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ENGLISH
Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Effects of Textual Aids on
Understanding a Text

Department of Education - MIMAROPA Region

 WHAT I NEED TO KNOW?

In accomplishing this module that focuses with the competency “Determining the effect of
textual aids like advance organizers, title, non-linear illustrations, etc. on the understanding
of a text” (EN10RC-Ia-2.15.2), you are expected to:
1. define textual aids,
2. determine the types of textual aids according to its purpose,
3. determine the effects of textual aids in understanding the text and,
4. show understanding about the text read using the different textual aids.

What I Know

Starting Point!
Before going into the lesson, let us assess how far your knowledge about the previous
lesson is. Remember that the result of this test will simply assess your prior knowledge.
Part 1: Directions: Choose the letter that corresponds to your answer.

1. These refer to written texts, prints and some other way of writing for an important word,
graphs, or even pictures.
A. Graphic organizers C. Diagrams
B. Textual Aids D. Non- Linear Text
2. An advanced graphic organizer that tells about the order of information according to their
rank or hierarchical relationship is called _________?
A. Venn Diagram C. Cutaway
B. Concept Map D. Sequence Chart
3. After reading a story, Steph is asked to compare and contrast the traits of the characters in
the story he read, what best graphic organizer is best to use?
A. Sequence Chart C. Timeline of Events
B. Vein diagram D. Flow Chart
4. Which of the following statements best described graphic organizers?
A. These allow the reader to know all the details about the text.
B. These give more information about the topic.
C. These help the reader to understand and remember the concept easily.
D. These help the reader to appreciate and enjoy more the text.
5. The following are examples of non- linear illustrations EXCEPT?
A. Pictures C. Concept Map
B. Diagram D. Timeline of events

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Lesson The Effects of Textual Aids on
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Understanding a Text

Primal Upsurge!
With the previous learning experience you had in your first module, you have clearly
learned how to use information from news reports, speech, informative talks, panel discussions
and etc. in every conversation and exchange.
To start your exciting journey in your second module, this activity will surely determine
how much you know about the previous lesson.

Directions: Choose the correct word inside the box to name what is being described in each
statement. Place your answer in your answer sheets.

a. Panel discussion b. News report c. Informative talk/speech

d. Persuasive speech e. dialog

________1. A package of information that deals with current events.

________2. It focuses on a certain topic and maintains the interest of the audience.
________3. The topic has been discussed with in each other by asking questions or reacting to
the views and opinions of each member.
________4. It states a clear purpose and supports argument clearly and convincingly.

Reading is part of our daily living. For different reasons and purposes people read. For some,
reading gives them an opportunity to gain new knowledge and to develop one’s critical thinking
and reasoning. It is very important and great advantage if you comprehend well and able to get
necessary information about what you read, especially for a student like you. But reading does
not only happen in writing or printed letters/words. Reading can be done through using various
symbols, graphs and illustrations too.
Let us see on how well you can read the following pictures/illustrations to uncover the
meanings they convey.

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Activity 1: Read me If you can!
Directions: Each picture/box represents phrases. Identify the phrases that graphically presented
in each square.

1.__________________________ 2._________________________ 3.__________________________

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DICE TIME ROAD
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DICE AB DE D

4.__________________________ 5.__________________________ 6.__________________________

Processing Questions:

1. How did you arrive with your answer from each block?
2. What helps you get the meaning of a given text/ illustration?
3. How did the letters/words and illustrations help you arrived on the answer in each box?

WHAT IS IN?
Textual aids refer to written texts, prints and some other way of writing for an important
word, graphs, or even pictures. These are also called text features, or visual elements on a page
that stands out from the main text. These aids can help the readers understand the content of the
text because the information became more specific and concise. It can also make the readers
memorize, remember, and learn important words more quickly and easily.
These textual aids are predominately used in nonfiction text, usually these focus the
reader's attention on specific parts of the text, and help the reader identify important ideas in the
reading. Aids in the form of pictures or graphs give the reader additional information to support
that found in the text. Text aids are also useful for previewing text.
Sources: https://brainly.ph/question/583261http://depedbohol.org/v2/wp-
content/uploads/2015/11/1st- QUARTER.final-English-10.pdf
Examples of Textual Aids

1. Title refers to the name of a text. It is placed at the beginning before the article. This tells
about the entire text particularly the main idea or the topic.

