NORTHERN ZAMBALES COLLEGE INC.

Inhobol, Masinloc Zambales

Basic Education Department

Junior High School

MODULAR DISTANCE LEARNING

ENGLISH 7
QUARTER 2 - WEEK 4

Research Using Two or Three

Sources

Research Using Two or More Sources

Introductory Message
For the facilitator:
Greetings!
This is the English 7 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Quarter 2 Module 4 on Research Using Two or
Three Sources. This module was made by qualified individuals to support you, the teacher or facilitator in
helping the learners cope with the K-12 Curriculum’s standards.
Being the facilitator, you are tasked to inform the parents and the learners about the instructions of this
module. Bear in mind that keeping the track of the learners’ progress is your vital role as a teacher whereas
allowing them to manage their own learning.
The learning material intends to guide the students on learning independently using various learning
activities at their own pace and time. Moving forward, this module also contains 21 st Century Skills for the
students’ welfare.
For the learner:
Welcome to the English 7 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Quarter 2 Module 4 on Research Using
Two or Three Sources.
This module was created for your learning to be fun and relevant. You will encounter a meaningful
process that enables you to be an active learner.

Parts of the Module

Objectives: What do I expect to learn? This part includes the competencies or skills
you are expected to achieve after going
through this module.

Preliminary Test: Let’s check your knowledge! A test that serves as the baseline of your
knowledge on the lesson you are about to
take.

Review! Review! Review! An activity that aims to help you remember

your previous lesson.

What’s New This activity’s purpose is to introduce your

new lesson through an enjoyable and
meaningful activity.

Lesson Proper: Hear me out! The discussion of the lesson. The main intent
of this part is to supply new ideas and concept
relevant to your learning.
Supporting Activities: Let’s learn more. A set of activities to enrich your skills and
understanding of the lesson.
Generalization: What I have learned? This part helps you summarize your learnings
about the lesson.
Assessment A test that serves as an evaluation of your
level of mastery in achieving the particular
learning competency.
Additional Activity An engaging activity given to improve your
knowledge and skill of the new lesson
learned.
Answer Key This contains the objective answers in the
module.
References This part lists all the sources used in
developing this module.

General Instruction in Using This Module

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1. Handle the module with all your care. Do not write unnecessary marks on any part of
the module.
2. Read the instructions carefully to avoid misleading answers.
Objectives: What do I expect to learn?
The most essential competency covered in this module is research a topic with support using two or
three sources provided, e.g. newspapers, website, video, images, podcast, print-based materials.
Objective:
At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:
 Provide two or more sources based on a given situation.

Preliminary Test: Let’s check your knowledge!

Activity 1. Guess What?
Instruction: Guess the words described below. Use the boxes as your clue.
1. It contains written information about current events that are printed in blank ink with white or gray
background.

2. A book of maps and geographical information about cities and countries in the world.

3. A collection of publicly accessible interlinked webpages that share a single domain name
e.g., .edu, .gov, .org, .com, .info, .ph.

4. It is a form of audio broadcasting made available on the Internet for downloading to a computer or a
mobile device.

5. It comprises synonyms and antonyms of words.

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 6. This section contains news on events about sports from inside and outside of the country.

7. It conveys information in visual form.

8. It is a yearly publication that gives up-to-date information and statistic about many subject.

9. This section gives information about new jobs, business updates, and house for sale and events for
different occasions.

10. This section expresses opinion of the editor and the publisher on certain issues or events.

Review! Review!
Review!
Activity 2. Label the Parts
Last time you learn on how
to navigate a website and I
guess you know that it’s an
essential to identify the parts
of a website to navigate easily.
Instruction: Label the parts of the
website below.

1.
3.

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2.

4.

5.

What’s New?
Activity 3. My Just Right Book
Instruction: Choose a book among the examples that caught your attention and explain why it is right for you.

Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Book 4 Book 5 Book 6

My Just Right Book

Book Title/ Book Number: _______________________________
I think this book is about ____________________________________________________________________
I know this book is right for me because ________________________________________________________
Some things I think that might be in this book are _________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________

Lesson Proper: Hear me out!

