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Download english for academic and professional purposes and more High school final essays English in PDF only on Docsity! DEPARTMENT lif OF EDUCATION oe Peer a DepED English for Academic and Professional Purposes QUARTER 1— MODULE 4: Thesis Statement and Reading Outline ‘Subject fo futher validation for IP complance, this materal & for frst quarier use only. Circulation shall be limited fo public Schoo within the jurisdiction ofthe Diusioget Gabu Prowiiice, LR-PIPCU English for Academic and Professional Purposes Altemative Delivery Mode Quarter 1-Module 4: Thesis Statement and Reading Outline First Edition, 2020 Republic Act 8293. Section 176 states that: No copyright shall subsist in any work of the Government of the Philippines. However, prior approval of the government agency or office wherein the work is created shall be necessary for exploitation of such work for profit. Such agency or office may, among other things, impose as a condition the payment of royalties. 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You are reading the English for Academic and Professional Purposes—Senior High School First Quarter Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on “States the thesis statement of an academic text (CS_EN11/12A-EAPP4ac-6), and Outlines reading texts in various disciplines (CS_EN11/12A-EAPP4ac-8)” as written and found in the K-12 Most Essential Learning Competencies. This module is especially crafted for you to grasp the opportunity to continue learning even at home. Using guided and independent leaming activities, rest assured that you will be able to take pleasure as well as to deeply understand the contents of the lesson presented; recognizing your own capacity and capability in acquiring knowledge. This module has the following parts and corresponding icons: The first part of the module will keep you on tract on the Competencies, Objectives and WHAT I NEED TO KNOW! skits expected for you to be developed and mastered. This part aims to check your prior knowledge $9) vec ‘on the lesson to take. g) WHAT'S IN This part helps you link the previous lesson to the current one through a short exercise/drill. 6 The lesson to be partaken is introduced in this part of the module creatively. It may be aig SUATS NEW through a story, a song, a poem, a problem opener, an activity, a situation or the like. = A brief discussion of the lesson can be read in i weatisit this part. It guides and helps you unlock the + lesson presented. Vv ‘Subject fo futher validation for IP complance, this materal & for frst quarier use only. Circulation shall be limited fo public Schoo within the jurisdiction ofthe Division of CebuProvincs, LR-PIPCU A comprehensive activitiyfes for independent 2 . practice is in this part to solidify your By WHAT'S MORE knowledge and skills of the given topic. o- This part of the module is used to process SE wear Mave LEARNED | YOU leaming and understanding on the given topic. A transfer of newly acquired knowledge and skills to a real life situation is present in this aT | WeaTican po part of the module — This activity assesses your level of mastery WA ASSESSMENT towards the topic. ® In this section, enhancement activities will be a+ ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES — | given for you to further grasp the lessons. wf This contains answers to all activities in the ANSWER KEYS module. eee At the end of this module you will also find: References Printed in this part is a list of all reliable and valid resources used in crafting and designing this module. In using this module, keep note of the fundamental reminders below. 1. The module is government owned. Handle it with care. Unnecessary marks are prohibited. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering all the given exercises. 2. This module is organized according to the level of understanding. Skipping one part of this module may lead you to confusion and misinterpretation. 3. The instructions are carefully laden for you to understand the given lessons. Read each items cautiously. 4. This is a Home-Based class, your reliability and honor in doing the tasks and checking your answers are a must. 5. This module helps you attain and learn lessons at home. Make sure to clearly comprehend the first activity before vi ‘Subject fo futher validation for IP complance, this materal & for frst quarier use only. Circulation shall be limited fo public Schoo within the jurisdiction ofthe Division of CebuProvincs, LR-PIPCU proceeding to the next one. 6. This module should be returned in good condition to your teacher/facilitator once you completed it. 7. Answers should be written on a separate sheet of paper or notebook especially prepared for this subject. If you wish to talk to your teacher/educator, do not hesitate to keep in touch with him/her for further discussion. Know that even if this is a home-based class, your teacher is only a call away. Good communication between the teacher and the student is our priority to flourish your understanding on the given lessons. We do hope that in using