Lutucan Integrated National High School _____2. To smite is to _________.

Lutucan Malabag, Sariaya Quezon A. caress B. cut C. hit D. touch

English Department All the little dragons on the high-tilted eaves of the green roofs shiver to the
WEEK 1-2 tips of their gilded tails under that deep wave of sound.
_____3. To shiver is to ____.
LEARNING TASK 1 A. fall on one’s knees B. be vanished forever
Search for the given words in the puzzle below. The words may be formed in
an (upward), (downward), (sideward), (backward), or in a (diagonal) position. C. tremble at the loud sound D. be destroyed by the gilded tails
All the green-and-gold tiles of the temple are vibrating; the wooden goldfish
1. mallet 6. rekindled 11. iron above them are writhing against the sky.
2. shiver 7. wedlock 12. leap _____4. Writhing means _______.
3. writhing 8. gold 13. moan
A. hanging B. leading C. pointing D. twisting
4. cunning 9. brass 14. sob Therefore, the worthy mandarin Kouan-Yu assembled the master-molders
5. foundry 10. silver 15. weep
and the renowned bell smiths of the empire, and all men of great repute and
cunning in foundry work.
_____5. Cunning means _____________________.
A. expert B. innocent C. master D. skillful
_____6. Foundry means _____________________.
A. factory B. farm C. market D. garden
Therefore, the molds had to be once more prepared, and the fires rekindled,
and the metal remelted, and all the work tediously, and toilsomely repeated.
_____7. Rekindled means ____________________.
A. lighted again B. fueled the fire
C. stopped the fire D. set on fire again
_____8. Toilsomely means _____.
A. hardly B. lightly C. mindfully D. slowly
“Gold and brass will never meet in wedlock, silver, and iron never will
embrace, until the flesh of a maiden be melted in the crucible; until the blood
of a virgin be mixed with the metals in their fusion.”
_____9. What does the statement mean?
A. Gold, brass, silver, and iron will fuse when mixed with blood.
B. The blood of a virgin maiden is made up of gold, brass, silver, and iron.
C. Gold, brass, silver, and iron will fuse when mixed with the blood of a
virgin.
D. Gold, brass, silver, and iron will never be fused together by a virgin
LEARNING TASK 2 maiden.
Read and figure out the meaning of each italicized word using context clues.
Write the letter of your answer on your paper. And even as she cried, she leaped into the white flood of metal.
Now, the mallet is lifted to smite the lips of the metal monster—the vast lips _____10. Leaped means _____________.
inscribed with Buddhist texts. A. Jumped B. ran C. skipped D. squatted
_____1. A mallet is ___________.
A. an ax B. a saw C. a knife D. a hammer LEARNING TASK 3
Read carefully the excerpt from the story, “The Soul of the Great Bell.” Then, A. mystery B. problem C. query D. question
do the activities that follow. Activity 2: My Reflection
“At last came the awful day when the third and last effort to cast the great Reflect on the culture imparted by the story in the following questions. Write
bell was to be made; and Ko-Ngai, together with her waiting-woman, your ideas in paragraph form.
accompanied her father to the foundry, and they took their places upon a 1. If you were Ko-Ngai, would you sacrifice your life for your father too?
platform overlooking the toiling of the molders and the lava of liquefied Why?
metal… _____________________________________________________________
But ere ever he lifted his finger, a cry caused him to turn his head and all _____________________________________________________________
heard the voice of Ko-Ngai sounding sharply sweet as a bird’s song above 2. Do you think sacrificing one’s life to show love to parents is still observed
the great thunder of the fires—“For thy sake, O my father!” And even as she today? Why do you say so?
cried, she leaped into the white flood of metal… _____________________________________________________________
Then the father of Ko-Ngai, wild with his grief, would have leaped in after _____________________________________________________________
her, but that strong men held him back and kept firm grasp upon him until he 3. In what ways can you show your love to your parents, fellowmen, country
had fainted away, and they could bear him like one dead to his home… and to God?
But in spite of all these things, the command of the Celestial August had to _____________________________________________________________
be obeyed, and the work of the molders to be finished, hopeless as the _____________________________________________________________
result might be. Yet the glow of the metal seemed purer and whiter than LEARNING TASK 4
before, and there was no sign of the beautiful body that had been entombed Give five types of context clues and use them in sentences.
therein. So the ponderous casting was made; and lo! When the metal had
become cool, it was found that the bell was beautiful to look upon and
perfect in form, and wonderful in color above all other bells. Nor was there
any trace found of the body of Ko-Ngai; for it had been totally absorbed by
the precious alloy, and blended with the well-blended brass and gold, with
the intermingling of the silver and the iron…”
Activity 1: Contextualize It!
Determine the meaning of the underlined words based on context by
choosing the letter of your answer. Write it on your paper.
1. It was an awful day – horrible and dreadful for the third time, the casting
of the great bell was unsuccessful.
A. fearful B. foul C. happy D. nasty
2. Kouan Yu might think that the result of the making of the great bell for the
third and last time was much more likely an egregious failure because of
what happened to his daughter.
A. glaring B. grievous C. scandalous D. shameful
3. His animosity or ill-feeling because of what happened to his daughter was
so great.
A. anger B. bitterness C. hate D. malice
4. Wild with his grief, he felt deep remorse and would have leaped in after
his daughter, but strong men held him back.
A. guilt B. regret C. shame D. sorrow
5. How the blending with the well-blended brass and gold, with the
intermingling of the silver and the iron after Ko-Ngai leaped, was a
conundrum, a puzzle that's difficult to solve.