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English for Academic
and Professional
Purposes
Quarter 3–Module 4:
Week 4
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Introductory Message
For the Facilitator:
Welcome to the English for Academic and Professional Purposes Alternative Delivery Mode
(ADM) Module on Identifying the Thesis Statement.
This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators from public
institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards
set by the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming their personal, social, and economic
constraints in schooling.
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent learning
activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help learners acquire the
needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.
Welcome to the English for Academic and Professional Purposes Alternative Delivery Mode
(ADM) Module on Identifying the Thesis Statement.
In dealing with academic texts, it is really important for you to know the main idea or the central
argument of the text you are reading. This will give you an overview of the author’s opinion
and attitude towards the topic – this is the Thesis Statement.
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for guided
and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to process the
contents of the learning resource while being an active learner.
This module will assist you in encouraging the learners to realize the
importance of knowing and identifying the thesis statement in reading and writing
academic texts.
Please help the learners in sharing their ideas and knowledge from their
experiences so that there will be collaboration and learning will be easy.
Answers are written at the back of this module. Inculcate to the learners the
value of honesty while answering this module.
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At the end of this module, you are expected to:
1. Define Thesis statement.
2. Identify the rules in writing and identifying the thesis statement.
3. Evaluating the correctness and appropriateness of a thesis statement.
4. Write a thesis statement.
What I Know
Lesson
Identifying the Thesis Statement
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In the first three modules of this quarter, you have been exposed to various
academic texts, and in every text you read and/or write, it should have a main point, a
main idea, or central message. The argument(s) presented in the paper should reflect
this main idea. The sentence that captures your position on this main idea is what we
call a thesis statement.
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What’s In
What’s New
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Guide Questions:
What is It
A thesis statement is the main idea of an essay. It is often a point you want to
argue or support in an essay.
Moreover, the thesis statement explains to a reader the main idea of the essay
and the writer's opinion on that idea. It is usually one sentence and often placed in the
introductory paragraph of an essay.
A thesis statement is a claim that could be argued. The essay will contain
evidences and opinions that support the argument.
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Step 2: ISSUE. State the specific issue in the form of a debating proposition (for
something). The issue usually answers the question “what?” What about cats? (E.g.
Cats should be subject to leash laws.)
Step 3: POSITION + RATIONALE (because clause). Your topic and issue = your
position. Now, using a because-clause, e.g. Cats should be subject to leash laws
because they are natural wanderers.
What’s More
Independent Activity 1
Look for the following words in the puzzle. Briefly explain each word by relating
their essence to our lesson for today. You can locate them either vertically,
horizontally, or diagonally.
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ARGUMENT
ATTITUDE
ESSAY
IDEA
POSITION
RATIONALE
SUPPORT
THESIS
TOPIC
Independent Assessment 1
In writing a thesis statement, the following must be avoided: (1) too broad, (2)
too wordy, (3) too general, (4) title, and (5) fact. Now, in each set of thesis statement,
identify the better one by putting a check mark (✓) before the letter.
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4. A thesis statement should not be a title.
4a) Cost of Living
4b) The cost of living in Mountain City is lower than in most other cities in the
United States.
Independent Activity 2
Read the following sentences. As you read complete the following tasks:
A. Identify and correct sentences which are too broad or too narrow (TB/TN)
B. Identify and correct sentences which announce the topic (A)
C. Identify and correct incomplete ideas (INC)
D. Identify the thesis statements that are fine as they are (OK)
Independent Assessment 2
State if the following thesis is weak or strong. Explain.
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1. The court needs to implement stronger sentences.
2. William Shakespeare is a good author.
3. English is an important subject.
4. William Shakespeare uses the setting of his novels to emphasize the theme of class
division.
5. Socialism is the best form of government for Haiti because it will promote equal
opportunity for workers.
Independent Activity 3
Underline the opinion words below. If there are NO opinion words, it is NOT a thesis
statement.
Independent Assessment 3
Read the following paragraphs. Write a topic sentence for each paragraph. When you
have completed the topic sentences, write one thesis statement that would be
appropriate for an essay on the same topic.
1. _________________________________________________________________
People with good attitudes tend to be more effective problem solvers, and team-
players which are the types of people most employers are looking for. Being able to
see the positive side of a negative situation is a valuable character trait in the
workplace. Positive thinking contributes to more productivity and workplace harmony,
whereas, someone who is negative and complains a lot could affect others with their
negativity and result in less productivity in the workplace, which is why most employers
steer clear of pessimists.
