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READING AND WRITING

SKILLS
Fourth Quarter
Module 2: Formulating Evaluative
Statements about a Text Read
(Week 10)
Subject: Reading and Writing Skills
Grade & Section: Grade 11
Module No. 2
Week: 10
Subject Teacher: Ms. Rozielle-Ann O. Romualdo

Objectives:

At the end of the lesson, the learners are expected to:

1. formulate evaluative statements about a text; and

2. determine textual evidence to validate assertions.

What I Need to Know?

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you to
master the development of reading and thinking strategies, critical reading across
disciplines and purposeful writing. It tackles the text and context connections to help
you to think more critically.
This module is divides into two lessons with subtopics, namely;

Lesson 1. Formulate evaluative statement about a text read;

a. Assertions about content and properties of a text read and
b. Counterclaims in response to claims made in a text read.
Lesson 2. Determine textual evidence to validate assertions and counterclaims made
about a text read.
 Lesson
Formulating Evaluative
A 1 Statements

Every reader aims for satisfaction out of the material read may it be personal, social,
intellectual, and spiritual. In order for you to find out, you need to focus and analyze the
text you have read.
In the process of reading, you need to keep a watchful eye to the content, context,
semantics, syntax and very importantly significance. This bears impact to the degree of
satisfaction one experiences. In certain cases, however, apart from being conscious about
these elements, readers have the natural tendency to evaluate the reading material in
general and some statements therein particular.
Since you have already learned the Reading and Thinking Strategies Across Text Types
in the previous lessons, this time you are going to look at Evaluative Statements and you
will find out how to formulate evaluative statements in a reading text.

What’s In!

In the previous lessons, you were able to determine and analyze Intertextuality and
Hypertextuality. You were given different activities that helped you to fully understand
the difference between hypertextuality and intertextuality.
Now, you have already know how to determine and differentiate intertextuality and
hypertextuality using context. To further strengthen this insight, the task in this module
will let you discover the definition of evaluative statement, descriptive statements and how
to formulate evaluative statements.

What’s New?

Let’s define Evaluative Statement.

Evaluative Statement refers to the making of a value judgment. The taking of a
position in a controversy involves value judgments to support the position, we have to
make value judgments as well. Making value judgment involves the use of a certain criteria
against which we determine whether something is good or bad, strong or weak, beautiful
or ugly etc.
An evaluative statement is a way of giving a better explanation to show the strength
and weaknesses of something through writing. It presents a value judgment based on a
set of criteria. It is the writer’s way of explaining why strength is a strength and a weakness
is a weakness based on the evidence gathered (Belino, 2017). Further, according to
Hernandez et al. (2017), an evaluative statement is an objective and tactful way of reacting
to a text.
According to Bunnin and Yu (2004) disclosed that in philosophy of language and
ethics, some philosophers suggest that are distinguish between two kinds of meaning
of expressions.
1. Descriptive meaning contributes to a bare presentation of facts, as in the
claim, Example: The strawberry is sweet.
2. Evaluative meaning functions in a different way by offering an assessment as
in the claim.
Example: This strawberry is good.

The descriptive meaning of a statement can be determined by its truth conditions,

while evaluative meaning cannot.
Descriptive meaning is constant while the evaluative meaning varies with the
reactions of those doing the expression.

ACTIVITY 1: DESCRIPTIVE VS. EVALUATIVE

Directions: Read each of the following and determine if the following statement
is Descriptive or Evaluative. Write E for Evaluative and D for Descriptive. Write on
the blank provided.
1. Bacon tastes good on anything.
2. I have horrible headache.
3. Most people believe that God exists.
4. Michael Angelo’s house is in Florence, Italy.
5. It is wicked to have being on public display.

What Is It!

Components of Evaluative Statement

Evaluative statement is important because it helps you too evaluate statement in
a good or bad situation or it can be true or false. In order for you to have a clear
understanding of what is Evaluative Statement is, the components are discussed
below.
 According to Rama Rao (2000) further expressed that evaluative statements cover
three components of the attitudes: likewise he noted that these concern objects, people,
or events.

Cognitive Components of an Attitude

 The beliefs, opinions, knowledge, and information held by a person.

 Example: I believe spiders are dangerous.

Affective Component of an Attitude

 The emotional or feeling, segment of an attitude.

 Example: I am scared of spiders.

Behavioral Component of an Attitude

 An intention to behave in a certain way toward someone or something

 Example: I will avoid spiders and scream if I see one.

What’s More?

Crossword Puzzle
Direction: Complete the puzzle by identifying the three components of the attitudes
in the presented sentences.
Across:
1. An orange is rich in vitamins. It is good for skin. It has a good taste.
3. I eat an orange daily.
6. I buy and use saver-bulbs in my home.
Down:
2. I like oranges.
4. Saver-bulbs consume less electricity than ordinary bulbs. It has a brighter
light. It is durable.
5. I like saver-bulbs because saver-bulbs are good.
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1.

3. 5.

6. 2.

What I Can Do!

Direction: Provide a justification to the following evaluative statements:

1. People who are not motivated usually seek attention.

2. People who are not motivated usually seek attention.

3. Thoughtful and generous individuals are highly blessed.

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 4. People inclined to technology are more productive.

Assessment!
A. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of
paper.

1. What do you call the process of giving a better explanation to show the
strength and weakness through writing?
A. Evaluative Statement C. Evaluation Statement
B. Descriptive Statement D. Description Statement
2. Which of the following is NOT a Component of an Attitude?
A. Cognitive C. Behavioral
B. Affective D. Psychomotor
3. Attitude is made up of which three components?
A. feelings, emotions, and attitudes
B. affect, feelings, and behavior
C. affective, behavioral, and cognitive
D. behavioral, belief-driver, and cognitive
4. The term affective component of attitude refers to .
A. thoughts and feelings one has regarding an object
B. the happiness one feels when changing attitudes
C. the emotions and feelings one has toward an object
D. the attitude that must people have when they are happy
5. Which of the following refers to your feelings and emotions regarding the
attitude object?
A. Affective component of attitude
B. Behavioral component of attitude
C. Cognitive component of attitude
D. Emotional component of attitude
6. Which of the following is an example of the cognitive component of attitude?
A. James feels sad when he attends a funeral.
B. James believes that funerals should be a celebration of life and not focus
so much on mourning.
C. James avoids attending funerals at all cost.
D. James did not hold a funeral when his father died, but instead had a
small family get-together to celebrate his father's life.
7. Which of the following terms refers to the beliefs, knowledge, and thoughts
that we have about an attitude object?
A. Cognitive component of attitude
B. Behavioral component of attitude
 C. Affective component of attitude
D. Knowledge component of attitude
8-12. Write an evaluative statement of the following sentences.
Example.If you are not so smart, you should try to be a teacher.
Answer.The statement is very discriminative against those with average intelligence
and teachers in general.
8. Only rich people can become medical doctors.

9. Every person has something good to add to this world.

10. No one is so poor that he has nothing to share.

11. In posting things on social media, you must think before you click.

12. We must all help to save the planet.

References

Filomena T. Dayagpil, Ed. D., Ethel L. Abao, Ed. D., and Remedios
C. Bacus, Ed. D. CRITICAL READING AND WRITING FOR THE SENIOR HIGH
SCHOOL, 2016, Lorimar Publishing, INC.