RWS Q4 Module5
RWS Q4 Module5
RWS Q4 Module5
Reading and
Writing Skills
Quarter 4 - Module 5
Explaining Critical Reading as a
Form of Reasoning
Reading and Writing Skills
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 4 – Module 5: Explaining Critical Reading as a Form of Reasoning
First Edition, 2021
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Reading and
Writing Skills
Quarter 4 - Module 5
Explaining Critical Reading as a
Form of Reasoning
Introductory Message
This Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) is prepared so that you, dear learners, can
continue your studies and learn while at home. Activities, questions, directions,
exercises, and discussions are carefully stated for you to understand each lesson.
Each ADM is composed of different parts. Each part shall guide you step-by-step
as you discover and understand the lesson prepared for you.
Pre-tests are provided to measure your prior knowledge on lessons in each ADM.
This will tell you if you need to proceed on completing this module or if you need to
ask your facilitator or your teacher’s assistance for better understanding of the
lesson. At the end of each module, you need to answer the post-test to self-check
your learning. Answer keys are provided for each activity and test. We trust that
you will be honest in using these.
In addition to the material in the main text, Notes to the Teachers are also provided
to our facilitators and parents for strategies and reminders on how they can best
help you on your home-based learning.
Please use this module with care. Do not put unnecessary marks on any part of
this ADM. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercise and tests. Read
the instructions carefully before performing each task.
If you have any questions in using this ADM or any difficulty in answering the tasks
in this module, do not hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator.
Thank you.
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What I Need to Know
This module aims to help you to explain critical reading as a form of reasoning.
What I Know
A. Directions: Identify the critical reading strategy being defined in the given statements.
Choose from the word bank below. Write your answer on the space provided before each
number.
Previewing ________1. This is jotting down of notes in the text as you read it.
Annotating ________2. This is gathering as much information about the text as you
can before you read it.
Summarizing This is reading the text several times to make as much
________3.
Analyzing meaning.
Re-reading ________4. This is breaking the text down into its parts to find out how
Responding they relate to one another.
________5. This is reacting to what you have read.
B. Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on the space
provided before each number.
________1. Which of the following is defined as a careful, thorough, thoughtful, and active
reading strategy?
A. Previewing C. Critical Reading
B. Paraphrasing D. Re-reading
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________4. Which of the following is NOT a critical reading strategy?
A. Viewing C. Previewing
B. Annotating D. Previewing
________5. Which of the following entails getting as many data about the text as you can
before you read it?
A. Annotating C. Summarizing
B. Previewing D. Re-reading
________6. Which of the following is the act of giving reactions to what a person has read?
A. Responding C. Previewing
B. Re-reading D. Annotating
________8. Which of the following entails reading the text as many times as deemed
necessary?
A. Annotating C. Critical Reading
B. Paraphrasing D. Re-reading
________9. Which of the following is the act of jotting down notes about the text while
reading it?
A. Analyzing C. Previewing
B. Summarizing D. Annotating
________10. Which of the following strategies breaks the text down into its parts to find out
how these parts relate to one another?
A. Previewing C. Analyzing
B. Paraphrasing D. Re-reading
Directions: The stories in Column A are intertextual with those in Column B. Match
them by writing the letter on the space provided before each number.
A B
______ 1. Harry Potter a. Honesto
b. Avatar: The Legend
______ 2. Pinocchio
of Ang
______ 3. Adam and Eve c. Ibalon
______ 4. Encantadia d. Lord of The Rings
e. Si Malakas at Si
______ 5. Biag ni Lam-ang
Maganda
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Directions: Study the following Brain Teasers. Write your answers on the space
provided for.
3. Your parents have six sons including you and each son
has one sister. How many people are in the family?
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4. Analyzing – breaking the text down into its parts to find out how they relate
to one another.
