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MODULE IN READING AND WRITING SKILLS

GRADE 11/12
QUARTER 2/4, WEEK 3
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MELC: Formulate evaluative statements about a text read:
a. assertions about the content and properties of a text read; and
b. counterclaims in response to claims made in a text read

 K to 12 BEC CG: EN11/12RWS-IVac-9;

 K to 12 BEC CG: EN11/12RWS-IVac-9.1;
 K to 12 BEC CG: EN11/12RWS-IVac-9.2;

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 Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the learners are expected to:
1. formulate evaluative statements about a text; and
2. determine textual evidence to validate assertions.
3. Formulated evaluative statements about a text; and
4. Determined textual evidence to validate assertions.

What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you to master the
development of reading and thinking strategies, critical reading across disciplines and
purposeful writing. It tackles the text and context connections to help you to think more
critically.
This module is divides into two lessons with subtopics, namely;
Lesson 1. Formulate evaluative statement about a text read;
a. Assertions about content and properties of a text read and
b. Counterclaims in response to claims made in a text read.
Lesson 2. Determine textual evidence to validate assertions and counterclaims made about a
text read.

What I Know

Directions: Identify whether each given statement below is a descriptive or an evaluative

statement. Write DS or ES on the blank provided for.
___ 1. Poor people in the society are humble.
___ 2. Hard work and common sense are key elements to success.
___ 3. You taught the children good manners and right conduct.
___ 4. The government leaders plan, execute and evaluate their projects.
___ 5. Cheating in all forms is a crime.
___ 6. The head of the institution has been aggressive in eradicating corruption.
___ 7. The students show cooperation in all their activities from the start to the culminating
activity.
___ 8. The society with a strong leader is peaceful and united.
___ 9. Parents work hard every day to earn a living and support the needs of the family.
___ 10. Children of well-to-do families are pampered.

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Lesson
Formulating Evaluative
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Every reader aims for satisfaction out of the material read may it be personal, social,
intellectual, and spiritual. In order for you to find out, you need to focus and analyze the text
you have read.
In the process of reading, you need to keep a watchful eye to the content, context, semantics,
syntax and very importantly significance. This bears impact to the degree of satisfaction one
experiences. In certain cases, however, apart from being conscious about these elements,
readers have the natural tendency to evaluate the reading material in general and some
statements therein particular.
Since you have already learned the Reading and Thinking Strategies Across Text Types in
the previous lessons, this time you are going to look at Evaluative Statements and you will
find out how to formulate evaluative statements in a reading text.

What’s In

In the previous lessons, you were able to determine and analyze Intertextuality and
Hypertextuality. You were given different activities that helped you to fully understand the
difference between hypertextuality and intertextuality.
Now, you have already know how to determine and differentiate intertextuality and
hypertextuality using context. To further strengthen this insight, the task in this module will
let you discover the definition of evaluative statement, descriptive statements and how to
formulate evaluative statements.

What’s New

Let’s define Evaluative Statement.

Evaluative Statement refers to the making of a value judgement. The taking of a position in a
controversy involves value judgements to support the position, we have to make value
judgements as well. Making value judgement involves the use of a certain criteria against
which we determine whether something is good or bad, strong or weak, beautiful or ugly etc.
An evaluative statement is a way of giving a better explanation to show the strength and
weaknesses of something through writing. It presents a value judgment based on a set of

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criteria. It is the writer’s way of explaining why strength is a strength and a weakness is a
weakness based on the evidence gathered (Belino, 2017). Further, according to Hernandez et
al. (2017), an evaluative statement is an objective and tactful way of reacting to a text.
According to Bunnin and Yu (2004) disclosed that in philosophy of language and ethics,
some philosophers suggest that are distinguish between two kinds of meaning of expressions.
1. Descriptive meaning contributes to a bare presentation of facts, as in the claim,
Example: The strawberry is sweet.
2. Evaluative meaning functions in a different way by offering an assessment as in the
claim.
Example: This strawberry is good.
The descriptive meaning of a statement can be determined by its truth conditions, while
evaluative meaning cannot.
Descriptive meaning is constant while the evaluative meaning varies with the reactions of
those doing the expression.
Read each of the following and determine if the following statement is Descriptive or
Evaluative. Write E for Evaluative and D for Descriptive. Write on the blank provided.
__ 1. Bacon tastes good on anything.
__ 2. I have horrible headache.
__ 3. Most people believe that God exists.
__ 4. Michael Angelo’s house is in Florence, Italy.
__ 5. It is wicked to have being on public display.

What is It

Evaluative statement is important because it helps you too evaluate statement in a good or
bad situation or it can be true or false. In order for you to have a clear understanding of what
is Evaluative Statement is, the components are discussed below.
According to Rama Rao (2000) further expressed that evaluative statements cover three
components of the attitudes: likewise he noted that these concern objects, people, or events.
Cognitive Components of an Attitude
 The beliefs, opinions, knowledge, and information held by a person.
Example: I believe spiders are dangerous.
Affective Component of an Attitude
 The emotional or feeling, segment of an attitude.
Example: I am scared of spiders.

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Behavioral Component of an Attitude
 An intention to behave in a certain way toward someone or something
Example: I will avoid spiders and scream if I see one.

What’s More

Crossword Puzzle
Complete the puzzle by identifying the three components of the attitudes in the presented
sentences.
Across: Down:
1.An orange is rich in vitamins. It 2.I like oranges.
is good for skin. It has a good taste. 4.Saver-bulbs consume less electricity
3.I eat an orange daily. Than ordinary bulbs. It has a brighter
6.I buy and use saver-bulbs in my home. light. It is durable.
5.I like saver-bulbs because saver-
bulbs are good.
4.
1.

