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English
Quarter 3 - Module 6
Judging the Validity
of the Evidence Listened to
English – Grade 9
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Quarter 3 – Module 6: Judging the Validity of the Evidence Listened to
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English
Quarter 3 - Module 6
Judging the Validity
of the Evidence Listened to
Introductory Message

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 What I Need to Know

This module encourages you to judge the validity of the evidence you listen to.
Enjoy answering the different activities given in this module for you to achieve the
target skills.

At the end of this module, you are expected to:

• determine whether a statement is a fact or opinion;
• identify the evidence presented; and
• evaluate the validity of the evidence listened to.

What I Know

A. Directions: Read each item carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer in the space
before each number.

1. Which of the words means the state of being legally or officially binding or
acceptable?
a. accuracy b. credibility c. validity d. dependability
2. What is the quality of a person if he is trustworthy and consistent?
a. accuracy b. credibility c. reliability d. validity
3. Which of the qualities means convincing or believable?
a. accuracy b. credibility c. reliability d. validity
4. What kind of evidence is free from error and consistent with a standard?
a. accurate b. credible c. reliable d. verifiable
5. What is the ability to think clearly and understand the logical connection
between ideas?
a. analytical thinking c. critical thinking
b. creative thinking d. divergent thinking
_______6. Which among the given should not help in identifying that the evidence of
information is valid?
a. assess b. evaluate c. examine d. disregard
_______7. What would consider to know that the source of information is valid?
a. accuracy, credibility, reliability c. authenticity, guarantee, seal
b. approval, certificate, recognition d. influence, recommendation, suggestion
_______8. Which among the questions should be asked in examining the reliability of
information?
a. Is the information current?
b. Does it provide sources for supporting ideas?
c. Does it give limited data of information?
d. Who is responsible for the information?

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B. Directions: Identify whether the statement is valid or not. Draw a happy face 😊 if the
statement is valid and a sad face 😊 if it is not.

9. Vaccination is a simple, safe, and effective way of protecting people against

harmful diseases, before they come into contact with them.
10. COVID-19 has become a global health crisis. As of October 6, 2020, almost 36
million people have been infected and over one million have died. In the
Philippines, this translates into almost 325,000 infected and 6,000 deaths
(Worldometer 2020) (Joaquin et al. 2020).
11. Social media can be very influential on society in both positive and negative
ways. It gives people a way to stay in touch with people who live far away. It lets
people share fun, interesting and informative content. It gives businesses a way
to engage with customers (Force 2016).
12. Every year 7.3 million girls under 18 gives birth. It seems that it affects their
health and education.
13. West Philippine Sea is the official designation by the Philippine government of
eastern parts of the South China Sea which are included in the
Philippines' exclusive economic zone ( “West Philippine Sea” ).
14. The idea that the death penalty will rid the country of drugs is simply wrong. The
resumption of executions will not rid the Philippines of problems associated with
drugs or deter crime (““Philippines: The death penalty is an inhumane, unlawful,
and ineffective response to drugs”).
15. Jobs that were once held by human workers, are now being replaced everyday
by robot “workers”. It is not ethical to replace human employees with
robotic automation and computer-controlled systems (“Is it ethical to replace
human employees with automation”).

What’s In

Directions: Draw a smiley emoticon 😊 if the statement below is a fact and a sad emoticon
☹ if the statement is an opinion.

1. There have been relatively few COVID-19 infections among children according to the
World Health Organization.
2. Some people believe that the coronavirus will simply die its natural death.
3. The use of face shield and face mask prevents the spread of the corona virus.
4. Anyone can get infected with the virus and spread the disease to others.
5. Social distancing is the hardest to follow among the health protocols.

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Directions: Study the advertisement of ABZ Online Store on their upcoming Super Sale. Then
answer the questions below.

1. Do you agree that when you buy during the Super Sale, you can really save up some
money? Why or why not?
_______________________________________

2. Do you think that the statement FREE SHIPPING guarantees that you won’t have to
pay any shipping or delivery fees when you order? Why or why not?
_______________________________________

3. Is there any word or phrase in the advertisement that contradicts the idea of a Super
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What is It
Judging the Validity of the Evidence Listened to

Everyday, you are bombarded by different information coming from the people you
encounter or through the different media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
News, videos, blogs, ads and the likes are all over the internet that it is sometimes difficult to
distinguish which ones to believe in as true. Fake news and misinformation increase in
number and spread quickly in just one click. Needless to say, that being able to evaluate what
you have read, watched or listened to, is an important and useful skill in this age of information
technology. To be able to evaluate the validity of the evidence presented in a piece of writing,
you must have the characteristics of a critical thinker and you must know what makes an
evidence valid.

