful tricks. In
Europe, he continued his interest in magic. He had books about famous magician.
24. As a prophet.
The release of his mother from jail was prophesied by Rizal. He was still 13
years old at the time. The prophecy came true and mother was released. He had
other predictions which came to reality. Some were that Filipinos would stage a
revolution and Manila would become a busy city.
ACTIVITY GAME: Charade with a TWIST
Oral Presentation Schedule (Rizal Class)
RIZAL CLASS 2019
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SCHEDULE
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Learning Outcome
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TOPIC
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ACTIVITY/
PERFORMANCE
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ASSIGNMENT
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Presenter
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Week 1
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Introduction/Distribution of Syllabus
Importance of Studying Jose Rizal
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Automated eLearning Diagnostic Activity
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Week 2
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LO 1, 2,3
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Philippine Society Under Spanish Rule
Who Made Rizal Our National Hero?
Rizal as National Hero
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Lecture
Discussion
Debate Activity
Should Rizal be our national hero?
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Answer Testmoz Online Assessment
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Week 3
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LO 1,2,3
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Rizal and Filipino Heroism
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Lecture/Discussion
Activity:
Show me a picture/Draw a Picture “My Modern Day
Hero”
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Read and print articles about Rizal’s family
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Week 4
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LO 5
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An Overview of Rizal’s Life
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Film Showing
(Movie: Jose Rizal, 1998)
Reflection Paper
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Research Day
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RIZAL’S LIFE
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Week 5
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LO 1,2,3,4,5
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Rizal’s Family Part 1
His
Father
His
Mother
His
Brother
His
Sisters
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Kahoot Activity
Lecture
Discussion
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Answer Testmoz Online Assessment
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Feb 23
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Week 6
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LO 1,2,3,4,5
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Rizal’s Family Part 2
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Performance 1
Create a simple scrap book of the members of the
Mercado family.
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March 2
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Week 7
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LO 1,2,3,4,5
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Rizal’s Academic Success and Challenges Part 1
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Lecture
Peer Sharing:
Social Issues Before vs Present
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Answer Testmoz Online Assessment
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March 9
Ms Adamos
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Week 8
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LO 1,2,3,4,5
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Rizal’s Academic Success and Challenges Part 2
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Performance Task 2
“Lights, Camera, Action”
A Video Presentation of Social Issues on
Education
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March 16
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Week 9
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LO 1,3,4,5
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Rizal’s Adventurous Journey Part 1
First Travel
First Homecoming
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Performance Task 3
BLOG:
Highlight the Significant Events in Rizal’s
Travel via Blog
VLOG:
“My Significant Travels: A video presentation”
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March 23
Ms Pangandian
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Week 10
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LO 1,3,4,5
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Rizal’s Adventurous Journey Part 2
Second Travel
Second Homecoming
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March 30
Ms Estacio
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Week 11
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LO 1,2,3,4,5
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Rizal’s Love Life
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Lecture
Wedding Proposal Presentation for Rizal
“Realize An Ideal Wedding for Jose &
Josephine”
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Answer Testmoz Online Assessment
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April 6
Mr. Alamar
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Week 12
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LO 1,2,3,4,5
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Rizal’s Arrest, Trial and Execution
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Field Trip to Intramuros, Luneta and National Museum
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April 13
Ms Lising
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RIZAL’S LEADERSHIP
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Week 13
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LO 1,2,3,4,5
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The Shaping of Rizal’s Heroic Leadership
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Lecture
Discussion
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April 20
Mr Degracia
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Week 14
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LO 1,2,3,4,5
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Rizal’s Collaboration with Other Heroes
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Small Group Discussion
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April 27
Ms Felices
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Week 15
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LO 1,2,3,4,5
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Performance Task 4: Mini Seminar on Leadership Using Rizal’s
Principles
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May 4
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RIZAL’S WORKS
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Week 16
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LO 5
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“Poetry Out Loud”
Sa Aking Mga Kababata
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Poem Recital
Slogan Contest: The 21st Century Youth
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May 11
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Week 17
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LO 1,2,3,4,5
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Jose Rizal’s Inventions and Discoveries
Rizal and His Philosophies: A Guide for
Contemporary Filipino
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Activity:
Create your “Rizal Design for T-Shirt” based from
the life and works of Rizal
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May 18
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Week 18
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LO 3,5
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Performance Task 5: Mini-Design Show of the “Rizal Design” for
T-Shirt
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May 25
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