A Student’s Prayer

by St. Thomas Aquinas

Come, Holy Spirit, Divine Creator, true source of light and

fountain of wisdom! Pour forth your brilliance upon my
dense intellect, dissipate the darkness which covers me,
that of sin and of ignorance.
Grant me a penetrating mind to understand, a retentive
memory, method and ease in learning, the lucidity to
comprehend, and abundant grace in expressing myself.
Guide the beginning of my work, direct its progress, and
bring it to successful completion. This I ask through Jesus
Christ, true God and true man, living and reigning with
You and the Father, forever and ever. Amen.
Vocabuliterare
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Back-Braking
by Martine De
Luna
Let’s answer!
Page 89 –
Letters A & B
What word in the  Braking
 Play on the word
title is pointed
since the injury
out as not a
made her slow
“typographical down in terms of
error”? tasks and duties
In the first  The blog is
paragraph, why is centered on the
the experience need to just “be”
called “another when one is in a
‘study’ in the art of state of
making things helplessness and
blissful”? dependence
 Her shoulders ached
What because:
problematic  She carried the baby
in a sling for 40
incident is minutes
described in the  When the masseuse
caused a tear in her
first entry? lower back muscle
Compare her initial  First entry: Anger
response to the on the injury she
problem in the first incurred
entry with the  Next entry:
response Opportunity to
mentioned in the take some rest
next entry.
  Encouragement to
What request the readers to
share with her
does she their similar
make in the experiences
last entry?  Social media
mobility
Are the tone and  It is appropriate
word choice used since it is a 21st
by the writer century text
appropriate to the posted online
type of text? Why called a “blog”.
or why not?
 COLLOQUIAL TERMS/EXPRESSIONS
 Brunch – breakfast and
 Back-read – to go over once
lunch
more what one wrote down
 Mea culpa – through my
 Schedules being screwed up
fault
– time tables not followed
 To just “be” – to stay as
 Wake-up call – attention
is
given to what was ignored
 Mom bod – fat body
before
 Hellish pain – terrible
 Typo – wrong encoded word
pain
 Gets screwed up – not
 Brain f**t – brain fart (a
followed as planned
temporary mental lapse)
Connect to Reflect!
POINT FOR REFLECTION
REFERENCES:
Gutierrez-Ang, J. (2016). Literatura: 21st Century Philippine and World Literature. Intramuros, Manila:
MIndshapers Co., Inc.

Martin, MG., Del Campo, EI., and Guevarra, A. (2016) ECAS Beyond Borders: Reading Literature in
the 21st Century. Quezon City: Phoenix Publishing House, Inc.

Baronda, AJ. (2016). 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World. Pasay, Manila: JFS
Publishing Services

Solmerano, ET et al. (2017) 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World. Sampaloc,
Manila: Fastbooks Educational Supply, Inc.

Uychoco, MT. (2016). 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World. Manila: REX Book
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Tayao, ML., Alonzo, R., and Flores, ER. (2017). 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the
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 Activity: Blog Making
Directions:
1. Look for a partner and go to Schoology.
2. Create your own SHORT BLOG sharing your most memorable
experiences using the thread Lesson5Activity_Back-Braking.
3. Be creative. Insert designs to make your output unique and appealing.
Note:
a. Your blog should contain 3-4 paragraphs ONLY.
b. You will ONLY use Microsoft Word as your final output.
 The Dominican Blessing

MAY GOD THE FATHER BLESS US.

MAY GOD THE SON HEAL US.
MAY GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT ENLIGHTEN US,
AND GIVE US
EYES TO SEE WITH,
EARS TO HEAR WITH,
HANDS TO DO THE WORK OF GOD WITH,
FEET TO WALK WITH,
A MOUTH TO PREACH THE WORD OF SALVATION
WITH,
AND THE ANGEL OF PEACE TO WATCH OVER US AND
LEAD US AT LAST,
BY OUR LORD'S GIFT, TO THE KINGDOM.
AMEN.