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Learning Activity Sheets
Quarter 4 Weeks 5 to 8
IS IT RIGHT?
React to lay value judgment on critical issues that demand sound
analysis and call for prompt actions.
MARITESS B. LAMELA, MTI- Tabon M. Estrella NHS
EDITHA L. FORONES, SSTIII1 Tabon M. Estrella NHS
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English 9
Learning Activity Sheets
a Division-Initiated Learning Resource Material for Bisliganon Learners
Quarter 4: Weeks 5 and 6
IS IT RIGHT?
React to lay value judgement on critical issues that
demand sound analysis and call for prompt actions.
(No code indicated)
EN10WC-IIb-13.2
MARITESS B. LAMELA, MTI- Tabon M. Estrella NHS
EDITHA L. FORONES, SSTIII- Tabon M. Estrella NHS
IRISH MAE A. MIRAL, SSTI- Maharlika NHS
MELANIE C. ALNGOG, SSTII- Bislig City NHS
JARDELIZA F. SANICO, SSTII- Bislig City NHS
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English – Grade 9
Division-Initiated Learning Activity Sheets
Quarter 4-Weeks 5 to 8, Is It Right?
React to lay value judgement on critical issues that demand sound
analysis and call for prompt actions. (No code indicated)
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INTRODUCTION
This Learning Activity Sheet is designed to provide you with a gateway to
independent learning of the target competency that will develop your 21st century
real life skills. The tasks on this learning material focused on expressing opinion
about an issue is very difficult and real life-based activities anchored on the
integration of literature.
Absolutely, your academic engagement in this lesson will prepare you to
embrace innovations through more complex tasks and allows you to go on a
journey that will create better understanding and connection between individuals
with diversity of beliefs to promote openness and transparency as a venue to
connect to the world. As you engage in various things, this will make you aware
of the extent that you can control the direction and final outcomes of your lives.
Thus, it enriches and enhances your writing competence.
GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS: The learner demonstrates communicative
competence through his/her understanding of British-American Literature,
including Philippine Literature and other text types of a deeper appreciation of
the Philippine Culture and those of other countries.
MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING COMPETENCY (MELC):
React to lay value judgment on critical issues that demand sound analysis
and call for prompt actions. (No code indicated for this MELC)
1. Identify prevailing issues in the society such as social, moral, and economic
issues affecting the nations.
2. Take a stand on critical issues brought up in the material viewed or read.
3. State judgment on critical issues through an essay or a feature article.
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Directions: Read each item carefully and follow directions as indicated. Write
the letter of the most appropriate answer on your answer sheet.
1. Which of the following ways to improve your critical thinking skills DOES NOT
belong to the group?
A. analysis
B. observation
C. problem solving
D. reference
2. Which of the following is defined as topics that deal with resource problems
and their need for solutions that relate to the safety?
A. critical issues
C. racial issues
B. environmental issues
D. social issues
3.What is the first thing to do when there is an issue?
A. Identify a problem or issue.
B. Organize and sort data and findings.
C. Collect information or data on the issue.
D. Analyze what solutions worked or did not work.
4.Which of the following work involves processing and organizing facts, data,
and other information to define a problem and develop effective solutions?
A. critical thinking
C. holistic thinking
B. concrete thinking
D. sequential thinking
5.What is the last thing to do when there is an issue?
A. analyze
C. observe
B. interfere
D. solve
6. Which of the following BEST define resuscitate?
A. freshen
C. renew
B. rejuvenate
D. revive
7. Why critical thinking is important?
A. Develop better numerical skills.
B. Determine ways to improve quality and quantity.
C. Form your own opinions on a topic, develop your intrapersonal ethics
and confidence.
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D. Improve decision-making, evaluate an argument’s validity and its
potential impact.
8. What does CPR stand for?
A. cardiologist resuscitation
B. cardiovascular resuscitation
C. cardiomyopathy resuscitation
D. cardiopulmonary resuscitation
9. Which of the following issues does COVID19 belong?
A. Food Security
C. Global Health Issue
B. Gender Equality
D. Global Environmental Issue
10. What issue is presented in the picture?
A. Gender Bias
B. Food Security
C. Global Health Issue
D. Child Health & Primary Education
How they attain dignity in their death?
READING TEXT
Dying is something that almost everybody is scared about.
