English 6 DLP 17 Giving the Main Idea

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ENGLISHGIVING THE MAIN IDEA (EXPLICIT)

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To the Learner

Dear Learner,

How are you today?

This is your frst module in English or the seond grading! Li"e inthe #re$ious modules, you will also learn e%iting lessons

here with ati$ities that are es#eially made or you!

In this module, you will learn how to identiy and gi$e the e%#liitmain idea o a seletion!

Ha$e un and good lu"&

Let's Le

This module will hel# you identiy the main idea o a readingseletion that is e%#liitly stated! The e%#liit main idea identifes theto#i and states the o$erall meaning o the #aragra#h!

Let's Try

(ead eah #aragra#h and identiy its main idea!

1. Deadlines are a at o a writer's l will our under the #ressure o time! )writer must ha$e the

a*ility to thin" ast to ath the deadline! News writers, orinstane, ha$e to o$er the ha##enings in the ountry or#eo#le to "now the soonest #ossi*le time!

1. Deadlines are a at o a writer'

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+ost o his writing #roets will our under the #ressure otime!

3. ) writer must ha$e the a*ility to thin" ast to ath thedeadline!

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2. -amela started wor"ing at a $ery young age when she let herhometown! She sa$ed money to *uy materials or *eadedne"laes and *raelets! She #ut u# a small *usiness onaessories in her town! Now, she owns twenty *ranhes o

-amela's )essories in "ey ities o to ma"e her dreams ome true!

1. -amela wore *eaded aessories!2. -amela sa$ed money!3. -amela wor"ed hard to ma"e her dreams ome true!

3. .loods an ause tremendous damage! They an ruin houses,roads and *uildings! .loods an ta"e down trees and ause

landslides! They oten lea$e mud, sand and de*ris *ehind! Itan ta"e months to lean u# ater a de$astating /ood!

1. .loods lea$e mud, sand and de*ris!2. .loods an ause tremendous damage!3. .loods an ta"e down trees and ause landslides!

4. )nimals #rotet themsel$es *y *lending in with theirsurrounding! The hameleon #rotets itsel *y *lending theolor o its s"in with its surrounding! The stri#es o the tigerhel# it hide in the ungle! Some fsh *lend in with the sand andmud in the water! 0ertain *irds shed *rown eathers and growwhite ones to hide in the winter's snow!

1. )ll animals hide rom enemies!2. .ish *lends in with mud and sand in the water!

3. )nimals #rotet themsel$es *y *lending in with theirsurrounding!

5. 1hales tal" with others *y ma"ing di2erent sounds! They ma"eli"s, whistles, s3uea"s, thum#s and e$en low moans! 4eausesound wa$es tra$el well in water, the songs o whales an *eheard more than a hundred miles away! 1hales are $erysoia*le animals!

1. 1hales tal" with others *y ma"ing di2erent sounds!

2. 1hales ma"e li"s, whistles, s3uea"s, thum#s and e$en lowmoans!

3. 1hales are $ery soia*le animals!

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)re your answers li"e these?

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Don't worry i you don't get all th other ati$ities or you to do in thesueeding #ages!

Let's Stud

(ead this #aragra#h and ta"e note o the details that are ound ineah sentene!

The .ili#ino is a $ery res#etul #erson!

He shows due res#et to his #arents, eldersand to #eo#le in authority! He ne$er mis timesituations demand! This is a .ili#ino way oshowing res#et whih we are $ery #roud o!He "isses the hands o #arents andgrand#arents as a uni3ue way o showingres#et to elders! He al elder sister ;)te

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1hat is the main idea o the #aragra#h?

1hat are the su##orting details?

Lets us use a diagram to illustrate the main idea and itssu##orting details!

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+ain Idea> The .ili#ino is a $ery res#etul #erson!

Su##orting Details

He shows due res#et He ne$er misses toto his #arents, elders say the word

and to #eo#le in e$ery time situationsauthority! demand it!

