Sequencing Events

By: LUCILA O. MELLOMIDAT-III

Cawayan Elem. School

Drill

Arrange the following words alphabetically.phrase phone phasepropel prepare prunes

Unlocking of Difficulties

Give the meaning of the underlined word through context clues.

a. The big black ants that ate the poisonous fruit died on the spot. (juicy, deadly, dirty)

b. Don’t cry for I like to pinch your cheek, little chubby boy. (squeeze, hit, caress)

• Do you know what a folktale? Can you name folktale that you’ve read or heard? Listen and be able to tell how the lansones became edible.

Mang Selo and the Dream AngelDid you know that the lansones fruit was once thought to be poisonous? Its name, lansones, is taken from tagalong word lason, which means poison.Instead very delicious but every one had been told not to eat them because they were poisonous. The town of paete in laguna, a province, south of manila, there once grew tall trees with bunches of cream-colored fruit. They looked very delicious but every one had been told not to eat them because they were poisonous. One bite of the lansones fruit was enough to kill a man. Even the big black ants that ate them died on the spot.One sunny September morning, an old but kind hearted man called Mang Selo was walking through one of Paete’s thick forest. He was on his way to a fiesta in a nearby town. He has made this trip every year, travelling on foot, with no trouble. But now he was old and became tired quickly. Soon he needed to stop and rest.Next year I will bring a walking cane and soon for my journey,” Mang Selo told himself. “I will stop here and rest, perhaps my hunger will go away.”

The old man tried to take a nap, but his empty stomach kept him awake. He sat up and looked around for something to eat. There were no wild berries or nuts to sight. He only saw the deadly lasones trees.A beautiful angel appeared to him in his sleep. She wore a white gown and seem to have come down from the heavenly clouds. The angel stood next to Mang Selo and gave him a bunch of fruit. Finally, she said, “My good Christian friend and traveler, take these so you will not be hungry.Mang Selo looked at the fruit the angel had in her hand. He was surprised to see that they were lansones. “Why would this good angel give me something poisonous?” he wondered.“Do not worry,” said the angel. Then she took one and pinched it, peeled it and put it in his mouth. Then she took one of the lansones. “Eat,” she said.At the moment Mang Selo woke up. The angel was gone! He rubbed his eyes and wondered if the angel had been a dream. Slowly he realized that he was no longer tired or hungry. He looked around and was surprised to see lansones peeling on the ground. The angel in his dream had been real, after all!

Comprehension Question

a. According to the folktale, how did lansones get its name?

• b. What made the people think that lansones was poisonous?

• Why do you think did the angel show himself to Mang Selo and helped him? How can you show kindness to others?

Arrange the events as happened in the story.

• When awoke he realized he had really eaten some

lansones, but was not poisoned by them.• It had been told that one bite of the fruit was enough to

kill a man.• Feeling tired, he took a nap and an angel who appeared

in his dream told him to eat the lansones fruit and he did.• Lansones was once thought to be poisonous• Mang Selo, a kind hearted man was once walking through

a forest.

Are you ready to retell the story?

Group ActivityRead the story

Jack and his mother needed to buy food so they sold milk from their cow everyday. One day, jack sold the cow for five beans. The mother got angry and threw all the beans into the garden. A beanstalk grew from the beans. Jack climbed it and found a giant’s house. Jack always climbed the beanstalk. The last time, he was chased by the giant. The beanstalk broke and jack could not go up again.

Group 1

• Answer the questions:• Who are characters of the story?• What did Jack do to get money?• What happen to the beans?• What did Jack find upon climbing the

beanstalk?• Why did the beanstalk break?•

Group 2Arrange the following sentences as it happened in the story.

• _________ A beanstalk grew from the beans.• _________ Jack and his mother badly need money

for their food.• _________ The last time, he was chased by the

giant and the beanstalk broke.• _________ Jack sold the cow for five beans• _________ Jack always climbed the beanstalk after

finding a giant’s house.•

Group 3

• Make an illustration on the part of story that you like most.

This time no guide questions are given. Listen attentively to be able to rearrange jumbled sentences.

Apolinario Mabini was chatting with his classmates when his mother, tired and shabby arrived. She had walked miles from Tanauan, Batangas to Manila. That’s why she looked like a beggar upon reaching the city. Without hesitation, Mabini lovingly embraced his mother, and kissed her sweating forehead. Then proudly, he introduced her to the people around. How delighted the teary-eyed mother was!

Arrange the sentences using the numbers 1-5.

• ________ Mabini lovingly embraced his mother and kissed her forehead.

• ________ How delighted his mother was for his loving son.

• ________ Apolinario Mabini was chatting with his friends when his tired and shabby mother arrived.

• ________ He proudly introduced her to his friends.• ________ His mother looked like a beggar because

she walked miles from home.•

EvaluationListen to the story attentively.

One morning, Datuk and his dog Bakar were jogging lazily along the sandy shore. Bakar stop and sniffed very cautiously up a shell. Suddenly, he jumped backward and bark aloud in fright. Datuk quietly went near the shell. Usually, shells don’t move but this one was actually walking! How was that possible! Datuk quickly called Bakar to his side. Then, he carefully lifted the shell. Obviously, it was not empty. A hermit crab rolled itself inside.

Arrange the sentences as they happened in the story by numbering them on

the blanks.

• _______ Bakar saw a shell.• _______ Datuk saw a hermit crab roll inside

the shell.• _______ The shell was actually walking!• _______ Suddenly, he jumped and barked in

fright.• _______ One morning, Datuk and Bakr were

jogging along the shore.

Assignment:

Rearrange the following sentences into a story.

1. That experience taught Ralph to put his toys in their

proper place. 2. Yesterday, Ralph’s dog, Linus, taught him a lesson. 3. He made one leap and began to chew the rubber band. 4. As Ralph dusted the furniture Linus sat watching him.5. Ralph rescued his slingshot just in time.6. Suddenly, he spied the slingshot which Ralph had

carelessly left on the floor.