Department of Education

Region IV-A CALABARZON

Division of Santa Rosa
STO. DOMINGO INTEGRATED HIGH SCHOOL

MAESTRO IN ABSENCIA

MONITORING & EVALUATION REPORT

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Sample 1

Department of Education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
Division of Santa Rosa
STO. DOMINGO INTEGRATED HIGH SCHOOL

MAESTRO IN ABSENCIA

Name: Score:
Grade & Section: Date:
Learning EN12Lit-IIb-32: Explain the texts in terms of
Subject: 21st Century Literature literary elements, genres, and traditions.
Competency:
Tradition and culture in the Maestro in
Topic: formation of literary piece Absencia:
Reference/s: 21st Century Literature from the Philippine and the World pp.101-109

I. READING TEXT
Summary of the Bread of Salt by N V MGonzales
It was his assigned duty to be up early in the morning and be on his way to the baker’s to buy rolls and
pan desal for the breakfast table. He was fourteen and he has already got used to his task. On his way he
thought of the bread of salt – pandesal – and wondered how it was made, what gives its flavor and shape.
He looked around the landscape at daybreak and once again remembered how much he adored Aida, the
niece of the old Spaniard whom he thought he was destined to serve, "just like his late grandfather. The times he
thought it was his duty to stay in the house in the service of the young maiden. He even dreamed that she
likewise keeps an intense emotion for him, which she will only dare manifest in the right time.
He was a diligent student and violinist. It didn’t take long before he was transferred from second to first
violin and before long, he was invited to "join pete Saez’ band and perform in one engagement after another. He
was happy to earn money through his own skill, although it was with utter bitterness that he had to endure
rehearsals despite the outward disapproval of his aunt against his chosen field. The thought musicians are
no better than dogs scurrying to get their mouths on food scraps in trash bins. But he didn’t mind, thinking
that the money he’ll earn from playing the violin will allow him the capacity to buy a brooch and beautiful
stationery for his ardent love letters to Aida.
Then he was invited, together with Saez band, to the asalto for Don steban’s daughters who were arriving
from Manila. He was honored to be in a sophisticated gathering and get a magnified look at Aida’s stunning
beauty. He was beside himself with immeasurable "joy and pride but will later on be displaced by an equally
immeasurable embarrassment at the buffet table after Aida caught him sneaking some sweets into the
packet under his shirt. She nonetheless offered him a big package of food after the party but due to his
intense shame, he lost the composure to react along with the entire ardor he used to shower the maiden
with. After the party they led the guests’ home with their music. Then with Paez, he went to the bakery to
buy pandesal with his own money. But the bread wasn’t ready yet so they waited.
II. ANALYSIS
Identify the following:

1. Setting
2. Characters
3. Plot
4. Theme
5. Conflicts
6. Imagery
7. Mood and tone
III. EVALUATION
How does making an outline help you in planning for your goals in life?

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Sample 2

Department of Education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
Division of Santa Rosa
STO. DOMINGO INTEGRATED HIGH SCHOOL

MAESTRO IN ABSENCIA

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Grade & Section: Date:
21ST CENTURY Appreciate the cultural and
LITERATURE FROM THE aesthetic diversity of literature
Subject: Learning Competency:
PHILIPPINE AND THE of the world
WORLD
Appreciating Culture and
Topic: Maestro in Absencia:
Traditions
Reference/s:
I. Lesson
Turban Legend
by R Zamora Linmark
By the time Vince arrives at the Philippine Airlines departures terminal, it is already bustling with restless
souls who, with their balikbayan boxes, have transformed the terminal into a warehouse, as if they're returning
to the motherland on a cargo ship rather than Asia's first airline carrier. Comedians use these durable
cardboard boxes as materials for their Filipino-flavored jokes. "How is the balikbayan box like American
Express to Filipinos? Because they never leave home without it."
Everywhere Vince turns are boxes, boxes, and more boxes. Boxes secured by electrical tape and ropes. Boxes
with drawstring covers made from canvas or tarp. Boxes lined up like a fortified wall behind check-in
counters or convoying on squeaky conveyor belts of x-ray machines. Boxes blocking the Mabuhay Express
lane for first-and business-class passengers. Boxes stacked up on carts right beside coach passengers standing
in queues that are straight only at their starting points before branching out to form more-or converge with
other-lines, bottlenecking as they near the ticket counter.

Boxes that ought to be the Philippines' exhibit at the next World's Fai1, Vince tells himself as he navigates his
cartload of Louis Vuitton bags in and out of the maze. An exhibit that should take place none other than here,
at the Honolulu International Airport, he laughs, as he imagines an entire terminal buried in the
Filipinos' most popular-and preferred-pieces of luggage.

With a balikbayan box Filipinos can pack cans of Hormel corned beef, Libby's Vienna sausage, Folgers, and
SPAM; perfume samples; new or hand-me-down designer jeans; travel-sized bottles of shampoo, conditioner,
and body lotion gleaned from Las Vegas hotels; and appliances marked with
first-world labels that, as anyone who's been to the Philippines knows, can easily be purchased at Duty Free
right outside the airport or from any of the crypt-like malls that are so gargantuan they're a metropolis unto
themselves.

Filipinos will even throw themselves into these boxes, as was the case of the overseas contract worker in
Dubai. The man, an engineer was so homesick that, unable to afford the ticket-most of his earnings went to
cover his living expenses and the rest to his wife and children-he talked his roommate, who was homebound
for the holidays, into checking him in. He paid for the excess baggage fee, which still came out cheaper
than a round-trip airfare. En route to Manila, he died from hypothermia.

Vince, who had heard the story from his older sister Jing, didn't buy it. There were too many loopholes, too
many unanswered questions, like wouldn't an x-ray machine in the Middle East detect a Filipino man curled
up inside a box? He simply dismissed it as a "turban legend."
"You're missing the point brother," Jing said.
"It's not the mechanics that matter. It's about drama. The extremes a Filipino will go to just to be back home
for Christmas with his family."
 II. Guide Questions

1. Why do Filipinos love balikbayan boxes?

2. What do you think the boxes symbolize? Why do they seem to be important than their contents?
3. When the narrator notes the Filipino-ness of the balikbayan boxes, what does he feel toward his fellow
Filipinos?
4. What does the airport symbolize?
5. What do you think is the real message behind the anecdote or the “Turban Legend”?
6. Do you think that Filipinos who live or work abroad suffer from homesickness? Explain your answer?
7. Do you think that when Filipinos are abroad, they are proud of being Filipino? Why or why not?
8. The title “Turban Legend” is a play on words on the phrase “urban legend.” what does “urban legend”
mean? Why was it changed to “Turban Legend”?
9. What is the significance of the story?

III. Exercises

1. What is the characterization of the narrator based on the descriptions?

a. rich and famous b. overseas Filipino worker c. wealthy foreigner
2. What is the reason that an engineer from Dubai died in the plane?
a. Hypothermia b. Heart attack c. Asphyxia
3. Why is a Balikbayan box important to Filipinos?
a. It is filled with imported goods.
b. It is from their loved one working abroad.
c. It makes the receiver look rich.
4. What does the speaker mean when he said: “It's about drama. The extremes a Filipino will go to just to be
back home for Christmas with his family."?

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