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READING AND WRITING SKILLS

Topic: PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT 1

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FIRST QUARTER WEEK (1-2)

Subject Teacher: Catherine R. Agan
Date Taken: August 12, 2021
Date of Submission: August 26, 2021
Name of Student:
Grade & Section: Grade 11-

Module 1: PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT 1

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 Let us start this lesson by pondering upon this question:
What are the different patterns of development and why these patterns of written texts across
disciplines are important?

 Module Coverage:
This module has the following lessons:
Lesson Title You’ll learn to… Core Values Estimated
no. Time
1 Patterns of Compare and contrast Appreciation
Development 1 patterns of written texts Respect 10 days
across disciplines. Honesty
 Narration Loyalty
 Description A person who can rely on
 Definition
 Classification/
Exemplification

 Content Standard:
The learner realizes that information in a written text may be selected and organized to achieve a particular
purpose.

 Performance Standard:
The learner critiques a chosen sample of each pattern of development focusing on information selection,
organization, and development.

 Sources:
 Tiongson, M.T. and Rodriguez, M.R. (2016). “Reading and Writing Skills.” Sampaloc, Manila: Rex Printing
Company, Inc.
 Raymundo, H. (2016). “Reading and Writing Skills.” Makati City: Diwa Learning Systems Inc.
 Agbayani, D. Ph.D., Agbayani, R. and Meru, N.F. (2016). “Enhanced English Engagements Reading and
Writing.” Makati City: Don Bosco Press, Inc
 Agbayani, D. Ph.D., Agbayani, R. and Meru, N.F. (2016). “Enhanced English Engagements Reading and
Writing-Teachers Manual.” Makati City: Don Bosco Press, Inc
 https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/4647/resorts-are-for-foodies-too/
 www.oxforddictionaries.com

 Expected Skills:
To do well in this module, you need to remember and do the following:
1. Know and familiarize the following patterns of development: narration, description, definition, and
exemplification or classification.
2. Critique the given sample texts of each pattern of development.
3. Answer the questions given and do each activity.

DAY 1-3

Pre-assessment
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Take the activity below and let’s see how your prior knowledge about reading and writing
skills works.

Task 1
Directions: Think about your reading and writing experience in the classroom. In what ways are reading and
writing connected?

Activity 1
Directions: Study the table below and make a one paragraph explanation of what have you noticed or understand
about it.

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 Process Reading Writing
Stage 1 Pre- reading strategy: Prewriting strategy:

Before Previewing Generating ideas

Activating prior knowledge

Stage 2 Comprehension and reading strategy: Drafting:

During Considering the audience and the

Communicating with the reader/writer Evaluating the author’s argument purpose
Stage 3 Assessing reading skills: Assessing writing skills:

After Writing about a read text Reading the draft

Checking the effectiveness of

reading/writing

EXPLANATION:

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EXPLORE

Patterns of development are structures writers use to organize their ideas. As a writer, you have to be familiar with
the different patterns of development so that you would know how to connect your ideas and provide enough details in
your writing.

A. NARRATION - the narrative is concerned about what happens- to whom, where it happened, how it happened, when
it happened, how it happened, and so what. Narration’s basic concerns are events, emotional appeal, purpose of the
narrative (to teach or to entertain), or the form. Narration involves action and its deals with life. The narrative can be
an incident, an anecdote, autobiography, biography, short story, novel, history, myth, legend, fairy tale, fantasy, ands
science fiction. All narrative discourses involve a series of events toward an end. The characters pursue a particular
goal in life.

It is the act or process of narrating or telling a story. It involves action, characters, and a theme. Narration can be an
incident, anecdote, historical account, autobiography, biography, or a novel. The narrative is concerned about what
happens- to whom, where it happened, how it happened, when it happened, how it happened, and so what. Below is
an example of Narrative Text an excerpt from The Creation of the World (Genesis 1:1-4, TEV)
In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was
over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated
the light from darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and
there was morning, the first day.