2. _________________________________________________________________
Nothing is more frustrating to an employer than someone who cuts corners or
leaves work incomplete. Employers want to hire people who are not just positive about
doing work, but are willing to put in a bit of extra effort to get the work done. If you can
show an employer that you are willing to break a sweat to get a job done, they will take
you more seriously as a capable candidate for the position you are applying for.
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3. _________________________________________________________________
Passion and willingness to work hard can only offer a prospective employer so
much. Unless you can show how your experiences have helped prepare you for the
position you are interviewing for, the employers may decide to go with a candidate
who has completed the appropriate training already. It is costly and time-consuming
to train a new employee, which may make many employers hesitate before hiring less-
qualified applicants.
I thought…
What were your
thoughts or ideas
about thesis
statement?
What new or
additional ideas I learned that…
did you learn
after taking up
this lesson?
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What I Can Do
Assessment
Tell whether each of the following sentences is a GOOD or BAD thesis statement.
Write your answers in your notebook.
1. Although many people find rap music offensive, it has had a positive impact on
today’s youth.
2. Community service projects include building shelter for the homeless, servicing
meals to the hungry, providing transportation for the sick, distributing clothes, and
a large number of other helpful activities.
3. I enjoy mountaineering.
4. Many people do not like to watch violent horror movies.
5. Popular music is the best music ever.
6. Students should help others who are less fortunate.
7. The first mountaineering attempt can challenge a person both in body and spirit.
8. The life of a typical grade 12 student is challenging due to the need to succeed in
extracurricular activities.
9. Today's movies do not have the emotional impact of the classic horror movies of
the 1940s.
10. Twelfth-grade students are busy.
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Additional Activities
Rewrite the following statements to make the thesis statement clearer that how it is
stated.
1. The government should show concern about mental health.
___________________________________________________________________
2. The TLC provides great resources for understanding how to use commas.
___________________________________________________________________
3. Patients like nurses when they are nice.
___________________________________________________________________
4. Dragons can be scary when they breathe fire.
___________________________________________________________________
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What I Know aspect of it?
1. BAD subject? What
2. GOOD an important
3. GOOD
5b. ✓
Why is English
4. GOOD
5a.
is too general;
5. GOOD
4b. ✓
3. Weak because it
6. BAD
4a.
good author?
7. BAD
3b.
makes him a
8. BAD
3a. ✓
9. BAD
2b. ✓ about his style
10. GOOD
2a. opinion. What
1b. 15. A
accepted
What’s In
1a. ✓ 14. A
Assessment 1 13. TN is a widely
1. Independent 12. TB is obvious; This
2. ✓ 11. TN 2. Weak because it
3. 10. OK sentences?
4. ✓ puzzle) 9. TN What type of
5. Activity 1 (check the 8. TN
6. ✓ Independent 7. OK
lacks specifics;
7. 6. INC 1. Weak because it
8. Activity 2 Assessment 2
9. What’s More Independent Independent
10.
11.
Independent Independent
Assessment 2 Assessment 3
4. Strong because it Answers may vary
provides a specific
What I Can Do
aspect of Answers may vary
Shakespeare’s work
to discuss. Assessment
1. GOOD
5. Strong because it 2. BAD
states specifically 3. BAD
why socialism is 4. BAD
best for Haiti. 5. BAD
6. GOOD
Independent 7. GOOD
Activity 3 8. GOOD
1. differ 9. GOOD
2. more 10. BAD
complicated
3. None Additional
4. harmless and Activities
highly beneficial Answers may vary
5. good way
Answer Key
References
• “Tips and Examples for Writing Thesis Statements.” Purdue Online Writing
Lab. Accessed April 22, 2020.
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/the_writing_process/thesis_statem
ent_tips.html
• “What, Why, and How? Thesis Statements.” Accessed April 24, 2020.
http://accounts.smccd.edu/skyenglish/7thesis.pdf
• Arunski, John. “Thesis statement ppt.” SlideShare. Accessed April 22, 2020.
https://www.slideshare.net/johnarunski/thesis-statement-
ppt?next_slideshow=2
• https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/resume-writing-service-abstract-concept-
illustration-copywriting-service-cv-online-professional-help-writing-resume-
cover-letter-candidate-profile-career-
summary_12144943.htm#page=1&query=summary&posit
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English for Academic
and Professional
Purposes
Quarter 3–Module 5:
Week 4
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Introductory Message
For the Facilitator:
Welcome to the English for Academic and Professional Purposes Alternative Delivery Mode
(ADM) Module on Outlining Reading Texts in Various Disciplines.
