Activity Sheet

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ENGLISH 6

QUARTER 1
Week 5-Day 1
Listening Comprehension
EN6LC-Ie-2.11.1, EN6LC-Ie-2.11.2, EN6LC-Ie-2.11.3
Infer the speakers tone, mood and purpose

Vocabulary
EN6V-Ie-12.3.2, EN6V-Ie-12.4.1.2, EN6V-Ie-12.4.2.2
Infer meaning of figurative language using
-context clues
-affixes and roots
-other strategies

Attitude
EN6A-Ie-16
Observe politeness at all times
EN6A-Ie-17
Show tactfulness when communicating with others
EN6A-Ie-18
Show openness to criticism
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Lets Learn This

In this activity sheet, you will learn about the purpose of a text.

The author always has a reason for writing a text.

Lets find out what these purposes are.

Lets Recall

Can you remember some of the idioms we studied last time?

Today, let us review more idioms. This time, we will talk about food idioms.

Task 1: Using Idioms is a Piece of Cake!

Think-Pair-Share
Think: Reflect about the given question/task.
Pair: Face your seatmate/partner.
Share: Discuss with your seatmate/partner your answer.

Remember to observe the following during Think-Pair-Share activity:

Be polite. Wait for your turn to speak. Listen while your seatmate/partner is
speaking.

Be tactful. Say what you want to say in a nice way. Also, wait for your
seatmate/partner to finish first before you say something.

Be open. When your seatmate/partner does not agree with what you are saying,
do not feel bad. Accept that he or she has different opinion.

Here are sentences that have food idioms. Brainstorm with your seatmate/partner
the meaning of the idioms by studying the sentences. Choose from the given list of
meanings.
Idiom Sentences
Apple of ones eye 1. The baby is the apple of the fathers eye.
Bad egg 2. Dont hang around with the bad eggs on the street.

Big cheese 3. The security is tight because our guest is a big cheese.

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Idiom Sentences
Bread and butter 4. Explain only the bread and butter of your report to the boss.

Carrot top 5. Faye stands out from the crowd because she is a carrot top.

A. Very important person

B. Necessities, the main thing
C. Person with red or orange hair
D. A person who is often in trouble
E. A person that is adored by someone

Source:
"Examples of Food Idioms." YourDictionary. June 22, 2016. Accessed May 12, 2017.
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-food-idioms.html.

What words in the sentences helped you get the meaning of the idioms?

Lets Try This

The idioms you learned today have food in them.

Today, you will be listening to a story that has food, too.

Before you listen to the story, let us learn some words that are in the story.

Task 2: Enrich Your Vocabulary

A. Unlocking of Difficult Words

Match the word with the correct meaning.

Word Meaning

1. leftovers A. A sudden heavy rain

2. staler B. From bad to very bad
3. survival C. Rain that falls lightly in very small drops
4. Gorgonzola D. No longer good or appealing; no longer fresh
5. took a turn E. A large pile of snow or sand that has been blown by the wind
for the
F. An extremely large, powerful, and destructive storm with very
worse
strong winds
tornado
6.
G. A violent and destructive storm in which powerful winds move

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Word Meaning

7. drizzle around a central point

8. hurricane H. An Italian cheese that contains blue mold and that has a strong,
sharp taste and smell
9. downpour
I. The state or fact of continuing to live or exist especially in spite
10. drifts of difficult situations
J. Food that has not been finished at a meal and that is often
served at another meal

Did you match all the words and meanings correctly?

B. Motivation and Motive Questions

Now that you have learned the words, get ready to listen to the story.

The story you will listen to today is a tall tale.

A tall tale is a funny story that includes exaggerated details and problems that are
solved in funny ways.

Now answer the following questions:

What was the worst weather you experienced?

Why do you consider it the worst?

In our story, what do you think is the worst weather the characters
experienced?
Why do they consider it the worst?

C. Listening to the Story

Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs

By Judy Barret
Copyright 1978
Source:
"Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs | Children's Books Read Aloud." YouTube. May 03, 2017.
Accessed May 17, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p0jUrLS0mw.

