Valuing Life And What Sustains It.
PREPARED BY: Ongdico, Christine Belle R.
Pineda, Mark Timothy C.
• Every living thing here on earth
needs water to survive. Humans
and animals drink water to quench
their thirst. Water aids plants or
crops in making their foods.
What is the importance of
water?
In our bodies is essential for life. Without
water, we can’t survive. Since the water in
our bodies is continually being used or
lost, it needs to be continually replaced,
and the best fluid to replace i8t with is
water.
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• Special Request for the
Children of Mother Corn
• Written by Zuni
The poem that you have just read presents the problem in
corn production. The solution of the farmers is the rain-
making ritual.
Prayer that is recited by a religious leader in midwinter
when the seed corn for the coming year is blessed.
Evelina Zuni Lucero
A Native American novelist, poet and jounalist.
She has a novel Night Sky, Morning Star that
won the 1999 First Book Award form the Native
Writer’s Circle of the Americas
WHAT IS ESSAY?
Essay
- Is generally a short piece of writing
outlining the writer’s perspective or story.
It is often considered synonyms with a
story or a paper or an article.
Did you know the word ‘essay’ is derived
from a Latin word “exagium”, which
roughly translates to presenting one’s
case? So essays are a short piece or one’s
experiences, stories, etc. Essays are very
personalized.
Two Kinds of Essay:
Formal essay – is a Informal essay – is an
piece of writing that essay written for
informs or persuades its pleasure. Its purpose is
audience. It is more to help you organize
objective than the your thoughts on a
narrative or personal specific topic, to reflect
essay because it is on readings, and to
usually based on express different points
provable facts and of view.
samples.
Narrative Essay
• This when the writer is narrating an
incident or story through the essay.
The aim when writing narrative
essays is to involve the reader in
them as if they were right there
when it was happening.
Descriptive Essay
• Here the writer will describe a place, an
object, an event or maybe even a memory.
But it is not just plainly a picture through his
words. One clever way to do that is to evoke
the sense of the reader
• A descriptive Essay when done well
will make the reader feel the
emotions the writer was feeling at
the moment.
Expository Essay
• Is an essay that a writer presents a
balances study of a topic. To write such
an essay, the writer must have the real
and extensive knowledge about the
subject. It is completely based on facts,
statistics, examples, etc.
Persuasive Essay
• It is not just a presentation of facts
but an attempt to convince the
reader of the writer’s point of view.
But the ultimate aim is to persuade
the readers that the writer’s
argument carries more weight.
Argumentative Essay
- Is a type of essay that presents arguments
about both sides of an issue. It could be that
both sides are presented equally balanced, or it
could be that one side is presented more
forcefully than the other.
TO BE CONTINUED:
FORMAT OF AN ESSAY
• There are basic structure that is
generally followed while writing essays.
Introduction - it is the first
paragraph of your essay.
This is where the writer Conclusion – is the last
introduces his topic for the paragraph of the essay.
very first time. Sometimes a conclusion
will just mirror the
Body - it is the main crux of introductory paragraph
your essays. The body is but make sure the words
the meat of your essay and syntax are different.
sandwiched between the
introduction and
conclusion. The most vital
and important content of
the essay will be here. It
can extend to two or more
paragraphs according to
the content.
Tips for essay writing:
> Give your essays an > Unnecessary complicated
interesting and and difficult words break the
appropriate title. flow of the sentence.
> It will help draw the
> Do not make grammar
attention of the reader
mistakes, use correct
and pique their curiosity.
punctuation and spellings.
> Keep it between 300 – 500 > If this is not done it will distract the
words. This is the ideal length, reader from the content, before
you can take creative license beginning the essay organize your
to increase or decrease it thought and plot a rough draft. This way
keeps your language simple you can ensure the story will flow and
and crisp. not be an unorganized mess.
