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LEARNINGMATERI AL6
QUARTER2
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Compet
ency
:Di
scer
nposi
ti
veandnegat
ivemessagesconv
eyedi
namat
eri
alv
iewed.

DI
SCUSSI
ON

Whati
samessage?
 av er
bal
,wri
tten,orrecordedcommuni
cat
ionsentt
oorl
eftf
orar
eci
pientwho
cannotbecontacteddir
ectly

TWOKI
NDSOFMESSAGE

1.Posi
ti
vemessagespoi
ntoutthegoodthi
ngsthatcanhappenifpeopl
efol
l
owa
cour
seofacti
onorift
heyfol
lowthewrongpath.

Example:Aposit
ivemessageondrinkingdur
ingpr
egnancywoul
demphasi
zethatt
hose
whochoosenott odri
nkhav eheal
thierbabi
eswhoar et
hreet
imesmorel
ikel
ytohave
normali
ntel
l
igenceandtwiceasli
kelytobebornheal
thyandal
iv
e.

2. Negati
vemessagesi
ll
ustr
atethebadthi
ngsthatmayhappeni
fpeopledonot
f
oll
owaparti
cul
arcourseofact
ionori
ftheydothewrongt
hing.

Example:Forexample,anegati
v emessagemayusest
ati
sti
csf
rom DOHtoshowthat
mother
swhodr inkalcoholdur
ingpregnancyar
emoreli
kel
ytohavemiscar
ri
agesor
premat
uredeli
very.

Not
e:Posi
ti
veandnegat
ivemessagesar
eusual
lyusedandconv
eyedi
naPERSUASI
VE
ESSAYal soknownasanARGUMENTATIVEESSAY.

a.A PERSUASIVE ESSAY,also known asan argument

ati
ve essay
,isa pi
ece of
academicwri
ti
ngwher eyouuselogicandreasontoshow t
hatyourpoi
ntofvi
ew is
morelegi
ti
matethananyother
.

Exampl
eofaper
suasi
veessay
:
 TOPI
C:SOCI
ALMEDI
A

Using soci almedi ai s widespread acr oss al lages and pr ofessions and i s
commonar oundt hewor l
d.Ithasi ncreasedandev olvedshar pl
yov ert hepastni ne
years.
Int heeducat i
onalpr ocess,usingsoci almedi ahasbeensuppor tedbysev eral
educat ionaltechnol ogyr esearcher s,whohav eemphasi zedt hebenef it
soft echnol ogies.
Risingofsoci alnet wor kingsi t
esandagener alinterestinst udentshav eat t
racted
attentiont otheuseofi nternettoolstodev elopdi st
anceeducat ion.
Mor eover,wehav et hechancet oconnectwi thot hersandshar ei nformat i
on
throughsoci almedi a.I t’
st hecommuni cationt hatbringsusal ltogether,andi t’
seasi ly
accessi ble.
Althoughwor l
dwi deconnect i
vit
yi snotaquest ion,thequal i
tyofaconv er
sat i
on
whenusi ngsoci almedi ai sunpl easantbecausey oucannotsenset heemot ionor
i
nt erestfrom theot herper son.Itmakesy ouwonderi ftheymeanwhatt heysay . 
Theexcessusageofsoci almediacanal sohav eanegat iveimpactont heheal th.
Sinceexer ci
sei st hekeyt olosewei ght,mostoft hepeopl egetl azybecauseoft he
excessi veuseofsoci alnet workingsi t
es.Thi sbri
ngsdi sorderonone’ sheal thydai ly
routine.

Howt
odi
scer
nposi
ti
veandnegat
ivemessagesconv
eyedi
nthemat
eri
alv
iewed?

Remember:Discer
ningposi
ti
veandnegati
vemessagesmeansr
ecogni
zingorsi
mpl
y
i
dent
if
yingtheposit
iveandnegat
ivemessage.

Todiscernpositi
veandnegati
vemessagesconvey
edint
hemater
ial
,si
mply
answert
hef ol
lowingquesti
ons:
1.Whati s/ar
etheposit
ivemessage/
sconveyedi
nthemat
eri
alv
iewed?
2.Whati s/ar
etheposit
ivemessage/
sconveyedi
nthemat
eri
alv
iewed?

LET’
SPRACTI
CE!

Di
scernatl
easttwoposit
iveandnegat
ivemessagesconveyedi
nthemateri
al
vi
ewedwi t
hthetopic,“
SOCI
ALMEDI A”.Wri
teyouransweronit
scorr
espondi
ng
col
umnf oundi
nt hetabl
ebel
ow.

Topic:SOCI
ALMEDI A
Posi
ti
veMessage/s Negat
iveMessage/
s
1.
  1.

