SECOND

GRADING
LESSON 1: How Others See Me

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Centipede
Heave
Covey
Quail
Rife
Snicker
Quiver
Tramp
Scuds
Amble
Mangle
Apprehension

CENTIPEDE

HEAVE

COVEY

QUAIL

RIFE

SNICKER

QUIVER

TRAMP

SCUDS

AMBLE

MANGLE

APPREHENSION

1.

centipede
2. heave
3. covey
4. quail
5. rife
6. snicker
7. quiver
8. tramp
9. scuds
10. amble

a. To walk
b. Group
c. Bad;
d. A

of same birds

unpleasant

quiet unpleasant laugh

e. Move
f.

at a slow relaxed speed

using much effort

Clouds driven swiftly by wind

g. Small

brown bird whose meat and eggs

are used for food

h. To shake

slightly

i.

Walk with heavy or noisy steps

j.

A small creature like an insect with a long

thin body and many legs

Reading Passage:

THE
CENTIPEDE

By Rony V. Diaz (pp.2-4)

Reading Passage:

THE
CENTIPEDE

By Rony V. Diaz (pp.2-4)

LEARNING TASK 2
LITERAL means there is no
other meaning while
FIGURATIVE statement
means that there is an
underlying meaning.
Determine whether each
statement below is literal or

1. Eddie was thirteen

when his father first
took him hunting

2. Eddie felt hate

heave like a caged,
angry beast.

3. Biryuk and Eddie

became fast friends.

4. Eddies eyes were

wild as scuds.

5. Even as a young boy,

Eddie already had the
instincts of a hunter.

6. Eddie saw his sister

as a thorn on his side
something which should
be plucked.

7. Eddie once thought

that Delia was
extending the olive
branch to him.

8. The stick of Delia

stabbed the eye of
Eddies dog.

9. In the story, Eddie

and Delia were like
oil and water

10. With every word and

gesture she hurled at
me I caught and fed to
my growing and restless
hate.