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Guided Learning Activity Kit
Researching A Topic: Made Easy
Quarter 2- Week 4

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English – Grade 7
Guided Learning Activity Kit
Researching A Topic: Made Easy
Quarter 2- Week 4

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 Researching A Topic: Made Easy

Introduction

When was the last time you considered yourself brave, as in brave enough to
research for a topic that was assigned to you?

Sometimes you feel bad if you are given a task requiring research work. Yes,
having the said feeling is normal but not getting over is a miserable story to tell.

This new lesson offers you a source of wealth – a wealth of opportunity. You
are now handed with the opportunity to learn the reliable sources needed for
whatever topic designed to you. This is your passport for a life-changing flight called
‘researching a topic’.

Fasten your seatbelts. Have a safe learning experience!

Learning Competency

Research a topic with support using two or three sources provided, e.g. newspapers,
website, video, images, podcast, print based material (EN7VC-IV-c-15)

Objectives

At the end of this Guided Learning Activity Kit, you are expected to:

1. determine the sources needed in researching a topic;

2. compare and contrast the sources provided using Venn diagram; and
3. research a topic using two or three sources.

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 Review

In the previous lesson, you learned to navigate a website using essential

features like headings and links. You also learned that navigation is essential
because it helps people search with ease.

You have to remember that good navigation let other people enjoy your site in
a long period of time. Thus, good navigation brings confidence as they know what
they are exploring.

Let us try to determine if you learned well in the previous lesson. Write T if
the statement is true and F if it is false.

___________________1. Good navigation invites more visitors.

___________________2. Headings and links are some essential features of navigation.

___________________3. Navigating a website means searching with difficulty.

___________________4. To navigate is to provide enjoyment among users.

Great! You are now ready for the new lesson.

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 Discussion

Gone are the days when researching a topic is regarded as a difficult task.
The fact that reliable resources such as newspaper, website, video, images, podcast,
and even print based materials are widely available, researching a topic can be your
new hobby.

First on your list is the newspaper. As we all know, a newspaper is available

every day. From news stories, editorial articles and columns, features stories,
development communication articles, to sports news – you can easily get a topic. In
newspaper, you are served with a good topic in every page.

Next is the website. As to Merriam Webster Dictionary, website refers to a

group of Word Wide Web pages usually containing hyperlinks to each and made
available online. Through website, you can quickly access for your topic. Browsing
varied reliable websites will not only help you arrive with a good topic but will also
allow you to have fun in just a click away.

Of course, video is also included on your list. Whenever we talk about videos,
we talk not only movements but even sounds. Therefore, you can get your good topic
through watching videos. However, make sure that your video is connected with the
topic given to you.

Images and
podcast are also
included. Images are
visual representations
while podcast is
defined by Merriam
Webster dictionary as a
program made
available in digital
format available for
download. Images and
podcast can be a good
platform for your topic.
Do not forget to have
an eye while choosing a
topic.

Print based materials complete your list and these are all materials that
convey information and the textbooks, workbooks, magazines, and periodicals are
some of the examples.

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 Activities

Note: Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper

Guided Practice 1: Jumble not for rumble

Directions: Arrange the jumbled letters to provide what is asked in the following
statements.

1 3 5

EDOIV EWSNAPERP WBEEIST

2 4 6
GESMIA POTSDAC MLSATEA PINRT

_____________1. These are visual representations.

_____________2. These are all materials that convey information.

_____________3. It is a program made available in digital format available for

download.

_____________4. It is a good source of topic and it is classified as movement.

_____________5. It refers to a group of Word Wide Web pages usually containing

hyperlinks to each and made available online.

_____________6. It is a kind of printed material that is available every day prior to its
publication.

Guided Practice 2: Find your match

Directions: Below are words that describe each source. Words in column A describe
the sources used in researching a topic in column B.

A B
1. available everyday printed material
2. movements newspaper
3. printed images
4. visual representation website
5. hyperlinks video

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Independent Practice: Dare to Compare
Directions: Using the Venn diagram, compare and contrast the following.

a. newspaper and images

b. podcast and printed material

c. website and printed material

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 d. images and podcast

Assessment

Directions: Look for a topic that is related to your COVID – 19 pandemic experience.
Consider the challenges you encounter in facing the new normal in education. You
can have your newspaper, website, video, images, podcast, and even print based
materials as your references.

After doing so, share your topic and write a two-paragraph story.

Here are your guide questions

1. What are the challenges you encounter in facing the new normal in education?
2. How do you overcome these challenges?

Here is the rubric for your story

Content 10 points
Grammar, diction, and punctuation 10 points
Relevance to the topic 5 points
Originality 5 points
TOTAL 30 points

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 Reflection

Directions: Briefly answer the following questions.

1. What makes researching a topic difficult?

_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________

2. In the absence of the resources needed for your topic, what will you do?
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________

References

Ezez. 2020. "How to Research a Topic (with Pictures) - wikiHow". Wikihow.com.

https://www.wikihow.com/Research-a-Topic.

Ezez. 2020. "LibGuides: Research Process: Finding a Research Topic". Ncu.libguides.com.

https://ncu.libguides.com/researchprocess/researchtopic.

Merriam Webster dictionary mobile phone application

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REVIEW
1. T
2. T
3. F
4. T
GUIDED PRACTICE : JUMBLE NOT FOR
RUMBLE
1. Images
2. Printed material
3. Podcast
4. Video
5. Website
6. Newspaper
GUIDED PRACTICE 2: FIND YOUR MATCH
1. Newspaper
2. Videos
3. Printed Material
4. Images
5. Website
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: DARE TO
COMPARE
Answers may vary
ASSESSMENT
Answers may vary
REFLECTION
Answers may vary
Key to Corrections
 Acknowledgment
The Schools Division of Zambales would like to express its heartfelt gratitude
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