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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET
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QUARTER 2

Development Team of the Module

Authors: Ma. Rosario Soledad L.
Corales
Cherrie Pie G.
Patilan Alex P.
Bolivar
Hydee T. Cumaldi

Editor: Irene M. Marcelo

Andrea C. Rodil
Reviewer: Noel D.
Anciado
Management Team: Celedonio B. Balderas, Jr., SDS
Gemma G. Cortez, Ed.D., CID -
Chief Leylanie V. Adao, EPS - LR

Guide in Using Learning Activity

Sheet For the Parents/Guardian
This learning activity sheet is designed to assist you as the learning
facilitator at home. It provides you with activities and lesson information
that the learners need to accomplish in a distance learning modality.

For the Learner

This learning activity sheet is designed to guide you in your independent
learning activities at your own pace and time. This also aims to help you
acquire the competencies required by the Department of Education at the
comfort of your home.
You are expected to answer all activities on separate sheets of paper
and submit the outputs to your respective teachers on the time and date
agreed upon.

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Distinguishing Text-types According 1-2

1 to Purpose and Features:

Classification, Explanation,
Enumeration and Time- Order
What I need to know?

Texts are written for a variety of purposes, using different forms and standards
of composition. These forms of writing are known as text types. Broadly speaking,
there are various non-fiction text types. Classification, explanation, enumeration, and
time order are just few of them. Within these are many more narrowly defined text
types. Understanding text types helps you understand the purpose of the text. The
purpose of an advertisement, for example, is to persuade the reader to buy or do
something. The purpose of an email to a friend is often to inform. The purpose of a
research article is to examine an issue fully, and to argue a particular point with the
support of evidence.

In this lesson, we will distinguish text-types according to purpose and features:

classification, explanation, enumeration, and time order.

Learning Task 1. Read each short text. Identify the purpose of each one
whether it is to inform, to instruct, or to persuade. Write the letter of your answer in
your answer sheet.

1. What is a storm surge? Storm surge is an abnormal rise of water caused

by the strong winds in a hurricane or a storm. This is over and above the predicted
level of tide. Storm surge takes place where winds are blowing on shore. The highest
surge tends to occur where the strongest winds of the hurricane or storm are. That is
why, people are highly alerted or warned of such occurrence, especially those living
along the coastal areas. Storm surge can damage property and can claim people’s
lives.
a. to inform
b. to instruct
c. to
persuade d.
2. Typhoons occur whole year round. It is always good to prepare for the
coming of any typhoon as predicted. First and foremost, inspect your house if
necessary repair or fixing is needed. With this, cleaning up the house drainage system
is a must to avoid clogging up. Next, store an adequate supply of food and water good
for a few days. Everything in the house should be put in an elevated position,
especially those items that generate electricity. Water should not penetrate into them
in case flood water rushes into your house. Lastly, always keep flashlights, candles,
batteries, and first aid supply.

a. to inform
b. to instruct
c. to persuade
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 3. Have you imagined not drinking water or any other liquid within the next
eight hours? This is what you basically do while you sleep. Your body becomes slowly
dehydrated or water-deprived because it needs fluid for the body organs to function or
do their job while you are sleeping. If you drink a large glass of water upon waking up,
it would fire up your energy for 90 minutes. Water helps your body flush out toxins,
especially through your kidneys. Since your brain tissue is 75 percent water, it needs
to be dehydrated enough to operate well. You can feel drained, exhausted, or
experience tiredness and mood swings if you lack water. So, would you now start
drinking a big glass of water first thing in the morning or drop the idea? The choice is
yours.

a. to inform
b. to instruct
c. to persuade

What is it?

Knowing different text types helps develop writing. Writing is a critical tool for
thinking. This is because writing stimulates the mind and helps make neural
connections to ideas that would not have been thought of. It is an excellent way to
improve writing and reading comprehension. Text structure is the arrangement of
ideas and the relationships among the ideas; readers and writers who are familiar with
text structure recognize how the information is unfolding.

These text-types are classification, explanation, enumeration and time – order.

Classification Text Type

 A classification paragraph begins with a main idea and discusses the

subcategories of that topic, comparing and contrasting them with each other.

Example:

Weight Loss

People looking to lose weight have a few options: exercise, diet, weight loss
pills, and surgery. Exercising involves going to a gym, working out at home, or joining
some sort of class or sports team. Those who are dieting can talk to a doctor about a
plan for them. Weight loss pills can be taken, if proper precautions and directions are
followed. Individuals who are severely overweight can talk to a doctor about having
surgery to lose the weight that they need.

Explanation Text Types

 A type of factual text that explains how or why something happens is an

explanation. It begins with the topic, describes items related to the topic in the right
order, and explains how these items are related to each other. It may have a
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  Explanations detail and logically describe the stages in a process, such
as the water cycle, or how a steam engine works. Other examples could be how a law
is made, or why we blink when we sneeze.

