Colegio de Santa Catalina de Alejandria

Bishop Epifanio B. Surban Street

Dumaguete City

Remedial Activities for Tertiary Level

Remedial class is designed to close the gap between what a student knows and what he's

expected to know and to assist students in order to achieve expected competencies in core

academic skills such as literacy. The aim of the remedial activities is to raise the competencies of

the students to enable them to participate competently in class, it also help pupils who have

fallen behind to learn to the best of their ability and to bring them back into the conventional

classes as far as possible.

The first part of this remedial activities is the vocabulary building test. According to

Steven (2005) vocabulary is the knowledge of words and word meanings. "Vocabulary

knowledge is knowledge; the knowledge of a word not only implies a definition, but also implies

how that word fits into the world."

The second part is noting details, it is an important reading comprehension skill. When

children note details, they will able to perform more difficult comprehension skill like

summarizing and synthesizing.

The third part is making predictions, predicting helps keep the reader's mind engaged and

activated as he or she works through a text. When students actively predict while reading, they

stay connected to the text and can reflect upon, refine, and revise their predictions.

The last part is summarizing. Summarizing teaches students how to discern the

most important ideas in a text, how to ignore irrelevant information, and how to integrate the

central ideas in a meaningful way, it also improves their memory for what is read.
 Vocabulary Building Test

Directions: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. The prince abdicated the crown and returned to his castle. Abdicated means…
a. gave up c. reinvested into.
b. sold d. auctioned.

2. The convicted criminal absconded prior to the sentencing phase of the trial. Absconded
means…
a. touched the jury c. left after discussion
b. reported immediate d. departed secretly

3. The aural component of balance is critical for postural control during ambulation. Aural
means related to the…
a. eye C. nose
b. ear d. mouth

4. The old man was benevolent with his fortune. Benevolent means…
a. secretive c. kind
b. stingy d. careful

5. The extra dirt was a key buttress to the foundation. Buttress means…
a. limiting factor c. overwhelming condition
b. support d. obstacle

6. The cathode of a battery was removed. Cathode means…

a. positive pole c. neutral pole
b. negative pole d. opposite pole

7. The doctor was known as a charlatan over the years of his practice. Charlatan means…
a. quack. C. procedural physician
b. knowledgeable physician d. medical examiner

8. The wound exhibited signs of copious drainage requiring medical intervention. Copious
means…
a. minimal c. maximal
b. clear d. foul

9. The attorney accused the witness of defaming the defendant. Defaming means…
a. killing c. suffocating
b. badgering d. slandering

10. The detective was able to derive the facts of the case. Derive means…
a. desist c. devise
b. deter d. deduce
11. The scientist was able to evoke powerful emotions from her audience. Evoke means…
a. sell c. call forth
b. calm d. exaggerate

12. The judge was fallible during deliberation. Fallible means…

a. careful not to err c. loyal to his supporters
b. falsely accused d. capable of mistakes

13. The chemist collected the germane data during the experiment. Germane means…
a. relevant c. limited
b. obscure d. usual

14. The desperados held up in a grotto in New Mexico during the escape. Grotto means…
a. large cave c. hotel
b. small cavern d. motel

15. The official exhibited a heedless attitude when dealing with the dignitaries. Heedless
means…
a. thoughtless c. friendly
b. pleasant d. bitter

16. The Sherman tank commander noted innumerable troops moving forward against his
position. Innumerable means…
a. limited c. countless
b. weary d. harmless

17. The general tried to instill in his troops the hope of victory. Instill means…
a. infuse c. inscribe
b. delay d. indict

18. The winning team of the World Series often has a jovial attitude. Jovial means…
a. merry c. somber
b. sad d. laborious

19. The plant entered the latent phase of development in the fall. Latent means…
a. first c. last
b. growth d. dormant

20. The yacht club members were excited about conditions on the loch. Loch means…
a. water c. gulf
b. lake d. ocean
 Noting Details

Rapunzel
by the Brothers Grimm

There once lived a man and a woman who always wished for a child, but could not have one. 
These people had a little window at the back of their house from which a splendid garden could
be seen.  The garden was full of the most beautiful flowers and herbs.  It was, however,
surrounded by a high wall, and no one dared to go into it because it belonged to an witch, who
had great power and was feared by all the world.