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Narration, in its basest definition is storytelling. It is creating a world based on the writer’s imagination. It is also
revisiting a world based on the author’s memory. In either case, the reader is aimed to be transported from one’s real
world to the reality of the story being read.
An effective narrative is that which makes the reader think and compel him/her to read the narrative again. To achieve this
effectiveness, writers should make sure that their narratives have a vivid description of details, a consistent point of view
and verb tense, and a well-defined point or significance.

VIVID DESCRIPTION OF DETAILS – is appealing to the five senses of the human body. Taking your reader into
the narrative by letting him/her feel how it is like in the world of your story.
An excerpt lifted from The Day the Dancers Came by Bienvenido N. Santos
“… A boy and a girl sat on the floor holding two bamboo poles by their ends flat on the floor, clapping them
together, then apart, and pounding them on the boards, while dancers swayed and balanced their lithe forms,
dipping their bare brown leg in and out of the clapping bamboos, the pace gradually increasing into a fury of
wood to wood in a counterpoint of panic among the dancers and in a harmonious flurry of toes and ankles
escaping certain pain-crushed bones, and bruised flesh, and humiliation. . . “
A rule of thumb that most writers abide by is “to show rather than tell.” Santos does not mention anywhere in the
story that what the dancers are doing is actually tinikling. With the help of details such as “… holding two bamboo
poles by their ends flat on floor, clapping them together and apart..” and also having some stock knowledge of
Philippine dances, you would know as knowledgeable readers that is indeed the tinikling that the dancers are
performing.

CONSISTENT POINT OF VIEW (POV)

Three most commonly used point of view are listed below:
First person POV -represents you as the speaker or person sharing information, thoughts or ideas
Second person POV - represents the person (or thing) to which you are speaking or directing content
Third person POV - represents a person (or thing) being spoken or written about
The third person POV is generally used to convey the narrator as an omniscient and dispassionate observer.

CONSISTENT VERB TENSE – is needed to make clear to the reader whether the story…
-had already happened
-has been happening for some time now
-happens on a regular basis
-is currently happening and will do so indefinitely
-or will happen sometime in the future.
WELL DEFINED POINT OR SIGNIFICANCE -Is something akin to the literary element we call theme.
NARRATIVE DEVICES- Is a technique writer utilizes to add flavor and enrich the meaning of their stories. With
these devices, an author can shorten, lengthen, and/or focus on a particular event in the story.

THE DIFFERENT NARRATIVE DEVICES

ANECDOTE can be used as an introduction to an essay, as an example to illustrate a point, or as a closing
statement that caps things off in your essay or as a memento to your reader that will make him/her remember your
narrative.
FLASH BACK “flashing back” or quickly looking at something that had already happened.
TIME STRETCH- Is a single event in the story that the author focuses writing about.
TIME SUMMARY- is characterized by jamming together multiple events and/or shortening a relatively long
period of time. It can be determined with the expressions such as
“In a single day…”
“Overnight…”
“After the winter season..”
“After around a week or so..”
“A few years after…” etc..
FLASH FORWARD- “flashing forward” or quickly looking at something that will happen in the future.
DIALOGUE- a word or series of words enclosed in a pair of quotation marks, which signal the character’s spoken
language.

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B. DESCRIPTION- A description makes the most of your five senses- what you see, hear, taste, smell, and feel. A
powerful description enriches an experience. To be effective, a description has to be clear and alive. There should be
careful selection of details, accurate choice of words, and proper order of details that lead to a dominant impression or
mood.
DESCRIPTIVE TEXT is a type of writing that creates a clear picture of a single scene, object, person, place, or
anything visible. When you are writing a descriptive text, think of yourself as a camera. You must remember to focus
your discussion on one single item to describe a camera cannot focus on may items or spots at the same time.
Sample Text:
Last February 1, 1999, five crew and 99 passengers died on Cebu Pacific’s Flight 387. On of the passengers was
cultural anthropologist Rene Victor R. Agbayani, the brother of this writer. Two days prior to the accident, I dreamed
of him.

