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Contextualized Skills
Enhancement Activities
 Compilers:
Analyn B. Maraya
Maria Mercedes M. Palad
Jason V. Ege

Layout Artist:
Elonah Jean B. Palomar

Learning Resource Management Section:

Wenerita A. Miraflor - EPS-LRMS
Maricel J. Rama - Librarian II
Jefferson D. Uy - PDO II

Evaluators:
Dr. Ma. Sarah L. Catabay-EPS-English
Mechell B. Ramirez

Consultant:
Dr. Juditha O. Mapue - Chief CID
 Lesson Gathering of Information from Newspaper
and Other Print and Non-print Media
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COMPETENCY TO DEVELOP
1. EN7SS-II-g-2.1: Gather current information from newspapers and other print and non-
print media.

KEY CONCEPT

A newspaper is a regularly published

print product containing information vital to
the function of the market it serves.

Features in newspaper include the following:

• Editorial
• Obituaries
• Comic strips, crosswords, sudoku,
horoscopes, etc.
• Weather forecast
• Critical reviews
• Classified ads
• News
• Business and Finance

News
• based on facts and information
✓ coverage of an event
✓ an interview with a prominent
personality
✓ documents
✓ speeches
✓ policy statements
✓ research reports
• can be categorized as
✓ Novelty, Personal Impact,
Local News, Money, Crime
and Punishment, Sex,
Conflicts, Religion, Disasters
and Tragedies, and Humor.
Opinions/Editorial
• found in editorial pages
• beliefs, ideas, and commentaries of
writers about a certain topic
Feature Articles
• primary purpose is to entertain but it
may inform, instruct, and advise
• explores a range of issues, opinions,
experiences, and ideas
• a relief from serious news writing – in
an effort to give entertaining
relaxation
Sports articles
• covers various aspects of athletic
competition
• leeway in choices and interplay of words
to make them exciting (use of jargon)

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 DEPENDENT PRACTICE
Name: ________________________________ Date : ________________
Section: __________________________ Score: ________________

Directions: With a partner, discuss the assigned newspaper section using the following as a
guide:

1. Contents of the article

2. Choice of words
3. Purpose of the article
4. Issues explored

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE

Directions: Identify what is being asked in each item below. Write your answer on the blank.

1. The choices and interplay of words are evident in this section of the newspaper.
______________________________________________

2. It offers relief from serious news and can give entertaining relaxation.
______________________________________________

3. The main purpose is to let the readers easily grasp ideas and information based on facts.
______________________________________________

4. Commentaries of writers are expressed in this part of the newspaper.

______________________________________________

5. It contains writers’ opinions and ideas about a certain topic.

______________________________________________

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 COLLABORATIVE TASK
Name: ________________________________ Date : ________________
Section: __________________________ Score: ________________

Directions: Read and analyze the part assigned to you and take note of the characteristics
(choice of words, persuasive, informative, etc.) of the article.

(Studets will bring a newspaper)

Group 1 – News articles

Group 2 – Opinion or Editorial articles
Group 3 – Feature articles
Group 4 – Sports articles

You may write your notes here.

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 PBL Writer:
Darlene Joie T. Dales-Ando

Evaluators:
Dr. Ma. Sarah L. Catabay-EPS-English
Mechell B. Ramirez

Management Team:
Dr. Gregorio Cyrus R. Elejorde, CESO V - SDS
Atty. Ester A. Futalan - ASDS
Dr. Juditha O. Mapue - Chief CID
Dr. Nelson A. Caday - Chief SGOD
Wenerita A. Miraflor - EPS-LRMS
Maricel J. Rama - Librarian II
 PROBLEM-BASED ENGLISH
LEARNING Second Grading Period
Grade 7 School – Year 2022-2023

Learning Area/ Subject: English

Grade Level: Grade 7
Quarter: 2nd Week 2-3
Learning Content: Usage of a Search Engine
Learning Competency: Use a search engine to conduct a guided search on a given topic.
Navigate a website using essential features (e.g., using headings, links, etc.)
Across other curriculum/subject areas integration: Social Studies/History/AralPan, Values

Learning Objectives: At the end of the task, students will be able to:

1. Use search engines to obtain information and to conduct a guided search on a

given topic/locate specific information
2. Make use of search engines to appreciate the past and connect to the present

REAL LIFE SITUATION:

Lito is a grade 7 student who lives in Dumagute City. He used to vlog and post pictures
on social media of the beautiful sceneries, historical places, best delicacies, and
many other things that he wanted other people to know about his locality. One of
his foreign friends on Facebook, who is an avid viewer of his vlogs, is planning to visit
the Philippines and is interested in knowing about the culture, life, beliefs, and origin
of the famous/historical spots around Negros Oriental. Lito wants to share with his
friend the historical background of the famous spots in his locality. Given that the
Philippines has an archipelago of more than 7,000 islands and it is incredibly difficult
to select where to go, he wants to make the most of the time he has to explore the
best areas of the country.

ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS:

1. How can Lito present the culture, life, beliefs, and origin of the famous/historical
spots in his locality?
2. How would Lito make his friend marvel at and appreciate the country as they
immersed themselves in its history, culture, and natural beauty?

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 PROBLEM-BASED ENGLISH
LEARNING Second Grading Period
Grade 7 School – Year 2022-2023

ASSESSMENT PLAN:
(What evidence of learning are you looking for?) (How will the students share their work)

After watching a documentary about Possible Outputs

the pre-colonial Philippines, students  Visual/PowerPoint Presentation
will gather information using the search - Visual
engine about the products, culture, presentation/graphic
life, beliefs, and literary works of the organizer containing
ancestors during the pre-colonial necessary information
period of a certain tourist spot in their about the tourist spots in
locality/in the Philippines. Students will Philippines/in their
act as tour guides and will create a locality that they want
graphic organizer/visual presentation to promote and the Pre-
to promote and educate the colonial Philippines.
tourist/audience about a famous - Documentary videos
place in their area, as well as to assist
them in getting around.  Oral Presentation of Outputs

 Journal Writing
- Reflection & Feed backing

OUTCOMES-BASED TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS:

LEARNING PROCESS TEACHING PROCESS
What will the students do? What will you do during each step?
Where will they find the information What feedback will you give o guide the students?
What will you include in the grading rubric?
DAY 1: Gathering of Data Facilitation Process
Task 1:  Introduce and discuss the topic
- The class will be divided into groups (if about most commonly used search
possible). engines and the steps on how to use
- Each group will agree on one famous them.
spot in their locality/in the Philippines  Let the students use the ICT
that they want to gather information Laboratory or Laptops/tablets to
about with the use of search engines. search for information about their
- Each group will gather information topic.
about the products, culture, life,
beliefs, and literary works of the
ancestors during the pre-colonial
Philippines of the famous spot in their
locality.

Reference:
 Search engines, and documentary
videos about pre-colonial period
Materials:
 Laptop/tablets/computer, PowerPoint
presentations

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 PROBLEM-BASED
LEARNING
Grade 7
DAY 2: Written Output: (Plotting, Interpretation
and Evaluation of Data)/Preparation
Task 1:
- Each group organizes the
facts/information gathered from the
search engines about their topic using
the PowerPoint presentation
Task 2: Each group decides what each member
will present for their topic.
Reference/Materials:
 Visual Presentations/PowerPoint
Presentations/ Pictures/Realia
Day 3: Performance-Based Assessment/Output:
(Oral Presentation/Reporting)
Task 1:
- Students will take the role as tour
guides and give information and
insights to tourists from other countries
that are interested in learning about
the products, culture, life, beliefs, and
literary works of the ancestors during
the pre-colonial period and facts
about a certain famous spot in the
Philippines.
- Each group presents and talks about
their visual presentation/PowerPoint
presentation and realia about their
tourist spot/topic.
Task 2: Individual Activity
- Journal Writing
Prepared by:
DARLENE JOIE T. DALES-ANDO
Teacher I
Grade 7 Problem-Based Learning Second Grading Period - S.Y. 2021-2022
ENGLISH
Second Grading Period
School – Year 2022-2023
 Review students on the ways of
evaluating the information gathered
from the search engines
 Let the students work in groups to
plot, interpret, and evaluate the data
they've collected.
 Guide students organize the
information they've gathered and
searched for.
- The teacher includes
accuracy/completeness of facts
gathered, creativity, organization,
presentation, language mechanics
and convention in the grading rubric.
- The class/audience/other groups as
tourists may ask the group presenter/
tour guides some questions/ facts
that they want to know about the
tourist spot and/or information about
the pre-colonial period.
Class feedbacking
Let the students reflect by answering the
following questions:
- As students, give at least 5
importance/advantages of using
search engines.
- What benefit can a tour guide and a
tourist get from using search engines
in gathering and finding
information/facts?
District: Secondary
School: Junob National High School
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