3. 5.

6. 2.

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 What I Have Learned

1. Based on what you have learned from the previous activities; how do you define
evaluative statement in your own words.
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2. How do you compare the difference between evaluative statement and descriptive
statement?
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3. Do you agree with this statement: Evaluative statement is an objective and tactful way
of reacting to a text? Why/why not?
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4. How do you evaluate yourself using one of the components of an attitude?
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What I Can Do

Provide a justification to the following evaluative statements:

1. People who are not motivated usually seek attention.
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 2. Thoughtful and generous individuals are highly blessed.
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3. People inclined to technology are more productive.

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Scoring Rubrics
5 4 3 2 1
The The The The The
justification is justification is justification is composition is composition is
relevant, clear, relevant, clear, relevant, clear, relevant, not not relevant,
well-organized well-organized but not well- clear, not well- not clear, not
and free from and contains organized and organized and well-organized
grammatical grammatical contain s contains and contains
errors. errors. grammatical grammatical grammatical
errors. errors. errors.

Assessment
Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of paper.
1. What do you call the process of giving a better explanation to show the strength and
weakness through writing?
A. Evaluative Statement C. Evaluation Statement
B. Descriptive Statement D. Description Statement
2. Which of the following is NOT a Component of an Attitude?
A. Cognitive C. Behavioral
B. Affective D. Psychomotor
3. Attitude is made up of which three components?
A. feelings, emotions, and attitudes
B. affect, feelings, and behavior
C. affective, behavioral, and cognitive
D. behavioral, belief-driver, and cognitive
4. The term affective component of attitude refers to __________.
A. thoughts and feelings one has regarding an object
B. the happiness one feels when changing attitudes
C. the emotions and feelings one has toward an object
D. the attitude that must people have when they are happy

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 5. Which of the following refers to your feelings and emotions regarding the attitude
object?
A. Affective component of attitude
B. Behavioral component of attitude
C. Cognitive component of attitude
D. Emotional component of attitude
6. Which of the following is an example of the cognitive component of attitude?
A. James feels sad when he attends a funeral.
B. James believes that funerals should be a celebration of life and not focus so much
on mourning.
C. James avoids attending funerals at all cost.
D. James did not hold a funeral when his father died, but instead had a small family
get-together to celebrate his father's life.
7. Which of the following terms refers to the beliefs, knowledge, and thoughts that we
have about an attitude object?
A. Cognitive component of attitude
B. Behavioral component of attitude
C. Affective component of attitude
D. Knowledge component of attitude
8-12. Write an evaluative statement of the following sentences.
Example.If you are not so smart, you should try to be a teacher.
Answer.The statement is very discriminative against those with average intelligence and
teachers in general.
8. Only rich people can become medical doctors.
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9. Every person has something good to add to this world.
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10. No one is so poor that he has nothing to share.
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11. In posting things on social media, you must think before you click.

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12. We must all help to save the planet.

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Scoring Rubrics
5 4 3 2 1
The evaluative The evaluative The evaluative The evaluative The evaluative
statements are statements are statements are statements are statements are
truly evaluative truly evaluative truly evaluative truly evaluative descriptive not
not descriptive. not descriptive. not descriptive. not descriptive. evaluate.
They are factual, They are factual, They are factual, They are factual, However, they
clear, well- clear, well- clear, but not but not clear, not are not factual,
organized and organized but well-organized well-organized not clear, not
free from contain and contain and contain comprehensive,
grammatical grammatical grammatical grammatical not well-
errors. errors. errors. errors. organized and
contain
grammatical
errors.

Additional Activities
Directions: Formulate an evaluative statement about this article. Use a separate sheet for this
activity.
Take the Wheel
By Sue Picard

I knew my friend Karen was a bad driver, but I didn’t realize quite how bad until she
started working for an elderly blind woman whose husband had recently passed away. His
large old car was still in the garage. One day she asked Karen if she would mind taking her
out for a drive, as her husband used to do.

They set off down the driveway, only to bump into a wheelbarrow parked on the edge
of the grass, eliciting a cry of fear from the passenger. After much reassurance, Karen was
allowed to continue on out into the road, where she bumped into the bins on the other side,
scattering them noisily.

At this point the blind lady lost her composure completely and demanded frantically,
“Here! Let me drive!”.

Student Rubrics

5 4 3 2 1
The composition The composition The composition The composition The composition
is clear, is clear and is clear, is clear but not is not clear, not
comprehensive comprehensive. comprehensive comprehensive, comprehensive,
and well- well-organized but not well- not well- not well-
organized and but contain organized and organized and organized and
free from grammatical contain contain contain
grammatical errors. grammatical grammatical grammatical
errors. errors. errors. errors.

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 Answer Key
Assessment What's New What I Know
1. A 1. E 1. DS
2. D 2. D 2. ES
3. C 3. D 3. ES
4. A 4. D 4. ES
5. A 5. E 5. DS
6. A What’s More 6. ES
7. A Across 7. ES
8-12. Answers may 1. Cognitive 8. DS
vary. 3. Behavioral 9. ES
6. Behavioral 10. DS
What I Have Learned Down
What I can do 2. Affective
Additional Activities 4.Cognitive
-Answers may vary.- 5. affective

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References

Filomena T. Dayagpil, Ed. D., Ethel L. Abao, Ed. D., and Remedios
C. Bacus, Ed. D. CRITICAL READING AND WRITING FOR THE
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, 2016, Lorimar Publishing, INC.

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