1.

Composition Writing (41-

50)About persuading customers
Ma’am,Sir I want to borrow some of your time to introduce to you our latest gadgets that we’re selling
in affordable price and a year warrantee.This gadgets we have are best and high quality made that are
best companion for everyday life.You can also test it for free so you’ll know the functions of this gadget
if you’re willing it then the specifications of this gadget to know how much and how fast this gadget will
function,buying it depending on your need because we have different typee of this gadget from lowest
to highest price.You can also have this manual for more details and how you contact us just in case if
you’re having deep question about the product,so thank you for giving us some time to introduce to you
are latest gadgets we have on sale,have a nice day ma’am and sir.

2.6-12 Activities
Answers:Task 1:BLOCKS THAT BLOCK

1.Chicken-Don’t count the chicken before the egg hatched just like in person’s life,don’t plan too much
that might not happen.

2.I’m trouble-when you are with a very troublesome thing or person.

3.Late never-It would be better if arrived at late than never arrived.

4.History-An event that happens before then happens again.

5.Roads-Willing to start your journey in your road of life.

6.Forgotten-If you forgive someone then you’re recalling the past situations.

Processing Questions:

1.What is your overall impression about the phrases above?It indicate our everyday life which means
that it actually existing as we live to surpass our obstacles when you achieving a goal or some kind of
advise that can apply to us.

2.How do they reflect realities in life?It suddenly appears when you are in a situation that are so
complicated or you can hear this from some people as an advise to overcome your life obstacles.
Task 2:YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND

1.Belittled:When someone belittle me I just walk away or just avoid them because it affect my
confident,sometimes I got my friends who protect me in a right way.

2.Late:When I’m late I just bow my head that indicates apology to my class or I directly apologize to my
adviser for being late but it’s better be late than never.

3.Lost:If I lost something like losing my precious things example my ballpen I started to worry because
this write my future what I can be one day.Hopefully I got my friends or even my adviser willing to lend
me their extra ballpen.

4.Troubled:You might not knew that I’m willing to protect myself even I hurt them,but I’ll fight for right
and I just can’t allow them to ruined my name especially when they involves my family because that
makes me angry then I lose myself,I want you to know that I never bullied someone before because I’m
the one who get bullied.

5.Here we go again:When sometimes the challenges is so tough and complicated then it appears again
and again It’s just like I want to give up.But it suddenly changing when my family and friends are there to
guide me especially God that give me strength to accomplish it again.

6.Forgotten:If they forgot is just like nothing but the way I treat them is the same I treat them before.It
doesn’t matter if they forgot me but I would never forgot them or planning some bad for them.

Task 4:”I Think”

1.Oral report writing is….I think it’s kind of reporting that are organized and prepared to present a good
structure about the topic or subject to have an effective communication with the audience.

2.It is used in….I think I’ts used in creating statements that give description with more details regarding
to an situation,event,etc.

3.It can organized by…..I think this organized by making the topic interesting so the audience would
have interest about the topic you about to deliver,except of making it prepared and ready to deliver you
must used your body like moving your hands or your face expression so they pay attention to you.

Task 5.1: A Scheme for Schema

What are usually made of wax?It may things like candles,crayons,lipsticks,etc

What are the benefits of wax?Maybe to make the material smooth nor rough,make things easy to do.

To what is wax susceptible?Like candles once it heat up it melts and turning into a viscous liquid
suddenly turns solid.

In what way can wax be harmful?Example candle or something like that,when you apply heat to them
of course that the viscous liquid is hot,when it made contact to your skin would get hurt.
Task 5.2: The Guiding Path

Processing Questions:

1.What are some myths that you have read?In grade 9 I already read Pandora’s Box,a greek mythology
about when Pandora opens the box and the all different evil scattered away.

2.What makes these stories a myth?A story when it involves natural events about the creation of the
world includes Gods/Goddesses,heroes,etc that are among the myth characters.

Task 7: Of Flight and Light

How do personal challenges make you better person?When it comes to that my mind and my
conscience will work together as I facing challenges.My mind would tell what to do and my conscience
would tell wether if it’s right or wrong.Most commonly because I have God,my family and friends along
with me.

Task 8:Facts and Details

1.Who hires Daedalus?Because of his skills he was hired by King Minos

2.What does Daedalus design to hold the Minotaur?He designed/built a maze to imprison the
monstrous halfman,half bull Minotaur.

3.What does Daedalus invent to help him and Icarus escape from the Labyrinth?He built wing-
like,fashioned with feathers held together with wax.

4.What does he warn Icarus not to do?Daedalus warns his son not to get close to the sun and follow
closely behind him as they flying.

5.What happens to Icarus?Icarus has fell to his death,drowning on the sea.

Task 9 What’s Going On?

1.Why did Minos imprison Daedalus in the Labyrinth?Because Daedalus helped King Minos’s daughter
Princess Ariadne and Theseus to escape Crete then for killing the Minotaur.

2.Why did Minos think that,if Daedalus can’t find his way out,”so much the better”?Because he
already controlled the whole sea and land around Crete.

3.Minos tells Icarus that the plan is dangerous.Why does he want them to take the risk?To test Icarus’s
skills.

4.Why did Daedalus leave his wings on the altar of Apollo?Why wouldn’t he want to fly some more?
He hung up his wings as an offering to the Olympian God.
Task 10 Digging Deeper

1.In a short paragraph ,describe how Daedalus planned to escape from the island prison of Crete?As
there’s no way out neither water and land he planned to use the air to escape by making wings.

