NAVOTAS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
WORKSHEET IN ENGLISH IV
NAME: _________________________________ Year and Section: _____________ Date:
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A. PRE-READING
The essay is entitled "Reach for Your
Dream." What do you think is the essay
about? Give three questions which you
expect the essay to answer.
1. _________________________________
2. _________________________________
3. _________________________________
B. Reading the Text
Read the essay silently.
Reach for Your Dream
by David D. Moore
1. Have you ever dreamed of sailing
around the world — alone? Or, have you
dreamed of running for high political
office, writing a best selling novel,
snow-mobiling to the North Pole, finding
a cure for cancer, building your own A-
frame in the woods, or even of climbing
Mt. Everest, winning a Grand Prix road
race, or being awarded a Nobel Prize?
2. If you have ever dreamed or aspired to
accomplish any of these difficult tasks,
or any of a thousand others the human
mind can dream — then, you are alive.
You are a feeling, thinking human being,
an individual who is spiritually,
emotionally and physically alive, for
dreams are the deepest expression of
creative potential within the human
spirit.
3. What is a dream? A dream is the
creation of an idea which develops
within a courageous human mind; and.
it is like a seed. If a seed is carefully
planted at the appointed time in fertile
soil,-and nurtured with proper amounts
of water and sunlight, it will spring to
life and flower to maturity. So it is with
the dreams of men. All men who have
sucked the breath of life have carried a
dream in their minds and hearts, but
most dreams have fallen too early or
too late in the season of life or on
sterile minds and cold hearts, or most
often have through discouragement or
fear.
4. A man with a dream is a man with
promise. A man in pursuit of a dream
is a roan who is alive. A man who has
achieved a dream is a man who has
experienced life; and, conversely, a
man without a dream is a man who is
dead.
5. All dreams, however, like every great
and noble aspiration which has flashed
in the human mind, are difficult to
achieve. Pietro Metasio, an 18th century
author and dreamer wrote: "Every noble
acquisition is attended with its risks; he
who fears to encounter the one must
not expect to obtain the other." Two
opposing, but mysteriously interrelated
human emotions are fear and courage.
How many of us have been swept under
by fear only to find within ourselves a
source of courage beyond our own
comprehension?
6. Is it not the fear of the unknown, of our
own ability and competence, which
creates challenge and tests our
willingness to say, I can? And, is it not
that ensuing drive to meet the test
which generates courage, which, in
turn, is our source of strength to
conquer fear and meet challenge?
These two elements are always present
in any great dream or aspiration. If,
however, fear suffocates our dreams we
surely will fail; if courage sterilizes fear
we will die; but, if a proper mixture
permeates our quest we will succeed. It
therefore takes courage to dream, for
successful dreamers are not weak men,
nor are they fools.
7. What was the stimulating dream, and
what were the obstacles John Steinbeck
overcame to write his epic novel, "The
Grapes of Wrath?" How deep the
devotion, and how splendid the dream
of Martin Luther King and Dag
Hammarskjold? How magnificent the
dream of Thomas Jefferson as he
penned the Declaration, or that of
Thomas Paine as he struck "Common
Sense?" And, how bold is the dream of
Henry Kissinger as he roams the world
in search of peace? All these dreams
produced a courage in these men far
surpassing their own fears, indeed,
even the fear for their own lives.
8. Remarkable accomplishments? Yes, but
they all began as a seed, an idea, a
dream — a dream not any different
than any of ours. Any of us can achieve
our dreams if we only have the will.
James Alien, the early twentieth century
 American novelist has written: "You will
become as small as your controlling
desire; as great as your dominant
aspiration." Are we any different than
those courageous voyagers who have
gone before us? If one has the capacity
to dream, then he has the ability to
achieve that dream. Henry David
Thoreau says, "if one advances
confidently in the direction of his
dreams, and endeavors to live the life
he has imagined, he will meet with a
success unexpected in common hours."
9. Consider how bleak the world would be
if Aristotle refused to inquire, Galileo
refused to observe, Columbus refused
to sail, Rembrant refused to paint,
Luther refused to question, or Patrick
Henry refused to speak. What if Mozart
refused to compose, Lincoln refused to
act. Weight refused to believe, and Von
Braun feared to dream.
10.The world needs each of our
dreams, and desperately. Do you have
an idea to cure disease — Lister did? Do
you have an idea that will feed the
starving millions — Borlaug did? Do you
have an idea to create happiness for
millions — Disney did? Do you have an
idea to fight illiteracy and ignorance —
Gutenberg did? Do you have an idea
about mankind — Darwin did? Do you
have an idea for a more workable
economy — Keynes did? Do you hi;ve
an idea for humanity — Schweitzer did?
Do you have an idea for a story —
Tolstoy did? Do you have an idea for a
great adventure — Armstrong lid? Do
you have an idea for a painting —
Michelangelo did? These individuals
knew well the meaning of Darwin's
insight: "A man who dares waste one
hour of life has not discovered the value
of life."
11.What are your dreams? Do you have
an idea for a symphony, a better way to
motivate students, a cure for cancer, a
powerful novel, or an answer for
poverty? Hive you had an idea for a
new source of power, a non-polluting
engine, eliminating discrimination, or
even world peace? John Kennedy,
shortly before his death, said: "A man
may die, nations may rise and fall, but
an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance
without death."
12.Success can only be achieved if
your dream is greater than your
fear and equal to your courage.
Often, the dream must be your guiding
light in a fog-shrouded world of apathy
and discouragement, and the dream in
some cases must be more important
than your very life.
13.Dream and feel the thrust of life!
"Let Us Choose Life," says the famous
Barbara Ward. What is life if we fear to
dream, or create, or hope, or love?
Without these antidotes to the poison of
apathy we are spiritually and
emotionally dead. Life, then, becomes
empty, unbearable, senseless, and
sterile. Ambassador George Keenan has
said, "It is not important that life be
long, only that it has purpose and
meaning."
14.Those who choose to dream of a better
world — those who question and search
and care and love will need his special
kind of courage, for as Hemingway has
clearly perceived, "If people bring so
much courage to this world, the world
has to kill them to break them. The
world breaks every one and afterwards
many are strong at the broken places.
But those that will not break, it kills. It
kills the very good and the very gentle
and the very brave impartially."
15.The world may kill the dreamers,
but never the dream. Inquire into the
life of those who have sought to share a
new dream with the world. Did they not
crucify Jesus, stone Copernicus, poison
Socrates, persecute Galileo, degrade
Darwin, and kill Lincoln? Did they not
imprison Thoreau, ridicule Goddard,
excommunicate Luther, humiliate
Voltaire, and discredit Lawrence? For
those who find the courage to think new
thoughts, depart from the norm, or
attempt to design a better world, the
price will be great, as will be the
rewards.
16.
Only those able to overcome fear and
difficulties will experience the full and
splendid delight of human existence. Reach
for your dream, if you dare, and you will grasp
the most profound insight of all — the power
and unlimited potential of the human
spirit.
Comprehending the Text
Fill the blanks with the word or phrase that
best complete the sentence. Encircle the
letter that corresponds to your choice.
1. The essay is mainly about _______.
a. the meaning of a dream
b. reaching for a dream
 c. the fear of a dream 1. What is the essay about?
d. the uselessness of dreams 2. Why does the writer compare a dream to
a seed? Do you agree?
2. According to the author, the only 3. What do fear and courage contribute to
persons who do not dream are the fulfillment of a dream?
a. dead c. fearful 4. Name one person mentioned in the
b. alive d. essay. Tell about his/her dream and
directionless achievement.
5. What is the most important thing you
3. The qualities associated most likely with must have to achieve your dream?
dreams are
a. love and desire
b. ambition and drive
c. peace and enjoyment
d. fear and courage

