Activity 1

Chechnya
By: Anthony Marra

Direction: Fill out the table with setting and character. Use skimming as a
reading technique.

Literary Element Question Answer

Setting 1. Where and when did 1. At the Hospital where
the story happen? Sonja worked.
Character 2. Who are the 2. The character of the
characters in the story? story are: Sanja,
Natasha, Akhmed and
Havaa

Comprehension Check
Direction: The story was quite interesting. Now answer the questions that
follow to test you understanding.

1. What descriptions were given about the setting of the story?

 A medical facility that offers meals and clean water to those in
need. Most importantly, it provides medical care to anyone who are
hurt regardless of their ethnicity or military status, making the
hospital one of the few significant structures that neither side of
the conflict has targeted. During the Chechnya War.
2. What seems to be the conflict surrounding the story?
 The conflict surrounding of the story was Man vs society,
particularly the conflict in Chechnya between the government
forces and the rebels.
3. What was the deal made by Sonja and Akhmed?
 The deal was Sonja will take care of Havaa while Akhmed will work
in the hospital until he found home for the child.
4. What change in attitude was evident in the main character of the story at
the beginning and at the end?
 It changed her initially indifferent and irritated attitude toward her
sister's death transforms into one that is filled with compassion
and purpose. She is so moved by Akhmed's kindness about Havaa
that she chose to accept his offer to take care of it.
5. Why was it important for the writer to narrate the events that happened
during the wars to reveal traditions in Chechnya?
 It is important because it assist the readers visualize what is
happening in the story and to help them make a connection
between what they are reading and what they are feeling, so that
they may do so.
 6. Sonja will took care of Havaa
7. while Akhmed will work in the hospital until he found home for the child.
8. Sonja will took care of Havaa
9. while Akhmed will work in the hospital until he found home for the child.
10. Sonja will took care of Havaa
11. while Akhmed will work in the hospital until he found home for the
child.
12. Sonja will took care of Havaa
13. while Akhmed will work in the hospital until he found home for the
child.
Activity 2
Direction: Read and understand the story below and answer the questions that
follow.

Adaptation from The Journey to the River Sea

By Eva Ibbotson

Direction: Fill out the table with point of view, conflict and theme. Use
Scanning as a reading technique.

Literary Element Question Answer

Point of view 1. Who is narrating in Limited 3rd Person,
the story? narrator is not part of
the story and is unable
to read the character’s
minds.
Conflict 2. What is the Man Vs. Man, Maia’s
struggle of the parents died and is being
main character? adopted by the greedy
twins that only wants her
money.
Theme 3. What is the idea Everyone struggles and it
the story is is a part of life that gives
focusing? our story become
exciting!

Direction: The story was quite interesting. Now answer the questions that
follow to test your understanding.
1. What problems did Maia experience during her travel to Brazil?
 The problem did Maia experience during her travel to Brazil is that
she hides at the lagoon with her two friends, Finn and Clovis, after
experiencing selfish treatment from the Carters.
2. What are the characteristics of Gwendolyn and Beatrice?
  The character Gwendolyn and Beatrice have is Selfish, greedy and
gold digger.
3. What life lessons did she learn from her friends Finn and Clovis?
4. Teamwork and
5. Hardwork pays off.
 The life lesson that she learn from her friends Finn and Clovis is
Teamwork and Hardwork pays off.

Activity 3
Critical Reading Check

Shimenawa
By Naoko Kumagai

1. Shimenawa is rice straw or hemp. It is festooned in some sacred landmark.

The short story is entitled that way because Jiro, the protagonist of the novel,
consumes Onigri from that Onigri's wrapping, which leads to a graphic scene
Kasuya created when he was four years old.

2. Onigiri may be wrapped with seaweed and could be similar to sandwich by

the West. Onigiri is a rice ball.

3. The main characters in the story were Jiro.

4. “E tadaki mas,” my uncle said. Jiro picked up onigiri, a rice ball, with his
hands and mashed it into his mouth. The one telling the story was the author,
Naoko Kumagai.