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2. Advance Graphic Organizers known as text features are the visual displays of key content
information. These help to clearly visualize how ideas are organized within a text of
surrounding a concept.
a. Concept Map is a general organizer that shows a central idea with its corresponding
characteristic. It can be used to show hierarchical relationship with the most important
concept placed at the top.
b. Flow/Sequence Chart shows a series of steps or events in the order in which they take
place.
c. Venn diagram is used to identify the similarities and differences between two or more
concepts.
d. Timeline Events are listed in linear format in the order that each event occurred. These
allow the reader to understand when events in the main body of text occurred relative to
other events.
e. Cause and Effect diagram deals with the connection of reason and result of something.
3. Non-linear Illustrations help to systematize the generation of ideas based upon a central
topic
a. Diagram is a series of pictures with captions showing steps, stages, or the
progression of events, explains steps in a process or how something is made.
c. Cutaway is a picture of an object with part of the side dissolved, partially revealing
the inside. It allows the reader to visualize both the interior and exterior of a person,
place, or thing in the text.
d. Storyboard- is composed of series of boxes with pictures or illustrations about the
events happened in the story/ text.
Sources:https://www.capstonepub.com/classroom/sites/PDFs/teaching-text-features/Chapter_1/Table_1-
2_Text_Feature_Definitions_and_Examples.pd https://www.slideshare.net/RanieLiveroVillamin/textual-aids

What’s More
After learning the textual aid and its examples, let us know further how they are
helpful in understanding the text.

Reading Text
You will be reading one of the best Greek Mythological stories. Witness how a simple boy
with a misfortune past became the hero and saved his land.
Summary: The Gorgon’s Head
Acrisius, King of Argos received a dreadful oracle from Delphi. According to the
priestess of Delphi, he will not have a son but a grandson from whose hands he will be killed.
Frightened, King Acrisius hid his only daughter Danae from the sight of all men. Danae
was locked up inside a house of bronze sunk underground.
Zeus entered into the underground chamber in the form of the shower of gold through the
roof partly opened. He appeared in front of Danae and in an instant Danae conceived a baby.
Later, Danae had given birth to a boy named Perseus. She kept her baby a secret from her
own father. But days have come and King Acrisius learned about her secret.
The King ordered his people to have a chest built for Danae and child Perseus.
Danae and her child were put inside the chest and sent adrift the sea. It bobbed in the
waves until it reached the Island of Seraphos where a fisherman named Dictys noticed the chest
and took it.

