READING TEXTS IN

MATHEMATICS &
HUMANITIES
HUMANITIES
Academic disciplines that study
aspects of human culture
Has no central discipline
include ancient and modern
languages, literature, philosophy,
religion, art and musicology
MATHEMATICS
From the Greek word
máthēma, “knowledge, study,
learning”
the study of topics such as 
quantity (numbers), structure, 
space, and change
Seatwork 3.2
compare and contrast the
materials in Mathematics and
Humanities in terms of:
A. nature of knowledge
B. language used
NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE
MATHEMATICS
-Objective
-Makes use of only numbers
and symbols in order to
express certain truths.
NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE
HUMANITIES
-Subjective
-Deal with exploration of
personal human experiences
which find their expression
through arts.
 LANGUAGE
MATHEMATICS
-direct to the point
-only supplementary to the
numbers & symbols used to
express a mathematical
concept.
 LANGUAGE
HUMANITIES
-carefully & artistically phrased
-employs a much complex
register*
-figurative*
* If it is a literary text
SAMPLE
TEXTBOOK IN
MATHEMATICS
A. REVIEW
ARE YOU READY?
Designed to provide a quick review of the
concepts the students are expected to know prior
to the presentation of the new lesson.
QUICK CHECK
Functions as a diagnostic test designed to assess
whether you have already mastered the
foundational concept needed to understand the
new lesson.
A. REVIEW
ARE YOU READY?
Designed to provide a quick review of the
concepts the students are expected to know prior
to the presentation of the new lesson.
QUICK CHECK
Functions as a diagnostic test designed to assess
whether you have already mastered the
foundational concept needed to understand the
new lesson.
B. LESSON OPENER
LESSON NUMBER & TITLE
 Indicated in the heading of the lesson
proper
PIN-UP
 Significance of the lesson
 Some important concepts
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
 Your expectations
B. LESSON OPENER
VOCABULARY START UP
 Definitions are dealt with in this portion
PICTURES
 Makes the lesson more interesting
REAL-WORLD LINK
 Help the students see how the lesson can
be used to address real-life situations.
C. LESSON PROPER
WORK ZONE
Area to jot down notes or solutions
HEADING
Includes types of problem to be dealt with in the
chapter
SAMPLE PROBLEM/S
Serves as an example to the readers
PRACTICE PROBLEM/S
Helps you assess whether you have already understood
and fully appreciated the concepts taught in the
chapter
C. LESSON PROPER
FIND A RULE
 Helps you come up with a suitable mental
representation of the lesson for easier
understanding
TABLES
 Represent patterns and equations
EXAMPLES & ILLUSTRATIONS
 Deepen the students’ understanding of the
lesson
D. ASSESSMENT
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
Found at the end of the chapter
Designed to make you more
familiar with the processes
involved in solving diff. sorts of
problems.
D. ASSESSMENT
PRACTICE PROBLEMS
Provided until the very end of the
chapter
Combination of plainly numerical
problems and practical, real-life
problems
 D. ASSESSMENT
H.O.T. PROBLEMS/ CHALLENGE
SECTION
Test the extent that you have
mastered a mathematical concept.
require you to employ not just the
concepts learned in the chapter but
also your entire repertoire of thinking
and mathematical skills
SAMPLE
TEXTBOOK IN
THE HUMANITIES
A. LESSON OPENER
Lesson No.
TITLE
FOCUSING QUESTION HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
DIRECTS YOU of the period where the
TO THE MAIN literary text featured in a
POINT BEING
chapter is included to
ESTABLISHED
IN THE help you understand
LESSON them better.
B. LESSON OPENER: Author’s Background
Unveil What To know
Prepare to Read
Aims to connect your personal
experiences with that represented in the
text.
Vocabulary Building
PICTURE & Intended to unlock the meanings of
BIOGRAPHY OF unfamiliar words so you’ll better
THE AUTHOR
understand the text.
gives you an
idea of why he
Pre-reading Question
wrote the way Serves to stir your interest as a reader
he did Provides clues on the theme of the text
C. LESSON PROPER: The Literary Itself
Text Title PICTURE
Author (By Line) Included
 Learning objectives …………………………………………
to help
Specific skills you
…………………………………………
………………………………… you
THE TEXT
have to master visualize
ITSELF
after going through ………......... the text’s
the lesson.
…………………………

contents.
C. LESSON PROPER: The Literary Itself
Included to help PICTURE
you visualize the
text’s contents. TIP
Continuation of
………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………
 For Your Information
………………………………………………………………
the text
…………………… Included to make the
introduced in the
………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………… reading more interesting
……………………………………………..

previous page.
………………………………………………………………
and relatable
D. ASSESSMENT
GUIDE QUESTIONS
REMEMBERING
Point you to specific details in the text
UNDERSTANDING
determines if you understood the main
idea or not.
 D. ASSESSMENT
 ANALYZING

-develop critical thinking

-train you in establishing conceptual & logical
relationships among ideas
 EVALUATING

-unearth the values you formed as a result of

reading the text
 CREATING/ POST READING ACTIVITY
-challenges you to come up with an output as a
result of what you have learned from the text