Walk with nature

She is my Mother
To Build a Fire
To Build a Fire Author: Jack London

Published: 1908

Man Vs. Nature

Characters: Man- confidently stubborn because he ignores the piece of advice from the old timer.
Perseverant, he keeps trying despite difficulties.

Dog- loyal, for he accompanies the man to travel Yukon in spite of danger. Old-timer from sulphur

creek- wise and caring

The boys- friends waiting in the mining camp

Lesson: People should not think they are more powerful than nature. In addition, people should listen to others
who have more experience than they do.

Symbolism In this story, fire represents life. The story makes the readers somehow feel how important fire is. The
man tries as hard as he could to build a fire because he knows that the presence of fire is what could make him
survive in such a cold day. Fire is definitely essential, which is why the absence of it could bring misfortune to the
man. Hands, on the other hand, represent power. The man could not kill his dog because of his numb hands.
One is powerless and defenseless without having much control of hands.

Fire - life, human survival Cold, gray (namention sa first part sa story)- death, corpse

Dog- true to his nature Camp- safety, hope and survival

A man, along with his dog, wanted to get to a mining camp where his friends had been waiting for him. He
knew that once he got to the mining camp, he would enjoy delicious bacon and the warmth of campfires.
Before the man made his journey, an old-timer reminded that under no circumstance should one go to Yukon.
Nevertheless, the man ignored the advice owing to his notion that the old timer was just womanish and
powerless. He knew that there was no sun while he was traveling. The absence of the sun did not seem to worry
the man. It was only the dog who appeared to perceive the danger of the very cold weather in Yukon.unyaa
na-shock sya slight kay pagluwa niya, dritso frozen ang iyang laway wa pa gani naabot sa ground ug iyang
mga kamot kay numb na. Adto ra sya kahuna huna na unsa ka-tugnaw. Nihunong sa sya sa paglakaw kay
magbuild og fire para mainitan sya nya confident pakaayo ni sya nga great and brave daw sya kay sya ray ni-
dare og travel nga sya lang usa sa in ato na weather. Nya ni-padayon na sya sa iyang lakaw, nabuak mana
ang ice ba so nabasa jud iyang tiil nya feel niya nafrozen iyang tiil (danghag man), so wa syay mahims kundi
magbuild og fire para mauga iyang tiil. Nagkatugnaw man ang panahon nakahuna huna syas gisulti sa old-
timer niya pero gibalewala ra niya kay kaya lage kuno niya. Nya nasobraan man kadako ang fire so na-melt
ang snow nga naa dapit sa tree nga iyang gistayhan, nga nag-cause nga mapawng iyang fire kay
natagakan ug snow. Mao to nalagot na sya kay gi-malas sya nya kahuna huna sad sya unsa sya ka bogo na
wa sya kabantay sa snow sa branch sa kahoy. Mao to ni-attempt sya buhat og fire pero tungod sa kabugnaw
di na niya halos malihok iya kamot para magkuan sa posporo, gibuhat na niya tanan way makadagkot lang
hantud sa kadugayan nakuan ra jud. Unya kay danghag naman sad siya iyang gikatag unta ang fire
nakuanan nuon og snow edi pawng ang fire. Wa na pa jud syay lain posporo, mao to ngita sya lain way para
mainitan iyang lawas kay wa namay lain way para makabuhat syag fire. Nya kahuna huna mana sya nga
patyon niya iyang iro para adto ibutang iya kamot sa warm body daw sa iro. Iya gitawa ang iro nya ka-sense
man ug danger ang iro, nahadlok but iya gitawag pina-isog na voice so niduol ang iro and mao to iya gi-
wrestling pero wa man japon ni-effect. So iya gisuwayan ug patay gamit ang knife, nya sa kabugnaw di
naman halos malihok iyang kamot so wa japon niya napatay. Mao to ni-give up nalang sya about sa
pagpatay sa iro. Nakahuna huna nasad sya nga magdagan padung sa mining camp para mabalik ang iya
blood circulation sa lawas. Unya mura naman na ug nafrozen iyang tiil so galisud na syag dagan, pahuway sya
kadyot nya mulakaw na unta sya padung, natumba siya kay di na kalihok iya tiil sa kabugnaw. Nagpanic na
sya, nitry syag dagan nya natumba nasad. Nawagtangan na syag paglaom nga makaadto sa mining camp,
mao to kabaw na sya nga mamatay jud sya. Nakahinumdom sya sa giingun sa old-timer nga delikado
mutravel nga siya ra usa sa weather sa Yukon. Namatay jud sya. Ang iro naa japon sa iyang kilid, nahibung
ang iro nganong ing ato na ang lalaki so iya gisimhot2 and adto sya nakahibaw na patay na. Nipadayon ang
iro padung sa mining camp kay kabaw sya nga naay pagkaon ug warm nga place. THE END.

