The document discusses the short story "My Father's Tragedy" by Carlos Bulosan. It takes place in a Philippine province suffering from famine, poverty, and gambling addiction. The father spends his time training a rooster, Burick, for cockfighting instead of working. This causes arguments with the mother. Eventually, the mother kills and cooks Burick for dinner out of frustration with the father's obsession. The story examines the effects of vices like gambling and emphasizes the importance of family.

1. Working
with
Pictures

2. My Father’s Tragedy
By Carlos Bulosan
This is the title of the story
where you’ll meet
Burick, the man and his fa
mily.
This is Burick, the rooster in the story This is the man who owns Burick.
The man, his wife and their children

3. What It Is
and
What
It Is Not

4. What it is: (synonyms
of the word)
What it is not: (anto
nyms of the word)
Definition: (Write the
meaning of the word)
Characteristics:
(Write the description)

5. Arrange the significant details
of the story according to their
sequence. Place the events into
the labeled chicken part.
Chicken Detail

6. Elements
of
Short Story

7. Father
In a Philippine province where the community is suffering from fa
mine, poverty, addiction to gambling and joblessness.
During the impasse, the father remained jobless and spent all
his time training and caressing Burick for the cock fight.
The mother lost her patience over Father’s obsession to
Burick. She killed and cooked Burick for dinner.
The effects of human’s Vices; Family is the most
important possession in life
There is always a solution to every conflict.
Mother narrator Marcela Francisca

8. Think
and
Reflect

9. Do you like the story?
What did you feel after
reading it?

10. What is the general
situation in the story?
Describe it.

11. What has caused the
argument between the
narrator’s parents?

12. What has caused the
argument between the
narrator’s parents?

13. Why does the narrator call
it his father’s tragedy?

14. How did the father’s vice
on cock fighting affect
him and his family?

15. Had you been in the same
situation, would you have done
what the mother did? Explain
your side.

16. Do you think this kind of
conflict still takes place in
the present time? Why?

18. Create a short skit concerning the
conflicts that are happening in real
life because of gambling or vices.
Be able to make resolutions
for these conflicts.
ArtiStars

19. Choose or compose a song that best
interprets the message of the story
which is “one can overcome every
conflict & tragedy in life”. Be able to
perform the song in class.
The VoiceTerous
(Voice+Boisterous)

20. Act out how you would prefer the
story to have ended through a
puppet show. Be able to show that
one should prioritize his/her family
more than anything else in this
world.
The Brilliant Puppeteers

21. Interpret your group’s emo-
tion and thoughts towards
the story through a dance
interpretation.
The Dynamic Movers

22. You are the hosts of a TV show,
evaluate fairly and creatively the
other groups’ presentation
based on the given criteria.
Just Judge
(The Writing Angels)

23.  Content (Relevant and substantial to the topic)
– 40%
 Creativity (Original and independent thought)
– 30%
 Overall Performance (General overall look,
execution, attitude, and energy of the group
throughout the performance) – 30%

24. There’s no pastime in the Philippines
that is as popular and as old as sabong
(cockfighting). Before the Spaniards
came, it was already around
and well loved by Filipinos,
mostly men and young boys.

25. Carlos Bulosan, the writer of “My Father’s Tra
gedy” is the first important literary voice
for Filipinos in the United States. Bulosan
came to the U. S in the early 1930s.
He eventually became a labor activist and
tried to address racial and economic discri-
mination in the United States.

26.  Content (Relevant and substantial to the topic)
– 40%
 Creativity (Original and independent thought)
– 30%
 Overall Performance (General overall look,
execution, attitude, and energy of the group
throughout the performance) – 30%

27. We love it! (90-100)

28. We like it! (80-89)

29. Needs improvement
(79 and below)