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Lesson1 - Week 5 Claim of Fact

The document provides information about what constitutes a claim, including that claims can be facts, values, or policies. It discusses the purposes and characteristics of good claims. Students are given directions to choose topics and form original claims for each, stating their reasoning. Multiple choice questions are also provided to test understanding

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Lesson1 - Week 5 Claim of Fact

The document provides information about what constitutes a claim, including that claims can be facts, values, or policies. It discusses the purposes and characteristics of good claims. Students are given directions to choose topics and form original claims for each, stating their reasoning. Multiple choice questions are also provided to test understanding

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Reading and

Writing Skills
Objectives
Identify claims explicitly or implicitly made in a
written text
Enabling objectives
At the end of the learning engagement, students will
be able to:
• define the claim and its characteristics
• formulate an original claim
• value one’s opinion on social issues by formulating
a claim
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Activity 1: Claim or Not
Directions: Read article below. Tell whether each underlined
sentence is a claim or not.

As I go through life, I am aware that there will always be trials and


challenges. For a handicapped person like myself, life is almost
synonymous with the word struggle. I have to continuously show the
world that I can be useful and productive like normal individuals. The
success of handicapped people who have helped themselves rests on
private and public institutions that are ready and willing to give the
disabled a chance to earn a living. We the disabled are still a part of
society and are entitled to the human rights all normal persons enjoy.

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What is a Claim?

• Claims are synonymous to belief,


argument, assertion, or stand.
• The word claim comes from the
Latin word clamare, which means
“to cry out, shout.”

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What is a Claim?

• In literature, a claim is a
statement that asserts something to
be true and can either be a fact or a
judgment.

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What is a Claim?
• A claim is the central argument
of the text which can work on its
own or in conjunction with other
claims to form a larger
argument.

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Purposes of a Claim

• It persuades, argues, convinces,


proves or provocatively suggests
something to a reader who may or may
not initially agree with you.

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Classification of Claims

• It can be classified into three types

1.Fact
2.Value
3.Policy

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Characteristics of a good claim

• argumentative and debatable


• specific and focused
• interesting and engaging
• logical

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Directions: Given the following topics, choose two (2) and formulate
an original claim for each chosen topic. Then, reason out what makes
them a claim. Be guided by the rubrics below. Write your answer on
your answer sheet.

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Directions: Write the letter of the best answer
on a separate sheet.

1. The following are characteristics of a good


claim EXCEPT

a. argumentative and debatable


b. specific and focused
c. interesting and engaging
d. fun and entertaining

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2. What is a claim?

a. synonymous to belief, argument,


assertion, or stand
b. It comes from the Latin word
clamare, which means “to be silent.”
c. textual evidence to support your idea
d. an argument that opposes your claim
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3. Which of the following statements is an
example of a claim?

a. Ruiz believes that change has come.


b. Filipinos need to exercise their right to
vote.
c. Annie thinks that we should have a
universal health care.
d. All of the above

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4. Which of the following is the best
example of a claim?

a. Joe owns a dog name Rex.


b. Drugs are harmful to your health.
c. United States uses more cars than your
country.
d. Students should be able to bring device
to school everyday.

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5. What is the purpose of a
counterclaim?
a. It supports the original claim
b. It proves the original claim
c. It disproves the original claim
d. It agrees with the original claim

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Lesson 2-Claim of Fact
1. How well do you
know your own body?
2. Do you know how
each organ in our
body works?
3. How are you taking
care of your body?
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Is it a Fact or a Bluff?
1. We only use 20% of our brains.
2. Your heart pumps blood through your
body.
3. Your eyes blink around 20 times a minute.
4. The only muscle that never tires is the
heart.
5. The skin is your smallest organ.

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What is claim of fact?

• It is a claim that asserts some empirical truth.


• It is something that can be determined by
careful observation of past, present, or future.
• Generally, the truth of the assertion will be
determined by events. But the speaker will offer
information or explanations that predict or
characterizes the events.

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What is claim of fact?

• Claims of facts are those we think about rightly as being


true or false. Of course, sometimes we cannot say something
as true or false, but we have to say “How likely is that true?”
But the reasons we give are the reasons we believe the
statement is true or false.
• It is used to support through the use of factual evidence
that is sufficient, reliable and appropriate.
• Argument usually turns on strength of evidence presented
as reason for arguer’s belief in the claim.
• It must be proven absolutely true and the statement gives
room for discussion.

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Here are examples of claim of fact:

1. The home quarantine did not lower the


number of COVID-19 infected individuals. 2.
Washing of hands is the most effective
measure to prevent getting infected from
the virus.
3. The death penalty does not deter crime.

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Activity 1

Directions: Write at least 5


sentences about “Benefits of Healthy
Eating”. using claim of fact which
you learned from the lesson.

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Quiz 1 Put a check mark () if the statement is a claim of fact and put a cross mark (X)
if it is not.

1. The Department of Education shows its readiness on


the ‘new normal’ in the
teaching and learning process.
2. Curfew must be enforced by parents to their children.
3. Vaping can have same side effects as smoking.
4. The closing of Philippine borders to tourists is one way
to slow down the
spread of COVID-19.
5. Doing videos in TikTok is more exciting than vlogging.

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Put a check mark () if the statement is a claim of fact and put a cross mark (X)
if it is not.

6. Research says that people can reduce stress by taking a


nap.
7. It is more beneficial for a child to grow up speaking more
than one language
than knowing only his or her mother tongue.
8. National ID system should now be implemented in the
Philippines.
9. Neil Armstrong made a history as the first man to walk
on the moon.
10. Watching K-Drama is the best form of entertainment.

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