PA3_Recap: From Darkness to Light

• ENGLISH
• Secondary Education
• Age 12,13

Recap

From Darkness to Light

Expected Learning Outcomes

I WILL BE ABLE TO:

* Recall the message of the story.

* State the theme of the story.

* Relate with and elucidate the protagonist’s mental and emotional state when she was illiterate.

* Draw a pen-portrait of Kong Cecilia.

* Answer the questions based on the text.

Looking back now, as I hold this chalk over my slate, I feel things could have been different and better had I learnt to do the same many years ago.

Identify the tone of the speaker.

1. Sarcastic
2. Optimistic
3. Regretful
4. Indignant

I used my children as a crutch.
Identify the literary device used in the given line.

1. Metaphor
2. Simile
3. Onomatopoeia
4. Repetition

Lately, I realized that I just could not thumb my hands at my fate or what I believed was my inherited destiny.

Identify which part of speech is the word 'inherited'.

1. Noun
2. Verb
3. Adverb
4. Adjective

Kong Cecilia considered thumb to be her best friend. Why?

1. She used to put her thumb impression wherever her signature was needed.
2. She had no other friends in life as she was illiterate.
3. She was very good at thumb painting.
4. She was an excellent thumb war player.

Identify the character trait that DOES NOT stand true with respect to Kong Cecilia.

1. Determined
2. Diligent
3. Optimistic
4. Quarrelsome

Kong Cecilia said, “It was a life of dependency.” Justify the given statement.

Value Points

Being illiterate, Kong Cecilia had to depend upon her children to read or write anything. She was dependent on others to read the signboards, so she calls it a life of dependency.

Kong Cecilia is grateful to people who transformed her life forever. Elucidate.

Value Points

Kong Cecilia is grateful to people who transformed her life forever because now she is not dependent on anyone else and has become self-sufficient. 

Now, she can maintain calculations at the tea shop where she works, draw up a budget for her daily expenses, calculate her savings and put it in a bank, and help her grandchildren in their studies.

Elucidate Kong Cecilia’s mental and
emotional state when she was illiterate.

Value Points

When Kong Cecilia was illiterate she used to feel embarrassed when she couldn't read the sign boards. She used to feel cheated as she couldn't keep track of the money that people owed to her. She felt as if she is destined to be in that poor dependent state.

Draw a pen-portrait of
Kong Cecilia.

Value Points

Kong Cecilia is an old-woman who was illiterate and considered illiteracy as her inherited destiny. She led a life of dependency and had to use her children as a crutch. But a group of conscious people transformed her life, and she became a neo-literate. She is a very diligent and determined woman. She is a loving grandmother and a self-reliant, confident woman who leads her life with optimism.

SUCCESS CRITERIA:
Now, I CAN:
• State the theme of the story.
• Draw a pen-portrait of Kong Cecilia.
• Answer the questions based on the text.

1. Agree
2. Strongly agree
3. I need some help.