CRITICAL READING

EXERCISE
INSTRUCTIONS

YOU WILL BE GROUPED INTO 2

GROUP 1-ALL BOYS

GROUP 2-ALL GIRS

TASK:

1. Group 1 is tasked to do an OUTLINE of the selected text

2. Group 2 is tasked to do an EVALUATION of the selected text

3. You will present your work next meeting before the start of our
discussion.
TEXT TO EVALUATE

THE SEVEN AGES OF MEN

By: William Shakespeare

A l l t h e w o r l d ’ s a s t a g e ,A n d a l l t h e m e n a n d w o m e n m e r e l y p l a y e r s ;

They have their exits and their entrances,

A n d o n e m a n i n h i s t i m e p l a y s m a n y p a r t s ,H i s a c t s b e i n g s e v e n a g e s . 

A t f i r s t t h e i n f a n t ,M e w l i n g a n d p u k i n g i n t h e n u r s e ’ s a r m s ;

And then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel

A n d s h i n i n g m o r n i n g f a c e , c r e e p i n g l i k e s n a i lU n w i l l i n g l y t o s c h o o l. A n d t h e n
the lover,
S i g h i n g l i k e fu r n a c e ,   w i t h a w o e f u l b a l l a dM a d e t o h i s m i s t r e s s ’ e y e b r o w . 

Then a soldier,

Full of strange oaths,  and bearded like the pard,

J e a l o u s i n h o n o r ,  s u d d e n a n d q u i c k i n q u a r r e l ,

Seeking the bubble reputation

TEXT TO EVALUATE

Even in the cannon’s mouth.  And then the justice,

In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose  and pouch on side;
His youthful hose, well saved,  a world too wideFor his shrunk shank; 
and his big manly voice,Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
GROUP 1:OUTLINING

1.Identify the main points presented by

William Shakespeare and list down the ideas
being raised in the given poem. (5 Points).

2.A representative from the group will present

their fi ndings.
GROUP 2:EVALUATING

1. What could be the purpose and intentions

of Shakespeare in writing the poem? (5
Points).

2.A representative from the group will present

their fi ndings.