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ENGLISH
Quarter 3 - Module 2:
Summarizing Various Text Types
Based on Elements

Department of Education - MIMAROPA Region

English – Grade 5
Quarter 3- Module 2: Summarizing Various Text Types Based on Elements
First Edition, 2021

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Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

This Self-Learning Module (SLM) focuses on Summarizing

Various Text Types Based on Elements as one of the Most Essential
Learning Competencies (MELCs) in Grade 5 English. This learning material
is patterned on Bloom’s Taxonomy Instructional Design wherein learning
activities are aligned with the identified objectives and sequenced according
to their level of difficulty considering the learner’s needs, interest and
abilities.

You need to ensure that the learner clearly understands the

lesson or concepts discussed in the module. You are also expected to guide
him/her in answering the activities or accomplishing the different learning
tasks thereby enabling him/her to master the competency.

For the learner:

This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is especially made to enhance

your attitude, knowledge and skills vis-à-vis the identified learning
competency. Through this module, you will engage in fun and interesting
learning activities and answer varied exercises and tasks to help you gain
mastery of the target competency which will enable you to effectively use the
English language in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Those learning
activities are appropriately selected and carefully crafted according to your
needs, interests, and abilities.

To successfully achieve the objectives of this module, kindly do

the following:

• Read and follow the instructions in all the learning activities

and exercises very carefully,
• Be honest in answering all the learning activities and exercises,
• Write your answers neatly and legibly in your subject notebook
or on a separate sheet of paper, and
• Seek guidance from your parents, guardians or subject teacher
if you encounter difficulty in accomplishing the learning
activities.

Working on each learning activity in this module will surely

enable you to learn certain aspects of the target language in an enjoyable
and meaningful way. So take good care of this module and have fun while
learning!

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What I Need to Know

In this lesson, you will learn how to write a summary of various text

materials presented. With this, you are expected to:

• identify the elements present in a text read

• summarize various text types based on elements

Your eagerness to start and discover your skill in telling a selection, story, or

statement will be tested once you begin turning the page of this module. So, what

are you waiting for, go on and enjoy learning new ideas and information!

What I Know

In your previous lesson, you have learned about the four text-

types according to features and purpose. Read and analyze the following

paragraphs and tell if each shows enumeration, classification, explanation

or time order. Note that it is possible that the paragraph might show two or

more text-types.

1. Did you know that the biggest animal in the world is blue whale? It

grows more than 30 meters in length and weighs 160 tons if fully

grown. Today, these blue whales become rare due to killing and

hunting by men.

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2. Eggs and tadpoles stay in the water at the early cycle stage. First, a

fertilized egg grows into a tadpole. Then, as it grows, its hind legs

develop and legs appear. As the legs develop, its tail progressively

becomes shorter. The gills then start to disappear while lungs appear.

Finally, when the lungs become developed the frogs can now live on

land and in water.

3. The Philippines never fail to commemorate three national holidays

regularly each year. To give tribute, we celebrate National Heroes’ Day

every 30th of November, Rizal Day on the 30th day of December and

Independence Day during the 12th day of June. These are the holidays

that Filipinos certainly remember. They are the most widely observed

celebrations throughout the country.

4. Ultrasonic power is an electronic device that drives away annoying

animals from a specific area. This new discovery uses high frequency

sound. It forces these unwanted animals to leave the place. While the

sound irritates the animals, it never bothers people. The environment

is never harmed too.

5. Some birds sing for the love of singing, while others sing for other

purposes. Each kind of singing bird has its own song. The songs,

however, are not used for communication. One of the best singers is

the sparrow while the worst singer is the crow because of its an

unpleasant voice.

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Summarizing Various Text Types
Lesson
Based on Elements

Have you experienced receiving a special gift from your father?

What did you feel about it? Were you able to express your gratitude towards

your father’s effort?

This time, read the letter of Amira on how grateful she was to her

Papa upon receiving a very special present.

What’s in

December 26, 2019

Dear Papa,

How are you there? Is it really a white Christmas where you

are right now? Are there snows everywhere in your place? Here at home,

you know that the season wouldn’t be the same without you.

Anyway Pa, we received the packages you sent us and

unboxed them after the Noche Buena. You made us all smile amazingly!

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Thank you so much for working so hard since the day you left the country

to have career opportunities in a greener pasture in New York.

