A Shawl for Anita

Using the morse code on the board, decode the

words being referred to in the statement.

1. The feeling of wanting to have what

someone else has

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Using the morse code on the board, decode the
words being referred to in the statement.

1. The feeling of wanting to have

what someone else has

ENVY
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words being referred to in the statement.
2. Having less than a normal amount of strength

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 Using the morse code on the board, decode the
words being referred to in the statement.

2. Having less than a normal amount of

strength

FRAIL
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words being referred to in the statement.

3. Skillful and clever

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words being referred to in the statement.

3. Skillful and clever

DEFT
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words being referred to in the statement.

4. Any one of the thick, bony parts in the

fingers

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.
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words being referred to in the statement.

4. Any one of the thick, bony parts in the

fingers

KNUCKLE
 Using the morse code on the board, decode the
words being referred to in the statement.

5. To make a piece of clothing from yarn

or thread

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 Using the morse code on the board, decode the
words being referred to in the statement.

5. To make a piece of clothing from yarn

or thread

K N IT
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words being referred to in the statement.

6. To get with great difficulty

. -.- .
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words being referred to in the statement.

6. To get with great difficulty

EKE
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words being referred to in the statement.

7. To do something as a special pleasure

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.
 Using the morse code on the board, decode the
words being referred to in the statement.

7. To do something as a special pleasure

INDULGE
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words being referred to in the statement.

8. To bother or to annoy

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words being referred to in the statement.

8. To bother or to annoy

IRK
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words being referred to in the statement.

9. To confine in a restricted area

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 Using the morse code on the board, decode the
words being referred to in the statement.

9. To confine in a restricted area

COOP
 Using the morse code on the board, decode the
words being referred to in the statement.

10. Not feeling or showing any concern about the

problems of others

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…
 Using the morse code on the board, decode the
words being referred to in the statement.

10. Not feeling or showing any concern

about the problems of others

CALLOUS
STORY BOARD
Arrange the sequence of the text.
Use the pictures as your clues. The
pictures are arranged according to
paragraph.
First Paragraph
My mother brought us up
single-handedly. It was an
extraordinary task for a woman so
frail, dealing with three adolescent
children. But she managed. She never
finished high school, but her deft
hands had skillfully eked out a living
for the four of us. She was good at
knitting. That tided us over until
the eldest got a diploma of
teaching. Then she put up a sari-
sari store to send the other
children to college. Mother wanted
us all to start a college degree and
she had sacrifice much to see us
through.
 Second Paragraph
Mother had a soft heart -
especially for Anita. Anita
was the youngest, and I,
being the middle child, had
always envied her. She was
sickly and Mother willingly
indulged her. My sister's
whimpers never irked her.
She was ever so gentle with
her when I impatient and
jealous. I never understood
my mother.
Third Paragraph
My mother who had always
been a frail woman was much thinner
now. Anita who was married by now
had never stopped being pampered.
Her lack of concern for our
mother's failing health was getting
on my nerves. I felt like shouting at
her, calling her names when I heard
her ask mother to knit a shawl for
her. Mother could hardly refuse, but
I knew that the task was just too
much for her. Her fingers had lost
their flexibility; rheumatic pain told
on her knuckles that felt a million
pins pricking. My heart went out to
her every time I saw her painfully
the knitting needles into the yarn.
 Fourth Paragraph
The rest of us did not want to
see Mother lift a finger. She
was too old to work, and we
wanted to save her the burden
of doing even the lightest
household chores. Mother said
she felt useless being cooped up
in the house all day, doing
nothing. That was before Anita
sweet-talked her into knitting
her shawl. I was beginning to
hate Anita for being so callous.
Fifth Paragraph
Knitting the shawl might
have been an agony for Mother,
but she never showed any pain.
At the end of the day, she
would look at her handiwork, a
smile on her lips as she held it
against her. Knitting proved to
be a slow process, but Mother
didn't mind, I did and when
Anita showed up one day to visit
Mother I scolded her for
being so thoughtless.
 Sixth Paragraph
Anita touched my arm and in a
gentle voice said, "I did it for
Mother. That shawl is giving her
reason to live. She was wasting
away, didn't you notice? She
felt so useless because she had
nothing to do, no matter how
small. Mother is one person who
prefers to live her life working.
If she stops working, she will
stop living." I nodded my head.
Perhaps Anita was right. I was
beginning to understand my
mother.
Activity: Before VS After
• Choose a dynamic character.
• In your graphic organizer, write the qualities the character had
before changing in the “before” column.
• In the “after” column, write the qualities the character has after
the changing.
• Finally, as a reflection, write your similarity to the character
you have chosen.
Quiz: Ask and it SHAWL be given
• You have to knit a shawl.
• You can put a piece of the shawl if you are able to write an
answer to the question asked.
• The first team to complete the shawl will be given 50 pts.
• The team to give all the correct answers will be given 100 pts.
• 1 correct answer is worth 10 pts (making the highest possible
score 150).