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er 4 - Week 2
React to Lay Value Judgment on Critical Issues

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English 9 Quarter 4 Week 2: Learning Activity Sheet Number 2

React to Lay Value Judgment on Critical Issues

Marites B. Bulanon
Writer
Name of Student:

____________________________________________________ Grade level:

_____________________________________________
Date: ____________________________

I. Introductory Concept
In your previous Learning Activities, you learned how to judge the relevance
and worth of ideas, soundness of authors reason, and the effectiveness of the
presentation. This time, you will study on reacting to lay value judgement on critical
issues that demand sound analysis and call prompt actions.
There are many critical issues that our world is facing. In this lesson let us
focus our attention to one.
No matter how much we deny, discrimination is omnipresent. It can be found
in every corner of the world.
According to Anna Freud of National Centre for Children and Families,
discrimination is when a person is treated unfairly because of who they are; this can
have a detrimental effect on their mental health, their self-esteem and educational
performance.
Disability, age discrimination, race, skin color and sex, religious
discrimination, gender identity, place of birth and status as a parent etc., are one of
the many critical situations that can lead to discrimination which cannot be undone
but can be minimized through learning to be responsible on making value
judgements.
It is important to understand what value judgement is. Value judgement is a
judgement of the rightness or wrongness of something, or someone based on a
comparison or other relativity or of the usefulness of something or someone. It does
not simply describe the world; they prescribe certain attitudes or behaviors toward
the world. It is based more on perceptual understanding on a certain issue; a claim
that a particular human action or object has some degree of importance, worth or
desirability.
Let’s take a look on these examples:
DISCRIMINATION VALUE JUDGMENTS
1. The employer strictly imposes that 1. The company must offer a fair promotion to
only younger employees can be all employees regardless of the age. Age
promoted. should not be the basis for promotion.

2. Seafarers who lost their hands/feet 2. MARINA should take care and offer
during work hours will be given benefits alternative jobs to those seafarers who
but will lose their jobs forever. become disabled because of their work.

3. Most of the airlines worldwide, do not 3. We consider moles as part of the body and
accept flight attendants who have moles not an imperfection. It has nothing to do with
in the face. the job.

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One way to get a quick handle on the nature of value judgment is to see that
any statement of fact can easily be converted into valuable judgment by introducing
a value term; DESCRIPTIVE and NORMATIVE. Descriptive Statement is just what
you think it is. It describes a situation. It simply tells us/ what is the case. On the
other hand, Normative Statement is a claim about something should be.

Examples of Descriptive Statements:

 1. The
mug of
coffee
in front
of me
is now
at
room

temperature.

2. I had a toast and eggs for breakfast this morning.

3. Kevin is under six feet tall.

They are all descriptive statements. They make no value judgment. They are
stating something what they had seen or experienced.

Examples of Normative Statements:

1. If you wanted to pass the test you should have studied harder.

2. "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, is a better movie than Star
Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace."

3. If an employer finds that older people are underrepresented in their

workplace, they can state in recruitment adverts that older people are welcome to
apply.

4. President Bush did his best to defend the country from terrorism, so I think
he deserves more respect.

Each of them expresses a value judgment. They are considered as

normative statements.
Things to consider before making a value judgment:

1. Think and analyze the situation before giving your perceptual

understanding.

2. Give your value judgments without bias.

3. Before giving statements, always put yourself on the situation they are in
and speak your side as if like you are one of the persons involved in the issue.

4. Reflect!!!

5. Speak with a concerned heart to avoid negative criticisms.

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TAKE NOTE!

Value Judgment is a receiver-made value that is based on the receiver’s

evaluation of the communicator or previous experiences with the communicator or
on the messages anticipated meaning

II. Learning Skills from the MELCs

Upon completion of this LAS, it is expected that you will be able to:

∙ React to Lay Value Judgment on Critical Issues

III. Learning Activities

Activity 1
Thinking Critically

(For remediation)

DIRECTIONS: Read and analyze the sentences below. Identify whether the
statements are just describing a situation (DESCRIPTIVE), or it lays value
judgements (NORMATIVE). Write D if its
DESCRIPTIVE and N if its NORMATIVE.

__________1. Michael Jackson died in 2009.

__________2. Surrogates should make life-sustaining treatment decisions based on
their knowledge of patients’ preferences.
__________3. The car is red.
__________4. Jazz is better than pop music.
__________5. Killing an innocent person is wrong.
__________6. The river is flowing quickly.
__________7. NO FACEMASK, NO ENTRY!
__________8. Low sugar consumption reduces risk of diabetes and heart failures.
__________9. Your electrocardiogram results are normal.
__________10.It is good that Bernice studied hard for her test.