This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators from public
institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards
set by the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming their personal, social, and economic
constraints in schooling.
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent learning
activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help learners acquire the
needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.
As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module. You also
need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage their own learning.
Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the learners as they do the tasks
included in the module.
Welcome to the English for Academic and Professional Purposes Alternative Delivery Mode
(ADM) Module on Outlining Reading Texts in Various Disciplines
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for guided
and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to process the
contents of the learning resource while being an active learner.
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What I Need to Know
This module will assist you in encouraging the learners to realize the
importance of outlining as a one of the preliminary activities in developing and
understanding an academic text.
Please help the learners in sharing their ideas and knowledge from their
experiences so that there will be collaboration and learning will be easy.
Answers are written at the back of this module. Inculcate to the learners the
value of honesty while answering this module.
What I Know
Identify what concept is being described in each item. Choose the best answer
from the pool of choices inside the box. Write your answer on a sheet of paper.
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1. It is a tool used to organize written ideas about a topic or thesis into a logical
order. It arranges major topics, subtopics, and supporting details.
2. This type of outline is useful for outlining relatively simple subjects
3. An outline which uses a complete sentence for each item.
4. This outline is fitting for long papers whose individual sections can be
summarized in whole paragraphs
5. This is the most common type of outlining format which uses alphabets and
numeral combinations.
6. An outlining format which utilizes only Arabic numerals to list main points.
7. Listing all the ideas that you want to include in your paper.
8. Grouping related ideas together.
9. Arranging material in subsections from general to specific or from abstract to
concrete.
10. Creating main and sub headings.
Lesson
Outlining Reading Texts in Various
5 Disciplines
Writing any academic paper and output requires a demanding effort. Aside from
reading a lot of references and related literature - summarizing them, locating the
thesis statement of each, and restating them in other words; meticulous planning is
required so that we can come up with a well-organized paper.
Just like how a teacher drafts his/her lesson plan to produce the best learning
experience for his/her learners, an architect plots and designs the blueprint prior to
construction, and how a fashion designer intelligently and creatively doodles on his/her
sketchpad visualizing a new fashion statement, a writer needs to plan first how he/she
is going to begin, develop and end his/her essay whatever text structure he/she wishes
to use.
After stating your thesis, the next stage involved in the pre-writing process is to
create an outline before you write your first draft.
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What’s In
What’s New
Activity 1
Benjamin Franklins once said “if you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” Good
execution needs good planning. A good construction requires a strong framework or
foundation.
Guide Questions:
Why is the skeletal system an important structure of human anatomy?
Why is there a need to list all the ingredients prior to cooking your dish?
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What is It
Discussion of Activity 1
Essay Outline
A. supporting idea
B. supporting idea
A. supporting idea
B. supporting idea
A. supporting idea
B. supporting idea
V. Conclusion
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What’s More
Independent Activity 1
Independent Assessment 1
Compare and contrast the three types of outlines according to content. Using a
Venn Diagram, write your answers on a sheet of paper.
Topic Outline
Sentence Outline
Paragraph Outline
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Independent Activity 2
Outlines can also be classified according to format – alphanumeric and the
decimal format. For this activity identify, the correct numbering format of the following
outlines. Be guided by the correct indention and alignment of elements.
Decimal Outline (begin with “1” and add other point digit for each succeeding level)
__ Main point
__.__ Subpoint
__.__.__ Detail
__.__.__.__ Subtopic
__.__.__.__.__ Sub detail
Independent Assessment 2
Below is a concept map showing the common problems experienced by
students. Your task now is to convert this graphic organizer into a topic-alphanumeric
outline. Just copy the terms and arrange them properly following the prescribed format.
Common
Students'
Problems
Family Economic
Child Support
Problems Probles
Custodial: Lower
Women's Job Possible Loss of
Non-custodial Child Support Standard of
Training Relocation Friends
Conflicts Living
Extended Relationships
New School
Family with Dates
Poorer
Adolescent's
Neighborhoo
Age
d
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Independent Activity 3
Arrange the following steps in writing an outline. Write the letter of the correct
answer on a sheet of paper.
