English 6

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English – Grade 6
Quarter 3 – Module 1: Presenting a Coherent and Comprehensive Report on
Differing Viewpoints on an Issue
First Edition, 2020

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 English 6
Quarter 3
Self-Learning Module 1
Presenting a Coherent and
Comprehensive Report on Differing
Viewpoints on an Issue

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Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the English 6 Self-Learning Module on Presenting a Coherent

and Comprehensive Report on Differing Viewpoints on an Issue.

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and

independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims
to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely:
Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while
taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies
that will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them
to manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist
the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

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 For the Learner:

Welcome to the English 6 Self-Learning Module on Presenting a Coherent

and Comprehensive Report on Differing Viewpoints on an Issue!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an
active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.

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 EXPECTATIONS

This is your self-instructional learner module in English 6. All the

activities provided in this lesson will help you learn and understand:
Presenting a Coherent and Comprehensive Report on Differing
Viewpoints on an Issue.

After going through this self-learning module, you are expected to:

1. Explain what a coherent and comprehensive report is;

2. Arrange the sentences in the paragraph logically; and
3. Write a coherent and comprehensive report on differing viewpoints.

PRETEST

Directions: Read each sentence with understanding. Say YES if the sentence
expresses a personal viewpoint and NO if it doesn’t.

1. It is in the news that President Duterte visits Russia.

2. She thinks being a flight attendant suits her best.

3. I believe Mt. Mayon is the most majestic volcano in the world.

4. My parents believe that nothing is more valuable than a good

education.

5. According to Science, it is impossible to have life on Earth without

the Sun.

RECAP

We have learned during the previous quarter how to relate an

experience suitable to the occasion. To do so, we are expected to be mindful
in expressing our thoughts whether it be written or oral so that our
audience can grasp what we are talking about. Communication skills are
very important if we want to convey our views and to be understood by
others.

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 LESSON

Unscramble the letters of every word to reveal a well-known quote.

FITAH NI GDO CNA MVEO MUOTNIASN

When writing or orally presenting an issue, we often tend to discuss it

by using sources that only agree with us. Sometimes, our audience reacts
but there is a way to ease the tension. We must listen to them and let them
express their thoughts, too. By paying attention to what others say, we get
to realize that they may be correct at some point.

Today, let us talk about presenting a coherent and comprehensive

report on differing viewpoints on an issue.

First, let us discuss how to compose a clear and coherent report on

differing points of view. In every presentation, we have to make sure that
everybody can understand what we are saying, whether it be written or
spoken. Our audience must always be considered because they are the
receivers of our message. Here are the things to remember on how to make a
report on differing viewpoints:

1. The report must have a single generalization that serves as the focus
of attention. That is the topic sentence.

The topic sentence expresses the main idea of the paragraph where it
appears. There should only be one topic sentence for every paragraph of
your report. So, if you will limit your report with just one paragraph, you
only need one topic sentence.

2. The writer must control the content of every other sentence in the
organization of the report.

Unnecessary or needless words and sentences must be removed. Only

sentences which support the topic sentence must be included in your
report.

3. The report must have more specific information or details than the
topic sentence. It should also keep the topic sentence as the central
point of the report.

Since the topic sentence provides the main idea in a report or

paragraph, the rest of the sentences are expected to give more detailed
explanations, even examples that will support the idea given by the topic
sentence.

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 Take a look at this illustration.

Filipino resilience, Digital Image, ICTworks, October 2, 2017, https://www.ictworks.org/apply-now-3-

million-gbp-disaster-response-innovation/#.XvRhz_kzbIU

This is a picture showing the resilience of the Filipino spirit in times of

calamity. The mother with a baby in her arms smiles amidst the chaos
brought about by a strong typhoon. This picture is telling us that it is
natural for Filipinos to stay positive and never give up easily.

Therefore, we can have this as our topic sentence:

Filipinos are naturally resilient people.

