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I. Discuss Primary and Secondary Sources Below are different sources of information, Group them into two.

The first two items are done for you. Interviews Books experiments newspapers speeches encyclopedia observations computer software magazines questionnaires documents

II. Give the summary of the story, How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife by Manuel Arguilla (Analogy) Example: white is to good as black is to evil a. fragrance is to sweet as _________ is to papayas in bloom b. Nagrebcan is to sky sown with stars as Ermita beach is to __________ c. cars and noise are to city as clean air, free of dust and smoke is to_________ d. Maria is to __________ as Noel is to _________ e. call of Labang is to earth trembling underfoot as _________ is to a drum. Answer the following questions: a. What two items are being compared in each phrase? b. Why are these items compared? c. What words are used to show this comparison? d. How is this figure of speech different from simile and metaphor? III. Paint Me a Picture 1. Study the sentences and find out the relationship between the bold and italicized words. a. There was a world of laughter between them and in them. b. Crickets chirped from their homes in the cracks in the banks. c. Father gave instructions to pass the Waig and into the fields instead of the camino real. d. Labangs white coat, which I had washed and brushed that morning, glistened like beaten cotton. 2. What is being modified in by the groups of words of laughter? in the cracks? to pass the Waig and into the fields? which I had washed and brushed that morning? 3. How are these modifiers or complements formed? 4. What do noun complements do in sentences? (Prepositional Phrases Infinitives IV. Message of the song, Sky Sown With Stars. Clauses)

(For Performance) Task 2: A Slice of Life 1. Think of an experience when expectations of loved ones like family or of society are not met. 2. What were these expectations? 3. Why were you not able to fulfill them? 4. How did your decision affect your relationship with these people? 5. Write an anecdote narrating this experience. Highlight lessons learned from defying expectations. (By group: To be recited in the class)

V. Give the summary of the Wedding Dance

Write I (Ironic) if the statement of the characters in the story is ironic, and then explain the meaning behind the ironic statement. If the statement is not ironic just leave the item blank. Write your answer on a one-whole sheet of paper. 1. . Of course, I am not forcing you to come, if you don't want to join my wedding ceremony. ( Awiyao, Paragraph 20) 2. I have no need for a house I have no use for any field. (Lumnay, Paragraphs 23 & 24) 3. "I will pray that Kabunyan will bless you and Madulimay." She bit her lips now, then shook her head wildly, and sobbed. (Lumnay, Paragraphs 27 & 28) 4. "No--no, I don't want you to fail." (Lumnay, Paragraph 37) 5. "It is all right with me." (Lumnay, Paragraph 42) ______________________ Task 2. Locate, Reflect, Evaluate! Locate information in the selection to determine whether each statement is true (T) or false (F). Write your answer in the one-whole sheet of paper. 1. The story says aloud that a man who loves unconditionally should give up his or her happiness for the beloved. 2. The title speaks of the dance that happened in the wedding of Awiyao and Madulimay. 3. Awiyao and Lumnay still confessed their love for each other in the midst of their separation. 4. The presence of darkness in the story symbolizes the sadness in their hearts in contrast to the ember in the fire logs that represents their strong and deep love for each other. 5. The beads given to Lumnay by Awiyao will be given to Madulimay in the wedding. 6. Awiyao is more courageous than Lumnay to surrender his love and take all the hurt that goes with it. 7. The tribes convention and practice on raising a family bore much burden to Awiyao and Lumnay. 8. The gangsas represent the tribes rule and power. 9. Lumnay is triumphant in the end of the story. 10. The story speaks of sacrifice and love. Task 3. The Dance in the Story Basic dance necessitates a step forward and a step backward. A step forward to a dancing partner may mean intimacy and a step backward away from the dancing partner may mean letting go. PAIR WORK. Write F (Forward) if the character just did a forward step and B (Backward) if the character did a backward step through the given lines in the story. _____ 1. Awiyao went to the corner where Lumnay sat. (Para. 19) _____ 2. But her eyes looked away. (Para. 22) _____ 3. He let go of her face. (Para. 22) _____ 4. He looked at her, then turned away(Para. 24) _____ 5. She flung herself upon his knees and clung to them. (Para. 32) _____ 6. Gathering her in his arms. (Para. 33) _____ 7. She clung now to his neck, and her hand upon his right shoulder(Para. 33) _____ 8. She took herself away from him. (Para. 41) _____ 9. He clasped her hands. (Para. 42) _____ 10. He went to the door. (Parag. 42) _____ 11. He stopped. (Para. 44) He turned back. (Para. 45)

___ 12. She suddenly clung to him, clung to his neck as if she would never let him go. (Para. 45) ___13. Her grip loosened. (Para. 47) _____ 14. He buried out into the night. (Para. 47)

A simile is a word that compares words in a sentence. You can usually tell if a simile is present in a sentence when you see the words as or like. Don ate his salad like a vacuum cleaner. His arms were weak and felt like noodles. The thunder was as loud as fireworks. Like a simile, a metaphor compares words in a sentence; however, instead of saying that one thing is like something else, a metaphor actually makes one thing become something very different by renaming it. A metaphor can sometimes use words like is, are, or was (and other words) to signal that a metaphor is present. However, a metaphor never uses the words like or as to compare. The smoke was cotton balls billowing from the chimney. You are my hero. The sun was a furnace. Personification is the act of giving non-living things human characteristics. Ex. The snow whispered as it fell to the ground.

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