Teacher J

📍Utqiaġvik, Alaska has officially entered polar night.

The sun set on November 18, 2025 and it won’t rise again until January 22, 2026.

For the next 65 days, the town will be wrapped in twilight and darkness. Absolutely unreal. 🙌🏻

What type of rest do you need for today?

100 Synonyms For Easy To Advanced Learners
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POPULATION TRIVIA:

2000

🇳🇬 Nigeria: 122 million
🇯🇵 Japan: 126 million

2025

🇳🇬 Nigeria: 233.9 million
🇯🇵 Japan: 123.5 million

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The act of sharing makes knowledge stick.

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One of the strangest and most haunting events in Edgar Allan Poe’s life wasn’t written by him it was his life. In 1849, just weeks before his death, Poe vanished for nearly a week, only to be found delirious and near death on the streets of Baltimore, wearing clothes that weren’t his.

On September 27, 1849, Poe left Richmond, Virginia, supposedly heading to Philadelphia for work. Instead, he disappeared without a trace. No one knew where he went—until October 3, when a printer named Joseph Walker found him outside a Baltimore tavern, dazed, disheveled, and wearing a cheap, ill-fitting suit. Poe couldn’t explain where he’d been or how he got there. He kept muttering about a "Reynolds" and hallucinating nightmares.

Poe was taken to Washington College Hospital, where he slipped in and out of consciousness, screaming at imaginary figures and begging for someone to "blow out his brains." Doctors noted his feverish state and erratic pulse, but no one could diagnose what was wrong. He never regained full lucidity. On October 7, 1849, he uttered his last words: "Lord, help my poor soul," and died at just 40 years old.

To this day, no one knows what really happened. Some say he was a victim of cooping—a brutal practice where gangs forced people to vote repeatedly under different names, drugging and beating them. Others believe he was poisoned (possibly by mercury or alcohol). Some even speculate he was murdered by a jealous husband or suffered a brain tumor.

Adding to the eeriness, Poe’s own works seemed to predict his fate. His famous story "The Man of the Crowd" describes a man wandering in a fugue state much like Poe’s final days. Even his funeral was a horror show: only seven people attended, and his tombstone was destroyed before being replaced decades later.

Poe’s death was as dark and mysterious as his tales—a real-life mystery that remains unsolved, just like one of his own macabre plots.

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Thank you, Teacher! 💗

LITERATURE TOOLS!

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LITERATURE IMPORTANT NOTES
✓ Folklore - traditionally derived and orally transmitted literature
✓ Folktales - reflect the people's beliefs handed down from generation to generation by word of mouth
✓ Epilogue - conclusion or final part of non-dramatic literary work
✓ Genre - distinctive type of literary composition such as epic, tragedy, comedy & novel
✓ "Quo Vadis" - means "where are you going"
✓ hieroglyphics - the oldest forn of Egyptian writing
✓ Allegory - narrative whose meaning is beneath the surface
✓ Elegy - a meditated poem of grief
✓ Sonnet - verse w/14 iambic pentameter lines
✓ Epic - long poem w/c depicts the adventure of a great hero who reveals his country's aspirations; narrates heroic deeds and supernatural happenings local actor in w/c people sing/chant
✓ Soliloquy - speech made by a person who reveals his thoughts
✓ Manuel Arcilla - "How my brother Leon brought home a wife"
✓ Washington Irving - "The Legend of a Sleepy Hollow"
✓ Fall of the house of usher - hypochondriac living in morbid fear
✓ Cyrano de Bergerac - poet & soldier noted for his Peculiar nose
✓ "The Illiad of Homer" - a great epic poem whose plot centers around the anger & wrath of Achilles against Agamemnon
✓ "The Bells" - "If eyes are made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being"
✓ Cacophony - literary term w/c means harsh & discordant sounds introduced for poetic effect
✓ George Bernard Shaw - known for his excellence in characterization, swiftness of narrative & clarity of style.
✓ Edgar Allan Poe - greatest American writer of horror and detective stories
✓ Rabindranath Tagore - best known for his collection of poems called Gitanjali/song offerings
✓ Robert Frost - is ranked as one of the best modern American poets.
✓ Geoffrey Chaucer - Morning Star of English Literature
✓ Mark Twain - "Samuel Clemens"
✓ Harriet Stowe - "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
✓ Charles Darwin - Origin of species
✓ Lazlo Biro - invented the ballpoint pen
✓ Harry Potter - epic kind of story
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FILIPINO AND ENGLISH IMPORTANT NOTES

