Handout 02- RIZAL Sa Aking Mga Kabata

Prelim_Lesson Week 2 - Rizal’s first poem

- written by Rizal when he was 8 years old

Birth
-it was written with appeal to the readers to love their native
Date: June 19, 1861 tongues

(Wednesday, 11:00 PM-12:00 AM) - Through this poem Rizal manifested a nationalistic inclination
through the country's culture and heritage.
Place: Calamba, Laguna

He immortalized the town of his birth in a poem entitled,

Parents
Un Recuerdo de Mi Pueblo which means “ A Tribute To My
Father: Francisco Mercado Town” written by him when he was 15 years old.
Mother: Teodora Alonso y Realonda
Memorias de un Estudiante de Manila
The Siblings - Memoirs of a Student in Manila
Saturnina -the eldest - Rizal’s autobiography which he wrote when he was 17 years
Paciano - became a revolutionary general during the Phil. Rev. old.

Narcisa

Olimpia

Lucia

Maria

Jose

Conception - died at the age of 3

Josefa - head of the head charter of Katipunan, died unmarried

Trinidad - a member of Katipunan, died unmarried

Soledad - the youngest Handout 02- RIZAL Prelim_Lesson Week 2

Their family became part of the principales or leading Birth

citizens which belonged to affluent principalia class. Doña Date: June 19, 1861
Teodora was an inquilino or primary tenant in the Dominican
estate. Their family owned two bahay na bato. They owned (Wednesday, 11:00 PM-12:00 AM)
variety of business such as operation of sugar mill, flour mill
Place: Calamba, Laguna
and a ham press. They also owned a farm. They had a
collection of books composed of around 1, 000 titles
Parents
Nicknames Father: Francisco Mercado
Inside the house: Ute, Moy Mother: Teodora Alonso y Realonda
Outside the house: Pepe, Pepito
The Siblings
Early Literary Works Saturnina -the eldest
Paciano - became a revolutionary general during the Phil. Rev. - Rizal’s autobiography which he wrote when he was 17 years
old.
Narcisa

Olimpia

Lucia

Maria

Jose

Conception - died at the age of 3

Josefa - head of the head charter of Katipunan, died unmarried

Trinidad - a member of Katipunan, died unmarried

Soledad - the youngest

Their family became part of the principales or leading

citizens which belonged to affluent principalia class. Doña
Teodora was an inquilino or primary tenant in the Dominican
estate. Their family owned two bahay na bato. They owned
variety of business such as operation of sugar mill, flour mill
and a ham press. They also owned a farm. They had a
collection of books composed of around 1, 000 titles

Nicknames

Inside the house: Ute, Moy

Outside the house: Pepe, Pepito

Early Literary Works

Sa Aking Mga Kabata

- Rizal’s first poem

- written by Rizal when he was 8 years old

-it was written with appeal to the readers to love their native
tongues

- Through this poem Rizal manifested a nationalistic inclination

through the country's culture and heritage.

He immortalized the town of his birth in a poem entitled,

Un Recuerdo de Mi Pueblo which means “ A Tribute To My

Town” written by him when he was 15 years old.

Memorias de un Estudiante de Manila

- Memoirs of a Student in Manila