The Last Leaf

Author: O. Henry

Genre: Fiction
Published: 1907

Language: English

Characters: Johnsy or Joanna - a young artist from California who suffers pheumonia

Sue - a young artist from Maine and also a friend of Johnsy who was taking care of her

Behrman - an old artist who lived underneath the ground floor beneath Sue and Johnsy Doctor - a older man
with shaggy grey eyebrows who attends to Johnsy and Behrman

theme: Commitment, Sacrifice, Friendship, Hope and Dedication

Summary: In the Greenwhich Village in New York City, there is a young artist named Johnsy who was suffering
from pheumonia. There was an old tree outside of her window that the leaves will fall day by day. Johnsy
always lies in her bed waiting for the last leaf to fall because she always thinking that if the last leaf of the old
tree fall, she will die. Sue, her friend also a young artist who was came from Maine tried to stop Johnsy thinking
like that. However, an unexpected hero arrives to save Johnsy. It is not the doctor who gives her only one in ten
chances to survive, raising them to one in five if Sue can get her to hope for something important like a man,
not her true desire to paint the Bay of Naples some day. The hero who saves Johnsy is the old man named
Behrman who lived underneath the ground floor beneath Sue and Johnsy. Behrman works as an artist for 40
years and yet he still didn't made a masterpiece. So, one night before he died because of pheumonia, outside
of Johnsy’s window there is a ladder, lantern still lighted, some scattered brushes, and a palette with green and
yellow colors mixed on it, Behrman painted a realism of a leaf in Johnsy's window where the last leaf fell so that,
while Johnsy is waiting for last leaf to fall (where she didn't know that the last leaf is not real leaf it's only a paint),
her pheumonia will slowly be cured and she will not die. Conflict: When Johnsy says that as soon as the last leaf
falls, she will die

Moral Lesson: Even if we have face bad things, we should always help our loved ones

The seasons in "Autumn Song"

-represent the current physical and mental state of the poet. The warmth of summer is represented as
happiness and joy for the poet. While winter signals cold and dark times. "The whole of winter enters in my
Being- - pain" states the pain of winter. Winter being a chilly and gloomy season, we are able to safetly make a
comparison with the poet and the season. Autumn however is only mentions to describe the sensation of being
in-between summer and winter. "They nail for one a coffin lid, or sound a knell-- For whom? Autumn now-- and
summer yesterday!" proves that 'Autumn' represents the anxiety within the poet

The Song of Autumn focused on the speakers feelings toward his life anxieties and negativities which give him
an idea of becoming so attached to the spleen side of the world. As described in the first stanza "Soon we will
plunge into the cold-darkness"It's clear that in his mind, we are all included in this situation that the nature's end
is near and he sees a lot situational problems. In this poem it evolves only in 3 seasons wherein there is a vey
short time for enjoyment (summer) and autumn is the longest part which represent the current physical and
mental state of the poet. He himself tells how he had faced his axieties. The whole winter enters the state of
having pain throughout his life being chilly and gloomy season.

AUTHOR:

Written by French Author: Charles Baudelaire

Translated to English by: William Aggeler

The Voice of the Mountain

Author: Stephen Crane

-who often uses naturalism in his works which explains the wide vocabulary words, interpretations and
comparisons throughout the story.

Setting: somewhere in high lands where there is a big rock enough to hold the huge creature Popocatepetl.

Characters:

Popocatepetl - is the name of the mountain. a giant, that god of everything abandoned him, a very huge
heavy man who is not allowed to move in fear that he may leave holes through his footprints on the Earth.But is
very hungry and ask for help with other creatures.

Eagle - is the most clever out of the lot. He gives advises to other animals.
Little Animal – with two arms, two legs, one head, and a very brave air, to invent something. A very wise animal
who betrayed Popocatepl.

Lesson: The moral lesson of the story The Voice of the Mountain , is that you should never easily trust strangers
just because somebody else said good words about them. This happens to Popocatepetl, his trust to the little
creatures has given him nothing but disappointment.

