SELF-LEARNINGMATERIAL1

QUARTER2
ENGLISH
Grade9

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LEARNING COMPETENCY: Make connections between texts to particular social

issues, concerns, or dispositions in real life.

SUBTASK: Make connections between texts to particular health issues.

DISCUSSION&EXAMPLE:

Read the news articles from Philippine

Star.Article1:

US panel recommends Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for younger children

Issam Ahmed - Agence France-Presse
October 27, 2021 | 7:47am
Source: PhilStar.com

WASHINGTON, United States — A medical panel of US government advisors endorsed the

Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in five-to-11-year-olds Tuesday, paving the way for younger children
to get their shots within weeks.

The independent experts concluded the known benefits — both directly to kids' health but also
in ending school and other disruptions — outweighed the known risks.

After a day of presentations and debate, the final vote was 17 in favor and one abstention.
The Food and Drug Administration, which convened the meeting, is expected to give its formal
green light soon, making 28 million young Americans eligible for the shot by mid-November.

"It is pretty clear to me that the benefits do outweigh the risk when I hear about children who
are being put in the ICU, who are having long term outcomes after their COVID, and children
are dying," said Amanda Cohn of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), who
voted yes.

"It's never when you know everything — the question is when you know enough," said
Paul Offit, a pediatrician at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, who also voted yes but
reflected on the fact that more complete safety data would become available over time.

He added that many children who are at high risk stand to benefit, and that the theoretical risk
of myocarditis, the most worrisome side-effect, would probably be very low, given the lowered
dose of 10 micrograms, compared to 30 micrograms in older ages.
Nevertheless, several experts partly caveated their votes by saying they would not favor broad
vaccine mandates in schools and the shot should remain a personal decision for families.

Earlier, top FDA vaccine scientist Peter Marks said younger children were "far from being
spared harm of Covid-19," adding that, in this group, there had been 1.9 million infections and
8,300 hospitalizations, roughly a third of which required intensive care.

There have also been around 100 deaths, making it a top 10 leading cause of death, he
added.

NewsArticle2:

Vaccination of minors to start with ages 14-17

Neil Jayson Servallos - The Philippine Star October 1, 2021 | 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines — The government will commence the vaccination of teens starting with
14 to 17-year-olds who have comorbidities or whose parents are healthcare workers, the
National Task Force against COVID-19 (NTF) said yesterday, as it announced that the
pediatric rollout would be piloted in at least five hospitals in Metro Manila.

NTF policy chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. said the inoculation of the pediatric and
adolescent population would commence “slowly and closely monitored” like how the
government handled the rollout in March.

This pilot rollout will be done in hospitals specializing in comorbidities like the Philippine
General Hospital, National Children’s Hospital, Philippine Heart Center and the National
Kidney and Transplant Institute.

The supply, coming from the COVAX Facility, arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport
Terminal 1 on board China Airlines from Taipei. Of the total, 369,500 were procured by the
private sector while the rest, by the government.

Galvez said the priority would begin with either the age group of 14 to 17 or 15 to 17.

While he understands that some parents would be circumspect about having their kids
vaccinated, he assured them that the COVID-19 vaccines are very safe and effective, citing
the success of western nations in vaccinating their adolescent population.

“We will do all these to make sure that our vaccination would be safe and the safety measures
would be implemented,” he added.

According to the NTF, the plan would commence this month with at least 100 million doses of
COVID-19 vaccines expected to be delivered in the succeeding weeks.
“Meaning, if we have 100 million doses we can very safe(ly) say that about 50 million would be
fully vaccinated maybe by the end of November and December. So our target now is 50-70
million doses. If we are able to raise our daily vaccination to 800,000 to one million, we can
achieve 60 to 70 million,” Galvez said, adding that if vaccine hesitancy persists, the
government might be looking at a minimum of 58 million. – Rudy Santos

Source:https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/10/01/2130942/vaccination-minors-start-ages-14-17

Making connections is a critical reading comprehension strategy that will help

you make meaning of what you are reading. Through it, you can retain information
better because of having engaged more with the dimensions of the texts.

