QUARTER 2.

MODULE 5- FORMULATING CLAIMS OF FACT, POLICY AND VALUE

Name:________________________________________ Date:____________________

Grade and Section:________________________________ Score:____________________

Read and study the characteristics of each claim.

1. CLAIM OF FACT A claim whether something is true or untrue but there must always be
potential for controversy, conflict and change. A claim that reports, describes, predicts and
shows cause and effect. A claim that something has existed (past), exists (present) or will
exist (future).
Example:
Covid-19 has made the lives of millions of people worldwide miserable.

2. CLAIM OF POLICY A claim that urges that an action be taken or discontinued in specific
policies. A claim which shows that a problem exists and it’s good to solve it in a certain way.
Example:
Filipinos should accept the vaccines that the government is planning to give them.

3. CLAIM OF VALUE A claim that gives judgment about morality, beauty, merit or wisdom. A
claim that compares and contrasts a problem with a similar one in another time and/or
place. A claim that is based on preference such as likes or dislikes, good or bad.
Example:
There are some experts who say that the Covid-19 vaccines are not safe because they have
not passed the validation period yet.

Activity A
Directions: Read the following statements carefully and then identify the claim of each. Encircle the
letter of your answer.

1. Cell phones make life better especially for the young people.
a. Claim of Policy
b. Claim of Fact
c. Claim of Value
2. Not all food supplements are scientifically proven to be beneficial to old people and
children.
a. Claim of Value
b. Claim of Policy
c. Claim of Fact

3. Blue light from screens has great effects on brain and it makes it more difficult to sleep.

a. Claim of Value
b. Claim of Policy
c. Claim of Fact

4. The government should propose new measures to alleviate the sufferings of millions of
Filipinos affected by the pandemic.
 a. Claim of Fact
b. Claim of Policy
c. Claim of Value

5.Plant growers and enthusiasts may endanger our environment and natural resources. This is now
a “plantdemic” issue.

a. Claim of Fact

b. Claim of Policy

c. Claim of Value

Activity B

Directions: Identify whether the following claims is a FACT, POLICY or VALUE. Write your answers
on a clean sheet of paper.

____1. Cell phones pull students away from learning.

____2. Tik Tok should undergo censorship, privacy and child safety.

____3. Nowadays, it is very hard to travel from one place to another because one has to get travel
pass from the authorities.

____4. The basic keys to success are perseverance and discipline.

____5. The best way to cope with the present crisis is to trust God that He will guide us, help us and
protect us from this pandemic.

____6. Football causes too many injuries and ought to be banned.

____7. Family planning is the key to a better future.

____8. Mac computers are more reliable than PC's.

____9. It’s better to apply good nutritional choices at home than teach them at school,

____10. The government should be strict in implementing the laws of the land.

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