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English
Quarter 3 - Module 6:
Judge the Relevance and Worth
of Information/Ideas

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English – Grade 9
Self-Learning Module
Quarter 3- Module 6: Judge the Relevance and Worth Information/Ideas

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 Dear learner:

Welcome to English 9 Self-Learning Module (SLM) Week 6 on Judge the Relevance and
Worth Information/Ideas!
Amidst this pandemic, we embrace change - a change from Normal to New Normal
Life. One of the advocacies of Department of Education is to have a continuous learning and
that no learner should be left behind. We, your teachers together with your parents and
DepEd, are working hand in hand to provide you a safe and quality education. One of our
goals in New Normal class is to help you achieve your dreams and be globally competitive
learners in this challenging world.
This module was developed to help you work independently at your own time and
pace. You will be processing the contents of this module while being an active learner.
Have fun and good luck!

Reminders:

Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the module.
Follow the directions in answering your module.
1. Read the instructions carefully before doing each task.
2. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks.
3. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
4. Follow your schedule in submitting modules.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not hesitate to
contact your teacher. Remember that your teacher is ever ready to assist you. We hope that
through this module, you will have an enjoyable and worthwhile learning.

Your Guide:

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to Know- This will lead you to the specific objectives you are expected
to learn in the module.
What’s In-This is a brief drill or practice to test your prior and advance knowledge
of the lesson.
What’s New - In this portion, the new lesson will be introduced to you in various ways
such as a story, a song, a poem, a question, a problem opener, a situation or an
activity.
What Is It - This section provides a brief discussion of the lesson. This aims to help you
discover and understand new concepts and skills.
What To Do -This part sets your skills of the topic. Your understanding to the lesson
may be already assessed in this section.
What Can I Do -This includes activities like questions or blank lesson.

What Should I Do -This is the final task which aims to evaluate your level of mastery.

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 What I Need to Know

This module is created for you to develop different learning objectives and
competencies which you can use in many different learning situations. As you go
through, you are expected to enhance your knowledge and understanding on judging
information or ideas with relevance and worth.

Objectives:

As learner of this module, you are expected to:

1. Judge the relevance and worth of information/ideas (EN9LC-IIb-11.1);

2. Reflect on how to manage the use of ICT gadgets without deviating from
human interaction; and,
3. Analyze literature as a means of connecting to the world.

What’s In

Analyze the picture below and answer the questions given.

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Answer the following questions:

1. The woman in the picture has all the modern gadgets; yet, she is still lonely. Why
do you think this is so?

2. What general truth about life is being depicted in the picture?

Nice start! Now, let’s proceed to the discussion of the lesson to further enrich
your knowledge.

What’s New

Are you ready to unfold and enjoy this week’s lesson?

Guess the word in each constellation of letters. Use the descriptive words as
your clue.
1. closeness, belongingness or
familiarity

Answer:

2. one who opposes

technological change

Answer:

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 3. shrink in fear

Answer:

4. limit

Answer:

5. ordered to be silent

Answer:

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 6. free from or not tied

Answer:

Did you get all the answers correctly? Note that your answers are the unfamiliar
words from the reading text. Enjoy reading!

What Is It

Let us study some important concepts about the lesson. Visit the link below
and listen to an audio clip entitled For Conversation, Press #1 by Michael Alvear.

https://youtu.be/sa1zKubtpVM
In case, you cannot access the link, provided below is the transcript of the audio clip.
Make sure however to ask someone read it to you.

For Conversation, Press #1

by: Michael Alvear

A funny thing happened on the way to the communications revolution: we

stopped talking to one another.

I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cellphone rang, interrupting
our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and–

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 poof! –I became invisible, absent from the conversation because of a gadget
designed to make communication easier.

The park was filled with people talking on their cellphones. They were passing
other people without looking at them, saying “hello”, noticing their babies or stopping
to pet their puppies. Evidently, the untethered electronic voice is preferable to human
contact.

The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting
next to you feel absent.

Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every
advance in communications technology is a setback to the intimacy of human
interaction. With e-mail and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now
communicate without seeing or talking to one another. In making deposit at the bank,
you can just insert your card into the ATM. With voice mail, you can conduct entire
conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave
the answer on her machine.

As almost every conceivable contact between human beings gets automated,

the alienation index goes up.

I am no Luddite. I own a cellphone, an ATM card, a voice-mail system, and an

e-mail account. Giving them up isn’t an option–they’re great for what they’re
intended to do. It’s their unintended consequences that make me cringe.

So I’ve put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging with people

who live near me, no cell-phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail
pick up when I’m home.

Source: Reader’s Digest, pp. 143-145, July 2000

What To Do

Listen to the audio clip again and be ready to accomplish the

following activities below.