You know Papa, I felt surprise not only for the new Apple laptop

but for your extra 3,000.00 pesos cash gift. I am not used to receiving

Christmas presents with such big amount so it made me overwhelmed

because I’ll be able to buy all the things I need for my Journalism class.

Do you want to know what I bought with the money you gave

me? I bought a dozen of pencil, a dozen of multi-colored ball pens, Bob

Ong’s Alamat ng Gubat book, a back pack, 8 reams of intermediate paper

for writing feature’s articles, a dictionary containing not only the meanings

but also synonyms and antonyms, a book of inspirational stories and

quotes and Wattpad romantic stories, which I initially decided not to tell

you but I need to.

The remaining money will be spent for my bus ticket going to

Tuguegarao City. Dad, I’d like you to know that I am a qualifier for the

National Schools Press Conference. I hope to get the first place just like

you did when you’re at my age.

With so much love,

Amira

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Comprehension Questions:

1. What is the letter all about?

2. To whom the letter is addressed?

3. What time of the year did Amira write the letter?

4. What did she receive from her Papa as a surprise?

5. Did Amira spend the cash gift for nothing? Why?

6. What important role does Amira perform in her school?

7. Were the stuffs she bought essential for her schooling? Why?

8. What was the last item that Amira did not want to tell her Papa?

9. Is telling everything like what Amira demonstrated shows how you

value the person? Why?

10.If you were Amira, how would you spend the cash gift you received?

What’s New

The appreciation letter you have read is one of the various forms

of text. Like stories, letters are created out of the basic elements of a text

that highlight important information. The key elements are the answers to

the classical questions—who, what, when, where, why, and how.

These questions are necessary to get the main idea and the

relevant details of the text. The needed key information from the materials

you are reading or listening to will be extracted by simply summarizing the

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original source. It only means that only the important points are included

in the brief discussion of the text.

Now, study the summarized version of the appreciation letter you

have read. Pay attention on the presented key ideas and facts.

when where who

Summary
what

On the 26th day of December, at home,

Amira writes to her Papa how she spent the 3,000.00 pesos why

cash gift as a surprise extra Christmas present from him.

She is not used to receive cash gifts but feels overwhelmed

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about it. She lists down the eight things she bought with

the money: a dozen of pencil, a dozen of multi-colored ball

pens, Bob Ong’s Book, a back pack, one thousand pieces

of intermediate paper for writing feature’s purposes, a

dictionary of synonyms and antonyms, a book of

inspirational stories and quotes and a love story wattpad

that she is hesitant to talk about. She also surprises her

father by telling him that she’s a National Schools Press

Conference qualifier.

In the presented summary above, you can still determine the key

elements found in the original letter of Amira. Therefore, you should keep

on your mind that in preparing the summarized version, focusing on the

necessary details of the material is needed.

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Remember, the most important details answer the questions-

who, what, where, when, why and how. In other text-types, the answer for

who is not emphasized especially when explaining certain condition or

phenomenon in the field of science. On the other hand, if it is a text-type

that talks about biographies and other notable inventions, of course, the

answer for who question exists. In stories, fantasy or reality, the elements

such as the setting, major and minor characters, plot, resolution and theme

are always the focus of your summary.

This only means that the key elements present depend on the type

of text you are going to summarize. Another thing that you remember is to

not summarize any material without strong evidence. Sticking to what is

with the original text will enable you to have a sensible, reliable and

informative summary. Following these guidelines, you can complete a

shortened version of the story, article, or any work of fiction (fantasy) and

nonfiction (reality) you have read or listened to.

What Is It

A. Read and study the article lifted from the school paper. Fill out

the chart with the needed information. Then, write down the summary of

the text on your notebook.

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Attitude matters
George Harrison B. Kline
Editor-in-Chief
As our society gets better; kids get worst. Before

90’s kids always respect and obey their parents. Now, when

parents ask you to do something, you will just act like you

did not hear them because you are busy on your mobile

phones.

Kids in this generation are always busy on their

mobile phones. Some of them even stay up all night that

affects the way they think. This is the probable reason why

they disobey their parents. They tend to neglect what their

parents are saying because they are focused on their gadgets.

Another reason why kids disrespect is that they

want more time to play than to study. Sometimes when their

parents force them to study, they got mad. They even say bad

words to their parents because they do not want to be

disturbed.

Parents and kids should respect each other. But

kids need to obey or respect their parents because their

parents are their best friends for a lifetime.

