1. “HAVE A BIG ENOUGH
HEART TO LOVE
UNCONDITIONALLY,
AND A BROAD
ENOUGH MIND TO
EMBRACE THE
DIFFERENCES THAT
MAKE EACH OF US
UNIQUE.
-D.B. HARROP

2. UNLOCKING YOUR DIFFICULTIES
Using the picture and
meaning, guess the
word being described.

3. CAUSING
WONDER;
BEING EXTRA
ORDINARY
M R V L U

4. CAUSING
WONDER;
BEING EXTRA
ORDINARY
M A R V E L O U S

5. NOT ACTIVE
OR NOT IN
USE
I L

6. NOT ACTIVE
OR NOT IN
USE
I D L E

7. HAVING NO
PATH OR
TRACK ON IT
T A K E S

8. HAVING NO
PATH OR
TRACK ON IT
T R A C K L E S S

9. SOMETHING
FOGGY
M S Y

10. SOMETHING
FOGGY
M I S T Y

11. A COLLECTION
OR BUNCH OF
SOMETHING
T F

12. A COLLECTION
OR BUNCH OF
SOMETHING
T U F T

13. THE
WONDER
TREE
This is a story of one
girl, Zuleika, who cried
because she had
no gifts to offer to
her visitor, but she
was mistaken, find
out why.

14. READ THE TEXT IN FIVE
MINUTES INDIVIDUALLY.
THINK.
GROUP.
SHARE.
*SHARE YOUR READINGS TO YOUR GROUP
MATES.
*START YOUR SHARING FROM THE PERSON WHO
GOT THE NUMBER ONE, THEN NUMBER TWO, AND
SO ON, SO FORTH.

15. WHAT IS A DESERT?

16. WHY WAS THE VISIT OF SHEIK
BEN NEDI A MATTER OF
EXCITEMENT?

17. WHY WAS ZULEIKA
VERY SAD OVER THE
COMING VISIT?

18. WHO HELPED ZULEIKA
FIND A GIFT FOR SHEIK
BEN NEDI?

19. WHAT WAS THE GIFT?

20. WHY WAS ZULEIKA’S
GIFT THE BEST OF ALL?

21. WHAT IS THE FORM OF THE STORY?
WHAT IS THE GENRE OF THE STORY?
WHAT LITERARY TYPE IS THE STORY?

22. SHORT STORY
• a narrative in prose
• less characters
• short narration of events
• Fiction or not fiction
• a product of human
experiences and imagination

23. ELEMENTS OF
A SHORT
STORY

24. S E T T I N G
• Time and place in which the events of
the story occur
• It consists of evocative portrayal of a
region’s distinctive ways of thoughts and
behavior or the so-called “local color”
exemplified by the superficial elements
of setting, dialects and customs.

25. WHAT IS THE
SETTING OF THE
STORY “THE
WONDER TREE”?

26. C H A R A C T E R S
• the representations of a human
being in the story.
• Characterization is the method used
by the writer to reveal the
personality of the character/s.

27. WAYS OF REVEALING LITERARY CHARACTERS
• describing what a person looks
like
• showing what a person does
• revealing what a person thinks
about
• relating what a person says

28. KINDS OF CHARACTERS
•According to Principality
•According to Development
•According to Personality

29. WHO ARE THE
CHARACTERS IN
THE STORY?

30. P L O T
•the sequence of events in
the story, arranged and
linked by causality

31. PARTS
OF THE
PLOT
• Exposition
• Complication
• Rising Action
• Climax
• Falling Action
• Ending

32. E X P O S I T I O N
The part of the plot
that sets the
scene.

33. C O M P L I C A T I O N
The start of the
major conflict or
problem in the plot

34. C O N F L I C T
The opposition of
forces in a story that
give rise to the
dramatic action in a
literary work.

35. TYPES OF CONFLICT
•person vs. person
•person vs. society
•person vs. self
•person vs. nature
•person vs. fate

36. RISING ACTION
The part that
establishes curiosity,
uncertainty and
tension; it requires a
decision

37. C L I M A X
The peak of the story
which leads to an
affirmation, a decision,
an action, or even a
realization.

38. FALLING ACTION
The finishing of things
right after the climax
and shows the
resolution of the plot.

39. E N D I N G
The part that brings
the story back to its
equilibrium

40. POINT OF
VIEW
It refers to the
narration of the story.

43. WHAT IS THE POINT
OF VIEW OF THE
STORY “THE
WONDER TREE”?

44. T H E M E
•a significant truth about life
and its nature which takes
place in the illustrations of
the actions, preoccupations,
and decisions of the
characters.

45. PRINCIPLES IN STATION THE
THEME OF THE STORY
• it reports for all major details of the story
• It may be avowed in more than one way.
• It is stated in complete statements.
• It asserts a sweeping statement about life.
• It avoids statements that condense the
theme to some familiar saying or value.

46. WHAT IS THE
THEME OF THE
STORY “THE
WONDER TREE”?

50. WRITE YOUR THEME
ON THE COLORED
PAPER AND PASTE
THEM ON THE
BOARD.

51. GROUP ACTIVITY:
MOVIE JOURNAL

52. BRING THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS:
A.3 BONDPAPERS
B. COLORING MATERIALS (COLORED
MARKERS, CRAYONS, PASTELS, ETC.)