Name: GONZALES, Kyle Antonette C.

Grade & Section: 11 –

Newton

ENGLISH 11
UNIT 3: Modes of Paragraph Development
Session Guide 2

A. Engage

KWL Chart

The KWL Chart is an instructional reading strategy that is used to guide students through a lesson. Students begin by
writing down their prior knowledge about the topics in the first column. In the second column, the students will list some
questions that they want to know about the topics. During or after learning about the topics, the students will answer
their own generated questions in the third column that represents the things they have learned.
.

What I KNOW What I WANT to Know What I LEARNED

There are things that I already I have questions in my mind like: I’ve learned that as a story, it must
know like the fact that narrative be structured with an introduction,
writing is like telling a story. That 1. What is the process of body, and conclusion. Moreover, I
in order to become an effective narrative writing? have learned that the elements of
writer, one must always put in narrative writing are plot, setting,
mind the audience that you wish 2. What are the elements of atmosphere, characterization,
to address. For audience is the narrative writing? them, point of view and narrative
most important element in writing devices. Common techniques
because they are the ones who 3. What are the different narrative relevant to plot, which is the
will be writing the piece you are devices used in writing? sequence of events that make up
writing. a narrative include anecdote,
backstory, flashback, time stretch,
time summary, flash-forward,
dialogue and foreshadowing.
B. Explore
What is your favourite story? List at least three (3) reasons why you consider that story
your favourite. Think of how you can persuade your classmates to read and, at the very least, like
it as well. Retell it as if you are the author him/herself. Let your imagination guide you in your
retelling; unleash your inner bard and let your actions supplement the spoken word.

I am not an avid reader like everyone else but I have read some books recommended by
my friends that’s why I have books which I can say my favorite. One of these is the popular book
series, After written by Anna Todd. They're the thick, bright colored books on the shelves that are
hard to miss. I was skeptical to read this series at first because the description didn't sound like
something I would read normally but I'm forever glad to my friend for encouraging me to read it.

I love this book because reading After was like reading a Netflix series that you can't get
enough of and you finish in a week. It took me longer than a week to read them since they're so
thick and I have other things to do, but there were plenty of times where I was glued to the pages
and I put off more important things to figure out what happens next in this twisted love series. The
fights in the series are literally real life problems. These days, I feel like couples fight over the
smallest things. Not Hardin and Tessa. They fight about acceptance, about what it means to love
someone, and about their needs. They fight more than most people, and often have the same
argument more than once, I think that makes it real. Obviously, it is not healthy but very realistic
and relatable nonetheless. The book teaches me to love those deemed 'unlovable'. Being
unlovable isn't possible, no matter what you think. But the book shows to the readers how to love
those that deem themselves unworthy. It is hard. It is a lot of work. But it could be worth it.

In my opinion, everyone should read After. Now, there are some plenty of 'adult scenes'
throughout the book, so if that isn't something you are comfortable with, this book probably isn't for
you. But if you think you can handle it, give it a read.

D. Elaborate
A. Try to remember someone you were once close to. What were the things you enjoyed doing
together? Do you still do these things now? What made you two drift apart? How do you regard
each other now? Do you wish the two of you could still be close like you were back then?
Describe this person in detail. Use any of the narrative devices to illustrate how your relationship
was back then, now and how you still want it to be. (5 points)

They say having a best friend whom you can trust to is like winning a lottery.
Indeed, I can say it is true. I am blessed that in this lifetime, I had experienced having someone
by my side. Even though it was not for a lifetime, I still cherish every moments we had spent
together. Beautiful, morena, caring, strong, honest, nonjudgmental, supportive, easygoing,
understanding, adventurous, hilarious and so much more. Yeah, I had a best friend like that.
Since kindergarten, we were classmates and we do almost everything together, from eating our
snacks to playing with our toys. We also spend our elementary years doing all the crazy stuff
we could think of; went to eat at the fancy cafes in town, watch movies together, study buddies,
we even went to search for handsome boys in school. Everything was doing perfect, but high
school came. We both took the entrance exam of CMU Laboratory High School but sad to say,
I was the only one who passed the test. It felt like my world was crashing down. We already
planned our day one outfit when back to school starts, we decided to buy yellow bags so that
we can be twinning as well as same shoes bought by her mother. But none of it happened. We
went to separate schools and it wasn’t the same anymore. We have different classmates now,
different friends, different me and her. I can’t see the connection between us anymore. I am not
that comfortable anymore talking about how my day went just because we have different
environments now. But I can’t deny the fact that there are times wherein I miss the old days, I
want to turn back the time and spend time with her. Although we’re still friends, we seldom talk
now. I just wish nothing has changed, that she’s still my best friend. But I guess it would be
unfair for me to think of that when she herself thinks that I’m not part of her life now.
B. Analyzing of the Author's Craft. Answer the given questions for at least 5 sentences each. (5
points each)

