How my brother leon brought home a wife powerpoint

HOW MY BROTHER LEON BROUGHT

HOME A WIFE

by:

Manuel E. Arguilla

VOCABULARY WORDS

cud - partly digested food returned from the first

stomach of ruminants to the mouth for further

chewing

yonder – the far distance

bolted – fastened to something else with a bolt

jolted – pushed or shook abruptly and roughly

yoke - a wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the

necks of two animals and attached to the plow or cart

that they are to pull.

unhitch – unhook or unfasten

Manuel Estabillo

Arguilla was born in Barrio Naguilian in Bauang, La Union on

June 17, 1911

is an acclaimed Filipino short story writer as well as a

patriot and a guerrilla hero.

He studied at University of the Philippines where he finished BS

Education in 1993.

Manuel Estabillo

Arguilla He married Lydia Villanueva, another talented writer

in English.

Arguilla secretly organized a guerrilla intelligence

unit against the Japanese.

In October 1944 at the age of 33,he was captured,

tortured and executed by the Japanese army at Fort

Santiago

“A lovely small dimple appeared on

Maria’s right cheek.”

“The wide and deep, blue sky.”

“Many floating big purple and red and

yellow bubbles”

“The clean dust-free and smoke-free

Nagrebcan air”

ROYAL ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

Determiner Observation Physical description

Origin Material Qualifier Noun Size Shape Age Color

an expensive antique mirror long vintage purple silk dress

Arrange the following adjectives in proper sequence.

1. (black, long, lovely) hair ____________________________________________

2. (big, a bashful) stranger _____________________________________________

3. (good-looking, five, tall) boys

____________________________________________

4. (white, big, a) background

______________________________________________

5. (fine, long, ten, red) pencils

______________________________________________

6. (American, young, my) friend

_____________________________________________

7. (small, these, yellow, ripe) bananas

_________________________________________

8. (typical, a few, aerobics) exercises

___________________________________________

9. (a pair of, attractive, red) shoes

_____________________________________________

10. (bookish, small, a) girl

_________________________________________________

Assignment:

Select a scene in the story

and draw.

Prepared

by:

Analene

V. de Guzman