San Isidro College

INTEGRATED BASIC EDUCATION

City of Malaybalay

ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

FIRST QUARTER
School Year 2021-2022

Grade 11 – ABM and GAS

Teacher: Mrs. Cipriana P. Flores

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET NO. _2_

TOPIC: Locating Main Ideas
A. Objectives/Learning Targets:
o Determine the location of main ideas
o Apply strategies in identifying the central information of a text
o Write the identified main ideas in your own words
o State the thesis statement of an academic text

B. Learning Competency with Code:

1. Uses knowledge of text structure to glean the information he/she needs
CS_EN11/12A-EAPP-Ia-c-4
2. States the thesis statement of an academic text
CS_EN11/12A-EAPP-Ia-c-6

C. Detailed Direction /Instructions

1. Please read the materials provided
2. Answer the Exercises and Activities. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet, do not use
other papers except the Answer Sheet.
3. Write legibly and avoid erasures.
4. For the reading texts on the writing exercises, the link to each journal article can be found
on the references portion of this lesson.
5. For any questions, please feel free to contact me via e-mail, chat or text.
D. Exercises and Activities
I. Write one paragraph with 5-7 sentences about your Responsibility as a student. Make sure that
you have a central idea in your paragraph. (10 points)

II. Checking for Understanding: Write T if the statement if true and write F if it is false. (10 points)
1. A paragraph can have two or more topic sentences.
2. The abstract presents the thesis of the text.
3. By observing the writing style of the author, you can determine the location of the topic
sentence.
4. Locating the thesis statement or topic sentence while reading a text can save time.
5. Most of the time, the author begins the paragraph with a topic sentence.
6. Sometimes the main idea is presented at the end of a paragraph.
7. The main idea is always stated in the first part of a paragraph.
8. The thesis of a text is in question form.
9. When an abstract is not provided, the thesis statement is not evident in the text.
10. You don’t have to read the full text if you know how to spot its main idea.
Ill. Writing Exercises –20 points
Read each of the following texts and locate the main idea. Copy the main idea then paraphrase or write
it in your own words.

(1) COMMUNICATION ARTS AND SCIENCES

The Internet has become a primary resource for the general public who seek health information
about a variety of topics, including breast cancer. This particular research is part of a larger study which
evaluated the use of basic design tenets and theoretical behavioral change components in the top 157
breast cancer websites. Fourteen components were taken from three behavioral change theories. The
focus of this particular project was to assess the use of these 14 theoretical components on breast
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cancer websites as they persuade users towards prevention or detection behaviors. It will also discuss
how some of these components were additionally used to persuade users to contribute money to the
organizations that sponsor the websites. It should first be noted that overall, theoretical components were
absent from the websites in general. Nine out of the 14 components were found to be used primarily for
detection, as opposed to prevention. This is an important finding because it is just as valuable, if not
more so, for a person to prevent a disease as it is to detect it early. Four of the 14 were considered when
assessing persuasion in terms of fundraising. Of these four that were assessed, three were used more
than 50% of the time when soliciting money. These results lend ideas for future research on such topics
as well as ideas to better the current state of the top breast cancer websites.

(2) ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Within our culture, recycling is seen as an important way in which we can help preserve our
wildlife and protect the earth for our children’s future. With this positive reputation and strong public
interest it would be reasonable to believe that recycling programs are widely supported and funded
throughout the state of Michigan. However, this is not the reality. Within our research we plan on
investigating three prominent Michigan cities, Lansing, Detroit and Ann Arbor. Each city has its own
recycling history and we are delving into the legislation and statics surrounding the emergence, or
absence of a recycling program in each city. We hope to discover trends which point to why some cities
have become more involved in the recycling phenomenon. We seek to determine what types of
economic, social and political conditions are necessary in order for a city to introduce and fund a
comprehensive recycling program.

(3) HUMANITIES

For this project, related to my research assistance for Dr. Kenneth Waltzer in his work on "The
Rescue of Children and Youth in Buchenwald," I will look at several different memoirs rooted in
experiences of mass violence undergone by children and youth. I want to draw parallels between
memoirs of youthful survivors who lived through the Nazi Holocaust in Europe, and the “Lost Boys,” who
survived recent violent conflict in Sudan. My sample of memoirs includes works in French by Polish
Jewish boys who survived the Holocaust in ghettos and work camps, finally winding up in Buchenwald.
The Sudanese memoirs trace the paths of boys as they fled from destroyed homes to refugee camps.
They are written in English, often involving the collaboration of American authors. Besides engaging
each story individually, the exploration of these works urges broader questions about memory of horrific
violence. How is memory presented and organized in memoir? What is emphasized and why? What are
the motivations for speaking as witnesses of horror and survivors of violence? What are the implications
of personal memoir for the larger task of preventing violence and genocide? These stories are diverse—
they take place in worlds and times apart, they involve different actors and contexts. Yet they are also
connected, involving experiences by youth of mass violence, survival, and finally efforts to represent
memory years later as warning, as remembrance, and as an effort to help others understand.

(4) PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS

Whether on or offstage or in or out of the classroom, social advocacy is integral to dance.