Hence, when people have add later
Read the article about “Medical Overtreatment: A Broken
System” and let us analyze how they attain dignity in their
death. (English 9 LM, pp. 617-620)
Medical Overtreatment: A Broken System
How has it come to this—that doctors administer so much care that they wouldn’t
want for themselves? The simple, or not-so-simple, answer is this: patients, doctors, and
the system.
To see how patients play a role, imagine a scenario in which someone has lost
consciousness and been admitted to an emergency room. As is so often the case, no
one has made a plan for this situation, and scared family members find themselves
caught up in a maze of choices. When doctors ask if they want “everything” done, they
answer yes, often meaning “do everything that’s reasonable.” The problem is that they
may not know what’s reasonable. For their part, doctors who are told to do “everything”
will do it, whether it is reasonable or not.
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This scenario is a common one. Feeding into the problem are unrealistic
expectations of what doctors can accomplish. Many people think of CPR as a reliable
lifesaver when, in fact, the results are usually poor. If a patient suffers from severe illness,
old age, or a terminal disease, the odds of a good outcome from CPR are infinitesimal,
while the odds of suffering are overwhelming. Poor knowledge and misguided
expectations lead to a lot of bad decisions.
But of course, it’s not just patients making these things happen. Doctors play an
enabling role, too. The trouble is that even doctors who hate to administer futile care
must find a way to address the wishes of patients and families. Imagine, once again,
the emergency room with those grieving family members. They do not know the doctor.
Establishing trust under such circumstances is a very delicate thing. People are
prepared to think the doctor is acting out of base motives, trying to save time, or
money, or effort, especially if the doctor is advising against further treatment.
In many ways, doctors and patients are simply victims of a larger system that
encourages excessive treatment. In some unfortunate cases, doctors use the fee-forservice model to do everything they can, no matter how pointless, to make money.
More commonly, though, doctors fear litigation and do whatever they’re asked, with
little feedback, to avoid getting in trouble.
Even when the right preparations have been made, the system can still swallow
people up. One of my patients was a man named Jack, a 78-year-old who had been ill
for years and undergone about 15 major surgical procedures. He explained to me that
he never, under any circumstances, wanted to be placed on life support machines
again. One Saturday, however, Jack suffered a massive stroke and got admitted to the
emergency room unconscious, without his wife. Doctors did everything possible to
resuscitate him and put him on life support in the ICU. This was Jack’s worst
nightmare. When I arrived at the hospital and took over Jack’s care, I spoke to his wife
and to hospital staff about his care preferences. Then I turned off the life support
machines and sat with him. He died two hours later.
Although he had thoroughly documented his wishes, Jack hadn’t died as he’d
hoped. The system had intervened. One of the nurses, I later found out, even reported
my actions as a possible homicide. Nothing came of it, of course; Jack’s wishes had
been spelled out explicitly, and he’d left the paperwork to prove it. But the prospect of a
police investigation is terrifying for any physician. I could far more easily have left Jack
on life support, prolonging his life, and his suffering, a few more weeks. I would even
have made a little more money, and Medicare would have ended up with an additional
$500,000 bill. It’s no wonder many doctors err on the side of overtreatment.
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But doctors still don’t overtreat themselves. Almost anyone can find a way to
die in peace at home, and pain can be managed better than ever. Hospice care, which
focuses on providing terminally ill patients with comfort and dignity, provides most
people with much better final days. Amazingly, studies have found that people placed
in hospice care often live longer than people seeking active cures.
TASK 1. WORD CLIMB
Directions: Each of the numbered vocabulary words appears in the article. Look for its
antonyms from the four suggested words. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
1. administer
A. apply
B. give
C. provide
D. refuse
2. hospice
A. home
B. hotel
C. inn
D. lodge
3. infinitesimal
A. big
B. bitsy
C. microscopic
D. tiny
4. resuscitate
A. break
B. recharge
C. restore
D. revive
5. severe
A. critical
B. difficult
C. mild
D. tough
TASK 2. WHAT THE TEXT SAYS (Eng.9 LM, p. 621)
Direction: Read and analyze the given questions. Write your answer on your answer
sheet.
1. What do the patients’ relatives usually ask doctors to do when the former is
taken to a hospital unconscious?
2. What is CPR?
3. What is the usual reaction of the patients’ relatives if doctors advise against
further medical treatment?
What are critical issues?
Critical issues
– are defined as topics that deal with resource problems and their need for solutions that
relate to the safety.
What is critical thinking?
Critical Thinking
-is the act of analyzing facts to understand a problem
or topic thoroughly. The critical
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thinking process typically includes steps like collecting information and data, asking
thoughtful questions, and analyzing possible solutions.
