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THEME: “Overcoming poverty”
LISTENING-SPEAKING CONNECTION:
Put your upper teeth on your lower lip. Blow out air between your lip and teeth. You have produced /f/. Listen and repeat /f/
/f/
Fin fill
Fit feel
Fine foal
Fail laugh
Phrase Fan
BUILD VOCABULARY Learning other forms of a word can help you expand your vocabulary. There’s a lot of fun in learning new words and you’ll discover a store of treasures with those. As you read the story entitled “MacDo” you’ll encounter the words in the box. The following will be define on the page where it first appears. Preview the list before you read. Deacon reiterate Fidget fastidious Demeanor dwindle Queue zeal
BUILD GRAMMAR SKILLS Interjections In the story “MacDo,” Merlinda C. Bobis expresses words with different emotions. These words are examples of interjection. Interjection can express delight, joy, disgust, pain, impatience, surprise, sorrow, wonder, and so on. They are not grammatically related to other words in the sentence. An interjection is generally set off from the rest of the sentence by an exclamatory point. An entire sentence, however, may be exclamatory. If the sentence is exclamatory, the interjection is followed by a comma and the exclamation point is put at the end of the sentence. Examples: Ah! You finally came. (Ah is an interjection.) Ah, there she goes again! (The entire sentence is an exclamatory.)
The table below shows some interjections with examples.
Interjection
Meaning
Example
Ah
Expressing pleasure
Ah, that feels great.
Expressing realization
Ah, now I understand.
Expressing resignation
Ah well, that can’t be helped.
Expressing surprise
Ah! I made it!
Alas
Expressing grief of pity
Alas, she’s gone now!
Dear
Expressing pity
Dear! Is it painful?
Expressing surprise
Dear me! What a surprise!
Eh
Asking for repetition
It’s hot today. Eh? I said it’s hot today.
Expressing
THEME: “Overcoming poverty”
LISTENING-SPEAKING CONNECTION:
Put your upper teeth on your lower lip. Blow out air between your lip and teeth. You have produced /f/. Listen and repeat /f/
/f/
Fin fill
Fit feel
Fine foal
Fail laugh
Phrase Fan
BUILD VOCABULARY Learning other forms of a word can help you expand your vocabulary. There’s a lot of fun in learning new words and you’ll discover a store of treasures with those. As you read the story entitled “MacDo” you’ll encounter the words in the box. The following will be define on the page where it first appears. Preview the list before you read. Deacon reiterate Fidget fastidious Demeanor dwindle Queue zeal
BUILD GRAMMAR SKILLS Interjections In the story “MacDo,” Merlinda C. Bobis expresses words with different emotions. These words are examples of interjection. Interjection can express delight, joy, disgust, pain, impatience, surprise, sorrow, wonder, and so on. They are not grammatically related to other words in the sentence. An interjection is generally set off from the rest of the sentence by an exclamatory point. An entire sentence, however, may be exclamatory. If the sentence is exclamatory, the interjection is followed by a comma and the exclamation point is put at the end of the sentence. Examples: Ah! You finally came. (Ah is an interjection.) Ah, there she goes again! (The entire sentence is an exclamatory.)
The table below shows some interjections with examples.
Interjection
Meaning
Example
Ah
Expressing pleasure
Ah, that feels great.
Expressing realization
Ah, now I understand.
Expressing resignation
Ah well, that can’t be helped.
Expressing surprise
Ah! I made it!
Alas
Expressing grief of pity
Alas, she’s gone now!
Dear
Expressing pity
Dear! Is it painful?
Expressing surprise
Dear me! What a surprise!
Eh
Asking for repetition
It’s hot today. Eh? I said it’s hot today.
Expressing
References: BOOKS Flores, Magelende, et al. “The New Dimensions In Learning English.” REX Book Store, Inc. Gutierrez, Teresita & Calado, Josefina. “English Encounters: Language.” REX Book Store, Inc. Extensions In Reading Series H. Curriculum Associates, Inc. Tadeo, Milagros, et al. “Language Arts.” Vibal Publishing House, Inc.