Example:
Recycling Glass Bottles

Recycling glass helps the environment and it is easy to do. When people
recycle the glass bottles, they are taken to a recycling plant. At the plant bottle tops
and lids are removed. After that, the glass is washed and crushed into small pieces.
The crushed glass is then sent a bottle factory. Here it is mixed with a small amount of
sand. It is then melted in a furnace. Finally, the hot liquid glass comes out of the
furnace and goes into a machine that makes it into bottles. Recycled glass is as good
and as a strong new glass. Glass can be recycled many times without losing its
quality.

Enumeration Text Types

 An enumeration text is one which presents ideas by listing or

enumerating the kinds, characteristics, classes, types, parts, ways, groups, and other
information of a certain thing. it usually starts with the statement of general subject
that is broken down into parts, classes, etc.
 These parts are introduced by transition/ signal words, such as the
following, in many ways, such as, first or one, second or next, and so on. These are
called enumerations.

Example:

The Earth’s surface is constantly changing through slow processes that we

don’t usually see. One is erosion. This has worn away rocks and mountains over
million years, caused by air, water, and wind. Another change is caused by
earthquakes that originate deep inside the planet. More sudden and violent than
erosion, an earthquake results when strains between Earth’s plates produce shock
waves. And, the third process results when molten rock-forming material called lava,
escapes onto the surface through gaps in the crust. What we experience is volcanic
eruption.

Time – Order Text Types

 A process or how-to text gives explanations or directions. Each sentence

tells the next step in carrying out a process or in getting from one place to another.
 Transition/signal words that may be used to show order of steps include
first, second, third, then, before, after, during, meanwhile, etc.
 Some paragraphs or texts are developed through logical order-time or
chronological order and a sequence-of-importance.
 In time or chronological order, the sentences are arranged in the order in
which the events they describe happened. This text is called a recount.
 Transition/signal words that may be used in these texts include first,
next, then, finally, to name a few.
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  In sequence-of-importance, the ideas are built from the least important
detail to the most important detail, or from the most important to the least important.
This is called sequence.

Example:
How to mold a Sculpture

First, clean the clay by getting rid of the bits of sand and dirt from it. Then, add
or remove water from the clay if necessary. If the clay is too wet, it will not hold a
shape. And if it is too dry, it will not be flexible enough to mold. Next, begin to shape
the clay into something-with your bare hands or with tools. Roll and push clay into
shapes or pull off and stick back on different places. After the clay has been molded,
put it into a kind of oven to be fired. Then, build a fire. As the fire slowly gets hotter
and hotter, water is baked out of the clay. Sooner or later, the clay dries up and
becomes hard with a new shape. Remove it from the oven, and let it cool.
Afterwards, you may paint it or put some designs of your choice on it.

What is more?

Learning Task 2. Carefully read the paragraph below. Answer the questions that
follow. Write the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet.

Trees are beneficial to mankind. Trees help prevent water pollution. They control the
sudden flow or rainfall into the earth below the tree. This prevents pollutants to be
carried to the ocean. Trees act like sponge that filters this water naturally and uses it
to recharge groundwater supplies. They lessen the noise from nearby streets and
freeways and create an eye-soothing view of green. Trees absorb dust and wind and
reduce glare. Trees conserve energy. Three trees placed strategically around a
single- family home can cut summer air conditioning needs by up to 50 percent. By
reducing the energy demand for cooling our houses, we reduce carbon dioxide and
other pollution emissions from power plants.

1. What is the main idea of the text?

a. Trees need lots of attention and care.
b. Trees help man in many ways.
c. Trees are of no use.

2. List down the four points (supporting details) given by the author to prove the
main idea. The first one is provided for you.
a. Trees help prevent water
pollution. b.
c.
d.
3. What type of text is given above?

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Learning Task 3. Read the paragraph and answer the questions that follow. Write the
letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet.

Heat deep in the core of the Earth continually escapes toward the surface. As
the heat rises, it warms rock, which begins to rise slowly. This molten rock, or magma
usually cools within. Sometimes, however, magma continue to push upward. It
absorbs water in the ground and heats it to produce steam or gas. Gas-filled magma
is lighter and can rise through a series of channels toward the surface. When it
reaches a vent or opening in the surface, it spews out. Magma that erupts from a vent
is called lava, reaching temperatures of more than 1000 degrees centigrade. When
cooled the lava and other materials, such as ash and rocks, build up to form the core
of a volcano.

1. What does the paragraph explain?

a. how earthquakes occur
b. how typhoons occur
c. how volcanos erupt

2. What items related to the topic are being described?

a. how heat deep in the core of the Earth escapes toward the surface
b. how the movements of rock underneath the eath affect us
c. how typhoons occur

3. How does the paragraph end?

a. Magma that erupts from a vent is called lava, reaching temperatures of more than
1000 degrees centigrade.
b. When cooled the lava and other materials, such as ash and rocks, build up to form
the core of a volcano.
c. It absorbs water in the ground and heats it to produce steam or gas.

4. In what tense are the verbs expressed?( escapes, warms, rises,begins)

a. present tense
b. past tense
c. future tense

5. What type of text is given above?

a. classification
b. explanation
c. time-order

Learning Task 4. Read the paragraph and answer the questions that follow. Write your
answers on your answer sheet.