this material, you will gain ample knowledge and skills for you to be fully equipped and ready to answer the demands of the globally competitive world. We are confident in you! Keep soaring high! vii ‘Subject fo futher validation for IP complance, this materal & for frst quarier use only. Circulation shall be limited fo public Schoo within the jurisdiction ofthe Division of CebuProvincs, LR-PIPCU Directions: Summarize the following text below WHAT'S IN using any of the summarizing techniques. Cw Imagine being told you could not be an engineer or a truck driver, or even an airline pilot because ‘girls don't do those jobs'. Imagine being told not to listen to that radio station because 'Bad Boy Elvis' and rock and roll music encouraged indecent behavior. Imagine putting on a tie or a hat and gloves to go out. These values and social conventions were generally accepted as ‘correct’ by parents of teenagers in the 1950s, and teenagers were not expected to question them. Before we complain about life in the 21st century we should look at how fortunate we are. Career choices for girls in the 1950s were mostly limited to becoming a hairdresser, nurse, or teacher, until they married. This would be unthinkable today. Women are having children in their late 30s not early 20s, and often their families are planned around their careers. In-co-educational schools girls often top the classes in Physics, Chemistry Technology, or Mathematics - traditionally seen as boys’ subjects. When the army recruitment officer visits, as many girls as boys are in the audience. Achieving your potential is no longer limited by your gender, and this must be a good thing. Another aspect of modern teenage life that reflects these immense social changes is in what is acceptable to wear. You might say that 'anything goes'. If you look at any group of teenagers wearing mufti you will see many different personal styles. One person has four or five body piercings, another has dreadlocked hair, the third shows off his boxers above his low-slung jeans; and the casual T-shirt and shorts outfit is worn everywhere. Tomorrow, why not choose a different look and reinvent your image? Express your individuality! These are some of the freedoms that teenagers enjoy today. As for music - well a lot of our parents are into heavy metal so what's left for us? It's hard to be a rebel when your parents haven't stopped! Obviously the media has an influence on teenagers but feel we have the right to choose for ourselves - especially when many of us are taller than our parents by the age of 15, have our own ,wheels', our own money, and our own telephones. Teenagers clearly need and want to be independent today — because the range of careers and the pace of technological change require fast and flexible thinkers. Surely this is better preparation life than when our grandparents grew up being told what to wear, do and think. Making the right choices is not always easy, but it is better than having your choices made for you! This is the most exciting, challenging and fun time to be a teenager ever. 3 ‘Subject fo futher validation for IP complance, this materal & for frst quarier use only. Circulation shall be limited fo public Schoo within the jurisdiction ofthe Division of CebuProvincs, LR-PIPCU Summary: 2 Directions: Identify the best thesis statements & WHAT’S NEW from the following set of sentences. Tick the box that aca corresponds to your answer. fs a Men and women are born to perform specific roles. gy Stereotypical roles assigned to women and men Although there seems to be specific roles assigned to women and men, those roles should never dictate them on what they can and cannot do. The officers of the Reserve Officers Training Corps should exercise sensitivity on how they lead their fellow students. In this essay, | will discuss the benefits of joining the Reserve Officers Training Corps. The Reserve Officers Training Corps is a program that prepares students to serve in the military. a Basketball is one of the famous team sports in the Philippines. The number of contests that sports fans can watch is almost endless, but nothing can beat the enjoyment of a good basketball game. 6 Basketball game is a very entertaining game for me. 4 ‘Subject fo futher validation for IP complance, this materal & for frst quarier use only. Circulation shall be limited fo public Schoo within the jurisdiction ofthe Division of CebuProvincs, LR-PIPCU Directions: Below is a group of jumbled main ideas and subordinate ideas. Create a comprehensive five-leveled outline using the given information. TOPIC: The Writing Process PREWRITING Generate Ideas WRITING THE FINAL DRAFT Review and evaluate WRITING THE FIRST DRAFT Define topic Proofread EDITING AND REVISING Organize Ideas Publish or Share Develop supporting details Write conclusion PUBLISHING Write Topic Sentences =9 & WHATIS IT Definition Thesis Statement A thesis statement is the claim or stand that you will develop in your paper. It is the controlling idea of your essay. A strong thesis statement usually contains an element of uncertainty, tisk or challenge (Ramage, Bean, and Johnson 2006:34). This means that your thesis should offer a debatable claim that you can prove or disprove in your essay. The claim should be debatable enough to let your readers agree or disagree with you. Also, you will have to gather evidence in order for you to back up your thesis statement. 