COMPENDIUM

OF
LITERARY PIECES
GRADE IV

MANGINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

(WEEK 7, 8)
I. Competency
Distinguish reality from fantasy

EN4LC-IIg-1.1
Grade 4, Quarter 2, Week 8

Listening Comprehension, Listening, Reading

II. Literary Text

Topsy-Turvy World
William Brighty Rands

If the butterfly courted the bee,

And the owl the porcupine;
If the churches were built in the sea,
And three times one was nine;
If the pony rode his master,
If the buttercups ate the cows,
If the cat had the dire disaster
To be worried, sir, by the mouse;
If mamma, sir, sold the baby
To a gypsy for half-a-crown;
If a gentleman, sir, was a lady-
The world would be Upside Down!
If any or all of these wonders
Should ever come about,
I should not consider them blunders,
For I should be Inside Out!

III. Learning Activities

A. Distinguish the difference between fantasy and reality.

B. Compose a short paragraph that contains fantasy and reality.

IV. References

Google: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53531/topsy-
turvy-world
I. Competency
Use the past form of irregular verbs

EN4G-IIh-11
Grade 4, Quarter 2, Week 8

Grammar, Listening, Reading

II. Literary Text

The Orange Balloon

Karla Kustin

I went to the park

and I bought a balloon
It sailed through the sky
like a large orange moon.

It bumped and it fluttered

and swam with the clouds.
Small birds flew around it
in high chirping crowds.

It bounced and it balanced

and bowed with the breeze.
It skimmed past the leaves
on the top of the trees.
And then as day
Started turning to night,
I gave a short jump
and help the string tight.

Home all we sailed

Through the darkening sky,
the orange balloon, the small birds
and I.

III. Learning Activities

A. Identify the past form of irregular verbs in the poem.

B. Give sentences using past form of irregular verbs.

IV. References

Google: http://shishyaschool.in/wordpress/wp-
content/uploads/2016/09/grade-2-poems.pdf
I. Competency
Use the past form of regular verbs

EN4G-IIg-3.2
Grade 4, Quarter 2, Week 7

Grammar, Listening, Reading

II. Literary Text

The Best Lover on Earth

Isaganie S. Bermosa
(The Colleges of the Republic
San Jose City, Nueva Ecija)

Her voice trembles as crystal tears rolled

down on her face.
When she gave me a loving kiss with her
warm embrace
And then she told me once again, “I love you
always.”
Then finally bade goodbye when she packed up her suitcase.

For a very, very long time she was out

of my sight
Nothing I could do but think of her both day
and night
For she was so far away equipped with just
her might.
To earn a living, her homesickness she’d have
to fight.

She thought I was doing right but everything

went wrong.
She hoped the best for me; she gave all
I craved to own.
But I turned down all the books and learned
about drugs and song
When she came back home, her dreams for me
all turned to stone

But then in spite of all my misdeeds,

she loves me still
She took me back in her arms and rescued me
from the hell
Like a new born baby, she cared for me
 in my cradle
Oh, in this wide world, her love was
incomparable

I couldn’t believe I have the best lover on earth

I really didn’t know I had the best since my birth
Oh! I should have known much earlier

III. Learning Activities

A. Identify the past form of regular verbs in the poem.

B. Give sentences using past form of regular verbs.

IV. References
The Modern Teacher, December 2015, page 261