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Quarter 4 – Module 8
Research Report

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Thinking and feeling alone will not do much in addressing societal concerns and in making a difference
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in our global society. UNESCO (www.unesco.org) forwards that being a global citizen means acquiring
the “knowledge, tolerant, inclusive, secure and sustainable world.”

Through the help of tasks and activities in this module, as well as the knowledge you have learned in
the previous lessons, you will surely hone your communication skills and improve your understanding
of the target concept to compose a research report on a relevant social issue.

This module contains lesson that will lead you to:

Learning Competency: Compose a research report on a relevant social issue.

(EN10SS-IVe-2.3)

At the end of this module, you are expected to:

1. Write a research report on a relevant social issue; and

2. Apply the steps and tips in composing a research report.

What I Know
Activity 1
Directions: Read and answer the questions carefully. Choose the letter with the correct answer.
Write your answer on the space provided.

_____1. What does the statement below imply?

The language of the report would be so clear and understandable.

A. The report should use words that take into account the reader’s interest in reading
the report.
B. The report should use standard language for high intellectual readers.
C. The report should have catchy introduction and well-explained title.
D. The report should use universal language.

______2. Which among the following steps in writing a research report should be prepared first?
A. Conduct research and take note.
B. Make a plan.
C. Choose a topic.
D. Reread the report.

______3. Why is preparing outline important in writing a research report?

A. This will provide the writer the information he or she needs.
B. This will help the writer organize his or her notes and thoughts.
C. This will guide the writer to come up with a successful result in writing project.
D. This will help the organizer and reader to understand the explained title.

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 ______4. Why do you need to include illustrations and visual representations in
your data?
A. To make attractive and presentable
B. To lend additional credibility to your systematic investigation
C. To impress the reader of your creativity
D. To make the information real and justifiable

_______5. Who will be the prospect readers of your report if it is written in simple
and relatable manner?
A. Specialized audience
B. General audience
C. Common audience
D. Foreign audience

What’s In
Activity 2
Directions: In this activity, use your prior knowledge and skills learned from the previous module to define
the parts of research report in a concept map.

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Activity 3: Be A Global Citizen

Directions: Read and understand the text below and answer the process questions that follow.

What Does It Mean to Be a Global Citizen?

At the Global Citizens’ Initiative, we say that a “global citizen” is someone who identifies with being
part of an emerging world community and whose actions contribute to building this community’s values and
practices.

To test the validity of this definition we examine its basic assumptions: (a) that there is such a thing as
an emerging world community with which people can identify; and (b) that such a community that has a
nascent set of values and practices.

Historically, human beings have always formed communities based on shared identity. Such identity
gets forged in response to a variety human needs—economic, political, religion, and social. As group identities
grow together, those who help them organize into communities, articulate their shared values, and build
governance structures to support high beliefs.

Today, the forces of global engagement are helping some people identify as global citizens who have
a sense of belongingness to a world community. This growing global identity in large part is made possible
by the forces of modern information, communications, and transportations technologies. In increasing ways—
these technologies are strengthening our ability to connect to the rest of the world—through the internet;
through participation in the global economy; through the ways in which worldwide environmental factors play
havoc with our lives; through the empathy we feel when we see pictures of humanitarian disasters in other
countries; or through the ease with which we can travel and visit other parts of the world.

Those of us who ourselves as global citizens are not abandoning other identities, such as allegiances
to our countries, ethnicities, and political beliefs. These traditional identities give meaning to our lives and
will continue to help shape who we are. However, as a result of living in a globalized world, we understand
that we have an added layer of responsibility; we also are responsible for being members of a worldwide
community of people who share the same global identity that we have.

We may not yet be fully awakened to this new layer of responsibility, but it is there waiting to be
grasped. The major challenge that we face in the new millennium is to embrace our global way of being and
build a sustainable values-based community.

