TXTBK + SLMs + QUALAS

Textbook/Supplementary Materials/Self-
learning Modules -based Instruction paired LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET No. 2
with MELC-Based Quality Assured Learning In ENGLISH 7
Activity Sheet (LAS)

Name: __________________________________ Grade & Section: ______________________

Teacher: _______________________________ Date Submitted: _______________________

MELC: Use search engine to conduct a guided search on a given topic (EN7SS-II-C-1.5.3)

Objectives/Subtasks:
1. Recognize different search engines in getting information.
Lesson/Topic:
Search Engines
Quarter No. 2 Week No. 2 Day: 1
References: ADM- DepEd, Philippines

Activity Title
Search Engines
KEY CONCEPT:

Electronic Search Engines

Listed below are the top 5 most commonly used search engines according to eBizMBA in
October 2015. These rankings are continuously updated using various factors.
1. Google
• Estimated 1,100,000,000 unique monthly visitors
• Originally known as BackRub.
• A search engine that started development in 1996 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page as
a research project at Stanford University to find files on the Internet.

Source: www.google.com

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2. Bing
• Estimated 350,000,000 unique monthly visitors
• A search engine created and operated by Microsoft, replacing its former Live Search,
Windows Live Search, and MSN Search offerings.

Source: www.bing.com
3. Yahoo!
• Estimated 300,000,000 unique monthly visitors
• Short for Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle! Yahoo! Was created in February,
1994 by two Stanford University Ph.D candidates David Filo and Jerry Yang.

Source: www.yahoo.com
4. Ask
• Estimated 245,000,000 unique monthly visitors
• Ask is the common name for Ask.com search engine, which allows users to perform
a search in the form of a question to find relevant results.
• Ask.com was started in 1996 by Garret Gruener and David Warthen.

Source: www.ask.com
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 5. AOL
• Estimated 125,000,000 unique monthly visitors
• America Online is the name of a popular online service. It is often abbreviated as
AOL.
• The company founded in 1985 and is considered an early Internet pioneer, providing
many Internet services in the 1990’s.

Source: www.aolsearch.com

These search engines will help you search for different topics that you can think of. These
will also provide you information on current news and events around the world.

Activity No.1
Instructions: Read the statement and tell what search engine it is.

1. It is an American Online service. _________________________

2. It allows users to perform search in a form of a question. _________________

3. A search engine created and operated by Microsoft replacing the former live search,
windows search and MSN search offerings. ____________________

4. Short for Yet Another Hierarchal Officious Oracle. ___________________

5. The most popular search engine of Stanford University to find files on the internet.
_____________

Objectives/Subtasks:
2. Identify the use of the search engine presented.

Lesson/Topic:
Use of Search Engines
Quarter No. 2 Week No. 2 Day: 2

Activity Title
Use of Search Engines are Being

Activity No. 2
Instructions: Tell how the following search engines are being used.

1. ___________________________________________________

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 2. _________________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________________

4. _________________________________________________________

5. __________________________________________________________

Objectives/Subtasks:
2. Use an electronic search engine to locate specific sources.
Lesson/Topic:
Specific Source
Quarter No. 2 Week No. 2 Day: 3-4

Activity Title
Specific Source

KEY CONCEPT

Searching the Web requires both skills and patience but, where should we start?

To enter the world wide web (www), you need to have either of these two:

• Internet connection or WIFI (it can be a modem or a pocket wifi) or

• Data subscription (cellphone load)

There are two ways to search for information:

A. Using keyword/s

Searching Using Keyword/s

Follow the steps wholeheartedly that are provided for you so you can arrive at the correct
output.

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Step 1. Open the page first using Google Chrome and enter the texts or keywords in the search
bar pointed by the red arrow to find relevant information.

Step 2. Type in the search bar the word “COVID-19”.

There, you will find out several information about the topic.

Step 3. Click the first search result inside the red box and copy the information about
COVID-19 in your English activity notebook.

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Step 4 Click the Back Button to go back to the Home Page.
A. If you’re using a cellphone click the x button as pointed by the red arrow.
B. If you’re using a computer, click the back button enclosed in a red box as shown in
picture B.

A B

Step 5. To explain more, open the page shown below and type this URL
https://youtu.be/7RIB1CJovTs in the address bar pointed by the red arrow.

Points to Remember

To better get specific results:

• Use minus sign or hyphen (-) to exclude a word.

• Use quotation marks (“ ”) to find pages that have the exact term.

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 B. Using Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
This time, you will research using Uniform Resource Locator or URL. URL is the page
address that you will find in the long bar at the top of your Web browsers.

Searching Using URL

Step 1. Click Google Chrome in your screen.

This will appear in your screen.

Step 2. Type the name of the website

http://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-basics
in the address page as pointed by the red arrow.

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Step 3. Press ← Enter key if you are using a computer. Press the Search icon as
pointed by the red arrow if you are using a cell phone.

You are now about to explore the content of the URL.

Step 4. Read the content of the page and write 5 unfamiliar words that you have
encountered in your English activity notebook.

Step 5. Click the Back Button as pointed by the red arrow to go back to the Home Page.

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 Congratulations! You have successfully followed the steps in conducting a guided search
using Google. If you wish to gather more information, you are free to explore more by following the
same steps.

Activity No.3

Instructions: Search for your favorite place here in Calbayog. List down things why you like it and
the new discovery/ discoveries of the place that makes you more excited to visit
when pandemic ends soonest. If you have the chance to print a photo of the place
you can paste it also here but if none, it’s just okay.

Note: Do the same process with what you did in the example, just change the topic you want to
find.

Favorite Place: _________________________________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________________________________
Search Engine Used: ____________________________________________________________

Paste your picture here if there is.

THINGS I LOVE ABOUT IT NEW DISCOVEIRES I FOUND

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Answer’s Key:

Activity 1:

• These search engines will help you search for different topics that you can think of. These will also provide
you information on current news and events around the world. (You can also have this in different words but
the same idea.)

Activity 2:

1. Bing- operated by Microsoft

2. Ask- search in a form of a question
3. Google-find files on the internet
4. Aol- provides online service
5. Yahoo- used for chatting and on line search

Activity 3:

• Answer may vary

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