Leveled Reader (Chapters 1 to 4)

Town of Makinang

Story by Basa Pilipinas

Illustrations by Rea Diwata Mendoza

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Leveled Reader in English
Town of Makinang (Chapters 1-4)

Story by Basa Pilipinas

Illustrations by Rea Diwata Mendoza
Reviewed by Dr. Rosalina Villaneza (DepEd Bureau of Learning Delivery),
Dr. Paraluman Giron, and Regina Ubaña
2016 by U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Produced for the Department of Education under the Basa Pilipinas Program

Basa Pilipinas is USAID/Philippines’ flagship basic education project in support of the

Philippine Government’s early grade reading program. Implemented in close
collaboration with the Department of Education (DepEd), Basa Pilipinas aims to improve
the reading skills for at least one million early grade students in Filipino, English, and
selected Mother Tongues. This will be achieved by improving reading instruction, reading
delivery systems, and access to quality reading materials.

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GOVERNMENT PROPERTY. NOT FOR SALE.

This publication was produced with the generous support of the American people
through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the
Basa Pilipinas Project and the Department of Education.
 Chapter 1

Jinky walks to the river. It is full

of junk. People cannot drink
from it.

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Jinky walks to the market.
Everything has a stink. Fruits are
too ripe. They shrink.

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Jinky walks the streets. The
flood has made the ground
muddy. Even the flowers are
no longer pink.

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Jinky sits on a plank to think.
“This is not how I remember the
town of Makinang. I must do
something!”

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 Skill Builder 1
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Phonics: -ink, -ank, -unk

Sort the words in your notebook

by ending sound.

pink, drink, clink, chink, stink,

think, shrink, sink
hunk, junk, chunk, sunk, trunk
clank, bank, plank, tank, blank

-ink -ank -unk

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 Chapter 2

Jinky goes to the town mayor.

She says, “I want to help. What
can we do?”

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The mayor says, “Thank you.
Let us think of a plan. We need
to clean the town of
Makinang.”

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Jinky sees the water tank.
“Look, sir, we can start cleaning
the water tank.”

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“Yes,” the mayor replies.
“The people need clean water
to drink.”

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The mayor adds, “This is big
work. Let us get the whole
town to help.”

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 Skill Builder 2
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Exercise: Fill in the blanks to make

an interrogative sentence,
a declarative sentence, and
an exclamatory sentence.

1. Why are __________?

2. The water is __________.

3. I am so __________!

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 Chapter 3

Jinky says, “Actions speak

louder than words.” Then, she
starts picking up trash. Soon,
many are helping.

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Jinky goes to the river.
The mayor is there. He is fishing
trash. Soon, others are working.

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Jinky checks the plants.
She removes the mud and
junk. Soon, the gardens are
looking lush.

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The mayor says, “Together, we
can do more.”

Then, he looks at the children.

“Can little hands help, too?”

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Phonics: –ash, –ish, –ush

Sort the words in your notebook

by ending sound.

trash, flash, smash, dash, polish

burnish, brush, fish, wish, fresh
rush, hush, crush, wash

–ash –ish –ush

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 Chapter 4

The children have a plan.

They each write a notice
to put up in the town.

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They flash the signs:
• Brush and wash.
• Fish out the trash.
• Turn trash to cash.

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The children put them around
the town.

The mayor is happy. Jinky smiles.

The town is clean.

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And the people brush and
wash. They fish out the trash.
They polish and burnish.

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The town of Makinang is as
good as new. It is now even
better than Jinky remembers it.

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Grammar: Add the right

punctuation marks to the
following sentences:

1. What can you do

2. Pick up your trash

3. The town is dirty

4. Oh this river is so clean

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 Extra Fun

Write a postcard from Jinky that

tells a friend what she is doing in
Makinang.

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 Extra Fun

Design a poster that asks people

to help with the clean up of
Makinang.

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 Leveled Reader (Chapters 1 to 4)

Town of Makinang

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Leveled Reader in English