5. Re-reading – reading the text several times to make as much meaning.
6. Responding – reacting to what you have read.
Surely, in the brain teasers a while back, you have used one, two, or even all
these strategies to find the answer. This demonstrates the importance of critical
reading in comprehending texts and even responding to them. Moreover, one major
use of this reading strategy is to for reasoning. Reasoning is logical thinking. It is a
thinking that all has reason as cause and effect, pattern, etc..
This means you can use critical reading to formulate arguments/reasons in
response to what you read. Critical reading for reasoning means carefully
understanding details to make conclusions like what you did for the Brain Teasers.
Let’s use the example of a logic test item below. Study the text and before
reading the answer in the box that follows.
“If there are no dancers that aren’t slim and no singers that aren’t dancers, then
which statements are always true?”
This logic test item is truly confusing. It uses negatives like no’s and
not’s close to one and another which makes it more perplexing. The answer
to this though is:
b. All singers are slim.
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Sample Logic Test Item 2
“Sam’s mother has four children. The first one was May. The second and third
ones were named June and July respectively. What is the name of the fourth child?”
Reading closely, the statement says Sam’s mother has for children.
Meaning, Sam is automatically counted in. Although the names of her three
older siblings are chronologically named after the calendar months, the very
first statement automatically finishes the counting of the children and
concludes that Sam is the fourth child.
These examples only show how critical reading is crucial to understanding the
texts we read and to go further and make reasons and responses to them.
Once again, critical reading is simply thoroughly reading a text to make as much
meaning as you can from it. And by doing so, you can make logical responses to it. By
understanding the context, the meaning, and the message of the text, you can make
good arguments in agreement or disagreement to it.
Is it now clear how reading critically helps you formulate reasons already? Let
us the following activities to gauge your understanding.
Independent Activity 1
Directions: Write True if the statement is correct, then write false if it is incorrect. Write your
answers on the space provided.
Independent Assessment 1
Directions: Identify the reading strategy being defined in each of the given statements. Write
your answer on the space provided for.
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_______________ 3. This shortens the text read to test your comprehension.
_______________ 4. This is when you read the text several times to make as much
meaning as you can.
_______________ 5. This pertains to jotting down of notes in the text as you read it.
Independent Activity 2
Critical treading provides high reflective skills which allow you to stand back and look at the
text from different perspectives. It also allows you to see and evaluate how a text presents
arguments.
A. Directions: Read the following statements very carefully. Write Y If the statement is a
guide/strategy in reading critically, and N if it does not. Write your answer on the space
provided before each number.
_____1. Reading with an open mind allows to see how ideas are developed and organized.
_____2. The statements in the text must be examined and evaluated.
_____3. In reading critically, reflect about the text and its meaning.
_____4. Check the statements if there are gaps and inconsistencies based on the presented
facts and examples.
_____5. Check the accuracy and reliability of the sources and distinguish facts from opinions.
B. Directions: You have learned that critical reading is crucial to understanding the texts you
read and to go further and make reasons and responses to them. Now, read the article
carefully, then, answer the questions that follow.
Now is not the time to implement the Child Car Seat Law. There is no need to enforce it now
when current community quarantine rules prohibit children below 10 years of age from leaving
their houses, Sen. Lawrence “Bong” Go said this weekend.
The law, RA-11229, the Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act, was supposed to take
effect last Tuesday, but the needed guidelines have not been drawn up, and six senators
called on the Department of Transportation and the Land Transportation Office to defer
its enforcement.
At this time of the pandemic when so many families are striving so hard to survive
loss of income due to closures of so many businesses and offices, let us not add to the
economic woes of families who have to provide their cars with these special seats costing
P3,500 to P7,000 each.
The car seat controversy recalls another proposal that is even more unnecessary at
this time – the move to amend or revise the Constitution, allegedly to allow foreign investments
in many industries now closed to them.
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Charter-change moves have been part of every outgoing administration in the past,
with legislators hoping to add charter provisions that will allow them to stay longer in office
than the current three-term limit.
