Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region IV-A CALABARZON
DIVISION OF RIZAL
CARLOS “BOTONG” V. FRANCISCO MEMORIAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

English 7 Quarter 3 Week 5

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Name: __________________________ Grade and Section: ____________________

Date: _____________ Subject Teacher: ____________________________________

Citing Textual Evidence

Objectives:
You will learn about the following:

1. identify the words implied from a description clue;

2. fill in the required information based from a text indicating Filipino values and
culture;
3. explain a statement from a reading text through textual evidence;
4. use a reading strategy to make an inference based from a textual evidence;
5. answer questions based from a textual evidence in a given passage.

Lesson
Citing Textual Evidence
Reading comprehension is an integral part of your learning process. It enables
you to identify the relevant information needed. However, it requires you to employ
effective strategies before you achieve a better understanding to a particular text. Thus,
this module introduces one important skill to have mastery in understanding a text.
In this lesson, you will engage in reading various texts, develop competencies in
reading, literature, writing, vocabulary development and grammar awareness.

When we have ideas about what we read, we need to cite text evidence to
support our claims.

Text Evidence
uses specific examples and ideas from a text to help support and further define your
own claims and ideas.
gives your words validity and strength.
General Statement
is a claim that needs to be proven.
presents the topic of a paragraph, essay or book.
usually expresses the main point or main idea of a piece of writing.
Example:
“The rain forest is home to many creatures. Monkeys, birds, reptiles, amphibians and
mammals live in the rain forest. Butterflies and anteaters also live in the forest.”
What is the general statement in the above selection?
“The rain forest is home to many creatures. “
This is the general statement that expresses the main idea of the given paragraph.
This claim needs to be proven.
So, what is the text evidence that supports the claim of the general statement?
Monkeys, birds, reptiles, amphibians and mammals live in the forest.
This sentence is the text evidence that supports the claim of the general statement.
It uses specific examples like monkeys, birds, reptiles and others to make the claim of
the general statement valid.

Points to Remember in Citing Text Evidence:

1. Read and understand the text thoroughly.
It is important to read the text thoroughly so that you may be able to identify not only
the main idea of the text but also the specific details to support the main idea.

2. Identify the general statement or the main idea from the text you read.
When you are able to identify the general statement or the main idea of
the text, it would be easier for you to cite or search for the text evidence
to support your claims.
3. Go back to the text to find supporting statements to give your claims
valid.
Once the general statement is identified, that’s the time to look for some
specific details from the text that will support the general statement or
idea.
4. Add the quotes to your response.
Finally, add the quotes of the author or use your own words to relay the idea of the
author to support or explain your claim.
5. Remember, not all ideas are explicitly stated in the text. Sometimes we have to make
an inference. To do this, we use evidence from the text and our prior knowledge to
understand the text better. This is also called “to read between the lines.”
Example:
You are talking in the class while the class discussion is ongoing and suddenly your
teacher makes a frowning face.
Based from the text and your prior knowledge, it can be inferred that your teacher is
angry with you. (This is the general statement)
What evidence do we have about this claim?

Few Examples of Citing Text Evidence:

Example 1
You are talking in the class while the class discussion is ongoing. Your teacher is trying
to make a point in her discussion. Suddenly, she makes a frowning face. (This is the
text evidence through making inference.)

“Religious gatherings represent Filipinos’ faithfulness to God. We may have different

religions but we commonly believe in one Supreme Being. Masses, processions, feasts
of Saints, weddings, baptisms are Filipinos’ best practices to celebrate life with God.”

General Statement:
Religious gatherings represent Filipinos’ faithfulness to God.
Question: What religious gatherings that represent Filipinos’ faithfulness to God?

Text Evidence:
Masses, processions, feasts of Saints, weddings, baptisms are Filipinos’ best practices
to celebrate life with God.

Learning Task 1

Directions: Read and understand each passage. Choose the letter of the best answer.
“The Filipino who travels abroad gets to thinking that the Philippines is the hardestworking
country in the world. By six or seven in the morning, we are already up and on our way to work,
shops and markets are open; the wheels of industry are already grinding.”
Source: An excerpt from Montage: An Anthology in Philippine Literature in English

1. Which sentence from the text above best supports the statement? “The Philippines is
the hardest-working country in the world.”
A. Shops and markets are already open.
B. The wheels of industry are already grinding.
C. By six or seven in the morning we are already up and on our way to work.
D. Shops, markets, bus terminals and other public institutions are already open.

