Category: Writing

Story
The Kite CHARACTERS:
DADDY SHERRY – It is spring. 1976, Daddy is the oldest man in the world. Two weeks from Thursday, if the sap rising within him does not split the bark, he will be one hundred and seventeen years old.
KEITH MACLEAN – Keith is Daddy’s great-great-great-grandson, who will be twelve-years old his next birthday.
HELEN MACLEAN – Keith’s mother teaches and keeps Keith, Daddy, and forty elementary-school children in line. She is in her early thirties and a widow.
DR DAVID RICHARDSON – He is a family physician in his early forties. Keith suspects that the doctor is romantically interested in his mother.
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5
(DR RICHARDSON has just arrived at the MACLEAN house to give DADDY SHERRY a checkup.)
DOCTOR: Hey there, Keith, I see you’re getting up in the world.
KEITH: Umm.
(Now hanging by his knees, and not friendly at all)
Dr. Richardson.
DOCTOR: All set to do your death-defying triple somersault through thin air?10
(Waits for KEITH’s response)
Double somersault?
(Waits again) Single?
KEITH: She’s in the house.
DOCTOR: Hmm?
KEITH: My mother.
DOCTOR: Oh. (Now he senses KEITH’s hostility.) Well, I came to give Daddy
15a checkup.
KEITH: She’s dressin’ ‘im.
(Shrugs. He begins to swing the trapeze. The DOCTOR stands hesitant as he looks up at KEITH.)
DOCTOR: Something bothering you?
KEITH: Nope.
(Continues to swing)
20
DOCTOR: Anything I can…
KEITH: Nope.
DOCTOR: You sure?
KEITH: Yep.
DOCTOR:
(Turns away towards the door and then back again)
Look, Keith, if25something is bothering you, maybe there is something I can do.
KEITH: Nope.
(He falls backwards and hangs by his hands.)
DOCTOR:
(Moves up and stands under the hanging boy)
Come on down – let’s talk it over.
(KEITH lifts up his legs and brings them through his arms in a skin-the-cat and hangs there.)
30
DOCTOR: I thought we were friends – you and I –
(Pause)
and your mother.
KEITH:
(Suddenly explodes. bringing his legs through his arms and kicking out to finish the skin-the-cat. He dam near gets the DOCTOR, who has to jump back to get out of the way. KEITH hooks one knee over the bar and goes up to sit on it)
: She’s probably got him dressed for you now. You can go in there and do your examination35now
(Pause)
on him.
DOCTOR: Yes I could.
(Pause)
After you tell me what I have done that seems to have upset you.
(Pause)
After you come down off that bar.
(Pause)
Will you?
KEITH: Will I what?
(It has now reached an impasse1 between them. KEITH probably now wishes he had not come on so strong, but at the same time there is no
40way he can backtrack and he doesn’t know quite how to go ahead. He puts his arms wider on the bar and goes backwards and into another skin-the-cat. He hangs for a moment, then does the dislocate ?first one shoulder and then the other. This is not difficult with the hands wide on the bar and is quite dramatic.)
DOCTOR: Hey, that’s really something.
45   KEITH: It’s called skin-the-cat.
DOCTOR
(He goes to KEITH and takes him by the hips and lifts him so that he can get his shoulders back into place, then go up and through and drop to the ground)
: Good thing you had a doctor handy, boy.
KEITH: Yeah.50
DOCTOR: Now, what’s eating you, Keith?
KEITH: Er, nothin’.
(He is glad to be out of it.)
Daddy kinda got under my hide.
DOCTOR: He’s good at that
KEITH: Yeah, I’m sorry.
DOCTOR: That’s all right.55
KEITH: What are you getting Daddy for his birthday?
DOCTOR: Mmmmmh – box of cigars…
KEITH: Oh.
DOCTOR: You see – I know him mainly – professionally – not as close to him as you – your mother…I thought a box of House of Senate cigars would be about my60speed.
