REMEDIOS S.

REYNO
MT 11
PIAS – GAANG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

AUREA S. AUSTRIA
Principal II
 Let’s Learn This
In the previous week, you
learned about various types of
informational text.

Today, you will learn more

about types of informational
text and how to distinguish one
from the other.
 Let’s Try This
Task 1. For Your Information (FYI) Listen to
your teacher as he/she reads the
informational text below. Then answer the
questions that follow.
The Bounty of the Sea
by Jacques Cousteau
1I have observed and studied the
oceans closely and I have seen them
sicken. Certain reefs that teemed with
fish only ten years ago are now almost
lifeless. The ocean bottom has been
raped by trawlers. Priceless wetlands
have been destroyed by landfill. And
everywhere are sticky globs of oil,
plastic refuse, and unseen clouds of
poisonous effluents. Often when I
describe the symptoms of the ocean’s
sickness, I hear remarks like “they’re
only fish” or “they’re only whales.” But I
assure you that our destinies are linked
with theirs. For if the ocean should die,
this would signal not only the end of
marine life but all other animals and
plants of this earth, including man.
2The ocean would then become one
enormous cesspool. Billions of
decaying bodies would create such a
stench that man would be forced to
leave all the coastal regions.
3The ocean acts as the earth’s buffer. It
maintains a balance between salts and
gases which make life possible. But
dead seas would have no buffering
effect. The carbon dioxide content
of the atmosphere would start on a
steady climb, and when it reached a
certain level, a “greenhouse effect”
would be created. The heat that
normally radiates outward from the
earth to space would be blocked by the
carbon dioxide and the sea level
temperatures would increase. 4One
catastrophic effect of this heat would
be melting of the icecaps at both the
North and South Poles. As a result, the
ocean would rise by 100 feet or more,
enough to flood almost all of the
world’s major cities. These rising
waters would drive one-third of the
earth’s billions inland, creating famine,
chaos, and disease on a scale almost
impossible to imagine.
5Meanwhile, the surface of the ocean
would have scrummed over by a film of
decayed matter, and would no longer
give water freely to the skies through
evaporation. Rain would become a
rarity, creating global drought and more
famine.
6The wretched remnant of the human
race would now be packed on the
remaining highlands, starving and
struggling to survive. Then, they would
be visited by the final plague, anoxia
(lack of oxygen). This would be caused
by the extinction of the plankton algae
and the reduction of land vegetation,
the two sources that supply the oxygen
you are now breathing. 7And so man
would finally die, slowly gasping out his
life on some barren hill. His heirs would
be bacteria and a few scavenger
insects.
Questions:
1. What is the author most likely to
be? a. a sailor b. an ocean diver
c. a scientist d. a fisherman
2. What is the basis of his report?
a. site inspection b. readings
c. fantasy d. estimates
3. Which of these is not
contributory to sickened oceans?
a. reefs b. trawlers
c. oil globs d. plastic refuse
4. The melting of icecaps in the polar
regions would cause oceans to sink.
a.Yes b. No c. Does not say
5. Which of these would be immediately
affected if a film of decayed matter
would cover oceans?
a. evaporation b. rainfall
c. irrigation d. harvest
6-7. Which two factors would drive
people to the highlands?
a. crowding b. stench
c. disease d. starvation
Task 2. Showcase your Word Skills
Based from the Science-based text
entitled “The Bounty of the Sea,”
answer the following questions by
applying your skills in context clues,
affixes and roots, and other strategies.
1. Wetlands are synonymous__________
a. rivers b. swamps c. ponds d. seas
2. What is the reference of the pronoun
it in the second sentence of
paragraph?
a. balance b. life c. ocean d. earth
3. What is the root word of the word
rarity?
a. rar b. rare c. rarity d. –ity
4. The remark “that’s only fish”
suggests __________
a. indifference b. arrogance
c. concern d. anger
5. Which of these does not belong to
land vegetation?
a. farms b. gardens
c. orchards d. reefs
6. When a person gasps, he struggle for
lack of __________
a. oxygen b. companion
c. food d. sleep
7. Where are plankton algae found?
a. in coastal regions b. in the sea
c. in the highlands d. inlands
8. The phrase “wretched remnant” in
the first sentence of paragraph 5 shows
that most people may have __________
a. migrated b. remained on the coasts
c. died d. gotten sick
9. The “greenhouse effect” in the third
sentence of paragraph 3 suggests _____
a. plant propagation c. freezing
b. maintaining normal temperature
d. heating
10. The ocean acts as the earth’s
buffer. It maintains a balance between
salts and gases which make life
possible. The word “buffer” as used in
the first sentence of paragraph 3
means __________ a. destroyer
b. neutralizer c. converter d. observer
 Let’s Study This
You listened to an informational text.
Informational text is defined as text with
the primary purpose of expressing
information about the arts, sciences, or
social studies. This text ranges from
newspaper and magazine articles to
digital information to nonfiction trade
books to textbooks and reference
materials.
There are specifically four types of
informational text: literary nonfiction,
expository, argument or persuasion, and
procedural.
 Literary Nonfiction
Literary nonfiction includes shorter
texts, such as “personal essays,
speeches, opinion pieces, essays
about art or literature, biographies,
memoirs, journalism, and historical,
scientific, technical, or economic
accounts (including digital sources)
written for a broad audience.”
Autobiographies, biographies, other
narrative nonfiction,
informational picture books, and
informational poetry often fit into
this category.

