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ENGLISH
Quarter 4 – Worksheets 1:
SYNTHESIZING ESSENTIAL
INFORMATION

Department of Education

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English – Grade 8
Quarter 4 - Worksheets 1: SYNTHESIZING ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
First Edition, 2021

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This Worksheet focuses on the delivery of self-composed speech using all

the needed speech conventions as one of the Most Essential Learning
Competencies (MELCs) in Grade 8 English. This learning material was patterned
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English 8
Fourth Quarter

Topic: Synthesizing Essential Information

MELC: Synthesize Essential Information found in Various Sources

Key Concept

Synthesizing Essential Information

A synthesis refers to bringing information together from a variety of sources
and forming new ideas about the topics.

• It is one of the most challenging reading strategies for students to master,

simply because it requires students to use multiple skills and strategies
together. In fact, the prefix “syn” means together.
• Synthesis composes of an introduction, body and conclusion.
Synthesizing a text is the process of pulling together background knowledge,
newly learned ideas, connections, inferences and summaries into a complete and
original understanding a text.

• It is an on- going process that builds and grows as a reader that gets deeper
into the text. Debbie Miller, author of Reading with Meaning (affiliate link)
• Requires the reader to take that summary or partial retelling and add in
their own thoughts, experiences, opinions, interpretations and connections
to generate a new, and bigger idea--- it’s going beyond the text. Even more,
a true synthesis can blend and integrate ideas from across multiple texts
to form new big ideas.
• Generally, it requires the most creativity because it includes all the other
tasks some are recall, analysis, and evaluate.
For example: “describe a person, real or imaginary. Through description, reveal
something about that person’s character.”
https://www.classroomnoo.com/blog/synthesizing-a-text.

https://www.secondaryenglishcoffeeshop.blogspot.co/2019/10/syntehesis-writing-in-
english-classroom.html?m=1

4 Steps to synthesize information from different sources

Step 1: Organize your sources

After collecting the relevant information, you’ve got a lot of it to work through,
and no clear idea of how it all fits together.

Before you can start writing, you need to organize your notes in a way that
allows you to see the relationships between sources.

One way to begin synthesizing the information is to put your notes into a table.
Depending on your topic and the type of literature you’re dealing with, there are
a couple of different ways you can organize this.
Step 2: Outline your structure
Now you should have a clear overview of the main connections and differences
between the sources you’ve read. Next, you need to decide how you’ll group
them together and the order in which you’ll discuss them.

For shorter papers, your outline can just identify the focus of each paragraph;
for longer papers, you might want to divide it into sections with headings.

Step 3: Write paragraphs with topic sentences

What sets a synthesis apart from a summary is that it combines various
sources. The easiest way to think about this is that each paragraph should
discuss a few different sources, and you should be able to condense the
overall point of the paragraph into one sentence.

This is called a topic sentence, and it usually appears at the start of the
paragraph. The topic sentence signals what the whole paragraph is about;
every sentence in the paragraph should be clearly related to it.

Step 4: Revise, edit and proofread

Like any other piece of academic writing, synthesizing information doesn’t
happen all in one go – it involves redrafting, revising, editing and proofreading
your work.

Checklist for Synthesis

Do I introduce the paragraph with a clear, focused topic sentence?

Do I discuss more than one source in the paragraph?

Do I mention only the most relevant findings, rather than describing every
part of the studies?

Do I discuss the similarities or differences between the sources, rather than

summarizing each source in turn?

Do I put the findings or arguments of the sources in my own words?

Is the paragraph organized around a single idea?

Is the paragraph directly relevant to my research question or topic?

Is there a logical transition from this paragraph to the next one?

Whether you’re synthesizing information for an essay or any other paper, you
should make sure you can answer yes to all of these questions.

www.simplypsychology.org/synthesizing.html
Activity 1
1. What is synthesizing written information?
A. It is summarizing the work of one source.
B. It is regurgitating the same idea from an individual source.
C. It is comparing and contrasting your idea with other ideas.
D. It is using two or more sources and blending them together into one new idea.

