Grade 11 Week 3 Learning Activity Sheet

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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Reading and Writing Skills
QUARTER 3- MODULE 3
Reading and Writing Skills Activities
Objectives:
 Identify claims explicitly or implicitly made in a written text

a. Claim of fact
b. Claim of policy
c. Claim of value
 Identify the context in which a text was developed
a. Hypertext
b. Intertext
Explicit information is written and explained in the text so you, the learner,
will not be confused. On the other hand, implicit information is something that is
not written or seen in the text but is suggested.
Distinguishing Between the Types of Claims

First, a claim of fact states a quantifiable assertion or a measurable topic.
They assert that something has existed, exists, or will exist based on data. They rely
on reliable sources or systematic procedures to be validated; this is what makes them
different from inferences.
Claims of fact usually answer a “what” question. When determining whether
something is a claim of fact, the following questions are useful:
 Is this issue related to a possible cause or effect?
 Is this statement true or false? How can its truthfulness be verified?
 Is this claim controversial or debatable?
Take a look at the two examples below. What makes the claims of fact?
1. Smoking causes cancer.

2. People can reduce the severity of depression by increasing
their sunlight exposure each day.
In the first claim, what causes cancer? The answer is smoking. Is it true? Can
it be verified? How? Does it exist? Is this debatable? Is there someone saying
otherwise?
If most of your answers to these questions are yes, then it is a claim of fact.
How about the second claim? How will you prove its type? Can you use the
same process of questioning? The answer is yes.
Remember that when you are trying to find factual claims, terms don’t help much,
but you could look for time-related terms such as "in the past," or "in the future" and
causal terms such as "leads to", "improves", "destroys", or "is caused by."
Next, the claim of value asserts something that can be qualified. They consist
of arguments about moral, philosophical, or aesthetic topics. These types of topics
try to prove that some values are more or less desirable compared to others. They
make judgments based on certain standards, on whether something is right or wrong,
good or bad, or something similar.
Claims of value attempt to explain how problems, situations, or issues ought
to be valued. To discover these explanations, you may ask the following questions:
 Which claims endorse what is good or right?
 What qualities should be considered good? Why?
 Which of these values contend with others? Which ones are more important, and
why? Whose standards are used?
 What are some concrete examples of such values?
Consider this example: Your idea is valuable to the project. What makes this
claim a value? Aside from the give-away term valuable, the question that will guide you is
“Whose standard is it valuable?
When trying to find value claims look for terms like "valuable/ beautiful/
interesting", "good/ bad/ evil", "right/ wrong", "superior/ best/ worse".
Finally, claims of policy attempt to persuade you or others to take
some action or change a behavior usually to solve a problem. You can easily
identify a claim of policy for it uses terms like "should", "ought" and "must".
The following questions will be used in evaluating a claim of policy.
 Does the claim suggest a specific remedy to solve the problem?
 Is the policy clearly defined?
 Is the need for the policy established?
 Is the policy the best one available? For whom? According to whose standards?
 How does the policy solve the problem?
Now, study the two ideas below. What makes the claims of policy?
1. Voluntary prayer should be permitted in public schools.

2. Smoking should be prohibited in public places.
Both claims use the word should which is associated with claims of
policy. The questions “Is there a policy that supports the claim?”, “Is there a
problem? “, “Does it suggest a specific remedy to solve the problem?” when
ask are answered. These qualify the two ideas as claims of policy.
What is hypertext?
Hypertext is a way to organize information in a digital format that makes

use of traditional text structures (words, sentences, pages, articles or
chapters, books, and libraries) as enhanced by the multiple linkages
(words to words, words to sentences, sentences to sentences, sentences
to pages, pages to pages, pages to chapters, and so on) possible in
cyberspace. When hypertexts further employ graphics, images, audio,
and video, they become hypermedia.
Why is hypertext important?
One good thing that hypertext does is allowing readers to shift to

different web pages almost instantly. When you get to navigate around the
internet and view several web pages in a matter of seconds or minutes, you
have a greater chance of getting a better picture of the entire scenario in a
fast manner.
There are now so many news websites and applications that are
accessible via the internet. Often, when you read a news article – especially one
that belongs to a series – you will see hyperlinks that will bring you to other
related news stories. This helps the reader, like you, to get a better
understanding of the whole story.
What is Intertextuality?
Another important technique in analyzing the context of a text’s

