English 44

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Interview Guide
1. What is your complete name?
2. When did you start writing?
3. Who inspired you to write?
4. Do you have any particular favorite poet? Can you say that his/her influence on you can be seen in your earlier works?
5. Is there any particular theme that you like writing about? What is that topic? Why do you like that?
6. What is your first published work? (submit a copy of this work) Where was it published?
7. Can you please give us any advise on how to become a good writer like you?

****do NOT forget to express your gratitude for the time given to you.

Poets whom you can try:

Ionnes Arong
Harold Mercurio
Voltaire Adaza
Adonis Durado
Jun Balde
Carlos Malvar

Xanthia and her Memos of Love and Trust

My daughter, Xanthia, is growing very fast. Just a blink of an eye ago, I gave birth to her, now, I am learning a lot from her. I am not the very patient nanay like most of the mothers I know, but with her the gentlest part of me just flows in an unlimited energy and quantity. I am sure; every mother is amazed and is in awe with the power of our little angels in making us the gentlest yet sturdiest creature on earth. With all these and more thoughts of her brilliant, innocent and loving smile on my mind, I wish to share with you these adopted memoranda.

These memos always catch my attention whenever we go and pay her pediatrician, Dr. Mary Ann Alvisor, a visit. These memos teach and remind me of the biblical lines:

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. (Proverbs 22:15)

15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. 17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. (Proverbs 29:15, 17)

With these memos, we mothers can learn a lot. It would remind us our children are also blessed with mind, heart and soul. And while time is our friend, let us build a good foundation so one day they would become good citizens of the world who thinks not of themselves alone, but of the world as well.

21 MEMOS FROM A CHILD

1. Don't spoil me.
I know quite well that I ought not to have all I ask for.


2. Don't be afraid to be firm with me.
I prefer it, it makes me feel secured.


3. Don't let me form bad habits.
I have to rely on you to detect them at the early stages.


4. Don't make me feel smaller than I am.
It only makes me feel stupidly "big".


5. Don't correct me in front of people, if you can help it.
It will take much more notice, if you talk more quietly with me in private.


6. Don't make me feel that my mistakes are sins.
It upsets my sense of values.


7. Don't protect me from my consequences.
I need to learn the painful way sometimes.


8. Don't be too upset if I say "I hate you".
It isn't you I hate but your power to thwart me.


9. Don't take too much notice of my small ailments.
Sometimes they get me the attention I need.


10. Don't nag.
If you do, I shall protect myself by appearing deaf.


11. Don't forget that I cannot explain myself as well as I should like.
This is why I'm not always very accurate.


12. Don't tax my honesty too much.
I am easily frightened into telling lies.


13. Don't make rash promises.
Remember that I feel badly let down when promises are broken.


14. Don't be inconsistent.
That completely confuses me and makes me lose faith in you.


15. Don't take my fear as silly.
They are terribly real and you can do much to reassure me if you try to understand.


16. Don't put me off when I ask questions.
If you do, you will find that I stop asking and seek information elsewhere.


17. Don't ever suggest that you are perfect or infallible.
It gives me too great a shock when i discover you are neither.


18. Don't ever think it's beneath your dignity to apologize to me.
An honest apology makes me feel surprisingly warm towards you.


19. Don't forget how quickly I am growing up.
It must be very difficult to keep pace with me, but please do try.


20. Don't forget I am experimenting.
I couldn't get on without it so please put up with me.


21. Don't forget that I can't thrive without lots of understanding love, but I don't need to tell you, do I?

Language and the brain

For English 45 students

A.Lost in Translation by Lera Boroditsky
1. Print and summarize the article:Lost in Translation
2. Pick three important points of the researcher. Discuss further and provide additional information on the points you have chosen.
3. How does English influence the way you personally think? Provide personal analogies.
4. Type and Print you work in an 8.5x11 bond paper.
5. Use APA in documenting your work.


B. Politics and the English Language by George Orwell
1. Do the same task as indicated on Letter A 1-5 except number 3.
2. With the points of George Orwell, do you think our country is in such state because of the indifference of the people toward its own languages? Provide political analogies and/or proof to your claim.

SUBMIT YOUR PAPER ON MONDAY(July 4, 2011) not later than 5:00P.M.