What might our community’s values be? They are the values that world leaders have been advocating
for past 70 years and include human rights, environmental protection, religious pluralism, gender equity,
sustainable worldwide economic growth, poverty alleviation, prevention of conflicts between countries,
elimination of weapons of mass destruction, humanitarian assistance, and preservation of cultural diversity.

Since world War II, efforts have been undertaken to develop global policies and institutional structures
that can support these enduring values. These efforts have been made by international organizations, sovereign
states, transnational corporations, international professional associations, and others. They have resulted in a
growing body of international agreements, treaties, statutes, and technical standards.

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 Yet, despite these efforts we have a long way to go before there is a global policy and institutional
infrastructure that can support our emerging world community and the values it stands for. There are
significant gaps of policy in many domains, large questions about how to get countries and organizations to
comply with existing policy frameworks, issues of accountability and transparency and, most important of all
from a global citizenship perspective, an absence of mechanisms that enable greater citizen participation in
the institutions of global governance.

The Global Citizens’ Initiative sees the need for a cadre of citizen leaders who can play activist roles
in efforts to build our emerging world community. Such global citizenship activism can take many forms,
including advocating, at the local and global level for policy and programmatic solutions that address the
global problems; participating in the decision-making processes of global governance organizations; adopting
and promoting changes in behavior that help protect the earth’s environment; contributing to the world-wide
humanitarian relief efforts; and organizing events that celebrate the diversity in world music and art, culture
and spiritual traditions.

Most of us on the path of global citizenship are still somewhere at the beginning of our journey. Our
eyes have been opened and our consciousness raised. Instinctively, we feel a connection with others around
the world yet we lack the adequate tolls, resources, and support to act on our vision. Our ways of thinking and
being are still colored by trapping of old allegiances and ways of seeing things that no longer are as valid they
used to be. There is a longing to pull back the veil that keeps us from more clearly seeing the world as a whole
and finding more sustainable ways of connecting with those who share our common humanity.

Questions:

1. What does global citizenship mean?

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What Is It

How research report writing would be?

The purpose of the research report writing is to deliver the results of the research to the interested
person as far as possible and publish it in a coherent way so that the reader understands the information.
The reader can determine the rationale of the research study itself. So, while you write down your own
research report, keep in mind the following factors well.

A. The report will agree realistically. Its report would be real based on the data obtained in the
study.
B. It will be complete. The researcher should be aware that all the things are included as per purpose
of the research study.
C. It will be short as possible. This does not mean that it is necessary to summarize without
discussing the necessary issues. It is big enough to discuss essential issues in details but short for
unnecessary subject matters.
D. The language of the report would be so clear and understandable. The report should use words
that take into account the reader’s interest in reading the report.
E. The researcher would be intellectually honest.
F. The report would be readable so that the reader feels interested in reading it.

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7 Steps to a Successful Research Report

1. Choose a topic. It should be a subject that you can understand and one that interests you.
2. Make a plan. Create a calendar together to map out the process.
3. Check with teacher. You should double-check the topic with the teacher.
4. Conduct research and take notes. You can use a range of resources—from books,
periodicals, and the internet—to do this. Practice taking notes without copying word-for-word
to reduce the risk of plagiarism.
5. Outline the project. This will help you organize the notes and thoughts.
6. Write the report. Use the outline as a road map.
7. Edit and reread the report. Checking and correcting mistakes are the hallmarks of a good
student.

Tips for Writing a Research Report

• Define the context for the report.

As is obtainable when writing an essay, defining your context for a research report would
help you create a detailed yet concise document. This is why you need to create an outline
before writing so that you do not miss out on anything.

• Define your audience.

Writing with your audience in mind is essential as it determines the tone of the report. If you
are writing for a general audience, you would want to present the information in a simple and
relatable manner. For a specialized audience, you would need to make use of technical and
field-specific terms.

• Include significant findings.

The idea of a research report is to present some sort of abridged version of your systematic
investigation. In your report, you should include irrelevant information while highlighting
only the important data and findings.

