Zhanra Nicole S.

Casalme

XII HUMSS – Emilio Aguinaldo

WORKSHEET #1

1. What are the different manifestations of poverty in today’s society?

2. One popular assumption about poverty is that it should not get in the way of realizing one’s goal in
life. Do you agree? Why of Why not?

3. How did the narrator feel when he had to part ways with elementary school classmates?

4. What ailment did the narrator’s mother have while he was in highschool?

5. What did the narrator decide to do right after graduating from college?

6. Why did the narrator say that it was painful to part ways with his elementary school classmates?

7. How different was in highschool experience from one he had in elementary school?

8. What challenges did the narrator face in high school and college? How did he cope?

9. What do you think does the writer by the last paragraph? How did the career he chose restore his
sense of self-worth?

10. Try to recall episodes from your childhood and teenage life that are worth sharing and which you
may include I a possible autobiography. Indicate dates, places, and other details. The incomplete table
below serves as your example and gu

Date Place Event1

Zhanra Nicole S. Casalme

XII HUMSS – Emilio Aguinaldo

WORKSHEET #2

1. What do you know about Cebu?

2. Cebu is also known as the “Queen City of the South.” What do you think does the nickname connote?

3. Who is considered as the “Father of the Modern Cebuano Short Story”?

4. What does the Cebuano word tuyom literally mean?

5. What is described as “the Cebuano version of the moro-moro or komedya”?

6. Which experiences in Carcar did the author enjoy as suggested in the essay?

7. Why is Carcar tagged as a “literary tourist destination”?

8. Why did the poet Merlie Alunan (also one of the author’s companions during the trip) say, “During the
Spanish colonial era, everything belonged to the king”?

9. Who was Bishop Teofilo Camomot?

10. Was the trip a purely “literary tour”? Why or why not?

11. Identify details/passages from the story that would illustrate the fusion of journalism and literature,
and state your reason.

12. Look for a short news article from a newspaper (it may be a national broadsheet or, when available,
your school paper). Rewrite the article into a literary journalism piece. Be sure to express personal
observations and feelings, and employ creative ad artistic descriptions to make your piece more vivid.
You may also use a separate sheet of paper for this activity.
Zhanra Nicole S. Casalme

XII HUMSS – Emilio Aguinaldo

WORKSHEET #3

1. How different is life in the city from life in the countryside? Give examples.

2. Would you wish to live in the city or in the countryside? Explain your reasons.

3. What is the name of the village?

4. Who is Ana Liza?

5. What are the ardoise?

6. How different is the author from her friend and fellow Filipina, Anna Liza?

7. The author claims, “I am tempted to call my village simple.” What details in the story indicate this
“simplicity”?

8. What was it that the residents of the community had done “one hundred years ago”? Why were the
contemporary residents of the village proud of it?

9. Why did Anna Liza say that the river for her was “useless” or “walang silbi”? What feeling was
reflected by that impression?

10. What did the author like about the village?

11. As a personal narrative, what linguistic or literary strategies does the piece employ?