CRITICAL READING AS

REASONING
READING AND WRITING SKILLS
QUARTER 4- MODULE 5
OBJECTIVES:

1.Identify assertions;
2.Formulate

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counterclaims; and
3.Determine evidence.

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 CRITICAL READING AS A REASONING
AFTER READING A TEXT,
WHAT DO YOU DO NEXT?
Interaction with the text is very
important to the reader because it
will make you evaluate and
formulate judgement on how the text
works.

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 ACTIVE READER

CRITICAL READING
-is engaging in analytic activity
which involves the reader by asking
questions about the text and the
author’s claim.

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EVALUATE
ANALYZE
INTERPRET THE ASSERTIONS OF THE
HIDDEN MEANING OF THE TEXT. 4
 REASONING
- An act of giving
statements for justification
and explanation.
- To defend something by
giving out reason

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 REMEMBER!!

CRITICAL READING IS NOT MEANT

TO CRITICIZE BUT TO ASSESS THE
VALIDITY OF THE TEXTUAL
EVIDENCE.
ACTIVITY!
• The class will be grouped into 3.
• We will test your reasoning skill by
convincing the judge through your
own reasons based on the situation
and the topic assigned to you.
• The teacher will provide three sets of
situations wherein all the groups will
take turns to be the judge and to be

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1. Anna wants to have a
movie date with her family,
which genre do you think is
better to watch?

G2: HORROR MOVIES

G3:ROMANTIC MOVIES
G1: JUDGE
2. Juan is craving for
sweets, which is better
for him to eat?

G1: FRUITS
G3:CHOCOLATES
G2: JUDGE
3. PASING WANTS TO GO
ON A VACATION, WHICH
TOURIST DESTINATION IS
BETTTER FOR HER TO GO
TO?

G1: PALAWAN
G2: BORACAY
G3: JUDGE
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1. How did you find the activity?
2.How were you able to come up
with your counterclaims?
3.How were you able to make a
sound judgement?
STEPS USED IN CRITICAL
READING AS REASONING
BY MAXINE RAFAELLA C. RODRIGUEZ AND MARELLA
THERESE A. TIONGSON

1. Identifying assertions
2. Formulating counterclaim

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3. Determining evidence

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1. IDENTIFYING ASSERTIONS

- Identify by a common type of

assertion such as fact, opinion and
preference .

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 WHAT IS
ASSERTION?

• the action of
stating something
CLAIM/

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FACT
something that is known to
have happened or to exist, especially
something for which proof exists, or about
which there is information.

On July 20, 1969,

Neil Armstrong was
the first human

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OPINION
- Is one that cannot be verified or
proved true by objective means.
- Subjective that must be properly
supported with facts before it can be
accepted as valid.

Rice tastes better if it

is cooked with woods
than in stoves.

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PREFERENCES
- This is based on personal
choice thus it is subjective
but still cannot be verified
objectively.

I rather watch movies

at home to save
money than going to
cinemas.
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2. FORMULATING COUNTERCLAIMS

- counterclaims are made to rebut a

previous claim.

May use the words like “yet”,

“but”, “however” , “still” or
“nevertheless” .

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3. DETERMINING EVIDENCE

- Evidence is the details given by the

authors to support his/her claims .
- a proof to make a strong argument
or claim.

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Example:
You are asking your father for an android cellphone, that is
your claim.
Then your father answers you. “No, you can’t!” this is his
counterclaim.
He might say that you already have a cellphone.

Therefore when you are going to formulate reason for the

counterclaim, you should state the reason why you are asking
for an android cellphone. You might say that you could use it in
your online classes because Android cellphone would be very
useful in this new normal classroom set-up.
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HEDGES
To minimize the negative impact
or criticism and to sound
courteous.
Different forms of hedges
Modals: may, could, would, should, might,
certain, must, etc.
Frequency adverbs: usually, generally,
commonly
Probability adverbs: probably, possibly,
presumably

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Example:
Common colds are caused by a virus.

With hedges:
Common colds must be caused by a virus.
Common colds is certain to be caused by a
virus.
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READING CRITICAL READING
PURPOSE To get a basic grasp of the To form judgements about how a text
text. works.
ACTIVITY Absorbing /understanding Analyzing/interpreting/evaluating

FOCUS What a text says? What a text does and means?

QUESTIONS What is the text saying? How does the text work? How is it
What information can I get argued?
out of it? What are the choices made? The
patterns that result?
What kinds of reasoning and evidence
are used?
What are the underlying assumptions?
What does the text mean?

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DIRECTION With the text (taking for Against the text (questioning its
granted it is right)` assumptions and argument, interpreting
meaning in context)
RESPONSE Restatement, summary Description, interpretation, evaluation23
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