• Include illustrations.
Your research report should include illustration and other visual representations of your data.
Graphs, pie charts, and relevant images lend additional credibility to your systematic
investigation.

• Choose the right title.

A good research report title is brief, precise, and contains keywords from the research. It
should provide a clear idea of your investigation so that readers can grasp the entire focus of
your research from the title.

• Proofread the report.

Before publishing the document, ensure that you give it a second look to authenticate the
information. If you can, get someone else to go through the report, too, and you can also run it
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Activity 4: Think Globally, Act Locally
Directions: What does it mean to be a global citizen? Assess your global citizenship competencies by using
the checklist below. Place a ☺ on the middle column to signify that you possess the indicated competency.

As a global citizen I…
am aware of current global issues
and trends
embody universal values, peace and
human rights, diversity, justice,
democracy, tolerance, and
nondiscrimination
have cognitive skills for critical,
creative and innovative thinking,
problem solving, and decision
making
have noncognitive skills such as
empathy, openness to experiences
and other perspectives,
interpersonal/communicative skills
and aptitude for networking and
interacting with people of different
backgrounds and origins
have behavioral capacities to launch
and engage in proactive actions.

Activity 5: Write to Inspire

Directions: We have witnessed our community is facing different kinds of issues. An example is early
marriage, either by choice or by parental marriage, we have seen the negative result of their preference.

As a young citizen of your community, how will you inspire your young fellowmen to pursue their
education and keep believing in their dreams instead of marrying early?
Write your essay in the box provided. Use the rubrics as your guide in writing.

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Category Points
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Ideas are very Ideas are Ideas are The ideas
organized with organized with organized but appear
Organization well-constructed well-constructed paragraphs disorganized
paragraphs paragraph are not well-
constructed
Ideas clearly Ideas clearly Ideas clearly Ideas has
relates to the relates to the main relates to the little to do
Quality of main topic. It topic. It provides main topic. with main
Ideas includes several 1-2 supporting No details topic
supporting details details given

No grammatical, Almost no A few Many

Mechanics spelling, or grammatical, grammatical, grammatical,
punctuations spelling, or spelling, or spelling, or
errors punctuation errors punctuation punctuation
errors errors
Total

Activity 6: Wordle It
Directions: Make a quick write-up of what you understand about being a global citizen. Create your own
word cloud using the key words in your short write-up in the box provided. Look at the example below.

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 What I Have Learned
Activity 7: Complete All
Directions: Let’s assess your learning by completing the concept map below.

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 What I Can Do

Activity 8 Compose Research Report

Directions: This time, the knowledge and skills you acquired in this module and in the previous lessons under
Fourth quarter will be assessed. You may now compose your own research report on a relevant social issue.
Choose only one (1) from the given topics. Use separate sheet for your answer. Be guided with the given
rubrics.
Topics:
a. Early Pregnancy/Early Marriage
b. COVID-19
c. Climate Change
d. Illegal Drugs
e. Smoking
Research Report
Adapted from Rubistar.com
Criteria 4 3 2 1 Points
Excellent Proficient Developing Beginning
Catchy *Exceptional *Proficient *Basic *Weak or no
Introduc- introduction that introduction that is introduction that introduction of
tion grabs interest of interesting and states states topic but topic
reader and states topic lacks interest
topic
Credible *exceptionally *information relates *information *information
researched to the main relates to the has little or
*detailed and topic/thesis/objective main topic, few nothing to do
accurate *well-researched in details and/or with the thesis
information detail and from a examples are *information
*Information variety of sources given has weak or no
clearly relates to the *uses limited connection to
thesis or the sources the thesis
research
questions/objectives
Well- *Exceptionally *consistent *some *limited or no
Explained critical, relevant, connections made connection made connections
and consistent between evidence between made between
connections made and thesis evidence and evidence and
between evidence *good analysis thesis thesis
and thesis *some analysis *lacks analysis
*excellent analysis
Well- *exceptionally *clear and logical *somewhat clear *lacks
Organized clear, logical, order that supports and logical development
mature, and the topic with good development of ideas with
thorough transitions between with basic weak or no
development of the and within transitions transitions
topic with excellent paragraphs between and between and
transitions between within within
paragraphs paragraphs
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paragraphs
Compelling *excellent summary *good summary of *basic summary *lacks
Conclusion of topic with topic with clear of topic with summary of
concluding ideas concluding ideas some final topic
that impact reader *introduces no new concluding ideas
*introduces no new information *introduces no
information new information
Well- *control of *Contains few *contains *so many
Written grammar, usage, spellings, several spelling, spelling,
and mechanics punctuation, and punctuation, and punctuation,
*almost entirely grammatically errors grammatical and
free of spelling, errors that which grammatical
punctuation, and detract from the errors that the
grammatical errors paper’s paper cannot
readability be understood
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Assessment
Directions: Read each item carefully. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer on the space
before each number.

