Assertions and Counterclaims - DLP

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BASIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
A Detailed Lesson Plan in Reading and Writing Skills
I. Objectives
At the end of the discussion the students should be able to:
a. Identify the difference between assertions and counterclaims;
b. Apply the 5 reading strategies with chosen story; and
c. Differentiate the implicit and explicit information.
II. Subject Matter
A. Topic: Assertions and Counterclaim in the text read
B. Reference: English for Academic and Professional Purposes by Grace Saqueton and
Marikit Tara A. Uychoco
C. Materials: Power Point Presentation
III. Teaching Procedures
Teachers Activity Student Activity

A. Routinary Activity
1. Greetings
Good afternoon class!
Good afternoon, Ma’am
Kindly, Turn off your microphones
and open your camera, then if you
have any question that’s only the
time you allowed to open your
microphone.
2. Prayer
Before we start, bow our head and
let us pray.
3. Checking of Attendance
I will be checking your attendance
after class.
4.Assignment
Have you already submitted your
activities in Google classroom.
B. Review
Do you still remember our last topic?
What is all about? Yes Quinn
Yes, Very Good what do you mean by

Critical Reading? Yes Ma’am
Ma’am is all about Critical Reading
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Very good. As a critical reader you Ma’am it is a technique for discovering
should reflect on what, Archie?
ideas and information within a text.
Very good!
C. Motivation
Now that you already understand the What the text says, what the text
previous lesson. Before we proceed to
describes, and Interpretation of the text.
our next lesson, I have here a sentence
and I want you to observe the given
example.
I would like to finish this email before

we have our conversation.
.
Okay, any idea?
Okay Very Good!

How about this sentence?
I don’t agree with the idea of re-opening
the beaches because social distancing Ma’am declaring something
is uncontrollable.
Okay Very Good!
Ma’am stating the fact

D. Presentation
Class Based on the activity that we did
Our lesson for today is all about
Assertions and counterclaims in the
text read.
E. Statements of Objectives Ma’am he/she disagree with the re-

Class before we proceed in our opening
discussion for today, I am expecting you
to Identify the difference between
assertions and counterclaims, Apply
the 5 reading strategies with chosen
story and Differentiate the implicit and
explicit information..
F. Discussion
First let us identify Assertions and

counterclaims, will you please read
Jane?
Thank you Jane!
Assertion it is the forceful statement of
facts or belief that is supported by
evidence but still a claim and also you
have to state something or you have to
provide a claim supported by evidence.
Counterclaim- to refuse a previous Assertions- a statement used to make a
claim. declaration or to express strong belief on a
Example: Face book starts to remove particular topic.
recommendations for political and
social groups. That’s the claim, the Counterclaim- opposite of the claim or
counter claim could be you don’t agree argument.
to remove it and also you have to give
your reasons and evidences. Meaning to
say counter claim is the opposite of the
claim. Did you understand class?
Class do you have any idea what is

Critical Reading?
Very Good!
So Critical Reading it is the process of
reading that goes beyond just
understanding a text and it involves
evaluating the overall aspects of the
text.
Yes Ma’am
We have Critical Reading Strategies,
will you please read Mikayra?
Thank you!
First, let us define Keeping a reading
Ma’am process of reading.
journal
 Keeping a reading journal.

 Annotating the text.
 Outlining the text.
 Summarizing the text.
 Questioning the text.
Thank you, Quinn.
In Keeping a reading Journal you have
to relate it with your own experiences so
that the process will give way to develop When you read a text, you read it through
the impression of the text and connect the lens of your own experience. Your
them to your personal life. It gives way understanding of the words on the page
to better relate to the essay and
and their significance is informed by what
understand the idea of the authors. you have come to know and value from
Did you understand class? living in a particular time and place. But
the texts you read were all written in the
Next is the Annotating the text, please
past, sometimes in a radically different
read Geraldine?
time and place.
In a reading journal, you are writing your
feelings and ideas in reaction to your
reading assignment. This process allows
you to develop your impressions of the text
and connect them to your personal
experiences.
Thank You Geraldine.

Annotating the text meaning for
example you have your own books so
when the teachers discussing you
highlight or underline the important
words and give reactions that’s what
you call Annotating the text meaning.
So by doing those ways you are entering
into dialogue with the author and not
just passively reading the text. Did you
understand class? Yes ma’am
.
Next Strategy is Outlining the text, will

you please read?
Annotating the text- simple means making
notes on your copy of the reading. This
includes highlighting or underlying
important passages and writing notes,
comments, questions, and reactions on
Thank you!
the margins. By doing this, you are
Outlining the text is helpful strategies
for the understanding the content and entering into a dialogue with the author
structure of a reading selection. For not just passively reading the text.
example when you are going to draw
you have to outline first the picture for
them to easily draw the picture right?
So it is just like that, when you are
reading the text you have to outline the
text so that you can discover the
structure.
Did you understand class?
We have also Summarizing the text, will

you please read Archie?
Yes Ma’am
Outlining the text- outlining are especially

helpful strategies for understanding the
Thank you Archie! content and structure of a reading
Summarizing the text is useful skill
selection. Whereas outlining reveals the
because you easily understand the basic structure of the text.
reading if you can recognise and
differentiate major and minor point of
the text.
Did you understand class?
Last we have Questioning the text, will

you please read Mika?
Yes Ma’am!
Thank you Mika.