KEITH:
(They are both sitting on the porch step now)
: Mmmh. Not too hard for you.
DOCTOR: What do you mean?
KEITH: Like you said, being closer to a person – it’s tougher – got to be more careful.65
DOCTOR: That’s right
KEITH: You – I was wondering if maybe you had any ideas – for me.
DOCTOR: I don’t know, Keith.
KEITH: Must be lots of things he might like.
DOCTOR: Mmmmh70
KEITH: But – with him – lots of things he wouldn’t like.
DOCTOR: The main thing, Keith – you’re fond of Daddy – you’re close to him when you know a person well it shouldn’t be so hard to think of a present for him – should it?
KEITH: Easy for you to say.75
DOCTOR: But it’s right
KEITH: I got a dollar twenty cents saved up – be two dollars twenty cents if I ever get the windows done.
DOCTOR: One thing that might help you.
KEITH: Yeah?80
DOCTOR: I have a feeling he would get more pleasure out of something you made yourself than something you bought with your two dollars-twenty cents.
KEITH: Oh!
(Considers it)
Why?
DOCTOR: He would.
KEITH: Anything a kid like me would make – it’d be a hay-wire, shaganappi thing.
DOCTOR: That isn’t the point, Keith: Anything you bought would be something anybody – with two dollars and – twenty cents – could walk into a store and buy. If you made it yourself – then Daddy would know that you had – that it took you time to make it – and care ….
KEITH: Uh-huh.90
DOCTOR: All the time you were whittling or gluing or sand-papering or hammering…
KEITH: Gluin’ or sand-paperin’ what?
DOCTOR: Whatever you made up your mind – whatever you thought he’d like.95
KEITH: Oh.
DOCTOR: Some of your own time would be wrapped up – in your present to him.
KEITH: Uh-huh.
DOCTOR: Does that help you – any?
KEITH
(Shakes his head)
: Well – maybe – I guess I ought to make it – only – I still100don’t know what to make and it’s harder to figure out a present to make for a person than it is to figure out a present to buy for a person.
DOCTOR: Guess it is.
KEITH: Bein’ Daddy – makes it twice as hard – may be the last chance I get – to give him a birthday present.105
DOCTOR: Ohhhh.
(He has been about to say “Oh, no – there will be other birthdays” but he’s an honest man.)
You might find a length of diamond willow — carve him a cane – varnish it…
KEITH: He’s got six canes.
DOCTOR: Oh – well – a tie rack.110
KEITH
(His chin in his hands ? simply turns his head slowly to the DOCTOR ? holds it ? then slowly turns it away)
: Hell of a present.
DOCTOR: Yeah – guess it was.
KEITH: Hasn’t worn a tie all his life. See what I mean – it ought to be something he’d get some fun out of! He’ll get fun outa your box of cigars! Hey – maybe I could115chip in my two dollars and twenty cents…
DOCTOR: No. That wouldn’t be giving him a present at all…
KEITH: He still gets a bang out of us goin’ fishin’…
DOCTOR: All right. Tackle box.
KEITH: Already got one.
(He gets up.)
Only kind of fishin’ stuff I could make would be a minnow net out of hay wire an’ a onion sack…
HELEN
(She has come to the door)
: Doctor…
(To KEITH)
Why didn’t you tell me the Doctor had come?
DOCTOR: Oh – Keith and I had something to talk about. How’s Daddy today?