____1. Why do you need to define the context of your research report?
A. To create a detailed yet concise document.
B. To create an informative detailed yet lengthy document.
C. To make a short and presentable document.
D. To make a straight forward information and ideas.

____2. What would be the last step that a writer must do before publishing the report?
A. Choose a topic. B. Make a plan. C. Proofread the report. D. Create an outline.

____3. Why should a research report title be brief, precise, and contain keywords from the research?
A. To provide a clear idea of your investigation so that readers can grasp the entire focus of your
research from the title.
B. To provide details on the history of your document so that readers will understand the concept of
your report.
C. To provide the readers conclusion on the title of your research report.
D. To provide clear details and information so that readers will be interested in reading the report.

____4. Which of the following statements describes global citizenship?

A. Global citizenship is the idea that everyone is a part of the world-wide community.
B. Global citizenship is that each country exists by itself and does not have anything to do with
other countries.
C. Global citizenship is something that someone earns by taking a test.
D. Global citizenship is only available to people who speak another language.

____5. Which of the following statements is an example of a civic responsibility?

A. Supporting a group that want to harass other people in your community
B. Participating and voting in election
C. Refusing to run for an elected office in government
D. Throwing trash on the ground at the park

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____6. What step of research report that you use range of resources from books, periodicals, and in the
internet?
A. Outline the project.
B. Conduct research and take notes.
C. Edit and reread the report.
D. Check with the teachers.

____7. What are the main parts of global citizenship?

A. Civic responsibilities, languages, food, and global economy
B. Cultural awareness, environment, pollution, and global economy
C. Civic responsibilities, cultural awareness, global economy, and environment
D. Environment, cultural awareness, religion and games

____8. People in your neighborhood want to organize an event to support a charitable organization. What
are you most likely to do?
A. Listen carefully, take notes of what everyone is saying, and write a report with suggestions
B. Ask people for their views, point your own ideas, and come up with plan.
C. Take photos of their meeting and start a new Facebook page for the group.
D. Volunteer to help, make the event happen once the plan has been set.

____9. A school in your area has a very successful global development club. What would you rather do?
A. Help the club organize and recruit new members.
B. Meet with the principal in the area to talk about starting club at their school.
C. Make a documentary film or create a children’s book about the club.
D. Redesign the clubs meeting space to make it easier for the group to interact.

____10. Which of the following is the purpose of writing a research report?

A. To deliver the documented report to the public through book and magazine.
B. To deliver the results of the research to the interested person and publish it in a coherent way so
the reader can understand the information.
C. To provide unlimited information based from a research to the interested person and publish it
through a pamphlet.
D. To provide the reader an interesting and timely information to inspire him or her based from a
research.

