Straight from your Second Quarter Test Paper

In the short story "A Rose for Emily," why do you think Emily deserves a rose on her funeral?

Emily, being entirely mysterious after her father's death and worsened after the disappearance of Homer Barron, deserves a rose for keeping her head high even if she was alone with only a negro servant to tend to her needs because her strict father drove all her suitors away. She didn't get angry at the fact that the townspeople were always talking about her and gossiping on what she might be doing inside her house, talking about how her life should be, betting if she will marry Homer Barron or not and meddling in her life since her father passed away. She survived the loneliness that brought her to incarcerate herself in her house and age until she finally died. That sort of life would be hard for anybody. But Emily did live it. And that is why she deserves a rose on her funeral.

- Angelica Naz, IV-Einstein

The rose may symbolize love, freedom and feminism -- the three things that Emily didn't have but longed for. As a child, Emily Grierson didn't receive the love that she expected from her father. Even as a grown woman, she was not allowed by her father to date, which again hindered her craving for affection. As for freedom and feminism, she did not experience the life that should be experienced by a woman. The reason behind this is, again, her father's controlling attitude.

- Nicole Kate Sison, IV-Galileo

Explain the metaphorical quote: Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. (Publilius Syrus)

This means that when a situation is in control, or when everything's all right, anyone can do anything they want with no one opposing them. When a situation is normal, everyone act like themselves, probably carefree and enjoying. But when the storm lashes against the boat -- when the situation is going out of our hands, and everybody who was so carefree before are panicking -- it takes a strong person to grip the helm and steer the ship into the calm waters, to take control and relieve the situation before it worsens.

- Vivienne Faye Naag, IV-Galileo

Anyone can be a leader, a good one, if his or her followers are calm, understanding, and cooperative. They don't overreact, they don't cause disturbances such as rallies, etc.anyone can be a leader when the people he or she leads are people who are placid, because he or she knows that the people will not criticize the things he or she does; they might even help the leader in his or her advocacy.

- Johann Patrick dela Cruz, IV-Newton

Exercise on Writing Captions

IT STARTED WITH A KISS. A kiss seals the friendship between Krakow, a local horse, and Scribblebox, a tourist from the Philippines last December 29, 2012 in Suprasl, Bialystok, Poland. (by Aika Paje and Lorraine Labrador, IV-Newton)

Throwback: Personification Exercise (Sophomore Year, 2011)

My Umbrella of Hair
by Mary Fe Andes, II-Molave

Whenever it rains and I go outside
My crowing glory tastes the raindrops that slide
The drops flow on each strand
Making me shiver, making me glad
I don't need an umbrella -- my hair is my shield.
But when the sun smiles radiantly
My hair becomes dry and uneasy
This time I put conditioner generously
It suddenly turns beautiful and healthy
My hair protects me from the weather
much better than my umbrella, whatever.


The Show
by Allyana Marri Buiza, II-Molave

The curtains twirled
as the wind hurled.
They swayed side to side
as the wind tried to hide.

The crowd went wilder and wilder
as the wind howled louder and louder.
With a slight mistake, the curtain fell on the floor;
the wind picked it up and tried once more.


The Wind Chime
by Angelica Naz, II-Molave

The downcast cheer of the wind chime music
The somber weather with clouds so thick
Whispers from each copper tube a tone
The melancholic sigh the wind has blown

Desperate loneliness whenever each rod tinkles
Feelings hurt as glass is brickle
These sad chimes that made me smile --
They comforted me for a while.


Eruption
by Flor John Ebuenga, II-Molave

The volcano stands, towering high
as though trying to reach the sky.
Lava spills out, a great big eruption
leaving behind a trail of destruction.
Some people take shelter, others run fast
but none can escape, neither speed nor gust.
After a while, the volcano comes to rest
Success smiles at the test.


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Quiz #1: Authors and Books

Match the title of the book with the name of its author. Send your answers as comment.

1. Agatha Christie
2. Paulo Coelho
3. Lewis Carroll
4. Chinua Achebe
5. Ernest Hemingway
6. Leo Tolstoy
7. Charles Dickens
8. Nick Hornby
9. Xinran Xue
10. Eugene O'Neill


A. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
B. Anna Karenina
C. Breakfast at Tiffany's
D. The Mousetrap
E. About a Boy
F. Things Fall Apart
G. Eleven Minutes
H. The Hobbit
I. Long Day's Journey into Night
J. Pearl of China
K. The Old Man and the Sea
L. The Good Women of China

Guess what. Scribblebox is still alive!

Idioms Quiz #2

Identify the 20 idioms illustrated in the poster. Write your answers as comments below.

Idioms Poster by Group 5 of II-Acacia

Idioms!

Complete the e-mail with the appropriate idiom. Choose from this list:

bee in my bonnet

dead sure

hit the hay

over the moon

not my cup of tea

fought like cats and dogs

What's up

bag of tricks

donkey's years

a drop in the bucket

bring the house down

laugh my head off

beat a dead horse

play it by ear

Send your answers as a comment to this post.

My Talent

By Kurt Mediavillo, II-Acacia

My Name and How I Got It

My name is Clyve. I know it's an unusual name. You would have met people with the names Clive or Clyde, but mine is neither of those two. My mother wanted my name to be Clive but my father wanted to call me Clyde, from the basketball player. They even thought I was going to be a girl with the name Cristina. But, as you can see, I turned out to be a boy, so they decided to mix their preferred names and came up with a unique one "Clyve." I bet you have never heard of a name like this before.

 -Clyve P. Buena, II-Acacia




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Thoughts on Growing Up

For me, it is important to undergo the stage of adolescence. We need to go and be adolescents for us to be prepared for the harder challenges in life as we enter adulthood. Adolescence is the time where we can adjust and fine-tune ourselves to become better persons. Also, being an adolescent is fun -- it is where most of the good things in our life happen. It is as if we will miss "half of our life" if we would not undergo this stage. Adolescence allows us to experience real things and to start new endeavors. It is in adolescence where we accomplish success against challenges, commit mistakes, and learn new things as we step up from our fall, wash the dirt away and continue our race until it finally comes to an end.

Every person, just like a butterfly, must undergo change, and be good citizens. Every person is a butterfly -- starts as a tiny speck, grows like a caterpillar, and undergoes a silent, dark time to develop, until he or she finally becomes a colorful butterfly and fly high in the sky, towards the golden sunlight, our future.

- Aljun Naag, II-Narra


(This was written within 10 minutes)




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