This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is prepared so that you, our dear learners, can continue your studies and learn while at home. Activities, questions, directions, exercises, and discussions are carefully stated for you to understand each lesson.
Each SLM is composed of different parts. Each part shall guide you step-by-step as you discover and understand the lesson prepared for you.
Pre-tests are provided to measure your prior knowledge on lessons in each SLM. This will tell you if you need to proceed on completing this module or if you need to ask your facilitator or your teacher’s assistance for better understanding of the lesson. At the end of each module, you need to answer the post-test to self-check your learning. Answer keys are provided for each activity and test. We trust that you will be honest in using these.
Please use this module with care. Do not put unnecessary marks on any part of this SLM. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises and tests. And read the instructions carefully before performing each task.
This module exposes students on how to develop their writing ability through determining textual evidence to validate assertions and counterclaims made about a text read. The learner will be able to understand the relationship of a written text and the context in which it was developed.
This contains the ways on how to determine and use textual evidence to validate assertions and counterclaims of the text read.
It is expected that at the end of this module the learner must be able to write a critique of a selected text based on its claim/s, context, and properties as a written material.
At the end of this module, the learners are expected to:
- gather textual evidence in support of an assertion about a text;
- make inferences using the given details;
- use textual evidence to formulate claims and counterclaims; and
- formulate claims and counterclaims.