Activity Sheet

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ENGLISH 6
QUARTER 2
Week 2-Day 1
Listening Comprehension
EN6LC-IIb- 3.2
Distinguish various types of informational/factual text

Vocabulary Development
EN6V-IIb- 12.3.3
EN6V-IIb- 12.4.1.3
EN6V-IIb- 12.4.2.3
Infer meaning of borrowed words and content specific terms using
-context clues -affixes and roots -other strategies (Science)

Attitude
EN6A-IIb-16
Observe politeness at all time
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Let’s Learn This

In the previous week, you learned about various types of informational text.

Today, you will learn more about types of informational text and how to distinguish one
from the other.

Let’s Try This

Task 1. For Your Information (FYI)

Listen to your teacher as he/she reads the informational text below. Then answer the
questions that follow.

The Bounty of the Sea

1
I have observed and studied the oceans closely and I have seen them sicken.
Certain reefs that teemed with fish only ten years ago are now almost lifeless. The
ocean bottom has been raped by trawlers. Priceless wetlands have been destroyed by
landfill. And everywhere are sticky globs of oil, plastic refuse, and unseen clouds of
poisonous effluents. Often when I describe the symptoms of the ocean’s sickness, I
hear remarks like “they’re only fish” or “they’re only whales.” But I assure you that our
destinies are linked with theirs. For if the ocean should die, this would signal not only
the end of marine life but all other animals and plants of this earth, including man.
2
The ocean would then become one enormous cesspool. Billions of decaying
bodies would create such a stench that man would be forced to leave all the coastal
regions.
3
The ocean acts as the earth’s buffer. It maintains a balance between salts and
gases which make life possible. But dead seas would have no buffering effect. The
carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere would start on a steady climb, and when it
reached a certain level, a “greenhouse effect” would be created. The heat that normally
radiates outward from the earth to space would be blocked by the carbon dioxide and
the sea level temperatures would increase.
4
One catastrophic effect of this heat would be melting of the icecaps at both the
North and South Poles. As a result, the ocean would rise by 100 feet or more, enough
to flood almost all of the world’s major cities. These rising waters would drive one-third
of the earth’s billions inland, creating famine, chaos, and disease on a scale almost
impossible to imagine.
5
Meanwhile, the surface of the ocean would have scrummed over by a film of
decayed matter, and would no longer give water freely to the skies through evaporation.
Rain would become a rarity, creating global drought and more famine.

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The wretched remnant of the human race would now be packed on the
remaining highlands, starving and struggling to survive. Then, they would be visited by
the final plague, anoxia (lack of oxygen). This would be caused by the extinction of the
plankton algae and the reduction of land vegetation, the two sources that supply the
oxygen you are now breathing.
7
And so man would finally die, slowly gasping out his life on some barren hill. His
heirs would be bacteria and a few scavenger insects.

Questions:

1. What is the author most likely to be?

a. a sailor b. an ocean diver c. a scientist d. a fisherman
2. What is the basis of his report?
a. site inspection b. readings c. fantasy d. estimates
3. Which of these is not contributory to sickened oceans?
a. reefs b. trawlers c. oil globs d. plastic refuse
4. The melting of icecaps in the polar regions would cause oceans to sink.
a. Yes b. No c. Does not say
5. Which of these would be immediately affected if a film of decayed matter would cover
oceans?
a. evaporation b. rainfall c. irrigation d. harvest
6-7. Which two factors would drive people to the highlands?
a. crowding b. stench c. disease d. starvation

Task 2. Showcase your Word Skills

Based from the Science-based text entitled “The Bounty of the Sea,” answer the
following questions by applying your skills in context clues, affixes and roots, and other
strategies.