One day the woman was standing by the window and looking down into the garden, when she
saw a bed which was planted with the tastiest Rapunzel.  It looked so fresh and green that she
longed for it and had the greatest desire to eat some.  This desire increased every day.  The
woman knew that she could not get any of it and grew more pale and miserable each day.
Her husband was worried about her and asked "What is wrong my dear?"
"Ah," she replied, "if I can't eat some of the Rapunzel from the garden behind our house I think I
shall die."

The man, who loved her, thought, "Sooner than let my lovely wife die, I will bring her some of
the Rapunzel myself, no matter what the cost."
In the twilight of the evening, he climbed over the wall into the garden of the witch, hastily
grabbed a handful of Rapunzel and took it to his wife.  She at once made herself a salad and ate it
happily.  She, however, liked it so much -- so very much, that the next day she longed for it three
times as much as before.  If he was to have any rest, her husband must once more descend into
the garden.  In the gloom of evening, therefore, he set out again; but when he had climbed over
the wall he was terribly afraid, for he saw the witch standing before him.
"How dare you," she said with angry look, "sneak into my garden and steal my Rapunzel like a
thief?  You shall suffer for this!"
"Ah," the frightened husband answered, "please have mercy, I had to have the Rapunzel.  My
wife saw it from the window and felt such a longing for it that she would have died if she had not
got some to eat."

Then the witch allowed her anger to be softened, and said to him, "If this is true, I will allow you
to take as much as you like, only I make one condition.  You must give me the baby daughter
your wife will bring into the world; she shall be well treated, and I will care for it like a mother." 
The man in his fear consented and when the baby was born the witch appeared at once, gave the
child the name of Rapunzel and took the baby away with her.

Rapunzel grew into the most beautiful child beneath the sun.  When she was twelve years old,
the witch shut her into a tower, which lay in a forest.  The tower had no stairs or doors, but only
a little window at the very top.  When the witch wanted to go in, she stood beneath the window
and cried,
"Rapunzel, Rapunzel,
Let down your hair."
Rapunzel had magnificent long hair, fine as spun gold, and when she heard the voice of the witch
she wound her braids round one of the hooks of the window, and then the hair fell down the side
of the tower and the witch climbed up by it.
After a year or two, it came to pass that the Prince rode through the forest and went by the
tower.  He heard a song which was so lovely that he stood still and listened.  This was Rapunzel
who in her loneliness passed her time singing.  The Prince wanted to climb up to her, and looked
for the door of the tower, but none was to be found.  He rode home, but the singing had so deeply
touched his heart, that every day he went out into the forest and listened to it.
Once when he was standing behind a tree listening to Rapunzel's song, he saw the witch come
and heard how she cried,
"Rapunzel, Rapunzel,
Let down your hair."

Then Rapunzel let down the braids of her hair, and the witch climbed up to her.
"If that is the ladder by which one mounts, I will for once try my fortune," thought the Prince and
the next day when it began to grow dark, he went to the tower and cried,
"Rapunzel, Rapunzel,
Let down your hair."

Immediately the hair fell down and the Prince climbed up.
At first Rapunzel was terribly frightened when a man such as her eyes had never seen, came to
her; but the Prince began to talk to her quite like a friend and told her that his heart had been so
stirred by her singing that it had let him have no rest.  Then Rapunzel lost her fear, and when he
asked her if she would take him for her husband -- and she saw that he was kind and handsome,
she said yes, and laid her hand in his.

She said, "I will willingly go away with you, but I do not know how to get down.  Bring a bit of
silk with you every time you come and I will weave a ladder with it.  When that is ready I will
climb down and we shall escape together."  They agreed that until that time he should come to
her every evening, for the old woman came by day.