Excerpt from the Memoir “Goodnight, Rene”

By Diana R. Agbayani

The sky was dark, foreboding. A wounded eagle fell from the sky. Somewhere in the damp ground was a
black leather jacket, a brown wallet, and pair of eyeglasses. Suddenly I heard the sound of the creek. Then I heard
my two nieces Yenyen and Nina sobbing. Then I saw a mangled, human hand filled with blood.
I remember my last conversation with Rene. He said he wanted to try skydiving. And he did.

(Source: Agbayani, D.R., “Voices, Voyages and Visions: Works in Creative Non-Fiction”, William J. Shaw
Professorial Chair Output. 2000)

Descriptive Writing
Descriptive writing expresses ideas and feelings about real or imagined people, events, and ideas. it uses
precise language and sensory expressions to create vivid images and figurative language to express ideas in new,
fresh, and interesting ways.

To be effective, a descriptive essay should have the following characteristics:

 Has a clear focus and sense of purpose

 Use sensory details and precise words
 Present details in a logical order
FORMS OF DESCRIPTIVE WRITING
Descriptive essays use words that involve the senses to create a clear picture of the subject.
Travel essays- use sensory words to describe a place.
Definition essays- describe something abstract, for example, courage or friendship, drawn from the writer’s
emotional experience.

Considering the Properties of a Well-Written Text in Writing an Effective Descriptive Text

Arrange details in a specific spatial order (e.g.,
Organization from top to bottom. Left to right, outside to
inside, or vice versa.)
Use transitional devices that signal spatial order
Coherence and Cohesion
(e.g., As I enter the room . . ., etc.)
Use details that appeal to the senses- sight,
smell, touch, taste, and hearing (e.g., sight: I felt
like I was blinded by the glow of the silver
Appropriate Language Use
sequined dress .. ; hearing: The roaring engine
of the old train was deafening …) Avoid using
vague words such as better, greater, etc.
Make sure capitalization, spelling, and
Proper Mechanics
C. punctuation are correct.
DEFINITION- In defining, the writer may put the term being defined in a class or genus and set it apart from other
members by some distinguishing features (differentiation). A definition must be brief and exact.
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 Understanding the meaning of the words can be a tricky business, because of the fact that language is dynamic;
language continuously changes. As the world and the people living in it changes, so do words and the meanings
change. People have idiosyncratic interpretations of concepts; each one of us has different backgrounds and
personalities that determine how we understand words. This is the reason why defining is essential. It enables us to
better understand words, and, in turn, makes other people understand what we mean. Defining is trying to understand
the meanings of a word or an expression. It is analyzing, delineating, exploring, and discovering the different
aspects of a particular concept.
A definition first comes into mind as an observation- a mere judgment of a perceived concept, eventually
evolving into other meanings as the person who perceives the concept changes. It is also knowing what concepts are
associated with a word and what are not, what it is like, what are its causes and effects, and what are some
examples of it. Ultimately, defining is expressing how one perceives a word based on his/her own personal
experiences.

Denotation and Connotation are the two concepts associated with defining.
DENOTATION is the primary, explicit, or literal definition of a word. One can say that denotation is also the
meaning of a word based on a dictionary.
CONNOTATION is the secondary meaning of a word. It is not necessarily included in the dictionary; rather, it is
how people understand a word based on their own personal or consensual experiences, and not based on a
dictionary. To illustrate, let us have the example of a rose. According to the online version of the Oxford
Dictionary, a rose is…..
“. . . The flower or a flowering stem of any numerous wild and cultivated plants of the genus Rosa; esp. the large,
many-petalled flower of any of the numerous cultivated varieties of this plant, typically red, white, or yellow, and
often scented, but also occurring in a wide variety of other forms and colours” (“Rose”
www.oxforddictionaries.com.)
This is the denotation of the word rose. On the other hand, a bouquet of roses is usually what a person gives to
his/her beloved. Beyond being a flower with a scientific name rose can also connote love and romance.
TECHNIQUES CAN USE IN A DEFINITION ESSAY

ANALYSIS is the process of breaking down a concept the reader’s mind. Comparison usually used through
into its constituent parts. It also entails detailing in analogy or through figurative language like similes and
which one, rather than zooming out and describing the metaphors. It is used to make abstract concepts more
concept as a whole, zooms in and focuses on describing understandable by using comparison to appeal to the
the aspects that make up a concept. human senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.

