JHS SSG REVIEWER: THIRD QUARTER

SUBJECT: ENGLISH 9
PREPARED BY: NICOLE QUINTO

I. ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING
- uses evidence and facts to prove whether or not a thesis is true.
- presents two side of a single issue and covers the most important
argument for and against.
- makes claims based on factual evidence.
- makes counterclaims; the author neutralizes or 'defeats' opposing
ideas.
- logic - based; convinces audience through the merit and rationality
of the claim and evidence offered.

ELEMENTS
1. Argument / Claim
- states a claim and supports it with reasons and evidence from sources.
2. Counterclaim
- an argument that stands in opposition to your argument/claim.
3. Refutation
- disprove an opposing arguments.

PARTS
1. Title
2. Introduction
- attention grabbing beginning
- background information (if needed)
- thesis statement
- state at least three arguments
3. Body Paragraph
- construction topic sentences
- explanation of main points
- factual evidence
- counterclaims
4. Conclusion
- restate thesis statement and arguments
- end hook (conclude sentence)
 METHODS
INTRODUCTION
personal anecdote quotation
question striking image
shocking statistic example (real or
hypothetical)
Ii. Speech styles
1. Frozen Style
- invites the reader to enter into a personal experience of creative
discovery.
- uses most complex grammatical sentence structure and vocabulary
known only to experts in particular field.

oath taking ceremony judicial sentencing

marriage vow lord's prayer

2. Formal Style
- intended for captive audience
- something that is prepared beforehand.
- used to inform the audience

graduation speech announcement in

sermon schools

3. Consultative Style
- normal style for speaking to strangers or person who are neither
acquaintances nor friends.
- the information is just enough for participation and cooperation
in exchange.

teachers and students employers and

doctor and patient employees
 4. Casual / Informal Style
- used in conversation between friends and insiders to have
something to share ad have shared big information.
- free and easy participation between speaker and listeners.
friends blogs
internet chatroom personal email
5. Intimate Style
- used by people who are very close because of shared information.
- requires both participation
family love ones

Iii. CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Multi culturalism
- way to describe the presence of many different cultures in our
country and world.

Bias
- the human tendency to make systematic error in judgement certain
thinking thoughts, or preconceive notion.
Stereotype
- popular belief about specific social groups or types of individual.

Prejudice
- an assumption made about someone or something before having
adequate knowledge to be able to do so with guaranteed accuracy.

Discrimination
- the prejudicial treatment of a person based solely on their
membership in a certain group.

FACTORS
families religion rules
peers neighbor
IV. ACTIVE LISTENING
Listening
- process of receiving, interpreting, and reacting to a massage receive
from the speaker.
Hearing
- dependent on the ears, and everyone can hear without deliberate
effort.

TYPES OF LISTENING
1. Appreciative Listening
- for deriving pleasure, as we do when we listen to comedian, musician,
or entertainer.
2. Empathic Listening
- what we use when we listen to our distressed friend who wants to vent
out his feelings, as we provide emotional or moral support.
3. Comprehensive Listening
- type of listening that needed comprehension and feedback. This is the
type that we used in classroom.
4. Critical Listening
- the purpose is to accept or reject the message or to evaluate it critically.

TRAITS OF A GOOD LISTENER

Being non-evaluative
- listener verbal and non verbal should suggest speaker that he is
properly heard and understood.
Paraphrasing
- one can simply paraphrase what the speaker has said and inquire
from the speaker whether you have heard it accurately.
Reflecting implications
- one should go beyond the content of the speaker indicating him
your appreciation for his ideas and where they are heading.
Reflecting hidden feelings
- you try to empathize or identify yourself with the speaker, to
experience what he or she is feeling.

Inviting further contributions

- situations where you haven't heard or understood enough yet to
respond with empathy and understanding, prompt the speaker gave
you information.

Responding non-verbally
- adopting certain postures and sending non-verbal signals which
communicate your interest in what the speaker is saying.

goodluck