The witch knew nothing of this, until once Rapunzel said in her distraction, "Oh my, you are so
much heavier when you climb than the young Prince."
"Ah! you wicked child," cried the witch "What do I hear thee say! I thought I had separated you
from all the world but you have deceived me."

In her anger she clutched Rapunzel's beautiful hair, seized a pair of scissors -- and snip, snap --
cut it all off.  Rapunzel's lovely braids lay on the ground but the witch was not through.  She was
so angry that she took poor Rapunzel into a desert where she had to live in great grief and
misery.

The witch rushed back to the tower and fastened the braids of hair which she had cut off, to the
hook of the window, and when the Prince came and cried,
"Rapunzel, Rapunzel,
Let down your hair,"
she let the hair down.  The Prince climbed to the window, but he did not find his dearest
Rapunzel above, but the witch, who gazed at him with a wicked and venomous look.
"Aha!" she cried mockingly, "You've come for Rapunzel but the beautiful bird sits no longer
singing in the nest; the cat has got it and will scratch out your eyes as well.  Rapunzel is banished
and you will never see her again!"

The Prince was beside himself and in his despair he fell down from the tower.  He escaped with
his life, but the thorns into which he fell pierced his eyes.  Then he wandered quite blind about
the forest, ate nothing but roots and berries and did nothing but weep over the loss of his dearest
Rapunzel.

In this way, the Prince roamed in misery for some months and at length came to the desert where
the witch had banished Rapunzel.  He heard a voice singing and it seemed so familiar to him that
he went towards it.  When he approached, Rapunzel knew him and fell into his arms and wept.
Two of her tears fell on his eyes and the Prince could see again.  He led her to his kingdom
where he was joyfully received, and they lived for a long time afterwards, happy and contented.

Directions: Based on the story you have read answer each of the following questions on the
space provided.

1. Who named the main character Rapunzel?

2. What was unique about Rapunzel’s hair?

3. Who was the guy that visits Rapunzel in the tower?

4. Why would Rapunzel never leave the tower?

5. What did the Prince bring with him every time he visited Rapunzel to help her escape?
6. What did the witch do to the prince?

7. What healed the prince’s eyes?

 Making Predictions

Directions: Read the following passages. Determine what event is likely to occur next. Explain
your answer using textual evidence.

Vince Thunder waved to the crowd one more time before he put on his motorcycle helmet. The
crowd cheered uproariously. Vince looked down the ramp and across the 17 school busses that
he was about to attempt to jump. It was a difficult trick and everything would need to go right
for him to nail it. His cape blew in the wind. As Vince hoped on his motorcycle and started
down the ramp, he noticed something that he had not seen before. There was large oil slick at
the end of the ramp. He attempted to stop the bike, but it was too late. He had already built up
too much momentum...

1. What event is most likely to occur next?

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2. What evidence from the text supports your prediction?

Rex sat at the mouth of the alley and chewed the bone that he had found by the dumpster. It was
a meaty bone that had belonged to a larger animal, perhaps a state fair prize winning pig. Rex
was attracted to the bone by its strong scent. Apparently, he was not the only one who could
smell it. He heard the jangle of tags behind him and turned to see a larger dog. Rex released the
bone and began growling at the other dog. The other dog began growling at Rex. The two dogs
inched toward one another, maintaining eye contact. Each began growling louder as the other
approached within striking distance...

3. What event is most likely to occur next?

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4. What evidence from the text supports your prediction?

John sat in the classroom and drew pictures of the Tatakai Fighting Warriors in his notebook
while his teacher lectured about biology or something. He didn't really know for sure. The last
thing he remembered her saying was that there would be a test tomorrow. His heart jumped. He
went home to study for the test, but he was soon drawn to his Game Box. He played Tatakai
Fighting Warriors long into the night. When his alarm clock rang the next day, he was too tired
to hit the snooze button, so he let it beep for about 20 minutes before he got up and went to
school. As she had promised, the teacher has prepared a test. She reviewed the testing
procedures and directions with the class and then passed out the test. John looked at his test and
scratched his head...

