Saturday, April 19, 2008

Genuine grade school writing

Here are the list of the compositions and poems of my students had done last February and March 2008. I did a little editing. So, expect this a genuine writing skills of them.

The last theme writing activities of my students (Casa Real Montessori-Dasmariñas, 2007-2008)



The effects of Text Messaging on Language Development
The good effects of text messaging are: 1.) It can improve your language skills when it comes to texting. 2.) You can use this two connections in performing English Language development.
3.) It can be a high technology to improve your skills not only in studying in school and 4.) You can pass message using your language skills.


Sunset and Me
The sunset is the best way to resolve your problem before it closes the day. When I see a sunset, I know that the day tomorrow will give me a blessing to face again the other sunset and the other day that will come. For me, sunset also is the way to refresh my mind and to face challenges the next day.

- Jello Romero de Matta


Effects of Modernization and Technology
Our country, Philippines is now using different kind of Technology developed by other countries. Gadgets such as cellphones, gameboys, mp3s / mp4s and computers affect the health and growth of the youth. However, some of the gifted children make robots that can help our country.
Not only technology may affect the youth and their health if we all make good things that may help the popularization and the civilization of our country.

Sunset and Me
Sunset and peaceful beach
And one clear call for me
And may I see the sun as it sets down
And sing a song for it like a sleeping child
But such a tide as moving seems asleep
Too full for sound and foam
When that it drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home
(excerpt)
-Geleen Graciela V. Laforga


The effects of Modernization on the youth
There are different effects of Modernization/Technology on the youth. Some aspects of technology can affect the education of a student. It can either improve or decrease the level of education. Some technology can affect the health of humans. Cellphones, MP3 players, laptops and PCs have radiations that can result to insomnia and brain problems.

The technology sure does move fast and life becomes much easier now than then but humans should be careful for our knowledge is still not full. Our knowledge is still not complete and we, especially experts and scientists should be extra careful not to be over confident of their inventions. They need either to study or sell inventions. Seemingly, now either nature isn’t damaging itself nor the animals and God, but we humans are the ones destroying our only home, our only planet, Earth.

One stormy day (an excerpt)
One stormy day, I’m not gay
For the gray skies above
Are not as beautiful as a white dove.
Who would even try to jump so high,
With thunder and lightning in the sky.
Sleeping tightly at the afternoon,
I should have done when there’s a moon,
I woke up and gladly said,
"Oh my goodness! The sun woke up from its bed.
-Jan Kenneth M. Logro


The effects of Modernization / Technology on the Youth
The technology today has many effects to the youth either good or bad effects. The good effects are the technology can help the kids do their assignments. The bad effects are the technology cab make the children get lazy. Both the modernization and technology can destroy the environment. Not only that the vehicles can destroy the environment but also the refrigerators that releases CFCs. Both overpopulation and deforestation can cause global warming. With too much pollution the youth can have many diseases and is dangerous now than before. So, we must be careful what we do that can affect the environment and the youth.
-Daniel D. Geda


The effect of the Modernization / Technology on the youth is that they didn’t study very well in this generation. Both young and adults are using different things that use technology. Whether it was a cellphone or a computer, they use it in their daily living.
Some students also get low grades because they cut classes to play computer games. But some students also study very well. There are also students who gets high grades even though they cut classes and play computer games, or use other things that use technology and will prevent students to get high grades.

Sunset and Me
The sunset is my favorite part of the day. I’d love to watch the sky and the colors red, yellow and orange combined so beautifully! I’m happy if I am watching the sunset, because of this, I can relax myself and forget my problems. My stress disappears. And also, I can build some stories by imagining freely by means of simply watching the sunset. That’s the reason why I’m always staring and gazing in the sky….
-Erica B. Uy


The effects of text messaging on Language Development
There are many people who are either using the correct language or using shortcuts. The effects of text messaging is really bad. Not only for me, but also for all of us. Both children and adults are addicted to text messaging. They either text nonsense or text important ones. Neither of us nor poor people, even has a cellphone. So, some of us are using shortcuts like Helo & Txt and many others. Whether you believe it or not there are more than 2 million of cellphone users here only in the Philippines. And many people also sell cheap cellphone but they are fake ones. Just as long as there are cellphones, language development may have a poor outcome.

Sunset and Me
Watching the sunset is really a very cool idea because it will give you conclusion on how it sets every evening. I have experienced it when I was in Boracay. Although it is near the horizon, I really enjoyed watching it. For the seashore is the best place to watch the sun set.
Orange light above my head
You lead each path with your light
You make people happy every time we see you
We are deep in thinking on how you one made
You absolutely fade away
Your light seems swaying in the sky.
-Patricia Denise V. Magno


The Sports fest
First, we have a little parade in our school. After that, we performed the calisthenics presentation of every team. Next, the Battle of the Muses displayed their own presentation.
The students do the relays and obstacle course. And then, we played the basket ball, volleyball table tennis and chess games. It happened in our school last February 13, 14 and 15. After the event, the Terminators and Warriors practiced. It was the awarding ceremony. We felt happy because we won as a champion in our sports fest. It had changed my life because you learned a lot of sports. It can help my health and it can change my life because it makes me stronger.
-Gillian Gabriela V. Laforga


The important event for me was the sports fest. We won the second place on the championship event at the sports fest. All of the team members really worked hard just to win. We cheered, screamed and jumped in every game because of joy. After all the hard work, we won the "Battle of the Muses". Of course, it was a great achievement for us.
The joy we felt was very high even if at the other games we lost the place. Because of the joy we felt, the court, where the event was held was really bouncing cause of the noise. It changed my life in a way that I learned how to play volleyball and to be sportsman. At the end, we got medals and our trophy.
-Chelsea Gail S. Esteban


An Important Event
First, when my character in my MU Online grew up in level 389. My character was so powerful that all the monsters can not defeat my character but it’s so hard to grew up between by 390. After that, I told my two cousins to play it because they have an Internet Café.
Next, they told me that it was so cool and it was so fast to level and they told me that the items were so great.
It happened at ADL Internet Café inside my village. After that event, I told the cashier that I will stop playing because it’s time to eat.
I feel that I was so embarrassed that I spend Php100 because I didn’t level up. It changed my life because every time that I arrive at school, I always go to my classmates and tell them what happened and they tell me what was my account and they will play it but I don’t give them because I know they will hack it.
-John Harvey E. Habin


An Important Event
At the awarding ceremonies, all the teams met at the court and went to their respective groups at the court last February 15, 2008. As you would see, our team, the green one has more than 50 members. It was hard to control all those team mates and most of them are grades 1 to 3 and pre- schoolers. The teachers also played their exhibition games. The two teams were named Terminators and Warriors. They played the same game we had played except chess and basketball games. Terminators won because or maybe they have great players.


Next, we proceeded to the awarding ceremonies without interruption. Green team was the over-all champion and that was my team. All of us celebrated to the victory of green team. We shouted and shouted until our voices went off. We relaxed after all the games we went through. It was my memorable day ever. We repeated playing volleyball but it’s not a rematch, team management team.
It made me happy and proud of myself because I can show myself that I am great; I have talent. It changed my life by making me more confident and that’s how it all happened.
-John Keneth M. Cabasi

writing class of Teacher Madeline Perolina (A graduate student of M.A.T.E of DLSU-D)