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 Whenever you have to listen to what other people say, you must examine if what is
stated is valid as evidence to what is being claimed or pointed out to be true. Validity is
defined in www.merriam-webster.com as the quality or state of being valid such as the state
of being acceptable according to the law while evidence is defined as something that
furnishes proof. Being aware of the validity of what is said helps you to determine which
information is significant and that will help you in making decisions in the future. Here are
some important points that you must consider to make a sound judgment on the validity of
what you hear or read:

A. Accuracy. This refers to freedom from error or mistakes (merriam-webster.com). A

valid evidence must be accurate or correct. You may ask questions such as, “Is the
evidence up-to-date?” “Does it give the correct data?” “Where are the data
obtained?” “Is it a fact or just a person’s opinion?”

B. Credibility. Something is said to be credible if it gives reasonable grounds for being

believed (merriam-webster.com). In your previous lesson, you learned about
primary and secondary sources. It is important to know what or who is the source
of information. Here are some useful questions to ask when you evaluate the
credibility of the evidence presented: “Is the author an expert in the field that the topic
is about?” “Can he speak about the topic with authority and accuracy?” “Can you verify
it with other sources?” (“What Makes Information Reliable?”).

C. Reliability. To make it easier for you to examine the reliability of the information, ask
yourself these questions taken from “What Makes Information Reliable?”: “Is the
information current?” “Is it related directly to the topic it discusses?” “Does it provide
sources for supporting ideas?” “Are these sources reliable” “Is the purpose of the
information to inform, to persuade, to sell, or even to entertain?” “Has the
information been written and published recently? Does a date of publication
appear?” “Finally, who is responsible for the information? Is an author or publisher
listed at all?”

As a student, you encounter some reading or listening materials which purpose is

to convince, persuade or argue. The writer or speaker of such materials use evidences that
are accurate, credible, and reliable to support and make a point or claim believable.
Persuasive texts are good examples of these kinds of materials. According to Orpiano and
Berosil (2019) a “persuasive text provides the readers a certain point of view about an
issue. This text type aims to influence or persuade the readers to accept a certain position.”

To be able to make a sound judgment on the validity of the information or evidence

that is read, watched, or listened to you must be a good listener. In addition, you must be
a critical thinker, too, so that you will be able to determine if the pieces of evidence
presented in a listening or reading text are valid or not. Critical thinking is a process used to
think about and evaluate information and reach a conclusion. Through critical evaluation of
the information presented to you, you are able to distinguish the ones that you can trust or
believe in from the ones you should be skeptical or doubtful about. Instead of instantly
believing in what you hear or read, you should look at the pieces of evidence, analyze them

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in all aspects rationally and objectively, until you reach your own conclusion whether they are
valid or not.

What’s More

Independent Activity 1

Directions: True or False. Write True if the given statement is correct, and False if it is
wrong.

_____1. An evidence is considered valid if it is correct, credible and reliable.

_____2. Everything in the internet is reliable and true.
_____3. A critical thinker evaluates the information he gets.
_____4. A persuasive text is intended to convince its readers to accept a position about
an issue.
_____5. A critical thinker is able to determine the relevance of the information or evidence
available to the matter or topic at hand.

Independent Assessment 1

Directions: Write the word VALID in the space provided if what has been stated by the
speakers is accurate, credible and reliable. Otherwise, write NOT VALID. The
links are provided for you to be able to listen or watch the entire video.

1. Doc Willie Ong, one of the most popular doctors in the Philippines, talks about
weight loss and diet tips in his YouTube channel (Ong 2013).
https://youtu.be/-aqI7pudxXw
2. In her 2021 Vision Prediction, a known psychic reader and dream translator
Rudy Baldwin said that business would be good this year but there would be two
volcanic eruptions, a tsunami, accidents and fatalities (Baldwin 2020).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNDi0g4l_NA
3. The Department of Health held a virtual conference on January 22, 2021 to
confirm the detection of UK variant on 16 more Covid-19 cases (Inquirer.net
2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-IqHEfacnc,
4. A video circulating in the social media shows a nurse who allegedly died after
she was vaccinated for the Covid-19 virus.
https://www.facebook.com/mes.mioledc/posts/415179593015859
5. The Philippine government may secure up to 20 million doses of Moderna’s
COVID-19 vaccine, Philippine vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr says.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=114793763784135)

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Independent Activity 2

Directions: Put a check mark (✔) on the item that shows evidence to convince or persuade
the reader or listener.