➪MGA TEORYA NG PINAGMULAN N G WIKA
1. BOW-WOW –kalikasan at hayop
2. DING-DONG – bagay
3. POOH-POOH – masidhing damdamin
4. YOHEHO – pwersang pisikal

➪FILIPINO POETS AND PEN NAMES
BENVENIDO SANTOS – American Culture Writings
DANIEL DEFOE – “Robinson Crusoen” (novel)
EDILBERTO TIEMPO – made “Cry Slaughter” that has been translated many times
ERNEST HEMINGWAY – Ring Lardner Jr.
JOSE GARCIA VILLA – “Comma Poet”, Dove G. Lion
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES/ESCALANDE - Masterpiece is “Don Quixote” that is most influential
NICK JOAQUIN – Quijano de Manila – Spanish Culture Writing
PAZ MARQUEZ BENITEZ – made “Dead Stars” that is the 1st modern English short story
SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS – Mark Twain
- “Adventures of Tom Sawyer”
- “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” (best novel)

➪SINTAKS/SINTAKSIS/PALAUGNAYAN
- sangay ng barirala na tumatalakay sa masistemang pagkaka-ayus-ayos ng mga salita sa pagbuo ng mga parirala at pangungusap.

➪PEN NAMES OF FILIPINO PROTAGONISTS
ANDRES BONIFACIO – May Pag-asa, Agapito
Bagumbayan
ANTONIO LUNA – Taga-Ilog
EMILIO AGUINALDO - Magdalo
EMILIO JACINTO – Di Masilaw, Tingkian
GRACIANO LOPEQ JAENA – Diego Laura
JOSE MA. PANGANIBAN ¬– JoMaPa
JOSE RIZAL – Dimas alang, Laon laan
JUAN LUNA – Buan
MARCELO DEL PILAR – Plaridel, Dolores, Manapat, Piping Dilat
MARIANO PONCE – Tikbalang, Naning (Satanas), Kalipulako

➪MGA URI NG PANGUNGUSAP
WALANG PAKSA:
1. EKSISTENSYAL – mayroong isa o higit pang tao
Halimbawa: Mayroon daw puno sa bakuran.
2. MODAL – nais/pwede/maari (Gusto ko matulog.)
3. PANLIPUNAN – pagbati, pagbigay galang atbp.
4. SAGOT LAMANG – “Talaga?”, “Oo”
5. SAMBITLA – masidhing damdamin (Aray!)
6. TEMPORAL – panandaliang kalagayan o panahon

➪KAYARIAN:
1. PAYAK – iisang kaisipan
2. TAMBALAN – dalawang sugnay na ‘di makapag-iisa
3. HUGNAYAN – madalas nagsisimula sa kung, dahil sa
4. LANGKAPAN – mahabang pangungusap

➪MGA URI NG KWENTO
1. PABULA (fable) – hayop
2. PARABULA (parable)– Bibliya
3. ANEKDOTA (anecdote) – tunay na buhay
4. MITOLOHIYA (myth) – diyos at diyosa (pinagmulan)

➪ASPEKTO NG PANDIWA (Verb)
1. PERPEKTIBO – tumakbo
2. IMPERPEKTIBO – tumatakbo
3. KONTEMPLATIBO – tatakbo

➪KAANTASAN NG PANG-URI (Adjective)
1. LANTAY – walang pinaghahambingan
2. PAHAMBING ¬– inihahalintulad
3. PASUKDOL – nangingibabaw (H: pinakamataas)

➪MGA URI NG TULA
1. PATULA (Moro-moro)
2. PASALAYSAY (Epiko, Awit, Korido)

➪MGA AWITING BAYAN
1. DALIT/HIMNO – pagsamba sa anito o pang-relihiyon
2. DIONA – kasal
3. DUNG-AW – patay (pagdadalamhati)
4. KALUSAN – paggawa
5. KUMINTANG – tagumpay (pandigma)
6. KUNDIMAN – pag-ibig
7. OYAYI – pagpapatulog ng bata
8. SOLIRANIN – pagsasagwan
9. TALINDAW – pamamangka