Narrative informational text

typically communicates accurate
information and has a well-defined
beginning, middle, and end.
Informational poetry weaves facts
into poems.
 Procedural Texts
Procedural texts provide step-by-step
guidelines that describe how to
complete a task. They often include a
materials-needed section and graphics
that illustrate the process, as found in
Doug Stillinger’s The Klutz Book of
Paper Airplanes. Jane Drake and Ann
Love’s Get Outside provides readers
with rules for games and directions for
making things like bird feeders, kites,
and sundials.
Expository Texts
Expository texts inform,
explain, and expose. They
utilize various text structures,
such as description, cause and
effect, comparison and
contrast, problem and solution,
question and answer, and
temporal sequence.
Argument or Persuasion Texts
Argument or persuasion texts provide
evidence with the intent of influencing
the beliefs or actions of the target
audience. These texts typically include
claims, evidence, and warrants to
explain how the evidence is linked to
the claims. Writers of persuasion or
argument also make appeals—appeals
to the author’s credibility, to the
audience’s needs, or to reason and
evidence.
Can you distinguish the different types
of informational text?
Let’s Do This
Task 3. Talking About This With
your groupmates, read and talk
about the informational text
entitled “The Bounty of the Sea”
you listened to. Fill in the table
below with your responses.
Title of Type of Reason
Informational informational
text text
 Let’s Do More

Task 4. I Heard Them Right! Group

yourselves into four. Your teacher will
assign informational text to your group.
With your group mates, read the text in
front of the class. As you read, ask the
other groups to listen and tell them to
identify what type of informational text
you are reading. Let them write their
answer on a “show me board.”
How can you apply your
knowledge in various
informational texts in real life
situations?
Is learning word strategies in
inferring the meaning of
borrowed words and content
specific terms in Science-
based texts important? Why?
 Generalization
What are the various
types of informational
text?
 Group 1
Carbon Dioxide, the Greenhouse Effect,
and Recent Global Warming
Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas
that strongly absorbs infrared radiation
and plays a major role in warming the
lower atmosphere. We also know that
carbon dioxide has been increasing
steadily in the atmosphere, primarily
due to the burning of fossil fuels.
However, deforestation may also be
adding to this increase as tropical
rainforests are removed and replaced
with less efficient plants. In 1990, the
annual average of carbon dioxide was
about 350 parts per million, and present
estimates are that this value may
double sometime in century.
To complicate the picture, three
gases such as methane, nitrous oxide,
and chlorofluorocarbons, all of which
readily absorb infrared radiation, have
been increasing in concentration over
the past century. Collectively, these
gases are about equal to carbon dioxide
gases are about equal to carbon
dioxide in their ability to enhance the
atmospheric greenhouse effect.
Moreover, rising ocean temperatures
will cause an increase in evaporation
rates and, hence, an increase in
atmospheric water vapor, which is the
most potent greenhouse gas. The
added water vapor accelerates the
temperature rise. Recent satellite
measurements have confirmed this.
 Group 2
Nearly seven out of every 10 adults
report some type of forgetfulness,
according to the Dana Foundation, a
New York City organization with a
special interest in brain research. More
pronounced memory slips can begin as
early as your 30s and become all too
apparent in your 40s, explains Michael
F. Roizen, M.D., dean of the College of
Medicine at the State University of
New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical
University in Syracuse, and author of
Real Age.
While the brain naturally slows down
with age, the good news is that you can
offset this process and minimize
memory lapses by constantly
challenging your mind. In fact,
memoryboosting classes are springing
up across the United States. “We now
know that the brain is quite plastic, like
a muscle, that it can be changed and
strengthened,” says Robert
Goldman, M.D., coauthor of Brain
Fitness.
Following are ways to cross-train
your brain…and save your memory.
1. Stretch your mind.
2. Try something brand-new.
3. Become a multi-tasker.
4. Exercise your brain.
 Group 3
People need to be active to be healthy.
Out of modern lifestyle and all the
conveniences we’ve become used to
have made us sedentary and that’s
dangerous for our health. Sitting around
in front of the TV or the computer,
riding in the car for even a short trip to
the store and using elevators instead of
ramps all contribute to our inactivity.
Physical inactivity is dangerous to our
health as smoking.
Add up your activities during the day in
periods of at least 10 minutes each.
Start slowly and build up. If you’re
already doing some light activities,
move up to more moderate ones. A little
is good but more is better if you want to
achieve health benefits.
Scientists say accumulate 60 minutes
of physical activities every day to stay
healthy or improve your health. Time
needed depends on effort – as you
progress to moderate activities, you
can cut down to thirty minutes, four
days a week.
can cut down to thirty minutes, four
days a week.
Physical activity doesn’t have to be
very hard to improve your health. This
goal can be reached by building
physical activities into your daily
routine. Just add up in periods of at
least ten minutes each throughout the
day. After three months of regular
physical activity, you will notice a
difference. People often say getting
started is the hardest part.
 Group 4
Like fellow Philippine
revolutionaries Jose Rizal and
Andres Bonifacio, lawyer Apolinario
Mabini, the first prime minister of
the Philippines, did not live to see
his 40th birthday but became
known as the brains and
conscience of the revolution that
would permanently alter the
Philippine’s government.
 During his short life, Mabini
suffered from paraplegia – paralysis
of the legs – but had a powerful
intellect and was known for his
political savvy and eloquence.
Before his untimely death in
1903, Mabini’s revolution and
thoughts on the government shaped
the Philippine’s flight for
independence over the next century.
Task 5. Take Away and Insights
In your own words, share your insights
gained about the following:

Literary Non
fiction

Procedural text
Expository Text

Argument or
Persuation Text
 Let’s Enrich Ourselves

Assignment:
Task 6. Cut and Paste Cut out a
sample of short selection (from
old newspapers o magazines)
for each type of informational
text. Paste them in your
notebook.