In making text to text connections, you are connecting information from two or more
texts by identifying their similarities. By identifying their similarities, you will have a map
of what both texts mean. Through this way also, the differences of both texts are also
highlighted for you to also seethe unique purposes of the authors who wrote them.
 The following questions can help you in making connections between texts:

1. What are the texts all about?

2. What specific pieces of information are presented in both texts?
3. What issue or issues are common and/or related between both texts?

What are the texts all about? What specific pieces of information are
presented in both texts?
The first text is all The second article
about the is all about the The specific health issue The specific health issue
recommended plan of Philippine mentioned in the first mentioned in the
vaccine which is government to text is that many second text is that the
Pfizer for the give vaccine to children who are at high vaccination will be
teens in USA. teens ages 14-17. risk stand to benefit said given to teens starting
by Paul Offit, a with 14 to 17-year-olds
pediatrician at the who have comorbidities
Children's Hospital of or whose parents are
Philadelphia.
healthcare workers.

What issue or issues are common and/or related between both texts?

The two texts both are about timely and relevant health issues posed by progress. The
recommendation of Pfizer vaccine for teens in USand the plan of Philippine government to start the
vaccination of teens ages 14-17.

EXAMPLE2:

Here's how some of the leading coronavirus vaccines work

AnExcerpt
ByMaggieFox,CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/13/health/coronavirus-vaccines-how-they-work/index.html

TEXT1:PFIZER’SVACCINCE

Pfizer and its German-based partner BioNTech use a new approach to

making vaccines that uses messenger RNA or mRNA. This design was chosen for a
pandemic vaccine years ago because it's one that lends itself to quick turnaround.
All that is needed is the genetic sequence of the virus causing the pandemic.
Vaccine makers don't even need the virus itself -- just the sequence. In this
case,BioNTechresearchersusedalittlepieceofgeneticmaterialcodingforapieceofthe
Spike protein the structure that adorns the surface of the coronavirus, giving it that
studded appearance.
Clinical trials showed Pfizer's vaccine was 95% effective in preventing
symptomatic infections. Pfizer is working to show the vaccine can prevent all
infections, including those that don't cause symptoms. Side-effects are rare and
usually mild. They include fever and headache, although a very few people
haveexperiencedallergicreactionstothevaccine.It'snotclearwhatcausestheallergicreact
ion, and the FDA and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are
investigating.

TEXT2:ASTRAZENECA’SVACCINE

AstraZeneca's vaccine, made with a team at Britain's Oxford University, is

called a vector vaccine. It uses a common cold virus called an adenovirus to carry
the spike protein from the coronavirus into cells.
It also aims to make people's bodies produce their own vaccines by churning
out little copies of spike protein, but the delivery method is different. This adenovirus
infects chimpanzees but doesn't make people sick. It was modified so that it doesn't
replicate itself -- then genetically engineered to inject cells with the DNA encoding for
the full coronavirus spike protein.
It's approved in Britain but the USFDA is waiting for data from US trials.
ConfusingdatafromtrialsindicatedAstraZeneca'svaccinecouldbe70%effectiveonave
rage.

TEXT3:MODERNA’SVACCINE

Moderna's vaccine is also based on mRNA. "mRNA is like software for the
cell" Moderna said on its website, and like the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, it codes for
cells to make a piece of the spike protein. That was a careful choice -- scientists had
to pick a piece of the virus they thought would not mutate, or change much, as time
passed. The virus uses the spike protein to grapple the cells it attacks and the
structure does appear to stay stable through generation after generation of viral
replication.
Like Pfizer's vaccine, the Moderna vaccine goes into the muscle cells of
thearm,andperhapstonearbyimmunesystemcells,andinstructsthemtomakepiecesof
spike protein.
Clinical trials showed Moderna's vaccine was 94% effective in
preventingsymptomaticinfectionsandthecompanysaysithasdatashowingthevaccineals
opreventsallinfections, including those that do not cause symptoms.
 What are the texts all about?
The texts are all about how leading vaccines from Pfizer, Astrazeneca and Moderna
work.
What specific pieces of information are presented in both texts?