Choreographers often engage elements of social advocacy in order to empower dancers in their learning
and understanding of dances. This notion is critical for students as their education enhances awareness
of the art form. Such empowerment invites them to have ownership – in movement vocabulary and
choreographic intent. Dancers’ voices, visually and audibly, become active agents of the creative
process. We are investigating ideas concerning humanity and humanitarians. A unique research model is
evolving as we investigate, creatively and through scholarship on socio-political issues. An overarching
question is how, if at all, do our attitudes reflect in our dancing? As we interface physical and cognitive
research, we have the opportunity to arrive at new ways of embodied knowing.

IV. Reflect on the learning gained after taking the lesson. (10 points)

E. Values Integration
The students will . . .
Understand that in communication, we have to focus on the main idea. In conversations,
we have to exert effort understanding the real concerns of others and have to listen intently in order to be
able to synthesize, comprehend and understand others.

Isidran Core Values in Focus:

1. Excellence
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 San Isidro College
INTEGRATED BASIC EDUCATION
City of Malaybalay
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES
FIRST QUARTER
School Year 2021-2022

Answer Sheet
Learning Activity Sheet (LAS 2
LOCATING MAIN IDEAS

Name of Leaner: Venze Adrianne D. Macaday_________________

Grade & Section: ABM G11-St. Catherine__________________
Teacher: Mrs. Cipriana P. Flores

Exercises and Activities:

I. A (5-7-sentence) paragraph about your Responsibility as a student - (10 points)

As a fellow student, I will act ethically in all aspects of my life. I intended to work hard, be
engaged, and be dedicated to my success. I will communicate effectively both orally and writing.
I will be on time when the teacher send a link to our group chat, and I will complete my group
project obligations. Furthermore, it would be fantastic if I could assist others in succeeding.

II. Checking for Understanding - 10 points

1. __F._ 2. __T._ 3. __T._ 4. __T._ 5. __T._ 6. __T._ 7. __F._ 8. __F._ 9. __F._ 10. __T.__

III. Writing Exercises –25 points

1. COMMUNICATION ARTS AND SCIENCES

1. Main Idea: The Internet has become a primary resource for the general public who seek health
information about a variety of topics, including breast cancer.
Paraphrase: The Internet has evolved into a primary resource for the general public seeking health
information on a wide range of topics, including breast cancer. This study is part of a larger study
that looked at the use of basic design principles and theoretical behavioral change components in
the top 157 breast cancer websites. The goal of this project was to evaluate the impact of these 14
theoretical components on breast cancer. It will also go into how some of these elements were
utilized to encourage visitors to donate money to the groups that sponsor the websites.

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 2. ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES

2. Main Idea: Recycling is seen as an important way in which we can help preserve our wildlife and
protect the earth for our children’s future.
Paraphrase: Recycling is viewed as an essential approach in our culture to help preserve animals
and safeguard the environment for our children's future. With such a favorable image and
significant public interest, it is logical to assume that recycling initiatives are extensively supported
and financed throughout the state of Michigan. This, however, is not the case. We want to conduct
study in three major Michigan cities: Lansing, Detroit, and Ann Arbor. Each city has its unique
recycling history, and we're looking at the laws and statistics behind the development, or lack
thereof, of a recycling program in each one.

3. HUMANITIES

3. Main Idea: Dr. Kenneth Waltzer on his work “The Rescue of Children and Youth in Buchenwald,"
will look at several different memoirs rooted in experiences of mass violence undergone by children
and youth.
Paraphrase: For his project, regarding to his analysis help for Dr. Kenneth social dancer in his work
on "The Rescue of youngsters and Youth in Buchenwald," He examine many totally different
memoirs unmoving in experiences of mass violence undergone by children and youth. These
stories are diverse and they turn up in worlds and times apart, they involve different actors and
contexts. however, they're additionally connected, involving experiences by youth of mass violence,
survival, and at last efforts to represent memory years later as warning, as remembrance, and as
an endeavor to assist others understand.

4. PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS

4. Main Idea: Social advocacy is integral to dance and Choreographers often engage elements of
social advocacy in order to empower dancers in their learning and understanding of dances.
Paraphrase: Choreographers usually have interaction components of social advocacy so as to
empower dancers in their learning and understanding of dances. This notion is important for
college kids as their education enhances awareness of the art form. We tend to are work ideas
regarding humanity and humanitarians. A singular analysis model is evolving as we investigate,
creatively and thru scholarship on socio-political issues. As we tend to interface physical and
psychological feature research, we've got the chance to make new ways that of embodied knowing

IV Reflection: 10 points
Before the lesson (misconception) After the lesson (realization)
I thought that . . . I learned that . . .
Main idea should be easy to locate but it’s not You should read the paragraph carefully to locate
because we cannot always find the main idea in the the main idea of the text and the main idea can be
first sentence of the paragraph. I thought that expressed as a summation of the information in the
paraphrasing should be easy to construct but it’s paragraph. I learned that when you paraphrase a
not because there is do many ways to paraphrase a text you need to read the passage several times to
sentence or paragraph. fully understand the meaning of the text.

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