Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VII (Central Visayas)
Division of Bais City

BAIS CITY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

ASSIGNMENT

Name: _____________________________ Level:__________________

Section: _____________________________ Date: __________________

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET – WEEK 1

HUMSS CULMINATING ACTIVITY

Background Information for Learners

What is HUMSS?
HUMSS stands for Humanities and Social Sciences. It is one of the strands offered to Senior High
students. This strand is for learners who aim to take up journalism, communication arts, liberal arts, education,
and other social science-related courses in college.

The HUMSS strand revolves around improving a student’s reading, writing, and speaking skills because if you
haven’t noticed yet, people who choose this strand are aspiring to become members of the society who will be
dealing with a lot of people. (e.g teacher, psychologist, lawyer, etc.) Honing these skills are crucial for them to
establish effective communication with people when they are working. For these reasons, half of the subjects
involved in this strand focus on Language and Speech. While Mathematics and Science are still included in
their daily schedules, they are not too difficult since they do not belong to the specialization subjects of the said
strand.

Concept Paper
A concept paper refers to an academic paper that is written with the primary purpose of identifying and
explaining an idea or a concept related to a particular scholarly field or discipline. It is an unbiased in the form
of a theory or hypothesis using relevant and impartial methods of writing. It unravels and explains the positive
and negative aspects of any topics.
In technical terms, a concept paper provides an overview of the project.      
What is a concept paper in general? 
1. It clarifies a concept: Dissecting or breaking ideas into parts to give a collective idea about a concept.
2. It conveys the essence of an idea and explains it.
How to create a concept paper? 
A concept paper requires an academic format to structure and follow in order to explain a concept
appropriately. The following consists of 11 fundamental ways on how a writer can explain an idea or concept in
a professional and organized manner.
Patterns of development 
1. Defining: Giving the meaning of the concept
2. Describing: Characterizing the concept by providing its characteristics.
3. Comparing: Equating with other concepts to ascertain similarities between concepts.
4. Making an analogy: This is similar to comparing, but also includes any deduction about of what has been
compared.
5. Contrasting: Pairing or linking it with another concept with the purpose of identifying the differences between
the concepts.

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6. Classifying: Arranging concepts into groups, based on ways they are alike.
7. Illustrating: Giving proof or evidence, so the reader could understand the concept.
8. Narrating: Talking about the concept elaborately in a narrative manner.
9. Explaining a process: Explaining the different aspects of the process.
10. Analyzing cause and effect: Giving a critical explanation about the causes and effects of the idea or
concept.
11. Listing: Enumerating, trying to take a rundown about what these kinds of concepts are.
These patterns of developments are necessary so that the reader can understand with much ease, such as
your arguments or not necessarily arguments but the definitions or the ideas you wish to either explain or
extrapolate in your paper.
Examples of a concept paper 
The following is an example of an explanation of a concept (as part of a concept paper):
“There are five main types of food chemicals: Carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, and minerals.
Carbohydrates include such things as sugars and starches and consists of carbon and hydrogen only. Fats
contain oxygen and are found in dairy products and fatty meats. Together, carbohydrates and fats form the
main energy-giving part of the human diet.
A protein contains nitrogen as well as carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Every day, more than 1 million cells die
in the human body, but the proteins carefully rebuild them.  Proteins are found in foods such as meats, eggs,
and cheese.”
As you can see, the author of the short selection is trying to explain something about food chemicals by
classifying them into carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, and minerals. The author then directed himself (or
herself) to explain food chemicals by breaking down what makes up such food chemicals. He goes on by
explaining the sub-ideas, just so he or she could give more insight on what food chemicals are and what they
do to the human body.
It is evident that there is no added reaction to or reflection on how the selection has been written. Everything is
pure and simple definition of terms and explanations. This goes to show that concept paper in its plain sense is
more of a discussion-type written work by following the necessary steps on how to write an academic paper.      
To better present an idea, one should identify the important elements contained in a definition: for example, as
defined, for instance, meaning, to define, for example, is defined as, such as, to illustrate. 
 Parts of a concept paper 
A concept paper usually ranges from 500 to 2000 words. The following sections discussed in a concept
paper comprise the content of the paper.     
Guidelines in writing a concept paper
1. Use no more than 5 pages (single-paced) excluding the cover page. Do not overwhelm the readers with
unnecessary details.
2. Adjust your language based on the intended readers. You may use technical terms for target readers
composed of scholars and scientists. However, refrain from using jargon when your targeted readers are not
professionals or experts.     

Learning Competency with code

HUMSS_CA12-Ia-d-3 Write a concept paper that will encapsulate their learning in Humanities and Social
Sciences

Directions/ Instructions:

In NOT less than 500 words, write a concept paper that will encapsulate your learnings in Humanities and
Social Sciences. Please make use another sheet for this activity and attach (staple) it in this activity sheet. A
rubric is also provided for you to be guided on how you will be graded with this activity.

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Rubrics:

Poor (5pts) Fair (8pts) Good (12pts) Excellent (15pts)

Content & ● Content is ● Content is not ●Content is ●Content is
Development incomplete comprehensive comprehensive and thorough, accurate
●Major points are ●Major points are accurate and relates to a
not clear addressed, but not ●Major points are specific purpose
well supported stated clearly and ●Major points are
●Content is well-supported specific, stated
inconsistent with ●Content and clearly and well-
regards to purpose purpose of the supported
and clarity of writing is clear.
thought.
Organization & ● Organization & ●Structure of the ● Concepts of the ● Concepts of the
Structure Structure detract paragraph is not paragraphs are paragraphs are
from the concepts easy to follow clear and easy to filles with details of
of the paper ● Paragraph follow. support
● Concepts are transitions need ● Paragraphs flow
disjointed and lack improvements into each other with
transitions of ● Concepts are connected
thoughts. disconnected concepts
Grammar, ● Paper contains ● Paper contains ● Rules of ● Correct
Punctuation & numerous few grammatical, grammar, grammatical
Spelling grammatical, punctuation and punctuation and construction
punctuation and spelling errors usage are followed; ● Free of typos
spelling errors ● Language lacks spelling is correct ● Compound
● Language uses clarity or includes ● Language is /complex
jargon or the use of some clear; sentences sentences
conversational tone jargon or display consistently ● Clear, correct
● Language is not conversational varied structure technical
professional tone; lacks vocabulary
professionalism ●Strong use of
correct language
structure
● Correct
punctuation

Write a short reflection of what you have learned throughout this lesson:
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References:

https://sites.google.com/site/stephaninaerosalia/what-is-humss
https://www.discoverphds.com/blog/concept-paper
https://www.rcampus.com/rubricshowc.cfm?sp=yes&code=A9858X&

Prepared by:

JEANICAR C. ASIÑAS CHRISTY M. YAPE MARIGEN M. TAJONERA

HUMMS-12 Adviser HUMMS-12 Adviser HUMMS-12 Adviser

ARCHIE MARI A. JAMITO SHELAMAR C. GARRUCHA

HUMMS-12 Adviser HUMMS-12 Adviser

Quality Assured by:

SHELAMAR C. GARRUCHA
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