Question 40 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 .00 V Flag question Question 41 Not yet answered Marked out of 1 .00 ‘7 Flag question From his exchange with Keith, Dr. Richardson can BEST be described as being Select one: 0 a. strict but fair 0 b. awkward and uncertain O c. sentimental but sincere 0 d. understanding and respectful The statement that MOST CLEARLY expresses Keith’s heightened understanding of personal relationships is Select one: 0 a. “l have a feeling he would get more pleasure out of something you made yourself’ (lines 76 – 77) O b. “Like you said, being closer to a person – it’s tougher – got to be more careful” (lines 59 – 60) O c. “Anything a kid like me would make — it’d be a hay-wire, shaganappi thing” (line 80) 0 d. “when you know a person well it shouldn’t be so hard to think of a present for him” (lines 67 – 68) Ranl/ in Tnh
Question 33 Keith’s statement “Hell of a present” (line 107) would probably be spoken in a tone of Not yet voice that is answered Marked out of Se|ect one: 1.00 . O a. eXCIted ‘7 Flag question 0 b. sincere O c. sarcastic 0 d. angry Question 39 The MAIN reason that Dr. Richardson urges Keith to make a gift for Daddy is that Not yet answered Select one: 2A3?” 0′” 0f 0 a. Daddy would value Keith’s efforts ‘7 Flag 0 b. Keith could not get into trouble if he were busy queStion O 0. Daddy has most of the things that Keith could buy 0 d. Keith could not buy much with the money he has
Question 35 When the doctor says “I thought a box of House of Senate cigars would be about my N0t ye1 speed” (lines 55 – 56), he means PRIMARILY that the cigars would be answered Marked out Of Select one: 1.00 . O a. medically allowed for Daddy ‘7 Flag question 0 b. within his price range 0 c. appropriate for him to give 0 d. enjoyed by the doctor himself Question 37 A “hay-wire, shaganappi thing” (line 80) would probably be Not yet answer”! Select one: mggked 0′” 0f 0 a. old and worn out P Flag 0 b. cheap and gaudily decorated Want)” 0 c. clumsy and poorly constructed 0 d. rough and hard to handle
Question 34 Keith’s attitude toward Dr. Richardson begins to improve when the doctor Not yet answered Select one: Marked out of O a. tells Keith that he wants to be friends with him and his mother 1.00 Flag O b. stops asking Keith so many questions question O c. makes an admiring comment about Keith’s athletic ability O d. suggests that Keith should make a gift for Daddy Question 35 In the stage direction “He is glad to be out of it” (line 47), the pronoun “it” refers to the Not yet answered Select one: Marked out of O a. impasse between Keith and the doctor 1.00 Flag O b. somersault position Keith was in question O c. trapeze Keith has been swinging on O d. doctor’s hold on Keith
Question 32 The doctor’s modified encouragement of Keith’s somersault “death-defying triple Not yet somersault…Double somersault?…Single?” (lines 5 – 6) ? allows the audience to see answered Marked out of Select one: 1.00 O a. the doctor’s insensitivity and Keith’s tolerance Flag question O b. the doctor’s vulnerability and Keith’s cruelty O c. the doctor’s patience and Keith’s stubbornness O d. the doctor’s compassion and Keith’s indifference Question 33 The stage direction and the use of italics in Keith’s speech “She’s probably got him Not yet dressed for you now. You can go in there and do your examination now (Pause) on him” answered (lines 29 – 31) suggest that Keith is Marked out of 1.00 Select one: Flag O a. becoming less, angry question O b. concerned about the doctor’s abilities O c. possessive of his mother O d. unsure of himself
Question 30 In the character description of Daddy Sherry at the beginning of the excerpt, the phrase “if Not yet the sap rising within him does not split the bark” is an example of answered Marked out of Select one: 1.00 . . O a. srmlle ‘7 Flag question 0 b. hyperbole O c. metaphor 0 d. personification Question 31 When the doctor says “I see you’re getting up in the world’I (line 3), his intent is to be Not yet answered Select one: Marked out of O a. polite 1.00 P Flag 0 b. sarcastic ques’m” O 0. understanding 0 d. humorous

Activity 1. Logo Analysis Directions: Classify the following LOGO as to “State” or “Non-State” institution/ organization. Explain the function/s of these institutions/ organizations in at least two sentences.
