Worth, Truthfulness, and Accuracy of

LESSON 3 Ideas
May 17-21, 2022

The first two lessons of this final unit which are Features of Academic Writing and
Strategies for Effective Interpersonal Communication have already paved the way for
you to easily compose your own academic writing. This time, since you have learned that
academic writing requires deep evaluation of information to come up with factual
evidences, you are going to discover how to measure the worth, truthfulness, and
accuracy of every information present on different resources, especially in the world wide
web.

Ready to study this lesson? Note that you are expected to work on and complete
all the learning tasks of this lesson for 5 school days. Let's Do This! Task, must be
accomplished on or before May 21, 2022. Make sure to attend the virtual class where the
lesson will be deeply explained.

LESSON OBJECTIVES

At the end of this learning packet, you will be able to:

 determine the worth of ideas mentioned in the text;

 examine the truthfulness and accuracy of the materials; and
 make judgments of the worth, truthfulness, and accuracy of the
materials viewed or listened to.

LET’S DISCOVER!

Have you ever tried researching for a particular topic in the internet and compare
the information you have gathered with those information from books? What have you
noticed? Numerous websites, applications, and software brought by technology does
not always guarantee valuable, truthful, and accurate information.

Aside from honing your writing skills, let us also develop your researching skills by
learning how to filter information from various resources.

WORTH

Worth tells the essence of ideas of a text, material, or source. However, note that not all
relevant information are worth included. Be guided with these terms in determining the
worth of ideas.

1. Useful – Try to figure out if including that information or idea can contribute and
clarify your point in writing.
2. Updated – the worth of information will be lessened once it is past a decade or
more since there will be more relevant researches released at the present.

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 TRUTHFULNESS AND ACCURACY

Truthfulness and accuracy are two interwoven terms. When a thing is truthful, then
it is accurate, vice versa. But to further understand the two, let us look at their definitions.

Truthfulness is the quality of being honest and not containing any lies. (Cambridge
Dictionary)

Accuracy is freedom from mistake or error. (Merriam Dictionary)

Since you are expected to compose an academic writing at the end of this unit, you
have to be cautious not to include even a single piece of information that is faulty and
untrue.

Here are some guidelines in considering truthfulness and accuracy,

1. The source of information is identified and reliable.
2. The information is evidence-based.
3. The information is verified.
4. Language and tone are unbiased.
5. The information is free from errors.

LET’S WRAP UP!

 Useful – can contribute and clarify the

points in writing.
Worth
 Updated - recent information

 The source of information is identified and

Truthfulness and Accuracy
reliable.
 The information is evidence-based.
 The information is verified.
 Language and tone are unbiased.
 The information is free from errors.

LET’S DO THIS!

General Instructions: This part of your module is found in a Google Form posted in your
Google classroom. This Google Form will allow you to answer and submit this activity
easily.

Directions: Study this lesson carefully. Then, analyze the worth, truthfulness, and accuracy
of the informative essay entitled “Zombie by the Cranberries” which is already shown to
you in your previous lesson. You may access the material on your Unit 8 Lesson 1 learning
packet. Explain your answer with a minimum of 1 sentence each aspect written below.
Good luck!

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 Worth  Do all the information help enhance the
points of text?
 Is it relevant today?

Truthfulness and Accuracy  Do the sources of information are

identifiable and reliable?
 Is it evidence-based?
 Can you verify the information?
 Is it unbiased?
 Does it contain errors?

Hurray! Congratulations! You just finished answering your lesson in English. I hope
that you got more knowledge and had fun.

😊 😊 😊

REFERENCES

Cambridge Dictionary. (2021). Truthfulness meaning: 1. The quality of being honest and
not containing any lies: 2. The quality of being. . .. Learn more. Cambridge
Advance Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/truthfulness
Merriam Webster Dictionary. Accuracy Definition. The Merriam- Webster.com. Dictionary
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accuracy

Teacher Aya Educatoon. (2021). [YouTube]. Determine the truthfulness and accuracy of
the materials viewed. https://youtu.be/-Tfr9ak31vo

Pongyan, Jhoana. (2021, May 12). [Learning Packet]. Worth, truthfulness, and accuracy
of ideas. Local media386663912843671896

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