English 6
Lesson Primary and Secondary Sources
1 of Information
Discover
Sources of information may be classified into primary and secondary.
Primary sources refer to documents or physical objects written or
created during the time under study. They provide direct or firsthand
evidence about an event, object, person, or work of art.
Secondary sources refer to those which interpret and analyze primary
sources. They are one or more steps removed from the event or time
period and are written or produced after the original sources, hence they
usually lack freshness.
Both primary and secondary sources can be written or non-written.
Remember:
When you conduct a research or study, it is important that you can
distinguish between primary and secondary sources. You should know
whether the writer or author is conveying his or her own experiences or
impressions (firsthand) or others’ experiences, ideas, and opinions
(secondhand).
Activity 1: Classify me!
Classify these resources as primary or secondary on your paper. Write
P for Primary Source and S for Secondary Source.
1. The Diary of Anne Frank
2. Rainbows in English, Grade 6
3. The New Concise Children’s Encyclopedia
4. E-mail
5. Blogs
6. Tools
7. Coins
8. Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition
9. Valley Fault
10. Birth Certificate
Activity 2: Matching Game
Direction: Match the words with the type of source and match the
definition with the word
Activity 3: Identify Me!
Directions: Identify primary and secondary sources by reading the
source scenario.
1. My friends and I found an old wedding dress in our cabinet. My
father said it belonged to my grandmother. What is the dress?
2. I like to read Candy magazine. I really like the articles written by
others about my favorite K-Pop Star. When I read these stories,
what am I reading?
3. My friend Allysa said I should read a book that he really liked. He
told me about it—it sounds really good! When Tim talks about the
book, what is she?
4. I went to visit my grandmother. She gave me a chest. The chest was
filled with her childhood items. She told me that she loved her
things. When I opened it, I found her toys, some photographs and
her birth certificate. What is the birth certificate?
5. I was watching the Star News Patrol and one of the reporters said I
should see a movie she really liked. When she talks about the
movie, what is she?
Gather Relevant information
from various sources
Lesson 2 -Dictionary
-Thesaurus
-Online Sources
Discover
There are sources that we may use in finding the meaning of unfamiliar
words.
A dictionary, sometimes known as a wordbook, is a collection of words
in one or more specific languages, often arranged alphabetically (or by
radical and stroke for ideographic languages), which may include
information on definitions, usage, etymologies, phonetics,
pronunciations, translation, etc. or a book of words.
The pair of words on the topmost part of the dictionary is called the
guide words. The first guide word found on the left is the first word on
the page. The second guide words are the last word on the page.
A dictionary will tell you how to spell a word tell you far more than this.
Here are some types of information that you will find in a good
dictionary.
origin meaning pronunciation uses
It may also tell us word type, whether it is slang, different meaning, and
others. The bigger the dictionary, the more information you can expect
to find.
Dictionaries give the following information:
• The preferred and variant spelling of a word
• Syllabication
• Pronunciation
• Part of speech
• Plural and inflected forms
• Etymology
• Definition (s) or meaning (s) of the word
• Usage label
• Field label
• Idioms and derived words
A thesaurus is a reference work that lists words grouped together
according to similarity of meaning (containing synonyms and sometimes
antonyms), in contrast to a dictionary, which provides definitions for
words, and generally lists them in alphabetical order.
Online sources are helpful tools and platforms in finding meaning of an
unknown or unfamiliar word. Dictionary and thesaurus can now be
found online. An internet access is needed to access these resources.
You can use search engine like google and yahoo or can directly go to
[Link] and [Link] and other websites. To use an
electronic dictionary, you usually find a word’s entry simply by typing a
word. The computer then searches the dictionary database. The images
and videos of the word can also be access online. Searching the meaning
of unfamiliar words online resources is easier compared to the printed
dictionary and thesaurus.
Activity 1: Clear the way!
Direction: Give the synonym of the word by arranging the jumbled
letters. Write the synonym on the line.
1. bonafide - I N E U N E G __________________________
2. approbation - P E R S A I __________________________
3. boon - E F T I B E N __________________________
4. spurious -N U T E R U __________________________
5. posterity - T E F U R U __________________________
6. brash - O L B D __________________________
7. admonish -G E U R __________________________
8. rescind - C E L N A C __________________________
9. solace - F O T C O R M __________________________
10. seminal - G I L N A O R I __________________________
Activity 2: Crossword Solver
Direction: Work on the crossword puzzle. Use a dictionary or a
thesaurus to check your answers.
Activity 3: MatchIt Definitions
Direction: Connect the word to match the definitions that match. Match
the choices by connecting the word to the best definition.