development is defining its intertextual link to another text. Intertextuality is
the modelling of a text’s meaning by another text. It is defined as the
connections between language, images, characters, themes, or subjects
depending on their similarities in language, genre, or discourse. This is seen
when an author borrows and transforms a prior text, or when you read one
text and you reference another. This view recognizes that the text is always
influenced by previous texts and in turn anticipates future texts. However,
intertextuality is not always deliberate. There are instances that the
resemblance of works is incidental or not intended. A text contains many
layers of accumulated cultural, historical, and social knowledge, which
continually adds to and affects one another. Thus, intertextuality
becomes a dialogue among different texts and interpretations of the
writer, the audience, and the current and earlier cultural contexts.
An example of this is the famous novel of Rizal, the Noli Me Tangere.

Some write-ups point to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin—
which exposed the inhumanity of slavery and which was credited with having
fueled the American Civil War—as Rizal’s inspiration for the Noli Me
Tangere. The resemblance of the social condition at that time in the
Philippines and that of Stowe’s novel moved Rizal into writing his novel to get
the attention of his audience- the Spanish government.
EXPLORE!
A. Direction: For each claim below, identify whether it is a value,

policy, or fact. Write your answer in your activity notebook.
1. Alcoholism is a genetic disorder.

2. Teachers face numerous problems today.
3. Amorsolo is my favorite Filipino painter.
4. National strength can only be built on character.
5. The US should help countries gain their independence.
6. Democracy is superior to any other form of government.
7. Social networks are the most distracting website on the internet.
8. Baguio City will experience colder weather for the next few years.
9. Mandatory jail terms should be imposed for drunk driving violations.
10. We must preserve with every ounce of our national vigor to eradicate
poverty.
EXPLORE: Study the descriptions below. Identify each as hypertext or

intertext.
1. It has a non-linear presentation of information.
2. It links one material to another by clicking
3. A text is inspired by other texts read by the writer.
4. A song was composed based from his painting.
5. It is known for its speed in shifting from one page to another.

Pre-Test A. Study the picture. Afterward, read carefully the written
information that follows. Based on the picture, which of the given information
are explicit and which are implicit? Write your answer for each item on a bond
paper.
The Making of the Philippine Flag by Fernando Amorsolo
1. The Philippine flag was sewn by three women.

2. The three women are skilled Filipina sewers.
3. It took several days for the flag to be made.
4. Each sewer had a part of the flag to work on.
5. There is a dominant star at the center of the triangle of the flag.
B.Read carefully the boxed text below.
I want our people to grow and be like the molave, strong and
resilient, rising on the hillside, unafraid of the raging flood, the lightning,
or the storm, confident of its strength. If we have the will to survive and
the will to achieve social efficiency, we cannot delay this task of
spiritual regeneration. Let us begin to mold the typical Filipino.
- “The Policies and Achievements of the Government and Regeneration of the
Filipino “ by Manuel L. Quezon
Based on the boxed paragraph, identify which of the information below are explicit
and implicit.
1. Manuel L. Quezon wanted the Filipino to be strong and resilient.
2. Molave grows strong even after a storm.
3. The delay of Filipino spiritual regeneration is due to unwillingness.
4. Quezon urged the Filipinos to change.
5. To hasten social change, Filipinos have to be confident of their strength.
_______________________ ________________________
ANDREA NICOLE P. PALLARCA SIGNATURE OVER PRINTED NAME
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NAME: ________________________________ DATE: __________________

SECTION: ______________________________ SCORE: _________________

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

 Identify claims explicitly or implicitly made in a written text

Distinguishing Between the Types of Claims

1. Smoking causes cancer.

1. Voluntary prayer should be permitted in public schools.

Hypertext is a way to organize information in a digital format that makes

Why is hypertext important?

One good thing that hypertext does is allowing readers to shift to

Another important technique in analyzing the context of a text’s

An example of this is the famous novel of Rizal, the Noli Me Tangere.

A. Direction: For each claim below, identify whether it is a value,

1. Alcoholism is a genetic disorder.

EXPLORE: Study the descriptions below. Identify each as hypertext or

1. It has a non-linear presentation of information.

2. It links one material to another by clicking

3. A text is inspired by other texts read by the writer.

4. A song was composed based from his painting.

5. It is known for its speed in shifting from one page to another.

The Making of the Philippine Flag by Fernando Amorsolo

1. The Philippine flag was sewn by three women.

B.Read carefully the boxed text below.

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