GRADE 8 – TRANSACTIONAL TEXT
LORIE EMMANUEL B. ARAGO
EPS-English
Borongan City Division
Making Borongan’s Salivating Salukara
September 16,
2024
Dear Ms. Pandy Pastrana,
Having read your remarks and reaction to our vlog really makes us
glad and proud. To know that there are many of you who are truly
interested and who truly appreciate all our content really makes us more
inspired and driven to work harder to better our on-line craft.
Please take careful note of these little suggestions we are adding
here to make sure that your finished salukara is truly as good as we
assured you it would be.
Please make sure that your rice is softened by soaking in water
overnight before grinding. Doing this will give you a softer, finer powder.
In mixing your batter, use thick coconut milk (first extract only). It is also
better to sweeten it with brown sugar rather than with the white refined
one. For best results, leaven it with tuba (local coconut wine) rather than
with commercially available leaveners.
Make sure your batter is mixed well before pan frying. In frying, we
suggest you use mantika hin baboy instead of over-the-counter butter or
cooking oil. Also, occasionally brush your crepe with this mantika using
crushed banana branch instead of the usual cooking brush. This will give
your salukara that unique blend of aroma and flavor that is truly
irresistible.
Please follow these simple steps in cooking salukara the traditional
way. We assure you if you do, your finished product will be exactly what
both locals and visitors crave for in Borongan City.
Gratefully yours,
Lorie Arago & Partners
COMPREHENSION CHECK
1. In the passage, what makes the author and his partners glad and
proud?
A. having assured their readers that their finished product will exactly
be
that which both locals and visitors crave for in Borongan City
B. having suggested the use of particular local ingredients in cooking
salukara rather than using commercially available ingredients
C. having given little suggestions in cooking salukara the traditional
way
D. having read their readers’ remarks and reaction to their vlog
2. Likewise, what makes the author and his partners more inspired and
driven to work harder to better their on-line craft?
A. knowing that they have many viewers or followers who are truly
interested and who truly appreciate all their content
B. knowing that their viewers and followers take careful note of the
little
suggestions they give in their vlogs
C. knowing that their viewers and followers are willing to follow their
suggested ways of getting things done
D. It wasn’t clearly explained in the text.
3. In the recipe suggested, how can a softer, finer rice powder be
achieved?
A. by taking careful note of the little suggestions the authors added in
their vlog
B. by sweetening it with brown sugar rather than with the white refined
one
C. by mixing it with thick coconut milk (first extract only)
D. by soaking rice in water overnight before grinding
4. How can that unique blend of aroma and flavor be achieved in one’s
finished salukara?
A. by leavening the batter with tuba (local coconut wine) rather than
with commercially available leaveners
B. by occasionally brushing the crepe with mantika hin baboy using
crushed banana branch while frying
C. by following the simple steps suggested in cooking it the traditional
way
D. by mixing rice powder with thick coconut milk (first extract only)
5. From the passage we can infer that if the simple steps in making
salukara the traditional way are not followed, __________.
A. the author and his partners would not be as inspired and
driven to
work harder to better their on-line craft
B. the finished product will not truly be as good as the authors
assured their readers it would be
C. the finished product will not exactly be that which both locals and
visitors crave for in Borongan City
D. that unique blend of aroma and flavor in the finished salukara
would not be achieved
6. After reading the passage, we may be able to conclude that
Borongan
City’s salukara is widely acclaimed to be salivating because __________.
A. it favors the use of local ingredients and materials rather than
commercially available ones
B. it uses softer, finer rice powder made of rice soaked in water
overnight
C. it follows some simple steps in cooking it the traditional way
D. it is featured in vlogs and receives much fanfare online
7. What do you think will likely happen if Borongan’s salivating
salukara
continues to receive much fanfare and make more people, both locals
and
visitors, crave for it?
A. It may cause many people to want to visit Borongan thereby helping
boost the city’s local food tourism.
B. It may inspire many people to follow the success story of salukara
making thereby inspiring them to also engage in the salukara
industry.
A. It will increase demand for the needed local ingredients thereby
causing a rise in their respective market prices.
B. all of the above
ANSWER KEY
1. D
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. C
6. C
7. D
