Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
National Capital Region
DIVISION OF CITY SCHOOLS – MANILA
Manila Education Center Arroceros Forest Park
Antonio J. Villegas St. Ermita, Manila

READING AND
WRITING SKILLS
Understanding the
relationship of a written text
and the context in which it
was developed
Quarter 1- Week 4
Module 4

Most Essential Learning Competency:

To identify claim of explicitly made in a written
text; claim of fact.

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HOW TO USE THIS MODULE
Before starting the module, I want you to set aside other tasks that will disturb
you while enjoying the lessons. Read the simple instructions below to successfully
enjoy the objectives of this kit. Have fun!
1. Follow carefully all the contents and instructions indicated in every page of
this module.
2. Write the concepts about the lessons in your notebook. Writing enhances
learning that is important to develop and keep in mind.
3. Perform all the provided activities in the module.
4. Let your facilitator/guardian assess your answers using the answer key
card.
5. Analyze conceptually the posttest and apply what you have learned.
6. Enjoy studying!

PARTS OF THE MODULE

 Expectations - These are what you will be able to know after completing the
lessons in the module.
 Pre-test - This will measure your prior knowledge and the concepts to be
mastered throughout the lesson.
 Looking Back to Your Lesson - This section will measure the learnings and
skills you understood from the previous lesson.
 Brief Introduction - This section will give you an overview of the lesson.
 Discussion - This section provides a short discussion of the lesson. This
aims to help you discover and understand new concepts and skills.
 Activities - This is a set of activities you will perform with a partner.
 Remember - This section summarizes the concepts and applications of the
lessons.
 Check Your Understanding - It will verify how you have learned from the
lesson.
 Post-test - This will measure how much you have learned from the entire
module.

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Lesson
Explicit information and
7 types of claims

EXPECTATIONS
In this module, you will understand the relationship of a written
text and the context in which it was develop.
Specifically, this module will help you to:
 define explicit information,
 identify the claim of explicitly made in a written text; claim of fact, claim of
value and claim of policy

Let us start your journey in learning more on explicit and implicit text. I am sure you are ready and excited to answer the
Pre-test. Smile and cheer up!

PRETEST
Directions: Read the passage and identify the explicit claims of text. Encircle the
letter of the explicit claims.
It has been almost a month since President Rodrigo Duterte forced the
closure of ABS-CBN, but as the Philippines' largest media network awaits a high
court ruling and congressional decision that will determine its future, the
company's 11,000 employees are increasingly anxious.
The Supreme Court could, at any moment this week, decide on ABS-CBN's
plea to resume operations while waiting for Duterte's allies in Congress to act on
the renewal of its 25-year franchise, but a favorable court ruling remains in
question.
piece, he or she takes it. The game ends when a player loses his or her king. There
are a few more rules, but those are the basics.

A. President Rodrigo Duterte is behind the closure of ABS-CBN.

B. The largest media network in Philippines is Abs-CBN.
C. There 11,000 who may become jobless once ABS-CBN’s renewal is denied.
D. The ABS-CBN future relies to the congressional decision.
E. If ABS-CBN’S renewal is denied, some Filipinos will be affected especially for
those who live in the mountainous region. They will not be updated with the
current events since the ABS-CBN os the only available network in some parts
of the country.

Great! You have accomplished answering the questions. You may request your facilitator
to check your work. Congratulations and keep on learning!

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LOOKING BACK TO YOUR LESSON
IT’S BURGER TIME!

