Learning Task 2:
Directions: Write First, Second, or Third to show the point of view from which the
piece has been written. Write your answers in your notebook
1.
In Japan, more than two hundred years ago, a lonely little boy grew
up to be a great man. His name was Yataro Kobayashi. Yataro has
been left motherless at an early age, and his father, though kind, was
often too busy to take notice of him. (From "The Memory of Beauty" by Hanako Fukuda)
2. By this time, darkness was coming on and, weakened and tired as
was, I lay down and fell asleep on the grass. When I awakened, it was
daylight. I was lying on my back, and when I tried to rise, I could not..
(From "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift)
3.
If you can't be a highway then just be a trail,
If you can't be the sun, be a star;
Is isn't by the size that you win or you fail;
Be the best of whatever you are!
(From "Be the Best of Whatever You Are" by Douglas Malloch)
4.
I'm okay now that the water's back in the ocean. Did you know that
water covers 71% of the earth's surface? Three hundred twenty-eight
million cubic miles, to be exact. That's one billion, three hundred sixty-
one million cubic kilometers. Besides, why start moving it now, when it's
been around almost forever? And that's no fish story. The first ocean
water came from the vapor in the atmosphere and water in rocks
released during the earth's formation. You don't go much further into
the past than that.​