RIDDLES AND PROVERBS ACTIVITY GUESS MY RIDDLE Sa

RIDDLES AND PROVERBS

ACTIVITY : GUESS MY RIDDLE Sa gabi ito ay dahon Sa araw ito ay bumbon. Answer: BANIG

When you commit mistakes, what do you usually hear from your folks? As a precaution, you are always reminded using pithy sayings. What do you call these pithy sayings? Our ancestors, being really smart, have lines tailor fitted to every occasion.

PITHY SAYINGS = PROVERBS (SALAWIKAIN) Situation In a meeting, the leader brought up the issue on tardiness. To caution everyone that it’s meant to address the body and not just a particular person in the group, the leader resorts to a proverb. Proverb (Salawikain) Bato, bato sa langit, ang tamaan, huwag magalit. (Pebbles, pebbles in the sky If one hits you, make no outcry. )

ACTIVITY : TEACH ME THROUGH A PROVERB Count off from 1 -5 and form groups according to your numbers. As a group, dramatize the situations that follow. End the 3 -minute presentation with a proverb or salawikain to highlight the moral or lesson in the following situations:

Situation A former fish vendor who won a lotto jackpot doesn’t like to visit the flea market anymore because, according to him, the place stinks. A child complains every day of a meager school allowance. A notorious liar gets caught again telling lies accidentally spilling out the truth from his own mouth. A young couple quarreled over lack of viand on a dinner table and decided to part ways. Proverb Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay masahol pa sa malansang isda. – Jose P. Rizal Pag ang kumot ay maliit, matutong mamaluktot. Ang isda ay nahuhuli sa sariling bibig. Ang pag-aasawa ay hindi parang mainit na kanin na kapag sinubo at napaso ay iluluwa. Overjoyed by the profit gained overnight from a small business, the businessman sold Ang magkamal ng lahat, all his properties to use as business capital, malimit ay nauuwi sa salat. but the market plummeted consistently two weeks after.

The use of proverbs in some situations does not mean you are antiquated. It only means you subscribe to the old wisdom that is still relevant in the present time. It is like drinking aged wine and eating fresh grapes. Both are healthful to the body.