EAST ASIA: SEAT OF

WISDOM IN THE ORIENT

ENGLISH 8 – UNIT 1
LESSON 1
MODERN CHINA:
BRIDGING DIVERGENCE AND TRANSFORMATION
1. Reading/ Literature
• Identifying Point of View
• A Little Incident TABLE
• Growth Rings
• Recognizing Genres of Chinese Poetry OF
2. Vocabulary CONTENTS
• Figuring Similes
3. Grammar
• Recognizing Sentence in Normal Order and Inverted Order
QUESTION BASED ON
READINGS
THE INCIDENT
1. What incident happened to the narrator on his way to work?
2. Whom would you blame for the incident?
3. What made the incident unforgettable to the narrator?
4. Why did the narrator feel ashamed of himself?
5. Between the richshaw-puller and the passenger, whose behavior would you like to
emulate? Why?
6. What message does the story give?

GROWTH RINGS
7. What does the speaker in the poem call the circular lines in the cross.
2. How do you think did the old priest make the pears grow on his pear tree?
3. Why didn’t the owner discover the trick until it was too late?
4. Do you think he deserved the trick? Why or why not?
These
IDENTIFYING
POINT OF
VIEW
First Person Point of View: The
narrator is a character in the story.
The narrator uses the pronouns I,
me, and we, in relating the story.
Third Person Point of View:
The narrator is not a participant in
the story. Pronouns used are he,
she and they.
EXERCISE
1. Who is the main character in the folktale? What human
quality does the character represent? FOLKTALE
2. How is the struggle between good and evil depicted in the • Folktale is a simple story using
folktale? either human or animal
characters.
3. Point out the magic and humor elements in the folktale. • These are usually made up
stories set in distant past
representing one human quality.
• Usually the theme is the
struggle between good and evil.
• Humor and magic is commonly
used in folktales.
VOCABULARY WORDS
1. Plausible –Adjective. superficially fair, reasonable, persuasive and worthy of belief
Ex. The argument was powerful and plausible.
2. Paramount- Adjective. Superior, supreme.
Ex. Unemployment was the paramount issue in the election.
3. Punctilious – Adjective. Marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or
conventions.
Ex. She’s very punctilious in grammar.
4. Filial – Adjective. Of, relating to or befitting to a son or daughter
Ex. What they have is a filial love.
5. Earnest – Adjective. Characterized by or proceeding from an intense and serious state of mind.
Ex. An earnest apology is enough to forgive you.
6. Barrow – Noun. A mountain or mound, a cart with a shallow box body, two wheels and shafts for
pushing it.

7. Constable – Noun. A high officer of a royal court or noble household, governor of a royal castle,
public officer for peace, police officer
8. Hubbub – Noun. Noise, uproar, confusion, turmoil
9. Pip – a specific disorder, a feeling of irritation or annoyance
10. Exquisite – Adjective. Pleasing through beauty, fitness or perfection; flawless craftmanship;delicate;
DENOTATION AND
CONNOTATION
 Denotation – dictionary meaning or the  Connotation are suggestions that comes to
literal meaning of the word mind when you hear the word. Underlying
meaning.
For example,
For example,
Charity means love
charity means giving aid to the poor
Home means residence
Home means family, warmth or
togetherness
EXERCISE!
Write the denotative meaning and connotative meanings of the word.

Word Denotation Connotation

1. Christmas
2. Vacation
3. School
4. Airport
5. Shopping mall
Practice to pronounce each words
correctly.
1. Plausible
2. Horizontal
3. Fascinating
4.
5.
Interfere
Admirable
STRESS
6. Lamentation The syllable in a word that is said with
louder sound, higher pitch and greater
7. Cemetery duration.
8. Geographic
9. Paramount
10. Committee
11. Psychological
12. Venerable
13. Oration
14. Imitation
15. Vocabulary
16. Distribute
SENTENCES
AND
SENTENCE
FRAGMENTS
Sentences are group of words
with a subject and a predicate
and which expresses a complete
thought.

Sentence fragment is a group of

words that does not express a
complete idea. It may be a
subject, a predicate or may have
both.
 Definitions

Complete Subject – includes the subject and its modifiers

Simple Subject – either a noun or pronoun or a phrase used as a noun

For example: Wild beasts roam in the forest.

Complete Predicate – includes all the modifiers

Simple Predicate – include just the verb or verb phrase and tells what the subject does or what is being done
to the subject

For example: Wild beasts roam in the forest.

 WRITING PROCESS
PRE WRITING

1. Look for a topic.

2. Write down all you ideas about the topic. It can be random, it can also be a bullet of ideas.
3. Plan your paragraph. Plan where you will put the main idea.
Note: Creating an outline is a huge advantage.
4. Arrange your details making sure that the second is related to the first.

Drafting

4. Just write continuously so that your ideas will just flow.

Reviewing

1. This part is the most important because in this part you will correct your wrong grammar,
punctuations and such.. You can also revise your draft if you might like.