He "isses the He alls hishands o his older *rother#arents and ;uya< ogrand#arents! older sister

;)te

The main idea is the most im#ortant idea in a #aragra#h! It isli"e a string that holds a ne"lae o *eads together! It *inds thesentenes in the #aragra#h so that they ma"e sense! The details inthe sentenes are related to one another and they usually reer toone #artiular to#i!

.urthermore, the main idea is the most im#ortant thought orous in the #aragra#h! It may *e stated diretly @e%#liit or it may*e im#lied @im#liit! I the main idea is stated diretly @e%#liit, itan neither *e ound at the *eginning, middle or end o a #aragra#h!

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Let's Do This

(ead eah #aragra#h and write the e%#liit main idea on your#a#er!

1. In the -hili##ines, .ili#ino dotors, nurses, teahers, engineers,onstrution wor"ers, and domesti hel#ers lea$e the ountryto see" *etter #aying o*s a*road! They sarife a lot, lea$ing*ehind their lo$ed ones so that their amilies an ha$e *etter

li$es! Truly the millions o o$erseas .ili#inos wor"ers are theunsung heroes o our ountry!

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2. The -hili##ines ele*rates our national holidays! These are4oniaio Day, National Heroes' Day,Day! These are the holidays that .ili#inos easily remem*er!

3. 4lind (oselle )m*uyog graduated as lass $aleditorian! Sheto#s the graduating lass o 5,6 students at the (amon+agsaysay High Shool in +anila! She also garners eight otherawards and is gi$en reognition as the model student o theyear! She, thereore, deli$ers the $aleditory s#eeh!

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4. 0uriosity is a great ena*ler, and I *elie$e, a natural in*ornasset! It an *e enhaned and may *eome a onstruti$e

inner resoure! )s suh, it an *e #owerul moti$ator or selde$elo#ment in all areas! Howe$er, it an also *e stunted anddestroyed!

5. Daning is a orm o e%erise that is good or the heart, themind, and the s#irit! Daning ma"es a #erson healthy! The waythe *ody res#onds to the *eat o the musi, the holding ohands with the #artner is a olla*oration o art! There is a goodmutual relationshi# *etween onesel and the #eo#le aroundyou! Fou *eome a *etter #erson!

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Let's Do +

=sing the gra#hi organier, illustrate the main idea andsu##orting details o this #aragra#h!

The .ili#ino is $ery thoughtul, lo$ing,understanding hel#ul, air, riendly andharita*le! He shares e$en the little that hehas with the needy and the #oor! 1henalamities li"e ty#hoons, /oods, e#idemisand earth3ua"es our, you an *e sure thatthe .ili#ino is always there with a hel#inghand and a ready smile to heer u# thosewho su2er! He is humane and onerned tohis ellowmen!

ada#ted rom LearningGuides in English

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)re you done? Loo" at the answer "ey to he" your answers!

How was it? 1as your answer right?

I not, don'tre areworrymoreati$itiesorin thethismodule!

Let's (emem*

) #aragra#h is a grou# o sentenes that tal" a*outone im#ortant "ey idea! These sentenes whih areonneted to one another in some ways gi$e small ideasthat su##ort the "ey sentene!

The "ey sentene e%#resses the main idea o the#aragra#h! It usually states, in one sentene, what the#aragra#h is a*out! The sentene that ontains the mainidea may *e ound at the *eginning, middle or end o a#aragra#h!

Let's Test Au

The ollowing #aragra#hs are e%er# a*ataan -rimer, ;E%#anding AurHori

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(ead eah #aragra#h and write the e%#liit main idea on your#a#er!

1. There is a tendeny in the .ili#ino to *e su#erfial and e$ensomewhat /ighty! In the ae o serious #ro*lems, *oth#ersonal and soial, there is a la" o analysis or re/etion! 1e

o"e a*out the most serious matters and this attitude #re$entsloo"ing

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dee#ly into the #ro*lem! There is no elt need to $alidate ourhy#otheses or e%#lanation o things!