_______1. You are tasked to give a birthday message to a friend.

_______2. Your team will prepare campaign materials for the upcoming student council
elections.
_______3. A friend faces a problem and he asks for your advice.
_______4. You are in a debate and you need to prove your point.
_______5. A car manufacturer hires you to make a TV commercial that highlights the
efficiency of their cars.

Independent Assessment 2

Directions: Read the text carefully, then answer the questions that follow.

[Analysis] Should Duterte lift the lockdown? An imagined debate

by JC Punongbayan

This could well be President Rodrigo Duterte’s toughest policy yet. On the one hand, his
government can’t yet lift the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and
reopen the economy without risking the lives of millions of Filipinos. The virus is still out
there, and it will only take one rogue, uncontained case for the number of confirmed cases
to skyrocket again.

On the other hand, the lockdown is taking a heavy toll on the economy. The longer the
ECQ, the deeper the economic downturn we can expect. More Filipinos could go broke
and hungry if the hard lockdown lasts for too long.

Clearly there’s a delicate balancing act involved and there are good argument on both
sides. In this piece I’ll try to present them in an imagined conversation between two friends,
Pepe and Pilar.

Have we flattened the curve yet?

PEPE: We can start reopening the economy because there’s some evidence to suggest
the epidemic curve has somewhat flattened.

Experts at the University of the Philippines show that COVID-19 reproductive number –
which measures how transmissible it is among people—has considerably subsided since
March and is now hovering around and mostly below 1.
This suggests the disease is not as transmissible as before and is more under control
thanks to the ECQ.

PILAR: Sadly, we still don’t have a good idea where we are on the epidemic curve.
Although the reproductive number seems to have dwindled, this statistic must be taken

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with a grain of salt because government’s testing capacity still hasn’t expanded by much.
For all we know, the reproductive number is higher than it looks. Some places remain
“COVID-free” only because nobody there has been tested.

It will be profoundly reckless to reopen the economy without mass testing. Right now, near
the end of the ECQ, government is able to conduct only around 3,400 tests a day – a mere
17% of the targeted 20,000 a day.

This testing capacity is even lower now, what with 43 workers of the Research Institute for
Tropical Medicine (RITM) testing positive for COVID-19.

Absent mass testing, the next epidemic is just waiting around the corner. Hell could break
loose again.

Can some sectors of the economy be opened already?

PEPE: Even with the attendant risks, some sectors can already be reasonably and safely
opened up.

According to UP economists, sectors can be classified in two ways: how likely the are to
spread the virus, and how essential they are in sustaining the economy in the next year or
so.

Schools, malls, theaters, and resorts are not as essential to the economy’s life support and
involve lots of people congregating. Hence, they must remain closed.

Agriculture and services like banks, telcos, and BPOs can safely be opened up. But this
must be paired by continued physical distancing, personal protective equipment, and
periodic random testing…

Besides, extending the lockdown any further will likely widen the gap between the rich and
the poor. Not everyone can work from home. For many poor Filipinos who live hand-to-
mouth and are trapped in “no work, no pay” arrangements, an extended lockdown could be
just as harmful to them and their families as the disease itself.

To prevent lots of people from going hungry (even dying) because of the catastrophic loss
of economic opportunities, we must carefully begin to reopen some sectors.

PILAR: The above is a good framework, one that policymakers will definitely find useful.
But again it hinges on the premise that the government is able to carry out testing
frequently, widely, and reliably—something government can’t do right now. Sure opening
up could help revive the economy. But it would be foolish to think we can go back to pre-
COVID-19 levels of economic growth any time soon. And if the country relapses into
second wave of COVID-19 cases== like what’s happening now in Singapore and Hokkaido,
Japan—government will likely impose yet another massive shutdown. This will result in
another massive economic downturn and in the process kill more people. So a premature
reopening of the economy presents a lose-lose scenario for both the economy and public
health. It will be wiser to extend the lockdown for as long as we could and continue to tide
people over with sufficient aid.

