Exercise 5. Read the excerpt and do the activities that follow. I am Juan Picas, born half of myself. I had only one eye, one ear, one arm, one leg, one half of a body. My mother wept when she saw me, but loved me as I grew up and never regarded me as abnormal. My father, too, must have wept although he never spoke of this. He also took me as I was and loved me as much as he knew how. I grew in their care; I thrived in their love. As far as I knew I was entire, I thought myself whole. Like all babies, I learned first to smile, and then to coo, to babble, and to know my mother and father, too. I learned to crawl, and sit up and, in time, to doodle. I learned to speak but even before that, I learned to laugh. My mother taught me how to laugh, perhaps even before I learned to cry. She showered me with good cheer, constant delight. She taught me how to sing. My father taught me how to see. The birds of the sky, the trees, the flowers that grew, the rains that fell and the winds that roared in the night – these my father spoke of and made me see how perfect they fitted into our world and made it as lovely as can be. My father also spoke of people, saying that they are on this earth and living this life as a test. All that matters is a life spent doing good. A man should apply his days in work and by his hands hone his heart in service to God and his fellowmen. Less than his intent and in labor done, a man’s days are but in vain. My father said this, and I realized how he directed his days and wished my life to be. My father often spoke of God as did my mother. The father in Heaven who made us and whose love will keep us alive. God orders our days from our birth, through our youth and manhood, through age and through death and after life. He has the whole world in His hands, rules the beatings of our hearts, knows the number of our hair, and loves us in everything whether good or ill befalls us. All of life’s road lead to him; and answers to life’s questions lie in Him. The meaning of life is with Him. My father and mother taught me this and I learned it. So I grew, a happy child swathed in kindness. My parents sheltered me and kept me away from prying eyes. I did not know harshness, cruelty, even less, until as a frisky boy I set to explore the world on my own. When ridicule sprang, I was bewildered, and asked my parents why other children laughed and poked fun at me. Use the graphic organizer to find out the meaning of the words found in the selection.
[doodle] -anthonym -synony -sentence -aflix [if appplicable] -part of -definition

[swathe] -anthonym -synony -sentence -aflix [if appplicable] -part of -definition

[frisky] -anthonym -synony -sentence -aflix [if appplicable] -part of -definition

[ridicule] -anthonym -synony -sentence -aflix [if appplicable] -part of -definition

[bewildered] -anthonym -synony -sentence -aflix [if appplicable] -part of -definition plss


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