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 The Herztsprung-Russell Diagram shows the three very different types of stars.
The first type is called the main sequence which includes the sun. These stars are
fueled by nuclear fusion, converting hydrogen into helium. The hotter they are, the
brighter they become. They last for about five billion years. The second type includes
the super giants. As they reach old age, they deplete their hydrogen supply. Their
core contracts as their outer layers expand. Eventually, they will explode becoming
nebula or supernova, then white dwarfs, neutron stars, or black holes. Third, smaller
stars consequently become white dwarfs, shrinking and depleting their nuclear fuels,
finally becoming cold, dark, black dwarfs.

1. What is the paragraph about?

2. What are the different types of stars?
3. What words or phrases signal the enumeration or listing?

Learning Task 5. Read the paragraph and answer the questions that follow. Write your
answers on your answer sheet.

How to Purify Cloudy Water

Boiling is perhaps the safest way to purify cloudy water. You will need a boiling
pot, fire, salt, a coffee filter or cloth, charcoal, and cotton. First, prefilter the cloudy
water with a cotton filter or folded cloth. Then, boil the filtered water. Add a small
amount of salt to improve the taste of the water as it is boiling. If you are above 2000
feet altitude, boil for three minutes. Next, let the water cool. Meanwhile, make a cotton
and charcoal filter by crushing the charcoal and putting it in the cotton as trap. This will
remove impurities and still some bad taste from the boiled water. Finally, filter the
boiled water through the cotton trap.

1. What is the text about?

2. What are the steps presented in this process text?
3. What words help you get the process step by step?

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 What I have learned?

Learning Activity 6. Distinguish what text-types are the following paragraph below.
Write your answer in your answer sheet.

1. Pablo Picasso is known for his abstract style. That means that his art
looks out of this world. Picasso’s father was also an artist. He started training
him when Picasso was seven. When Picasso was 13, he was so good that his
father quit painting. At the age of 16, Picasso went to art school.

2. Seeds grow into larger plants through the process of germination.

Germination requires optimum sunlight, temperature, water and air for the seed
to turn into a plant.

3. An earthquake is a shock wave that radiates to the Earth's surface from

underground. Causing a range of effects from unnoticeable, mild tremors to
violent, prolonged shaking, an earthquake is a natural phenomenon that
occurs frequently only in certain areas of the world. The place where an
earthquake begins underground is called the hypocenter, and the area on the
Earth's surface directly above the hypocenter is called the epicenter and
receives the most powerful shock waves.

4. Rembrandt is a famous artist known for his oil paintings. He was born on
1606. He knew that he wanted to be a painter by 1620, when he was at
college. Rembrandt was ambitious. By 1625 he had opened his own art studio.
He would go on to paint many masterpieces.

5. As a Grade 5 pupil, Emmanuel was already self-motivated and self-

directed in many ways. He would assist his mother in some household chores
and some errands. On days when there would be no classes, he would go with
his father in the farm and would pasture the carabao to the fields. On
weekdays, he would burn the midnight oil working on his assignments and
studying his lessons.

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Summarizing Various Text
Types based on
Elements
What I need to know?
In lesson 1, you have learned about the various text types such as classification,
explanation, enumeration and time order. In this lesson, you will be learning how to
summarize those various non-fiction text types basing on elements.

Summarizing is a way of understanding a text by identifying the main idea and

important facts. In other words, it is like what the text is about supported with important
facts.
Summarizing is finding the key ideas and supporting details to get the “gist” of a
piece of writing.

Skilled readers distill what is important -- based on the purpose of reading -- to

understand and recall the text. It is telling the important events in a story or the main idea
and supporting details of a nonfiction text in your own words.

Some Key Elements of Summarizing:

• Provide an overview or topic statement/main idea.

• Include key details.
• Leave out irrelevant or unimportant details.
• Consider the tenses of verbs used in each sentence.

What is it?

In summarizing the text types such as enumeration and time order, you can
use the signal words like first, next, then, after, eventually, finally etc. In
classifications, you organize things into categories and give examples of things
that fit into each category. While for explanation texts, you can take into considerations
the main idea and the supporting details of the texts you read.

Here are some steps in summarizing:

1. Read the text- You should read the article more than once to make sure
you’ve thoroughly understood it.
2. Take notes- Highlight and write down the main ideas and important details
of the text. The main idea of a paragraph is the author's message about the topic. It is

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often expressed directly or it can be implied. On the other hand, important details are
the information that support the main idea.
3. Write the summary- Now that you know the key points that the article
aims to communicate, you need to put them in your own words.
4. Check the summary against the article- Finally, read through the text
once more to ensure that you’ve accurately represented the author’s work and haven’t
missed any important information.

Examples:

1. People in the Mountains-Igorots

The Igorots are a very distinct group of people, tribe who originate from the
Northern provinces of the Philippine archipelago, the Cordillera Administrative Region
(CAR). The word Igorot means mountain people.

Inhabiting the rugged terrain of the Cordillera Region are six ethnic tribes such as
the Apayao/Isneg, Bontoc, Ibaloi, Ifugao, Kalinga, and Kankana-ey.