Information is everywhere, these days it is very easy to find it. There are a lot of news channels, millions of
websites, journals, books, magazine articles you can use for your research.
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The key to succeeding in this information era is to harness the power of information through effective and
thorough research.
What is research?
When you do a research you learn more about a subject by exploring existing knowledge such as books,
magazine articles, websites, newspapers, journals which are all examples of secondary sources.
Secondary sources are secondary because someone other than you has made the observations, done the
experiments, conducted the interviews or surveys.
What Secondary Sources are Right for You?
As a student in the digital age, it is essential that you must learn how to research or locate information using a
wide variety of sources. You should assess what sources you are going to need in doing your research.
Here are secondary sources you can use in researching:
1. Newspaper – it is a source of several kinds of current information. It’s a printed media that is usually
distributed weekly in the form of folded compilation of papers. It contains written information about
current events that are printed in blank ink with white or gray background.
Parts of a Newspaper
 News page – if you scan through the pages of a newspaper, you will notice that current news
occupy the first few pages. The most vital news appear on the front page and contain large and
bold headline.
 Editorial page – this section expresses opinion of the editor and the publisher on certain issues or
events. This section contains articles called editorials.
 Sports page – this section contains news on events about sports from inside and outside of the
country.
 Entertainment or lifestyle page – this section covers interviews of popular people, interesting
people and people who make a difference in their communities. It is also about television
programs, news about movies, stage plays, cartoons, comics, daily horoscope, health, beauty, and
other activities for entertainment.
 Classified Ads – this section gives information about new jobs, business updates, and house for
sale and events for different occasions. Contains advertisements that fall under the categories like
“Help”, “Wanted”, “For Lease / For Sale”, and “Wanted To Buy”.
 Obituary page - lists people who recently died and the time and place of their burials.

2. Website – a collection of publicly accessible interlinked webpages that share a single domain name e.g.,
.edu, .gov, .org, .com, .info, .ph. Websites come in wide variety including educational sites, news sites,
blogs, social media/networking sites, portals, review websites, etc. Each website has a search engine that
allows you to search the topic you need.
3. Videos – there are many videos that can also be used as interesting source of information. There are
videotapes, filmstrips, and documentary films. YouTube, TED-Ed, and Khan Academy are examples of
online video sharing sites.
4. Images – images convey informational visual form. It can be
effective in a way of presenting abstract concepts or groups of data.
Some images that can help you are illustrations, maps, graphs,
charts, diagrams, and posters.
5. Podcast – it is a form of audio broadcasting made available on the
Internet for downloading to a computer or a mobile device. Most
podcast are themed around one particular topic such as movies,
music, books and sports.
6. Print-based materials – all publication printed on paper.

Examples of Print-Based Materials

 Textbook – is a standard source of information for formal
study of a subject or an instrument for teaching and learning
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 which presents the subject matter depending on the design or focus of the curriculum. Textbook
are collections of study and reading material relate to a specific discipline or course.
 Dictionary – it contains alphabetically ordered words with explanations of their meaning often
with information about spelling, syllabication, pronunciation, part of speech, and origin of
words.
 Thesaurus – comprises synonyms and antonyms of words.
 Encyclopedia – covers knowledge or branches of knowledge on a comprehensive but
summarized fashion. It is useful for providing facts and giving a broad survey of a topic. It is
written by specialist and also arranged in alphabetical order.
 Atlas – a book of maps and geographical information about cities and countries in the world. It
also includes facts about population, industries, climates, exports and imports, industry,
agriculture and natural resources.
 Almanac – is a yearly publication that gives up-to-date information
bout many subject. It contains social, political, and commercial statistics, sports record, recent
laws, history, weather, the arts and literature.

Supporting Activity: Let’s learn more!

In researching a topic, learning how to use a dictionary to choose the appropriate meaning is very vital.
Some words with the same spelling has different meanings.
Activity 4A. Multiple Choice
Instruction: Using the information in the boxes, answer the following questions.

pitcher
Definition 1. a container that holds liquid
Definition 2. a person that throws the baseball to the batter

1. What definition should be used in the sentence below?

The team’s pitcher is wearing a blue uniform.
a. Definition 1
b. Definition 2
ring
Definition 1. a piece of jewelry
Definition 2. a sound caused by a bell

2. What definition should be used in the sentence below?

The ring in our school is very loud.
a. Definition 1
b. Definition 2
change
Definition 1. an amount of money
Definition 2. to adjust your appearance

