Kim, Xilef, and the Shy Rooster

Kim is a six-year old Filipino speaker under the Marungko program. He was tasked to retell stories using a simple Filipino story grammar template. After which, he was given a chance to retell the story in Filipino (with guidance).

The following are transcripts of his oral enumeration of events in two stories, based on the graphics provided.

Mahiyaing Manok

Si mahiyaing manok gustong tumilaok pero ubo lang ang lumalabas sa kanya kaya nag-praktis siya. Sa huli, nakatilaok na siya.

Xilef

Si Xilef gusto magbasa pero lumilipad at gumagalaw ang mga salita kaya nag-pa tutor siya. Sa huli, nakabasa na siya.

Kim is currently in the preparatory level in school. He likes to watch cartoons and collect stickers. He also enjoys singing and playing with his older brother.

Justine's Writing

For Justine’s written language activity, the focus is on organization of thoughts and proper usage of signal words. The first activity was sequencing of pictures. He was encouraged to first arrange the pictures according to their most logical order, and then write an original story based on the pictures. The second activity was retelling a story about "embalming" using a simple story grammar template. Although editing has already been introduced and is currently being practiced, a complete adherence to spelling, punctuation, syntax and grammar rules is yet to be noted.

First, he’s fixing the window. Second he’s done fixing the window. Last, the ball hit the window because of this he was shock since he just fixed it.

Somebody:            The egipshans
Wanted:                the body not to be roten
But:                        the body can not last long.

So:                         they embalm the body
In the end:             the body can last long. 

What Justine Meant:

Somebody:            The Egyptians
Wanted:                to preserve the dead bodies
But:                        the body cannot last long
So:                         they embalm the body
In the end:            the body can be preserved 

Justine is a very obedient twelve-year-old boy, who likes playing chess and watching movies in his spare time. He is currently a Grade 6 student in a private school in Alabang. 

Jason's Shoe

Jason loves to play with words through rhyming. To display Jason’s talent in rhyming and to develop his written language, he was taught how to make an Acrostic poem. In the following output, Jason's poem was about a shoe.

S o I went to school with you but our

H ouse in our neighborhood smells like poo and the

O ctopus is looking at you because of those

E xpensive shoes and seeing it too

Jason is an eleven -year- old boy, who is passionate about biking as a sport. He loves singing and likes telling jokes. He dreams of becoming an engineer and a professional cyclist someday.  

Enzo and Experiments

Fun activities such as baking, experiments and art are ways to encourage kids to write. In the first experiment, Enzo needed to recall and sequence the steps in making a “Blue Volcano”. In the second experiment, he explained what happened in the experiment by giving the cause and effect in the “Egg in a Bottle” activity. Enzo was to use apt signal words for each activity. Although editing has been introduced and is currently being practiced, a complete adherence to proper capitalization, punctuation, syntax, and grammar usage is yet to be noted.

Blue Volcano

Materials:

1.      big Jar

2.      food coloring

3.      small glass

4.      string

      and last water hot and cold

Steps:

First we tie the string to the small glass.

Second we put a cold water in the big Jar.

Third we put a hot water in the small glass.

Fourth we put a coloring food in the small glass.

And Last we put the small glass in the big Jar.

Egg in a Bottle

 What happened?

If you Put the matches in the bottle then the egg will slip down because the hot Air goes up and the cold Air goes down pulling the egg down.

Enzo is a smart second grader in an international school in Manila. He was enrolled in Wordlab School last third trimester with his older brother. Enzo is the second among three boys. He likes doing experiments and sharing his experiments with his brothers.

Creative Writing

In the two works featured below, Enrique was tasked to create original compositions. Coherence of his ideas was given emphasis through apt use of signal words. In the first activity, Enrique was asked to choose three questions from the Query game. After choosing and answering three questions, he was tasked to create a story based on his three answers. his work is in its raw form.

