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Name: Emerald James Zabala Summary

Title:
GradeAswang: Teniente
& Section: STEMGimo Story
II – Coral
Author: People of Dueñas, Iloilo One of her daughters, who attends university in the big
Setting: Dueñas, Iloilo city, made
English for Academic and Professional the decision to ask her friends to visit her at home in
Purposes
Dueñas since they are having a fiesta. As the night became
Characters: Teniente Gimo, Gimo’s daughter,and Juana.
deeper, they made the decision to spend the night in Gimo's
Plot: daughter's room, leaving the others to finish preparing the meals
PERFORMANCE TASK 1:LET’S GO LOCAL for the following day. Juana suddenly overheard Teniente Gimo
Exposition: There’s this guy they called “Tiniente Gimo”. speaking to someone on the opposite side of the wall. She
He was addressed as Tiniente because he’s some sort of debated for a while on whether to wake up her. Juana hurried
a captain of a baranggay of the said town. It was all also back to the sleeping girls on the floor, pushed Gimo’s daughter
towards the middle, lay on the girl’s right and covered
said that he’s also referred Tiniente because he’s also a everyone’s head with the wide blanket. She didn’t know how
chief of his clan, a clan of aswangs. One of her many men came for Teniente Gimo’s daughter that night. They
daughters, who attends university in the big city, made didn’t even wake up her friend, who was sleeping so soundly
the decision to ask her friends to visit her at home in just an arm’s length away. Teniente Gimo’s daughter lay next to
Dueñas since they are having a fiesta. On the eve of the her. After the men had left the room, Juana got up, tried to wake
fiesta, two of her friends who accepted the offer went. her friend for the last time, failed and decided to go alone.
Enraged, Teniente Gimo cried for everyone to find the girl. No
Tiniente Gimo and a few other family members
one was in sight and she was too far away to actually hear
enthusiastically welcomed them. anything from where Teniente Gimo’s hut. Juana brushed the
thought of her other friend, the one she left behind, away and
Rising Action: As the night became deeper, they made began to run again, towards the main road. As for Teniente
the decision to spend the night in Gimo's daughter's Gimo and his clan of aswangs, it is said that the incident
room, leaving the others to finish preparing the meals devastated him.
for the following day. Since there was no larger bed to
accommodate everyone, they all decided to sleep on
the floor on mats. One of their guest named Juana,
seem can’t shake off the feeling of being uncomfortable
and it was prevented fron Juana from sleep. Juana
suddenly overheard Teniente Gimo speaking to
someone on the opposite side of the wall. She was
shocked and filled with fear.

Climax: The cauldron she saw in the middle was

actually going to be used for her and her friend. They’re
planning on how to butcher her and her other friend.
Her own survival instinct kicks in. She debated for a
while on whether to wake up her friend or not but the
men were coming up the stairs and if her friend woke
up suddenly, there’s no telling what she would say or
do. They could both be in bad trouble if she delayed for
another second. Juana hurried back to the sleeping girls
on the floor, pushed Gimo’s daughter towards the
middle, lay on the girl’s right and covered everyone’s
head with the wide blanket. She tried to calm herself to
prevent from shaking. Soon the door opened slowly and
noiselessly.
She didn’t know how many men came for Teniente
Gimo’s daughter that night. All she felt and heard were
soft footsteps, a few whispers and a loud thud as they
hit the young girl on the head. They were very quiet, as
if they were used to doing what they did. They didn’t
even wake up her friend, who was sleeping so soundly
just an arm’s length away. Teniente Gimo’s daughter lay
moaning next to her. After the men had left the room,
Juana got up, tried to wake her friend for the last time,
failed and decided to go alone. Juana began to run. She
didn’t care where she was passing through – all she
knew was that the main road was in that direction. She
hadn’t gotten far when she heard shouts and screams
from the group. They had opened the sack and found
out the terrible mistake they made.
Enraged, Teniente Gimo cried for everyone to find the
girl. But those who were in pursuit of her were grown
men. Then she saw a tree. The voices grew nearer and
so did the footfalls. Not only the men came in pursuit.
There were a few women as well, some of them holding
torches, some gripping a thick tree branch and others,
still holding on to the knives they used to cut the onions
and the tomatoes. Light from the torches illuminated
the branches and the leaves of the tree as the mob
passed underneath her.

Falling Action: Although the crowd had gone, Juana

stayed hidden in the tree. She waited for the morning
breaks and very carefully, painfully climbed down. No
one was in sight and she was too far away to actually
hear anything from where Teniente Gimo’s hut.
Besides, it was morning and if they did party on last
night, they would be too full and tired to give care.
Juana brushed the thought of her other friend, the one
she left behind, away and began to run again, towards
the main road

Conclusion:. As for Teniente Gimo and his clan of

aswangs, it is said that the incident devastated him. It
was his own beloved daughter after all. They packed up
and abandoned their home and moved someplace else.
Where he and his family are now is only whispered
about and whether they are still hunting and luring
human prey, it can only be guessed at.

Conflict: When Juana heard about Teniente Gimo's plan to

do with them, she woke up her friend to run away, but it
didn't work. He left alone but he didn't know where he
was going. Teniente Gimo's people heard that the girl had
escaped so they searched for her.
Theme: Horror
Name: Emerald James Zabala
Grade & Section: STEM II – Coral

English for Academic and Professional Purposes

PERFORMANCE TASK 2: IMReaDy!

Introduction The purpose of the study was to determine the extent to which reading difficulties affect
academic performance of secondary school students. The study objective was to establish
comprehension errors that affect students’ academic performance. Piaget (1983) theory of
cognitive development guided this study
Method This study employed quantitative approaches for data collection and analyzes both teachers
and learners. The research design was a descriptive survey design. Data was collected by use
of questionnaires for teachers of English and student’s cloze test and reading passage. The
actual data collection took two weeks. Data from questionnaires, cloze test and reading passage
were compiled, edited and coded according to the themes of the study. Quantitative data was
analyzed by use of statistical packages for social sciences (SPSS). Likert Scale and chi-square
test were also used to measure the strength of the relationship between different variable. The
target population comprised of 10 principals/deputy principals, 22 teachers of English
language and 500 students from 10 public mixed day secondary schools in Kiambu District,
Kiambu County. The sample of the study included 10 teachers of English and 100 form three
students from 5sampled schools. Purposive sampling was used to select schools, teachers of
English, boys and girls from form three class.
Result Results from the reading test indicated that students who had less problems with word
substitution, omission, mispronunciation and addition scored highly (B+ - C+) in the end of the
term on exam, and a significance relationship (p>0.05) between these and academic
performance was established. Cloze test performance where 5 per cent of the students
performed below average and students end of term one exam where all the sampled schools
have less than a mean grade of 5 were indicators of poor academic performance as a result of
reading difficulties. Teachers indicated that there are dropouts (40%), repeaters (20%) and
absentees (40%). It was established that ninety percent of the teachers of English experienced
problems in teaching reading. Sixty per cent of the teachers did not conduct library lessons at
all due to lack of library resources.
Discussion Students ignoring or misinterpreting punctuations while reading was another common problem
experienced by majority of the teachers. The study recommends that teachers of English
should be inserviced regularly and that the school administration should ensure availability of
library resource and reference materials through the Ministry of Education. The government
and school administration should come up with measures whereby chronic absenteeism as a
result of lack of school fees in public mixed day secondary schools is minimize.