5. The setting of the story was in East Asia. Specifically, the setting was in
Japan because (prove your answer by extracting the text to justify your
answer) the rice ball is called “Onigri” only in Japan, the title and the
character’s name is also an indication of the setting which is in Japan.

6. Asia is known for having a closed family ties. The family tradition being
presented in the story was a little bit brutal but it shows that they close by
eating
dinner together.
7. The story shared a specific culture in the country. The culture shared was
the
way they disciplined a child.

8. In the story, Jiro was not eating properly, so Kazuya stood up and roughly
pulled Jiro. Write what Kazuya did to Jiro. Jiro was securely tucked under
Kazuya's arm as he exited through the back entrance. He grabbed a circle of
rope that was dangling from the fence by the shed with his other hand. A big
oak tree with thick, twisted branches was in the yard. He once encircled my
brother with the rope, forced him to the oak tree's trunk, and continued
looping the rope around and around.

9. Kazuya did something hard to Jiro. Write the reason why Kazuya did that
kind of punishment to Jiro. To make Jiro realize that he should eat everything
on his plate properly and to teach Jiro how to become a man.

10. Years had passed. And Jiro could not recall what happened before. Write
what positive effect the incident has brought to Jiro. Jiro is completely
disciplined by intuitively eats everything on his plate.

Direction: Fill out the table with words you don’t know the meaning of
from the two selections Chechnya by Anthony Marra and
Adaptation from The Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson

CHENCHNYA THE JOURNEY TO THE RIVER SEA

WORDS MEANING word meaning
1.hypodermics Related on the parts I am familiar with every word in the
beneath the skin. story, despite the fact that the
2.cot A small usually instruction says I should load the
collapsible bed of table with unfamiliar words.
fabric stretched on
frame.
3.Ribavirin A synthetic broad-
spectrum antiviral
nucleoside.
4.devout A committed or
having devotion on
something.
5.defiance The act or an
instance of defying.
Activity 4
Direction: Read the poem with understanding. Write a critical essay about
the poem by completing the guide in the grid.

Critical Essay:

I. Background Information
A. Information about the work
1. Title Equality
2. Author Maya Angelou
3. Purpose of the poem, Provide In general, it shows the common
evidence; extract lines from the concerns of the oppressed in a culture
poem that ignores them.
4. Theme of the poem The theme of Maya Angelou's equality is
discrimination. Maya Angelou was born
in 1928 while there was segregation
between whites and blacks. Throughout
the poem she is speaking on the
treatment of black people throughout the
years.
II. Summary- Write the issue being Maya Angelou uses repetition and
raised in the poem analogies in her poem "Equality" to
communicate the topics of equality,
racism, and prejudice. This
demonstrates her opposition to racism,
her desire for equal treatment for all
people, and her commitment to
spreading the word about this issue until
it is rectified.
III. Interpretation and Evaluation Angelou's use of metaphor, imagery,
A. Discuss the style of the author in repetition, and notable word
presenting the issue choice creates a significant and
noticeable atmosphere that stays with
the reader long after the poem has been
read and re-read.
B. Discuss if the author successful in Maya Angelou has always been a master
persuading the audience at what she does. Despite the fact that
 regarding the issue. concerns were not directly mentioned,
she managed to smack the readers in the
face with the long-overdue and painful
tyranny and inequality that pervades
society. Angelou, who was also a victim
of estrangement owing to her ethnicity
and skin color, was strongly impacted by
the environment in which the poem was
composed. In general, the poem was
successful in persuading readers to
support the cause of inequity.
IV. Reflection: How the issue presented Many people were unaware of how they
affect you? offended certain people's feelings. I
thought, "What would I do if I were in his
or her shoes?" I decided to fight with
dignity because, if I do, I won't be
trampling on anyone. Everyone deserves
respect and is entitled to certain things
since they are people, not animals.