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angry

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shy

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happy

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excited

tired

surprised

confused

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Folktale- a story handed down orally through generations.

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Pourquoi- French word for why. It explains why a natural event happened.

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1. Iguana
2. Yam
3. Almost as big as I am
4. Nonsense
5. Plotting
6. Mischief
7. Tidbit
8. Council
9. Antelope
10. Minding my own business

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a. A large lizard

b. A small piece of food

c. Almost the same size

d. A meeting called to find the answer

e. Not interferring with the affairs of others

f. Behavior that causes problems or trouble

g. Planning secretly to do something illegal or harmful

h. Words or ideas that are foolish and have no real meaning

i. An animal that looks like a deer

j. A long, thick root or tropical plant that has brown skin and usually white or yellow flesh and that is eaten as a vegetable

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Antelope yam

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iguana

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snake

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rabbit

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crow

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monkey

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owl

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lion

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mosquito

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Do you think mosquito is liked or not liked by the others?

Why or why not?

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But let us first give some pointers in listening:

• Listen attentively
• Remember the key words
• Keep an open mind
• Determine the message of the story

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(Listening to the story) “WHY MOSQUITOES BUZZ IN PEOPLE’S EARS”

A west African tale Retold by Verna Aardema Copyright 1975

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYtiFEPqCwE

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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:

Why are the animals alarmed and startled?

What cause the jungle to remain dark?

How do the other animals feel about lion? How do you know?

Why did the lion called for a council meeting of animals?

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ANSWERING THE Motive QUESTION:

Is the mosquito liked or not liked by the others? Why or why not?

Will mosquito be ever to show himself again to the other animals? Why or why not?

If you can give an advice to mosquito, what will you tell him?

If mosquito will change his behavior or attitude, what must he change?

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Now let us study the TONE and MOOD of the story.

Tone and mood both deal with the emotions that center around a story or a poem or an piece of literature. Though they seem the same and can in fact be related by what causes them, they are quite different.

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The TONE is the attitude of the author towards the subject, the reader, or the characters. It is how the writer feels about what he or she is writing. The author conveys the tone by the setting, characters, word choice, and other details along the way.

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The MOOD is the feeling the reader gets from reading the author’s words. It is the feeling the reader or listener has about the text. It could be the same as tone, but not always.

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amused

cheerful

authoritative

arrogant

angry

gloomy

horror

humorous

formal

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Tone words

resigned

witty

ironic

optimistic

worried

playful

pessimistic

informal

sad

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threatening

suspicious

irritated

serious

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Mood Words

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alarming

fanciful

ashamed

annoyed

depressed

boastful

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frightening

romantic

happy

frustrating

mysterious

joyful

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sarcastic

suspenseful

sentimental

stressed

sorrowful

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Group Work:

Let us have some group activities.

Remember to observe the following during group discussion:

• Be polite. Wait for turn to speak. Listen while your classmates are speaking.
• Be tactful. Say what you want to say in a nice way. Also, wait for the one who is speaking to finish first before you say something.
• Be open. When your classmates do not agree with what you are saying, do not feel bad. Accept that people have different opinions.

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• When she returned to the nest, she found one of them dead. Her other children told her that the monkey had killed it. All that day and all that night, she sat in her tree—so sad, so sad, so sad!

• The night grew longer and longer. The animals of the forest knew it was lasting much too long. They feared that the sun would never come back.

• Then king lion called the monkey. He came before him nervously glancing from side to side rim,rim,rim,rim

TASK 1

As a group, identify the tone and mood of the following parts of the story. Then, complete the table. Be ready for a group reporting afterwards. You may use the list of tone words and mood words.

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• The mosquito said, “Iguana, you will never believe what I saw yesterday.”

• “What’s a mosquito compare to a yam?” snapped the iguana grumpily. “I would rather be deaf than listen to such nonsense!”

• “Now, why won’t he speak to me?” said the python to himself. “Iguana must be angry about something. I’m afraid he is plotting some mischief against me!” He began looking for somewhere to hide.

TASK 2: WRITER’S FEELINGS; READER’S FEELINGS

Identify the TONE and MOOD of the following parts of the story. Then show your classmates by acting out your answer.

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If you were the mosquito, would you change your behavior? Why?

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How is TONE different from MOOD?

The tone is the attitude of the author towards the subject, the reader, or the characters. It is how the writer feels about what he or she is writing.

The mood is the feeling the reader gets from reading the author’s words.

It is the feeling the reader or listener has about the text. It could be the same as tone but not always.

Let us just simplify that tone is what the author, the one who wrote the story feels. And mood is what the reader feels about the story that he read or watch.

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Evaluation

Identify the tone and mood of the following. You may use the list of tone words and mood words.

• Then King Lion called the rabbit. The timid little creature stood before him. One trembling paw drawn up uncertainly.
• All the animals laughed when they saw the iguana coming, badamin, badamin, with the sticks still stuck in his ears!
• “Punish the mosquito! Punish the mosquito! Cried all the animals.
• When mother owl heard that, she was satisfied. She turned her head toward the east and hooted: “Hoo! Hooooo! Hooooooo!”
• Meanwhile, the mosquito had listened to it all from a nearby bush. She crept under a curly leaf, semm, and she was never found and brought before the council.

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Assignment:

There are lots of stories about animals which you can learn a good lesson from them. And there is one story in which the characters are very familiar to us. It is entitled, “THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER”. Now choose 3 parts of the story and give the tone and mood of your chosen part. Remember to report them tomorrow.

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