TEXT1 TEXT2 TEXT3

AstraZeneca’s vaccine Moderna’s vaccine uses

Pfizer’s vaccine uses uses a common cold virus modified RNA.
modified RNA. called adenovirus. Moderna’s vaccine does
Pfizer’s vaccine does not AstraZeneca’s vaccine not make use of any part of
make use of any part of the carries the coronavirus’s the coronavirus.
coronavirus. pike protein, but not the Moderna’s vaccine is
Pfizer’s vaccine is virus. 94percent effective in
95percent effective in AstraZeneca’s vaccine preventing symptomatic
preventing symptomatic could be 70 percent infections.
infections. effective on average but Moderna’s data showed
Pfizer’s vaccine has rare data from trials are still the vaccine also prevents
and mild side effects that confusing. all prevents all infections.
include headache, fever Astra No data as to its approval
and allergic reactions. AstraZeneca’s adenovirus was stated in the article.
Pfizer’s vaccine has no infects chimpanzees but
clear indication as to what not people and is modified
causes the allergic that it does not replicate
reactions. itself.
FDA and US Centers for The vaccine is already
Disease Control and
approved in Britain but
Prevention are investigating
the causes of the allergic USFDA is still waiting for
reactions. US Trials as data from
trials are still inconclusive.
What issue or issues are common and/or related between both texts?
The issue common among the three texts is that all their data are not yet final as to
trials are still ongoing. The companies however claim their vaccines are effective in
preventing symptoms of infections. All vaccines also do not make use of the
entirevirus.TheymadeuseofmodifiedRNAandadenovirusthecarriesthespikeproteinofthec
oronavirus.
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TEXTA TEXTB

Washing hands prevents illnesses
and spread of infections to others
Hand washing with soap removes germs
from hands. This helps prevent infections
because:
100 public schools for pilot face-to-face classes complete
— DepEd
Christian Deiparine - Philstar.com
November 3, 2021 | 12:36pm

● People frequently touch their MANILA, Philippines — Education officials on Wednesday

eyes, nose, and mouth without
even realizing it. Germs can
get into the body through the
eyes, nose and mouth and
make us sick.
● Germs from unwashed hands can
get into foods and drinks while
people prepare or consume them.
Germs can multiply in some
types of foods or drinks, under
certain conditions, and make
people sick.
● Germs from unwashed hands can
be transferred to other objects,
like handrails, table tops, or toys,
and then transferred to another
person’s hands.
● Removing germs through
handwashing therefore helps
prevent diarrhea and respiratory
infections and may even help
prevent skin and eye infections.
Source: https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/why-
handwashing.html
announced there are now 100 public schools that would begin a
limited return to classrooms this month.
President Rodrigo Duterte had given his approval for the
Department of Education's pilot run on resuming face-to-face
classes starting November 15.
The Philippines is among the last countries in the world with no
return to in-person learning yet since the coronavirus pandemic
hit last year.
In the initial run, 100 public schools would be allowed along
with 20 private institutions. These should be under "low-risk"
areas identified by the Department of Health, and need
concurrence by local governments.
"We are all set and we have completed this," said Education
Secretary Leonor Briones in Filipino at a government briefing.
"We can extend and include more schools depending on the
result."
An updated list from DepEd showed Caraga has 14 schools
cleared for the pilot study, the highest number among regions.
Ilocos Region, Central Luzon, Eastern Visayas, and Northern
Mindanao would have 10 schools each allowed to participate.

Briones said the agency continues to inspect schools to ensure

readiness in following physical distancing measures.

Noticeably, there is still no school allowed in the National

Capital Region to join the pilot study, despite DOH classifying
it already as low risk.

Metro Manila continues to see a decline in coronavirus cases,

months after a deadly surge that forced it into hard lockdown.

The education chief said schools here could be considered for

for the second batch, or when the pilot study is expanded.

"We would be relying heavily on the assessment of the DOH,"

she added. "If they say it can proceed we will write to the
President to allow more schools."

Talks, meanwhile, are still ongoing on which private schools

would be cleared for limited physical classes.

Education Assistant Secretary Malcolm Garma said 57

institutions have already been submitted for evaluation and a
decision could be out by November 12.

Groups have long pressed the government to prioritize

reopening schools, with difficulties from distance learning
prevailing under the second year of the setup for over 27 million
students.
 1.What are the texts all about?

2.What specific pieces of information are presented in both texts?

What issue or issues are common and/or related between both texts?