The Apayao/Isneg inhabits the banks of the Apayao River and its tributaries in
Northern Luzon. Like most erstwhile headhunters, they are slash-and-burn (Kaingin
system) farmers who have recently, under the influence of their neighbors, begun to
practice wet-rice agriculture. The Bontocs live in the banks of the Chico River in the
Central Mountain Province. They also formerly practiced head-hunting and had
distinctive body tattoes. The Ibaloi people were traditionally an agrarian society. Many of
them continue with their agriculture and rice cultivation. The Ifugaos are among the
ethnic groups living in northern Luzon, particularly in the Cordillera region. Despite being
labeled a fifth-class municipality, the province of Ifugao is endowed with rich
vegetation.The Ifugaos have long depended on wet rice farming and have developed a
profound rice farming tradition. Inhabiting the drainage areas of the middle Chico River
in Kalinga Province, the Kalingas are noted for their strong sense of tribal awareness
and the peace pacts they have made among themselves. They practice both wet and
dry rice farming and have developed an institution of peace pacts which has minimized
traditional warfare and headhunting and serves as a mechanism for the initiation,
maintenance, renewal and reinforcement of kinship and social ties. The Kankanaey’s
domain includes Western Mountain Province, Northern Benguet, and Southeastern
Ilocos Sur. Like most Igorots, Kankanaey tribe built sloping terraces to maximize farm
space in the rugged terrain of the Cordilleras.

Unlike most of the Philippines, which were ruled by the Spaniards for about four
hundred years, the Cordillera region was unfazed by the Spanish colonization. They are
a pre-Hispanic mountainous highland society that has survived through Spanish
colonization. The Igorot tribes are held together by their common socio-cultural traits as
well as their geographic proximity to each other.

*Summary (1)
People in the Mountains-Igorots

Igorots are the group of people who inhabit the Northern provinces of the
Philippines, now known as the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). The word Igorot
simply means “mountain people”. The Igorot is composed of six ethnic tribes:
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Apayao/Isneg, Bontoc, Ibaloi, Ifugao, Kalinga and Kankana-ey. They are the group of
Filipinos who were not controlled by the Spaniards during their almost four hundred
years regime in our country.

Some of these tribes formerly practiced headhunting and slash-and burn

systems, but eventually learned practicing the wet-rice agriculture and continue to
develop their traditional rice cultivation. These tribes inhabit different parts of the
mountainous Cordillera, but they are held together by their common socio-cultural traits.

*Summary (2)

*Summary (3)

People in the Mountains-Igorots

Apayao/ They inhabit the banks of the Apayao River. They were former headhunters and
Isneg slash-and-burn farmers, but eventually have learned to practice wet-rice agriculture.
They live in the banks of the Chico River and formerly practiced head-hunting and had distincti
Bontocs

The Ibaloi is an agrarian society and many of them continue with their
Ibaloi
agriculture and rice cultivation.

Ifugao The Ifugaos endow with rich vegetation and have developed a
profound rice farming tradition.
The Kalingas are noted for their strong sense of tribal awareness and the peace
Kalinga pacts they have made among themselves.

Kankana-ey Like the other Igorot tribes,the Kankankana-ey tribe also built sloping terraces to
maximize farm space in the rugged terrains of the Cordilleras.

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2.

Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Butterflies start life as tiny eggs laid on top of leaves. First, the butterfly lays
eggs on leaves they like to eat. Then, when the egg hatches, out comes the larva, or
What is more?
caterpillar. They eat and eat. As they grow, they shed their skin, or exoskeleton.
When the caterpillar has grown to its full size, it makes a chrysalis. This is called the
pupa stage. When the caterpillar is done forming inside the pupa, finally a butterfly
will come out. At first its wings are folded and wet, but in few hours they are dry and
are ready to fly.
Learning Task 1. Read the paragraph and choose the best main idea of each text.
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First, a butterfly lays egg on

leaves.

Finally,a butterfly will come out Next, the egg hatches

when the caterpillar is done forming inside the pupa. and the larva or the catterpillar comes out.

Then, when the caterpillar has

grown to its full size, it makes a chrysalis called the pupa.

Long ago, people spent their lives roaming in search of food. They went from place to place look

a. As they learned to farm, people settled down.

b. Wheat and rice were among the first plants to grow.
c. Each day, they need to hunt wild boars to feed their families.

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 d. Long ago, people gathered wild plants and hunted wild animals to eat and
later on, settled as farmers.

2. The first farmers planted seeds simply by scattering them on the ground, which was quite was

a. Scattering method was very unhelpful for the farmers.

b. Seeds planted by scattering were blown away by the wind.
c. Farmers were not aware that scattering seeds was a wasteful method.
d. For many years, seeds were planted by a wasteful method- scattering.

3.
Lolong held the record as the world’s largest crocodile ever captured. However, the time it spe

a. Crocodiles are dangerous and a threat to human beings.

b. All the wild animals should be placed in a big pen in order to survive.
c. Lolong is an animal which represents wild life that could destroy the
environment.
d. Lolong is the largest crocodile captured, removed from its natural habitat
but its captivity caused its sickness, vulnerability, and death.