LOGO State or Functions of the Institution/ Non-State? Organization 2 3 UNITED NATIONS 4 5 + RED CROSS 6 PANGULO NO
SAGIBAG BDO
Processing Questions: Answer the questions below.
1. What is a State Institution/ Organization? Give examples and explain How do they function?
2. What is a Non-State/ Organization? Give examples and explain How do they function?
Analysis:
What have you learned from the lesson 1 and 2?
Which part or concept of the lesson you find hard to understand? (lesson 2 because….)
What activity can you suggest that would help your teacher help you with your learning?
reference for the Analysis Questions:
Analyzing Arguments Used by the Writer
Lesson 1
I.            Argument/s
An argument is an expression of one’s point of view on a particular subject or topic often called a “Claim” or a “Thesis Statement” presented with shreds of evidence and resources supporting the idea which aims for the reader to either do something or believe into something to be true or correct.
Example: “The cost of living in Sipalay City is lower than in most cities in Negros Occidental”.
From the given statement, the writer presented an argument about the cost of living in Sipalay City as compared to other cities in Negros Occidental
Claim/s
A claim is the main argument of the essay which is considered the
most important part of an academic paper. It defines your paper’s goals, directions, scope and exigence and is supported by evidence, quotations, argumentation, expert’s opinions, statistics, and telling details.
Three Types of Claims
1.  Claim of Fact
A
Claim of Fact
is a statement asserting that something has existed, does exist, or will exist. It is not a fact; it only claims to be a fact. Hence, the claim is debatable whether it is true or false.
Example: The Philippine Economy will bounce back higher before the end of this year.
The statement is a claim of fact (future) which is to be proven to be true or false come to the end of this year.
2.  Claim of Value
A claim of value is a statement asserting something to be good or bad or that something is better than the other one or that something is more or less desirable.
Example. The Game of Thrones is the best movie of all time.
Here, the claim is asserting the value of the said movie as best than the other movies
3.  Claim of Policy
A claim of policy is a statement urging that some conditions should exist, or that something should be or should not be done. This claim advocates the adoption of policies or courses of action due to problems that have occurred and call for a solution.
Example: Legislation should be passed mandating the conduct of Online Voter’s Registration amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
The claim here asserts that the government should provide a policy for the conduct of online voter registration amid a pandemic.
Lesson 2
Citing Sources to Support Arguments
Arguments
articulate a writer’s claim. This claim requires him to defend through good reasoning supported by plenty of research and reliable source that lend credibility to his work.
Claims
can be supported by facts, statistics and quotations from recognized authorities and some other types of evidence.
Citing
and
documenting sources
properly are among the skills the students should be concerned of before they engage themselves in writing. After all, any source of intellectual property should be acknowledged.
Further, a citation is essential for the following reasons:
?   It allows readers to locate the materials you used.
?   It demonstrates that you have conducted a thorough review of the literature on your topic.
?   It will be used to reinforce your arguments.
?   It will be used to explain the reasons for alternative approaches.
?   It will either bolster or challenged your argument.
?   It will refrain you from violating the Intellectual Property Rights.
Citation is the means by which you credit other researchers and writers when you use their work in your papers.
Plagiarize is using someone else’s work or ideas as your own with or without their consent by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgment.
Common in today’s documentation style is In-Text Citation which includes two formats: The Parenthetical Citation and Narrative Citations found both in the Modern Language Association (MLA) author-page related method and the American Psychological Association (APA) author-year method.
§ In Parenthetical Citations, the reference data appears in parentheses.
§ While in Narrative Citations, the author’s name is incorporated in the text
§ As part of the sentence and the year or page number follows in Parentheses.
Each citation and documentation vary in style according to format, manner of citation and source of material used. Study and observe the summarized descriptive comparison of MLA and APA.
Sources
MLA
APA
Citing for a Direct Quote
?   Give the author’s last name in the text of your paper and indicate the page numbers in parenthesis following the borrowed material.
