Writing A Model Composition.

Arranging Details In Order

(Competency Writing 3.0)
Direction: Read the following selection and answer the questions that follow.
HOW THE COW AND CARABAO GOT THEIR SUIT
Many years ago, Cow and Carabao looked different from the way they look today. The Cow and Carabao
worked together in the farm, so they became very good friends. The plowed the rice fields and pulled carts with
firewood and sacks of grains.
Their master was not a nice man. He would often hit them with a long stick. He did not allow Cow and
Carabao to take a bath or pay them for their work.
One day Cow and Carabao decided to run away from the farm. While their master took a nap, they took turns
quietly eating a hole through the bamboo fence that kept them imprisoned,
When they were free, they ran and ran as fast as they could. They did not stop running until early the next
morning.
Suddenly they saw a pond of clear water so they decided to take a bath. After a while, they heard their master
coming over the hill. Come back here, you bad cattle!, he shouted angrily.
Cow and Carabao jumped out of the water and quickly put on their clothes. Cow ran to the other side of the
pond and Carabao ran to the opposite side of the hill.
When Carabao stopped running, he felt very hot. He felt that his clothes were very tight for him, especially
around the neck.
When Cow stopped running, he took a rest under a big tree. He felt the breeze touching his neck and began to
feel cold. His collar was very loose.
When he looked at his suit he noticed that it was brown all over. This is Carabaos suit, not mine, he said.
Unfortunately, the two friends never changed back into the right clothes because they never met again.
Exercise A.
Direction: Answer the following questions.
1. What is the title of the story?
2. Where did the story happen?
3. When dis the story happen?
4. Who are the characters of the story?
Describe each character.
Example: Mang Julian He was a very brave fisherman
5. Why did the carabao and the cow leave their master?
6. What kind of master did the carabao and the cow have?
7. How did the animals escape from the farm?
8. What did the animals do after running away from the farm?
9. What happened to the carabao and the cow when they switched with their clothes?
10. How did the story end?
Exercise B
Direction: Arrange the following sentences according to how they happened in the story.
______ The Cow and Carabao ran away as fast as they could.
______ The Cow and Carabao took a bath in a pond of clean water.
______ Cow and Carabao took turns quietly eating a hole through the bamboo fence that imprisoned them.
______ Cow and Carabao decided to run away from the farm while the master took a nap.
______ Cow and Carabao jumped out of the water and quickly put on their clothes.
______ The Carabao felt very hot for his clothes were very tight, especially around the neck.
______ Suddenly they heard their master coming over the hill.
______ The Cow and Carabao never changed back into the right clothes because they never met again.
______ The Cow felt a breeze touching his neck and began to feel cold.

Exercise C

Read short selection below, then arrange the events listed as they happened in the story. Number them,
15
Mother took us to Bicol last vacation. We went to see many beautiful spots. I saw beautiful Mt.
Mayon for the first time. We went to Mayon rest house way up the volcano. We visited the ruins of the
old church buried at its foot. I didnt wonder why mother is so proud of her home province.
_____ We went to Mayon rest house way up the volcano.
_____ We visited the ruins of the old church buried at its foot.
_____ I saw Mt. Mayon for the first time.
_____ Mother took us to Bicol last summer.
_____ Mother is very proud of her home province.
Exercise D
Read the paragraph and understand it carefully. Arrange the sentences below as they happened in the
story. Number them from 1 4.
An Ant once fell from the brink of a brook when a dove accidentally stepped on it. The ant floated
hopelessly, for to it the little brook was an ocean. The dove saw the poor ant, so the dove took a blade
of grass and threw it towards the ant. The ant drifted ashore on the leaf.
One day a naughty lad armed with a bow and arrow happened to pass by. Seeing the pretty dove, he
set his arrow on his bow and aimed at the dove. The timely bite of the ant on the lads heel saved the
dove from being slaughtered.
_____ The ant drifted ashore on the leaf.
_____ A naughty lad armed with a bow and arrow aimed at the dove.
_____ An ant bit the heel of the lad so the dove was saved.
_____ The dove saw the poor ant, took a blade of grass and threw it towards the ant.