5 ‘Subject fo futher validation for IP complance, this materal & for frst quarier use only. Circulation shall be limited fo public Schoo within the jurisdiction ofthe Division of CebuProvincs, LR-PIPCU 1. 2. a b IL. A. B. 1. a. 2. a. b. Note: The use of roman numerals, capital letters , numbers and lower case letters will vary depending on the length of the section or paragraph. fy WHAT'S MORE |. Directions: Identify the thesis statement in each of the following passages. 1. It is commonplace to say that nationalism is one of the most potent factors in the cultural development of a people. Love of one’s own is essential in the equipment of all truly civilized human beings; it is only safe and sensible basis for the appreciation of things that pertain to others. Only those who truly love their own country and people—their tradition, history, and destiny—can develop a sincere interest in, and admiration for, the tradition, history, and destiny of other countries and peoples. Only they can become genuine and cosmopolites, or “citizens of the world.” -S.P. Lopez, “Return of the Primitive” Thesis statement: 2. The K12 program has allowed for more students to learn new language, apart from English and Filipino. There are many benefits of learning a language, that is, why you should see learning a new language as a welcome challenge instead of a burden. There is the fact that it boosts a 8 ‘Subject fo futher validation for IP complance, this materal & for frst quarier use only. Circulation shall be limited fo public Schoo within the jurisdiction ofthe Division of CebuProvincs, LR-PIPCU student's brain power because your reading, memory, and problem solving skills are sharpened. It also allows us to be exposed to new cultures and thus increases our cultural sensitivity. There are a lot of people who are more confident because they can express themselves in different languages. Many career opportunities await those who know another language. And these are just some of the reasons why you should learn a new language. Thesis statement: 3. Tailgating another vehicle is unsafe and illegal. Many rear-end collisions are caused by drivers following too close to the vehicle in front of them. The tule states that the driver must keep sufficient distance from the vehicle in front in order to stop safely and avoid a collision. Drivers should allow a minimum two second’s gap between their vehicle and the one ahead. At sixty kilometers an hour, this equates to thirty-three meters; at a hundred it equates to fifty-five meters. More distance is needed to safely stop in rain or poor visibility. Thesis statement: Directions: Create a reading outline for each of the texts. | Text A STRESS AND STRAIN In engineering, stress and strain describe the conditions of a material under varying circumstances. Stress is the material’s resistance to external forces, measured in terms of the force exerted per unit of area, and strain is the material's change resulting from those external forces. Every force that acts on a material creates a type of stress, and each stress has an accompanying type of strain. The three basic types of stress are tensile, compressive, and shearing. Tensile stress occurs when a pair of forces act on opposite ends of the material and attempt to pull it apart. The resistance the material offers to this action is known as the tensile stress in the material. Tensile stress is most easily 9 ‘Subject fo futher validation for IP complance, this materal & for frst quarier use only. Circulation shall be limited fo public Schoo within the jurisdiction ofthe Division of CebuProvincs, LR-PIPCU demonstrated by puling on the ends of a rubber band. The type of stretching (strain) taking place in the rubber band occurs to some degree in all other materials which are this type of force. Compressive stress results from forces pushing in on the ends of a material. A simple example of a compressive force is pressure exerted to push an accordion together. An accordion has only a small compressive stress because the accordion bag offers little resistance to being forced together. Reduction is the length of the material (strain) accompanies a compressive stress. Shearing stress occurs when a force acts downward on a material, causing a piece of it to bend or break off. This type of force, known as shearing force, is resisted by shearing stress. Shearing force and stress can be demonstrated by slicing a loaf of bread. Although amplified by the knife’s cutting edge, the force can still be considered a shearing force. Like all other materials, the bread offers resistance (stress) but tends to break (strain) under such force. Text B AUDIO-— VISUAL SYNAESTHESIA Audio-visual synaethesia is a perceptual effect which simultaneously stimulates the senses of vision and