21st | LAS5 | When God Closes Doors

  UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST MANILA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET IN THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE S.Y. 2020-2021 FIRST QUARTER Activity No. 5 Activity Title: The Elements of a Short Story (When God Closes the Doors) Types of Activity: Concept Notes, Story Analysis, Story Making, Narrative Song Analysis Learning Targets: At the end of the lesson, you should be able to • discuss the major elements of a short story • analyse a short story and identify its elements • create an original short story • listen to a narrative song and describe its setting and conflict References  • Urquiola,Luciana L., Lacuata, Ma. Juana P. (2017) VOICES 21st Century Literature From The Philippines and The World: Abiva Publishing House • www.rcboe.org • https://youtu.be/eAs0POf4Y2I   Concept Notes Defining Short Story – It is a work of fiction that can be read in one sitting. Short stories have a few characters, singular complication, and are described as thematic. Also, they, in effect propel an intellectual and effective response to the readers. The Five Major Elements of a Short Story • Plot- this refers to the flow and sequence of events in a story. This also shows the causal relationship between and among the characters. The plot has several composites including exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and the denouement or resolution. • Exposition-beginning of a story. Characters, background and setting are revealed. • Conflict - it can be any struggle that a character faces. • Climax - turning point of the story. • Falling Action - this is where resolution begins.

• Resolution - final outcome of events in the story. • Setting - the background environment of the actions or events transpiring in a story. • Characters - the people who are involved in the story. Characters can either be the protagonist who is the leading actor or the antagonist who is against the protagonist. • Theme - the central meaning or idea of the story. It is a message that gives opinion about life, humanity, or society. • Point of View - this refers to who tells the story, and how they tell it. Preliminary Activity: Do you pray? Is there a time in your life that you doubted that there’s really a higher being? Task 1: A. read the selection on page 49, “When God Closes Doors” Urquiola,Luciana L., Lacuata, Ma. Juana P. (2017) VOICES 21st Century Literature from The Philippines and The World: Abiva Publishing House. Discover how the narrator dealt with the situation when God seemed to have closed the door. B. Write the plot of the story with effective use of the different elements of a short story.

Task 2: Listen to the song “Gaya ng Dati” by Gary Valenciano, https://youtu.be/eAs0POf4Y2I Draw the setting described in the lyrics of the song.   Write an explanation of the conflict found in the song. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________