Legend of Pineapple

1. PRAYER

3. CHECKING OF
ATTENDANCE

4. EN7LT-I-b-2.2: Explain how the specific elements
to a genre contribute to the theme of a particular
literary selection
At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:
Objectives
EN7LT-I-B-1: Discover literature as a means of
connecting to a significant past
EN7LT-I-a-2.1: Identify the distinguishing features
of proverbs, myths, and legends

6. 1. What can you say about pineapple?
2. Do you ever wonder why pineapples
seem to have many eyes?

7. Pineapp
The legend of

10. Once upon a time there was a woman
who lived with her daughter Pina in a
tiny hut village. They were very poor
and the mother worked very hard day
and night.

11. Pina was a lazy girl who wanted to just
play all the time. She didn’t want to do
her school home works. She didn’t want
to help her mother at home. She just
wanted to play.

12. Whenever
the mother
asked for
help, Pina
would
always make
excuses.

13. One day, the mother
got sick. She called
out Pina, “Pina, come
here. I am very sick.
Can you cook some
rice and soup for me,
please?”

14. Very angry that her playing was
interrupted, Pina went to her mother’s
bedroom and said, “What do you want,
Nanay? You really expect me to cook? I
can’t even find the rice!”

15. The mother
felt very sad
and asked
instead if Pina
could bring
her a glass of
water.

16. Once again, Pina
became very annoyed at
her mother and said,
“Nanay, I can’t find
where the glasses are!”

17. The mother was disappointed. And to her
sadness she said, “I wish you would grow
a thousand eyes! Then you can find
what you’re looking for. And maybe
then you won’t have many excuses!”

18. The next day, the mother could not
find Pina. She went all over the house
and the backyard, but there was no
sign of Pina. She feared that her
daughter might never come back.

19. She noticed that there is a plant growing in the
garden. With horror, she remembered the
angry words she said to Pina. She realized that
her anger cursed her daughter.

20. To honor the
memory
of her
beloved
daughter, she
named the
fruit “pinya”.

21. She took care of the
plant and the fruit
flourished all over
the town.
It became popular in
the village and then
in the entire
country.

22. ACTIVITY

23. Directions: Answer the following
questions:
1. Who are the
characters in
the story?

24. 2. When the mother got sick, what did
she ask of Pina?
a. Rice, soup
and water
b. Bread,
tomato and
olive oil
c. Sweet corn
and mushrooms

25. 3. What kind of kid is Pina?
a. Kind and
respectful
b. Hardworking
c. Lazy

26. 4. What is the
conflict in
the story?
a. Internal
Conflict
b. External
Conflict

27. 5. What do you think is the moral
of the story?
-Obey your parents.
-Look with your eyes, not with
your mouth.
-Be careful of what you wish for.

28. THANK YOU!