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 1. What pieces of evidence did Pepe mention when he claimed that the Philippine economy
could start reopening?
______________________________________________________________________

2. Do you think his evidence is credible and reliable? Why or why not?
______________________________________________________________________

3. What proof is presented to support the claim that some economic sectors can safely open
up?
______________________________________________________________________

4. What is the basis of Pilar when she said that it was reckless to reopen the economy
without mass testing?
______________________________________________________________________

5. Cite pieces of evidence used by Pilar to support her claim.

______________________________________________________________________

Independent Activity 3

Directions: On the space before the number, write AGREE if the statement can be used as
valid evidence. Otherwise, write DISAGREE.

_____1. Climate change has a great impact to the Philippines because of its high exposure to
natural threats such as cyclones, landslides, floods and drought, as well as the fact
that its natural resources are climate-sensitive and its major cities and populated
areas are situated in its vast coastlines (“Climate Risk Profile: Philippines”).
_____2. Though a minor contributor to climate change globally, the Philippines’ greenhouse
gas emissions rank in the top 25 percent among low- and middle-income countries,
with significant increases projected in the coming decades (Crepin 2013).
_____3. Maybe the government needs to give a much clearer picture of what climate change
is and its impact before it implements policies and laws that are acceptable to the
Filipinos.
_____4. The natural disasters that we experience such as typhoons, floods and drought are
simply part of nature cleansing itself, a natural process that will inevitably happen
with or without human intervention.
_____5. According to a recent survey, 99.99 percent of authors of peer-reviewed scientific
studies on climate change between 2013–2014 agree with that statement. And every
major national academy of science in the world agrees that man-made climate
change is happening and poses real threats (“The 12 Questions Every Climate
Activist Hears and What to Say”).

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Independent Assessment 3

Directions: The following are statements on why smartphones should be prohibited during
class. Examine them carefully, then put a check mark (✔) under the appropriate
criterion or criteria to which the evidence follows or conforms.

Statement Accuracy Credibility Reliability

1. San Jose Del Monte City lone district Rep.
Rida Robes has filed House Bill No. 5542 or
the “Electronic Gadget-Free Schools Act.
Robes cited a study which states that the use
of smartphones may obstruct the learning and
focus of students.
“According to recent studies (Markley 2018),
reading on smartphones is worse for learning
and comprehension. Other studies have also
shown that smartphone addiction creates
ADHD-like symptoms in users, which
diminishes the happiness between social
settings, due to the constant flow of
information to their phones,” she said in her
explanatory note (CNN Philippines Staff
2019).
2. Not only this, with a cellphone in everyone’s
hands, there would naturally be unhealthy
competition to see who has got the latest
model and the hottest brand. This would only
increase the worries and expenditure of
parents as every student would pester their
parents to buy them new cellphones. Also it
would make students with not so latest
cellphones be a victim of inferiority complex.
Worse still, it may also create a barrier or
‘cellphone-fueled class difference’ between
students as cellphones models and brands
are now considered a status symbol
(“Debate: Should cellphones be allowed in
school?”).
3. The Philippines is known as the “texting
capital of the world” and banning cellphones
in schools will affect that ‘title’ that we hold.
4. Smartphones are simply indispensable. You
can’t live without it because almost
everything is already available in that
gadget—documents, e-books, applications,
entertainment, pictures, online banking,
even bills payment and shopping. It has got

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 just what you need so why deprive yourself
of it?
5. Cellphones have become a part of our daily
life. There are even babies who listen to or
watch lullabies and learn language just by
simply being exposed to these gadgets
before they could even go to school. When
they start to study in school, these
cellphones become as handy as the books
used to be, with almost all the information
available in the world wide web.

What I Have Learned

After accomplishing the previous activities, you now know that what you see or hear is not
always true, so you must examine it first before you believe it.

Directions: Write a short paragraph with five to seven (5-7) sentences.

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 What I Can Do

Directions: Listen to Gina Lopez, environmentalist and former DENR secretary, as she speaks
about the need to build an economy that is founded on love. Given below is part
of her transcribed speech delivered at an event at TEDx. Then complete the table
below by writing the pieces of evidence that show accuracy, credibility and
reliability.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOXHQTNUfrM&pbjreload=101

“What if we built an economy based on the heart?”

“So, what if the foundation of economic growth is the heart? For me love is not just an emotion.
Love is a force much more than emotion.