4. The essay states that a dream starts Extracting and Organizing Information
with ______ 1. Read the part that tells about the
a. a plan c. an idea importance of dreams.
b. a seed d. a challenge 2. Read the paragraph that shows that
one can kill a dreamer, but not a
5. To make his definition concrete, the dream.
author likens a dream to a 3. Read the paragraph that challenges
a. seed c. heart us to reach fro our dream.
b. Dower d. challenge
GRAMMAR: Sentence vs. Fragments
6. The writer asserts that all great
achievements began as _____. A. Write S on the blank if the word-group is
a. challenges c. acts of a complete sentence. Write F if it is a
courage fragment or not a complete sentence.
b. objects of fear d. dreams
_____ 1. The people were dreaming of
7. The essay emphasizes the point that to freedom-
have a meaningful and full existence, we _____ 2. The people dreaming of freedom
have to_______. _____ 3. When they dreamed of freedom
a. be contented with our dreams _____ 4. The people won their freedom after
b. courageously pursue our dreams years of struggle.
c. keep on dreaming and wait _____ 5. Without good leadership, their
d. meet challenges dream will not come true.
_____ 6. Freedom is worth fighting for
8. By enumerating famous names, the _____ 7. Without the people's help and
writer drives home the point that the guidance
civilization we have and the life we now _____ 8. The old woman walking slowly into
enjoy we owe to________________ the dimly-lighted room.
a. scientists c. _____ 9. No person in this world can buy
philosophers happiness.
b. artists d. _____10. The princess wore a gown of black
dreamers velvet.

9. The primary purpose of the writer is to B. Indicate whether the fragment is a

______. phrase (P) or a clause (C). Write P or C on
a. explain dreams the blank
b. name famous persons _____ I. by writers imbued with the spirit of
c. give the importance of dreams romanticism
d. inspire readers to .follow their _____ 2. one t f the most controversial
dreams to reality times in literature and art
_____ 3. among the foremost writers of the
10. To support his statements or new romantic school
arguments, the writer gives many _____ 4. whose poetic drama remains one
a. definitions c. examples of the great plays of the Western world.
b. comparisons d. _____ 5. with its sense of mystery and the
quotations preternatural
_____ 6. that the romantic writers could
Discuss the following questions: seem self-centered
_____ 7. the democratic spirit prevailing in 9. the average person dreams
the social and political worlds two hours a night
_____ 8. where realism, naturalism, and
symbolism became predominant Your sentence:
______________________________
.____ 9. where poetry abounds in the rich,
sensuous images of color and sound. 10. one nightmare most people
_____10. remembering their specific calling have had at least
as persons apart
Your sentence:
C. Put the words and phrases in their ______________________________
proper order so that you produce
grammatical sentences

1. messages from gods dreams

to be were
supposed

Your sentence:
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2. this part the subconscious

of our mind we call

Your sentence:
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3. is active during sleep

the mind unconscious

Your sentence:
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4. of the mind Sigmund Freud

in the working was interested

Your sentence:
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5. dreams and other

disturbances
guard us from noises

Your sentence:
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6. from person to person

vary dreams

Your sentence:
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7. We into deeper sleep

after a dream sink

Your sentence:
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8. cannot remember very often

we our dreams

Your sentence:
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