2. The following are different sources to know the update about Covid-19 pandemic
EXCEPT.
A. reading articles, newspaper and journals
B. listening to radio
C. watching television
D. telling hearsays

3. Taking notes, asking questions, clarifying information, and connecting information

are all parts of __________ listening.
A. active
B. factual
C. passive
D. connective

4. The following words are related to “synthesize” EXCEPT ______.

A. connect
B. separate
C. combine
D. blend

5. It is the process of combining two or more things to create something new.

A. Analyzing
B. Summarizing
C. Synthesizing
D. Paraphrasing

Activity 2

Directions: Draw a happy face  if the statement about synthesizing essential

information is true and a sad face  if it is not.

_______ 1. A synthesis refers to bringing information together from a variety of

sources and forming new ideas about the topics.

_______ 2. It is an on- going process that never builds and grows as a reader that
gets deeper into the text.

_______3. There are only 2 steps to synthesize information from different sources
_______4. A true synthesis can blend and integrate ideas from across multiple texts
to form new big ideas.

_______5. Synthesis composes of an introduction, body and conclusion.

Activity 3

Directions: Read and analyze the news story.

News story

Philippines Students Face Distance Learning Until COVID-19 Vaccine

Found
By Reuters Wire Service Content. June 9, 2020, at 7:18 a.m.

MANILA (Reuters)- With schools in the Philippines only due to reopen when
a vaccine for COVID-19 has been found, educational authorities are racing to devise
a distance learning regime for 27 million children by August, when the summer
holidays end.
That poses a huge challenge in an archipelago nation of 107 million, where
many households have no access to the internet or a computer, and teachers fear
they will not be ready to roll out remote learning in two months.
Duterte last month said resuming face-to-face classes without a vaccine for
COVID-19 “spells disaster”.
Elsewhere in the world, schools are starting to reopen for students with
social distancing regimes to keep infection rates down, and amid fears about
children missing out on weeks of their education.

However, Duterte’s Education Secretary, Leonor Briones, is confident that

the alternative approaches can work until a vaccine is developed.
“The President cares about our students, he told us to find other ways (to
teach) besides students going back to school,” Briones said in an online media
briefing.
She said the department was laying the groundwork for a different kind of
learning modalities including radio, television, online classes and modular learning.
More than 1, 000 people died due to COVID-19 and nearly 23,000 have been
infected. Briones, 79 has herself recovered from COVID-19.
There are more than 100 potential vaccines being developed global, but most
estimate it would be at least a year before any are ready for deployment.

(Reporting by Adrian Portugal; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by Alexandra

Hudson)
Copyright 2020 Thompson Reuters.

http://www.iesalc.unesco.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/COVID-19-EN-
090420-2pdf&ved=2ah

Directions: After reading the news story, answer the following questions.

1. What are the different implications of COVID -19 in the Philippines?

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 2. What are the different preventive measures to secure the safety of
people especially the students?
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3. What are the different learning modalities discussed in the article?
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4. How do people cope up with the new normal society?
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5. As a student, what are the things you will do to help your country to
mobilize the expansion of pandemic in our country?
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Activity 4

Read the news article and answer the questions that follow.

Coronavirus in Philippines: The COVID-19 risk, impact and measures

By Praveen Duddu

The Philippine government started announcing local lock-downs (home

quarantine) following the increase in global coronavirus cases. The entire Luzon
island is locked-down affecting more than 50 million people. The lock-down
prohibits people from going outside their homes except for getting basic
necessities.

Metro Manila lock-down was announced on 12 March and will continue

until 14 April, while similar quarantine measures are expected in Bohol and
Cainta provinces. Davao City has imposed travel restrictions.

Quarantining (lock-down) will be imposed in the Philippines barangays,

municipalities/cities and provinces if at least two COVID-19 coronavirus cases
are recorded in two different households in the respective locations.

https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/features/coronavirus-affected-
countries-philippines-measures-impact-tourism-economy/
Synthesizing while reading

Directions: Based on the news article, fill in this diagram:

Good readers synthesize as they read.

Stop and collect thoughts, use thinking time
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Identify the main idea
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Write the information in a few words
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Tell what was just learned
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Realize new thinking (may happen later )

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Key to Correction
Activity 1
1. D
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. C

Activity 2
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 

Activity 3
Answers may vary.

Activity 4
Answers may vary.

References:

Dado, Esther A, et.al. (2020). English 8, Quarter 4: Synthesizing Essential

Information found in Various Sources. Department of Education. MIMAROPA Region

www.simplypsychology.org/synthesizing.html

Prepared by:

JESUSA L. SAPALLO
Nabuslot National High School

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