sREADING AND WRITING SKILLS 11

THIRD QUARTER | SECOND SEMESTER 2023 -2024

TOPIC: Selecting and Organizing Information through Brainstorming List and Graphic Organizer
ACTIVITY TITLE: Let our Voices be Heard

Guidelines:
1. Watch the news or read an online article regarding a national issue.
2. Choose your stand on the issue.
3. Create a brainstorming list using any of the two strategies you learned in this lesson and
a graphic organizer of your choice.
4. Using the generated brainstorming list and graphic organizer, write down a FIVE-
PARAGRAPH (An Introduction, 3 Body paragraphs, and a Conclusion) compelling essay
that will present your stand on the issue.
5. The essay must be written using the third-person point of view and follow the rules of
formal writing.
6. Submit your news article (or link to the video), brainstorming list, graphic organizer, and
essay.
7. The essay may be submitted
ABM B: March 15, 2024 to March 17, 2024 at 11:59 in the evening.
STEM A: March16, 2024 to March 18, 2024 @11:59 in the evening.
8. The file must be uploaded to your section’s Google Drive Folder.
9. The teacher will revise (if there is a need) the draft in Google Docs. Suggestions and
corrections will be posted there.
10. In your section’s Google Drive folder, create your folder following this format:
SURNAMES_RWS PETA02_TITLE OF THE ESSAY.
11. FORMAT:
PAPER SIZE: 8.5 X 11 (Short Bond Paper)
PAPER ORIENTATION: Portrait
FONT STYLE: Times New Roman
FONT SIZE: 11
LINE SPACING: 2.0
MARGIN: 1” all sides
TITLE: Proper Capitalization, Bold (Do not enclose in quotation marks)
NAMES MUST BE INSIDE THE DOCUMENT: End of the document; Date of submission
must be indicated below the names (SURNAME, FIRST NAME MI)

RUBRICS

BRAINSTORMING LIST

CRITERIA 4 3 2 1
The The
The The
brainstorming brainstorming
brainstorming brainstorming
list is list is
list covers list contains
exceptionally comprehensive,
CONTENT some relevant limited ideas
thorough, covering a
ideas and and
exploring a wide range of
perspectives perspectives
range of relevant relevant ideas
related to the related to the
ideas and and
national issue, national issue.
perspectives perspectives
 related to the related to the but it may lack
chosen national national issue depth or variety
issue.
The group The group
The group The group
demonstrates demonstrates
demonstrates demonstrates
exceptional minimal
creativity and basic creativity
creativity and creativity and
CREATIVITY AND originality in and originality
originality in originality in
ORIGINALITY generating in generating
generating ideas generating
ideas, ideas and
and employing ideas and
employing a employing
diverse employing
variety of common
strategies and basic
strategies. strategies.
approaches. strategies.
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

CRITERIA 4 3 2 1
The graphic The graphic
The graphic The graphic
organizer is organizer is
organizer is organizer lacks
exceptionally clear and
somewhat clarity and
clear and generally
clear but may precision,
CLARITY AND precise, precise,
lack precision making it
PRECISION effectively effectively
in illustrating difficult to
illustrating the illustrating
relationships understand
relationships relationships
between ideas relationships
between ideas between ideas
and concepts. between ideas.
and concepts. and concepts.
The organizer The organizer The organizer
The organizer
comprehensively partially poorly
represents key
captures the key represents key represents key
elements and
elements and elements and elements and
connections
REPRESENTATION connections connections connections
among ideas
among ideas, among ideas, among ideas,
well, providing a
providing a with some gaps with significant
solid visual
thorough visual or gaps or
representation.
representation. inconsistencies. inconsistencies.
The organizer
The organizer The organizer
The organizer aligns with the
aligns partially poorly aligns
aligns brainstorming
with the with the
seamlessly with list, translating
brainstorming brainstorming
the the generated
list, translating list, translating
brainstorming ideas into a
ALIGNMENT some ideas into a few ideas into
list, effectively visually
a visually a visually
translating the coherent
coherent coherent
generated ideas format with
format with format with
into a visually some minor
noticeable substantial
cohesive format. discrepancies.
discrepancies. discrepancies.

ESSAY

CRITERIA 4 3 2 1
The introduction The Introduction The thesis
INTRODUCTION contains the introductory states the and/or problem
(x2) following: (1) a paragraph thesis but does is vague or
detailed contains some not adequately unclear.
background; (2) background explain the Background
 a clear information and background of details are a
explanation or states the the problem. seemingly
definition of the problem, but The problem is random
problem; and (3) does not stated but collection of
a definitive explain using lacks detail. information,
thesis statement details. States unclear, or not
the thesis of the related to the
paper. topic.
The body of the The body of the The body of the The body of the
paper is divided paper fulfills paper fulfills paper does not
into three main two out of three one out of three fulfill any of the
sections, each descriptors. descriptors. descriptors.
containing (1) a
clear topic Three points Three points Less than three
BODY sentence are present but are present, main points,
PARAGRAPH (argument), (2) may lack detail but all lack with poor
(x2) well-explained and development. development of
and supporting development in ideas.
sentences, and one or two.
(3) logical
insights into the
relevance of the
argument.
The conclusion The conclusion The conclusion The conclusion
summarizes the summarizes the summarizes does not
main topics main topics. the main topics adequately
without Some but is repetitive. summarize the
repeating suggestions for No suggestions main points. No
CONCLUSION previous change are for change suggestions for
(x2) sentences; the evident. and/or opinions change or
writer’s opinions are included. opinions are
and suggestions included.
for change are
logical and well
thought out.
The source Source material Source Lacks sources
material is is used. All material is and/or sources
smoothly sources are used, but are not
integrated into accurately integration may accurately
the text. All documented, be awkward. All documented.
sources are but a few are sources are The format is
WORKS CITED accurately not in the accurately incorrect for all
documented in desired format. documented, sources.
the desired Some sources but many are
format both in lack credibility. not in the
the text and on desired format
the Works Cited or lack
page. credibility.
The sentence The sentence Work contains Work contains
structure is structure is structural multiple
correct. generally weaknesses incorrect
MECHANICS AND Punctuation and correct. Some and sentence
LANGUAGE capitalization awkward grammatical structures.
are correct. sentences do errors. There There are four
appear. There are three or or more errors
are one or two four errors in in punctuation
errors in punctuation and/or
punctuation and/or capitalization.
and/or capitalization.
capitalization.
HIGHEST POSSIBLE SCORE 52 POINTS