D. Discussion/Comprehension Questions

In our story, what is the worst weather they experienced?

Why do they consider it the worst?
Was it good living in the town of Chewandswallow? Why or why not?
What do you think it would be like to live in a place where food really did

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come from the sky?

Would you like to live in a place like this? Why or why not?
How can we prevent a bad weather from happening in our country?

Lets Study This

Now, lets study how you can determine the purpose of the text.

PURPOSE OF THE TEXT

The purpose of the text is the writers reason for writing. Many texts have more
than one purpose, but usually one will stand out as primary.
Writers may choose from a variety of purposes, which usually fall into three main
categories: to Persuade, to Inform, and to Entertain (PIE).

To Persuade
Writers write to persuade the readers to agree to a particular belief or opinion or to
act in a particular way. Persuasive writing states the writers position, offers
evidence to support that position, and invites the reader to adopt the position.
Examples of persuasive writing are advertisements, movie reviews, academic
arguments, and political speeches.

To Inform
Writers often write to inform the readers. These texts provide facts about some
topic. Informative writing is usually clear and well-organized. Examples of texts
written to inform are textbooks and encyclopedias.

To Entertain
Some writers write to entertain or amuse the readers. Texts written to entertain are
often imaginative works like novels, stories, or poems. Some texts may also make
important observations about human nature and the ways of the world, but the
primary reason is to entertainment.

How to Determine Purpose

To determine a texts purpose, ask the following questions.

Question Yes Purpose

Is the text a novel, a story, or a poem? To entertain
Does the text offer a set of facts? To inform
Does the text provide a series of steps to accomplish a To inform
specific task?
Does the text tell how something works? To inform

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Question Yes Purpose

Does the text provide sensory details that allow the reader to To inform
form a mental picture?
Does the text attempts to change the readers opinion about To persuade
something or encourage the reader to act in a particular way?

Source:
Study.com. Accessed May 12, 2017. http://study.com/academy/lesson/how-to-analyze-the-
purposeof-a-text.html.

Going back to our story, what is the purpose of the writer?

Lets Do This

Task 3: Is it to PIE?

Group Work

Let us have a group activity.

Remember to observe the following during group discussion:

Be polite. Wait for your turn to speak. Listen while your classmates are speaking.
Be tactful. Say what you want to say in a nice way. Also, wait for the one who is
speaking to finish first before you say something.

Be open. When your classmates do not agree with what you are saying, do not
feel bad. Accept that people have different opinions.

As a group, discuss the purpose of the text your teacher will say.

1. Animals live in a particular place called habitat where they can find the food
they eat. There are live animals and found in the pond, forest, seas, and grassland.
The food is their source of energy. In order to survive, they need a continuous
supply of food. Thus, obtaining food is their life activities.

Source: Agudo, Kenneth C. "Facts about Animals: Its Types and Classification." HubPages. July
20, 2015. Accessed May 20, 2017. https://hubpages.com/education/Facts-about-Animals-Its-
Types-andClassification.

2. A Fox one day spied a beautiful bunch of ripe grapes hanging from a vine
trained along the branches of a tree. The grapes seemed ready to burst with juice,
and the Foxs mouth watered as he gazed longingly at them.

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Source:
"The Fox and The Grapes." Fables of Aesop. March 27, 2017. Accessed May 18, 2017.
http://fablesofaesop.com/the-fox-and-the-grapes.html.

3. Everyone should think twice before deciding to eat fast food. There are many
health risks when it comes to eating food thats made within a matter of seconds.
The food is not properly taken care of, which leads all the way back to where the
food is originally produced. Even if it is easy to buy and cheap, the health risks
outweigh the five minutes of satisfaction that fast food brings. One should carefully
think before they eat fast food.

Source:
Ilovelucy, Oak Lawn IL. "Fast Food Argumentative Essay." Tenn Ink. Accessed May 12, 2017.
http://www.teenink.com/nonfiction/academic/article/302805/Fast-Food-Argumentative-Essay/.