- it allows us to understand and address situations based on all available facts and
If you are working in human resources and must resolve a conflict between two
employees, you will use critical thinking to understand the nature of the conflict and what
action should be taken to resolve it.
Here are additional courses of action you might take when using critical thinking for
problem-solving at work:
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Identify a problem or issue.
Create inferences on why the problem exists and how it can be solved.
Collect information or data on the issue through research.
Organize and sort data and findings.
Develop and execute solutions.
Analyze what solutions worked or did not work.
Identify ways to improve the solution.
Being objective is a fundamental part of critical thinking. That means analyzing the
problem without allowing personal bias, emotions, or assumptions to influence how you
think about it. Instead, a strong critical thinker will only analyze the problem based on the
context and facts collected after conducting thorough and impartial research.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
There are five ways to improve your critical thinking skills:
Observation
Analysis
Inference
Communication
Problem solving
1. Observation
Observational skills are the starting point for critical thinking. People who are observant
can quickly sense and identify a new problem. Those skilled in observation are also
capable of understanding why something might be a problem. They may even be able to
predict when a problem might occur before it happens based on their experience.
Improve your observation skills by slowing down your pace of processing information
and training yourself to pay closer attention to your surroundings. You might
practice mindfulness techniques, journaling or actively listening during and outside of work
to thoroughly examine what you’re hearing or seeing. Then, consider if you notice trends in
behavior, transactions or data that might be helpful for your team to address.
2. Analysis
Once a problem has been identified, analysis skills become essential. The ability to
analyze and effectively evaluate a situation involves knowing what facts, data or
information about the problem are important. This also often includes gathering unbiased
research, asking relevant questions about the data to ensure its accurate and assessing
the findings objectively.
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Improve your analytical skills by taking on new experiences. For example, you might
read a book about a concept you are unfamiliar with or take an online math class to push
yourself to think in new ways and consider new ideas. Doing so can help you build the
3. Inference
Inference is a skill that involves drawing conclusions about the information you collect and
may require you to possess technical or industry-specific knowledge or experience. When
you make an inference, that means you are developing answers based on limited
information. For example, a car mechanic may need to infer what is causing a car’s
engine to stall at seemingly random times based on the information available to them.
Improve your inference skills by placing focus on making educated guesses rather than
quickly drawing conclusions. This requires slowing down to look for as many clues as
possible—such as images, data, or reports—that might help you evaluate a situation.
Carefully consider all the pieces of the puzzle together before deciding.
4. Communication
Communication skills are important when it comes time to explain and discuss issues and
their possible solutions with colleagues and other stakeholders. Communication is an
important skill to have and improve on for many purposes at work including critical
thinking.
Improve your communication skills within the context of critical thinking by engaging in
difficult discussions, for example, where you and another participant may hold differing
views about the topic. Maintain good communication habits like active listening
and respect to try to understand their perspective and explain your ideas in a calm,
rational manner. This can help prepare you to evaluate solutions more effectively with
your colleagues.
5. Problem-solving
After you have identified a problem, analyzed it and explored possible remedies, the final
step is to execute the solution.
Problem-solving often requires critical thinking to implement the best solution and
understand whether the solution is working as it relates to the goal.
Improve your problem-solving skills by setting goals to acquire more industry
knowledge within your field. Problem-solving at work typically becomes easier if you have
a strong understanding of industry-specific information. It can also be helpful to observe
how others around you solve problems at work—take note of their techniques and ask
questions about their process.
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Why is critical thinking important?
Critical thinkers are in high demand in the workplace because companies always need
better, more informed solutions. More specifically, critical thinking at work helps you:
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Form
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Engage on a deeper, more intellectual level with your coworkers and supervisors to
form stronger working relationships.
Evaluate your own work to determine ways to improve quality and efficiency.
Develop better comprehension skills, both in conversation and reading
Here are six major global critical issues which needs critical thinking:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Food security
Child Health and Primary Education
Gender Equality
Work/ Employment
Global Health Issues
Global Environment Issues
a. Habitat and Biodiversity Loss
b. Ocean Conservation
c. Water Scarcity
https://www.gvi.co.uk/blog/6-critical-global-issues-what-are-the-worlds-biggest-problems-and-how-i-can-help/
TASK 3: STANDING UP FOR A REASON (English 9 LM, pp. 630)
Direction: For students who have an internet access you may use the link for this news
article https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGab38pKscw&feature=youtube
For those students who have no access you may read the news article inside the
box about “The High Price of Materialism and take note of the important details for
you to be able to fill-out the table of the facts mentioned in the text. Apply the 6 ways to
improve your critical thinking skills. Write your answer on your answer sheet.
