Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region I
San Fernando City
La Union

ACTIVITY SHEETS IN READING AND WRITING

SKILLS GRADE 11/12, QUARTER 4, WEEK 10

MELC: Determine textual evidence to validate assertions and counterclaims

made about a text read

K to 12 BEC CG: EN11/12RWS-IVac-10

Objectives:
1. Determine textual evidence to validate assertions and counterclaims made
about a text read.

Prepared by:

DEBBIE ANNE T. VICTORIA

SHS-Teacher II
Name: _____________________________________________________ Date: _____________

Grade/Section:__________________________________________ Score:____________

(Line spacing from Grade to the Title is double)

Title of the Activity: GEAR UP!

Most Essential Learning Competency: Determine textual evidence to validate

assertions and counterclaims made about a text read
K to 12 BEC CG:

Directions: Tell whether the following assertion in each number is a FACT

or OPINION.

_______________1. West Philippines Sea is in our territory.

_______________2. Manny Paquiao is an extraordinary boxer.
_______________3. Gumamela flower have numerous variety.
_______________4. Culinary Arts is an expensive course.
_______________5. The government has not solved the problem in insurgency.
_______________6. Mathematics is a difficult subject.
_______________7. Bitter gourd extract proves to help cure respiratory ailment.
_______________8. Sugar apple like banana helps alleviate LBM.
_______________9. Cellular phones today show to be a necessity.
_______________10. Chocolates prove to energize one’s metabolism.
_______________11. Drinking eight glasses of water everyday is healthy.
_______________12. The Philippine is composed of 1700 islands.
Name: _____________________________________________________ Date: _____________

Grade/Section:__________________________________________ Score:____________

(Line spacing from Grade to the Title is double)

Title of the Activity:
Most Essential Learning Competency: Determine textual evidence to validate
assertions and counterclaims made about a text read

K to 12 BEC CG:

Directions: Look for the meaning of the following words from the word pool
below. On the space provided write the letter of the correct answer.

1. Appearance = ___________
2. Reading Level =___________
3. Comprehension =___________
4. Accuracy =___________
5. Assertion = ___________
6. Claim = ___________
7. Counterclaim = ___________
8. Basic Assertion = ___________

a. A common language that builds on what the readers already know improves understanding
and increase compliance.
b. Considers the authors’ and reviewers’ reliability.
c. It is typically expressed as the grade of education a reader needs to understand the information.
d. It is the first thing that attracts the reader’s attention, and it has something to do with design.
e. It is a stylistic approach or technique involving a strong declaration.
f. It is a simple and straightforward statement for expressing feelings, opinions and belief.
g. It is the central argument of the text.
h. It provide an opposing viewpoint to the central claim.
Name: _____________________________________________________ Date: _____________

Grade/Section:__________________________________________ Score:____________

Title of the Activity:

Most Essential Learning Competency: Determine textual evidence to validate

assertions and counterclaims made about a text read

K to 12 BEC CG:

Directions: Read carefully each of the following statements. On the space before
the number, identify whether if it is claim or counterclaim. If it is a claim, provide
a counterclaim and vice-versa. Write in the given box below.

_______________1. Filipinos by culture are hospitable.

_______________2. Although many still insist that going to school leads a person to success.
_______________3. However, many people around the world consider the Filipinos as the best
human capital.
_______________4. Roads and bridges need to be regularly checked.
_______________5. However, certain practices in some government agencies still need to be
improved.
CLAIMS COUNTERCLAIMS

Name: _____________________________________________________ Date: _____________

Grade/Section:__________________________________________ Score:____________
Title of the Activity: LET’S THINK CRITICALLY

Most Essential Learning Competency: Determine textual evidence to validate

assertions and counterclaims made about a text read

K to 12 BEC CG:

Directions: Read the article. Identify a claim in the article and construct a
counterclaim in response to the claim.

Developing Your Sense of Humor: Take Yourself Less Seriously

By Melinda Smith and Jean Seagal

The essential characteristic that helps us laugh is not taking ourselves too seriously. We’ve
all known the classic tight-jawed sourpuss who takes everything with deathly seriousness and
never laughs at anything. No fun there!
Some events are clearly sad and not occasions for laughter. But most events in life don’t
carry an overwhelming sense of either sadness or delight. They fall into the gray zone of
ordinary life-giving you have the choice to laugh or not.

Claim:________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Counterclaim:__________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

Answer Key: (Times New Roman. Bold, size 12)

Simple Activities (Times New Roman, regular, size 12)
1. FACT
2. OPINION
3. OPINION
4. FACT
5. OPINION
6. OPINION
7. OPINION
8. OPINION
9. FACT
10. FACT
11. FACT
12. FACT
Moderate Activities (Times New Roman, regular, size 12)
1. D
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. E
6. G
7. H
8. F
Challenging Activities (Times New Roman, regular, size 12)
1. CLAIMS
2. COUNTERCLAIMS
3. COUNTERCLAIMS
4. CLAIMS
5. COUNTERCLAIMS
Enrichment Activities (Times New Roman, regular, size 12)
5 4 3 2 1
The claim and The claim and The claim and The claim and The claim and
counterclaim are counterclaim are counterclaim are counterclaim are counterclaim
clear, clear, clear, clear, but not are not clear,
comprehensive comprehensive comprehensive comprehensive but not
and well- and well- and not well- and not well- comprehensive
organized and organized and organized and organized and and not well-
free from but contains but contains but contains organized and
grammatical grammatical grammatical grammatical but contains
errors. errors. errors. errors. grammatical
errors.

References:
A. Books
SHS Reading and Writing by Ali G. Anudin, Andrew Rey S. Peña and Phebe S. Peña
Critical Reading and Writing for Senior High School
Reading and Writing Skills by Luzviminda D. Sandagan

B. Online and Other Sources

http://srjcstaff.santarosa.edu/~jroyal/paragraphs/patternsdev/patterns.html
www.longleaf.net/ggrow/models.html)
http://franklycurious.com)
Reader’s Digest, page 8, December 2014)