For Review

For English 45 Students:

1. Submit a hard copy of your review printed in a short bond paper, double http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifspace on June 22, 2011.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
2. Summarize the article.
3. Pick three main points of the article. Discuss further.
4. Discuss how the English language can help you and your country respectively in the view of the article to prosper economically and culturally.
5. Click on the following links for the copy of the articles:
A. Globalization and History of English Education in Japan
B. The Impact of English as a Global Language on Educational Policies and
Practices in the Asia-Pacific region

The Things we Need to Consider

The destructive Seven Blunders of the World that cause violence:

1. Wealth without work.
2. Pleasure without conscience.
3. Knowledge without character.
4. Commerce without morality.
5. Science without humanity.
6. Religion without sacrifice.
7. Politics without principle.

~ Mahatma Gandhi (born: 1869-10-02 died: 1948-01-30 at age: 78)

A Piece of Something

While I was walking, I stopped for a while and thought of things I don't have. Then I realized that the happiest of all people don't necessarily have the best of everything, they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we're missing until it arrives.


In the gateway of my heart I put a sign that says, "No Trespassing" but love came laughing and said, "I enter everywhere". Love knows no reason. Love knows no lies. Love defies reasons, love has no eyes, but love is not blind. It sees but it doesn't mind. Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, the romance and you find you still care for the person. Love is supposed to be the most wonderful feelings. It should aspire you and give you joy and strength. But sometimes the things that give you joy can also hurt you in the end. It starts with a smile, develops with a kiss, and ends with a tear.


When you love, you must not expect anything in return. If you do, you're not loving but investigating. If you love; you must prepare to accept pain. For if you accept happiness you're not loving but using. Don't go for looks. It can deceive: don't go for wealth, even that fades away: go for someone who makes you smile, make a dark day seem bright.



The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not twist them to fit our own image otherwise we love only the reflections of ourselves we find in them. Never impress someone for the rest of your life.


A sad thing about life is that you meet someone who means a lot to you only to find out in the end that it was never bound to be, and you just have to let him go. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we should know how to be grateful for the gift. We oftentimes don't see the reason why we don't always get what we want, but in the end of it all, we realize that what we wanted wasn't meant for us, after all, everything happens for a reason. When you feel down because you didn't get what you wanted, just sit tight and be happy because God is thinking of something better for you.


It hurts to love someone and not loved in return, but what is the most painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel. It's always better to have found the courage in love even if you lose it in the end rather than never finding love because you were too afraid to face its challenge. The greatest regrets in our lives are the risks we didn't take. If you think something will make you happy, go for it. Remember that you only pass this way once.


Love no matter how hard you find it, it won't… No matter how hard you try, you won't get it. But when you're about to give up, it comes. Sometimes the love we are looking for is right in front of us—too close for the eyes to see. So close, your eyes and heart see itself. There are things you love to hear but you can never hear it from a person who says it with his heart. Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want him or her doesn't mean that they don't love you with all that they have. There are so many stars in the sky, only some are radiant to be noticed. Among those you choose to ignore is the one, which is willing to shine for you forever even if your glance remains elsewhere.


God never closes a door without opening a window. He always gives something better when He takes something away. Heartbreaks will last as long as you want and cut deep as you allow them to go. Challenge is not how to survive heartbreaks but to learn from them. In relationship, thank God you're hurting or crying. There you are given a chance to measure the importance of the person because you experienced suffering. We have no right to ask when sorrows come, "Why this happens to me?", unless we ask the same question for every moment of happiness that comes our way. When God puts a tear in your eye, it's because He wants to put rainbow in your heart.


A heart truly in love never loses hope but always believe in the promise of love. No matter how long the time and distance. Never say goodbye when you still want to try. Never give up when you still feel you can take it. Never say you don't love the person anymore when you could not let go. True love doesn't have a happy ending, that's because true love doesn't have an ending.

Poet of the Day

As my previous post shows, am counting my poets of the day already. the one featured now is Galdys Gay Bagonggong and she hails form Zamboanga del Sur. Let us get to know her better through the poems she had written:

BIO POEM

Gladys Gay
Caring, loving, thoughtful, humorous
Sister of Chuna Ville
Lover of my family, friends and God the Almighty
Who feels blessed, lucky and happy
Who needs love, care and loyalty
Who fears God, snakes and being rejected
Who gives laughter, love and care
Who would like to see God, the wonders of the world and my father
A resident of San Jose, Mahayag, Zamboanga del Sur but presently residing at
University Christian Church, Student Center
Bagonggong




Triolet on Tinago


Tinago Falls Made Me Feel Brandnew


How great is my happiness, I have seen something new,
Tinago falls your very lovely,
What a beautiful view!
How great is my happiness, I have seen something new.
Tinago falls you made me feel brandnew,
Your beauty should be seen by many.
How great is my happiness, I have seen something new,
Tinago falls your very lovely.








