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Competency: EN9LT-Ia-14.1: Identify the distinguishing features of notable Anglo-American lyric poetry, songs, poems, sermons,
and allegories

Direction: Read and analyse the following poem and then answer the related given questions.

1. The poem by Langston Hughes is written in free verse; meaning,

Mother to Son there is no definite rhythmic pattern. However, there are some pair of
by Langston Hughes ending words which sounds alike and may fall under ending rhyme.
1 Well, son, I’ll tell you: What are they? One word per set is given. Look for the word that
2 Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. sounds alike and write on the space provided.
3 It’s had tacks in it, Answer:a. stair: ___________ b. splinters:
4 And splinters, ____________
5 And boards torn up,
2. Onomatopoeia is a language device in which a writer uses words which
6 And places with no carpet on the floor—
does not only describe a sound but also imitates it when said aloud. A poem
7 Bare. which uses onomatopoeia will sound a little like the scene being described
8 But all the time simply because of the aural imagery created. In this poem, the writer uses
9 I’se been a-climbin’ on, subtle but effective onomatopoeia in his description of the stair the mother is
10 And reachin’ landin’s, describing to her son when it breaks. Which word do you think is the word?
11 And turnin’ corners, (The word can be found from lines 1-5)
12 And sometimes goin’ in the dark Answer: ________________________
13 Where there ain’t been no light.
14 So boy, don’t you turn back. 3. Look back and read line 15. This line can be an example of alliteration.
15 Don’t you set down on the steps What first consonant sound is repeated?
Answer: ________________________
16 ’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.
17 Don’t you fall now— 4. Read line 14. What vowel sound is repeated thrice which makes this line
18 For I’se still goin’, honey, fall under assonance?
19 I’se still climbin’, Answer: ________________________
20 And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
5. Read line 16. Which consonant sound is repeated in the end and middle
part of the given words which can make this line be considered as an example of consonance?
Answer: ________________________

6. Choose line or lines which clearly help you create an image from words. Write down the line/s you chose then explain briefly in one
sentence what specific image you create.
Answer: __________________________________________________________________________________________

7. This poem is obviously one that uses comparison for the writer to describe her life. So, to what does the speaker specifically
compare her life with?
Answer: ________________________

8. The line “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair” appears twice in the poem, line 2 and 3. Explain in a simple way what does the
writer mean in this line.
Answer: __________________________________________________________________________________________

9. Choose one word that best reflect the poet’s attitude towards the subject of the poem and explain briefly.

Playful Serious Calm Angry Hopeful Doubtful Inspiring

Answer: __________________________________________________________________________________________

10. Think of one best word that would describe the impact the poem has on you or simply the word to describe how the poem make
you feel. Then explain.

Answer: __________________________________________________________________________________________

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Competency: EN9G-Ia-1.6/1.7: Use appropriate punctuation marks and capitalization to convey meaning.

1. All of the people at the school, including the teachers and _______________ were glad when summer break came.
a. students: b. students, c. students; d. students
2. Sit up straight _____
a. ; b. ? c. . d. :
3. They asked what time the department store would open _____
a. ? b. . c. , d. ;
4. Who do you think will win the contest _____
a. . b. ! c. ? d. ,
5. Choose the sentence below with the correct punctuation.
a. Ted and Janice, who had been friends for years, went on vacation together every summer.
b. Ted, and Janice who had been friends for years, went on vacation together every summer.
c. Ted and Janice who had been friends for years went on vacation together every summer.
6. Watch out for the broken glass _____
a. . b. ? c. , d. !

Punctuate the following.

7. When I was a child I could watch TV whenever I wanted to
8. Mrs Solomon who was sitting behind the desk gave me a big smile
9. I don’t like this one bit said Julia
10. Have you met our handsome new financial director

Rewrite the paragraph with correct capitalization and punctuation.

i like school holidays because i can do lots of fun things sometimes i play on my bike or go to the park with my grandma at
the park i play on the swings the seesaw and the roundabout i like to make cookies with my mom when it rains do you love baking

Competency: EN9OL-Id-1.14: Use the correct pitch, juncture, stress, intonation, rate of speech, volume and projection when
delivering lines of poetry and prose in dramatic and conventional speech choirs

1. Determine which syllable has more emphasis when reading the word “decide”.
a. DEcide b. deCIDE c. DECide

2. Determine which syllable has more emphasis when reading the word “contribution”.
a. contribuTION b. CONtribution c. contriBUtion

3. To what word should a stress should be put if the speaker is telling his assurance that the man is his friend?
a. HE is my friend. c. He is MY friend.
b. He IS my friend. D. He is my FRIEND.