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(For enrichment)

DIRECTIONS: Think about the colors brown and white. Answer the questions that
follow critically.

1. As two of the skin colors, what color do you choose?

2. What prompted you to choose it?

3. If you have two friends and one is brown-skinned and the other is white-skinned,
do you think one friend is better than the other because he/she has lighter skin or
vice-versa?

4. What would you think your friend feel about it if you prefer one from the other
because of his/her skin color?

5. Do you think your friends' skin colors matter to you? Why or why not?

Activity 2

Figuring it

Out!

Social injustice is a critical issue every country is facing, and it is

prevalent nowadays. It occurs in a situation where some individuals are treated
unequally, and others are equally treated. It is also the way unjust actions are
done in the society. And adults are not the only victims to this kind of inequalities.
Everyone can be a victim. It can happen anytime, anywhere with anyone.

(For remediation)

DIRECTIONS: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is incorrect.

Write your answers in your notebook.
1. Social injustice issues would be things like unfair labor practices, racial
discrimination, age, ethnicity, gender discrimination, so on and so forth.
2. Discrimination is a normal and natural practice in the society.
3. In the real world, the things that people value can have positive and
negative consequences.
4. Racism is only for black people.
5. Educated people don’t discriminate.

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(For enrichment)

DIRECTIONS: Accomplish the chart that follows with the forms of social injustice as
depicted by the pictures. Be sure to give resolutions
for each situation.
SOCIAL INJUSTICE RESOLUTIONS
 Activity 3 Squared-Draft

(For remediation)

DIRECTIONS: Create two collages side by side. One side should show the different
discriminations that people experience, and the other
side should show the right way on how people should be
treated. Compose your own theme.

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(For enrichment)
DIRECTIONS: Describe the discrimination shown in the following illustrations and
give your value judgements based on the given pictures
below.
 1.

https:www.digitalhrttech.com

Discrimination Description: _____________________ Value

judgement (Normative):
2.
https:www.rowan.edu.com
Discrimination Description: ____________________ Value
judgement (Normative):

3.

https://freespiritpublishingblog.com

Discrimination Description: ____________________ Value

judgement (Normative):

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4.
 https://www.google.com.ph/search?g=ageism/.

Discrimination Description: _____________________ Value

judgement (Normative):

5.
https://www.mentallyhealthyschools.org.uk/risks-and-protective-factors/vulnerable-children/

Description: _____________________
discrimination/. Discrimination
Value judgement (Normative):
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V. Rubrics for Scoring

Rubric for Activity 3- For remediation

CRITERIA POINTS

Originality 20

Relevance to the Theme 25

Symbolism/Visual Impact 25

Creativity 30

TOTAL 100
 Rubric for Activity 3- For enrichment
CRITERIA POINTS

Organization of content 3

Word choice and main concept 2

TOTAL 5

Students answers in the questions about the colors brown and white
may vary.

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Activity 2:
Remediation
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. False
5. True

Enrichment
Answers may vary
Activity 3:
Answers may vary

VI. References

Book
∙ A Journey through Anglo-American Literature, English 9

∙ English 9 Quarter 4 Module 2, Self Learning Module, ADM Negros Oriental

Website
∙ Elevate - The Honor Society Magazine | Honor Society. (n.d.).
Https://Www.Honorsociety.Org/Articles/Socisalinjustice
 Discrimination. Retrieved April 30, 2021, from
https://www.honorsociety.org/articles/socisalinjustice
discrimination

∙ 404 Page Not Found. That stings! | Sacramento State. (n.d.).

Https://Www.Csus.Edu/Indiv/m/Mayesgr/PhI4/Because/Part8analyzin
g valuejudg ements.Htm. Retrieved April 30, 2021, from
https://www.csus.edu/indiv/m/mayesgr/phi4/because/
part8analyzingval uejudgements.htm

∙ Mentally Healthy Schools. (n.d.).

Https://Mentallyhealthyschools.Org.Uk/Risks-and-Protective
Factors/Vulnerable-Children/Discrimination/. Retrieved April
30, 2021, from https://mentallyhealthyschools.org.uk/risks-and
protective- factors/vulnerable-children/discrimination/

∙ “Ageism at Work.” (n.d.). Age UK. Retrieved April 30, 2021, from
https://www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/work
learning/discrimination- rights/ageis,/ageism-at-work/

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