Petrarchan Poem

Maria Cristina Falls

Seeing Maria Cristina falls was my first time.
The fieldtrip is really worth it,
And I am blessed to be part of it.
It never wasted my time.
I want to go back there if I have time.
Bring my family and all the foods I want to eat,
Something like we’re having a picnic.
How I wish that I have all time.

Seeing this creation made me feel God’s love,
That He loves us unconditionally.
In spite of all the sins we have,
He showers His love to us, eternally.
Thank You, Lord for the wonderful and beautiful creation
And for the love without any condition.



Ang kasinatian namong dili Kabayran

Sa main gate pa lamang, makita mo na ang lain-laing nawong sa mga estudyante,
Anaay ga muru-muro pero kasagara, gangisi.
ang uban ana sa ila nangasalaag pa kay lagi nagtuo sila nga ang bus para Iligan, pero para Davao man diay.

Sa among bus, nag-abot ang mga bayot nga asta kasabaan.
pero okay lang, kay sila makalingaw man.
Kami sa bus naghuot man, sagdi lang,
Kay kami mga abtik pa man,
Dili pa huyang ang among kalawasan.
Puslan man!

Sa Kisolon kami nagutman,
Paghunong sa bus, ang uban kay kalit lang nidagan.
Abi nako ug kato gutom lang,
Nangita man diay ug kalibanganan.

Sa El Salvador ang sunod namong destinasyon.
Pag-abot sa Divine Mercy, amazed lang sa kadyot ang mga bata,
Kay si Lord, ilabihan mang taasa,
Maong kami sa usag-usa, daghang pangutana.
Kung giunsa to nila paghimo atong ato kataasa?
Sa among pangutana wala may makatubag,
Pagpahulagway nalang among giatupag.

Sa among byahi padulong sa Initao, mura ko ug naluyahan.
Sulod sa cave dili unta ko mouban.
Dili tungod kay ako naluyahan,
Pero tungod kay ingon ang uban,
Nga walay lutsanan,
Ang mga dagkong tawo.
Parihas nako.
Tungod kay ako dili mutuo nga akong lawas dako kaayo,
Niuban nalang ko.

Sulod sa kweba, ako kaluhaon na,
Pastilan mang ngitngita.
Ug usa pa namong problema,
Ang ang flashlight usa ra, hinay pa gyud musiga.

Sa dihang sa kweba nakagawas na,
Silang Kim nangita pa gyud ug laing kweba.
Pero kami ni Kyrie, husto na ang nakasulod sa isa ka kweba.
Maayo nalang kay kami nakakita,
Sa talan-awon nga angay jud namong makita.
Ang dagat, ilabihan mang giyong tsadaha.
Iya-iya na dayon ug pahulagway ang mga bruha.
Hahahaha….
Sa Maria Cristina na pod mi nagpakita sa among kaignorante, hehehe.
Sa kahibulongan nga among gibati,
Dili namo mapugngan ang mungisi nalang permaninte.
Dili pod mi ninyo masisi ky nahibulong man gyud mi.
Sinabtanay nalang ta ani.

Sa Timoga, ilabihan gyug namong lingawa.
Salom diri, salom didto ang mga bata.
Sa swimming pool, si Kim ug si Kyrie nag-ilog pa gyud sa piso,
Si Kyrie andam na kaayo kaya lang nabulilyaso,
Kay si Kim man ang panalo.
Pero mas pildi gyud ko,
Nasudlan man ug tubig akong dunggan, sakit kaayo sa ulo.
Huhuhu…

Sa Crystal Inn,
Mga kabuang nagpabilin
Inom didto, inom junhims.
“Maanad ra man diay ta ani”, matud pa ni Kim.
Katawa gud ko, si Ritchel, Amor, Iresh ug Realyn.

Ug didto sa Tinago,
Maskin ang mga tiil nagkurog, pahulagway diri, pahulagway didto.
Ang mga talan-awon dili gyud mabangbang,
Asta man gayong nindota, mamang!
Busog kayo among mata.
Kapoy man ang palugsong ug pasaka,
Halos mahutdan man ug ginhawa,
Okay lang, asta man pong sulita.

Sa MSU-IIT, among nakita ang angay namong makita,
Madungog ang angay nga maduggan,
Matun-an ang angay makat-unan.
Salamat Sir Tibo Fernandez, you are the man,
With brilliant mind!

Sa among pagpauli, isa ra among gipangandoy.
Gusto kami nga sa Ketkai magsuruy-suroy.
Ug natuman gyud among gusto
Salamat gyud kaayo.