➪PAGBABAGONG MORPONEMIKO
1. ASIMILASYON – Parsyal (pangsukli), Ganap (panukli)
2. MAY ANGKOP – wikain mo – “kamo”
3. MAYSUDLONG/PAGDARAGDAG NG PONEMA
- muntik – muntikan, pagmuntikan, pagmuntikanan
4. METATESIS – linipad – nilipad
5. PAGKAKALTAS NG PONEMO – takipan – takpan
6. PAGLILIPAT-DIIN – laRUan (playground) - laruAN (toy)
7. PAGPAPALIT NG PONEMA – madapat – marapat

➪MGA URI NG PANGHALIP/PRONOUNS
1. PANAO/PERSONAL PRONOUN – ako/I etc.
2. PAMATLIG/DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN – ito/this etc.
3. PANAKLAW/INDEFINITE P. - isa, all, anyone etc.
4. PATULAD – ganito, ganyan atbp.
5. PANANONG/INTERROGATIVE P. – sino, when etc.
6. PAMANGGIT/RELATIVE P. – daw, umano, which, who

➪MGA AKDANG NA MAY IMPUWENSYA SA MUNDO
AKLAT NG MGA ARAW – China (by Confucius)
AKLAT NG MGA PATAY – Egypt cults & myths (by Osiris)
AWIT NI ROLANDO-France (by Doce Pares, Roncesvalles)
BIBLIYA – Palestino at Greece
CANTEBURY TALES – America (by Chaucer)
DIVINE COMEDIA – Italy (by Dante)
EL CID COMPEADOR – katangian at history ng Spain
ILIAD o ODYSSEY – Myths of Greece made by Homer.
ISANG LIBO’T ISANG GABI – Ugali sa Arabia at Persia
KORAN – Arabia (Muslim Bible)
MAHABRATA – India
UNCLE TOM’S CABIN – about slaves that becomes the basis of democracy. (by Harriet Beecher Stowe of U.S.)

➪MGA URI NG PANITIKAN
1. TULUYAN – binubuo ng mga pangungusap
A. NOBELA – binubuo ng mga kabanata
B. DULA – pagtatanghal sa entablado

➪MGA DULANG PANLIBANGAN:
a. TIBAG – Sta. Elena
b. LAGAY – Pilarenos ng Sorsogon
c. PANUNULUYAN – pagtatanghal bago mag-alas dose (12PM) ng gabi ng kapaskuhan
d. PANUBOL – parangal sa may kaarawan
e. KARILYO – ala-puppet show
f. KURIDO – katapangan, kabayanihan, kababalaghan, pananampalataya
g. SARSUELA – musical tungkol sa pag-ibig, paghihiganti atbp. masisidhing damdamin
C. ALAMAT – pinagmulan
D. ANEKDOTA – ugali, may mabuting aral

PATULA - may sukat,pantig,tugma,taludtod,saknong
TULANG PASALAYSAY - mahahalagang tago o pangyayari sa buhay.
a. EPIKO – kabayanihan sa kababalaghan
• BIDASARI, PARANG SABIR – Moro
• BIAG NI LAM ANG – Ilokos

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PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION KEY POINTS

𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝘂𝗱'𝘀 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗿𝘆 (𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆)

Psychosexual Development
➪ Oral Stage (0-1 yrs. old) – Infant
➪ A**l Stage (1-3 yrs. old) – Toddler
➪ Ph***ic Stage (3-6 yrs old) preschoolers
➪ Latency Stage (age 6 - puberty) school age
➪ Ge***al Stage (adolescence /puberty onwards)

Personality Component
➪ ID (pleasure principles) infancy
➪ EGO (reality principles) preschooler
➪ SUPEREGO (morality principles) near end of preschool

3 Levels of Mind
➪ CONCIOUS - all that we are aware of that are stored in our conscious mind.
➪ UNCONCIOUS - all that we go through (feelings, beliefs, impulses deep within)
➪ SUBCONCIOUS (a.k.a. Pre-Conscious) – the part of us that’s hidden unless we search for it

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