English 5

Week 10, Days 1-3

Ms. Rowena Gonzales
Masantol South District
Division of Pampanga
Think and Tell
• What holiday or events do we celebrate in
our country?
• Tell something about the pictures/
symbols of events inside the box. What
events display on it?
Find out and Learn

Study the following pictures:

* What can you say about the illustrations

of festivals and houses?
* How will you describe the pictures?
Read the informative story
of PAILAH festival.
 Pailah Festival
Pailah Festival named after from its town's ancient name
Pila, Laguna. "PAILAH" also derived as Palay (Rice) as their
major crop since Hispanic era, Isda (Fish) since the municipality is
also near in the lake, Tilapia is also one of their livelihood, Lilok
Antigo (Antique Carvings) along the district not only from the
crops farming and fishing they have dependent but they also have
handicraft products to make this town also known as one of the
best suppliers of native products and wood carvings which is
Laguna is famous to its talents and skills.
 Pailah Festival
Halaman (Ornamental plants) they have produced a lot of
supplies for different places of Manila and its neighboring
provinces for their premier class of ornamental plants.
This event were duly attended by Nayon Photographers'
Club who were invited to cover the yearly event. From manila we
prepared to depart as early as 5:00 am to witness this event by
8:00 am. As we arrived we have ample time to set up and prepare
our things.
 One you can observe if you are in Pila is like you are
travelling back in time, the old houses are well maintained and
preserved its Hispanic architectural designs, same as the church
as well. This municipality of Laguna is a sleepy town but were not
affected by war for its excessive bombardments during Japanese
American battle, up to now the evident of the town is still on its
finest preservation of heritage village such as their houses,
church and other structures that you can find here.
Talk about it
Questions:
1. Where does the word PAILAH came from?
2. Why do you think this event were duly
attended by some photographers?
3. Why Pila, Laguna is a land of Heritage
houses?
4. How are Pailah Festival similar to other
festival?’

5. In what way are these events different

from the other festivals?’’
 Do and Learn

Group 1
Make a news story about festival to recount
events effectively. Present the news story to
the class in the form of Newscating.
Group 2
Think of a song you know about your town.
Practice singing the song. Be ready to sing it to
the class. (Example;” Halina sa Pila Magpunta”)
Group 3
Make a poster of events that important or
memorable to you.

Group 4
Create simple Rap song from the story.
Present it to the class.
 Talk About It
* Why Pila is called “BAYANG PINAGPALA”?

* Cite some evidences, why this town is now

one of the tourist attractions in Laguna?
Talk About It

* As you perform the group activity, do you

feel the importance of the events you
perform. Share your ideas to the class
 Remember
An event can be about nearly anything in
personal experience/life that is significant
enough for you to want to retell it, or it can
simply be a snapshot of a moment or a
description of a person, place, or thing in your
Talk About It

life.
When recounting events choose a topic that
you care about, for this will make your piece
more descriptive, emotional, and creative. Even
though it is about your life, if you care about
your topic then so will the reader.
 English 5
Week 10, Day 2
Ms. Rowena Gonzales
Talk About It

Masantol South District

Division of Pampanga
Think and Tell

Games: How strong is your vocabulary? Choose the correct

meaning of a words. Read as quickly as possible the words in
each line. Circle those that have the same or similar meanings as
the keyword.

quickly fast rapid small swift

fashionable smart modern plain stylish
begin start end go come
great noble grand magnificent grateful
polite refined sweet courteous well –behaved
Show a dictionary to the class. What do you want to know
about the dictionary?
Write your answer in the KWL Chart. (I know, want to know,
what I learned chart)
KNOW WANT LEARN

Expected answer Expected Answer Expected Answer

 Are you a scout? What does it mean to be a scout? What good deeds
have you done for others lately?
Using context clues or a Dictionary match each word from the story in
column A with its meaning in column B.
A B
1. Posthumous a. having far reaching and typically disastrous
consequences or complications
2. Fluvial b. assign the responsibility for doing something to ( someone)
3. Fateful c. get(something) back
4. Submerge d. a flat boat for carrying freight typically on canals and
rivers
5. Tilt e. of a relating to a festival
6. Entrust f. of or found in a river
7. Horrible g. move or cause to move into a sloping position
8. Barge h. occurring, awarded,or appearing after the death of the
originator
9. Festive i. causing or likely to cause horror, shocking
Try and Learn
The following words appear between the guide words ‘jaded’
and ‘jaundice’. Put them into alphabetical order.
jasper jangle japonica jargon
jasmine jar jaguar janitor
jamboree jagged
1 _________________ 5_________________ 9.________________