Ang byahi kapoy gyud kaayo,
Pero sulit gyud kaayo.
Ma’am ug Sir, salamat sa inyo.
Nalingaw gyud mi pag-ayo.

Dako akong pasalamat sa Ginoo,
Sa Iyang pag-uban ug paggiya kanato.
Ug naabot kita sa Musuan safe kaayo.
Salamat gyud Ginoo.
Ang byahi sulit kay Ikaw niuban man kanamo

english 44 final poetry analyses

There is a saying about virtue:
She nestles in rough untroden rocks
And reigns a divine, sacred land.
Not all mortals can see her.
Only those,
whose burning desire in their heart
leads them to the greatest deeds
http://homoecumenicus.com/ioannidis_ancient_greek_texts.htm


This is your application of the tenets of poetry you have learned in our class discussion. On your blue book, you are to do the following tasks:

1. Analyze the sounds of the poem

Greek Poetry
SOLON
2. discuss what makes the following poems pleasurable:
A. Chinese poetry
Outside the Eastern Gate

Green Mountain Perch

B. Japanese Poetry
Lady Sanuki

C. Korean Poetry
SIJO
beneath wisteria clusters, hidden, I wait in purple.
perfumed by petals, these longings rise, twine, intertwine and rise...
rise to break apart among clouds...silently break among clouds.

Retrieved from: http://thewordshop.tripod.com/Sijo/sijo-index.html

3. Pick at least three (3) images from each of the poems that follow and discuss their function in the poems.
A. English Poetry
Spring and Fall to a Young Child by Gerard Manley Hopkins

B. The Scot Poetry
Poets Need Not


C. American poetry
The Chambered Nautilus


4. Pick at least five lines that uses figures of Speech from the following poems and discuss your classification in two-three simple sentences:
A. African Poetry
sorrows of eve

B. French Poetry
A Strange Poem

5. Analyze comprehensively the following poem using all the elements of poetry. Do not forget to show your supporting proofs in the analysis.
Bisong

Kalayo


*** these poems are all linked without consent yet

Submit your blue book Monday after the final exams week, that is MARCH 14, 2011 at &o'clock A.M. in the office.

Enjoy!!!
Have a great summer holiday ahead!

Heinrich Boll

The writer of Children are Civilians too: Get to know him a bit better: Heinrich Boll

Poet of the Day

Earlier, i mentioned about my class' Poetry Night. I have asked them to give me copy of their poems and had asked their permission so i can post it on my spot. My first poet is Ruth Napone Roble. She is a proud mother of a cute little boy who is both smart and playful. get to know her better through the poems that she had written for our class.

the poem that follows is her bio-poem:


Ruth
Rebellious,Understanding,Thoughtful,Happy
Daughter of Peter and Inday Roble
Lover of food, nature and family
Who feels excited when it's time to go home, panicked when the son is sick, so happy when the son gives a hug and a kiss
Who gives love, care and friendship
Who needs you, them and everybody
Who fears without God, without nothing to fear and without nothing to eat
Who would like to see the mythical octopus in Tinago, James Bond and the white lady in Balete Drive
Who lives in the land of organic rice, Brgy. Tongantongan; situuted in the City of Golden Harvest, Valencia City; located at the town of beautiful faces, Bukidnon
Roble


This one is her triolet about Tinago falls:

400 STEPS

Four hundred steps,
A paradise within
Excitement leaps,
Four hundred steps.
Nature keeps
Away from sin,
Four hundred steps,
A paradise within.


Her Italian Sonnet about Initao:

MYSTERIOUS

Before and after,
Horror and beauty,
Myth and reality.
Forget the fear,
More to hear.
Cure the insanity,
Love nature's creativity,
Now and forever
Sea and waves,
Caves and stones,
Trees and leaves,
Chill the bones.
See and don't be hasty
Enjoy the mystery.


Her Visayan Narrative Poem:


LAAG UG ANG NAKAPLAG

Gailog pa ang kahayag sa adlaw ug bulan
Kami migikan na sa Musuan
Bisan tood ug ga ulan- ulan
Padayon lang gihapon sa pagdagan

Ang bus pirting goota
Hasta na noong gin- ota
Apan kami wala mataranta
Sa among mga banko ga kanta- kanta

Sa El Salvador
Una mi nag tour
Divine Mercy Shrine
Grabe ang pagka shine
First time nako didto
Pero napa wow jud ko
Tsada kaayong mga adorno
Palibot sa dakong rebulto.