Activity #1:
Read each statement carefully. Choose the letter of your best answer. Write your
answer on the space provided.
________1. The listening passage, “For Conversation, Press #1”, makes us realize that
___________.
a. Communications technology is interfering with human contact.
b. People are communicating less than they did in the past.
c. The advances in communications technology are unnecessary.
d. People are forgetting how to communicate with others.

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_______ 2. The question, “Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I
feel?”
a. Reveals the author’s confusion about technology
b. Invites the reader to disagree with the author
c. Highlights the author’s examples and arguments
d. Challenges the reader to find answers and problems

_______ 3. The author’s tone throughout the listening passage is _____________.

a. amusement c. hostility
b. criticism d. indifference

_______ 4. The third and fourth paragraphs give emphasis on how a cell phone
______________.
a. provides convenience c. isolates people
b. threatens safety d. efficiently works

_______ 5. The idea that bothers the author most about the effect of communications
technology on his life is ____________.
a. limited communication with strangers
b. lack of social formula
c. extreme preference for cellphones
d. deviation from meaningful interaction

Activity #2:
Listen to the audio clip again. List the advantages and disadvantages of
communications technology by filling out the chart below.
COMMUNICATIONS ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
TECHNOLOGY

Cellphone

Messenger

Facebook

Instagram

E-mail

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 What Can I Do

You are doing great! The next activity will challenge your
understanding more on the lesson.

Let’s test your writing skill!

Write a reflection about the audio clip you have just listened. Answer the questions
that follow.

Aside from the communications technology cited by the author, what other
technological advances in communication deviate from human interaction? Reflect on
the author’s concern on how you use your gadgets without neglecting human interaction.

My Reflection

___________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
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__________________________________________________________________________________
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 Very good! Be ready to do the following tasks.

What Should I Do

One more step and you are done!

Based from the audio clip you have just listened, choose one task below which
interests you the most. Read and follow carefully the instructions suggested.
Actors
In a role play, show proper etiquette when using a cellphone or telephone.
Focus on the question, “how should we deal with phone calls or text messages when
talking to someone?”
Have a video of the role play and send it to your teacher’s social media
account (Messenger, Facebook, etc.) for evaluation. Or, submit the script of the role
play. You may ask your parent/ guardian to hand-in your output to your teacher in
school.

Dancers
Through a dance, interpret a song that discusses or shows the author’s desire
to have human contact rather than the use of technology in communication.
You may perform this with your family and send the video to your teacher’s
social media account or to any media platforms recommended by the school.

Mathematicians
Make a computation of how much your weekly expenses allotted for your load
is and the amount of internet bills. Think of how you can still use the technology but
lessen the expenses.
You may use a pie chart or bar graph to interpret the data.

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 Singers
Compose a jingle about communications technology highlighting its
importance but not losing interactions with others. Be able to sing and record it.
Send the video to your teacher’s social media account or to any media
platforms recommended by the school. Or, submit the lyrics of your jingle by asking your
parent/guardian to hand-in your output to your teacher in school.

Use the following rubrics below as your guide.

CRITERIA for ACTORS, DANCERS AND SINGERS POINTS

Originality 45%
 Word Choice
Creativity
 Artistic Display and Cleanliness of Work 30%
 Musicality
 Facial Expression or Emotions
Over-all Impact
 Information Provided 25%
 Followed the Instruction
TOTAL 100%

CRITERIA FOR MATHEMATICIANS POINTS

Originality
 Word Choice 45%
Interpretation of Data
 Artistic Display and Cleanliness of Work 30%
 Computations
Over-all Impact
 Information Provided 25%
 Followed the Instruction
TOTAL 100%

Job well done! Congratulations! You have just accomplished Module 6. Get ready for
another exciting adventures in Module 7. Remember that your teacher is just a call or chat
away for any assistance that you need.

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What’s In:
1. Answers may vary
2. Answers may vary
What’s New:
1. intimacy
2. luddite
3. cringe
4. restriction
5. shushed
6. untethered
What To Do
Activity 1:
1. a.
2. a.
3. b.
4. c.
5. d.
Activity 2: (Answers may vary)
COMMUNICATIONS ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
TECHNOLOGY
Cellphone
Messenger
Facebook
Instagram
E-mail
What Can I Do:
Answers may vary
What Should I Do:
Answers may vary
Answer Key
 REFERENCES

English 9 A Journey through Anglo-American Literature - Unit 3 (Learner’s Material and

Teacher’s Guide)
http://www.lordalford.com/engieoc/EOCargumentative1.pdf

https://brainly.ph/question/1096143

https://youtube/HH6pX_b2EZw

https://youtube/5GKsdbHjNSI

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