SAMPLE LEARNING TASK GUIDE

1. Are you inspired by his journey in the pursuit of his dream?

- I am very inspired of the story of President Manuel L. Quezons, it only shows that
he worked hard to pursue his dream

2. What do you think was his purpose in sharing this part of his life to his audience?

- He shares this story for younger generation to be inspired, that poverty is not a
hindrance to pursue your dreams.

3. How did this story affect your personal Views about your studies and your dreams?

- It motivate me to work hard and study hard. By his inspirational journey, I know that
I can also conquer this difficulties and will prevail in reaching my goals.
Learning Task 2: Read the statements below. Arrange the sequence of events taken
from Quezon's autobiography. In your notebook, write A for the first event, B for the
second and so on. Be guided by the language features and/or signals used in each
item.

__C_1. His father had spent all his savings for Manuel's education. He told him that
he could still study if he could work his way through university education.

__D_2. His Dominican professors helped him secure a position as one of the helpers
in the University of Santo Tomas receiving free room and tuition for his law school.

___A_3. Next, his own parents and their parish priest gave him his primary
instruction.

__B_4. Then, at the age of nine, he was brought by his father to Manila where he had
his secondary education at San Juan de Letran College.

TIMELINE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

First, at the age of five, Manuel was taught by his aunt how to read and write.
Second, his mother and father and the priest of the town gave him primary
instructions.
Next, at the age of nine he was brought by his father to begin his secondary education
at San Juan de Letran College
Before, he lived in the convenant of San Francisco serving as a room-and-mess boy
for a priest receiving no salary except a board and room.
After, his father moved him to the house of an Aunt for some peso, located in Paco
too far from Walled City whom his fathers means of transportation is his own feet.
Following by his father taking him to San Juan de Letran as an intern and graduated
with the highest honors, and by this time his fathers saving had all been spent on his
education.
Finally he came to Manila and talked to his Dominician Professors who are fond of
him and he told them that he wanted to be a lawyer. They secured a position for him
in the university of Santo Tomas with room and board and a free tuition.
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CONCEPT MAP
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VENN DIAGRAM
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PROBLEM AND SOLUTION
 Texts Types Purposes Signal Words
1 All crocodilians are
reptiles with long snouts, To give
long tails, four show legs, information
tough skin, and sharp teeth. Informative about
Members of the crocodilian Text crocodiles,
family include alligators, their habitat
crocodiles, caimans, and and there
gavials. Crocodilians live features
in warm weather
throughout the year and
they spend part of their
time in the water and part
of their time on land.
Almost all crocodilians
grow to be very large, with
the largest more than
twenty feet long. There are
two kinds of alligators, 14
kinds of crocodiles, eight
kinds of caimans, and one
kind of gavial.
2 Recently, scientists have
gained an understanding of To give Prior
a crocodile's reproductive Informative information of Recently
activity. Crocodiles mate in Text the Crocodiles After
the water, where the reproductive Finally
buoyancy keeps them from Activity
crushing each other. Prior
to mating, there are stylized
postures, jumping,
submerged bubble blowing,
and snout contact. After
mating, hard-shelled eggs
are laid in a nest, in a hole
scooped in the sand. When
it is time to hatch, the
infant crocodiles begin a
loud chirping sound that
leads the female to the nest,
which she excavates.
Finally, when all the babies
are accounted for, the
mother crocodile,
transports them to the
shallow water where they
will remain under adult
protection for weeks or
months.
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