I meditate to an hour and a half every morning and when I feel the Divine, I feel love. Love is
a force it's much more than just emotion so to make it clear about where I'm coming, I’m going
to cite certain instances and I would like you all to do for these next few minutes is to go to
your heart, It’s the wisdom of the heart. So, let's start with data, okay sometime at the end of
last year it came out, oh my God! The Philippines GDP is growing so much 6.7%. We're third
after China and Vietnam we have so much money really. Now look at where the money's
coming from…30 billion dollars, 30 billion dollars from OFW's! Go to your heart. How that
does feel funding the country by killing the social fabric of our nation? That's what we're doing.
I have a staff who's 23 years old and up to now she still cries because her two parents were
OFWs. So, she grew up not with the love and care she would have wanted to have…Okay,
in Bantay Bata, I always say that it's not the economy. It’s not the information highway. It’s not
the infrastructure that makes the people great. It is the people. And if people are also important
then certainly the environment in which they have grown up in is critical. So, what are we
doing? What are we doing? We're funding the country by killing the social fabric of our nation.
and if you look at the 75% of contract workers, they work as domestic helpers, street
sweepers, waiters, menial laborers. Is that love? What does your heart say? Let’s look at the
next slide. If you look at where the money's going: Central Luzon 8.9%, NCR 2.7% Eastern
Visayas 30% Caraga 30%, ARMM 44%, my god! That is why leaders were hard in Mindanao
and I thought secretary Lorenzana and he agreed with me--no matter how many truces you
sign, no matter how many peace treaties you sign, it’s just not going to happen if there’s social
injustice. It’s just not going to happen. The key to peace is social justice and that is an
expression of love so if you look at all of this…

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If you have children you want to take care of your children you see their strengths and you
nourish them so that they come up look at these places they have beauty like no others what
are we doing so what is love what if in love we decide to nourish and nourish these places so
that they with develop and grow that's what I'm going to call area development, where you
pick the strengths of the area and you nurture it for the people of the area. Look at Boracay.
Boracay is one island yeah one island you know how much money floats in Boracay or it used
to float in Boracay? P56 billion pesos, one island. We have 7,000 islands. One island was
able to generate P56 billion pesos …It's not love where you have 56 billion pesos floating
around and the original settlers…they’re somewhere there in the mountains. I mean go to
your heart. I feel pain that's not love at all.

I'm going to talk to you about models of transformation where we have invested in the place
with love so I'm going to talk to you about Sorsogon…so what happened there we invested in
surfboards, multi-purpose hall, glass-bottom boats because they had beautiful surf and when
the fishermen's fish catch goes down, we decided to let them have tourist things-- new toilet
and shower facilities, stand up paddle boats, life vests. And we insisted that they commit to
values. Values is critical to love. Okay, what happened? We put inP1.5 million pesos in one
year. They hit P5.9, yeah, and their net income is P1.7 seven million…We insisted on integrity.
There's no love if there's no integrity and we insisted that they work together. Look what
happened… the exciting thing…there were 80 jobs created...the farmers and fishermen….it
helped the t-shirt printers, the souvenirs it helped massage therapist. P1.5 million that's all 1.5
million.

About two months ago I was in Singapore and then I found out that Singapore is not even as
big as Quezon City. It's not even as big as Subic. It was barren land like barren land they
couldn't even feed their own people they couldn't even drink their own water there was just
nothing there nothing and Lee Kuan Yew invested money there for the people living there and
you know how many tourists Singapore has now?60 million, 60 million tourists. Now we with
our 7,000 islands and our rivers and streams and volcanoes and in my very biased opinion
the most beautiful people in the world… Again Bohol, a really poor place, very beautiful
river…We invested. The people were really poor but they had the beautiful river...area
development. So, we invested in a floating cottage, a floating restaurant river...Look what
happened we put in P770,000.00…in one year they hit P3.7 million. I didn't have to spend the
amount of money that Lee Kuan Yew spent because God gave us so much, so much P3.7
million and then the same thing it spilled over in the total economy. Our country should not
and must not be poor. We have everything here, ok.

What is love? Love is a commitment to integrity love is a commitment to ecological harmony,

love is working together. Love is making money but not for the money's sake and paying it
forward. Love is compassionate entrepreneurship. Do all these elements not have an impact
on our economy? They do. So, what if, what if, what if, what if we all learn how to work together
and create models of love in our country? What if just in the area where you have, it doesn't
have to be big in government just where you are…

Why can't we bring a piece of heaven here in this country we can if we all today make a
decision towards love embraced by love if we do it we do it and we work together we can
bring on a much, much better country and I totally love you all thank you.