hearing. Each sound is perceived as harmoniously interdependent with a visual sensation. Synaethesia is an art form which stems directly from technological roots. The advances in electronics have made possible the simulation more than one sense at a time, and future technological advances may allow the creation of a total perceptual environment. One of the simplest deices for demonstrating the effect of audio-visual synaethesia is the color organ. A color organ is an electronic circuit which converts the varying beats and intensities of recorded music to a corresponding light display. The lights flash with the beat of the music, and their brightness varies with the volume. Some color organs have circuitry which displays the high tones of a musical passages one color, the medium tones as another color, and the low tones as yet another. The overall effect of watching the display while simultaneously listening to the music is that one can sense that he is “seeing” the music, or “hearing” the visual display. In audio-visual synaesthesia, two usually separate sensations are fused into one harmonious perceptual effect. Synaesthesia may be art form of the future. £ WHAT HAVE LEARNED 10 ‘Subject fo futher validation for IP complance, this materal & for frst quarier use only. Circulation shall be limited fo public Schoo within the jurisdiction ofthe Division of CebuProvincs, LR-PIPCU become as huge as the mountains and the mind is crushed under them. Those students think of nothing but how to accumulate data; hence, their capacity for clear and powerful thinking is paralyzed. How pathetic to hear them argue and discuss! Because they lack the native vitality of unhampered reason, their discourse smacks of cant and sophistry rather than of healthy reasoning and straight thinking. It is thus that many of our students surrender their individuality to the textbook and lose their birthright—which is to think for themselves. And when they attempt to form their own judgment, they become pedantic. Unless a student develops the habit of independent and sound reasoning, his college education is a solemn sham. Compare these hair-splitting college students with Juan de la Cruz in the barrios. Now, Juan de la Cruz has read very little: no undigested mass of learning dulls the edge of his inborn logic, his mind is free from the overwhelming, stultifying weight of unassimilated book knowledge. How penetrating his perception, how unerring his judgment, how solid his common sense! He contemptuously refers to the learned sophists, thus: "Lumabis ang karunungan mo,” which means, “Your learning is too much.” Professional Philistinism The second manner of college uneducation that | want to speak of is this: most students make professional efficiency the be-all and end-all of college education. They have set their hearts upon becoming highly trained lawyers, doctors, engineers, teachers, and agriculturists. | shall not stop to inquire into the question of how much blame should be laid at the door of the faculties of the University for this pernicious drift toward undue and excessive specialization. That such a tendency exists is undeniable, but we never pause to count, the cost! We are all of one mind: | believe that college education is nothing unless it widens a man's vision, broadens his sympathies, and leads him to higher thinking and deep feeling. Yet how can we expect a; this result from a state of affairs which reduces a law student to a code, a prospective doctor to a prescription, and a would-be engineer to a mathematical formula? How many students in our professional colleges are doing any systematic reading in literature? May we not, indeed, seriously ask whether this fetish of specialization does not smother the inspiring sense of beauty and the ennobling love of finer things that our students have it in them to unfold into full-blown magnificence. The Jading Dullness of Modern Life “A thing of beauty is a joy forever,”"says Keats. But we know that beauty us a matter of taste; and, unless we develop in us a proper appreciation of what is 13 ‘Subject fo futher validation for IP complance, this materal & for frst quarier use only. Circulation shall be limited fo public Schoo within the jurisdiction ofthe Division of CebuProvincs, LR-PIPCU beautiful and sublime, everything around us is tedious and commonplace. We tise early and go out into, but our spirit is responsive to the hopeful quietude and the dew-chastened sweetness of dawn. At night we behold the myriad stars, but they are just so many bright specks—their soft fires do not soothe our troubled hearts, and we do not experience that awesome, soul stirring fascination of the immense ties of God's universe. We are bathed in the silver sheen of the moon and yet feel not the beatitude of the moment. We gaze upon a vista of high mountains, but their silent strength has no appeal for us. We read some undying verses; still, their vibrant cadence does not thrill us, and their transcendent though is to us like a vision that vanishes. We look at a masterpiece of the chisel with its eternal gracefulness of lines