Read the passage below and do your burger writing by providing the
information needed;

How do you say “Holy cow” in French? The fastest thing in France may just be the
fastest ground transportation in the world. The TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse: French for very
high speed) is France’s national high-speed rail service. On April 3rd, 2007, a TGV test train set a
record for the fastest wheeled train, reaching 357.2 miles per hour. In mid-2011, TGV trains
operated at the highest speed in passenger train service in the world, regularly reaching 200 miles
per hour. But what you may find most shocking is that TGV trains run on electric power not
petrol. Now if you’ll excuse me; I have a record to catch. (Excerpt lifted from www.lcps.org)

1. Create a title for the passage related to the main idea.

2. Identify the main idea and
3. Accurately provide the supporting details.

Title: (1)_____________

Main Idea: (2)____________________

Supporting details:
(3)__________________

The photo used was lifted from google images

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BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Where did you get your answers? Basically you got it from the text.
All answers are stated in the text. In Reading a text, critical thinking must
be applied so that a reader can digest easily the meaning of the text that
she/he is reading. To be a critical reader you should know the arguments or
claim that the writers point out in the text. Remember that arguments are
supported with the evidence. There are evidences that a reader may use to
justify the arguments in a text. These are the claim of fact, claim of policy
and claim of value.

DISCUSSIONS
This module will help you to identify the arguments in the text
explicitly. First understand the concept of the word explicit.
Explicit
Explicit is a term which means fully revealed or expressed that there is
no room for any confusion on the writer. All the ideas are stated in the text.
With explicit text, you see the text explained to the readers.

Take a look of the passage below.

The following is a paragraph taken from “Letter to His Father” by

Franz Kafra. The explicit and implicit points are given after it, followed by
the inference based on the explicit and implicit ideas taken.

Dear Father,

You asked me recently why I maintain that I am afraid of you. As usual, I

was unable to think of any to answer your questions, partly for the very
reason that I am afraid of you, and partly because an explanation of the
grounds for this fear would mean going into far more details that I could
even approximately keep in mind while talking. And if I now try to give you
an answer in writing, it will still be very incomplete, because even in
writing this fear and its consequences hamper me in a relation to you and
because (anyway) the magnitude of the subject goes far beyond the scope of
my memory and power of reasoning.

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Analysis:

The explicit ideas:

1.The writer is afraid of his father.

2.The writer’s father recently asked the writer why he (writer) maintains
being afraid of him.
3.The writer has a big reason why he is afraid of his father.

All the ideas presented above are stated in the text. That is why they are
all called explicit ideas. Remember that explicit information is well stated in
the text. To prove the explicit ideas, different evidences may follow. How to
present evidence? Well, you must be familiarized with the different claims of
text. These are the

CLAIM OF FACT, CLAIM OF VALUE AND CLAIM OF POLICY

1.Explicit claim of fact - asserts a piece of information that is true.

The writer is afraid of his father.
2.Explicit claim of value - involves judgments, appraisals and evaluations.
Is having fear to a father is good or bad?
3.Explicit claim of policy - provides a solution to the problem stated in the
text.
Problem- The son is afraid to his father
Solution- The writer did not provide solution to his problem.

ACTIVITIES
Activity1: Fact or bluff! Recognize the fact or fake information by
applying the explicit claim of fact.
Direction: Look at the photo and encircle the photos which contain fact
nformation.

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Process questions

1. How did you know whether it is fact or hoax (fake) information?

2. What are your considerations for considering facts?

These images were lifted from google images

In a NUTSHELL!
A fact generally refers to something that is true and can be
verified. This is something that can be proven to be true. On the
other hand, opinion refers to a personal belief. It relates to how
someone feels about something. Others may agree or disagree
with an opinion, but they cannot prove or disprove it.

Activity 2: Dig in the text! Identify the explicit claims in a written text.
Directions: Read the passage below and list down the claim of facts by
answering the guide questions. Write you answers in a separate sheet of
paper.

One day, a widower who will be gone for two days to transact
business in another town asked his beautiful daughters to help each other
the care of their home. The eldest daughter said she would if her father
would promise to buy her a new dress. The second daughter answered that
she would like to heed to her father’s request but she needed to sleep
because she wasn’t able to get enough the night before. She added that if
there was anybody who could take care of the house, it would be her
youngest sister because she’s very much like their late mother. The
youngest is a beautiful but sickly lady, responded and told her father not to
worry because she will do as her father instructed. The father was pleased.
When he arrived from his trip, he brought his daughter gifts he bought from
the nearby town.