4. Where should the double bars be put to signify double pause in the reading the given sentence?
a. Sir Mordred // the illegitimate son of King Arthur// knew the love affair.
b. Sir Mordred the illegitimate son // of King Arthur// knew the love affair.
c. Sir Mordred // the illegitimate son of King Arthur knew// the love affair.

5.Where should the single bar juncture be put in the given sentence?
a. King Arthur was saddened /by Bedivere’s disobedience/ but still trusted him.
b. King Arthur was saddened by Bedivere’s disobedience/ but still trusted him.
c. King Arthur /was saddened by Bedivere’s disobedience but/ still trusted him.
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Competency: EN9LC-Ic-3.12: Paraphrase the text listened to

Paraphrasing Exercises adapted from http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~esl/paraphrasing1.htm

1. Which sentences are closest in meaning to the five sentences below?
a. 25% of adolescents who have one baby have a second baby within two years of the first baby's birth.
b. 25% of babies are born to mothers who are adolescents.
c. One out of four adolescent mothers has another baby before the first baby reaches his second birthday.
d. A quarter of adolescent mothers gives birth when their first born is two.
e. 25% of adolescent mothers become pregnant again when their first babies are two years old.
2. It has been reported that the richest one percent of Americans own 40% of the country's wealth.
a. The richest 1% are 40 times as wealthy as the rest of Americans.
b. If the gap between rich and poor continues to grow at the current rate, the richest one percent will soon own 40% of the
country's wealth.
c. 40% of the country's wealth is in the hands of only 1% of Americans.
d. 99% of Americans own 40% as much as the richest 1%.
3. The judge was relieved when the jury was finally ready to announce its verdict.
a. When the jury announced its verdict, the judge was relieved.
b. The judge asked the jury to arrive at a verdict.
c. The judge welcomed the prospect of an imminent verdict.
d. The jury welcomed the judge's relief.
4. Research data suggest that girls who witnessed maternal abuse may tolerate abuse as adults more than girls who did not.
a. Women who witnessed the abuse of their mother as teens are more likely to become abusive adults.
b. Women who observed the abuse of their mothers when they were young are more likely to endure abuse themselves.
c. Women who were abused as children are more likely to abuse their own children.
d. Girls who testify about maternal abuse tolerate abuse as adults more readily.
5. Martha thinks that the issue of adolescent problems is important to write about.
a. Martha thinks that adolescents like to write about their problems.
b. Martha feels that writing about adolescent problems is worthwhile.
c. Martha believes that the dream of most adolescents is to write something important.
d. Martha thinks that adolescents can write about their problems.
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Paraphrase the following paragraph using the given words in the box below. Only use words which you think are appropriate.

Many people when driving their cars, go over the speed limit in city centers. As a way of solving this, the government should
put more speed cameras on major streets to put people off speeding. If this is done, more people who speed will be caught and this
problem will eventually be solved.

town an answer the law install motorway stop humans

put away authorities exceed deter from directly riding

ought to key by doing this arrested
vehicles resolved citizens large caught red handed
speed prevention increasing urban