“What most astonishes foreigners in the Philippines is that this is a country, perhaps the only
one in the world, where people buy and sell one stick of cigarette, half a head of garlic, a dab of
hair pomade, part of the contents of a can or bottle, one single egg, one single banana. To
foreigners used to buying things by the carton or the dozen or the pound, and in large economy
sizes, the exquisite transaction of Philippine tingi cannot but seem Lilliputian.”
Source: An excerpt from Montage: An Anthology in Philippine Literature in English

2. Whichsentence from the text best supports the statement - Foreigners are
astonished with Filipinos.?
A. Filipinos buy a piece of cigarette.
B. Filipinos buy cartons of milk products.
C. Filipinos buy a dozen of eggs and dairy products.
D. Filipinos buy economy sizes of assorted products.
“My mother brought us up single-handedly. It was an extraordinary task for a woman so frail-
dealing with three adolescent children. But she managed. She did not finish high school, but her
deft hands had skilfully eked out a living for the four of us. She was good at knitting. Her job
tided us over until the eldest got a diploma of teaching. Then she put up a sari-sari store to send
the other children to college. Mother wanted us all to get a college degree and she had
sacrificed much to see us through.”
Source: An excerpt from A Shawl for Anita, English 7 Learner’s Material DepED

3. Which pair of sentences from the text best supports the idea that the mother wanted
her children to get a college degree?
1. She was good at knitting.
2. My mother brought us up single-handedly.
3. Her job tided us over until the eldest got a diploma of teaching.
4. Then she put up a sari-sari store to send the other children to college.
5. It was an extraordinary task for a woman so frail-dealing with three adolescent
children.
A. 1&2 B. 2&3 C. 3&4 D. 4&5

4. Which evidence from the text best shows that the mother has a special skill?
A. She was good at knitting.
B. She did not finish high school.
C. My mother brought us up single-handedly.
D. Then she put up a sari-sari store to send the other children to college.

“Mother could hardly refuse, but I knew that the task was just too much for her. Her fingers had
lost their flexibility; rheumatic pain told on her knuckles that felt a million pins pricking. My heart
went out to her every time I saw her painfully knitting the needles into the yarn.”
Source: An excerpt from A Shawl for Anita, English 7 Learner’s Material DepED

5. Which evidence from the text best shows that the task of knitting was just too much
for the mother?
A. My heart went out to her.
B. Mother could hardly refuse.
C. The task was just too much.
D. Her fingers had lost their flexibility.

Learning Task 2

Directions: Read and understand each passage. Choose the letter of the best answer.

“In a faraway mountain, there was a happy couple Ethel and Ariel living together with a
very simple life. They used to live in a NIPA hut, eat foods from their farm, and catch
fishes from the river. The husband was a farmer working all day at the farm.”
An excerpt from the story” The Good Harvest” by Ritchie Javier

1. Based on the text, how do you know that Ariel is a farmer?

A. He had tools.
B. He wore a hat.
C. He had abundant harvest.
D. He worked all day at the farm.
2. What type of person is Ariel?
A. a hardworking
B. helpful to others
C. an obedient
D. courageous
3. What relationship did Ethel and Ariel have? They
A. were neighbours
B. were colleagues.
C. were husband and wife.
D. were brother and sister.
4. When you are answering a question, you look for _______ within the text to give your
words validity and strength.
A. evidence B. complexities C. obscure ideas D. another question
5. Which statement shows that the author is very sad?
A. He shouts louder with a deep anger.
B. The feeling of anger and sadness deeply in his heart.
C. He kneeled down with the tears in his eyes fall apart.
D. He was very shocked as he saw the entire farm destroyed by the pest.

Reflection:
Have the learners reflected on what they learned by asking them to complete the
following statements:

I learned that…

It made me realize that…

I, therefore, commit to…

References:

Quarter 3 Module 5 Published by the Department of Education - Department of Education –

Region 10

Prepared by:

MRS. RICAH LEE P LEQUIN MR. RENER G. AQUINO

Subject Teacher Subject Teacher

MRS. MARIVIC S. VICENO

Subject Teacher