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle challenged government leaders
involved in the anomalies to undergo conversion and renewal.
“There is corruption everywhere. If proven, there should be conversion from those who
committed it”, Tagle said over Radio Veritas.
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He cardinal earlier said that the pork barrel scam was form of injustice, saying that
“instead of giving what is due to others and to the country, resources are being denied
from them.
“We do not only lack love for others but we also lack a sense of justice,” he said during
The Issue
The Speaker’s
Stand
The Problem
The Proposed
Solution
Here is your writing rubric for scoring:
5
Writing is purposeful
and focused. Piece
contains some details.
4
Writes related, quality
paragraphs, with little
or no details.
Organization
Writes related, quality
paragraphs, with little
or no details.
Uses correct writing
format. Incorporates a
coherent closure.
Convention
Purposeful use of
word choice.
Purposeful use of word
choice.
Content
3
Writes related,
quality paragraphs,
with little or no
details.
Uses correct writing
format. Incorporates
a coherent closure is
ineffective.
Shows some use of
varied word choice.
Task 4. VERBALIZE YOUR THOUGHTS (Eng.9 LM, p. 403-405)
Direction: Analyze the pictures and then answer the following questions. Write your
answer on your answer sheet.
1. Give your insights
regarding the sufferings of
people who attempted to
live as human beings.
2. Analyze the text “STOP
APARTHEID (racial segregation)
NOW!” and what is your stand on
this issue?
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3.What message does the illustration convey?
4. What could be the social problem depicted in
the picture?
5.Where do racism and discrimination take place
the most?
TASK 5. LIFE’S LINKAGES
Direction: Give at least one (1) solution for each Major Critical Issues. Write your
answer on your answer sheet.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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Six (6) Major Critical Issues
Food Security
Primary education
Gender Equality
Work/ Employment
Health Issues
Environment Issues
Prompt Action/ Solution
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
TASK 6: STANDING UP FOR GOOD
Direction: Analyze the picture related to the article read
entitled “Medical Overtreatment: A Broken System”, then
state your judgment through an essay about the caption
“Do Not Resuscitate”. Write your answer on your
answer sheet.
Rubric for essay writing:
Criteria
Excellent
(10)
Focus
-The single controlling
point made with an
awareness of task
about the specific
topic.
Sharp, distinct
controlling point
made about a
single topic with
evident
awareness of
task.
Substantial,
specific, and/or
illustrative content
demonstrating
strong
Content
-The presence of
ideas developed
through facts,
exampled, details,
Very
Satisfactory
(9)
Apparent point
made about a
single topic
with sufficient
awareness of
task.
Sufficiently
developed
content with
adequate
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Satisfactory
(8)
Good
(7)
No apparent
point but
evidence of
a specific
topic.
Minimal
evidence of a
topic.
Limited
content with
inadequate
elaboration
Superficial
and/or
minimal
content
opinions, statistics,
reasons, and/or
explanations
Organization
-The developed and
sustained within and
across paragraphs.
development and
sophisticated
ideas.
Sophisticated
arrangement of
content with
evident and/or
transition
elaboration or
explanation.
or
explanation.
Functional
arrangement of
content that
sustains a
logical order
with some
evidence of
transitions.
Confused or
inconsistent
arrangement
of content
with or
without
attempts at
transition.
Minimal
control of
content
arrangement.
TASK 7: MESSAGE TWISTING
Direction: State your judgment on the critical issues below through writing a
feature article. Choose only one (1) critical issue to address.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Food security
Child Health and Primary Education
Gender Equality
Work/ Employment
Health Issues
Global Environmental Issues
Rubric for feature writing:
CATEGORY
5
4
3
Focused
Topic
There is one clear, wellMain idea is clear, but
focused, defined topic. Main
the supporting
idea is supported with detailed information is general.
information.
Expert
An expert is quoted in the
article. The purpose is clear,
and of interest, and adds
credibility to the article.
The expert is quoted. The expert adds off
The purpose is clear, topic information.
but it does not add to
the text.
Text
Features
The writer used text features to
emphasize angle of article. The
writer included at least 4 text
features that enhance the
reading of the article.
