DEL ROSARIO, LAUREN KYLE

HERTEZ, COLEAN ABBYGAIL P.

LAPUZ, FABIEN GEORGETTE M.

MACARAEG, ED KELLY B.

MANALAD, JOHN JACOB LYONS D.

SANTOS, LANCE XEDRIZ C.

Title: The Jupiter Effect

Genre: Historical Fiction & Political Fiction

Place and Region Where She’s Born: Julu, Sulu (Region 16 ARMM)

Birth Year and/or Death Year: September 1, 1965 - PRESENT

Famous Works: Testament and Other Stories (2002) & Querida: An Anthology
(2013)

Literary Form/Style: Novel

Summary in 5 sentences: Kiko and Gaby Contreras, the son and daughter of
the ministry of information struggles to find the truth with what’s
happening their country due to their family’s position. A powerful ruler
governs their country with an iron fist while deceit and prejudice unravels
as lives deminish one by one. Amidst all the genocide preceding in their
time, Kiko and Gaby remains fortunate living their lives because of their
father’s occupation. As time pass by, they meet a lot of people and hear
how apocalyptic their life turned out—making them question on how they
see the world. Everything they once believed in somehow mystically turns
to ashes, leading them to regret and sorrow for all the lives that were
vanished by the tyrant.

PLAN:

 GROUP ACTIVITY: SPIT OR SWALLOW

Mechanics: There will be 1 representative per group that will be assigned to
stuff their mouth with certain foods. After stuffing their mouth with a certain
quantity per round, they will be given words, phrases and sentences to
pronounce while their mouth is full. Their groupmates will be given a certain
amount of time to guess what they’re trying to say and the group that gets all
the word, phrase and sentence wins a prize. If a group does not get the word,
they will have a punishment that involves them eating a pepper as a group.
The table below will show the set-up for each round:
 NOTE: IF THE FOOD WAS SPAT OR SWALLOWED BY THE
REPRESENTATIVE, THEY WILL BE ELIMINATED FROM THE GAME

ROUND 1 (EASY) ROUND 2 (AVERAGE) ROUND 3 (HARD)

Small-sized Big Marshmallows RANDOM FOOD
Marshmallows
WORDS THAT ARE PHRASES THAT ARE SENTENCES THAT IS OR
RELATED TO EARTH- RELATED TO JUPITER ISN’T RELATED TO
SCIENCE EARTH-SCI
ALOTTED TIME: 15 ALOTTED TIME: 30 ALOTTED TIME: 45
seconds seconds seconds
QUANTITY OF QUANTITY OF QUANTITY: MAAM EVE
MARSHMALLOWS: 15 MARSHMALLOWS: 10 WILL BE THE ONE TO
DECIDE

 PRESENTATION OF THE AUTHOR:

KATRINA P. TUVERA – author of “The Jupiter Effect”
- daughter of Kerima Polotan-Tuvera
- teaches Literature and Creative Writing at De La Salle University-Taft
- Other works include: Testament and Other Stories (2002) &
Querida: An Anthology (2013)
- born in September 1, 1965
- AWARDS: PALANCA AWARDS, PHILIPPINE GRAPHIC AWARDS
FOR LITERATURE AND NATIONAL BOOK AWARD(MANILA
CRITICS CIRCLE)

 VOCABULARY WORDS:
1. Falanga- a method of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten.
Sentence: Back in the medieval times, the thieves were tortured with
falanga so that they can’t walk anymore.
2. Retinoblastoma- a rare form of cancer that rapidly develops from the
immature cells of a retina, the light detecting tissue of the eye.
Sentence: Both kids were diagnosed with retinoblastoma when they
were just 2 years old.
3. Undaunted- not intimidated or discourage by difficulty, danger of
disappointment
Sentence: They were undaunted by the huge amount of work needed.
 DISCUSSION OF THE TEXT:
CHARACTERS:
o GABRIEL “GABY” LEONDARDO CONTRERAS- the daughter of Julian
and Emi Contreras.
o FRANCISCO “KIKO” CONTRERAS- the son of Julian and Emi Contreras
- Gaby’s older brother
- Diagnosed to have a cancerous tissue in his left eye and had a
treatment for it funded by the President
o Julian Contreras – works for the President.
- The father of Kiko and Gabi.
o Raul Estavilla- Raul Estavilla
- Worked for Manila Daily
- Close friend of Julian due to mutual interest in stories of Manuel
Arguilla
o The Lawyer- Studied for bar exams in prison and scored the highest in
the exams.
- He chose to defend himself in court and got himself aquitted
o Ian Melchor- The Defense Minister
- Asked Raul to write a report about a Senator who was known for
speaking well and for being a Liberal.
o The Senator - was granted a privilege speech which Raul was tasked to
make a report on.
- His wife belongs to a prominent family who owns the Hacienda
Estrella, the Salcedo clan.
- He belongs to a family who is known for a significant political history.

[AFTER DISCUSSING THE CHARACTERS, THE REPORTERS WILL

DISCUSS ABOUT THE SUMMARIZATION OF EACH CHAPTER]

10 MAIN POINTS
 RESPECT TOWARDS YOUR PARENTS – Heaving respect towards
your parents is deeply engraved in Filipino culture, which transcends
morality even when your parents aren’t morally correct.
 BIAS- Hinders people from making an objective judgment.
 DEBT- Being indebted to someone clouds over his/her judgment
therefore having a somehow bias opinion.
 PREJUDICE- Gaby and Kiko were judged beforehand by society
because of their father’s role in the government.
 MANIPULATION- Documents, people and news were manipulated to
cover the truth.
 VIOLENCE- The administration used terror as their strong suit to
constrain the citizen of its country.
 PERSPECTIVE- Each person has different morals which affect their
way of thinking.
 UNITY- People set aside their differences to overcome a problem that
cannot be handled by an individual.
 CHANGE- Change is prominent throughout the story; change allows
people to realize and alter their ideology and stance triggered by a
certain event.
 RESILIENCE- Throughout the story, it showed that even after the
chaos the fellowmen of the country can still stand up and move on
with their lives to continue with the new and better administration.