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ANSWER KEY
10. B 5. B may vary.
9. D 4. A Answers
8. D 3. A vary. Activity 7 vary.
7. C 2. C Answers may Learned Answers may
6. B 1. A Do Activity 8 Have Activity 6
Assessment What I Can What I What’s More

5. B
4. B
may vary. 3. B
vary. Answers vary. may vary. 2. C
Answers may Activity 4 Answers may Answers 1. A
Activity 5 More Activity 3 Activity 2 Activity 1
What’s More What’s What’s New What’s In What I Know

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Elenita R. Miranda, Paul Anthony B. Mendoza, Lito A. Palomar, Grace B. Annette Barradas-Soriano, and
Karen B. Villanueva, Celebrating Diversity through World Literature, Pasig City: Rex Book Store, Inc.
2015, 485-488.

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DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Writers: Pilar F. Ramos, Begang National High School

Layla M. Musa, Tandung Ahas National High School
Editor:

Language Editor:
Proofreader: Violeta M. Sta. Elena, EPS
Illustrators:
Layout Artist: Joyce Ethel L. Sienes
Management Team:
Julieto H. Fernandez, Ed. D., CESO VI
SDS-Isabela City
Maria Laarni T. Villanueva, Ed. D., CESE
ASDS-Isabela City
Henry R. Tura, CID Chief
Elsa A. Usman, LR Supervisor
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Helen De Leon, EPS-English, Module Coordinator
 Region IX: Zamboanga Peninsula Hymn – Our Eden Land
Here the trees and flowers bloom Gallant men And Ladies fair Cebuanos, Ilocanos, Subanons, Boholanos, Ilongos,
Here the breezes gently Blow, Linger with love and care All of them are proud and true
Here the birds sing Merrily, Golden beams of sunrise and sunset Region IX our Eden Land
The liberty forever Stays, Are visions you’ll never forget
Oh! That’s Region IX Region IX
Our..
Here the Badjaos roam the seas Hardworking people Abound, Eden...
Here the Samals live in peace Every valleys and Dale Land...
Here the Tausogs thrive so free Zamboangueños, Tagalogs, Bicolanos,
With the Yakans in unity

My Final Farewell
Farewell, dear Fatherland, clime of the sun caress'd Let the sun draw the vapors up to the sky,
Pearl of the Orient seas, our Eden lost!, And heavenward in purity bear my tardy protest
Gladly now I go to give thee this faded life's best, Let some kind soul o 'er my untimely fate sigh,
And were it brighter, fresher, or more blest And in the still evening a prayer be lifted on high
Still would I give it thee, nor count the cost. From thee, 0 my country, that in God I may rest.

On the field of battle, 'mid the frenzy of fight, Pray for all those that hapless have died,
Others have given their lives, without doubt or heed; For all who have suffered the unmeasur'd pain;
The place matters not-cypress or laurel or lily white, For our mothers that bitterly their woes have cried,
Scaffold or open plain, combat or martyrdom's plight, For widows and orphans, for captives by torture tried
T is ever the same, to serve our home and country's need. And then for thyself that redemption thou mayst gain

I die just when I see the dawn break, And whe n the d ark nig ht wr ap s the gr ave y ar d a r ound
Through the gloom of night, to herald the day; With only the d e ad in the ir v ig il to s e e
And if color is lacking my blood thou shalt take, B re ak not m y re p os e or the m ys tery p r of ound
Pour'd out at need for thy dear sake And pe rc hanc e thou m ays t he ar a s ad hym n re s ound
To dye with its crimson the waking ray. ' T is I, O my c ountry, r aising a s ong unto the e .

My dreams, when life first opened to me, And ev e n my g rav e is r em em be re d no m ore

My dreams, when the hopes of youth beat high, Unm ark 'd by ne ve r a c r os s nor a stone
Were to see thy lov'd face, O gem of the Orient sea Le t the plow s we ep thr oug h it, the sp ade tur n it o' er
From gloom and grief, from care and sorrow free; That m y as hes m ay c arp e t e ar thly f loor,
No blush on thy brow, no tear in thine eye. B ef ore into nothing nes s at las t the y are b lown.