The writer used text
features to emphasize
angle of article. The
writer included at
least 2 -3 text features
that enhance the
reading of the article.
The writer used text
features to emphasize
angle of article. The
writer includes text
features, but they do
not enhance the
reading of the article.
Conclusion
The writer draws an
appropriate conclusion and
writes it well.
The writer draws a
conclusion, but it is
not satisfying.
The writer rambles in
the conclusion.
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Main idea is
somewhat clear, or
the writer tries to bring
in too much off topic
material.
TASK 8: Cite some social, moral, and economic issues affecting the nations and
try to suggest some actions that may help the nation address such problems.
Etable be more specific
5
Writing is purposeful
and focused. Piece
contains some details.
4
Writes related, quality
paragraphs, with little
or no details.
Organization
Writes related, quality
paragraphs, with little
or no details.
Uses correct writing
format. Incorporates a
coherent closure.
Convention
Purposeful use of
word choice.
Purposeful use of word
choice.
Content
3
Writes related,
quality paragraphs,
with little or no
details.
Uses correct writing
format. Incorporates
a coherent closure is
ineffective.
Shows some use of
varied word choice.
TASK 9: MY TREASURE
Direction: Complete the following clauses and write your answer on the answer sheet.
Refer to the writing rubric on Task 8.
1. My
journey
through
this
lesson
made
me
realize
that
_______________________________________________________________
2. In a loving world, I want my family to
_______________________________________________________________
3. In order to understand others despite differences in point of view, I promise
myself__________________________________________________________
Directions: Read each item carefully and follow directions as indicated. Write
the letter of the most appropriate answer on your answer sheet.
1.What is the last thing to do when there is an issue?
A. analyze
C. observe
B. interfere
D. solve
2.What is the first thing to do when there is an issue?
A. Identify a problem or issue.
B. Organize and sort data and findings.
C. Collect information or data on the issue.
D. Analyze what solutions worked or didn’t work.
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3. Which of the following is defined as topics that deal with resource problems and their
need for solutions that relate to the safety?
A. critical issues
C. racial issues
B. environmental issues
D. social issues
4.Which of the following work involves processing and organizing facts, data, and other
information to define a problem and develop effective solutions?
C. critical thinking
C. holistic thinking
D. concrete thinking
D. sequential thinking
5. Which of the following ways to improve your critical thinking skills does NOT belong
to the group?
A. analysis
B. observation
6. What does CPR stand for?
C. cardiologist resuscitation
D. cardiovascular resuscitation
C. problem Solving
D. reference
C. cardiomyopathy resuscitation
D. cardiopulmonary resuscitation
7. Why critical thinking is important?
A. Develop better numerical skills.
B. Determine ways to improve quality and quantity.
C. Form your own opinions on a topic, develop your intrapersonal ethics and
confidence.
D. Improve decision-making, evaluate an argument’s validity and its potential
impact.
8. Which of the following BEST define resuscitate?
A. freshen
C. renew
B. rejuvenate
D. revive
9. Which of the following issues does COVID19 belong?
A. Food Security
C. Global Health Issue
B. Gender Equality
D. Global Environmental Issue
10. What issue is presented in the picture?
E. Gender Bias
C. Global Health Issue
F. Food Security
D. Child Health & Primary Education
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PRETEST
1. D
6. D
2. A
7.D
3. A
8. D
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4. A
9. C
5. D
10. A
MOTIVATION: TASK 1. WORD CLIMB
1.
D
2. A
3. A
4. A
5. C
TASK 2:
ACTIVITES
TASK 1: Answers vary
TASK 2:
Primary education
Gender Equality
Work/ Employment
Health Issues
Environment Issues
2.
3.
4.
5.
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Six (6) Major Critical Issues
Food Security
1.
Prompt Action/ Solution
1. Strengthening food
economy sector
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
TASK 3 OR 4: Answers vary.
TASK 5: Answ
POST TEST
1. D
6. D
2. A
7. D
3. A
8. D
4. C
9. C
5. D
10. C
REFERENCE
BOOK:
Almonte, Liza R. et. al. A Journey through Anglo-American Literature, Inc., 2016.
WEBSITES:
Https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/critical-thinkingskills
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/how-to-improvecritical-thinking
https://www.gvi.co.uk/blog/6-critical-global-issues-what-are-the-worlds-biggestproblems-and-how-i-can-help/
https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/death-with-dignity-zm0z12mjzros#ixzz2jzngtucx
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