Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region I
Division of Ilocos Sur

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LESSON TITLE:
Using the Search Engines

Name of Teacher -Writer: Jeanette V. Obongen and Maribel N.

Galuardo
School: Santa Maria National High School

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This Self-Learning Kit in Grade 7 English, Quarter 2, Week 2 is a self-paced

learning material designed to guide you in your studies. It is divided into several
parts and each part contains meaningful learning activities. You are expected to
achieve the learning competency by accomplishing the different tasks.

You learned in your previous lesson that as a 21 st century learner, you must
be equipped with the new trends in education in order to cope with the global
demands. Thus, you are highly motivated to make yourselves informed and
knowledgeable of the things around you. However, it is deemed necessary to get
only relevant and reliable information from the best search engines. This SLK will
surely help you get the best information you need to finish all your tasks.

Please be reminded that you are given 2 hours to finish this particular lesson.
Write your answers in your activity notebook.

Enjoy your journey and keep thriving towards quality education!

Your Most Essential Learning Competency (MELC) is to:

EN7SS-II-c-1.5 : Use search engines to conduct a guided
search on a given topic.

At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:

1. identify search engines;
2. develop skills in finding information online; and
3. perform basic hands on using various search engines on.
a given topic

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 We are living in a digital age where information can be
accessed with ease. In just once click, everything is laid
before you; however, you need to be careful in choosing the
most relevant online source.

Directions: Draw the balloons in your activity notebook. Then fill in the balloons
with words or expressions that are connected to the word Internet.

INTERNET

Excellent job! You have just written some key

words related to internet. By successfully doing so, I
believe you are 3now ready to dive into a more serious
note. Let’s do this!
 There are hundreds of millions of active websites on the internet which make
finding a topic very difficult. However, internet has search engines which provide
means of accessing information faster and easier.

Search engines are online tools used to locate data based on the user’s
input. According to David Dwyer (2016), the top five best search engines in the world
are Google, Bing, Yahoo, Baidu and Aol.

1. Google is a popular search engine which began as a search project in

1996 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. It is a powerful engine used by
people to access information on various topics.
2. Bing is a search engine owned and operated by Microsoft. It provides a
variety of search engines, including web, video, image and map search
products.
3. Yahoo is an internet portal that incorporates a search engine and a
directory of World Wide Web sites organized in a hierarchy of topic
categories.
4. Baidu is the dominant Chinese internet search engine company, and it is
the equivalent to Google in the United Sates. It offers similar products and
services, but the focus is China where it controls most of the search
market.
5. America Online (Aol) is a digital media company that has developed and
maintains multiple online businesses including websites, a search engine,
Internet connectivity, email service and more.
America Online was one of the most prominent Internet service providers
in the 1990s and early 2000s due to the proliferation of their free-trial discs
and the company's tendency to extend their free trials for lengthy amounts
of time.

These search engines are essentials in your studies. They provide means or
ways of getting information of any topic related to your lesson. When you are given
research works, you would always run to these tools by just simply typing the
keywords.
GFC Global shared some useful tips to consider in getting information online
using the search engines.
1. Navigate a search engine in your web browser, type the keywords and
click enter.
2. If you are having a hard time looking for your topic, consider search
suggestions.
3. If you are still having trouble finding exactly what you need, refine your
search’.

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 4. For content-specific researches just like news article, picture, or video click
the link at the top of the page that allows you to perform unique searches.

You are now familiar with the different search engines. To

facilitate better understanding of the lesson let us consider the
following example.

Directions: Have your gadgets ready then follow each step carefully.
1. Open your browser.
2. Type the URL https://youtu.be/huhAqSPsGz8 on the address or space bar.
3. Watch the video for supplementary learning.

Here are some activities that will help you familiarize

various search engines and develop as well, your research
skills using online sources.

ACTIVITY 1

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Directions: Identify the search engines that correspond to the following icons. Write
your answer in your activity notebook.

1.________ 2.__________ 3.___________

4.____________ 5.___________

ACTIVITY 2
Directions: Search information about any of the following topics using the indicated
search engines in the parentheses. Write the gathered information in your activity
notebook. Do not forget to copy the URL.

a. How to Succeed at Distance Learning

b. How to Gain Parent’s Trust
c. How to be Social Network Smart

ACTIVITY 3
Directions: Open the URL shown below using Google. Then answer the questions
that follow in your activity notebook.

https://youtu.be/AFTBBKIX760

Analysis:
1. What is the message of the video clip?
2. How is this connected to your relationship with others?
3. As a Grade 7 student, what can you do to show your concern to other
people?

In this digital age, there are numerous search sites

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that are just a click away when we need them. The five most
reliable search engines include Google, Yahoo, Bing, Aol,
and Baidu. These search engines provide means or ways of
getting information of any topic related to your lesson. Thus,
 In this lesson, you learned how search engines help
you gather information particularly on topics related to your
studies. Now, which among the search engines do you like
best and would definitely recommend it to your friends?.
Write a short paragraph explaining the reason of your
choice.