Now that we have a topic sentence, let us give specific information or

details which are all focused on the topic sentence. We can have three
sentences for our example,

1. Even in hardships, Filipinos can still manage to smile and crack jokes.

2. Some people argue that resilience may have helped most Filipinos
survive, but not all.

3. Their resilient spirit makes it easier for them to bounce back to normal
after a calamity.

All these three statements talk about the resilience of Filipinos which
is the topic sentence. For coherence, arrange the supporting sentences in
logical order so that your report will be easily understood. You can mention
your topic sentence either at the beginning or towards the end of the report.
As a result, your finished composition should be something like this:

Filipinos are naturally resilient people. Their resilient spirit makes it

easier for them to bounce back to normal after a calamity. Even in
hardships, Filipinos can still manage to smile and crack jokes. Yet, some
people argue that resilience may have helped most Filipinos survive, but not
all.

This report is now ready for presentation.

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Guided Practice

Look at the illustration. There are schoolchildren in the picture. Some

of them are cultivating the plants while others are either fetching water or
watering the vegetation around them.

Filipino Schoolchildren in the Garden, Digital Image, October2011,

https://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/children-
school-garden-photo.jpg

Choose four (4) sentences that express ideas about the picture, including
the topic sentence. Write down the number of sentences that you chose.

1. Fruits and vegetables are the primary sources of vitamins.

2. Children learn to nurture the environment thru gardening.
3. Children living in provinces enjoy running in the fields.
4. Gardening is a worthwhile activity not just for the old but also for the
young ones.
5. Aside from learning, they also enjoy nature when they do a gardening
activity.
6. Instead of playing online games, gardening can be an alternative activity
for children.

Let’s say, you have chosen these sentences. Now, arrange for them to
make a coherent report. Remember, coherence requires you to logically and
sensibly organize the sentences. Use numbers 1 to 4 to represent the correct
order of the sentences.

____ Children learn to nurture the environment thru gardening.

____ Gardening is a worthwhile activity not just for the old but also for the
young ones.

____ Aside from learning, they also enjoy nature when they do a gardening
activity.

____ Instead of playing online games, gardening can be an alternative

activity for children.

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 ACTIVITIES

Activity 1

Directions: Inside the box, write YES if the sentence expresses a personal
viewpoint and NO if it doesn’t.

1. Dogs are the best pets among all animals.

2. Our family believes that in unity there is strength.

3. My friend is convinced that Japan is the best country in Asia.

4. History tells us that the Philippines was once ruled by the Spaniards.

5. In terms of land area, Asia is the largest among the seven continents of
the world.

Activity 2

Directions: Supply the missing letters inside the boxes to reveal each word
or term used in the lesson. The definition is given as an extra clue.

1. The sentence that expresses the main idea of the paragraph

p t

2. A group of sentences which has one main topic

a r

3. A word synonymous to coherent

o i

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4. An oral or written presentation of account

p o

5. A paragraph should have more of these to support the topic sentence

t s

Activity 3
Directions: Choose one from the topics below and ask your family members
about their viewpoint on the issue.

A. Every member of the family should help to do household chores.

B. Children must not play with electronic gadgets for more than an hour.
C. Children should already be in bed before 9:00 in the evening.

From your gathered information, write a one-paragraph composition.

Use the rubrics below as your guide in writing. Read what you have written
to your family afterwards.

What your paragraph FOLLOWED/

should have/ should be
NOT FOLLOWED

Topic sentence -The thought is expressed

correctly placed

Supporting -Four to five supporting

sentences sentences relating to the
topic sentence

Organization - Sufficient details are

logically ordered; reading is
very interesting

Mechanics and -All needed punctuations and

Grammar capitalization are used

Legibility -Readable and neat

handwriting

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 After doing Activity 3, use the rubrics below to assess your
performance.

