GRADE 8 ENGLISH

1. CAN YOU STOP
USING GADGET FOR
A WEEK?

2. HOW ABOUT, GOING TO
SCHOOL WITHOUT MONEY?

3. DO YOU THINK YOU CAN
LIVE WITHOUT THOSE
THINGS?

10. LIVING IN SIMPLICITY

11. WORD BANK

12. •Reject and stop using or
consuming

13. • The quality of having experience,
knowledge, and good judgment; the
quality of being wise

14. •The quality of being just;
righteousness, equitableness, or
moral rightness

15. • A financial gain, especially the
difference between the amount
earned and the amount spent in
buying, operating, or producing

16. • Enough; Adequate

17. LAO TZU
• 601 BC, died at the age of 70
• An ancient Chinese philosopher and writer
• Author of the Tao te ching
• Founder of philosophical Taoism, and
a Deity in religious Taoism and Traditional
Chinese religions

18. TAOISM
• Philosophical or religious tradition
of Chinese origin which emphasizes
living in harmony with the Tao
• “Tao" is the origin and law of all
things in the universe
• Taoists believes that people can
become deities or live forever
through practicing certain rituals

19. EXCERPT FROM TAO TE CHING

20. 1. ACCORDING TO LAO TZU, WHAT
THINGS ARE FORMED EXTERNALLY?

21. 2. HOW CAN ONE DO RIGHT
THING, IF MORALITY AND JUSTICE
WILL BE SET ASIDE?

22. 3. WHAT SHOULD BE SEEN IN
ORDER TO REALIZE ONESELF? DO
YOU AGREE WITH THIS IDEA?
WHY? WHY NOT?

23. 4. DO YOU THINK SIMPLICITY CAN
ALSO HELP CAST OFF SELFISHNESS
AND OVERCOME DESIRES? WHY?