LESSON 2- THE GREATEST STORIES EVER TOLD

Essential Question: What makes religious stories great?

ARCHAIC WORDS- ancient or old-fashioned words that are seldom used today.
WORD ETYMOLOGY- trace show words evolve or how words are translated.
*Moses is known for the Ten Commandments as Jesus is known for His parables.
PARABLES AND DREAM VISIONS
Parables- provide moral commentary on human behavior; pass on folk wisdom or spiritual values.
Elements of Parables
1.Parables are set in everyday life.
2.Parables use examples and comparisons of people’s behavior or attitude.
3.Parables describe God.
4.Parables describe God’s kingdom.
5.Parables explain God’s will.
6.Parables have a surprise twist.
*Why Jesus’ parables are popular because:
1. They have catchy maxims, profound sayings, striking symbols, or memorable riddles.
2. Parables use references to everyday objects, or allegories involving them, in order to create an
image in the audience’s minds.
Dream Visions- plot devices whereby knowledge or truth is revealed to a main character, visionary, or
hero in a dream.
Elements of Dream Vision
1. The main character falls asleep and then has a dream.
2. Images or symbols appear in the main character’s dream.
3. The main character’s dream present new perspective and possible solutions for real-life problems
and concerns.
4. The main character act on knowledge revealed in their dream vision.
THE ETHICS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
1. Do not plagiarize.
2. Promote diversity.
3. Use inclusive language.
4. Raise social awareness.
5. Employ respectful free speech.
*Opinion or assertion- sentence that express a judgment
Characteristics of Statement of Opinion or Assertion
1. It is based on someone’s feelings or thinking.
2. It is something that cannot be proven true or false.
3. It has no supporting evidences to support claims.

LESSON 3- ANCIENT ADVICE FOR TODAY’S TRAILBLAZERS

Essential Question: What insights do we learn from ancient Chinese and Japanese thoughts?
DEFINITION OF WORDS
*Formal Definitions- denotative, exact, explicit, or literal meanings of specific words
Kind-compassionate
*Informal Definitions- connotative meanings of specific words based on ideas, feelings, associations,
and overtones that are ascribed to those words
Beautiful- pretty
*Synonyms- words that have the same meaning
Create- make
*Antonyms- words that mean the opposite of a particular word
Build- destruct
*Analogies- comparisons between two similar things that explain or clarify a point
 LITERARCY DEVICES
*Alliteration- a device where the same first letter/s is/are repeated in a series of words in a sentence
e.g. 1. Waiting for the MRT is an excruciatingly exasperating exercise.
2. Witness with wide-eyed wonder while I wolf down this whopping whale-burger.
*Assonance- a literary device where the same vowel sound is repeated within a series of word in a
sentence
e.g. 1. Let’s meet at café highstreet to beat the heat.
2. When it gets too hot, everybody screams for ice cream.
*Onomatopoeia- a device where words that are phonetically similar to a particular sound are used to
describe something.
e.g. 1. Can you hear that twittering terns?
2. Time is ticking away.
CONJUNCTIONS
- Lexical units that link words, phrases, or clauses together.
- FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
MODAL VERBS
- Auxillary verbs that are used to express the probability of an action or event
*Can and Could- modals that express ability or certainty
Example: 1. David can sing the national anthem now.
2. Mr. Alvarez could play basketball now.
- modals that express permission