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Assessment #2
English for Academic & Professional Purposes
Quarter 1 Module 2

Part I.A. Directions: Read the passages and determine how each is mainly structured. Choose
your answer from the list of words below and write the letter of your choice on the
space provided before the number.
a. cause - effect b. compare - contrast c. sequence
d. descriptive e. question – answer f. problem- solution

________1. Apple’s newly unveiled flagship is the iPhone XS which comes hot of the heels
of Sony’s latest contender, the Xperia XZ3. They’re both attractive, but which is best? Let’s
take a closer look. Both phones are prone to cracks and scratches because of all that glass.
But, they differ in water-resistant capacity. iPhone XS has IP68 rating allows them to be
submerged for up to half an hour in up to 2 meters of water. While, the Xperia XZ3 has an
additional IP65 rating which covers jets of water from any direction. With these, Japanese
manufacturer Sony has struggled to gain a foothold in the smartphone market, while its
American competitor iPhone has dominated.

________2. Since I made it to the honor roll every quarter this year, my mom is going to buy
me a new phone for my birthday. So, I feel so excited whether to get an iPhone or a Galaxy.
Getting one would give me a chance to go through my old music collection. That would be
cool. It’s worth a shot.

_________3. What type of plant is a corn? Corn belongs to a family of grass. It is a grass
with seeds called kernels. Very few kernels grew on wild corn grass. It took thousands of
years of choosing the corn grass plants with the biggest seeds, or kernels, to make what we
enjoy today as corn on the cob. Now, we all know that corn is a grass.

_________4. The foundation of every pizza is the crust, and good crust comes from good
dough. In making a dough, start by adding your yeast sachet to a cup of warm water. Let the
yeast activate, then add two cups of flour, two tablespoons of olive oil, two teaspoons of
sugar, and a teaspoon of salt. Mix all of those together and wait half an hour for the dough
to rise. Now, you’re ready to roll the dough out!

________5. The purpose of any artwork is to communicate a message - to comment,

scream or sing about the world in which we find ourselves in. If there is no emotion behind
the work, there is no driving force – nothing to direct and shape your decision making. So,
why do you want to create an artwork? What is your purpose in doing such?

________6. Thousands of people die each year in car accidents involving drugs or alcohol.
Lives could be saved if our city adopts a free public vehicle service. By providing such a
service, we could prevent intoxicated drivers from endangering themselves or others.
_________7. Ice-cream is a delicious frozen treat that comes in a many different colors and
flavors. Two of my favorite flavors are strawberry and chocolate. These flavors are
delicious. I love the strawberry flavor for the granules of the fruit slowly melts in my mouth as
I savor the taste. Also, chocolate flavor is mouth – watering for it gives you a bitter – sweet
and creamy tastes. Even though more chocolate ice-cream is sold across the country than
strawberry, each flavor tastes great inside of a milk shake.

_________8. People of all ages benefit from regular physical activity. Physical activity leads
to improved physical fitness. Consequently, it helps the body systems to function at their
optimal efficiency associated with an individual’s ability to work effectively, to enjoy leisure
time, to resist disease and to respond easily to emergency situations.

_________9. Linux and Windows are both operating systems. Computers use them to run
programs. Linux is totally free and open source, so users can improve or otherwise modify
the source code. Windows is proprietary, so it costs money to use and users are prohibited
from altering the source code.

_________10. If you use too much effort in pitching the ball without rest, a serious elbow or
shoulder may be on the horizon. If you complain of elbow or shoulder pain, see a physician
familiar with sports injuries. But then, it is recommended to warm up properly by doing body
stretching, running and gradual pitching to prevent injuries. Of course, do not play all year
round because your body needs to recover from the physical demands of playing.

Part I.B. Matching Type

Direction: Match the group of words in Column A to their meanings in Column B. Write only
the letter of your choice in the space provided.
Column A Column B
______1. Compare–Contrast a. explains how to do it or how it happens
______2. Cause – Effect b. specifies only the consequences of the action
______3. Sequence c. starts by posing a question then goes on to answer that
question
______4. Problem – Solution d. Shows what is in common and what is different
______5. Descriptive e. gives the reader a mental picture
______6. Question – Answer f. discusses advantages and disadvantages
g. presents the action and its result
h. suggests appropriate actions to address certain issue

Part II.A.Performance Task.

Directions: Using different text structures,
Make a blog featuring your day at home coping the challenges brought by the COVID -19
pandemic. If you want to do a video blog, add sub – title in the video to determine the text
structures used. Post your blog in Youtube and send the link of the video to your teacher for
assessment. If you prefer to do an article blog, write it in a separate paper and attach it here.
Or, you may submit a copy of article blog to your teacher in any platforms applicable.

Rubrics for Scoring

Indicators/ 10 9 8 7
Scale
Organization The content of the The content of the The content of the blog The content of the
blog has excellent blog has has observed random blog’ format and
formatting and very appropriate formatting and some organization of
organized formatting and well - organized infromation. information are
presentation of organized confusing to the
information. presentation of viewer/reader.
information.
Ideas The blog The blog The blog The blog
communicates communicates communicates communicates
relevant information relevant information irrelevant irrelevant
appropriately and appropriately to the information, or information, and
effectively to the intended audience. communicates communicates
intended audience. inappropriately to the inappropriately to the
intended audience. intended audience.
Conventions All of the writing is Most of the writing Some of the writing is Most of the writing is
done in complete is done in complete done in complete not done in complete
sentences. sentences. Most of sentences. Some of the sentences. Most of the
Capitalization and the capitalization capitalization and capitalization and
punctuation are and punctuation punctuation are correct. punctuation are
correct. are correct. incorrect.

Graphics The graphics go well Most of the graphics Few of the graphics go The graphics do not go
with the text and go with the text but with the text and most of with the accompanying
there is a good mix of few create them create distractions. text.
text and graphics. distractions.