NAME: Perilla, Jela Angel V.

SECTION: LFBNSH111A003
GRADE & STRAND: G11-STEM STUDENT NO.: HB202200101

Activity 1: Chapter 1 NATURE OF ACADEMICS TEXTS

1. Evaluate three advertisements (on prints or TV). Find out if there are fallacies that are used
in those advertisement.
* COCA COLA

These ads say if you drink coke, you'll be happy. They want us to know that the bottle of coke
is happiness, which is not true.
* EXTRA
This is about couple who’s happily living. The implies that if we buy their gum, it will lead us
to more significant event.
*CORNETTO
The whole topic of this commercial was about a guy buying a DVD but instead we were
distracted by the cheapness of the ice cream.
2. Choose a news about recent national issue (an issue that has made it to the news headlines
in the past two weeks or so). As a critical reader, evaluate the news article and find out if there
are flaws in the way the article is presented. If possible, engage in a dialogue with the writers so
you can better evaluate the text.

ANSWER:
This news is about sugar stocks and prize here in the Philippines.
The price of sugar in some markets in the metro manila has risen as a
source of supply shortages. The price of sugar in the markets is now
more expensive by 2 pesos per kilogram. So far 67 pesos of brown
while 90 pesos of refined.
I didn't see anything wrong with the article I had read. All the
information I want to know about the rising sugar price in the
Philippines is contained there. The article is detailed, there is
evidence of why sugar prices have risen.
Activity 2:
Answer each of the following questions in one paragraph.

1. What does it mean and take to be a critical reader?

ANSWER;
A critical reader is a passionate and calm individual that is aware how to read a text in
order to take the most out of it. It is an educational skill that the readers learn, this teaches
how to survive in a world circled by texts.

2. Why is critical reading considered active process of discovery?

ANSWER;
It is an active process because in terms of reading critically, you are not just reading
information but also making interaction.

3. Why critical reading is important? In what way is critical reading related to critical writing?
ANSWER:
Because it enhances you thinking and writing skills. Critical reading is act of analyzing and
evaluating what you are reading, same as critical writing you have to analyze everything you
write about.

4. What are the different ways to become a critical reader? Do you agree with them? why or
why not?
ANSWER:

The different ways to be a critical reader:

* SURVEY *ASK QUESTION

*READ ACTIVELY *RESPOND TO YOU OWN QUESTION

*RECORD KEY CONCEPT

Yes, i agree it can make you become a better and more intelligent reader. You can understand what you're
reading even if it's deeper words.