The Enduring Siblings
Author:
GLAYSA S. GUIAOAN
T-III
The Enduring Siblings
Author:
GLAYSA S. GUIAOAN
Teacher III
The Enduring Siblings
Author:
GLAYSA S. GUIAOAN
Teacher III
Reference Learning Resource for Grade IV
SDO-Nueva Vizcaya
Version 1, 2021
ISBN:_________________
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RATIONALE
Reading is very essential to young learners in order
to enhance their reading skills especially in English.
Comprehension always goes with reading which is a
significant skill every learner needs to develop. According
to Francis Bacon, reading makes a full man.
However, in Kongkong Elementary School, reading
comprehension is one of the least mastered skills. Based
on the needs analysis, the reading comprehension skills of
the learners must have to be enhanced. Hence, this
contextualized reading story is purposely designed for the
learners with the goal to enhance their reading
comprehension skills. Since it is contextualized for them,
the story can help them relate for better comprehension.
In one of the remotest
places in Kasibu, Nueva
Vizcaya, there lives a family.
The couple, Mang Juan
and Aling Maria, has five
children. The family resides
near the rice field.
The children help
their parents work in the
farm during weekends.
“Children, let us help
one another in order to
survive. Don’t you worry
because you will go to
school again on Monday,”
said Aling Maria one
Saturday morning.
That Monday, the
excited siblings went to
school with their baon:
citrus, banana, and
camote.
“Tatang, Nanang,
I will take care of my
younger brothers and
sisters,” said Pedro, the
eldest among the five.
Along their way, Glory,
the youngest of them,
complained. “I am tired of
walking. My feet are terribly
aching!” she said as she
halted.
“Manong, may I just
stop and stay at home?”
asked Glory.
“No. We need to finish
our studies and endure
walking every day in order
for us to succeed,” said
Manong Pedro.
Glory was quiet and
about to cry.
“Isn’t it that you dream
of becoming a teacher
someday?” asked Pedro.
“Yes, Manong. But…,”
complained Glory.
“We need to be patient
for the meantime that we
are studying. In time that we
are done with our studies,
we could eventually enjoy a
better life,” explained Pedro.
“Yes, Manong Pedro. I
understand,” answered Glory.
The siblings walked
patiently in going to
school. For many years,
their teachers and their
classmates have witnessed
how the five have
endured many challenges
while studying.
As expected, all of
them have finished their
studies and earned their
degrees.
Manong Pedro became
a successful engineer while
Glory has turned herself into
a promising teacher in their
place.
The other children
have stable jobs, too.
“I am thankful that
Nanang and Tatang have
taught us values which are
useful in our everyday life,”
cried Glory out of joy.
“Thank you, Manong
Pedro, and to all of you, for
guiding me,” Glory added.
“Thank you, too, my
dear brothers and sisters,
for enduring the pains and
for your patience. Now,
we can say that we are all
successful,” teary-eyed
Pedro said.
At old age, the parents
feel proud of their children.
They have instilled in them the
importance of education.
With their grandchildren
around, they now happily live
together.
LIST OF COMPETENCIES
[Link] analyze a story in terms of its setting (EN4RC-Ib-2.1.1)
[Link] sequence events in a story or narrative (EN4RC-Id-e-24)
[Link] infer feelings and traits of characters in a story read (EN4RC-If-25)
[Link] identify the important story elements such as setting, character,
and plot (EN4RC-IIa-1.1)
[Link] infer traits and feelings of characters based on what they say or
do in a story read (EN4RC-IId-29)
[Link] identify the main idea, key sentences, and supporting details of
a given text (EN4RC-IIIg-40)
[Link] make generalizations (EN4RC-IVg-2.2.12)
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1. What/where is the setting of the story?
2. What is the main idea of the story?
3. How do you describe each of the characters in the story?
4. What are the values instilled by their parents in the minds of
their children?
5. What make/s the siblings enduring? Why do you say so?
6. How did the story end? Do you like the ending? Why?
7. How did education change the life of the characters in the
story?
8. If you were one of the characters in the story, who would
you be? Why?
9. If you were Manong Pedro, how would you react to Glory’s
plea to stop from going to school? Why?
10. Why is education important to one’s life?
ACTIVITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEARNING COMPETENCIES
For the learners to achieve the learning competencies, the
teacher can give varied activities for the development of the
following learning competencies: to analyze a story in terms of its
setting (EN4RC-Ib-2.1.1); to sequence events in a story or narrative
(EN4RC-Id-e-24); to infer feelings and traits of characters in a story
read (EN4RC-If-25); to identify the important story elements such as
setting, character, and plot (EN4RC-IIa-1.1); to infer traits and feelings
of characters based on what they say or do in a story read (EN4RC-
IId-29); to identify the main idea, key sentences, and supporting
details of a given text (EN4RC-IIIg-40); and to make generalizations
(EN4RC-IVg-2.2.12).
The story book titled “The Enduring Siblings” can be utilized in
order to deliver such competencies. The teacher can use the
contextualized material for the learners to analyze the story in terms
of its setting, characterization, and other literary elements.
Further, the teacher can use graphic organizers like story
map, word web, story pyramid and others strategies of enhancing
reading comprehension skills. Games can also be integrated in
discussing the lesson because using games can motivate the learners
to understand and enjoy reading with comprehension.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
The following can also be used as additional activities for the
learners to do using the story book.
Message relay
Role Playing
Jigsaw Puzzle
Arranging/Sequencing the events in the story
Noting details
Identifying the main ideas and the supporting details
Charade
MORAL OF THE STORY
1. Poverty is not a hindrance to success.
2. With hard work, nothing is impossible.
3. Education is the key to success.
4. With patience and endurance, every dream
will come to reality.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Glaysa S. Guiaoan is a bonafide resident of
Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya. She is happily married to
her husband who is a civil engineer. They are
blessed with two children.
She presently teaches in Kongkong
Elementary School, one of the public schools in
the municipality of Kasibu. She is a graduate of
Bachelor in Elementary Education at the Nueva
Vizcaya State University. She successfully
completed Master of Arts in Teaching, major in
English at the same university.
The author loves to write various stories for
children. She is also bestowed with the passion in
singing.
SYNOPSIS
The story is about the five typical children in
a remote place who patiently endured the hardship
of life living at the farm and walking for long
distance, for many years, just to reach the school.
The children never surrendered their dreams despite
the difficulties that they have been experiencing.
The children studied hard for them to finish their
education.
Did they succeed? Were they able to
achieve their dreams in life?