2 _________________ 6 _________________ 10 ________________

3 _________________ 7 _________________

4 _________________ 8. _________________
Put the correct words between the guide words.

mafia maharajah make malaria majestic

mahogany mallard magician

1. madden _______________ _________________ magnetic

2. magnetic tape ___________ ________________mainly
3. Mainmast _____________ _________________make-over
4. maker ________________ __________________malpractice
Study each dictionary entry. Then copy the exact meaning of the
italicized word nin the sentence. Write your answer in the blank .
fade/fad/ fade, fading;
1. Become less bright
2. Lose freshness or strength, wither
3. die away: disappear
a. The bunch of flowers will fade if you leave it long under the
sun. Meaning___________________________________
b. My blue jeans faded after they were washed several times.
Meaning___________________________________
c. The music start to fade as the car with the stereo drove
away towards the city. Meaning_______________________
 Gulf /gelf/ n.
1. A large part of an ocean or sea that extends into
surrounding land
2. a very deep break or cut in the earth
3. vast difference

a. The dynamite blast left a huge gulf in our field.

Meaning_________________________________________
b. The quarrel left a gulf between Elaine and Fatty.
Meaning_________________________________________
c. The Gulf of Mexico is between Florida and Mexico
Meaning_________________________________________
 live/liv/ 1. Alive; having life
2. having much enemy
3.burning glowing
4.carrying an electric current
5. reside
6. of much interest now
7. broadcast taking a while
a. Let us cook our hot dogs over the live coals.
Meaning______________________________________________
b. Never touch a live wire! You’ll be burned or you’ll die.
Meaning______________________________________________
c. The live issue in our school is the need for a new gym.
Meaning______________________________________________
d. Bill kept this live snake in a cage.
Meaning_____________________________________________
 Learn some more
Choose the meaning of the first word as used in in the given
sentences. Write the letter on the blank.
rare a. not thoroughly cooked
b. uncommon
_____1. I want my steak to be served rare
_____2. The monkey-eating eagle is a rare species
_____3. That piece of jewelry is rare

hit a. to strike or knock with force

b. a very successful play, book, songs etc .

1. The play “Frozen” was a hit for the children.

______2. The naughty boy hit his playmates with a book.
______3. The batter hit the ball so hard that it went over the fence.
 capital a. capital city or town of a province
b. a letter different from lower case or small letter

______1. The capital of Laguna is Sta Cruz.

______2. A capital letter is used as the initial letter in a person’s
name.
______3. The summer capital of Philippines is Baguio.
plane a. kind of tool to smoothen object
b. a kind of air transportation

______1. Tourist go to Boracay by plane.

______2. A carpenter uses a plane.
______3. This is my first plane ride.
 Talk about it

What did you learn from the Dictionary?

When do we use the Dictionary?
What meaning should we select from these several meanings?

Dictionary
It is a book contains many words. The words are arranged
alphabetically.
A dictionary gives an explanation of the words, meaning and use,
syllabication and stress marks.
We can use the dictionary to clarify the appropriate meanings from
several meanings.
 Try and Learn
Read the following sentence and then copy the
number of the meaning of the underline word.

Model vb 1. To plan or to form after a pattern

n 2. Aperson who possess for painters,sculptors,
photography
adj. 3. Right or perfect especially in conduct
4. A type or design clothing

_____a. The calendar has the beautiful pictures of a model.

_____b. The pupils modeled animals in clay
_____c. Gino is a model child. He is polite, kind and
obedient.
Echo/ecko n. 1. A sound sent back
vb. 2. Repeat
n. 3. A nymph in Greelk legend who pired away for love
of Narcissus until nothing was left of her but her voice
______a. I’m hungry”, said Julian, “Im hungry too” echoed Joseph.
______b. Echo is a pretty girl who can sing well.
______c. Sam was in the field. He shouted “Hello”. The echo came
back “Hellooooo”, lo.. lo…

Park n. 1. Land for people to rest or play in

vb 2. To leave a vehicle for some time in place
______a. There were beautiful flowers in the park.
______b. The visitors will park their cars in the big yard.
______ c. We enjoy walking in the park.