Example: The guitar is a musical instrument that Example: “Groping for imagery I find myself thinking
produces sound primarily through strumming its strings. of…passion as hot, strong, almost thick coffee…Coffee
Its sound is modified or manipulated through the unleashes energy, has a full-blooded flavor, a touch of
interaction of the strings with the other parts of the bitterness unpleasant to others, but delicious to the
guitar, which are the headstock or simply the head, the drinker.”
tuners, the nut, the neck, the sound hole, the body, and
the bridge. CONTRAST
CONTRASTING understands how at least two similar
COLLOCATION means there are words or expressions concepts are different from each other. In the sample
that are usually almost immediately associated with the essay of Appassionato, the writer mentions that
concept you are trying to define. These words or “passion” and “love” are usually collocated because they
expression are usually located together, hence the name mean almost the same thing. To lessen the ambiguity
“collocation”. between the two, the author uses metaphors to contrast
“passion” and “love.”
Example: Passion is usually collocated with the terms
“love” and “lust”. While these three words are not Example: “Love is softness; passion is smoulder. Love
commonly compared but also contrasted in the sample might be contentment, but passion is adventure. It must
text above, they are most often defined in terms of each be free, untethered. It must explore, drive beyond the
other because they share a common semantic feature of boundaries, break moulds. Passion discovers, unearths,
“intense liking.” examines, magnifies, revels in the details. Love rolls up
details into a coherent whole. Love is passive; passion
COMPARISON is associating the word or expression hyperactive. Where love is melancholic, passion is
you are trying to define with something else not pain.”
necessarily synonymous with it. It is highly dependent
on imagery which creates a vivid picture of a concept in
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ETYMOLOGY is the history of a word. It explains the Another way of understanding what a word or concept
evolution of a word or how it has come to be. means is to know what its purpose is. It answers the
question: What is it used for?
Example: “Appassionato is the past participle of a Latin Example: Whether it may be an ancient sundial, a classy
word that means ‘to impassion’… If passion is so good, pocket watch, a Rolex or Swatch wrist watch, an antique
then why do many fears it? Because by its etymology grandfather’s clock, or the mighty Big Ben of London, a
(from the Latin word ‘passus,’ past participle of ‘pati’ clock, first foremost, is a mechanical device or
meaning to suffer) it brings pain. To be capable of technology whose primary purpose is to measure time.
passion one must be open, vulnerable and brave enough
to stare pain in the eye.” NEGATION is a technique that you can use to define a
word or concept what it is not.

EXEMPLIFICATION and ILLUSTRATION Example: “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy,
EXEMPLIFICATION is defining something by giving it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonour
examples. others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it
ILLUSTRATION, on the other hand, is giving an keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil
example and focusing on it to elaborate on the concept but rejoices with the truth.
you are trying to define.
SYNONYMS are single word or phrase that share
Example: Books are considered to be credible and almost the same meaning with the concept you are trying
reputable resource materials to consult when you are to define.
trying to find the definition of a word. Some examples
are dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopaedias, and manuals. Example: According to Dictionary.com, “mawkish”
means, “characterized by sickly sentimentality” or
EXTENDED DEFINITION is a personal interpretation “weakly emotional”. It can be considered synonymous to
of an author to an abstract and multifaceted concept. It “nauseating” and “sickening” due to dependence on too
goes beyond denotation and connotation. It gives the much emotion”.
reader a new and fresh understanding of a concept as it
largely draws upon the author’s own perspective of the
world. SLANG and COLLOQUIAL LANGUAGE can be
considered under the umbrella term synonyms.
Example:“I believe that a life lived with passion Example: Another name for hashish is marijuana;
shimmers, shines, rises above the ordinary. Allow me to popular slang in the States also calls it “pot’ or “grass”.
seduce you into passionate existence. To think, to sing,
maybe even to sigh-appassionato.”