A. The setting dictates when and where the story is happening. In The Day the Dancers
Came, in which paragraph is the setting placed? What are the details used to describe the
setting? Which human senses do the descriptions appeal to the most?
In the story The Day The Dancers Came, the story of the setting was placed in the
first paragraph. As I quote, “That fall, Chicago was sandman's town, sleepy valley, and
drowsy gray, slumberous mistiness from sunup till noon when the clouds drifted away in
cauliflower clusters and suddenly it was evening…” With this, we can say that the story
took place in Chicago and the setting was a bit gloomy, a sign that a precipitation is
coming. We can also conclude that the human sense being used is the use of the eyes
known as seeing or sight.

B. How would you describe Tony's sickness? How does it appear on Tony's body?
Tony suffered from a disease that frustrated doctors. He has been bedridden most
of the time for the last two years and the disease caused gradual peeling all over his body.
It started around his neck and had spread to his extremities, his face also looked as if it
was healing from severe burns. All of these makes him conclude that he is suffering from
tinaflava, a skin disease common among adolescents in the Philippines.

C. Which narrative devices are used in the story? Cite examples to support your answer.
The narrative device being used in the story The Day The Dancers Came is the
flashback. A narrative device wherein the author depicts the occurrence of specific events
to the reader, which have taken place before the present time the narration is following, or
events that have happened before the events that are currently unfolding in the story. The
example of this narrative device is seen in the dialogue, “As a menial in a hospital in Cook
Country, all day he handled filth and gore. He came home smelling of surgical soap and
disinfectant.” Another one is the foreshadowing, the organization and presentation of
events and scenes in a work of fiction or drama so that the reader or observer is prepared
to some degree for what occurs later in the work. An example of this is when Tony and Fil
talked in the beginning and they were mentioning death quite often, in a way it
foreshadowed Tony’s demise at the end of the story. Also, the narrative device symbolism.
When Fil becomes excited in the beginning of the story because the dancers are going to
be able to see the snow, but now being a universal symbol of coldness and death, the
dancers have no wish to actually see it, leaving it to Tony to taste death before his time.

D. Why do you think the author used the third POV in the story? Is it effective? If the author
used the first or the second POV, would it still have the same effect?
The author, Bienvenido N. Santos, uses a third person omniscient point-of-view in
the story. It is effective because it is the most open and flexible POV available to writers. As
the name implies, an omniscient narrator is all-seeing and all-knowing. It focuses on
Filemon Acayan and his thoughts, which is basically the protagonist of the story. If the
author used the first or the second point of view, the story wouldn’t be that great anymore
since there are limitations when using the first person point-of-view or the second person
point-of-view.

E. Is the author's use of verb tenses consistent in the story? Does it help you understand the
sequence of events?
Yes, the author is consistent in using the verb tense in the story which is the past
tense. It is used very well and it really helped me to understand that the events in the story
The Day The Dancers Came are already done.
 F. What is the tone of the story? How does it affect your overall understanding of the story?
The tone being used in the story is an informal tone. It is written as conversational
and expressive, similar to how you’d speak to a friend which makes the story more
understandable. It uses contractions, colloquial phrases, and more emotion. It has a very
romantic and wistful tone, almost as if everything is one big dream or memory. Although the
tone helps in building the themes of each story, it also backfires by making me sleepy
because the writing style feels like drifting on clouds. Nevertheless, the story is really good
one. The Day The Dancers Came makes you think and reflect, a perfect "school book",
much like a classic version of John Green books. You read it and as you put it down, you
are left with questions that will probably never be answered by even Stephen Hawkings or
Albert Einstein.