4. We breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide to live. Oxygen is necessary for people an
The building up of gases in the Earth’s atmosphere causes the greenhouse effect. With so many

a. The oxygen and carbon dioxide are gases that are essential to us, humans.
b. Greenhouse effect is caused by too much oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere.
c. Oxygen and carbon dioxide are very important gases that make life possible
on earth.
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 d. The carbon dioxide that we breathe out is very useful for the plants to produce
oxygen for humans and animals, but too much of it in our atmosphere can
cause greenhouse effect and causes temperature to rise.
Inhabiting tropical rainforests, Philippine eagles are well-adopted to life in thick, mountainous fore
5.

a. The tropical rainforest is a habitat for Philippine Eagle.

b. Philippine eagles are well-adopted to life in thick, mountainous forests.
c. The Philippine eagle is a smart and skillful bird that kills many other animals.
d. Philippine eagle is tropical rainforest animal with the ability to fly vertically in
the forest and has sharp beaks and claws that are used to kill its prey.

Learning Task 2. Read the text given below and fill in the graphic organizer with the
oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle. Then, write the signal words used in the text on the space
provided below.

The Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide

Cycle
Oxygen cycle, along with the carbon cycle and nitrogen cycle plays an essential
role in the existence of life on the earth. First, carbon dioxide moves from the air into the
leaves of plants through tiny openings in the plant’s leaves called stomata. Next, the
plants create the oxygen that we breathe through a process called photosynthesis. Then,
in this process, plants use carbon dioxide, sunlight, and water to create energy. Finally,
the oxygen which was produced by the plant moves out of the leaf through the tiny
openings and inhaled by human beings and animals.
All animals, including humans, require oxygen to survive. Animals breathe in the
oxygen made by plants and breathe out carbon dioxide as a waste product. Even animals
that live underwater need oxygen. These animals pass water over their gills to take in
dissolved oxygen that is made by water plants. The water plants in turn take in the
dissolved carbon dioxide from the water.
Animals and plants are connected to each other by the oxygen-carbon dioxide
cycle. Plants need the carbon dioxide from animals to live and animals must have the
oxygen from plants to survive.

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 Oxygen- Carbon Dioxide Cycle

*Signal words:
1. 2. 3. 4.

Learning Task 3. Read and understand the given text below. Fill in the graphic
organizer with the main idea and some important details of the text.

Two Classifications of Plants

Plants are the beautiful living things on the planet Earth. They are classified
according to flowering plants and non-flowering plants. The flowering plants produce
flowers for reproduction. But, non-flowering plants don’t produce flowers for reproduction.
Flowering plants (angiosperms) comprise about 90 percent of the Kingdom Plantae.
The total number of described species exceeds 250,000, and many tropical species are as
yet unnamed. During the past 130 million years, flowering plants have colonized practically
every conceivable habitat on earth, from sun-baked deserts and windswept alpine summits
to fertile grasslands, freshwater marshes, dense forests and lush mountain meadows.
Although a number of flowering plants live in aquatic habitats and have adapted to the
saline conditions of dry lake beds and salt marshes, relatively few species live submersed
in the oceans. True marine angiosperms are found throughout the oceans of the world,
although most species are distributed in tropical regions.
Non-flowering plants are divided into two main groups according to the way they
reproduce. One group is called gymnosperm which reproduces itself from seeds, while the
other group reproduces from the spores.
Gymnosperms are the group of non-flowering plants. They reproduce from the seeds,
which are open to the air without any covering.
One main group of the gymnosperms is called conifers. Conifers produce seeds
when the pollen from male cones reaches the female cones. Conifers stock their seeds in
the cones. Examples of the conifers are pines, cypresses, redwoods. When the seeds
reach the rich soil, they start to germinate and grow.
The other group of the non-flowering plants doesn’t produce seeds for reproduction.
Instead, they use the spores for their reproduction. Spores are very small organisms
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consisting of single or multiple cells, housed in a hard coating.
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Supporting Details
Supporting Details

What I have learned?

Remember:

Summarizing is expressing the most important facts or ideas about something in

a short and clear form.

• Provides students with a means for presenting their ideas in ways that others
can understand.
• Encourages students to get used to looking for key ideas in the text as they
read, which is a key element of comprehension.
• Helps students connect key ideas to sense or meaning; summarizing helps them
absorb the ideas in the text.

Learning Task 4. Read the text below. Summarize it in 5 sentences considering the
summarizing steps mentioned earlier. Be familiar with the rubric below which will be
used in rating your summary.

Sharks

Sharks are known as the fiercest fish in the ocean. Sharks have been around for
about 400 million years and are the top ocean predators. At the top of the food chain,
sharks are feared by swimmers. However, these fish are also fascinating creatures.
You probably know sharks have very sharp teeth, but did you know they never
run out of them? If a shark loses a tooth, another moves forward from within the shark’s
jaw where it keeps a nearly unlimited supply of replacement teeth. This way, it’s
almost
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impossible for a shark to end up without a full set of teeth. This is a phenomenon unique
to the shark. No other animal in the world has teeth quite like the shark’s. A shark can
go through as many as 20,000 teeth in its lifetime!
While sharks have a reputation for being fierce and dangerous, not all sharks are
ferocious carnivores. Some of the largest sharks are the most harmless. For example,
the basking shark and the whale shark are two of the largest types of sharks, but they
eat plankton. These sharks could be considered “gentle giants.”
Some sharks are truly dangerous. The great white shark and the tiger shark are
just two of the most well-known hunters. On the other hand, humans are also hunters.
People kill thousands of sharks a year to make food and products to sell. Who do you
think are the most dangerous predators?