Parents somehow need to discipline their kids so

they will learn how to respect them.

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Kids, obey your parents.

B.Organize the details using the chart below.

___________________________

Title of the text

Who

What

Where

When

Why

How

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C.Write down the summary in your notebook

SUMMARY OF THE TEXT

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

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What’s More

A. Read the example of non-fiction article adapted from the Reading

Concepts

B. Restate the important ideas found in the article which can be used in

writing a summary. Write your answers on your notebook.

1. The article was entitled _________________________________________

2. The three most important key elements in the article are

___________________________________________________________________

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___________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________

3. Now, write a one-paragraph summary that tells what the article is all

about. Aside from the title, identify the three most important key

elements.

The Plants That Did Not Die

Many places on earth have dry or sandy soil, because there

is no fresh water close by. For a long time, people believed plants could

not grow in sandy soil.

Scientists began experiments in one part of Israel. They tried

growing 180 different kinds of plants on sandy hills and irrigated

them with seawater. Even if there was no fresh water close by, the

plants lived and now cover the hills with green plants. Other scientists

used seawater on potato plants in Spain. They used seawater on

barley and on wheat in India. All the plants grew very well.

With seawater, plants are growing today where nothing grew

before.

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___________________________________________________________

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___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

B. Here is a text-type that explains about robonauts. Read the text and

summarize using the key elements you have learned in the discussion.

After summarizing it, label the important words that answer the questions

who, what, where, when, why and how. Do this on your English notebook.

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The Space Robots

Robots are complex machines that have

similarities and dissimilarities to human. They can perform a

lot of things that people can do. Much to our surprise, they

can do other things that people cannot. They do not need to

be fed nor do they drink. They do not get lonely because they

do not have feelings.

Robots can do the same things over and over exactly

the same way. They do not get bored. They do not get tired

and best of all, they can do things that are too dangerous

when people perform them.

Because of this, the National Aeronautics and

Space Administration (NASA) sends robot as part of the

exploration of phenomenon happens in the outer space. For

instance, this government agency has invented robonauts

that can move like human in space exploration.

A robonaut looks a similar to a person. It has head,

arms, feet and upper body. A robonaut may go outside the

International Space Station and may work with astronauts on

spacewalks. This only means that robots are exceptional

invention.

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What I Have Learned

Various text-types may appear too long that is

why summarizing the text you have read or listened

would be helpful in order to get the most essential part

of material

When you write a summary, it should be brief and

concrete. The details answer the questions when, where,

what, who, why and how.

What I Can Do

Suppose your teacher asked you to report in front of the class

about the editorial article that was published in your school newspaper.

Apply your learned knowledge on summing up key ideas from the attached

article below. Write the summarized version of the text on your notebook.

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Be a buddy not a bully
Queen Aizer B. Tagatac
The 2012 Indicators of School Crime and Safety shows that

adults were only notified in less than half or 40% of the 100% bullying

incidents. So, the fact that younger individuals do not ask help from

the adults is alarming.

Whether done in person or through technology, the effects of

bullying are similar. According to studies, bullied youngsters are more

likely to use alcohol and drugs, skip school, experience in-person

bullying, become unwilling to attend school, receive poor grades, have

lower self- esteem, have more health problems and worse part of it is

to commit suicide. Bullying happens everywhere but most reported

bullying happens in the campus buildings particularly during or after

school hours. It comes in different types so watch out if these happen

or happened to you.

Bullying comes in different forms. It can be verbal, physical

or social. It can also be encountered through cyber bullying.

Today, we, the millennial, possessed things such as

electronic gadgets which may expose us so social media sites that are

often used to hurt people through text messages or emails with

embarrassing pictures, videos, websites or fake profiles.

Life is indeed a matter of choice and now that we are fully

aware of what bullying is, how bullying happens as well as its effects,

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the choice is ours to choose between creating a better world or creating

a chaotic world full of depressed bullied individuals with evil-dead

bullies.

As for me, being good individuals does not give us any harm

and choosing a bully-free world is the BEST path to take. So, be a

buddy not a bully.

SUMMARY:

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What I Can Do On My Own

The next text that you are going to read is a fiction story that

contains essential elements like setting, characters, plot (series of events),

and theme. From the given details, compose a summary of the story. Your

output will be written on your notebook.

