The story describes a small incident that occurred on the narrator's way to work. As the narrator rode in a rickshaw, the passenger began shouting angrily at the rickshaw puller for going too slowly. The narrator felt ashamed by the passenger's behavior and for not speaking up. Every time he remembers the incident, the narrator is filled with shame for failing to defend the rickshaw puller. The summary conveys the key events and feeling of shame experienced by the narrator.

1. A LITTLE INCIDENT
BY: LU HSUN

2. Grammar Review
The teacher (has, have) heard a
program. (Each, Either) student
in the club is requested to
donate a notebook. (These,
This) was mentioned in the
conference meeting.

3. Idiom
•keep something at bay-
v. keep something away.
Tagalog trans: ilayo ang
isang bagay

4. Vocabulary Building Activities
• unmarred /un-mared/ verb
- not ruined
- Tagalog translation: hindi sira
- Syn: fix, conditioned
- Ant: damaged, destroy
• inherit /in-her-et/ verb
- to receive (money, property, etc.) from someone
when that person dies.
- Tagalog trans: manahin
- Syn: receive, possess

5. • perfunctory- /per-fen(k)-te-re/ adjective
- Used to describe something that is done
without energy or enthusiasm because of
habit.
Tagalog translation: walang interest, hindi
interesado
Syn: routine, disinterested
Ant: concerned, interested
Sentence: I kept my inherited money at
bay because I want it to remain unmarred
and I think, I want to live a perfunctory life.

6. Idiom
keep something at bay- v. keep something away.
VBA
• unmarred /un-mared/ verb
- Not ruined
• inherit /in-her-et/ verb
- To receive (money, property, etc.) from
someone.
• perfunctory- /per-fen(k)-te-re/ adjective
- Used to describe something that is done
without energy or enthusiasm because of habit

7. “Have you ever
seen or
experienced a
vehicular accident?
What happened?”

8. 1. Analyze the types of
point of view
2. Exhibit helpfulness to
other people.
Objectives:

9. A Little Incident
By: Lu Hsun
Page. 23

10. Lu Hsun
Is the pseudonym of Chou Shu-jen, writer of
satiric short stories of social criticisms. He
attained success in 1918 when his short story
“The Diary of A Madman ” was published in
the journal that initiated the intellectual
revolution in China.

11. “Why is the narrator filled with
shame each time he remembers
the incident?”

12. Story Map
•Title
•Author
•Characters
•Settings : When? Where?
•Theme
•Plot (Cite 3 main events)
•Moral

13. Sharing Insights
1. What incident happened to the narrator
on his way to work?
2. Whom would you blame for the
incident?
3. Between the rickshaw-puller and the
passenger, whose behavior would like to
emulate? Why?
4. What message does the story give?

14. Points of View
- refers to the
perspective from
which the story is
told.

15. Points of View
• First Person- the main character is telling the story .It
uses “I” and we.
Ex. I was surprised as , looking ahead, I suddenly
noticed a police station.
• Second Person- used in instructional writing. It uses
“you.”
Ex. Sometimes you cannot clearly discern between
anger and frustration.
• Third Person- . It uses he, she, it, they or a name.
Ex. Mr. Stewart is a principled man. He acts by the book
and never lets you deceive him easily.

16. Function of Point of View
•It portray the personal emotions
or the character’s feelings about
an experience or situation. Writers
use point of view to express
effectively what they want to
convey to their readers.

17. Fixing Skills:
Answer ‘Exercise’
page 25- 26 in your
notebook.

18. Formative Assessment
Directions: Read the
following paragraphs and
determine the point of view
by writing the letter of the
correct answer.

19. 1. When Jane and Elizabeth
were alone, the former, who
had been cautious in her
praises of Mr. Bingley before,
expressed to her sister how
very much she admired him.
a. 1st b. 2nd c.3rd

20. 2. I gazed and gazed but little
thought,
What wealth the show to me had
brought.
3. You are not the kind of guy who
would be at the place like this at
this time of the morning.
a. 1st b. 2nd c.3rd

21. 4. He is just a young
man ought to be.
5. You are such a
disgrace in this family.
a. 1st b. 2nd c.3rd

22. Formativ
e
Assessme

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