Title:
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General Directions: Copy and answer all the assessments in your activity notebook.

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ASSESSMENT 1
Directions: Use any of the search engines that we have discussed to answer the
following questions.

1. When was Ismael Mallari born?

2. Who found the Philippines?
3. What are the top three largest continents?
4. What is the last book of the bible?
5. What is the most populated city in the Philippines?
6. In the Philippine Literature, who is the father of short story?
7. What is the nearest star to earth?
8. What is the world’s tallest mountain?
9. What is the longest river on earth?
10. What are the three layers of the skin?

ASSESSMENT 2
Directions: Open any of the search engine and copy the URL below to search for
some information. Write the topic which appears on your browser.

1. https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Feslforums.com%2F8-parts-
of-speech-in-english/

2. http://solarviews.com/eng/solarsys.htm

3. https://peda.net/kenya/ass/subjects2/computer-studies/form-1/the-computer-
system

4. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/topics/ancient-history/
sevens-wonders-of-the-ancient-world

5. https://plan-international.org/sexual-health/teenage-pregnancy

6. https://www.brunet.ca/en/health/health-tips/addiction-in-teenagers/

7. https://www.healthline.com/health/alcoholism/basics

8. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/hide-and-
seek/201606/these-are-the-7-types-love%3famp

9. https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychpedia/friendship

10. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/symptoms-
causes/syc-20479963

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ASSESSMENT 3
Directions: Choose from the three topics below. Then research information about
your chosen topic in order to develop a good composition. Please be guided with
the rubric below.

Topics:
1. How to Succeed at Distance Learning
2. How to Gain Parent’s Trust
3. How to be Social-Network Smart
Criteria 5 4 3 2 1
Content All sentences in 1–2 3-4 5–6 7 and more
the composition sentences in sentences in sentences in sentences in
are related to the the the the
the topic. composition composition composition composition
are not related are not are not related are not
to the topic. related to the to the topic. related to the
topic. topic.

Organization The composition The The The The

of Ideas shows a logical composition composition composition composition
organization of shows 1-2 shows 3-4 shows 5-6 shows 7 and
ideas. sentences sentences sentences more
which are not which are not which are not sentences
properly properly properly which are not
organized. organized. organized. properly
organized.

Accuracy of All the Most of the Some of the Only a few Most of the
information information are information information information information
accurate based are accurate. are accurate. are accurate. are not
on the non- accurate.
linear text.

Grammar The paragraph Most of the Some of the Only a few of Most of the
and has no errors in sentences are sentences the sentences sentences are
Mechanics punctuation, grammatically are are not
spelling and correct, grammatically grammatically grammatically
grammar. properly correct, correct, correct, not
punctuated, properly properly properly
and correctly punctuated, punctuated, punctuated,
spelled. and correctly and correctly and not
spelled. spelled. correctly
spelled.

http://solarviews.com/eng/solarsys.htm
https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Feslforums.com%2F8-parts-of-
speech-in-english/
https://peda.net/kenya/ass/subjects2/computer-studies/form-1/the-computer-system
https://plan-international.org/sexual-health/teenage-pregnancy

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https://www.brunet.ca/en/health/health-tips/addiction-in-teenagers/
https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychpedia/friendship
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/topics/ancient-history/sevens-
wonders-of-the-ancient-world
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/hide-and-seek/
201606/these-are-the-7-types-love%3famp
https://www.google.com/search?q=Aol
https://www.google.com/search?q=baidu
https://www.google.com/search?q=gift+image
https://www.google.com/search?q=google+logo
https://www.google.com/search?q=yahoo/image
https://www.healthline.com/health/alcoholism/basics
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/symptoms-causes/syc-
20479963
https://youtu.be/huhAqSPsGz8

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Exercises/Activities
Activity 1
1. Bing
2..Yahoo
3. Google
4. Aol.
5. Baidu
Activity 2
Students may have varied answers.
Activity 3
Students may have varied answers.
Assessment
#1.
1. 1932
2. Ferdinand Magellan
3. Asia, Africa, North America
4. The book of Revelation
5. Quezon City
6. Deogracias Rosario
7. Alpha Centauri
8. Mt. Everest
9. Amazon
10. Epidermis, Dermis, Subcutaneous fat

#2
1. 8 Parts of Speech with Meaning and Useful Examples – ESL Forums
2. The Solar System
3. The Computer System
4. Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
5. Teenage Pregnancy
6. Addiction in Teenagers
7. Alcoholism: Causes, risk Factors, and Symptoms
8. These are the 7 Types of Love
9. Friendship – GoodTherapy.org Therapy Blog
10. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – Symptoms And Causes

#3
Based on rubrics

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