English 9

English – Grade 9
Quarter 2 – Module 2: Distinguishing Relevant and Irrelevant Information
First Edition, 2020

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 English 9
Quarter 2
Self-Learning Module 2
Distinguishing Relevant and Irrelevant
Information
Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the English 9 Self-Learning Module on Distinguishing Relevant

and Irrelevant Information.

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed, and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st-century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
For the learner:

Welcome to the English 9 Self-Learning Module on Distinguishing Relevant

and Irrelevant Information.

The hand is one of the most symbolized parts of the human body. It is often
used to depict skill, action, and purpose. Through our hands, we may learn, create,
and accomplish. Hence, the hand in this learning resource signifies that you as a
learner is capable and empowered to successfully achieve the relevant competencies
and skills at your own pace and time. Your academic success lies in your own hands!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS

This is your self-instructional learner module in English 9. All the

activities provided in this lesson will help you learn and understand:
Distinguishing Relevant and Irrelevant Information.
It is hoped that after completing this module, you will be able to:
1. Process information mentioned in the text listened to.
2. Judge the relevance and worth of ideas presented.

PRETEST

Identify what is being described by each statement. Write the letter of the
correct answer on the space before each number.

____1. It is more accessible now because of technology.

a. information b. rules c. language

____2. The criterion that checks how new the information is, especially for
changing and rapidly developing topic.

a. currency b. relevance c. authority

____3. This criterion sees how related the information is to the topic.
a. currency b. relevance c. authority

____4. It is the credibility of the source of information.

a. authority b. clarity c. currency

____5. The criterion which ensures that the information is free from biases.
a. authority b. clarity c. currency
 RECAP
Which image in each set does not belong to the group?

1. 2. 3.
Images take from: https://images.app.goo.gl/R6mXfcHxRyNPpxjN6
3. Hammer 2. Sun 1. Sunflower Answers:

I am sure that you found the right answers because you were keen with
the details of the pictures. You identified the picture that did not belong to
the group because you looked for something in common among them. You
considered the relevance or the relationship of one picture to another.

In this lesson, we will learn another skill that will be useful to your
journey in learning English. Distinguishing a relevant information to the
irrelevant ones will give you an edge once you become keen to the details or
information you encounter.

LESSON

Finding Information

Information nowadays is so accessible that we can get them at our

fingertips through the gadgets we use like smart phones and computers. The
World Wide Web or the Internet is a vast ocean of different information that
we need to navigate in our daily lives to thrive in this digital world.

However, not all information is needed. One needs to be keen which of

this information fits to the needs. The search for information should provide
huge and various sources. The following are the criteria to be considered in
getting information from a source.
 a. Currency. It is important to get the newest information especially if
the topic is changing and developing rapidly. Checking the copyright
date, publication date, or, for a website, the date the page was last
updated can help to see how current the information is.
b. Relevance. Asking oneself how related the information will save
time in searching information. Those that are not relevant can easily
be taken away.
c. Authority. It is the credibility of the source which includes the
expertise and the involvement the author or the source to the field
of specialization. The authority of an institution or website over an
information is considered to be valid if they are able to back up their
proposed ideas with concrete evidences and studies.
d. Clarity. It is more than how clear the information is. Clarity includes
the motive of the source in disseminating the information.
Information should be free from biases so as not to affect its
reliability.
Source: http://tutorials.istudy.psu.edu/sourceevaluation/sourceevaluation2.html

Distinguishing Relevant and Irrelevant Information

Read the sample text below:

(I) Like many insects, ants have six legs. (II) An ant colony consists of the
queen ant, workers, soldiers and males. (III) They are very strong so they
can run very quickly. (IV) If a man could run as fast for his size as an ant
can, he could run as fast as a racehorse. (V) Although many ants are tiny
and only three millimeters long, they can lift 20 times their own body weight.
Source: https://www.grammarbank.com/irrelevant-sentences-worksheets.html

The text is about ants, but more importantly the specific details about
ants will tell us more about the text as whole. Looking closely at its details,
we may find an idea in it that seemed to be out of tune or out of topic.