3. What definition should be used in the sentence below?

Did the seller gave you enough change?
a. Definition 1
b. Definition 2
tire
Definition 1. to lose energy or strength
Definition 2. a piece of rubber that is used as a wheel
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 4. What definition should be used in the sentence below?
We should not tire mother because she is exhausted from work.
a. Definition 1
b. Definition 2
plant
Definition 1. to put a seed in the ground to grow
Definition 2. A building or facility where something is
made

5. What definition should be used in the sentence below?

My mother loves to plant flowers and she sings to them every morning.
a. Definition 1
b. Definition 2

Activity 4B. Identification

Instruction: Read and analyze the given news below. Then, identify what part of newspaper it should belong.

1. 2. 3.

1. 2. 3.

Points to Ponder
To become an effective student in the digital age, you must know how to locate and gather information
from reliable as well as credible sources. Undeniably, knowing what source to use in your research will help
you save time as you can easily locate the reference materials that will provide the information that you need.
Generalization: What I have learned?
Activity 5. Completion Type
Instruction: Complete the following paragraph.

This week I have learned how to (1) ____________________________________. The following

secondary sources are used in researching: (2) __________, (3) __________, (4) __________, (5) __________,
(6) __________, and (7) __________.

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 These secondary sources are important in conducting daily research because (8)
_________________________________________________________________________________________.
Among the given sources, I believe as a student the most frequent source/s that I use is/are: (9)
______________________________.

Assessment
Activity 6. What Source?
Instruction: Read and analyze the situations below and provide the source/s appropriate for the given situations.
Situation 1.
Nick is looking for the meaning and synonyms of the word “reservoir.”
Appropriate source/s: ____________________________________________________________

Situation 2.
Ronnie wants to learn how to cook Paella.
Appropriate source/s: ____________________________________________________________

Situation 3.
Matthew keeps track on the number of coronavirus infections in our country.
Appropriate source/s: ____________________________________________________________

Situation 4.
Charles needs to help her sister on doing her assignment about the parts of a butterfly.
Appropriate source/s: ____________________________________________________________

Situation 5.
Joseph just arrived to New Zealand and he wants to find out the country’s geographical information and
statistics.
Appropriate source/s: ____________________________________________________________

Situation 6.
Mac is currently looking for a job and a house for rent.
Appropriate source/s: ____________________________________________________________

Situation 7.
Kennard faces difficulty in solving complicated Math problems and finds ways to solve it.
Appropriate source/s: ____________________________________________________________
Situation 8.
Julie’s favorite singer died and she wants to attend the wake.
Appropriate source/s: ____________________________________________________________

Situation 9.
Justin is interested to do exercise in order to lose weight but he has no idea how to do it.
Appropriate source/s: ____________________________________________________________

Situation 10.
Clyde’s teacher instructed him to do a research about the order of adjectives.
Appropriate source/s: ____________________________________________________________

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Additional Activity
Activity 7. Newspaper Collage
Instruction: Cut down one news article according to the parts of a newspaper and combine it to form a collage.
Use a bond paper for this activity.
Use this pattern as your guide.

One news One news article One news

article on the on the editorial article on the
news page page sports page

One news One news article One news

article on the on the classified article on the
entertainment ads obituary page
or lifestyle
page

Answer Key
Preliminary Test Supporting Activity
Activity 1. Guess What? Activity 4A. Multiple Choice
1. newspaper 1. B
2. atlas 2. B
3. website 3. A
4. podcast 4. A
5. thesaurus 5. A
6. sports page Activity 4B. Identification
7. images 1. News page
8. almanac 2. Entertainment/Lifestyle
9. classified ads page
10. editorial page 3. Sports page
Review 10 ads
4. Classified
Activity 2. Label the Parts 5. Editorial page
1. Header 6. Obituary page
2. Content area
References
Websites:
Rey, V. (2020). Parts of Newspaper. Retrieved from https://philnews.ph/2019/07/16/parts-of-newspaper/

(2020). Exploring a Research Topic and Identifying Relevant Sources. Retrieved from
https://www.texasgateway.org/resource/exploring-research-topic-and-identifying-
relevant-sources-english-iii-research
YouTube Video:
(2020). Research a Topic with Support Using Two or More Sources. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf4UdZw0dqk

Images:
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