A Gift for Papa

It was one Saturday morning when I woke up with the sun

gazing at my face. On the right side of my bed rested the three eggs

I’ve gotten from a hidden place in the forest near our house. A lady

frog gave it to me after telling me that the eggs will give my family the

three greatest things we need.

I remembered that event as the celebration of the Father’s

Day. I thought of the three eggs as a special gift for my beloved

father. So, I rose up from my bed to greet papa. Everyone was there

at the dining table waiting for me. I greeted everyone “Good Morning”

directing my smile to my father. I told him the merriest greeting of

“Happy Father’s Day”. Father returned my smile and said, “Thank

you Precious! Come on wash your face and let’s eat.”

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When I sat at the dining table, I gave the three eggs to my

father. “These are for you, Papa!” All of them laughed at me. “Those

are the same with chicken eggs but actually, they are from a frog. A

frog gave them to me!” “Oh no!

We can’t believe you!” All of them were amazed at the same

time. Then, I told them to open the eggs so we could see what

will happen next.

Father opened the three eggs one by one. Everybody opened

their eyes with awe on their lips. Ten gold coins, ten carabaos, and ten

hectares of rice fully cultivated appeared before our very eyes.

Everyone can’t believe what really happened. Even father got this day

very special and memorable. Thanks to the frog who gave these

fortunes to us!

1. Complete the story map below by answering the questions given

in the graphic organizer. The missing information can be taken

from the story you have just read.

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2. Then, write a one- paragraph summary using the completed

story map as your guide.

SUMMARY OF THE TEXT

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___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

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What I Can Do More

Look for three various text types from an old newspaper or

magazine. Paste them and write a summary of each on your notebook.

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Answer Key

What I Know: (answers may vary)

1. Explanation
2. Time order
3. Enumeration
4. Explanation
5. Classification

Comprehension questions:

Note: Answers in some items may vary

1. The letter is all about how Amira spent three thousand pesos cash gift
given by her Papa
2. The letter was addressed to her Papa in New York
3. It was Christmas when she wrote the letter to her Papa
4. The surprise Christmas gift she received was an extra Three Thousand
Pesos
5. No, she didn’t because she spent her money buying all that she needs for
Journalism
6. Amira is a school journalist
7. Yes the things she bought were all essential to her work as journalist so,
it’s worth spending
8. She hesitated telling her dad that she bought a love story wattpad
9. Yes because it shows honesty to someone especially if that someone is
close to you like your parents
10. If I were Amira, I would spend the money by buying the necessary things
that I need.

What Is It:

Attitude Matters
Who Children of today

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What Children get worst
Where In our society
When When parents command children to do things
When children are busy playing gadgets

Why Because they are busy playing and don’t want to be

disturbed
How Children ignore their parents
Children want more time to play than study
Children say bad word to their parents
So, parents need to discipline their children.
Children should obey their parents.

SUMMARY OF THE TEXT (Possible Answer)

The writer tells about how children of today get worst in our
society. They are busy playing and don’t want to be disturbed that’s why
they are disrespecting and disobeying. When parents command them to do
things they ignore their parents because they are busy with their gadgets.
They want more time to play than study and they say bad words to their
parents. With this, the writer suggested that the parents need to discipline
their children and the children should obey.
What’s More:

B.

what how

who why

The National Aeronautics and Space administration or NASA

uses robots because a robot is a machine that can do things that people
cannot. It can go to places that people cannot go such as outer space.
The robots are called robonauts in outer space. These can go outside
the space station, work with astronauts and may even go in places that
are not safe for human. Just like a person, robonauts have heads, arms,
and upper body.

where
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What I Can Do: Note: answers may vary

What I Can Do on my Own: Note: answers may vary

Additional Activities: Note: answers may vary

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References:
Angeles, Eveleyn B., Agnes P. Galapon, Relente, Carmelita A., Rodelio T.
Santos, English Expressways Language 5, Quezon City: SD Publications,
Inc. 2008

Kline, George Harrison B. “Attitude Matters” THE PANDURUCAN, The

official Publication of San Jose Pilot Elementary School. San Jose Occidental
Mindoro: San Jose Pilot Elementary School. June-October, 2017

Tagatac, Queen Aizer “Be a Buddy not a Bully” THE PANDURUCAN, The
official Publication of San Jose Pilot Elementary School. San Jose Occidental
Mindoro: San Jose Pilot Elementary School. June-October, 2017

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