Let’s test your understanding.

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PRACTICE TASK 1 the following activities. I know you can do it!
Evaluating Claims

Based on the given characteristics above, evaluate the following claims. Place check ( ) on the blank beside the
number if you consider the example a good claim. If not, on the space provided, state what can be improved in the
given example. (2 points each)

_______1. Teachers face numerous problems today.

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_______2. Educating the youth on responsible parenthood is the best way to prepare them for having families in the
future, since this effort involves the school, the home, and the church.

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_______3. We must persevere with every ounce of our national vigor to eradicate poverty, ensuring that the
Philippines will have a bright tomorrow, and that truth and justice will reign.

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_______4. Pilosopo Tasyo is my favorite character in NoIi Me Tangere because he is the most interesting.

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_______5. Though they seem to foster connections, social networking websites like Facebook actually discourage
meaningful communication because they make us focus on superficial behavior.

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PRACTICE TASK 2
Identifying Claims

Identify each statement below as a claim of fact, value, or policy. Briefly explain your choice. (2 points each)

______________1. National strength can only be built on character.

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______________2. The Filipinos of the past became strong-willed, earnest, and adventurous by necessity: They had to
brave the seas, clear the forest, and erect towns and cities upon the wilderness in order to establish
communities.
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______________3. To ensure the accomplishment of this task of national spiritual reconstruction, we shall formulate
and adopt a social code that can be explained in the schools, preached from the pulpits, and taught
in the streets and plazas, and in the remotest corners of our land.
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______________4. Teachers are in the best position to inculcate this social code in the youth because they are in the
most contact with them during their formative years at school.
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 ASSESSMENT

Answer the following:

1. What is a claim?

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2 -5.) What are the characteristics of good claims?

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6-10) Complete the following sentences.

6. Explicit information is ___________________________________________________________________________

7. Implicit information is ___________________________________________________________________________

8. Claims of fact state _____________________________________________________________________________

9. Claims of value assert ___________________________________________________________________________

10. Claims of policy posit ___________________________________________________________________________

11-13) Give 3 useful questions when determining a claim of fact.

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14-15) Give 2 useful questions when determining a claim of value.

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16-20) Give 5 useful questions when determining a claim of policy.

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