FUNCTION

D. EXEMPLIFICATION/CLASSIFICATION
In exemplification, the writer assembles facts to clarify a concept or to use anecdotes to illustrate a point. First, be
sure to choose apt examples that support your idea. Second, the illustrations should not overshadow the concept of the
essay. Third, the examples should be properly introduced. Lastly, avoid using the phrase “for example” unless you
want to give an example.
As for classification, the writer breaks down a concept, idea, a process, or a thing into major parts or categories on a
single priciple and secondly explains that to your reader. Lastly, strive for originality.

What I need to remember!

1. The narrative is concerned with events and actions.
2. The effective description appeals to the five senses.
3. The definition has to be exact.
4. In reading and writing classification-exemplification texts, you must remember to pay attention to
the categories which are to divide the general idea into subgroups. Furthermore, you must also look
for and take note of the specific characteristics of each subgroup, including the examples.

SELF-ASSESSMENT
HOW AM I DOING?

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Directions: Using the scale of 1 to 5, rate your skills (1 = poor, 2 = satisfactory, 3 = good, 4 = very good, 5 = excellent).
Please be honest.

Skills Rate
I know and familiarize the following patterns of development: narration, description,
definition, and exemplification or classification.
Critique the given sample texts of each pattern of development.
I can answer the questions given and do each activity.

DAY 4-5

FIRM-UP

Your goal in this section is to understand and build up your understanding about the patterns of
development.

Task 2
Directions: Read and answer the Activity 2: Beyond Walls

Activity 2
Directions: Read the descriptive text titled “Resorts Are for Foodies Too!” by Margaux Salcedo on
https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/4647/resorts-are-for-foodies-too/ Then do the following:

A. Answer the following questions:

1. What is the article about?
Answer::_________________________________________________________________________________

2. What descriptive words and phrases are used by the author in writing the text?
Answer:______________________________________________________________________________________
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3. What transition words and phrases are used in the text to show logical arrangement?
Answer:______________________________________________________________________________________
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B. Analyze the text by writing the main idea and supporting details on the blanks.
Main Idea: __________________________________________________________________
Supporting Point 1: ___________________________________________________________
Supporting Point 2: ___________________________________________________________
Supporting Point 3: ___________________________________________________________

C. Did you notice the descriptive words and phrases in the specific details? See the samples below and then look for
more in the article.
1. Enchanting memoirs
2. Dim lights
3. Island-inspired uniform
4. ________________________
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6. ________________________
7. ________________________
8. ________________________
9. ________________________

End of Firm Up
In this section, you will be going to widen your understanding on descriptive text.

DAY 6-7

DEEPEN
Task 3
Directions: Read the sample text below titled “Appassionato” by Barbara C. Gonzales

Activity 3
Directions: Read the sample text and answer the close reading activity after the reading selection.

