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 1, WEEK 4

MELC: Identify claims explicitly or implicitly made in a written text

a. Claim of fact
b. Claim of policy
c. Claim of value

K to 12 BEC CG: EN11/12RWS-IIIij-6;

EN11/12RWS-IIIij-6.1;
EN11/12RWS-IIIij-6.2;
EN11/12RWS-IIIij-6.3

Objectives:
1. Identified claims explicitly or implicitly made in a written text.

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: Test your Vocabulary

Most Essential Learning Competency: Identify claims explicitly or implicitly

made in a written text

K to 12 BEC CG:

Directions: Analyze each statement below. Identify whether it claims a

Fact, Value or Policy.

__________1. Living in the countryside is better than living in the society.

__________2. Other planets have already been visited by people.
__________3. football is more exciting than basketball.
__________4. ASEAN Integration should be made part of the curriculum.
__________5. Following healthy diet with enough rest and exercise will make you healthy.
__________6. birds are the most lovable pets.
__________7. Law is more encompassing profession than Medicine.
__________8. Students should wear their identification card anytime, anywhere in the school.
__________9. The PBO industry should hire single individuals.
__________10.Sleeping eight hours a day makes a person productive.
__________11. Swimmers are more attractive than volleyball players.
__________12. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources should take equal
precautions toward climate change.
Name: _____________________________________________________ Date: _____________

Grade/Section:__________________________________________ Score:____________

(Line spacing from Grade to the Title is double)

Title of the Activity:
Most Essential Learning Competency: Identify claims explicitly or implicitly
made in a written text

K to 12 BEC CG:

Directions: Encircle the correct answer.

1. Joy wants to buy a new smart phone but she doesn’t have the money. Which question from the
list below would be considered explicit?

a. Why does she need a new phone?

b. How is Joy going to raise the money?

c. Why can’t Joy buy the smart phone?

2. Wendy was walking home from school when she found a sick bird lying on the ground under
a tree. She stopped and gave the bird a look. She looked up and noticed a nest in the branch
above her. She looked forward and continued walking home. What implicit information ca you
obtain from this story?

a. Wendy loves animals.

b. Wendy is a selfish person.

c. Wend needs to get home before dark.

3. If Ms.Smith wanted to get into a good nursing school then she needs to study hard and talk to
people who are already nurses so that she can know what to expect from nursing school. What
information below is explicit?

a. Why she chose to go into nursing.

b. Where the nursing school is.

c. What kind of school does Ms Smith want to attend.

4. The coach blew his whistle and told the team to pack it up. Practice was over. Little Michael
asked hos coach to please leave the lights in the gym on so he could stay a little longer. He
stayed for another two hours practicing his shooting and dribbling. What information below is a
good example of implicit information?

a. Michael was a dedicated athlete

b. Michael wanted to be a doctor

c. Michael was scared to go home

5. Mr. Curtis looked at his alarm clock. It was 7:30. he should have left the house an hour ago.
He was going to be late. He turned on the television and started thinking what he wanted to ake
himself for breakfast. What can be implied about Mr. Curtis?

a. He will still make it to work on time.

b. He doesn’t care about being late.

c. He is nervous about getting to work after the bell rings.

6. Another way of thinking about implicit information is to think of it as….?

a. Reading between the lines

b. Using context clues

c. Guessing

7. An autobiography written about a former president would be a good way to get explicit
information form?

a. True

b. False

8. Mr. Cantu walked into the classroom and slammed the door behind him. He threw his
clipboard to the ground and knocked a pile of papers to the ground. What color is Mr. Cantu's
shirt? Is this an example of an implicit question?

a. Yes

b. No
Name: _____________________________________________________ Date: _____________

Grade/Section:__________________________________________ Score:____________

Title of the Activity: THINK CRITICALLY

Most Essential Learning Competency: Identify claims explicitly or implicitly

made in a written text

K to 12 BEC CG:

Directions: Read news articles/editorials or excerpts from magazines. Identify

the type of claim/s present and support with reasons/explanations.

Article ( Excerpt)
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Type of Claim
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

Reason/Explanation
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Name: _____________________________________________________ Date: _____________

Grade/Section:__________________________________________ Score:____________

Title of the Activity: Think Tank

Most Essential Learning Competency:Identify claims explicitly or implicitly

made in a written text

K to 12 BEC CG:

Directions: Compose a paragraph/article about one area of concern in the

society. Then compose a corresponding claim of fact, value and policy.

Student’s Output:
Answer Key: (Times New Roman. Bold, size 12)
Simple Activities (Times New Roman, regular, size 12)
1. VALUE
2. FACT
3. VALUE
4. POLICY
5. FACT
6. VALUE
7. VALUE
8. POLICY
9. POLICY
10. FACT
11. VALUE
12. POLICY
Moderate Activities (Times New Roman, regular, size 12)
1. C
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. A
7. A
8. B
Challenging Activities (Times New Roman, regular, size 12)
5 4 3 2 1
The ideas are clear, The ideas are clear Ideas are clear Ideas are clear but Ideas are not clear,
comprehensive and and comprehensive comprehensive but not comprehensive not comprehensive,
well-organized and and well-organized not well-organized and not well- not well-organized
free from but contain and contain organized and and contain
 grammatical grammatical grammatical contain grammatical
errors. errors. errors. grammatical errors.
errors.

Enrichment Activities (Times New Roman, regular, size 12)

5 4 3 2 1
The composition The composition The composition The composition The composition
are clear, are clear and are clear are clear but not are not clear, not
comprehensive and comprehensive and comprehensive but comprehensive and comprehensive, not
well-organized and well-organized but not well-organized not well-organized well-organized and
free from contain and contain and contain contain
grammatical grammatical grammatical grammatical grammatical
errors. errors. errors. errors. 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)