2. 2.
 Usi ngsoci al medi ai swidespr eadacr ossal lagesandpr ofessi
onsandi scommon
aroundt hewor ld.Ithasi ncr easedandev olvedshar plyoverthepastni ney ears.
Intheeducat i
onal process, usingsoci almedi ahasbeensuppor t
edbysev eral
educat ional technol ogyr esear cher s,whohav eemphasi zedt hebenef i
tsof
technol ogies.Ri singofsoci al net workingsites,andagener ali
nterestinstudent s
hav eat tr
act edat tentiont ot heuseofi nternettoolst odevelopdistanceeducat i
on.
Mor eov er,wehav et
hechancet oconnectwi thot hersandshar einformat i
on
throughsoci almedi a.It’
st hecommuni cati
ont hatbr i
ngsusal ltogether,andi t
’s
easi l
yaccessi ble.
Althoughwor l
dwideconnect i
vityisnotaquest i
on, thequal i
tyofaconv ersation
whenusi ngsoci al mediai sunpl easantbecausey oucannotsenset heemot i
onor
i
nt erestf r
om t heot herper son.I tmakesy ouwonderi ft
heymeanwhatt heysay .
Theexcessusageofsoci almedi acanal sohav eanegat iveimpactont hehealth.
Sinceexer ciseist hekeyt ol osewei ght,mostoft hepeopl egetl azybecauseoft he
excessi veuseofsoci alnet wor kingsites.Thisbr i
ngsdi sorderonone’ sheal t
hydaily
rout i
ne.

LET’
SCHECK!

Topi
c:SOCIALMEDIA
Posi
ti
veMessage/
s Negat
iveMessage/
s
1.Soci
almedi apr
ovideint
ernet 1.Usingsoci
almedia,thequali
tyof
tool
stodevel
opdi
stance conversati
onlacksemotional
educat
ion. connectionandauthent
icexpressi
ons.

2.Soci
almedi
aconnectpeopl
e 2.Soci
almedi
acauseheal
thi
ssues.
wit
hot her
sandshare
accessibl
einf
ormat
ion.
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Grade8
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Compet
ency
:Di
scer
n posi
ti
ve and negat
ive messages conv
eyed i
n a mat
eri
al
vi
ewed.

Di
rect
ions:Discer
natl easttwoposi
ti
veandnegati
vemessagesconv
eyedi
na
mater
ialvi
ewed.Writ
eyouransweri
nthetabl
epr
ovi
dedbel
owthetext
.

Onlinelearni
ngi sgivingpeoplenew choicesandnewf oundf lexi
bili
tywitht hei
r
personallearni
nganddev elopment.Whereasbefore,f
ormalacademi cqual i
fi
cations
couldonl ybegai nedbypar t
ici
pat
inginaf ullt
imecour seonsi te,thei nt
ernethas
all
owedi nsti
tuti
onst oexpandt hei
rreachandof f
errecognizedcour sesonacont act
-part
ial,ortotal
lyv ir
tual,basis.I
nstit
uti
onscando so wi threlati
velyf ew extra
resources,andf orpai dcour sesthi
sconst i
tut
esexcellentv al
ue,andt hest udent
benefitswithgr eatereducat i
onalaccessandgr eat
erf l
exibil
i
tyt ol earnandget
quali
fiedevenwhent herelotsofotherper
sonalcommi tment stodeal with.

Fl
exibi
li
tyiscertainl
yoneoft hemosti mpor t
antbenef its,
butj ustasimpor t
antis
educati
onalaccess.Ont opoft heinternet’
swi despreadpr esencei ndev eloped
countr
ies,thei nt
ernetisbecomi ngincreasi
nglyav ail
abl
ei nnewl ydev elopedand
devel
opingcount ri
es.Ev enwithoutconsi der
ingt hegener alinformationalexposur e
thatthe internetdeliv
ers,online academi c cour ses and learning ini
tiati
ves are
becomingmor eawareoft heneedsofpeopl efrom di sadvantagedbackgr ounds, and
thi
smeanst hatpeoplefrom suchbackgr oundsar ei namuchbet terpositiontolearn
andprogresst hantheyusedt obe.

Whatt hatr ai
sesdoubtov eronli
nel ear
ningi sthequalit
yofonl inecoursesin
compar isont oconv entionalcourses.Ar esuchonl i
necour sesgoodenoughf or
empl oyerst otakenot ice?Thesecondi sthecur rentr
eali
tythatfacesmanypeopl e
from disadv antagedbackgr ounds,despitetheimpr ovementsmadei nthisareain
recenty ears–t heydonothav ethelev elofbasi caccessneededt obenefitfr
om
online learning.I nf act,there are numer ous sources ofev i
dence thatclai
m
disadvantagedst udentsar enotr ecei
vingany wher enearthesor tofbenefi
tsthat
onlinelearninginstit
utionsandpr omotersar etr
yingtoinsti
gate. 

Thereisanotherissuethati
sv er
ydiff
iculttodispel
,andthati stheresponseof
diff
erenttypesofst udent
st otheonli
nel earni
ngpar adigm.Evidenceshowst hat
therearecertai
ngroupsofstudent
sthatbenef i
tfr
om collegedi
stancelearni
ng
 muchmorethanot
hergroups.I
nessence,student
smustbehighl
ymot i
vat
edand
hi
ghl
ydi
sci
pli
nedi
ftheyar
etolearnef
fect
ivel
yinthei
rownpr
ivat
eenvi
ronment.

Topic:SOCI
ALMEDI A
Posi
ti
veMessage/s Negat
iveMessage/
s
1. 1.

2. 2.