APPASSIONATO
Barbara C. Gonzales

Appassionato is the past participle of a Latin word “to impassion”. It is found in music sheets, where the
composer wants us to interpret a passage with passion. It should have been tattooed on our palms as we were handed to
the stork for delivery. Then we would have been saved from vacillating between deadening dullness and paralyzing panic,
from the trouble of learning on our own that life without passion is like salad without dressing- safe, healthy, not
fattening, and unspeakably drab.
Passion comes from the Latin word for “suffering,” hence the Passion of Christ. It implies suffering for a cause
deemed noble: Christ believed in His divine mission and carried it through an extremely uncomfortable death. We see that
passion transcends the physical and, contrary to common perception, is neither totally mindless nor totally blind. We
determine with our reason how we want to live and recognize the companion pieces of our choice- the possible grief, the
potential rewards, our trade-offs. When desire smothers difference, when we opt for paths less traveled, corners less
explored, then we live life with passion.
Analyzing passion is like defining love. We teeter dangerously on the brink of mawkishness. Groping for imagery
I find myself thinking of love as a cup of warm chocolate and passion as hot, strong, almost thick coffee. Chocolate
soothes, comforts, is sweet. Coffee unleashes energy, has a full-blooded flavour, a touch of bitterness unpleasant to others,
but delicious to the drinker.
Love is softness; passion is smoulder. Love might be contentment, but passion is adventure. It must be free,
untethered. It must explore, drive beyond the boundaries, break moulds. Passion discovers, unearths, examines, magnifies,
revels in details. Love rolls up derails into a coherent whole. Love is passive; passion hyperactive. Where love is
melancholic passion is pain.
Love and passion are inseparable. Extreme desire for another person’s body without awe of that person’s soul is
lust. But when the desire for another body proceeds from a need to connect with that body’s cherished uniqueness, its
soul, then the desire becomes passion. Lust quickly disappears. Passion is insatiable.
I asked a friend to recall a lustful encounter. She quickly described the mechanics of that episode-how they met,
where they went, how they meshed, how quickly the storm passed. I then inquired about a mon whom I knew she had had
a passionate connection. “He turned my blood to smoke,” she said, staring into a distance, and though it had been many
years, I knew she remembered in her gut what I had felt like to be with him.
Passion is visceral. It stands outside traditional thinking. It ignores conventions like distance, time, social
acceptance. It dares into uncharted waters. It used to be primarily associated with romantic love. Today, thanks to the
authors like Tom Peters and Nancy Austin (A Passion for Excellence), passion’s boundaries have been extended to
embrace work, entrepreneurial endeavors, corporate success.
And why not? Work should be done with passion. I abandon myself to my career as I would to a lover. I take
professional and personal risks. When I win, I soar. Other times I hit the pavement with a resounding thud. In between I

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do battle with indifference. I have been, for the most part, successful; not because I am the best but because I do my best
and that for me is a passionate, fulfilling life.
If passion is so good, then why do many fears it? Because by its etymology (from the Latin word “passus”, past
participle of “pati” meaning to suffer) it brings pain. To be capable of passion one must be open, vulnerable, and brave
enough to stare pain in the eye. It is safer, easier to be closed, unfeeling, unhurt.
Also, passion picked up a savory reputation along the centuries. A murder committed by a person who found
his/her beloved in the arms of another was labelled “a crime of passion,”; encouraging many to shun “passion” when they
should have avoided “crime.” If instead the killing had been called “a crime of murderous temper,” then perhaps more
people could have surrendered to passion.
I believe that a life with passion shimmers, shines, rises above the ordinary. Allow me to seduce you into
passionate existence. To think, to sing, maybe even to sigh- appassionato.

CLOSE READING

A. What is the etymology of the word “passion”? Which language does it come from? How was it evolved into how
we spell and understand the word now?
ANSWER:

B. According to the selection, how are passion and pain related? Is it necessary to feel pain first before passion?
Explain your answers.
ANSWER:

C. How does the author compare and contrast love, lust, and pain, each with passion?
ANSWER:

D. Consider this paragraph from the selection: “I asked a friend to recall a lustful encounter. She quickly described
the mechanics of that episode- how they met, where they went, how they meshed, how quickly the storm passed. I
then inquired about a man with whom I knew she had had a passionate connection. ‘He turned my blood to
smoke,’ she said, staring into a distance, and though it had been many years, I knew she remembered in her gut
what it had felt like to be with him.” Is this experience entirely and solely “lustful,” as is mentioned in the first
sentence of the paragraph? Or is there passion as well? How about love? Is there also pain? Support your answers.
ANSWER:

E. How is passion applied in work?

ANSWER:

F. According to the author, what is a “crime of passion”? How is passion related to crime? Is it wrong to commit
such act? How so? What are its consequences?
ANSWER:

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 End of Deepen
Hopefully, you fully understand the deep meaning of passion and give your best in answering the
given questions to assess your understanding about the given sample text.