С. Analysis of Important Lines

The following are quotations lifted from the sample text. What do the lines mean? How do they
contribute to the overall meaning and significance of the story?

A. "At first, he thought it was merely tiniaflava... It had started around the neck
and had spread to his extremities. His face looked as if it was healing from
severe burns. ... 'I'm becoming a white man, Tony had said once, chuckling softly."
The dialogue above talks about the condition of Tony in the story, his skin disease
that even the doctors are frustrated about. The word tiniaflava there makes Tony’s well-
being seem better than it really is. Moreover, Tony jokes around saying that he is almost
near to becoming a white man or an American due to his disease and Fil does not fit in with
them.

B. "...he wished that there was a way of keeping a record of silence because it was to him the
richest sound, like snow falling"
In this noisy modern world we live in, peace and quiet come with an increasingly
hefty price tag. It is in silence that the really interesting things come into being. All sound
lives and comes out of silence. In the dialogue written, the word silence there is liberating.
It’s like saying many things without making any sound or noise. Silence for Fil is
continuously thinking something in a deep thought. With silence, Fil can be in his own world
of thoughts and thinking. As it says, sometimes silence can be the most powerful scream
and if you listen carefully, silence is indeed beautiful.

C. "Like time, memory was often a villain, a betrayer."

There are moments in life wherein we want to leave the past behind. In the story, Fil
despises time because he thinks that time has cheated on him. Time simply passed him by,
he did not get the chance to live his life to the fullest. They both dislike how the memories
of the past is affecting their own sense of emotion, how these memories is deceptive in a
social sense and how this is affecting them in their present lives just like time.
D. Evaluation
Interview an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW). If they are abroad, reach them through phone,
through social media (e.g. Facebook, email, Twitter, etc.), or through any other creative means
you can think of. If they are here in the country, go to them and speak to them yourself. Ask them
about their experiences abroad. How do you cope with being away from your family for a very
long time? What do you Instagram when you talk to your loved ones? How does it feel like to go
home? Compare and contrast the OFW's experiences with those of Fil and Tony. Write a
narrative essay about your interview with an OFW and also about your realizations about the
Filipino diaspora.

For inspiration, you may want to watch the video Coca-Cola Where Will Happiness Strike. Next:
The OFW Project on Youtube to have a clearer idea of what you want to write in your essay. (10
points)

“A Peek”
It’s not uncommon knowledge that there are more and more Filipinos
working abroad for a better life, career or more salary to support their families back home.
But being alone abroad is not easy and yes, many Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)
are struggling with homesickness. Leaving the family behind to work abroad is a bitter pill
that no Filipino would want to swallow given a choice. But with the economic degradation
and lack of employment opportunities in the country, they have had to make a choice
between leaving loved ones in exchange of greener pastures and staying with them and
enduring the pangs of poverty.

As I interviewed my cousins working in Taiwan through Zoom, they shared to

me how difficult it is being away from their families for 10 long years. They said that being
away from home is indeed really hard. I do get what they were talking about since I also
experienced being away from someone just because she needs to work abroad. They
told me that there came a time wherein they were unable to make new friends in their
community or build a healthy new routine. They were stuck somewhere else without the
opportunity to put their face in front of people who mean something to them on a regular
basis. They may be contributing financially, but emotionally, they were both needy and
unavailable, which was a really bad combo. That was before, because today’s modern
world gives little reason to be out of touch with what goes on in their families and loved
ones. They can have video chats for free as often as they’d like and even their littlest
baby become comfortable with using online communication media.

Being homesick is normal as they say. Everybody has experienced this but it
is a bit different for everybody. In the case of my cousins, they shared some of their ways
to get over homesickness after leaving the Philippines. Exploring the place they are in is
one. To sightsee the place gives them a chance to discover its beauty and associate with
their new home. Being an optimistic person is also important because it helps them in
being productive in their works. Moreover, they are working for their inspiration, their
families, to aim high and do better at work. If they are homesick and think of going home,
they go back to remembering why they are there in the first place. Reaching their goals
isn’t easy, there are hardships and obstacles along the way, but they shouldn’t surrender
just because they miss home. Homesickness will pass, but their dreams are right in front
of their faces and reaching out to them. As I quote, “We don’t cower because we can
overcome loneliness, we reach out and most importantly, we hold it tight.”
 When I asked them about their plans about going back home here in the
Philippines, all they said was “There is no place like home.” They left their families behind
and truly, no amount of money and nothing one can do will bring back lost times and
missed occasions in their lives. But they do what they can and what needs to be done for
their

