Learning Activity Sheet Grade 6 - English 2 Quarter Week 1: Informational Text and Its Purpose

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

GRADE 6 – ENGLISH 2nd Quarter Week 1

Name: ____________________________________________ Score: ________________

Section: ___________________________________________ Date: _________________
Understanding TYPES OF A. Directions. Pick out a word or group of words from the
INFORMATIONAL TEXT AND ITS choice box that best describe the words below. Write
PURPOSE your answers on a separate sheet.
An Informational text is purposely to express
information about the arts, sciences etc.
journalism giving directions debate
There are Four Types of Informational Text
sequence advertisements scientific
Literary Nonfiction
cause and effect description recipe
personal essays, speeches, opinion pieces,
autobiographies problem and solutions personal essay
essays about art or literature,
biographies, memoirs, journalism, and
historical, scientific, technical, or Literary Nonfiction
economic accounts, autobiographies, ______________________________________________________
biographies Expository Texts
Expository Texts ______________________________________________________
utilize various text structures, such as Procedural Texts
description, cause and effect, comparison ______________________________________________________
and contrast, problem and solution, question Argument or Persuasion Texts
and answer, and temporal sequence ______________________________________________________
Procedural Texts
step-by-step guidelines that describe how to
B. Directions: Read the selection and answer the questions
complete a task
that follow.
Example: Cooking recipes
rules for games and directions for making
things QUARANTANIM
Examples: like bird feeders, kites, and By Cynthia Q. Lelina
sundials. Are you familiar of the word ‘Quarantanim’? It is not
Argument or Persuasion Texts found in the dictionary but it is seeming to be viral all over the
provide evidence with the intent of influencing internet. Quarantanim is from the words quarantine and
the beliefs or actions of the target tanim, meaning planting during quarantine. Today, most families do
audience. ‘quarantanim’ at home. This is being of ways to become productive
Examples: Debates during the Enhanced Community Quarantine.
Argumentative essays Aling Joana and her husband do ‘quarantanim’. Instead of
Advertisements waste their time during the lockdown they planted vegetables in their
PURPOSE OF INFORMATIONAL AND backyard. Their children namely John and Johna help them in
FACTUAL TEXT planting and watering their plants. They put organic fertilizer to
1.Description-describes place and objects assure that their plants grow healthy. After two months of lockdown,
using factual details their vegetable plants grew well and bore fruits. They shared their
2.Explanation-explain how and why things harvests to their neighbors, relatives and friends. They sold some of
happen it. With this, they earned money and had free vegetables for
3.Procedure - gives instructions on how to do their meals.
or to make something This is a manifestation of positivity during this time of
4.Recount - retells past events in chronological pandemic; members of the family help one another to survive.
order How about you and your family? Do you also do quarantanim?
5.Information- gives information about people,
animals, things and phenomena
Questions and Answers for activity B :
1.What is the selection about?

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2. Who are doing the quarantanim?
__________________________________________________________________
3. When and where do they do quarantanim?
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4. What type of informational text is the selection ?
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5. What is the purpose of the selection?
__________________________________________________________________
C. Directions: Study the picture below. Write an informational text about it. Tell the type of
informational text and its purpose.
Type of Informational Text: _______________________________
Purpose: ______________________________
Write an informational text about it below:

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Reflection:
1. What part of this Learning Activity Sheet have you encountered with difficulty? Why?
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2. What part of this Learning Activity Sheet have you learned easily? Why?
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Directions: Read the following selections and identify the type of informational text and its
purpose. Complete the table below:
1. How to Not Get COVID-19 2. The Philanthropist

By Cynthia Q. Lelina By Cynthia Q. Lelina
COVID-19 is a transmissible virus that may
kill people. In order not to get COVID19, first, A philanthropist is a person who seeks to promote the
observe proper personal hygiene. Wash hands welfare of others by giving donations, especially generous
properly by using germicidal soaps donations of money to good causes.
then afterwards use hand sanitizer or isopropyl (sourcewww.dictionary.com).
alcohol. Second, follow IATF health and In our country, numerous philanthropists are giving
safety guidelines such as social distancing, donations particularly relief goods and money to the needy.
wearing face mask and avoiding social Some of them are politicians, well-to-do personalities,
gatherings. Lastly, always remember the “Stay celebrities, religious groups, big companies and others. Even the
Home, Stay Safe Policy”. middle class people also find ways to help.
Selection Type of Informational Text Purpose

1
2
Reference:
K to 12 MELC
Curriculum Guide English 6
TG in English 6
*Credits to the owner of Selection and activities
Parent’s Signature & Date
Specific Week: Week 1

Target Competency: Identify the purpose, key structural and language features of various types of
informational/factual text EN6RC-IIIa-3.2.8

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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

GRADE 6 – ENGLISH 2nd Quarter Week 1

Name: ____________________________ Score:

Questions and Answers for activity B :

1.What is the selection about?

Type of Informational Text: _______________________________

Write an informational text about it below:

1. How to Not Get COVID-19 2. The Philanthropist

Selection Type of Informational Text Purpose

Parent’s Signature & Date

Specific Week: Week 1

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