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 Accuracy Credibility Reliability

Assessment

A. Directions: Read each item carefully. Choose the letter that corresponds to your answer.
Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

1. What is defined as the state of being legally or officially binding or acceptable?

a. accuracy b. credibility c. dependability d. validity
2. What characteristic of evidence is shown if the information comes from a trusted
source?
a. accurate b. credible c. reliable d. valid
3. Which of the following criteria is used to verify the correctness of the information?
a. accuracy c. news mongering
b. currency of information d. source’s authority
4. How do you determine the accurate information?
a. correct in all details c. inauthentic details
b. erroneous details d. vague details
5. Which of the following words is NOT a characteristic of a valid source of
information?
a. accurate b. credible c. fictitious d. reliable
_______6. What actions do you need to engage in before you recognize that the evidence of
information is valid?
a. assess b. evaluate c. examine d. All of the above
7. What question should not be asked in examining the reliability of a piece of
evidence?
a. Is the information current?
b. Does it provide sources that are verifiable?
c. Does it give limited data of information?
d. Who is responsible for the information?
_______8. What are the characteristics that make the source of information valid?
a. accuracy, credibility, reliability c. influence, recommendation, suggestion
b. approval, certificate, recognition d. authenticity, guarantee, seal

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B. Directions: Put a check mark (✔) if the statement is valid and a cross mark (X) if it is not
valid.

_______9. Family planning is achieved through use of contraceptive methods and the
treatment of involuntary infertility, and is a key component of comprehensive
sexual and reproductive health care... Access to family planning is estimated to
prevent about one-third of pregnancy-related deaths, as well as 44% of neonatal
deaths (“AMREF’s Position Statement on Family Planning”).

_______10. “Mental illness is like any other medical illness” implies that mental illness has a
biological basis just like other medical illnesses and should be treated in the
public’s eye in a similar manner (Malla Joober and Garcia 2015).

_______11. The Confederation of Lawyers in Asia and the Pacific or COLAP, an

organization of human rights lawyers and jurists in the region, views with grave
concern the proposed Anti-Terror Bill in the Philippines as violative of human
rights and the due process of law. The Anti-Terror Bill, known as House Bill 6875
and Senate Bill 1093, signed into law (“COLAP Statement on the Philippine Anti-
terror Bill).

_______12. According to DOH, the new and more transmissible variant of the Covid-19 virus
known as the UK Covid-19 variant is now in the Philippines (Sabillo 2021).

_______13. Home-schoolers perform better than traditional students according to some

parents.

_______14. People aged 10 to 65 can now go outside of their homes beginning February,
so long as they are in areas placed under Modified General Community
Quarantine (MGCQ), Malacañang announced on Friday (Carlos 2021).

_______15. The Philippines would gain an economic growth of 5.9% in 2021 and 6% in
2022 according to the multilateral lender. However, this is lower than the
government’s target of 6.5-7.5% and 8-10% respectively (Remitio 2020).

Additional Activities

Directions: Choose an article from a newspaper that shows claims of facts and pieces of
evidence. Cut and paste it in your notebook. Based on the article you have
chosen, answer comprehensively the following questions.

1. What pieces of evidence are presented to support the point or claim of the article?
______________________________________________

2. Write a word or phrase from the article that adheres to accuracy, credibility, and
reliability.
______________________________________________

3. Were you convinced by the author? Explain your answer.

______________________________________________

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What I Know Independent Activity 2
1. C 2. / 4. / 5. /
2. C
3. B
4. A Independent Assessment 2
5. C Answers may vary
6. D
7. A Independent Activity 3
8. C 1. AGREE
2. AGREE
9. 3. DISAGREE
10. 4. DISAGREE
5. AGREE
11.
12. Independent Assessment 3
Statement Accuracy Credibility Reliability
13.
1 / / /
14.
2 /
15.
3 X x x
What’s In 4 X x x
1. 5 X x x
2.
3. What I Can Do
Answers may vary
4.
5. Assessment
What’s New 1. D
Answers may vary 2. C
3. C
What’s More 4. A
Independent Activity 1 5. C
1. True 6. D
2. False 7. C
3. True 8. A
4. True 9. /
10. /
5. True
11. X
Independent Assessment 1
12. /
1. VALID
13. X
2. NOT VALID
14. /
3. VALID
15. /
4. NOT VALID
5. VALID
Additional Activities
Answers may vary
Answer Key
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