Guide questions:

1. Who is the widower in the story?

2. How many days that the father will be gone?
3. What is the father’s request to his daughters?
4. Who requested to their father to buy her a new dress?
5. Cite in the story the affirmation to follow their father`s request.
6. What is the reason of their father`s leaving?
7. What did the father buy to his daughters
6 when he arrived home?
Activity 3: I am an aware netizen! Apply the understanding of explicit
details by identifying the LEAD in the newspaper.
Direction: Use the online newspaper to gather information about the latest
news of COVID-VACCINE. Make use the LEAD of the newspaper to get the
claim of explicit facts. LEAD in the newspaper are the WH-H QUESTIONS.
(News from INQUIRER.NET)

When talking about writing, “explicit” means something that is

stated. Explicit information is clearly stated, leaving nothing
implied. You should know the difference between opinion and
facts if you´re dealing with explicit claim of facts. A fact generally
refers to something that is true and can be verified. This is
something that can be proven to be true. On the other hand
opinion refers to a personal belief.

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POST TEST

Directions: Read the following questions and choose the best answer. Write
the letter of choice beside the number.

_____1. All are the characteristics of facts EXCEPT.

a. can be verified b. objective c. based on study d. subjective

_____2. “The Philippine Army fights the terrorist that could inflict harm to
the country.” What is the explicit claim of facts in the statement?
a. Philippine b. Philippine c. Philippine d. Philippine
Army fights the Army protects the Army are great Army are
terrorists. country soldier in the terrorists
country
_____3. It is a term which means fully revealed or expressed that there is no
room for any confusion on the writer.
a. implicit b. explicit c. deficit d. elicit
_____4. “The report argues that the vaccine for COVID-19 is made from
China.”
Which of the word in the statement tells about opinion?
a. report b. argues c. vaccine d. China

_____5. What do you call to the information that is clearly stated and leaving
nothing implied?
a. implied b. elicit c. explicit d. deficit
information information information information

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REFLECTIVE LEARNING SHEET

Reflect on what you have learned after taking up this lesson by

completing the prompts below

I thought …..

What were your thoughts or ideas

about the features of explicit text
prior to the discussion of the
lesson?

I learned that …..

What new additional ideas did

you learn after taking up this
lesson?

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REFERENCES

Book:
Antonio, M., Sarte, M., Inigo, M., and Tangonan, O., (2017). Reading and
Writing SKILLS for Senior High School Students. MUTYA Publishing
Inc.
Barrot, Jessie., 2016. Academic Reading and Writing for Senior High
School. C&E Publishing Inc.
Electronic Resources:
Retrieved from:
https://www.academia.edu/34256187/READING_AND_WRITING_First_Quarter_Pe
riod_PROPERTIES_OF_A_WELL_WRITTEN_TEXT, July 21, 2020.

Retrieved from: Inquirer.net

https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2020/08/16/russia-produces-first-batch-of-
covid-19-vaccine-interfax.html, July 21, 2020.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Writer: Susana A. Raval, Teacher I

Editor: Dr. Roniko C. Natividad, Master Teacher II
Reviewer: Vicente M. Victorio Jr., EPS-English
Management Team: Maria Magdalena M. Lim-Schools Division Superintendent-
ANSWER KEY
Manila, Aida H. Rondilla-Chief Education Supervisor Lucky S. Carpio-EPS and
Lady Hannah C. Gillo, Librarian II-LRMS

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PRETEST
1. A -explicit
2. B- explicit
3. C- implicit
4. D- explicit
5. E- implicit
POSTTEST
ANSWERS MAY VARY
1. D
2. A
3. B
4. B
5. C
KEY ANSWERS