and properties, yet to us it is no more than a mere human likeness. Tell me, is such a life worth coming to college for? Yet, my friends, the overspecialization which many students pursue with zeal and devotion is bound to result in such an unfeeling, dry-as-dust existence. | may say in passing that the education of the older generation is in this respect far superior to ours. Our older countrymen say, with reason, that the new education does not lawfully cultivate the heart as the old education did. Misguided Zeal Lastly, this selfsame rage for highly specialized training, with a view to distinguished professional success, beclouds our vision of the broader perspectives of life. Our philosophy of life is in danger of becoming narrow and mean because we are habituated to think almost wholly in terms of material wellbeing. Of course we must be practical. We cannot adequately answer this tremendous question unless we thoughtfully develop a proper sense of values and thus learn to separate the dross from the gold, the chaff from the grain of life. The time to do this task is not after but before college graduation; for, when all is said and done, the sum and substance of higher education is the individual formulation of what life is for, with special training in some advanced line of human learning in order that such a life formula may be executed with the utmost effectiveness. But how can we lay down the terms of our philosophy of life if every one of our thoughts is absorbed by the daily assignment, the outside reading, and the laboratory experiment, and when we continuously devour lectures and notes? “Uneducated” Juan de la Cruz as Teacher Here, again, many of our students should sit at the feet of meagerly educated Juan de la Cruz and learn wisdom. Ah! He is often called ignorant, but he is the wisest of the wise, for he has unraveled the mysteries of life. His is the happiness of the man who knows the whys of human existence. Unassuming Juan de la Cruz cherishes no “Vaulting ambition which o’'erleaps itself.” His 14 ‘Subject fo futher validation for IP complance, this materal & for frst quarier use only. Circulation shall be limited fo public Schoo within the jurisdiction ofthe Division of CebuProvincs, LR-PIPCU simple and hardy virtues put to shame the studied and complex rules of conduct of highly educated men and women. In adversity, his stoicism is beyond encomium. His love of home, so guilelessly faithful, is the firm foundation of our social structure. And his patriotism has been tested and found true. Can our students learn from Juan de la Cruz, or does their college education unfit them to become his pupils? In conclusion, | shall say that | have observed among many of our students certain alarming signs of college uneducation, and some of these are: (1) lack of independent judgment as well as love of pedantry, because of the worship of the printed page and the feverish accumulation of undigested data; (2) the deadening of the delicate sense of the beautiful and the sublime, on account of overspecialization; and (3) neglect of the formulation of a sound philosophy of life as a result of excessive emphasis on professional training. TEXT B DIVERSITY: HELP OR HINDRANCE TO GROUP PERFORMANCE? In an increasingly complex and competitive business world, how is a company to generate the creative ideas needed for ongoing success? Many managers believe that forming teams with cross-functional diversity is the answer (Sethi et al., 2002), and this is becoming increasingly common (Mu & Gnyawali, 2003). However, while diversity in group membership may lead to the diversity of ideas needed for innovative problem solving, it is argued here that that managers need to be aware that there are many ways that diversity can in fact hinder team performance, though there are strategies that both teams and their managers can use to reduce the potential negatives and enhance the potential positives. Aside from the cross-functional diversity, many other types of diversity can have effects on team performance and some of these types of diversity can have inherently negative effects. For example, any negative stereotyping by group members resulting from diversity in terms of gender, age or ethnicity will reduce team social cohesion and hence group performance (Fiske & Neuberg, 1990, as cited in Harrison et al., 2002) because a certain amount of social cohesion has been found to be correlated with effective group performance (Harrison et al., 2002). Other aspects of diversity, such as in attitudes towards the group's tasks, in values, and in time management styles, can also negatively affect group social cohesion and hence group performance (Fiske & Neuberg, 1990, as cited in Harrison et al., 2002). The sorts of diversity that are most likely to be beneficial to group performance, such as diversity in relevant knowledge, experience and skills (Harrison et al., 2002), can unfortunately also cause problems for group 15 ‘Subject fo futher validation for IP complance, this materal & for frst quarier use only. 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