INSTRUCTIONS: Read the FACT SHEET below then Name: _______________________________________

perform the activities that follow. You may write directly Grade & Section: _______________________________
your answers on this paper but avoid erasures and make Date: October 31, 2023 Parent’s Signature: _________
sure to submit your output on time.
The words CLINCHING SENTENCE, COHERENCE,
FACT SHEET: COHESION, CONCLUSION, CONVENTIONS, CUES,
PROPERTIES OF A WELL - WRITTEN TEXT: FORMAT, FRAMEWORK, LANGUAGE USE, MAIN
1. ORGANIZATION - TEXT ORGANIZATION is the way a IDEA, MECHANICS, ORGANIZATION’ PARAGRAPH,
text is organized that helps to guide the reader logically
SIGNAL WORDS, STRUCTURE, SUPPORTING
through it. This property makes a text readable and its
message clear. Organization can be achieved through the
DETAILS, TARGET AUDIENCE, TEXT, TOPIC
following TECHNIQUES: physical format, signal words and SENTENCE, UNITY are some of the words you have
structure. encountered while reading the FACT SHEET. Find the
 The FORMAT is an aspect of the organization that is words in the PUZZLE below:
immediately apparent to the reader. It is seen how the text
physically appears like headings and subheadings, bullet
points or font emphasis.
 SIGNAL WORDS are TEXTUAL CUES that readers can
use to follow a text. They can signal the transition from one
point to another, the ordering of events and concepts, or
the writer’s chosen text type.
 The STRUCTURE provides the FRAMEWORK upon which
the text is organized. It consists of the BEGINNING, BODY
and CONCLUSION of the text.
2. COHERENCE AND COHESION - Coherence and
cohesion make your text easier for your readers to follow
and understand. COHESION is the connection of the ideas
to the central concept of a text. COHERENCE is the
relationship of ideas between sentences. A well-written
paragraph has continuity. The transition of one word to
another, and a sentence to another must make sense for
the reader to follow your thoughts. The ideas must stick
together. A sequential flow of ideas is needed to keep the
reader’s interest. Ideas mistakenly linked together will lead
to confusion. Coherence may be achieved through TWO
METHODS: following a definite order of ideas or through
the use of structural devices.
3. UNITY - An effective paragraph shows the unity of the
sentences used in developing the main idea. A
PARAGRAPH is made up of the TOPIC SENTENCE which Using some of the words you have read from the FACT
contains the MAIN IDEA, the SUPPORTING DETAILS and SHEET and have found from the PUZZLE, write a
the CONCLUSION or the CLINCHING SENTENCE at the paragraph with five (5) to seven (7) sentences about what
end. you have learned about PROPERTIES OF A WELL-
4. LANGUAGE USE - It is important to make good choices WRITTEN TEXT. Use the space below for your answer:
when it comes to language use because how you use _____________________________________________
language affects the tone of the text and the readers’ _____________________________________________
interpretation of it. TARGET AUDIENCE must be taken into _____________________________________________
consideration before writing a text. _____________________________________________
5. MECHANICS - MECHANICS are conventions that have to _____________________________________________
be considered in writing. Some of these CONVENTIONS
_____________________________________________
are spelling, punctuation and capitalization. It is important
to know and observe these conventions in writing to avoid _____________________________________________
confusion. _____________________________________________
REMEMBER: _____________________________________________
A PARAGRAPH is a series of sentences that are _____________________________________________
organized, coherent and are all related to a single topic. For a _____________________________________________
paragraph, or for any composition to be effective, it must always _____________________________________________
consider the PROPERTIES OF A WELL-WRITTEN TEXT. _____________________________________________
These properties are ORGANIZATION, COHERENCE AND _____________________________________________
COHESION, UNITY, LANGUAGE USE and MECHANICS.
INSTRUCTIONS: Read the FACT SHEET below then perform
the activities that follow. You may write directly your answers on
this paper but avoid erasures and make sure to submit your
output on time.
FACT SHEET:
HOW TO EVALUATE TEXTS AND OTHER MATERIALS?
Use the following steps to introduce and discuss your text:
1. READ / VIEW the text / material one time without
interruption.
2. SUMMARIZE the text / material
3. LIST THE GOOD QUALITIES / facets of the text
4. LIST THE NOT-SO-GOOD QUALITIES / facets of the text
5. COMPARE AND CONTRAST the text / material to other
existing texts / material with similar characteristics, if
needed or applicable. Ask: How is it reminiscent, similar, or
different to the other texts / materials?
