6-D "How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife"

Directions: Follow the link below and read the story, "How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife". Then, copy and answer the questions below to enhance their comprehension on the story on a sheet of one whole pad paper.


LINK TO: How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife-Full Text:
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Literature/Short%20Stories/How%20My%20Brother%20Leon%20Brought%20Home%20A%20Wife.htm


ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:

Understanding the Text 1.     In this story, someone is undergoing a test. Who and shy is that person being tested? How and by whom? 2.     By observing Leon and Maria, what did Baldo learn about the love between man and a woman? 3.     How would you describe Leon and Baldo’s father? 4.     Point out the parts of the story that appeal to your senses of smell, sight, tough and hearing. 5.     Point out touches of local color in the story. 6.     A story with a very simple plot, the beauty of How my Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife lies elsewhere. Identify the incidents, descriptions and passages in the story that you especially enjoyed. Valuing 1.     Cite lines in the story that show Maria and Leon’s love for each other. 2.     List five good things about rural life and then five good things about urban life in the table in the table below. Rural Life Urban Life Would you rather live in the country or in the city? Defend your choice by referring to the list you made.

6-C Writing Diary Entries

Directions: Pretend you did all of the activities listed in the chart below and write diary entries based on them. 

Last Week…. Monday- work all day, lunch with a client, badminton with Sara Tuesday- phone call to Ate, overtime work Wednesday- horror film on TV, washday Thursday- visit to Tessie, movie Friday- off early to Celys birthday Saturday- house cleaning, new recipe for muffins Sunday- Mass, suspense novel

6-B Asking with Simple Past Tense

Direction: Write a question for each of the sentence below, using the simple past tense in their interrogative sentences.

1.     I haven’t seen my grandmother for years. 2.     I haven’t bought anything for ages. 3.     I haven’t written to my aunt for years. 4.     I haven’t heard from my cousin for months. 5.     I haven’t missed a class for ages.

6-A Simple Past Tense

Directions: Write any stories such as legends, jokes, or anecdotes by group. Then answer question below.

Look at the verbs you used in writing your stories. What tense did you use?

5-D Reading Paragraphs

Directions: Read the paragraphs below and answer questions.

Young people do not like mediocre ideals. They prefer to launch out into the deep. It is your right, or, rather, it is your duty to aim high. Your aspirations must be sublime; your ideals high. Dear young people, strive to build a character that is strong, rich and consistent, one that is free and responsible, sensitive to genuine values, a character that accepts the superiority of “being” over “having,” one that perseveres in challenges and shuns escapism and heartless self-centered calculations. --Gems of Life By Manuel de Leon, FMS

a.     What is the main idea of the paragraph? b.    What kind of character should you build as young people? c.     Explain: “a character that accepts superiority of ‘being’ over ‘having.’”

5-C Rewriting

Direction: Rewrite the instructions by using should or shouldn't on a sheet of crosswise pad paper.

When ironing your clothes take the following safety precautions: 1.       Read all instructions. 2.       Avoid immersing any part of the iron in water or other liquids to protect yourself against the risk of electric shock. 3.       Always turn the iron to MIN position before plugging to or unplugging from the outlet. 4.       Do not allow the electric cord to touch how surfaces. 5.       Let the iron cool completely before storing it away. 6.     Loop the electric cord loosely around the iron. Store the iron on its heel rest.

5-B Making My Signs

Direction: Make five of your own signs, and give meanings to them.