(Title)

Rubric for Summarizing a Text

5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points

Mechanics Contains few, if Contains Contains Contains
and any spelling or several errors many errors in many errors in
Grammar grammatical in punctuation, punctuation, punctuation,
errors. spelling or spelling and/or spelling and/or
grammar that grammar that grammar that
do not interferes with makes the
interfere with meaning piece illegible.
meaning
Main Topic Clearly states States at least States at least Includes
and the main topic 2 important 1 important unnecessary
Supporting and 2 or more details with detail. details.
Details important details some
using own words paraphrasing
or statements. of information.
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 Week 5-6

Lesson

3 Making a Stand

What I need to know?

This module is designed to help you focus on how to make a stand in current
issues happening around you.
After going through this module, you are expected to:
1. make a stand: (EN5OL-IIh-4)

Activity A: Fast Talk

Directions: Below are pairs of words from which you will choose the one that you
prefer more. Read each pair of words aloud and in not more than two seconds,
say your choice aloud.

Ready?
1. Fried chicken or spaghetti?
2. Dog or cat?
3. Black or white?
4. Fruits or vegetables?
5. Mommy or daddy?
6. Sleep or eat?
7. Cellphone or laptop?
8. Sing or dance?
9. Mathematics or Science?
10. Clean the house or wash the dishes?

How was it? Were you able to choose and decide at once? Were you sure of
your choice? If given a chance, would you change any of your choice? What will make
you change your choice?

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 Study the pictures below. What do you think the pictures below are trying to make you
do?

ONLINE CLASS

OR
FACE-TO-FACE CLASS

If you were to decide, which between “online class” and “face-to-face class” do
you prefer for the school year 2021-2022? What are your reasons for choosing either
one?

Many important matters need to be agreed upon in order to come up with a

decision for a successful plan, project or activity. Agreeing or disagreeing and voicing
out your opinion is called “taking a stand”. Making a stand on an issue goes beyond
stating your preference for or against an issue. To make a stand is to take an
action to carry out your opinion about an issue.

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 What is it?

Learning Task 1. Read the following sentences below. Draw a thumb up symbol ( )
if you agree with the statement and draw a thumb down symbol ( ) if you disagree.
Write your answer on the blank.

1. Playing basketball is better than riding a bicycle.

2. Pupils should be allowed to turn off their camera during online class.
3. Children raised by a single mother/parent are more independent.
4. Gadgets must be used only by children 8 years old and above.
5. Wearing face mask and face shield will protect us from CoVid19.
6. Filipinos are resilient and resourceful.
7. You are lucky if you are an only child.
8. Drinking milk everyday will help you grow taller.
9. Prayer will help ease our problem.
10. Honesty is the best policy.

Which of the statements above do you agree with? Which of the statements
above do you disagree with? What made you decide to agree or disagree with these
statements? What is your opinion about these statements?

In the activity that you just did, you have already shown your opinion about the
issues happening around you. You may either choose to strongly agree or strongly
disagree and voice out your opinion. This is called “taking a stand”.

Taking a stand means to voice your opinion on issues that are happening
around you. To take a stand is to determine effort to agree or disagree, to defend
something and to oppose or commend something. To make a stand means to make
a definite position or opinion about something. Someone who "makes a stand" is
doing something a lot stronger and more active.” When one says he takes a stand on proper
waste segregation, then he is stating his opinion that it should be practiced. But to make a
stand is to put in extra effort to just stating one’s opinion like going out of one’s way to
encourage others to do the same or advocating a drive in the community to practice proper
waste segregation.

Here are the tips on how you can make a stand.

1. Base your stand from your own experiences.
2. Always base your opinion on facts, so collect information first about
your topic/stand.
3. Know what is right and wrong. Always be on the right side.
4. Narrate/Present your opinion properly by stating all your reasons.
5. Be respectful in conveying your stand.
6. Don’t take personally the opinion or the stand of others.
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 The key is to completely believe in the topic. If you do not believe what you are
telling, you cannot convince the listener or the reader.

Remember that your stand is the result of your personal experiences +

information.

What is more?

Learning Task 2. Read the short article about “fast foods” and do the activity that
follows.

”Fast foods” refers to food that can be prepared and served quickly. It can come from many places: s

Answer the question using the table below. Write 1-2 sentences about the article.

QUESTION MY STAND
Despite unhealthy ingredients being
used in foods sold in fast food
restaurants, would you still buy
foods from them? Yes or no? Why?

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Learning Task 3. Explain in 2-3 sentences about the advantages and the
disadvantages of fast foods.

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.

What I have learned?

Learning Task 4. Below are some of the issues happening around you. Put the
sentences in the first column if you agree with the statement and put it inside the
second column if you disagree.