Symbolism In this story,

Popocateptl- Symbolizes the nature,who wanted to be taken care and love the nature.

Little Animal- Symbolizes as humans as they keep on making promises to be good to nature but instead they
keep on destroying the nature. we experience it calamities and harshness because we are cruel to it. We do
not fulfill our promise as its steward and caretaker.

Summary

Once, there was an old man named Popocatepetl who was throned to sit on a high rock, unable to move his
shoulders and tasked to stay still for long. He was very hungry but none among the food he could see was he
able to take because of his current position.

Then came his friend, an eagle, whom he asked help to grab him something to eat as he was severely
famished said that there’s this little creature on Earth: a little animal with two arms, two legs, one head and a
very brave air who can invent something as that little animal claims.Immediately, Popocatepetl asked the
eagle summon the little creature. Upon meeting, Popocatepetl introduced himself in a very remarkable way.
As he said to the little creature: “Oh, blessed little animal with two arms, two legs, a head and a very brave air,
help me in my agony. Behold I, Popocatepetl, who saw the King of Everything fashioning the stars, I, who knew
the sun in his childhood, I, Popocatepetl, appeal to you, little animal. I am hungry.”Then, the unexpected
happened. The little animal asked for payment right away. Flustered, Popocatepetl threatened the little
animal’s life which made it give up and suggested that they make wings for Popocatepetl. But, as the wings
are huge ones, he told them that he’d be brining his comrades along to build the wings.Betrayal after another,
the little animal brought his comrades with him but never actually made the wings he said he would make.
With this, Popocatepetl’s cry about his wings remained as a soft cry – ignored and neglected.

Short Version

The “Voice of the Mountain” is a story that revolves around the hungry Popocatepetl. Popocatepetl is a very
huge creature who is not allowed by the King of Everything to move in search for food in fear of making the
earth a land of holes. Popocatepetl trusted a tiny creature but in the end he was betrayed.

A day in the country

Author: Anton Chekhov

Characters:

Fyokla- 6 years old beggar girl with a white haired barefoot and paled. Who calls everyone uncle and ask for
help in order to free his brother Danilka who got stuck in the tree

Terenty-the cobble in the story ug ang nitabang ni fyokla tall old man with a thin, pock-marked face, very long
legs, and bare feet, dressed in a woman’s tattered jacket”. He does not look like a hero

Danilka-fyokla's brother 8 years old with a hair as red as ochre and a oale sickly face

Silanty slitch-sacristan and terenty bossom friend

Lesson

The moral of the story A Day in the Country is to not take for granted the wonderful things in nature.In the
modern days, people have been too preoccupied with technology that they forget to appreciate the benefits
and wonders of nature. Living a simple life does not mean living an unsatisfactory life.

Summary

Ana man gud ang storya na mga mads..Naay usa ka 6 years old nga batang babaye iyang name kay Fyokla,
nagdagan siya nangita sa iyang brother si Danilka kay ang ilang village na igo man sa bagyo, ga uwan na
kusog nasad ang hangin. Si Fyokla sige siyag pangayo ug tabang sa taga tao nga mangagi or maagian para
tabangan iyang brother kay lagi na stuck ang kamot ni Danilka sa kahoy. Mao to nakapangayo na siyag
tabang sa laki ang name kay Terenty taas siya nga tao, daot, tag as ug tiil, wala nag tsienelas, ga sul ob ug
pang babaye mga tattered jacket, dile pang hero iyang pamorma pero laban lang para matabangan na
iyang brother ng si Danilka. So maygani ni agree ra si Terenty nga tabangan si Danilka bagyo baya plus kusog
na ang hangin grabe napud so mao to naluwas na si Danilka, love na kaayu nila Terenty kay gitabangan baya
sila alangan pud ug mag attitude2x ka diha amaw nalang. Mao to naglakaw na sila samtang ga lakaw sila
daghan kaayu pangutana ang bata about nature ahaka lagi matubag man sad ni Terenty murag halos tanan
walay makapugong niya ba #laysho #sanaall kamao sad ang bayot (Terenty). Ang mga tao sa village naa
sad nooy knowledge about nature mas kahibaw paman gani sila ni Terenty, pero ang mga bata kay ganahan
jud ni Terenty kay willing siya mo share sa iyang knowledge ug time sa 2 ka orphan children. So silang 3 kay
nipahuway sa barn didto sila nag stay with the children. Gipakita jud ni Terenty ba if unsa siya ka sincere ug
unsa niya ka love ang mga bata. #(PANGITAI KOG UYAB)#. Mao to nilakaw kadiyot si Terenty then nibalik sa
barn ug gibutangan niya ug naps takirub (bread) ang ulohan sa mga bato ug ga ampo siya habang ang
bata kay natug. Sa inani nga paagi gusto ni Terenty nga himoong hapsay ang kinabuhi sa mga bata kaysa
niya.