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 When he opened, he saw Danae and Perseus. The kind Dictys let them in their house to
live together with his wife.
Dictys’ brother, King Polydectes was captivated with Danae’s beauty and married her.
Polydectes felt jealous over the love that Danae was giving to Perseus. To get rid of Perseus,
Polydectes sent him to a dangerous adventure that put his life in peril.
The mission was to kill Medusa, one of the three Gorgons. She has snaky hair and metal-
scaled skin. Looking straight in Medusa’s eye can turn mortals into stone.
Despite the danger, Perseus agreed to embark on the adventure in order to get his own
name a glory. Hermes gave him a sword. He was also given a shield by Athena. Hermes added
that Perseus needed also the winged sandals, the helmet of invisibility, and the magic wallet.
Those three essential things were all in the possession of the Nymphs of the North.
Getting there was not easy. In order to get to the Nymphs of the North, Perseus has to go
first to the Gray Women who only could tell the direction.
Perseus went to the Gray women, he snatched the eye of the women and threatened not
to return it unless they give him the direction pointing to the Nymphs of the North.
As soon as the direction was given, Perseus headed to the Island of Gorgons. He was
instructed by Athena, telling him that Medusa was the one lying closest to the seashore. With
one swift of his sword and with the help of his shield as mirror, Medusa was beheaded and her
head was put inside the magic wallet.
While Perseus was making his way back home, he noticed a beautiful lady chained on the
cliff. He asked her name and why she was hanged. No reply was given by the lady. Perseus
insisted the lady to respond. She said her name was Andromeda, daughter of Ethiopian King
Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia. Andromeda told Perseus that her mother boasted that she was
the most beautiful than 50 lovely daughters of Nereus.
As a revenge to her mother Cassiopeia, Andromeda suffered the punishment. At any
moment, then, the serpent was on its way to devour Andromeda. Perseus told Andromeda’s
parents that he would save their daughter on a condition that they will allow him to marry her.
The king and queen agreed at once and Andromeda was saved from death. He took
Andromeda to his homeland.
At that time, a discus-throw competition was going on at Larissa. Perseus joined in and
when it was his turn to throw the discus, he threw it mightily and accidentally hit an old man in
the audience.
It was learned that his grandfather, King Acrisius, was the one hit by the discuss.
Source:https://myreadingdesk.wordpress.com/2016/07/10/summary-the-gorgons-head/

Activity 2: Comprehension Check

After reading the selection, let us test your understanding.
Directions: Answer the following questions.
1. What is the “dreadful oracle” delivered to King Acrisius?
2. What adventure did Polydectes suggest that Perseus had to undertake?
3. List three perilous encounters that Perseus experienced during his adventure.
4. Explain how the oracle was given to King Acrisius and fulfilled.
5. What was Polydectes’ true motive in sending Perseus to kill Medusa?
6. Perseus beheaded Medusa, yet her head continued to have power.
Explain how the evil Gorgon’s head became beneficial to Perseus.
7. What heroic characteristics does Perseus have?

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Activity 3. On the Board!

Directions: Using the different non-linear illustrations, make a story board of the most
important events happened in the selection, “The Gorgon’s Head”.

(Title)

Event: Event: Event:

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Event: Event: Event:

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Images from: https://www.storyboardthat.com/storyboards/jayson64921/the-gorgon-s

head?fbclid=IwAR0BksoixUYy_KJVjnvtMR-MvY8DNeXZxA6__Y-LGstTXMayiWl_CzE1Qxo

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 What I Have Learned

This lesson covered a variety of textual aids that may be used to help students comprehend texts. This
emphasized the value of using textual aids to make information more complete and clear for readers. Graphic
organizers, titles, and non-linear images are just a few of the textual aids available. You should be able to
recognize information in graphics and other non-linear texts, as well as convert non-linear information to textual
information and vice versa.

My Reflection

Share your thought about this quote.

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References

Books:

Celebrating Diversity through World Literature 10: English-Learning’s Material, First Edition 2015 C . 3 rd Floor, Bonifacio Bldg,. DepEd Complex Marcelo Avenue,
Pasig City: REX Book Store, Inc. 2015

World Wide Web:

https://www.slideshare.net/Euanlee/wordles-b
http://www.eec.com/business/wordles.shtml
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https://brainly.ph/question/583261
https://myreadingdesk.wordpress.com/2016/07/10/summary-the-gorgons-head/
https://www.capstonepub.com/classroom/sites/PDFs/teaching-text-features/Chapter_1/Table_1- 2_Text_Feature_Definitions_and_Examples.pd
https://www.slideshare.net/RanieLiveroVillamin/textual-aids
https://www.vyond.com/resources/what-is-a-storyboard-and-why-do-you-need-one/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVG5QrUgoaI
https://images.app.goo.gl/ZN7CPmQZjMaVLTti6
https://images.app.goo.gl/HK2Y7h1xHMAtLpCq8
https://prezi.com/tcotgpgpnwvg/linear-and-non-linear-illustrations/