At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:

A. examine the text’s theme through close reading;

B. interpret the message of the poem through unlocking
of symbolic meaning; and
C. produce an MTV song composition of the literary text.
WORKSHEET 1:
Directions: Look at the different pictures presented. Tell
everything you know about each picture.
APO ON THE WALL
BJ PATINO
There’s this man’s photo on the wall
Of my father’s office at home, you
Know, where father brings his work,
Where he doesn’t look strange

Still wearing his green uniform

And colored breast plates, where,
To prove that he works hard, he
Also brought a photo of his boss
Whom he calls Apo, so Apo could
You know, hang around on the wall
Behind him and look over his shoulders
To make sure he’s snappy and all.

Father snapped at me once, caught me

Sneaking around his office at home
Looking at the stuff on his wall-
handguns,
Plaques, a sword, medals a rifle-
Told me that was no place for a boy
Only men, when he didn’t really
Have to tell me because, you know,
That photo of Apo on the wall was
already

Looking at me around,
His eyes following me like he was
That scary Jesus in the hallway, saying
I know what you’re doing.
WORKSHEET 2: CHARACTERIZATION
Instruction: In order to help you analyse the poem, fill in the blanks in the
worksheet below. The first row has been filled out for you.
Character Details about Conclusion
the Character
Persona Sneaking in the The persona is
office a child
‘Boy”, not a He is afraid of
man his father
Scared of Jesus He is afraid of
authority
figures like his
father

Persona’s father    

Apo    
WORKSHEET 3: COMPREHENSION CHECK
Instruction: Think-Pair-Share. Find a partner and share your
ideas on the following questions.

1. How would you describe the persona and the

persona’s father? How would you describe their
relationship?
2. Who is Apo in the poem? Cite evidence to support
your answer.
3. How would you describe the relationship of the
father and Apo?
What does this tell us about the father’s perspective
about martial law?
4. What kind of values does the persona’s father want
to teach his child, specifically, about what it means to
be a man?
5. Why is Apo compared to the “scary” Jesus in the
hallway? What do they have in common?
6. Read the last line of the poem. What does it mean?
How does this regulate the persona’s behavior?
 WORKSHEET 4: ON SYMBOLS
Instruction: In this table are lines which were gotten from the poem.
Underline the word that contains symbolism. On the first column,
provide its literal meaning; on the second column, provide its
symbolic meaning. Literal Meaning Symbolic Meaning
Lines from the
Poem
1. There’s this
man’s photo on the
wall
2. Still wearing his
green uniform
And colored breast
plates,
3. Also brought a
photo of his boss
Whom he calls Apo,
4. Looking at the
stuff on his wall-
handguns,
5. Told me that was
no place for a boy
6. His eyes
following me
PERFORMANCE CHECK: GROUP ACTIVITY
Directions: Produce an MTV song adaptation as
an extension of our discussion on Bj Patino’s “Apo
on the Wall.”

CRITERIA:
Musicality - (30%)
Visual Effects (30%)
Originality (20%)
Delivery (20%).
__________
100 %