My First Day as a Secret Agent

The story takes place in the future in Manila, Philippines. The characters are a member of my family, a best friend, secret agents, a criminal and I. The type of the story is an adventure.

A problem occurs when secret agents think that they need me to be one of them. They think that I should quit my funny doings, I was asked to be in a comedy show because I make good pranks but I think that those secret agents have been spying on me very well.

A long time ago, I was a lonely person but I discovered that one of my family members have powers to grant your wish. As a result, I wished that I would be able to read the future, read people’s mind and be an NBA player or be famous. After that, my wish was granted. I became a famous NBA player. However, I had to quit because of a certain injury so I had to do pranks and was successful by becoming a famous prankster.

The secret agents think that they need me because I am athletic and have powers. They need athletic people because their strong and fit. The secret agents also need people with powers so they can tell if a criminal is lying. Furthermore, they also call for people that can read the future because they will no what crimes will happen.

In my first day as a secret agent, I had to face tough challenges like not smiling and no jokes or pranks. My first mission was when my agent mates told me that there was a man dying because of a criminal shooting him three times. The criminal shot him because he was the richest singer in the world and was asked by the criminal to give him money but he refused. Unfortunately, that richest singer in the world was my best friend. On my way there, I saw him looking at me and smiling because of this I called the hospital to make sure he is okay. After that, the criminal was almost going to shoot me because he saw me calling for the ambulance. Luckily, my agent mate was able to tackle him from behind and call the police.

 In the end, the criminal was arrested and my best friend was healed. I got richer because of what I did and even being a rookie secret agent. As a result, my agent mates treated me like a veteran. Therefore, we can say “The End”.

In the second activity, Enrique tapped his imagination so he could describe his journey with a giant owl. Like in his previous story, this output is unedited.

An Owl Ride

I will tell you an exciting story about my owl ride. To begin with, that giant owl landed on my doorstep and asked me if I want to ride on him and I agreed. I was very surprised when he asked me. He could talk! The reason why the owl took me for a ride is because he was lost. Therefore, when we were up in the sky he could see where he had to go. I wanted to swim and scuba dive, also to show him the paradise of the Philippines. I also wanted to show him the tallest mountain in the Philippines.

In Boracay, while I was swimming and scuba diving I saw whales! I have always wanted to see whales. The weather in Boracay was sunny so I really enjoyed my stay there. After that, our next destination was Mt. Apo. When we were on our way to Mt. Apo, there were people shouting and gasping with shock when they saw a 6’0’’ owl and a 5’2’’ person up in the sky. Afterwards, when we were in Mt. Apo I saw plenty of trees and fog. There are farms in mountains so I also saw cows. The weather in Mount Apo was foggy. After that, we went to Houston to watch a basketball game. I have always dreamed to watch an NBA game. During the game, I had an idea to show the owl Manny Pacquiao so we went o Dallas to watch a fight. The weather in Houston and Dallas was cold. In Houston and Dallas, I saw athletes such as all the Houston rockets players, Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito. I enjoyed the ride in all the places we went to.

In the end, I got home by riding the owl. The owl was very obedient so he brought me back. He went 300kph/hr! Imagine it took only 4 hours to go to all those places! Finally, that was all for my owl ride.

Enrique is a Grade 6 student.  He likes basketball and dreams of becoming a famous NBA player.  He is currently a member of his school’s basketball varsity team.

The Five Chinese Brothers

For EJ’s written language activity, he was asked to retell the story of The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop. EJ followed a simple story grammar template to make a summary of the story. Note that the following written work is in its raw form.

The Five Chinese Brothers

Retold by:

EJ

The five Chinese brothers wanted to help their first brother because he was arrested. But the villagers were so angry at their brother so the five Chinese brothers fooled the villagers to save their brother. In the end, the five Chinese brothers were happy.

EJ is a nine-year-old boy who likes watching Animal Planet and Discovery Channel in his spare time. He also likes playing computer games and gaming console with his best friend. This is his seventh program in Wordlab School- Alabang.