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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET IN READING AND WRITING

QUARTER 3, WEEK 1

Competencies:
1. Compare and contrast patterns of written texts across disciplines.
2. Evaluate a written text based on its properties (organization, coherence and cohesion, language use and
mechanics).

FACTS:

Pattern of Development –is the logical arrangement of ideas. The pattern helps you follow ideas
easily and understand a text better. Having the ability to recognize it will help you distinguish major
from minor details and predict ideas.

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ACTIVITY 1:
Read the following. Choose one pattern of development that best matches the statement. You may
choose a pattern more than once.
_________________________________1. I took up the river road as hard as I could put. By and by I
begin to hear guns a good ways off. When I came in sight of the log store and the woodpile where the
steamboats lands I worked along under the trees and brush ‘till I got to a good place, and then I climb
up into the forks of a cottonwood that was out of reach, and watched. - From The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
__________________________________2. Caroline, or Sister Carrie, as she had been half
affectionately, termed by the family, was possessed of a mind rudimentary in its power of observation
and analysis. Self-interest with her was high, but not strong. It was nevertheless, her guiding
characteristic.
__________________________________3. There is a wide variety of contexts and situations in
which communication can be manifested; it can be a face-to-face interaction, a phone conversation, a
group discussion, a meeting or interview, a letter correspondence, a class recitation, and many
others.
_________________________________4. Freedom is a concept that needs to be understood.
_________________________________5. Hello. My name is Zack and I'm going to give you a few
simple lessons on how to sync Google accounts. I must warn you though; this is for newbies. If you're
at all experienced at this sort of thing, you'll probably find this tutorial a bit of a yawner.
_________________________________6. There are basically two statistical concepts: Descriptive
Statistics and Inferential Statistics.
_________________________________7. At one time or another, most of us have suffered from
nightmares. Nightmares are bad dreams that take place during the deepest level of sleep. They are
usually brief and upon waking can be remembered in detail. Night terrors, however, are a good deal
more anxiety producing. During a night terror, the sleeper experiences a feeling of total panic, and
that panic may last for fifteen or twenty minutes. During this time, the victim may scream or shout in
fear. Usually, however, upon waking, the sleeper only vaguely remembers what caused the terror.
________________________________8. As you might already know, there is no direct intermixing
of blood between a mother and her unborn child. However, some substances—especially drugs—can
still have a powerful effect on the fetus. If, for example, the mother is addicted to morphine, heroin, or
methadone, the baby may be born with the same addiction. For that matter, even high doses of
aspirin appear to have some effect on the fetus. In at least one study, high doses of aspirin have
been linked to lower IQs in infants.
________________________________9. Juvenile delinquency is a social issue that requires urgent
attention.
________________________________10. A healthy morning exercise can be done in five simple
steps.

ACTIVITY 2:
Write a Description Writing Pattern about your experience in Distance Learning Modality. Create a
catchy title. Use a word count limit up to 250 words.
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Rubrics:
Descriptions-10
Organization-5
Creativity- 5
Language mechanics-5
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TOTAL 25 points

FACTS:
Properties of a Well-Written
The knowledge of the aspects that make a well-written text will enable you to ensure the
quality of your work and communicate effectively the message you want to come through.
1. Text Organization
a. Physical Format-how the text physically appears
b. Signal Words- the cue in ordering of events and concepts
c. Structure-the complete framework of the text
2. Coherence and Cohesion- Coherence is the relationship of ideas between sentences and
cohesion is the connection of ideas to the central concepts of the text.
3. Language Use- being direct and simple and using unbiased language
a. Informal- used in writing for oneself or in writing to family, friends and colleagues.
b. Formal- used in writing academic, business and official texts
4. Language Mechanics
a. Spelling- make sure that you are consistently using one standard with regard to the
spelling of your words.
b. Punctuation-use punctuation based on the impact and thought you want to
emphasize in your text.
c. Capitalization- consider the conventions in capitalizing words such as proper nouns, and
titles

ACTIVITY 3: Evaluate the paragraph based on its properties by writing down the mistakes committed
by the writer in terms of organization, coherence and cohesion, language use and mechanics.
I hate reiny days. I remember reading about my favorite writer from Europe, Mary Shelley. It
rained a lot in 1816…a lot-like everyday, the weather in europe was abnormally wet because it rained
in Switzerland on 130 days out of 183 days from April to September. If I was Mary Shelley I might
decide to write a book too. Afterall, it was the onnly thing you could do without TV or anything. She
said that she “passed the summer of 1816 in the environs of Geneva…we ocassionally amused
ourselves with some german stories of ghosts… These tales excited in us a playful desire of
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imitation” So, people were stuck inside and bored. Mary Shelley decided to write a book because it
was so awful outside. I can totally see her point, you know? I guess I would write a novel if there was
nothing else to do.

A. What’s not so good?

1.Organization:____________________________________________________________________________
2. Coherence and Cohesion:_________________________________________________________________
3. Language Use: _________________________________________________________________________
4. Language Mechanics: ____________________________________________________________________

B. Rewrite the paragraph following the properties of a well written text.

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Rubrics:
Organization-5
Coherence and cohesion- 5
Language Use- 5
Language mechanics-5
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TOTAL 20 points

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