Capacity Building for Mentors on the Higher Order Thinking Skills

Professional Learning Packages (HOTS-PLPs) for Science, Mathematics and English/Reading

Name: JANET N. SUAVERDEZ Division: QUEZON Worksheet No. 4B

Position: PRINCIPAL-II Region: IV-A Plenary Session No. 7
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Item 1
Competency Stem Question Acceptable Answer Rationalization

Use the Instructions: Read the text carefully and Unistructural: The answer is explicitly
appropriate answer the question that follows. What do you think They can speak several languages stated in the text and
reading style makes Singaporeans discusses one general
(scanning, All English-speaking communities are diverse? Singaporeans speak several idea which makes it uni
skimming, speed diverse, and Singapore is no exception. languages. structural.
reading, Singapore is even more diverse than some other
intensive places because English is only one of several
reading, etc.) for languages they speak. Many people learn
one’s purpose English as a second language.
(Grade 8) EN8RC- Nearly all Singaporeans proficient in
Ii-7 English speak SCE (Singapore Colloquial English)
in specific social settings and Standard English in
others. They do this to express their
relationship to the situation and to the people
they are speaking to. SCE has grammar very
different from Standard English; for example,
tense and number are not marked. There are
syntactic rules that are different from those in
Standard English.

This HOTS Professional Learning Packages was developed through the Philippine National Research Center 1
for Teacher Quality (RCTQ), a partnership between the Philippine Normal University and the SiMERR
National Research Centre--University of New England, with support from the Australian Government.
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Professional Learning Packages (HOTS-PLPs) for Science, Mathematics and English/Reading

Item 2
Competency Stem Question Acceptable Answer Rationalization

Read closely to Read the poem carefully and answer the question that Multistructural: He differs in religion, food, To answer the
get explicitly follows. Based on the language, dresses, color of the skin. question, there is a
and implicitly poem, in what need to identify words
stated Underneath We’re All the Same aspects is the He differs in the way of life and or ideas that
information by Amy Maddox speaker different culture demonstrate
(Grade 10) from the person differences between
He prayed--it wasn’t my religion.
EN10RC-IIf-13.1 she talks about? the speaker and the
He ate--it wasn’t what I ate.
person she describes
He spoke--it wasn’t my language.
in the poem. It is not
He dressed--it wasn’t what I wore.
necessary to relate the
He took my hand--it wasn’t the color of mine.
identified
But when he laughed--it was how I laughed, and
characteristics with
When he cried--it was how I cried.
one another which
makes it multi
structural.

The response can be either

multi structural or
relational.

This HOTS Professional Learning Packages was developed through the Philippine National Research Center 2
for Teacher Quality (RCTQ), a partnership between the Philippine Normal University and the SiMERR
National Research Centre--University of New England, with support from the Australian Government.
 Capacity Building for Mentors on the Higher Order Thinking Skills
Professional Learning Packages (HOTS-PLPs) for Science, Mathematics and English/Reading

Item 3
Competency Stem Question Acceptable Answer Rationalization

Explain Below are the results of a study Relational: The question will elicit a
illustrations from conducted by the Labor Force Survey Your task is to report the The graph presents the relational response
unemployment rate in across the
linear to (LFS) on the registered highest results of the survey to the regions in the country. The highest because the learners will
nonlinear texts unemployment rate across all regions in class. How will you explain the is unemployment rate is recorded be required to go through
and vice versa the country in April 2020 as posted in the information provided? in Bangsamoro while the lowest is various thinking
(Grade 10) Philippine on Region X processes to come up
EN10RC-IIb-11.2 Statistics Authority’s website. Bangsamoro is the youngest-
with an appropriate
formed region and farthest from answer. First, they need
the city. Moreover, it is not highly- to present what the data
urbanized unlike in Region IV-A is all about. Then, discuss
where industries are here. main points/findings –
could be from the least to
the most important. The
next could be formulating
conclusions based on the
findings. Lastly, they can
add insights from other
resources to support the
idea.

This HOTS Professional Learning Packages was developed through the Philippine National Research Center 3
for Teacher Quality (RCTQ), a partnership between the Philippine Normal University and the SiMERR
National Research Centre--University of New England, with support from the Australian Government.
 Capacity Building for Mentors on the Higher Order Thinking Skills
Professional Learning Packages (HOTS-PLPs) for Science, Mathematics and English/Reading

This HOTS Professional Learning Packages was developed through the Philippine National Research Center 4
for Teacher Quality (RCTQ), a partnership between the Philippine Normal University and the SiMERR
National Research Centre--University of New England, with support from the Australian Government.