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Competency: EN9WC-Ib-8: Distinguish between and among informative, journalistic, and literary writing
Direction: Identify to which text type each given idea belong. Write I for informative text, J for journalistic, and L for literary.
______1. Its purpose it to explain or give any certain details for a specific subject.
______2. Its goal is to create an emotional appeal among readers which basically from a creative way of writing.
______3. Its goal is to write clear, concise and colourful writing that gives a direct and new information.
______4. This is the style of writing used to report news stories in newspapers, television broadcasts, on radio and on the Internet.
______5. Novel
______6. Newspaper
______7. Factual Recount
______8.The process of donating blood is decidedly simple. Many folks carry out the process while reading a chapter from a new
book or watching an episode of their favorite TV show. Indeed, the infinitesimal amount of time it takes to donate blood can transfer
into a lifetime of happiness for the recipient. Remember to bring juice or something sugary to keep your glucose levels high at the end
of the procedure. Then, hold your head up high, knowing there's a life out there that's about to be saved by you.
______9. People have been coming to the wise man, complaining about the same problems every time. One day he told them a joke
and everyone roared in laughter. After a couple of minutes, he told them the same joke and only a few of them smiled. When he told
the same joke for the third time no one laughed anymore.
______10. CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Governor Humerlito A. Dolor announced Thursday that there was no recorded case
of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in the province. Dolor said all precautionary measures to prevent the entry of the disease in the
province were already in place and being undertaken, in close coordination with the Department of Health (DOH and other
government agencies, to suppress and control its spread.

Competency: EN9RC-Ic-13.2: Take note of sequence signals or connectors to determine patterns of idea development given in a text.
Direction: Read the summary of Beowulf. Underline all the possible logical connectors or sequence signals.

King Hrothgar, the ruler of the Danes, is troubled by the rampages of a demon named Grendel. Every night, Grendel attacks
King Hrothgar's wealthy mead-hall, Heorot, killing Danish warriors and sometimes even eating them.

Hrothgar was a great warrior in his time, but now he's an old king and can't seem to protect his people. Fortunately, a young
Geat warrior named Beowulf travels to Heorot Hall from his own lands overseas to lend a helping hand—literally.

After explaining that he owes Hrothgar a favor because Hrothgar helped out his father, Beowulf offers to fight Grendel
himself. King Hrothgar gratefully accepts his offer. The next time Grendel attacks Heorot Hall, Beowulf is waiting for him. Choosing
to fight Grendel in hand-to-hand combat, Beowulf wrestles the demon into submission and eventually tears off his arm at the shoulder.
Mortally wounded, Grendel flees into the wilderness and dies. Beowulf, Hrothgar, and their followers throw a wild party to celebrate.
Hrothgar also gives Beowulf many presents and treasures to reward him for his heroic defeat of the demon.

Unfortunately, Grendel has an overprotective mother who decides to avenge her son. While all the warriors are sleeping off
the party, she attacks Heorot Hall. But when the warriors wake up, she panics and flees back to her lair, a cave underneath a nearby
lake.

Beowulf, his Geatish warriors, and some of Hrothgar's Danish warriors track her there. Beowulf dives into the lake and finds
the cave, where he takes on Grendel's mother in another one-on-one battle. Seizing a nearby sword from Grendel's mother's stash of
treasure, he slays her, even though her poisonous demon blood melts the blade. When Beowulf returns to the surface, carrying the
sword hilt and Grendel's severed head, the Danish warriors have given him up for dead, but his own Geatish followers are still waiting
patiently. When everyone sees that Beowulf has survived this second challenge, there's even more partying and gift-giving.

Finally, the Geats take their leave of the Danes; Beowulf says goodbye to King Hrothgar and sails back to Geatland, where
he is a lord in the court of King Hygelac. Eventually, Hygelac and all his relatives are killed in different blood-feuds, and Beowulf
becomes the King of the Geats. Beowulf reigns as king for fifty years, protecting the Geats from all the other tribes around them,
especially the Swedes. He is an honorable and heroic warrior-king, rewarding his loyal thanes (warrior lords) and taking care of his
people.

But one day, Beowulf finally meets his match: a dragon, woken by a thief stealing a goblet, begins attacking the Geats,
burning villages and slaughtering people. Beowulf takes a group of eleven trusty warriors, plus the thief who knows where the
dragon's lair is, to the barrow for a final showdown with the monster. When they see the dragon, all but one of the warriors flee in
terror. Only one man, Wiglaf, remains at Beowulf's side. With Wiglaf's help and encouragement, Beowulf is able to defeat the dragon,
but he is mortally wounded in the process.

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