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    PAOMBONG HIGH SCHOOL, INC.

    School Year 2020-2021


    ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES (Grade 11)

    Name: Aldrin Daligdig


    Grade & Section: 11-Mapanagutan
    Week: 7 Date: October 5-9, 2020

    Activity 1: Book Review Analysis

    Directions: Read and analyze the book review on Tuesdays with Morrie and answer the questions that follow.

    Family Book Review: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom


    By Alexis and Ellen Weeren
    Before reading Tuesdays with Morrie, I had not read anything by Mitch Albom. I
    had not read much non-fiction (at least not much that wasn’t in a textbook), so I wasn’t
    sure what to expect. But the story drew me in very quickly. Mitch Albom spent each
    Tuesday with Morrie, his former professor, who was very ill. As I read about these visits, I
    realized that this book was about how we spend our time.
    Teenagers often think they have all the time in the world. We focus on things that
    benefit mostly ourselves: enjoying our favorite hobbies, spending time with our friends,
    and trying to get into a good college. Even our community service can be more beneficial
    to us than to those we are meant to be helping. But this book reminded me that time is
    precious, and we ought to pay more attention to how we choose to spend it.
    Albom had taken his relationship with his favorite professor for granted, assuming
    he would always be around. It wasn’t until he saw a news story featuring Morrie that
    Albom realized his mentor was not only sick, but dying. He decided to visit Morrie and
    ended up getting the most important lessons of his life.
    In the book, Morrie says, “Love is the only rational answer.” That really resonated with me. He also
    says, “The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” These statements
    reminded me of the importance of how we treat each other. As Morrie says, “Love Wins.”
    Albom says that the thing he misses most about Morrie is his “belief in humanity.” It seems like Morrie
    took nothing for granted. He loved people fully and gave them his undivided attention. This book’s message
    has really stayed with me. I pay more attention to the moments and people in front of me. I enjoyed Tuesdays
    with Morrie so much that I went on to read several of Mitch Albom’s other books. Each one has been better
    than the one before it.
    Imagine counting your breaths to figure out how much life you have left in you. A healthy adult can
    exhale while counting to about 70. A dying man may not be able to get much past 15. That is one of the many
    things Mitch Albom learned on his Tuesday visits with his former professor Morrie, who had been diagnosed
    with ALS.
    I have unfortunately watched more than one person I love suffer through a terminal illness. It is hard,
    partly because there really isn’t anything you can do to help them and partly because you can’t truly imagine
    what they are going through. It is difficult to get a firm grasp on what “the end” feels and looks like.
    Tuesdays with Morrie gives a glimpse into that world. Morrie shares with Albom that “ALS is like a lit
    candle: it melts your nerves and leaves your body a pile of wax.” Throughout the book, Morrie shares many
    valuable insights. One of his philosophies is, “Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do.
    Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it.”
    Morrie admits to crying about his situation, but only allowing himself a few moments each day to
    lament. Then he turned his attention to the people and activities he loved most, often giving comfort to those
    who visited him rather than receiving it. People might stay away from sharing this book with younger readers.
    On the surface it seems to be only about death. But it is truly about living. Morrie says, “Dying is only one thing
    to be sad over, Mitch. Living unhappily is something else.”
    The question of Morrie’s that sticks with me the most is, “Are you trying to be as human as you can
    be?”
    Sometimes it feels easier, and safer, to be quick with our words and reserved with our
    kindness. Tuesdays with Morrie reminds us to slow down and appreciate each other. Morrie cautions that at
    the end of our lives, we will miss our relationships with people the most. They will matter much more than the
    things that seem so important to us. People are always worthy of our time and energy.

    Source: https://yourteenmag.com/stuff-we-love/books/book-review-tuesdays-with-morrie
    Process Questions:

    1. What are the key points present in the book review?

    The key points that are present in the book review is that appreciate and enjoy life like the rule#32 in
    the movie “Zombieland” which is “Enjoy the little things”.but it doesn't mean that the author wants its
    reader to become a happy go lucky person or something like that but to remind us that life is short and
    that is our fate that can’t be changed, so as long as we are alive we lived it like tomorrow will never
    comes.

    2. Is the book review effective terms of language, approach to critiquing, and evidence to support
    criticisms? Why or why not?

    Yes the book review is effective, because all off the evidences that they said has a back up information
    just to support their evidences. They even add some real life situations that supports the moral lesson
    of the story. Their approach is also great because their review can pique the readers interests to the
    story of the book. In terms of language it is easy to understand the books story they keep their review
    simple.

    3. In your opinion, is it just and appropriate to just focus on the negative points when writing a review for a
    film/book? Explain your answer.

    No, it’s not appropriate in focusing the negative points when we are reviewing a film of book. Because
    it will lessen the interests of some readers to read a book or watch the movie, and the book or movie
    that has a potential to be came famous or something like that is going to be avoided bay the people
    because they read the negative review that you’ve created. So instead of just focusing in negative
    points you can focus in positive points, in short make it balance because the readers will use it as
    reference if they are going to read the book or watch the movie.

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