Guided Generalization
Essential Text 1
Question
How can the Situation 1:
geographical The province of Batanes is
location of the situated in the extreme
Philippines affect its northern part of the Island
climate, weather group of Luzon. It
and seasons? experiences 11/20 typhoons
annually. (PAGASA data)
This is way greater than the
number of typhoons
experienced by the rest of the
provinces in central Luzon.
Question: What causes the
greater number of typhoon
that occurs in the province of
Batanes?
Answer: Because of its
location in the Island of
Luzon.
Text 2
Situation 2:
Dubbed as the summer
capital of the Philippines,
Baguio city is the coldest
point in the entire
archipelago. The lowest
recorded temperature in the
city was 6.3 degrees Celsius.
This is relatively lower than
the rest of the cities in the
country because it is situated
in the mountainous area of
the Cordillera Administrative
Region about 1400 meters
above sea level.
Question: What causes the
lower temperature in Baguio
City?
Answer: Because it is located
in the mountainous region of
the Philippines.
Text 3
Situation 3:
Celebrating the Afi Festival
every August, Tuguegarao city
is the city with recorded
highest temperature in the
Philippines with a highest of
42.2 degrees Celsius on May
11, 1969. Hence, Afi literally
translate to fire from the
Ybanag dialect. It is because it
is located in northern Luzon
landlocked by the Cagayan
Valley.
Question: What causes the
higher temperature in
Tugegarao City?
Answer: Because it is located
in the area where the warm air
is blocked by two mountains.
Supporting Texts:
The province of Batanes is
situated in the extreme
northern part of the Island
group of Luzon.
Reason:
The extreme northern part of
the island of Luzon is a
Group of Island known as the
province of Batanes. Being a
land mass surrounded by the
merging South China Sea and
Pacific Ocean, where most of
the typhoon originates, it
usually is the first entry point
of typhoons that enters the
Philippines.
Common Ideas in Reasons
The geographical location affects the type of weather, climate or season that the place is
experiencing.
Essential Understanding:
SWUT how the geographical location of the Philippines affects climate, weather and seasons.
Supporting Texts:
it is situated in the
mountainous area of the
Cordillera Administrative
Region about 1400 meters
above sea level.
Reason:
Being geographically located
in an area 1400 meters above
sea level where it has less
pressure, the gas in the
atmosphere rises and it feels
less pressure, which makes it
expand resulting to a colder
surrounding temperature.
Supporting Texts:
It is because it is located in
northern Luzon landlocked by
the Cagayan Valley.
Reason:
Because it is located in the area
where the warm air is blocked
by two mountains making it
hard for the warm air to be
replaced by cooler once,
resulting to warmer
surroundings.