1. Wetlands are synonymous to __________

a. rivers b. swamps c. ponds d. seas
2. What is the reference of the pronoun it in the second sentence of paragraph 3?
a. balance b. life c. ocean d. earth
3. What is the root word of the word rarity?
a. rar b. rare c. rarity d. –ity
4. The remark “that’s only fish” suggests __________
a. indifference b. arrogance c. concern d. anger
5. Which of these does not belong to land vegetation?
a. farms b. gardens c. orchards d. reefs
6. When a person gasps, he struggle for lack of __________
a. oxygen b. companion c. food d. sleep
7. Where are plankton algae found?
a. in coastal regions b. in the sea c. in the highlands d. inlands
8. The phrase “wretched remnant” in the first sentence of paragraph 5 shows that
most people may have __________
a. migrated b. remained on the coasts c. died d. gotten sick

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9. The “greenhouse effect” in the third sentence of paragraph 3 suggests __________

a. plant propagation c. freezing
b. maintaining normal temperature d. heating
10. The ocean acts as the earth’s buffer. It maintains a balance between salts and
gases which make life possible. The word “buffer” as used in the first sentence of
paragraph 3 means __________
a. destroyer b. neutralizer c. converter d. observer

Let’s Study This

You listened to an informational text. Informational text is defined as text with the
primary purpose of expressing information about the arts, sciences, or social studies.
This text ranges from newspaper and magazine articles to digital information to
nonfiction trade books to textbooks and reference materials.

There are specifically four types of informational text: literary nonfiction, expository,
argument or persuasion, and procedural.

Literary Nonfiction

Literary nonfiction includes shorter texts, such as “personal essays, speeches,

opinion pieces, essays about art or literature, biographies, memoirs, journalism, and
historical, scientific, technical, or economic accounts (including digital sources) written
for a broad audience.” Autobiographies, biographies, other narrative nonfiction,
informational picture books, and informational poetry often fit into this category.

Narrative informational text typically communicates accurate information and

has a well-defined beginning, middle, and end. Informational poetry weaves facts into
poems.

Procedural Texts

Procedural texts provide step-by-step guidelines that describe how to complete

a task. They often include a materials-needed section and graphics that illustrate the
process, as found in Doug Stillinger’s The Klutz Book of Paper Airplanes. Jane Drake
and Ann Love’s Get Outside provides readers with rules for games and directions for
making things like bird feeders, kites, and sundials.

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Expository Texts

Expository texts inform, explain, and expose. They utilize various text
structures, such as description, cause and effect, comparison and contrast, problem
and solution, question and answer, and temporal sequence.

Argument or Persuasion Texts

Argument or persuasion texts provide evidence with the intent of influencing the
beliefs or actions of the target audience. These texts typically include claims,
evidence, and warrants to explain how the evidence is linked to the claims. Writers of
persuasion or argument also make appeals—appeals to the author’s credibility, to the
audience’s needs, or to reason and evidence.

Can you distinguish the different types of informational text?

Reference:
"Informational texts." Accessed June 17, 2017. https://www.booklistonline.com/Classroom-Connections-
Informational-Texts-and-the-Common-Core/pid=5641482.

Let’s Do This

Task 3. Talking About This

With your groupmates, read and talk about the informational text entitled
“The Bounty of the Sea” you listened to. Fill in the table below with your responses.
Title of Informational Text Type of Informational Text Reason

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Let’s Do More

Task 4. I Heard Them Right!

Group yourselves into four. Your teacher will assign informational text to your group.
With your groupmates, read the text in front of the class. As you read, ask the other
groups to listen and tell them to identify what type of informational text you are reading.
Let them write their answer on a “show me board.”

Group 1
Carbon Dioxide, the Greenhouse Effect, and Recent Global Warming

Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that strongly absorbs infrared radiation and plays a
major role in warming the lower atmosphere. We also know that carbon dioxide has been
increasing steadily in the atmosphere, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels. However,
deforestation may also be adding to this increase as tropical rainforests are removed and
replaced with less efficient plants. In 1990, the annual average of carbon dioxide was about 350
parts per million, and present estimates are that this value may double sometime in century.

To complicate the picture, three gases such as methane, nitrous oxide, and
chlorofluorocarbons, all of which readily absorb infrared radiation, have been increasing in
concentration over the past century. Collectively, these gases are about equal to carbon dioxide
in their ability to enhance the atmospheric greenhouse effect. Moreover, rising ocean
temperatures will cause an increase in evaporation rates and, hence, an increase in atmospheric
water vapor, which is the most potent greenhouse gas. The added water vapor accelerates the
temperature rise. Recent satellite measurements have confirmed this.