2. Aur innate religiosity ena*les us to om#rehend and genuinely ae#t

reality in the onte%t,tragedyo God and *ad ortune are ae#ted anda ertain degree o o#timism harateries e$en the #oorest li$es!Indeed, .ili#inos ha$e adee# aith in God!

3. The desire to raise one's standard essentials o adeentamily,om*inedliewithorthe on right o##ortunities andinenti$es, ma"es the .ili#ino wor" $ery

hard! .ili#inos ha$e the a#aity or hard wor" gi$en #ro#eronditions! This trait is maniested most notiea*ly inwillingness to ta"e ris"s with o*s a*road and, while there, towor" at two or three o*s! The result is #roduti$ity andentre#reneurshi# or some and sur$i$al des#ite #o$erty orothers!

4. .ili#inos regard others with dignity and res#et and deal withthem as ellow human *eings! -a"i"i#ag"a#watao ismaniested in a *asi sense o ustie and airness and inonern or others!

It is demonstrated in the .ili#ino others, in hel#ulness and generosityin times o need, in the #ratie o *ayanihan or mutual assistane,

and in the amous .ili#ino hos#itality!

5. 1e ha$e a #leasant dis#osition, a sense o humor and a#ros#erity or ha##iness that ontri*ute not only to the .ili#inoharm *ut also to the indomita*ility o the .ili#ino s#irit! 1eha$e a heerul and unlo$ing a##roah to lie and its u#s anddowns! Laughing at oursel$es and the mess we are in anim#ortant o#ing mehanism! Aten #layul, sometimesdisres#etul, we laugh at those we lo$e at those we hate and

we ma"e o"es a*out our ortune, *e it good or *ad!

.inished?

0he" your answers against the answer "ey!

1hat's your sore?

0ongratulations& I you got 9: rightanswers, you get a

I you got 8 and *elow, do the ati$ity in Let'

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Let's EAursel$es

(ead eah grou# o sentenes! 1rite the main idea on your #a#er!

1. The ostrih is the largest *ird in e%istene!

Astrihes may weigh rom 7 to 8 #ounds @58: "g!Some ostrihes are nearly eet @7!9 meters tall!

2. )lthough they annot /y, ostrihes an run 3ui"ly!

Their long legs and sturdy eet hel# them run!Astrihes an run as ast as 9 miles @69 "m #erhour!

3. )n ostrih an usually outrun its enemies with ease!The ostrih's strong legs hel# to #r

1hen an ostrih an run no arther, it will "i" an enemy with its#owerul legs!

4. 0arri*ean /amingos ha$e oralred eathers!

In South )meria, /amingos are #in"ishwhiteJ in North )meria,they are *right red with *la"eyed wings!) /amingo's olor ranges rom *righ

5. .lamingos strain mud to get their ood!

In their *ills, /amingos soo# u# mud rom the *ottoms o la"es!They strain out small #lants and animals and eat them!

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)nswer ey

Lets Do This

1. Truly the millions o o$erseas .ili#ino wor"ers are the unsungheroes o our ountry!

2. The -hili##ines ele*rates our national holidays!3. 4lind (oselle )m*u*uyog graduated as lass $aleditorian!4. 0uriosity is a great ena*ler, and I *elie$e, a natural in*orn

asset!5. Daning is a orm o e%erise that is good!

Lets Do More

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Lets Testlves Ourse

1. There is a tendeny in the .ili#ino to *e su#erfial and e$ensomewhat /ighty!

2. .ili#inos ha$e a dee# aith in God!3. .ili#inos ha$e the a#aity or hard wor" gi$en #ro#er

onditions!

4. .ili#inos regard others with dignity and res#et and deal with

them as ellow human *eings!5. 1e ha$e a heerul and unlo$ing a##roah to lie and its u#s

and downs!


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Lets Enrich Ourselves

1. The ostrih is the largest *ird in e%istene!2. )lthough they annot /y, ostrihes an run 3ui"ly!3. The ostrih's strongto#rotetit romlegsitsenemieshel#!4. ) /amingo's olor ranges rom *righ5. .lamingos strain mud get to their ood!

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