For example when you are reading, Summarizing the text- summarizing
then you have a question in the text so synopsizes a selection’s main arguments
that question will help you to
in brief. Summarizing begins with
understand the reading, sometimes this
strategy works, as you read the text for outlining, but instead of merely listing the
the first time it is beneficial to write the main ideas, a summary recomposes them
question when you need to understand to form a new text.
and use new information. With this
strategy, you can write questions any
time but in difficult academic. Did you
understand class?
Let’s move on to the Identify and

Analyzing Claims. First we have
Determining Explicit and Implicit Yes Ma’am.
Information. Will you please read, Sam?
Questioning the text- these questions are

designed to help you understand a reading
and respond to it more fully, and often this
technique works. When you need to
understand and use new information
though it is most beneficial of you write
the questions, as you read the text for the
first time.
Thank you, Sam!

Implicit information meaning not
directly expressed or not directly stated
while the explicit information clearly
express something. Did you understand
class?
Yes Ma’am.
Next we have Claims, will you please
read John?
Implicit Information- means implied or

understood though not plainly or directly
expressed. Therefore, implicit, when is not
directly stated but is either suggested in
the wording or necessary to effectuate the
Thank you, John.
purpose.
Claims also called central arguments or
thesis, it is the important arguable but Example: All children, except one, grow
it used as a primary point to support or up.
prove the argument. A claim persuade,
argues something to the reader who Explicit information- means to fully and
may agree with you or not. clearly express something, leaving nothing
Did you understand class? implied. Something is explicit when it is
cleared stated and spelled out and there is
Characteristics of a good claim
no room for confusion, as in the writing of
a contract or statute.
Example: It was a dark and stormy night.
 Claim should be argumentative

and debatable meaning it must
be debatable with inquiry and Yes Ma’am
evidence.
 Claim should be specific and
focused if the claim is Claims- central arguments or thesis
unfocused, the paper will be too
statement of the text. A statement
broad and also lack direction.
 Claim should be interesting essentially arguable but used as a primary
and engaging consider your point to support or prove an argument. A
audience’s attention it is claim persuade, argues, convince, proves,
important for you to be able to or provocatively suggest something to a
gain attention to the audience. reader who may or may not initially agree
 Last claim should be logical it with you.
must be truth or false. Did you
understand class?
Do you have any question or

clarification?
G. Application
Direction: Differentiate the implicit and
explicit information and provide your
own example.
Generalization Yes Ma’am
Again class there are 5 strategies in
Critical Reading Shen?  A claim should be argumentative
and debatable
 A claim should be specific and
focused
In Identify and Analyzing claims there  A claim should be interesting and
are, John? engaging
 A claim should be logical.
How about the Characteristics of a good

claim?
It seems that you understand the

lesson that we discuss today.
Now we have another activity.
Yes Ma’am.
Keeping a reading journal, annotating the

text, outlining the text, Summarizing the
text, and Questioning the text.
Determining Explicit and Implicit

Information and Claim.
Claim should be argumentative and

debatable, Claim should be specific and
focused, Claim should be interesting and
engaging, and claim should be logical.
Yes Ma’am
IV. Evaluation
Direction: Choose a certain story; applying the 5 strategies of Critical Reading.
CRITERIA EXCELLENT (50) GOOD ( 40) POOR (30)

ORGANIZATION The ideas are arranged The ideas are arranged In general, the writing is
logically to support the logically to support the arranged logically,
purpose or argument. central purpose or although occasionally
They flow smoothly argument. ideas fail to make sense
from one to another together. The reader is
and are clearly linked fairly clear about what
to each other. The writer intends.
reader can follow the
line of reasoning.
SENTENCE STRUCTURE Sentences are well- Sentences are well- Some sentences are
phrased are varied in phrased and there is awkwardly constructed
length and structure. some variety in length so that the reader is
They flow monthly and structure. The flow occasionally distracted.
from one to another. from sentence is
generally smooth.
WORD CHOICE Word choice is Word choice is generally Word choice is merely
consistently precise good. The writer often adequate, and the range
and accurate.. goes beyond the generic of words is limited.
word to find one more Some words are used
precise and effective inappropriately.
GRAMMAR, SPELLING The writing is free or There are occasional The writing has many
almost free of errors. errors but they don’t errors and the reader is
represent a major distracted by them.
distraction or obscure
meaning.
V. Assignment
Directions: Review the different types of claims.
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Cyril V. Dela Cruz

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CORE GATEWAY COLLEGE, INC.

A Detailed Lesson Plan in Reading and Writing Skills

Teachers Activity Student Activity

What is all about? Yes Quinn

Yes, Very Good what do you mean by

Ma’am is all about Critical Reading

I would like to finish this email before

Okay Very Good!

Okay Very Good!

Ma’am stating the fact

E. Statements of Objectives Ma’am he/she disagree with the re-

First let us identify Assertions and

Thank you Jane!

Class do you have any idea what is

 Keeping a reading journal.

Thank You Geraldine.

Next Strategy is Outlining the text, will

We have also Summarizing the text, will

Outlining the text- outlining are especially

Last we have Questioning the text, will

Thank you Mika.

Let’s move on to the Identify and

Questioning the text- these questions are

Thank you, Sam!

Implicit Information- means implied or

 Claim should be argumentative

Do you have any question or

How about the Characteristics of a good

It seems that you understand the

Keeping a reading journal, annotating the

Determining Explicit and Implicit

Claim should be argumentative and

CRITERIA EXCELLENT (50) GOOD ( 40) POOR (30)

Directions: Review the different types of claims.

Cyril V. Dela Cruz

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