Example: (Parenthetical Citations)
The study stressed that “In today’s age, social networking sites as venues for public discourse is undeniable” (Gomez 61).
Author’s name & page number inside the parentheses.
Example: (Narrative Citations)
?   (Include author’s name, year/date and page number and place quotation marks around the direct quote when available)
Example: (Parenthetical Citations)
One study found that, “In today’s age, social networking sites as venues for public discourse is undeniable” (Gomez, n. d., p.61)
Author’s
Name                        page #
n. d. (no date)
?   When author is part of the narrative
Example: (Narrative Citations)
Author’s name followed by
year in parenthesis incorporated in a text
Gomez (n. d.) found that in today’s age, social networking
site as venues for public discourse is undeniable.
Web Pages
?   Use the author’s last name and the page number from which the quotation or paraphrase was taken in parentheses.
Example:
More than 300 million people worldwide are affected by depression (Guane 202).
Author-page
?   If the source does not use the page numbers, do not include a number in citation.
Example:
More than 300 million people worldwide are affected by depression (Guane).
Author’s name only; no page number
available
?   Cite web pages in text as you would with any other source, using the author and date if known in parentheses.
Example:
More than 300 million people worldwide are affected by depression (Guane,2018).
Author-year
?   Keep in mind that the author may be an organization rather than a person
Example:
More than 300 million people worldwide are affected by depression (World
Health Organization, 2018).
year
Organizational author
A Work by Two Authors
Give both names separated by the word
and
when including the names in the text of a sentence or in parentheses and the page number
?   Always cite both authors’ names in-text every time you reference them and the date
Example:
both authors were cited
year
Johnson and Smith (2009) found that more than 300 million people worldwide are affected by depression.
More than 300 million people worldwide are affected by
depression (Johnson & Smith, 2009)
Author’s name separated by “&”
followed by a comma and year inside the parentheses following the text cited
Example:
Both authors were cited separated by “and”
Wilson and Schlosser state that more than 300 million people worldwide are affected by depression (47).
Page number
More than 300 million people worldwide are affected by depression (Wilson and Schlosser 47).
Author’s name separated by “and” followed by page number inside the parenthesis following the text cited.
Observe how MLA and APA differ in citing work with two authors
Three or more authors
?   When mentioning the authors in the text, give all of the authors’ names or list the first author and write “and others”.
?   Provide all the authors’ last names when you first refer to a document with 3-5 authors.
Example:
Example:
Author’s name “and others”
James and others claim that more than 300 million people worldwide are affected by depression (157).
page number
List of author’s last names for first reference
Jones, Chavez, Jackson, and Chen (2010) reported that more than 300 million people worldwide are affected by depression.
?   For the parenthetical citation and Works Cited citation, give the first author’s
name followed by
et al.
?   Only list the first author with the Latin abbreviation “et al.” for any subsequent references
Example
More than 300 million people worldwide are affected by depression (James et al. 157).
Author’s name followed by “et al” referring to other authors of same work in parenthetical citation.
Example:
First author last name with “et al” referring to other authors of same work for the subsequent referencing
Jones et al. (2010) further stressed that more than 300 million people worldwide are affected by depression.

View the following YouTube TED Talks videos.
Why I don’t care about ‘Climate Change’ | David Saddington | TEDxTeen: https://youtu.be/7vnzKPq390Q
Reflect on the issues discussed in the video(s) you viewed. Address the following points in your discussion post:
?      What is the speaker’s point of view about the topic? Is the speaker biased?
?      What ethical issues and ethical reasoning are argued?
?      Do you think that environmental issues have moral and ethical implications? Why or why not?
?      Do you agree with the speaker’s point of view? Be specific and thorough. Express how and why you agree or disagree, and discuss how ethics and values contribute to your opinion. Consider the theoretical concepts discussed in the course. Do not just state your viewpoint; rather, provide relevant details to support your findings and/or position.