There are many programs and projects that could be undertaken, even in the midst of
the ongoing pandemic, such as cleaning up the pollution in Manila Bay and Metro Manila’s
network of rivers and streams, more funds for agriculture so it can help cut down our costly
rice imports, solutions to help millions of schoolchildren who cannot join virtual class sessions
for lack of on-line services in their areas.
Such needs as these could be met with funding from Congress. We can do without the
move to amend the Constitution to ease limitations placed there by the framers of our present
Constitution to protect our country from being dominated by foreign economic interests.
For everything there is a proper time, as it says in the book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible
– a time to be born and a time to die, a time to break down and a time to heal, a time to keep
silence and a time to speak, etc.
Source: https://mb.com.ph/2021/02/09/for-everything-there-is-a-proper-time/
1. What do you think is the stand of the author? Is he/she for against the implementation Child
Car Seat Law? Explain your answer.
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3. What was currently the situation when the article was written? What prompted the author to
write the text?
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Independent Assessment 2
Directions: Summarize the given text in not more than five sentences. Write your answers on
the space provided for. You will be graded based on the given criteria.
Recent research studies have shown that a substantial number of students are
victims of cyberbullying, which leads to a wider realization that cyberbullying is
becoming a serious problem (Cross, 2008; Li, 2006a, 2006b; Thompson, Smith, &
Goldsmith, 2008; Willard, 2004a). This finding calls for a thorough understanding of
cyberbullying that requires us to dissect the relationships among related variables in
social, physical, institutional, and community contexts. This study, therefore, explores
student beliefs and their behaviors associated with cyberbullying.
Source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10926771003788979
SUMMARY:
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CRITERIA:
Content - 40%
Diction - 30%
Conciseness - 20%
Grammar - 10%
100%
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Independent Activity 3
Read the given article carefully, and answer the questions that follow. Write your answers to
2-3 sentences only.
During the 21st century, the word Facebook (FB) came into our awareness. In fact, it
is one of the most popular social networking sites with over one million users. Almost ¾ of
these users are between 13 to 25 years old, and these people use FB every time they have
an opportunity to do so at school, at home, in the mall, and everywhere else. So, FB seems
to just be a waste of time. It is complete distraction to students.
Many students fail to complete their assignments and projects because they are
addicted to fb. Some use words and acronyms that only that can understand, and it crosses
over even during face-to-face conversations Fb also becomes a tool for bashing and a venue
for gossiping. These are some impressions of FB.
There is a doubt that Facebook is a great technological innovation. It offers the
opportunity to connect and reconnect with people. It is a venue for self-expression. It can be
a tool for marketing an entrepreneurship. But according to new research, Facebook makes us
spend more. It also changes our appetite by making us eat more. Facebook users tend to be
more prone to pressure as well. They tend to like things they do now really like just because
some of their friends clicked the “like” button. Other psychologist claim that Facebook is a
butcher of self-esteem. We see posts about people’s achievements. All of these tend to make
us more envious of other people.
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4. Do you share the same sentiments with the writer? Why or why not?
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5. Do you think the pieces of evidence presented are sufficient and valid to support the claims?
Why or Why not?
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Independent Assessment 3
Directions: In not more than five sentences each, respond to the given statements taken
from the article below. Write your answers on the spaces provided for. You will be graded
based on the criteria on page 9.
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte defended his government’s decision
to purchase Chinese-made coronavirus vaccines, saying they are as good as the shots
developed by the Americans and the Europeans.
“The Chinese are not lacking in brains,” Duterte said in a late-night televised address on
Wednesday. “The Chinese are bright. They would not venture (into producing vaccines) if it is
not safe, sure and secure.”
Duterte made the remarks as questions have been raised over the level of protection Sinovac
Biotech’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine can provide, after researchers in Brazil released
late-stage clinical data showing efficacy that was lower than initially announced.
At least one Philippine senator, Francis Pangilinan, called on the government to cancel the
purchase of the Sinovac vaccine, one of seven it is lining up as it plans to begin immunization
next month.