DAY 8-9

In this section, you will read other sample texts and analyze the message of each sample and answer the
given questions.

Activity 4
Directions: Read the sample texts and answer the given questions after each sample text.

Text 1: Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are a serious problem. One disorder people think at most often is anorexia. The male and female is afraid
of gaining weight so they become meticulous and controlling about the amount of food they are swallow. The inadequate
food portions make the body go into a starvation mode and if left unchecked, it may lead to heart damage, stroke, and
death.

Another example of an eating disorder is bulimia. With this disorder, the person is stuck at the middle of their desire for
food and the desire not to gain weight. Therefore, a vicious cycle of eating large quantities of food followed by vomiting
develops.
Over time, the vomiting may cause damages to the oesophagus, deteriorates the enamel of the teeth, and damages the
heart.
My lat case in point in point is binge eating. Food becomes a crutch to ease unhappiness and stress felt in life. The taste
and texture of food is comforting which invites overeating. This leads to a feeling of guilt, but the lure of food overrides
the feeling. The individual eats until he becomes overweight or obese. Obesity leads to heart disease as well as a higher
risk of diabetes, cancer, and arthritis. Many times, eating disorders are a signal that a person is suffering from mental
anguish, however, they manifest themselves as severe health problems.
-M. McMann
EMPLOY
1. What are the different types of eating disorders? Then give the definition of each term.
Answer:

Text 2: Types of Friends

Friends can be classified according to their honesty, loyalty the type that fits you into your schedule and the type that finds
time for you when they need something.

An honest friend tells you the truth even if it’s not what you want to hear. In the long run, that honest friend may have
saved you from embarrassment of possibly, rejection. They give you constructive criticism overall.
The loyal friend is the type of friend that will be there for you through thick and thin. And most of all, they will not let
you down when times are hard. They may be what you call a best friend.

The third group is the type of person that is always on the go. They barely have time for themselves let alone another
person. More than likely, they will not be there for you when you need them most because they are so wrapped up in their
busy, hectic life. Then, you have the self-absorbent “friend” that finds time only for you when they need something. This
type of person isn’t what you would call a friend. This person may always be extremely nice to you because they know
that if they are nice to you then they will more likely get what they want. They will call you once in a while when it is
time to use you. It may be for a ride to work, home, or they just want someone to hang out with because they have no
other friends. If the person being used is smart, he will eventually realize that he is being taken advantage of and he will
stop being there for that person.
- A. Neil as edited by Dian R.
Agbayani

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1. According to the essay on friendship, what are the various types of friends?
Answer:

DAY 10

Post-assessment
Directions: Read each statement and provide the term being defined. Write your answer on the space provided
before the number.
A.
___________________ 1. Whether real or fictional, is what you do in narrative writing.
____________________2. A word or a series of words enclosed in a pair of quotation marks, which signal the characters’
spoken language.
____________________3. It is the secondary meaning of a word.
____________________4. The __________ tells the story as it happens, with no commentary and partiality.
____________________ 5. These are brief narratives within a piece of writing.
____________________ 6. It gives the reader a new and fresh understanding of a concept as it largely draws upon the
author’s own perspective of the world.

B. 1. What is the purpose of narrative writing?

Answer:

2. What are the different characteristics of a good descriptive essay?

Answer:

C. Make your own example of classification graphic organizer providing the needed details similar to the one below.

TOPIC

CLASSIFICATION 1 CLASSIFICATION 2 CLASSIFICATION 3

CHARACTERISTICS CHARACTERISTICS CHARACTERISTICS

EXAMPLES EXAMPLES EXAMPLES

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