1. Gadgets are never helpful to children.

2. Curfews will help teenagers out of trouble.
3. All schools must implement the “No Single-use Plastic”.
4. Parents should not answer the module for their children.
5. A person who was convicted of a crime must be given another chance in
the society after he has served his term in prison.
6. The opening of classes for school year 2021-2022 should be in August.
7. Getting yourself into sports will teach you discipline and hard work.
8. The parents are the first teachers of good manners of children at home.
9. Proper waste segregation and disposal will help prevent pollution and diseases.
10. We are all responsible for the effects of global warming that earth
is experiencing now.

I STRONGLY AGREE I STRONGLY DISAGREE

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Learning Task 5. Choose one issue from the list below. In a one whole sheet of paper,
state your stand regarding your chosen issue in not less than 5 sentences, in
paragraph form.

1. Getting inoculated or vaccinated with anti-CoVid19 vaccine

2. No children below 15 years old is allowed in the mall and restaurants while
in the pandemic.
3. Bringing of and using cellphones inside the classroom
4. K Pop and Koreanovelas in the Philippines

Your work will be rated/scored using the rubrics below.

Rubrics
CRITERIA 3 2 1
Introduced Topic is clearly Topic is mentioned. Topic is not
topic introduced. introduced.
Opinion is clearly Opinion is stated No opinion is
States stated. but vague. stated.
opinion
Provides Several reasons One reason is No reasons are
reasons that support given to support given nor
opinions are given. the opinion. reasons
do not support
opinion.
Solid closing is Closing is No closing is
Provides provided. provided, but is provided.
closing the same as
opinion sentence.
Grammar Linking words are Linking words are No linking words
and used correctly. used, but not are used.
Mechanics Capital letters and correctly. Capital letters
punctuation Capital letters and and
marks are used punctuation punctuation
correctly. marks are mostly marks are not
used correctly. used correctly

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Lesson

4 Providing Evidence
to Support

What I need to know?

In practicing reading comprehension, one primary skill for well-reasoned analysis

of content is learning how to determine between fact and opinion. A fact is a statement
which experiences and experiments have proven to be true. It is directly observable. An
opinion is a view or guess which may or may not be true. It tells what someone thinks
or feels about something. It can be verified but only indirectly. The ability to distinguish
between fact and opinion helps you develop your critical and analytical skills in both
reading and listening.

In this lesson, you are expected to distinguish facts from opinion, and provide
evidence to support opinion/fact.

Before we proceed to the lesson for this week, let us see how well you can
recognize fact and opinion statement.

Learning Task 1: Tell whether each statement is a fact or an opinion. Write your
answer on your answer sheet.

1. The Earth is the third planet from the sun.

2. The homework that teacher set was really hard.
3. The fastest land animal is the cheetah.
4. Manny Pacquiao is known for boxing champion.
5. Cats are the best pets.
6. If you exercise, you can eat whatever you can without getting fat.
7. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
8. The moon has craters.
9. Football is fun to play.
10. Soda contains acid and sugar that can harm your teeth.

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 What is it?

What is it?

How can you distinguish fact from opinion?

FACT
 A fact is something to be true or something that has occurred or has been proven
correct and could be validated with pieces of evidence.
 In addition, fact can be an event or information, based on factual circumstances,
that can be verified and supported by proof, statistics and documentations. A fact
contains data and research, it includes numbers, dates and ages.
 Tips on how to differentiate between fact and opinion. Firstly, ask yourself, Is the
statement true? “Can the statement be proved”? If yes, then it is fact. Evidence to
support a fact can be easily found in books in a library’s reference section, as
well as by searching online using reliable sources of information, such as the
websites of reputable educational institutions.

Look for signal words

 On June 12 (specific date),
 In the year…
 According to…
 In the article…
 The author states…
 In the text…

Examples:

1. According to the Department of Health (DOH), there were 518, 407 confirmed
cases of COVID-19 in the Philippines as of January 27, 2021.

2. Scientist have recently discovered the vaccine for COVID-19.

These are facts because there are studies regarding these particular statements.

OPINION

 An opinion is a belief or judgement about something that isn’t necessarily based

on fact.
 It is a personal view or judgement about a subject, and may not be supported by
facts or evidence.
 It is also subjective, inconclusive, and may not be proven to be true – it is
normally what a person thinks or feels about something that is highly influenced
by a person’s thoughts, feelings, perspective, desire, attitude, experience,
understanding, belief, values, which cannot be verified by concrete evidence.

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  Others may agree or disagree with an opinion but they cannot prove or
disapprove it.
 Opinions may not be rooted in fact or be supported by strong evidence, though
there are exceptions, such as in the case of expert opinions.

Look for signal words

 I think…
 I believe…
 I feel…
 In my opinion…
 In my point of view…
 People should…

Example: I think Michael Jordan is the best basketball player of all time.
(It is one person’s feelings/idea about an athlete he admires. We can’t prove if is
right or wrong.)

Other Examples:
1. Social distancing is one of the best precautionary measures we do to
prevent COVID-19 from spreading.
This is a fact because it can be observed, and an actual thing that exists.

2. There are twelve months in a year.

This is a fact because this is true. In a Gregorian calendar, there are really 12
months in one year.