Manila has locked in 25 million doses of the Sinovac vaccine, with the first 50,000 expected
to arrive in February.
Duterte, who has pursued warmer ties with Beijing, has said previously his preference was for
his country to source its COVID-19 vaccines from either China or Russia.
Carlito Galvez, a former general in charge of the vaccination procurement effort, said the
government has also firmed up supply deals with Novavax, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Pfizer,
Johnson & Johnson, and Russia’s Gamaleya Institute for 137 million doses in total.
These are on top of 40 million doses the Philippines expects to receive through the World
Health Organization’s COVAX facility in the first quarter, Galvez said.
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The Philippines has among the most coronavirus cases in Asia but has trailed regional peers
in securing vaccines, with which it hopes this year to inoculate 70 million people, or two-thirds
of its population.
An opinion poll showed on Thursday less than a third of Filipinos are willing to get inoculated
against the coronavirus as many have voiced concerns over safety. Philippine regulators have
yet to approve any COVID-19 vaccines.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-philippines-vaccine/philippines-
duterte-defends-purchase-of-chinese-covid-19-vaccine-idUKL4N2JO38S
1. “The Chinese are not lacking in brains,” Duterte said in a late-night televised address
on Wednesday. “The Chinese are bright. They would not venture (into producing
vaccines) if it is not safe, sure and secure.”
Response:
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2. At least one Philippine senator, Francis Pangilinan, called on the government to cancel
the purchase of the Sinovac vaccine, one of seven it is lining up as it plans to begin
immunization next month.
Manila has locked in 25 million doses of the Sinovac vaccine, with the first 50,000
expected to arrive in February.
Response:
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3. The Philippines has among the most coronavirus cases in Asia but has trailed regional
peers in securing vaccines, with which it hopes this year to inoculate 70 million people,
or two-thirds of its population.
Response:
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What I Have Learned
2. Out of all the critical reading strategies discussed, I believe that the most useful for
me is ________________ because _____________________________________
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What I Can Do
A. Directions: In not less than 100 words, explain how you can use each of the critical
reading strategies in reasoning. You will be graded based on the criteria on page 9.
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Assessment
Directions: Write T if the statement is true. If not, underline the word/s that make/s it incorrect,
then write the correct term/s on the space provided before each number.
Additional Activities
Directions: In 100 words, explain the usage and importance of at least one of the six critical
reading strategies discussed. You will be graded based upon the criteria on page 9.
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A. What I Need to know
A. What I Know (A)
1. Annotating
2. Previewing
3. Re-reading
4. Annotating
5. Responding
What I Know (B)
1. C
2. C
3. D
4. A
5. B
6. A
7. B
8. D
9. D
10. C
B. What’s In
1. D
2. A
3. E
4. B
5. C
C. What’s New
1. short
2. his son
3. nine / 9
4. the man is bald
5. 19 kids
D. What Is It
E. What’s More
Independent Activity 1
1. True
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. True
Independent Assessment 1
1. Previewing
2. Analyzing
3. Summarizing
4. Re-reading
5. Annotating
Independent Activity 2
Answers may vary.
Independent Assessment 2
Answers may vary.
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Independent Activity 3
Answers may vary.
Independent Assessment 3
Answers may vary.
G. What I Have Learned
Answers may vary.
H. What I Can Do
Answers may vary.
I. Assessment
1. T
2. Critical reading – Logical thinking
3. Reasoning- Critical Reading
4. summarizing - analyzing
5. T
6. Responding - Summarizing
7. T
8. T
9. T
10. analyzing - previewing
11. T
12. T
13. T
14. annotating – re-reading
15. T
F. Additional Activity
Answers may vary.
References
Ambida, Roger, Clarence Ella Alipio and Richard Oandasan. Reading and Writing for Senior
High School. Malabon City: Mutya Publishing House, Inc. 2016.
Tiongson, Marella Therese and Maxine Rafaella Rodriguez. Reading and Writing Skills,
First Edition. Quezon City: Rex Book Store, Inc. 2016.
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