Group 2
Exercise Your Brain

Nearly seven out of every 10 adults report some type of forgetfulness, according to the
Dana Foundation, a New York City organization with a special interest in brain research. More
pronounced memory slips can begin as early as your 30s and become all too apparent in your
40s, explains Michael F. Roizen, M.D., dean of the College of Medicine at the State University of
New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, and author of Real Age.
While the brain naturally slows down with age, the good news is that you can offset this
process and minimize memory lapses by constantly challenging your mind. In fact, memory-
boosting classes are springing up across the United States. “We now know that the brain is quite
plastic, like a muscle, that it can be changed and strengthened,” says Robert Goldman, M.D.,
coauthor of Brain Fitness.
Following are ways to cross-train your brain…and save your memory.
1. Stretch your mind.
2. Try something brand-new.
3. Become a multi-tasker.
4. Exercise your brain.

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Group 3
People need to be active to be healthy. Out of modern lifestyle and all the conveniences
we’ve become used to have made us sedentary and that’s dangerous for our health. Sitting
around in front of the TV or the computer, riding in the car for even a short trip to the store and
using elevators instead of ramps all contribute to our inactivity. Physical inactivity is dangerous to
Group 4 as smoking.
our health

Add up your activities during the day in periods of at least 10 minutes each. Start slowly
and build up. If you’re already doing some light activities, move up to more moderate ones. A
little is good but more is better if you want to achieve health benefits.

Scientists say accumulate 60 minutes of physical activities every day to stay healthy or
improve your health. Time needed depends on effort – as you progress to moderate activities,
you can cut down to thirty minutes, four days a week.

Physical activity doesn’t have to be very hard to improve your health. This goal can be
reached by building physical activities into your daily routine. Just add up in periods of at least
ten minutes each throughout the day. After three months of regular physical activity, you will
notice a difference. People often say getting started is the hardest part.

Reference: Handbook for Canada’s Physical Activity Guide to healthy Active Living For Canadian Society for Exercises Physiology –
Ottawa, Ontario, 1998

Group 4
Like fellow Philippine revolutionaries Jose Rizal and Andres Bonifacio, lawyer Apolinario
Mabini, the first prime minister of the Philippines, did not live to see his 40th birthday but became
known as the brains and conscience of the revolution that would permanently alter the
Philippine’s government.

During his short life, Mabini suffered from paraplegia – paralysis of the legs – but had a
powerful intellect and was known for his political savvy and eloquence.

Before his untimely death in 1903, Mabini’s revolution and thoughts on the government
shaped the Philippine’s flight for independence over the next century.

Reference: Accessed June 17, 2017. https://www.thoughtco.com/apolinario-mabini-195645

Task 5. Take Aways and Insights

In your own words, share your insights gained about the following:

Literary Procedural Expository Argument or

Persuasion
Nonfiction Texts Texts
Texts

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Let’s Enrich Ourselves

Task 6. Cut and Paste

Cut out a sample of short selection (from old newspapers o magazines) for each type of
informational text. Paste them in your notebook.

Prepared by:

DENN MARC P. ALAYON

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ANSWER KEY
(For Teachers’ Use Only)

Task 1. For Your Information (FYI)

1. b
2. a
3. a
4. b
5. a, b
6-7. b, d
Task 2. Showcase your Word Skills
1. b
2. c
3. b
4. a
5. d
6. a
7. b
8. c
9. d
10. b
Task 3. Talking About This
Title of Informational Text Type of Informational Text Reason
It is an example of an
The Bounty of the Sea Expository Text expository text because it
informs, explains, and
exposes the sickening
condition of different bodies
of water and its effects to
marine life and humans. Its
text structure is cause and
effect.

Task 4. I Heard Them Right!

Group 1 – Expository Text

Group 2 – Procedural Text
Group 3 - Argument or Persuasion Text
Group 4 – Literary Nonfiction
Task 5. Take Aways and Insights
Answers may vary.
Task 6. Cut and Paste
Answers may vary.

Prepared by:

DENN MARC P. ALAYON

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