2.Do you think Daedalus’s plan is a good one?Explain your answer.Since there’s really no way out both
land and water that plan to use the air to escape is good and maybe if his son listened to him carefully
he won’t die.

3.Which events in the Myth could have happened in real life?It maybe the creation of the universe was
happened in real life,no creator no creation.

4.If you had access to building resources and materials,how would you design a flying machine to help
you escapee from the island prison of Crete?I’ll make the wing like Daedalus created but more durable
than that so I can escape easily.

Task 11 Fact or Not

1.Fact

2.Not

3.Not

4.Not

5.Fact

Task 12 Agree or Disagree

1.King Minos is cruel because he tried to kill Daedalus and his son with no show of mercy.

2.Daedalus is talented because he known as “skilled worker”,famous architect,inventor,and a master

craftsman known for having created many objects that figure prominently.

3.Icarus is foolish because Daedalus already warned him to not get too close to the sun and follow
closely behind him but he disobeyed his father’s warning.

4.Daedalus and Icarus should have stayed in the island after escaping from the Labyrinth so they can
take a break to not overdo it and Icarus might be still alive then.

5.Daedalus is responsible for his son death because he didn’t think about Icarus as he concentrated on
escaping,if they land in an island to take atleast a short break will work out somehow.

Task 14 Timeline

THE PALACE WHERE DAEDALUS CREATED A MAZE TO

OF MINOS NEUTRALIZE THE MINOTAUR
 WHERE DAEDALUS AND ICARUS IMPRISONED
IN PRISON
THEN SUDDENLY ESCAPED

WHERE ICARUS FELL INTO DEATH THEN

ICARUS IN
DROWNED TO THAT SEA
THE SEA

WHERE DAEDALUS CAME TO SATY AT THE COURT

SICILY OF COCALUS IN A PLACE CALLED CAMICUS

Task 15 Character Portrait

1.Daedalus’s Action:To escape to that island prison he built wings for himself and Icarus

What it tells about him:He do whatever he can do by using his skills to make their way out.

2.Daedalus’s Dialogue:He already warn Icarus to try not to get close to the sun and follow him
closely as they flying to escape.

What it tells about him:He show that he’s concern to his son safety.

3.Daedalus’s Thoughts:He thinks about their way out as well as a safe place for them to land.

What it tells about him:He has a brilliant mind,he is creative and a risk taker.

Task 16 Grammarian For a Day

A.

All pronouns used by the author:

-he -his -they

-them -her -him

-it
 B.

1.He built a maze by himself.

2.She is cleaning herself after playing.

3.They are proud for themselves over that victory.

4.The wound would heal itself.

5.JJ cook delicious meal for himself.

C.

1.(him) JJ loves planting food for himself.

2.(her) Why don’t she show herself to me?

3.(them) I’m gonna do this for themselves.

4.(it) I can help the tree to grow itself by watering it.

Your Discovery Tasks

Task 17 Men Under The Lens

A.

Icarus’ Personal Challenges Daedalus’ Personal Challenges

-He face the plan that are too risky

-He and his son imprisoned by
because he is being test by King
Minos,he use his briliiant mind to find
Minos.This test his skill if he can
their way out in that prison island.
complete this objective.

B.

Icarus Daedalus

I created an mousetrap in
My father also test me by
order to get rid of rats
how many push ups I can
because many rats
do to test my strength.
destroying our clothes.
Processing Questions:

1.What do the similarities of your personal challenges in life and those of Daedalus and Icarus tell?
What new discoveries did you find?We have challenges that we’re the same like testing our skill that
we have then use it to fix our problems and I learned that you shall use your skills properly instead using
it in evil.

2.What do these discoveries reveal about myths and realities of life?About whatever skill you have you
have use to this world even in a small experience it can use it to overpass your problems.

Task 18 In Your Own Words

We know that any safety rule is sometimes is annoying but this is for the sake for ourlives especially to
all children that we must obey what are guardians trying to say because that would be our treasure from
them because they doing this for our own good.Don’t let them words go to waste because prevention is
better than cure.

Task 20 Design

1.Types of Engineering Careers:Civil Engineering,Computer Engineering,Chemical Engineering,etc.

2.What these types of engineering careers contribute to society?Most of them have a large impact to
our daily life,they building houses,highways/skyways,buildings,drainage system something like that
boosts or make our life easy.

3.What Qualifications each type require?They must posses skills depending of what kind of engineering
they want to take like you must good at solving problems,mathematics,English vocabulary,etc.

Task 21 Dealing With Personal Challenge

1.Abuse of Power:I will use my power for right and also to take the opportunity to change the world

2.Self destruction:I’ll always control myself to not make any negative action to myself.

3.Foolishness:I will understand a situation properly to make a good action.

4.Lack of Contentment:I will always accept everything I have and not to find those things I don’t have.

5.Aggresiveness:I will make my patience longer then try not to be mad.

6.Hard Headedness:I will apologize to the things I have done wrong and be good next time.

7.Impetuousness:I won’t make everything so quickly I’ll do my best to finish it properly.

8.Hostility:I’ll never do something are wrong instead do something that good.

9.Pride:I will always defend my pride and not allow to take it away.

10.Boastfulness:I’ll use my skill to necessary and don’t overdo it,make way for other’s skill.

11.Egocentricity:I will respect other’s thoughts and make a way for them.

12.Procrastination:I shall not make unnecessary things always necessary to achieve our goals.
13.Compulsiveness:I always control my mind to not get addicted.

14.Envy:I should be grateful to things I have.

Name:John Jermy N. Mallari

Grade10a