6. DISCUSS your overall interpretation/feelings about the text
/ material.
7. COMMENT on how the text is superior / inferior / better /
worse compared to other texts / materials in the same
genre (or which are similar).
REMEMBER:
Another significant reason for reading texts is to evaluate
them. Usually, EVALUATING TEXTS is a mostly subjective
task, which relies on a person’s personal experiences, biases,
and personal feelings about the text / topic. Oftentimes,
evaluations discuss how the author / writer likes or dislikes
something. Unlike summaries, which attempt to be unbiased,
an evaluation allows the writer to inform the audience about
good or bad qualities of a text or other medium being evaluated.
Evaluating a text is quite difficult if you do not have a set of
criteria to base your assessment.
Name: _______________________________________ 3. What are the negative effects of comparing oneself to other
Grade & Section: _______________________________ people?
Date: November 3, 2023 Parent’s Signature: ________ ______________________________________________
INSTRUCTIONS: Read and understand the persuasive essay
below. You can highlight some important information you can 4. According to the essay, comparing yourself with others will
find in the text. Try to study also how the writer presented his or
her ideas.
“Why We Should Not Compare Ourselves with Others”
In our culture a lot of times people advise us to compare ourselves
with others. "You should be like your father," "You can win; the
others aren’t as good as you," "You must be the best of your
class," etc., and this is NOT always the best way of thinking. There
are many reasons to change this way of thinking and begin to compare
ourselves only with ourselves. This is the way it should be, and in this
paper I will discuss some of the most important reasons for this.
The first reason to avoid comparing yourself with others is that
there will be always someone better than you. It doesn’t matter in
which aspect, but it is always true. Therefore, you could feel inferior to
others and maybe without a real reason. For example, you can be an
incredible architect and the best of your generation, and this can make
you feel incredibly good, but if someday someone is better than you
are, you could feel sad although you are still the same incredible
architect that you were before.
The second reason to elude this kind of comparison is that you
will always find someone worse than you, but as opposed to the
first reason, this can make you feel better than the others, and this
feeling can turn into a horrible pride. For example, if you are the
second best student of your class, and one day the very best student
leaves the school, you will then be the best one although you are still
only as good as you were before.
These two first reasons lead us to a third one: If you want to be
better than the others, you don’t need to improve yourself; you
only have to make the others look bad. If I want to be the leader of
the group, but you are the leader now, what I need to do is to make
you look like a traitor or stupid and then I can take your place. Then I
will be better than you.
A fourth reason to stop comparing ourselves is that the one who
compares him/herself with others is judging, and this doesn’t
help us develop as human beings. Nobody knows the internal
reality of the other; nobody knows his/her story and his/her deepest
intentions, and when we judge it’s harder to accept the others.
The last but most important reason to avoid comparing ourselves
with others is that when we do, we can be tempted to copy them, to
do the same things, and to act and think like them. The problem
with this is that if we copy someone, we will never know who we really
are and what we really want, and then we will never grow spiritually.
For all these reasons and because we are unique, we should not
compare ourselves with others, only with ourselves. The only
comparison pattern that we really have is our consciousness. So, if
we use this pattern we will not feel less or more than others; we will
not try to make others look bad; we will not judge so much; and we will
accept ourselves as we really are. In other words, we will live happier.
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INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the questions below to test how
much you understood the text. You can go back to the important
details or information you have highlighted while reading the
essay. Write your answer on the space provided after each
question.
1. Why do we need to avoid comparing ourselves with others?
______________________________________________
2. How can we avoid comparing ourselves with others?
______________________________________________
give you a horrible pride. Cite some proofs that this
scenario will likely to happen if you keep on comparing
yourselves with others.
______________________________________________
5. Were you convinced the way the author presented his
opinions? Why or why not?
______________________________________________
6. What insights have you gained from the essay?
______________________________________________
INSTRUCTIONS: Arrange the jumbled letters below to form
the correct word. Write your answer on the space provided.
1. ACACCYUR (noun) ______________ the condition or
quality of being true, correct, exact, and freedom of error
2. YIALTIVD (noun) ________________ the state or
quality of being valid
3. QCYADEUA (noun) ______________8 sufficient for a
particular purpose
4. CELEREVAN (noun) ______________ connected