3. I think drinking hot water will protect you from COVID-

19. It is an opinion because it tells what someone thinks.

4. Broccoli is so yummy.
This is an opinion because the statement is someone’s point of view about
broccoli. For those who do not eat broccoli, they may not agree with the
statement.

You have learned that a statement of fact can be proven. If the statement
proves to be wrong, it becomes an error. An opinion tells what you think or believe
which may not be necessarily true. However, you can support your claim by citing what
a witness says, mentioning a source from your research, or recalling a direct
observation you made.

Learning Task 2: Read each statement and identify if it contains facts or opinions. Circle
the facts and/or underline the opinions. Write your answer on your answer sheet.

Example: I love school. Public school is better than private school.

Answer: Public school is better than private school.

1. Philippines is a great country. Manila is the capital city of the Philippines.

2. The earth is made up of land and water.
3. There are seven days in a week. Sunday is the most relaxing day.
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5. There are twelve inches in a foot.
6. I love going to Promenade De Dasmariñas. It is a fun place to be.
7. Overweight people are lazy.
8. The sun is a very bright star. The sun is fun to look at.
9. Living things need air, food and water to survive.
10. Dogs have fur. Dog’s fur is pretty.

What is more?
Learning Task 3. Analyze each statement whether it is a fact or an opinion. If it’s a
fact, write Fact and explain how it can be proven. If it is an opinion, write Opinion and
give a short explanation. Write your answer on your answer sheet.

Examples: According to the 2015 census, Dasmariñas City has a population of 659,019
people.
Fact or Opinion How can this be proven? Fact. Reference from statistics and
online resources

I believe that Dasmariñas is the most progressive city in the whole Province
of Cavite.
Fact or opinion: How can this be proven? Opinion. because of the phrase I
believe in the beginning of the sentence.

1. The Philippines is an Asian country.

Fact or Opinion How can this be proven?

2. Monday is the best day of the week.

Fact or Opinion How can this be proven?

3. Filipinos celebrate Independence Day in June.

Fact or Opinion How can this be proven?

4. Honeybees are insects.

Fact or Opinion How can this be proven?

5. People are born with musical ability; practice doesn’t matter.

Fact or Opinion How can this be proven?

6. English is the most interesting subject in school.

Fact or Opinion How can this be proven?

7. Rodrigo Roa Duterte is the current president of the Philippines.

Fact or Opinion How can this be proven?

8. China has quarantined the city of Wuhan in Hubei Province last on January 2020.
Fact or Opinion How can this be proven?

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 9. The prettiest color in rainbow is red.
Fact or Opinion How can this be proven?

10. Surfing the web is more fun than watching TV.

Fact or Opinion How can this be proven?

What I have learned?

Remember:

In giving opinion/fact, provide evidence to support opinion/fact to be valid and

worth considering. Evidence may include the claims, facts and figures, graphs, statistics,
surveys, and experiment as the core sources to support your opinion.

Learning Task 4. Write a one paragraph consisting of 5-7 sentences by giving your
opinion/stating fact/s regarding the question. Provide evidence to your answers. You
can support your claim by citing or mentioning a source from your research. Be guided
by the rubrics below.

Can COVID 19 vaccine prevent one from getting infected with it?

Score 4 3 2 1
Opinion The paragraph The paragraph The paragraph is There is no paragraph
Stated provides a clear, provides a clear written, but the or the author’s
strong statement of statement of the author’s opinion is opinion is not stated.
the author’s opinion author’s opinion on not clear.
on the topic. the topic.
Support/ All the Most of the Few Reasons/explanations
Reasons reasons/explanations reasons/explanations reasons/explanations are NOT relevant and
are specific and are specific and are specific and may do not support the
relevant to support relevant to support not be relevant to author’s opinion.
the author’s opinion. the author’s opinion. support the author’s
opinion.
Mechanics 1-2 errors in 3 errors in grammar 4-5 errors in More than 5 errors in
grammar or spelling. or spelling. grammar or spelling grammar or spelling
that distract the that distract the
reader from the reader from the
content of the content of the
paragraph. paragraph.

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 LT 1
1. d
2. d
3. c
4. d
5. d

LT 5
1. Time-Order Text Type
2. A. First, prefilter the LT 4
cloudy water with a 1. The Hertzsprung-Russell
cotton filter or folded Diagram shows the three
cloth. very different types of
B. Then, boil the stars.
filtered water. 2. The main sequence
C. Next, let the water cool. stars, the super giants,
D. Finally, filter the boiled and the smaller stars.
water through the cotton 3. First, second, and third,

LT 2
1. B
2. A. Trees help prevent water pollution.
LT 3 B. Trees act like sponge that filters
1. C this water naturally and uses it to
2. A recharge groundwater supplies.
3. B C. Trees absorb dust and wind LT 1
4. B and reduce glare.
1. C
5. A D. Trees conserve energy.
3. Classification Text Type 2. B
3. A
Activity A. Answer of pupils will vary.

LT 1. Answer of pupils will vary.

LT 2. Answer of pupils will vary.

LT 3. Answer of pupils will vary.

LT 4. Answer of pupils will vary.

LT 5. Answer of pupils will vary.

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