loved ones to live and survive. It wasn’t easy for them to admit that it isn't always better
on the other side. But the more they realize what is at stake when they left the Philippines
for "a better life," it's important to see whose life is actually better, and what its cost is the
relationships and families, as well as on their long-term financial stability if they're not
careful with their money.

Having to talk to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) is indeed a blessing in

disguise for the reason that I was given a chance to take a peek on the life they have
away from our country the Philippines. What we see is indeed just the tip of the iceberg.
There are a lot of hardships and struggles that they experience each day. Just like in the
story of Bienvenido N. Santos entitled “The Day The Dancers Came”, I can say that the
life Fil and Tony had were different from my cousins’ lives, especially when Tony got sick.
The difference between the lives of my cousins and theirs is that my cousins are living
healthily in Thailand. They really aim to have fit and healthy lives away from sickness
because they know that they have families back in the Philippines that needs support
from them. Also, in terms of the speaking ability, Fil speaks more fluent in the dialect
while Tony speaks more fluent in English. They both know how to speak both languages,
it’s just that one speaks more fluent in the other language than the other. My cousins are
all fluent in speaking English, it’s just that the eldest of them is more fluent in Thai
language or Siamese because he was the first one who flew to Thailand. Moreover, the
old timers who live in the United States longs for their native lands. It is seen when Fil
became excited when he learned that Filipino dancers are coming to the US, and he was
very happy just by the thought that they are Filipinos. My cousins are also old timers in
Thailand and truly, they are longing for the Philippines that’s why it’s a pleasure for them
to see Filipinos in Thailand and surely, grab the chance to bond with them. Somehow, it
lessens their loneliness and stress as OFWs. There is a quote that says, “The world is
like a bridge, build no homes here. Love people where you are and stay in contact with
the people you love. A simple text, a phone call once in a while is all it takes stay in
touch.”

Although the diaspora, particularly the migration of workers and labor, is not
unique to the Philippines. It is a trend among residents of a developing country to leave
for better prospects in a more developed country. It is a result of modern globalization.
Filipino Diaspora is of course a different experience compared to, say, Chinese, Indian, or
Jewish diaspora. Just because it is contextually and culturally different, that doesn't mean
it's not a "real" diaspora. One can say that the definition of the "diaspora" has evolved.
Filipino Diaspora transcends the idea of migration to find a job overseas and it certainly
goes beyond the feeling of homesickness. Similar to other diasporas, there's always this
feeling of cultural disarray or identity crisis that has to do with being away or disconnected
from the home country. Some are even so far removed from their country and struggling
to culturally blend into the host country, at the same time they also struggle to blend in to
their home country but cases like this is very rare.

It isn't whining to speak about OFW realities, nor does it mean that they are
ungrateful for their overseas jobs. It's simply a peek into our not-so-ideal lives. The end of
every migration is success for those who persevered, worked hard, and endured
sufferings and complications that accompany the long journey and quest. For us humans,
the end of our journey will always be death, but we have the choice and the capabilities to
die happy. And so, regardless of the pain we have to deal with or the path we have to
take, we should always keep working on what makes us happy and content. Let us not be
afraid of taking bolder steps and making changes, especially if these are a means to
attain our goals. But it is also important not to lose sight of what is right, or our lives will
be meaningless, and we will never enjoy the fruits of what we have worked for.

Life may lead us where we least expect it, but have faith, we are exactly
where we are meant to be. God has prepared the best plan for all of us. Often times, we
never expect things to happen but whatever it is, everything happens for a reason. Let’s
live our

lives by trusting the One who made us. Have faith in God and trust yourself, that’s the
first thing to do to get a life. When all things seem so wrong, the only person who can
help you is you, we are the hero of our own story. I don’t mean family and friends do
nothing but they are not always around to be with us. It’s our own feet that will lead us to
our journey. Enjoy life, be strong and live your dreams.