English 8 Lesson 2 Activities FINAL
English 8 Lesson 2 Activities FINAL
English 8 Lesson 2 Activities FINAL
Assessment 1
Activity 1: Complete Me!
Directions: Copy the graphic organizer on a separate sheet of paper and fill in the
blanks with appropriate concepts and definitions. Choose your answers from the
Pool of Concepts provided.
pool to
Outline 1.
Thesis
2.
statement
It is a sentence/phrase formed
3.
from the thesis statement.
Subtopic 4.
5. It provides information to
clarify the main idea.
Pool of Concepts
Major topic
Minor topic
Supporting details
Assessment 1
It is a one-sentence statement that expresses the main idea of an essay.
It refers
Directions: to in
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elements
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a sentence having the response
the appropriate same grammatical form.the
to complete
It refers
dialogue. Write toitthe
onminor phrases/sentences
a separate which are formed from the major
sheet of paper.
topics.
It is a tool used in improving and organizing written ideas about a topic into
a logical order.
1
As far as I could remember, an
outline is
Do you have any idea Its contents are ,
, ,
as to what an outline
is? and .
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Assessment 2
Directions: Read the excerpts below and complete the table with the required
information. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
MANILA, Philippines — More than 16,000 persons have recovered from the
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the Philippines’ total caseload reached
189,000, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Sunday.
In its daily COVID-19 case bulletin, the DOH reported 16,459 new recoveries,
bringing the total number of recoveries to 131,367.
The health department also recorded 2,378 more people that contracted the
respiratory disease, which brings the total number of cases to 189,601.
Meanwhile, the total COVID-19 death toll is now at 2,998 after 32 more people
died from the disease.
Source: Aguilar, Krissy, “DOH: Over 16,000 recover from COVID-19 as cases reach
189K”, Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 23, 2020,
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1325943/break-doh-over
-16000-recover-from-covid-19-as-cases-reach-189k#ixzz6VzqATLOz
What type
What is the Is it a firsthand of source
Excerpt
main topic? information? is the
excerpt?
1. speech
2. news article
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Activity 3: Organize Me!
Directions: The following sentences below are parts of a sentence outline about the
topic Why the School Year Should Be Shorter. Read and analyze each sentence.
Write MT if the sentence is a Major Topic, ST for Subtopic, and SD for Supporting
Detail. Do this on a separate sheet of paper.
Thesis Statement: The school year should be shortened in order to save school
funds, improve learner’s academic results, and benefit teachers.