In this text, Sentence II is irrelevant or incoherent with the whole text.

While the other details elaborate the abilities of the ants, Sentence II tell us
otherwise. The information it gives us is about the ant colony and the types
of ants that live in it.
 The relevance of the ideas in the text is also known as coherence. For
one to know if all ideas are relevant or coherent, it is important to have an
overview of what the text is all about. It will be easier to find the irrelevant
part of a text when we know the main idea or the main topic of the text.

Guided Practice
Tell whether the following resources fit the criteria discussed. Answer “YES”
if the given source passes the criteria of a good source of information and “NO”
if not. Write your answer on the blank before each number.

_______1. A book is published in 1997 and the information is well researched

and logically organized. The author of the book used the opinion of another
person but didn't note where he found the sources he cited.
Source: http://tutorials.istudy.psu.edu/sourceevaluation/sourceevaluation7.html

_______2. An article is published in a journal that has a good reputation in

its field. The article covers the topic you are interested in deeply and
comprehensively. The text is easy to read and the content is presented very
clearly. At the end of the article, the author generalizes the idea somewhat
vaguely. The author cited texts you are currently reading.
Source: http://tutorials.istudy.psu.edu/sourceevaluation/sourceevaluation7.html

ACTIVITIES
Activity 1
Read the texts below. Mark the sentence R if it is relevant to topic, and IR if
not. Write your answer on the blank before the sentence.

Reading Text No. 1

_____(I) Like many insects, ants have six legs. _____(II) An ant colony
consists of the queen ant, workers, soldiers and males. ______(III) They are
 very strong so they can run very quickly. _____(IV) If a man could run as
fast for his size as an ant can, he could run as fast as a racehorse.
______(V) Although many ants are tiny and only three millimeters long,
they can lift 20 times their own body weight.
Source: https://www.grammarbank.com/irrelevant-sentences-worksheets.html

Activity 2
Revise the given text. Replace the irrelevant information with a more
appropriate one, then provide a suitable title for it. Write the answer in the
space provided for it.

Although often referred to as tidal waves, a tsunami is not a usual

wave which is only much bigger. People unaware of the danger may remain
at the shore for collecting fish from the exposed seabed. Instead it is an
endlessly onrushing tide that forces its way through any obstacle. Most of
the damage is caused by the huge mass of water behind the initial wave
front. The sheer weight of water is enough to pulverize objects in its path,
often reducing buildings to their foundations.
Source: https://www.grammarbank.com/irrelevant-sentences-worksheets.html

WRAP-UP

To wrap everything up that we have talked about in this lesson, let us

always remember that there are criteria to consider when we search for
information. These are:

a. Currency. It is important that we get the newest information especially

if your topic is changing and developing rapidly.
b. Relevance. Knowing how related the information you get from your
sources will save you time.
c. Authority. This includes the expertise and the involvement the author
or the source to the field of the topic you are looking for.
 d. Clarity. This encompasses more than how clear the information
because we should also assess the motive of the source in
disseminating the information. When searching information, it should
be free from biases so as not to affect its reliability.

VALUING
“To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated
and disciplined way.” – Plato

POSTTEST

Tell whether the statement given is TRUE or FALSE. Write your answer on the
space before the number.

____1. Information are more accessible now because of technology.

____2. Currency is about how new the information is especially for changing
and rapidly developing topic.
____3. Relevance is the criterion that checks how related the information is to
the topic.
____4. Clarity is credibility of the source of information.
____5. The criterion authority ensures that the information is free from biases.
 KEY TO CORRECTION

References

Hussain, Azhar. "Relevant and Irrelevant Information." Accessed: June 24, 2020.
URL: https://www.slideshare.net/AzharHussain18/relevant-and-irrelevant-
information

iStudy for Success. "Source Evaluation and Search Strategies." Access: June 24,
2020.URL:
http://tutorials.istudy.psu.edu/sourceevaluation/sourceevaluation2.html

GrammarBank.com. "Irrelavant Sentences Worksheets 5." Access: June 24, 2020.

URL: https://www.grammarbank.com/irrelevant-sentences-worksheets.html