5. What event is most likely to occur next?

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6. What evidence from the text supports your prediction?

Angela threw the bedspread over the bed and fussed with it until it was free of wrinkles. She
dusted her dresser and straightened the knickknacks. As she was leaving the room, she noticed
that a picture frame on the nightstand was slightly crooked. She went back into the room and
straightened the picture frame. She examined her bedroom one more time and gave it a satisfied
nod, and then she went to vacuum the living room. As she was running the vacuum, her three-
year-old son Jason walked into Angela's bedroom. He was drinking a glass of grape juice and
playing with his cars. Angela's bedspread fell as he raced his cars off the bed. While hitting an
imaginary jump with his cars, he bumped into the nightstand and knocked over Angela's picture
frame. Then, while he lined his cars up at the starting line of a pretend race, he kicked over the
grape juice and it spilled all over Angela's white carpet. Jason didn't notice. After Angela
finished vacuuming the living room, she tied the cord around the vacuum and went to return it to
her bedroom...

7. What event is most likely to occur next?

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8. What evidence from the text supports your prediction?

Lance didn't cook much but he wanted to do something nice for his wife's birthday, so he
decided to make her dinner. He was preparing a meal of steak and potatoes by following a
recipe that he had found on the Internet. He put the steaks on the grill on low heat and quartered
the potatoes. Then he threw the potatoes in a skillet with a little bit of oil and cooked them over
medium heat. After browning the potatoes, he grabbed the skillet by the metal handle and put it
into the oven at 400 degrees. Twenty minutes later he grabbed the steaks off of the grill and
began preparing the plates. The last thing that he needed to do was take the potatoes out of the
oven. He thought about using a potholder to remove the pan, but didn't want to bother with
getting one out of the drawer. He reached into the hot oven, his hand nearing the metal handle of
the skillet. He wrapped his hand around the handle and clenched tightly...

9. What event is most likely to occur next?

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10. What evidence from the text supports your prediction?

Read the article below and take note of the key points. Summarize the article in your own words
and understanding.

The Spanish Colonial Tradition

While it is true that Spain subjugated the Philippines for more mundane reasons, this former
European power contributed much in the shaping and recording of out literature. Religion and
institutions that represented European civilization enriched the languages in the lowlands,
introduced theater which we would come to know as komedya, the sinakulo, the sarswela, the
playlets, and the drama. Spain also brought to the country, though at a much later time, liberal
ideas and internationalism that influenced our own Filipino intellectuals and writers for them to
understand the meanings of “liberty and freedom”.
Literature in this period may be classified as religious prose and poetry and secular prose poetry.
Religious lyrics written by ladino poets or those versed in both Spanish and Tagalog were
included in early catechism and were used to teach Filipinos the Spanish language. Fernando
Bagonbanta’s “Salamat nang walang hanga/gracias de sin sempiternas” (Unending thanks) is a
fine example that is found in the Memorial dela vida Cristiana en lengua tagala (Guidelines for
the Christian life in the Tagalog language) published in 1605.
Another form of religious lyrics is the meditative verses like the dalit appended to novenas and
catechism. It has no fixed meter nor rime scheme although a number are written in octosyllabic
quatrains and have a solemn tone and spiritual subject matter.
But among religious poetry of the day, it is the pasyon in octosyllabic quintillas that became
entrenched in the Filipino’s commemoration of Christ’s agony and resurrection at Calvary.
Gaspar Aquino de Belen’s “Ang Mahal na Passion ni Jesu Christong Panginoon natin na tola”
(Holy Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Verse) put out in 1704 is the country’s earliest known
pasyon.
Other known pasyons chanted during the Lenten season are in Ilocano, Pangasinan, Ibanag,
Cebuano, Bicol, Ilongo, and Waray.