One-Paragraph Rubric Scoring

4 3 2 1 POINTS
Topic -The thought -The thought -The thought -The
sentence is expressed is expressed is unclear thought is
clearly and clearly but but correctly unclear
correctly incorrectly placed and
placed placed incorrectly
placed
Supporting -Four to five -Three to -One -No
sentences supporting two supporting supporting
sentences supporting sentences sentences
relating to sentences relating to relating to
the topic relating to the topic the topic
sentence the topic sentence sentence
sentence
Organization - Sufficient - Insufficient Sufficient - Details
details are details but details but are not in
logically logically illogically a logical or
ordered; ordered; ordered; expected
reading is reading is reading is order
very less somewhat
interesting interesting confusing
Mechanics -All needed - Two to -Four to five Punctuatio
and punctuation three needed needed ns and
Grammar s and punctuation punctuation capitalizati
capitalizatio s and s and on are not
n are used capitalizatio capitalizatio used at all
n are not n are not
used used
Legibility -Readable - Somewhat - -Writing is
and neat readable and Inconsistent not
handwriting neat handwriting readable
handwriting
TOTAL

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 WRAP-UP

Fill in the blanks with the missing words to complete the sentence
that summarizes today’s lesson.

In presenting a coherent and comprehensive R_______ on differing

viewpoints on an issue, the report must have a T________ that is the focus of
attention. The writer must control the content of every other sentence in the
report’s body such that it contains more specific D______ than the topic
sentence and it maintains the same focus of attention.

VALUING

Discover the hidden message by unlocking the rebus. Subtract and/or

add the letters from the names of the objects that are indicated.

+D - F__ H - GL_, +TR

-P -_ AT, + IS -S

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 POSTTEST

Directions: Arrange the following sentences to make a coherent report.

1. 1. A fit and healthy body cannot be achieved overnight.

2. One way to be healthy is to watch our diet.

3. This is because we are what we eat.

4. We also have to exercise regularly and get enough sleep.

A. 1-2-3-4 B. 1-2-4-3 C. 1-3-4-2

2. 1. However, for most people sleep is the best stress buster.

2. Some people cry to ease themselves from tension.

3. While others cry, some prefer to sing when they want to relax.

4. People have various ways of dealing with stress.

A. 2-1-3-4 B. 3-2-4-1 C. 4-2-3-1

3. 1. Let us hope and pray that this pandemic will end soon.

2. Children worry about skipping school because their parents have

no money.

3. Many individuals have already lost their jobs.

4. The crisis caused by Covid-19 has affected millions of people.

A. 4-3-2-1 B. 4-1-2-3 C. 3-2-1-4

4. 1. Let us not put off for tomorrow the things we can do today.

2. Always remember that time is gold.

3. Most people nowadays are habitual procrastinators.

4. They waste much time on unproductive activities.

A. 1-2-3-4 B. 3-4-1-2 C. 4-3-2-1

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Valuing:
GOD IS TRUE TO HIS WORD.
Wrap Up:
REPORT, TOPIC SENTENCE, DETAILS
Guided Practice
3 Children learn to nurture the environment thru
gardening.
1 Gardening is a worthwhile activity not just for the old
but also for the young ones.
4 Aside from learning, they also enjoy nature when they
do gardening activity.
2 Instead of playing online games, gardening can be an
alternative activity for children.
Pretest Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3 Posttest
1. NO 1. YES 1. topic Please 1. B
2. YES 2. YES sentence refer to 2. C
3. YES 3. YES 2. paragraph One- 3. A
Paragraph
4. YES 4. NO 3. logical 4. B
Rubric
5. NO 5. NO 4. report Scoring on 5. A
5. details page 12 to
assess your
performance
GOD CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS.
KEY TO CORRECTION
C. 3-4-1-2 B. 2-3-4-1 A. 1-2-3-4
4. Times are changing and so is our way of living.
3. Digital marketers earn thousands of pesos every month.
2. Stay-at-home mothers earn extra by selling products online.
1. Nowadays, one doesn’t have to leave the house to earn money. 5.
 References

Online Source
Filipino resilience, Digital Image, ICTworks, October 2, 2017,
https://www.ictworks.org/apply-now-3-million -gbp-disaster-response-
innovation/#.XvRhz_kzbIU

Filipino Schoolchildren in the Garden, Digital Image, October 2011,

https://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/
children-school-garden-photo.jpg

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