Dream of my life, my living and burning desire, The n will ob liv ion br ing to me no c ar e
All hail ! cries the soul that is now to take flight; As ove r thy v ale s and p lains I s we e p;
All hail ! And sweet it is for thee to expire ; Thr ob b ing and c le anse d in thy s p ace and air
To die for thy sake, that thou mayst aspire; With c olor and lig ht, with s ong and lame nt I f are ,
And sleep in thy bosom eternity's long night. E v er re p e ating the f aith that I k ee p .

If over my grave some day thou seest grow, M y F athe rland ad or' d, that s ad ne ss to my sor r ow le nd s
In the grassy sod, a humble flower, B e lov ed F ilip inas, he ar now m y las t g ood -b y!
Draw it to thy lips and kiss my soul so, I g ive the e all: p are n ts and k indr ed and f r iend s
While I may feel on my brow in the cold tomb below F or I g o wher e no s lav e be f or e the op pr es s or b e nds ,
The touch of thy tenderness, thy breath's warm power. Whe r e f aith c an ne ve r kill, and God r e ig ns e ' er on hig h!

Let the moon beam over me soft and serene, F are well to y ou all, f r om m y s oul tor n away,
Let the dawn shed over me its radiant flashes, F rie nds of m y c hild hood in the home disp oss e ss ed !
Let the wind with sad lament over me keen ; Giv e thanks that I re s t fr om the we ar is om e d ay !
And if on my cross a bird should be seen, F are well to the e, too, s we e t f rie nd that lig hte ne d m y way;
Let it trill there its hymn of peace to my ashes. B e lov ed cre ature s all, f are well! In d e ath ther e is re s t!

I Am a Filipino, by Carlos P. Romulo

I am a Filipino–inheritor of a glorious past, hostage to the uncertain I am a Filipino, child of the marriage of the East and the West. The
future. As such I must prove equal to a two-fold task–the task of East, with its languor and mysticism, its passivity and endurance,
meeting my responsibility to the past, and the task of performing my was my mother, and my sire was the West that came thundering
obligation to the future. across the seas with the Cross and Sword and the Machine. I am of
I sprung from a hardy race, child many generations removed of the East, an eager participant in its spirit, and in its struggles for
ancient Malayan pioneers. Across the centuries the memory comes liberation from the imperialist yoke. But I also know that the East
rushing back to me: of brown-skinned men putting out to sea in must awake from its centuried sleep, shake off the lethargy that has
ships that were as frail as their hearts were stout. Over the sea I see bound his limbs, and start moving where destiny awaits.
them come, borne upon the billowing wave and the whistling wind, I am a Filipino, and this is my inheritance. What pledge shall I give
carried upon the mighty swell of hope–hope in the free abundance of that I may prove worthy of my inheritance? I shall give the pledge that
new land that was to be their home and their children’s forever. has come ringing down the corridors of the centuries, and it shall be
I am a Filipino. In my blood runs the immortal seed of heroes–seed compounded of the joyous cries of my Malayan forebears when first
that flowered down the centuries in deeds of courage and defiance. they saw the contours of this land loom before their eyes, of the battle
In my veins yet pulses the same hot blood that sent Lapulapu to cries that have resounded in every field of combat from Mactan to
battle against the first invader of this land, that nerved Lakandula in Tirad Pass, of the voices of my people when they sing:
the combat against the alien foe, that drove Diego Silang and “I am a Filipino born to freedom, and I shall not rest until freedom
Dagohoy into rebellion against the foreign oppressor. shall have been added unto my inheritance—for myself and my
The seed I bear within me is an immortal seed. It is the mark of my children and my children’s children—forever.”
manhood, the symbol of dignity as a human being. Like the seeds
that were once buried in the tomb of Tutankhamen many thousand 15
years ago, it shall grow and flower and bear fruit again. It is the
insignia of my race, and my generation is but a stage in the
unending search of my people for freedom and happiness.