1. ____
2. ____
3. ____
4. ____
5. ____
6. ____
7. ____
Independent Assessment 3
Column A Column B
______ 1. Parallelism a. All the information contained in Heading 1 should
______ 2. Coordination have the same significance as the information
______ 3. Subordination contained in Heading 2.
______ 4. Division b. Each heading and subheading should preserve this
structure. If the first heading is a verb, the second
heading should be a verb.
c. Each heading should be divided into 2 or more parts
d. The information in the headings should be more
general, while the information in the subheadings
should be more specific.
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What I Have Learned
I thought…
What were your
thoughts or ideas
about outlining?
What new or
additional ideas I learned that…
did you learn
after taking up
this lesson?
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What I Can Do
Note: Outline can be expanded depending on your main points and subpoints.
Assessment
Read and answer each item. Write the letter of the best answer on your
answer sheet.
_____1. It is considered as the map of your essay. It shows what information each
section or paragraph will contain, and in what order.
A. Outline
B. Paraphrase
C. Summary
D. Thesis statement
_____2. Most outlines use __________ and/or bullet points to arrange information and
convey points.
A. Emoticons
B. Numbers
C. Shapes
D. Symbols
_____3. An outline saves time for writers. This statement is ______.
A. True
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B. False
C. Both a and b
D. None of the above
_____4. This type of outline uses a complete sentence for each item.
A. Paragraph Outline
B. Sentence Outline
C. Topic Outline
D. None of the above
_____5. If you wish to create an outline for relatively simple subjects, which typology
of outline should you use?
A. Paragraph Outline
B. Sentence Outline
C. Topic Outline
D. None of the above
_____6. To begin an outline, you need to start with your ___________. This
will be your guide throughout the process of writing your essay.
A. Outline
B. Paraphrase
C. Summary
D. Thesis statement
_____7. The second level of an alphanumeric outline must begin with a/an _______.
A. Capitalized letter
B. Hindu-Arabic number
C. Lowercase letter
D. Roman numeral
_____8. The terms Academic, TVL, Arts and Design, and Sports are under what
particular broad term?
A. Senior High School Exits
B. Senior High School Tracks
C. Senior High School Strands
D. Senior High School Subjects
_____9. Below are the primary reasons for creating an outline, EXCEPT ONE: ____.
A. Aids in the process of writing
B. Helps you organize your ideas
C. Presents your material in a logical form
D. Constructs messed up overview of your writing
_____10. The notion: “if the first heading is a verb, the second heading should be a
verb” adheres to what component of effective outlining?
A. Coordination
B. Division
C. Parallelism
D. Subordination
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Additional Activities
Read the paragraph. Then fill in the blanks with the best type of outline that
follows.
1What makes an effective leader? 2To be sure, no one characteristic or trait
defines an effective leader. 3It is true, however, that effective leaders get the
most out of employees or group members by holding them to very high
standards or expectations. 4Setting high standards increases productivity
because people tend to live up to the expectations set for them by superiors.
5This is an example of the Pygmalion effect, which works in a subtle, often
unconscious way. 6When a managerial leader believes that a group member will
succeed, the manager communicates this belief without realizing that he or she
is doing so.
7Conversely, when a leader expects a group member to fail, that person will
Main Idea: Effective leaders encourage a high level of performance by expecting the
best from their employees.
Support: 1. People are likely to live up to a manager's or superior's expectations.
2. Called the “Pygmalion effect” i.e. expect the best and you'll get it.
3. ______________________________________________________
a. leader who expects the best gets high achievement
b. leader who doesn't expect much gets low achievement
c.___________________________________________________
d. pays for leaders to expect the best
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Answer Key
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References
• “Four Main Components for Effective Outlines.” Purdue Online Writing Lab.
Accessed April 22, 2020. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/the_writing_
process/developing_an_outline/how_to_outline.html
• “Why and How to Create a Useful Outline.” Purdue Online Writing Lab. Accessed
April 22, 2020. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/the_writing_process/
developing_an_outline/how_to_outline.html
• Flemming, Laraine. “Exercise Practice with Outlining.” Accessed April 30, 2020.
http://www.laflemm.com/reso/OutliningFill-InREVISED.pdf
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