Sunod namomg gihunongan
Lugar nga murag kalasangan
Daghan kaayo kag kahinaman
Mga gasa sa kinaiyahan.
Gitoohan nga lugar sa mga wakwak
Apan kami wala nagpalibak
Sa dagat ug langub mi nga lingaw- lingaw
Didto sa lugar nga gitawag nilag Initao

Ug sa dihang naa nami sa Iligan,
Nanglingi ang mga tawo sa kadaplinan
Nahibulong sa gapanon nga sakyanan
Nga gikan sakabukiran.

Ma. Cristina Falla ang destinasyon
Naa pay gard nga murag sapoton
Pero bisag sa ganghaan natanggong
Sulit ang panan awong gaagligdong
Ang tubig astang suloga
Ang busay astang taasa
Kung wala kadto nga gasa
Kuryente pirting mahala.

Paghuman sa busay
SA bus mibalik ug sakay
Lahos dayon sa Timoga
Aron mawala ang ka duka.
Salom didto, dalom diri,
Tisngi didto, tisngi diri
Kalipay nga dili kabayran
Kauban sa mga kahigalaan.

Apan pagbati ug kagutom
Wala tawon mi magdahom
Kamahal sa palaliton
bisan na lamang ang kan on.
Ning adto mi sa centro
Walo mi sa grupo
Bitbit among mga bagahe
Mura mig gipalayas nga aplikante.
Nangita mig mkan an
Nga sulti sa tiyan
Paghuman sa lapangan
Dritso sa katulganan.

SAkay sa sikad
Crystal Inn and palad
Pagkakita sa amoa
Gi-welcome jud mig pina bongga.
Grabe jud among hinanok
Sa mga habol ga ok-ok
Pagkabuntag namahaw
Itlog ug bangus ang gipatilaw.

Sa andam na ang tanan
Tinago amao ng giadtoan
Excited na kaayong mga taga- Musuan
Nga motan aw sa ginatagoan.
Tood manpaga nindot
Ang Ginoo wala jud mag inot
Ka tsada sa palibot
Matag minuto gidaginot.
Apan didto mi ngaluya
SA hagdan nga pirting taasa
Pirti kaayong pungaha
Ang mga ilong ga siga-siga.

Human sa adventure
Didto mi sa mansion galore
Ang balay ni Gloria
Astang pagka sosyala.

Human didto,
Dali- dali kaming miadto
Pabalik sa centro
Aron maminaw sa usa ka maestro.
Si Sir Tibo Fernandez
Doctor siya sa Humanities
Maalamon kaayo nga tawo
Bow jud kaayo ko
Dagan kaayo siyag gidalit
Dli man unta siya poet
Naay pay taga IPAG
Nga grabe makapangalampag.

Mihawa mi sa IIT
NGa dgahan kaagi
Labaw pa sa laag
Kaalam ang nakaplag.

Goodbye Iligan
Welcome Cagayan
Hapit sah mi sa shopinganan
Aron naay handomanan.

Mibiya mi nga malinawon
Sa sulod sa bus nanihapon
Naay ga kanta-kanta
Samtang ang uban natulog nga ga nganga

Alas- dose sa kagabhion
Ang CMU amoa ng galantawon
Pagkanao sa bus
Iya- iya na ug tipas.

And those are some of her poems written in our class.

*** Thank you, Ruth for sharing your poems with us:-)

Don't Quit

Last night, February 17, 2011, my POetry Class had their Poetry Night here in our home. Xanthi had listened to them as they read they own poems. They had fun listening as they exchange ears for each other's poem, and what makes me so g;ad is the fact that they had appreciated the class even if it had given them a lot of requirements. I am so happy as i have seen happiness light in their eyes as they share theiur own poems. Even my household had fun listening to their bio poems, their narrative poems and the poems of known Filipino and British poets. It was a night of camaraderie and poetry indeed.

with this, i am sharing to you one of my personal favorite poems. It was known who wrote it though sadly some are claiming it to be theirs. Anyhow, let me share to your his inspiring poem and i hope it would have the same effect to you as it did to me.



Don't Quit



When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up though the pace seems slow--
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up,
When he might have captured the victor's cup,
And he learned too late when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out--
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far,
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit--
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.

- Author unknown

African Poetry and French Poetry

Here are the links of the poems you are to discuss in class.

African Poetry:
Midnight encounter by
you are also to tackle Africa by Jacques Roumain
French Poetry:
Autumn
by Alphonse de Lamartine

just check it and see me if there would be anything you would like to clarify before our class.