Philippine Literature - The Will of the River

WebQuest Description: This WebQuest will help the students to recognize analogous relationship as a literary device in the essay
as well as life lessons from nature. And to learn Phrases as Adjectives and Adverbs.
Grade Level: 9-12
Curriculum: English / Language Arts
Keywords: Philippine Literature,The Will of the River, Using Phrases as Adjectives and Adverbs, Life Lessons from Nature, Facing
Life's Challenges.
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Last Modified: 2016-01-23 05:51:51
WebQuest URL: http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=308059

The essay "The Will of a River" is written by Alfredo Q. Gonzales Jr., a filipino writer. The essay talks about a man with a friend and
his son walking the course of a river. He notices as they walk that at one point the river can't be seen, it has gone underground or
something, because no matter where he looks at that point, it is undetectable. In other places, the river seemed small or weak, but he
knew that farther down, closer to the ocean it was strong and flowing. 

The author of the essay "The Will of a River" used a literary device to show the similarities of two different objects/creatures of nature,
this is called analogous relationship." A person's journey in life is similar to the course/ flow of a river." Make a Slogan about the
similarities of human and nature by reflecting and visualizing the images and scenes in the literary essay.Create your slogan in
Microsoft Word, with your name and section, landscape, font style is Arial and the font size is 65, and 1.5 spacing.Once created
submit it to: https://dropitto.me/SloganMaking

 What is literature? Literature is a term used to describe, written and sometimes spoken material. Derived from the
Latin litteratura meaning"writing formed with letters," literature most commonly refers toworks of the creative imagination,
including poetry, drama, fiction,nonfiction, journalism, and in some instances, song.  1. Read the literary essay "The Will of a
River" :https://jesylabiste.wordpress.com/philippine-literature-in-english/the-will-of-the-river-alfredo-gonzales-jr/2. In the essay, there
are Phrases as Adjectives and Adverbs. But, first what is Phrase?Check the link below:http://www.grammar-
monster.com/glossary/phrase.htm3. Now, to give you ideas what Adjectives is, please read
:http://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/adjectives/4. What is Adverb? :http://www.english-grammar-
revolution.com/what-is-an-adverb.html5. Here are some lines from the literary essay The Will Of The River, that uses phrases as
adjectives and adverbs.Study the sentences below. Take note of each italicized word group and identify the word it modifies.Using
Phrases asAdjectives or AdverbsAThe river behind our home flowsclearly.The trees and plants along
itscourse grow fast.The man in front of theriverbed watches the stream closely. BHe has visited the river for
a dozensummers.He started out to the hill andwalked by the rapids and the cascades.Galileo worked
even in spite ofhis failing sight.6. In Set A, note that the prepositional phrase behind our home modifies the
noun river. Can you identify the words described or modified by the other italicized phrases?7.In Set B,the prepositional
phrase for a dozen summers modifies the ver has visited. It tells when the action happened. In the second sentence,
what words are modified by the prepositional phrase to the hill and by the rapid sand the cascades, respectively? 8.
Truly,learning phrases as adjectives and adverbs is important for us to learn more about the language to give us clearer view of the
topic.Here are some online exercises to check if you really understood the
lesson.http://palc.sd40.bc.ca/palc/Quiz/grammar/2004/prepphrase.htmhttp://englishgrammar101.com/module-6/prepositions/lesson-
8/adjective-or-adverb-prepositional-phraseshttp://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=adjective-adverb-prepositional-
phrases-7th_19. Here is the summary of our lesson The Will of the River.Click the link to watch the video from the Youtube and
Reflect as you watch to help you to create a slogan.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2dmdeP1mh6k10. You already know that river is
similar to man's life, where we have our own goals in life to achieve and to surpass all the life's challenges.Now, as you reflect and
visualize the images in the literary essay, create a slogan in Microsoft word about the similarities of human and nature. See Rubric for
guidelines. 

SLOGAN MAKING Your slogan will beevaluated based on the given standard:Click the link forthe
Rubric: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=1903529& 
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Rivers like men are here on earth to serve its purpose: To give clean water for plants and animals and to men, to provide soothing
effect on weary lives and be a panorama of beauty as you gaze and observe its course that if you are a spiritual person would enjoy
this blissful scenery of grace and music.The will of the river is to do its duty and to finished its course, even to the end until it reach the
vast immensity of the ocean for their bulk be deposited to be taken up again and repeat the cycle on and on.

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