Lets Do More

Task 4: More PIEs?

Pair Up
With your partner, determine the purpose of the following texts.

1. It's late, it's been a long day, you're starving, and you're too exhausted to
cook. Hitting up the drive-thru seems like the best option but we promise you, it's
really not. The reasons to boycott fast food go way beyond the obvious health
concerns although caring for you (and your family's) well-being should be reason
enough alone. If you take a moment to learn a little more about that extra value
meal that goes down so easy, you might not like what you find.

Source:
Gallam, Claire. "Cheap and easy fast food meals are tempting, but are they really worth it?"
SheKnows. January 13, 2017. Accessed May 12, 2017. http://www.sheknows.com/food-
andrecipes/articles/961233/top-10-reasons-not-to-eat-fast-food.

2. Cooking is an important part of food preparation that involves applying heat.

In most cases this transforms the chemical make up of food, altering its texture,
flavor, nutritional properties and appearance.

Source:
Technologies. "Science Facts Food Facts For Kids." Pages @ bitbillions. May 12, 2017.
Accessed May 20, 2017. https://bitbillions.com/sciense-facts-food-facts-for-kids/.

3. My favorite food is broccoli. It makes me feel so healthy. I eat it every

day. It makes me look so cute. There isnt any other food. But, mostly, I
like broccoli that makes me feel this way. Because it makes me toot.
--Kenn Nesbitt

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Source:
"My Favorite Food Is Broccoli." Poetry4kids. Accessed May 12, 2017.
https://www.poetry4kids.com/poems/my-favorite-food-is-broccoli/.

Lets Remember

The three main categories of the purpose of the texts are to Persuade, to Inform,
and to Entertain (PIE).

To persuade is to convince the readers to agree to a particular belief or opinion or to

act in a particular way.

To inform is to give the readers information about a topic or subject.

To entertain is to keep the readers amused.

Lets Test Ourselves

Task 5: To PIE or Not?

Identify the purposes of the following texts.

1. Fried chicken is my favorite. With spaghetti or rice;

With gravy or ketchup;
Or with all, Thatll be nice!
-Rose Ann B. Pamintuan

2. Although humans are omnivores (eating both plants and animals), many
people choose not to eat meat and fish. Those who dont eat or use any
products made from animals (including eggs, dairy products and honey) are
known as vegetarians or vegans.

Source:
"Fun Food Facts for Kids - Interesting Facts about Food & Nutrition." Science Kids - Fun Science &
Technology for Kids! Accessed May 12, 2017. http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/food.html.

3. Its Time to Junk Junk Food! Tired, crabby, or unfocused in class? It could be
the food you are eating. The lack of healthy and tasty school lunch selections
has recently become a problem in almost every elementary, middle and high
school across the nation. Most schools sell junk food to students and I think
this is wrong. There are many good reasons to remove junk food from school
lunch menus, and creating a healthier student body is number one. Junk
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foods should be taken out of school lunch menus because they affect your
body and mind in negative ways.

Source:
"It's Time to Junk Junk Food." Www.oaklandwrites.org. Accessed May 12, 2017.
http://www.oaklandwrites.org/documents/exemplars/7thPersuasive.pdf.

Prepared by:
ROSE ANN B. PAMINTUAN

ANSWER KEY
(For Teachers Use Only)
Task 1
1. The baby is the apple of the fathers eye.(E)
2. Dont hang around with the bad eggs on the street.(D)
3. The security is tight because our guest is a big cheese.(A)
4. Explain only the bread and butter of your report to the boss.(B)
5. Faye stands out from the crowd because she is a carrot top.(C)

Task 2
1. leftovers (J)
2. staler (D)
3. survival (I)
4. Gorgonzola (H)
5. took a turn for the worse (B)
6. tornado (G)
7. drizzle (C)
8. hurricane (F)
9. downpour (A)
10. drifts (E)

Task 3
1. To inform
2. To entertain
3. To persuade

Task 4
1. To persuade
2. To inform
3. To entertain

Task 5
1. To entertain
2. To inform
3. To persuade

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