The Story of Keesh

Author:Jack London

Moral Lesson We have to appreciate the sacrifice of a person and we should not have bad prejudice towards
each other.

Characters of the story Keesh

Bok's son in the story Bok - father of Keesh in the story

Ikeega - mother of Keesh and wife of Bok in the story

Klosh Kwan - village chief in the story Bawn

Bim-the spy of the story

Summary Keesh is a 13 year old boy who lived with his mother in North Pole.His father once saved lives of the
people in the village by fighting a bear,but then later, his father died.After his father died,Keesh lived with his
mother in the poorest igloo.Keesh then went to Klosh-kwan the chief of the village to raise his complain about
the inappropriate portion of meat given by them,but he was laughed at.Keesh then went to the jungle to
hunt.The people doesn't have the faith that Keesh will come back in the afternoon.But Keesh didn't came back
empty-handed,rather he successfully cought a polar bear and gave the people of the village meat of it
equally. But some did not believe him,suspecting him using witchcraft to catch a bigger and stronger bear
than a 13 year old boy,so they spied on him.When Bawn and Bim spied on him they saw Keesh feeding the
bear with snowballs.When they were eating the meat of the bear Keesh cought,the truth was reaveled,the
snowball is made up of bones and whale meat.So when the bear swallows it,the bear would get sick and
Keesh could kill it easily.Because he used his brain to hunt,he rose to power and became the chief of his village
and no one was left hungry again.
Structures of Modification

- is composed by "Head" and "Modifier."

Modification - a word or combination of words in which one grammatical element-- Head, SINGLE WORD/ONE
WORD (e.g., noun) is modified by another-- Modifier, COULD BE A WORD OR A PHRASE/PREDICATE (e.g., an
adjective). In diagramming, an arrowhead (>/<) to indicate grammatical tie of modification.

To determine if a word/phrase is a modifier try to remove that word/phrase and see if the sentence still makes
sense without it. If it does, the word/phrase probably is a modifier.

Premodifiers - modifiers that appear before the head.

Postmodifiers - appears after the Head.
**Modifiers can also modify other modifiers.**

SINGLE-WORD MODIFIERS
Examples:

1. The tall red barn.

2. The big, black dog.

~ Try to find the difference between the two examples. In the 1st example the coordinated adjectives are not
separated with a comma while in the 2nd example it is.

In example 1, a person could be talking about a barn that is tall and red in which we would be using a comma.
Or as the given example, one could talking about a red barn that is tall.

In example 2, one could be talking about a black dog that is big (no comma). Or, one could be talking about
a dog that is big and/also black (with comma).

3. Recklessly, they flew downhill

4. Disney's manic hippos, dancing.

In example one, you could see that the modifier, "recklessy," does not only modify the verb, "flew," but the
whole predicate. If you notice, the adverb (the words that describes the verb) is movable. We could instead
say:
• They flow downhill recklessly.
IF "recklessly" was intended to modify only the word "flew", then it would be next to it. ----- > They recklessly flew
downhill.

~ The comma that is put after the word "recklessy" indicates that the adverb not only modifies the word "flew,"
but the whole predicate/predicationJust like the 3rd example, the comma actually separates the modifier
"dancing" from the head "hippos." It is an indication that dancing does not only modifies the hippos, but the
whole predication, Disney's manic hippos.
THE 3R's
-These are the basics Skils in school:READING, WRITING,& RYTHMETIC.

•READING-It helps to enhance our knowledge by exercising the brain and causing it to think more therefore
enhancing intelligence.Through reading, students will discover new words in context with meaning that we can
use to effectively communicate our thoughts and ideas.

•WRITING-Good writers are Good readers.Writing equips us with communication and thinking skills it filter your
knowledge and brain to the point of value.When you write something,your brain uses every part of your
memory and cells.The past memories, knowledge,lessons,pains, incidents, success and failures,the present
situation and future possibilities, everything comes out in the writing it will increase knowledge improve
memoy,make you sharp and increase your creativity and imagination.