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English Activity Sheet

Quarter 3 – MELC 2B
Summarizing an Explanation

REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS

English 5
Activity Sheet No. 2B
First Edition, 2021

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 Introductory Message

Welcome to English 5!

The Learning Activity Sheet is a product of the collaborative efforts of the

Schools Division of Bacolod City and DepEd Regional Office VI - Western Visayas
through the Curriculum and Learning Management Division (CLMD). This is
developed to guide the learning facilitators (teachers, parents and responsible
adults) in helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Basic Education
Curriculum.

The Learning Activity Sheet is a self-directed instructional material aimed to

guide the learners in accomplishing activities at their own pace and time using the
contextualized resources in the community. This will also assist the learners in
acquiring the lifelong learning skills, knowledge and attitudes for productivity and
employment.

For the learning facilitator:

The English Activity Sheet will help you facilitate the teaching-learning
activities specified in each Most Essential Learning Competency (MELC) with
minimal or no face-to-face encounter between you and learner. This will be made
available to the learners with the references/links to ease the independent learning.

For the learner:

The English Activity Sheet is developed to help you continue learning even
if you are not in school. This learning material provides you with meaningful and
engaging activities for independent learning. Being an active learner, carefully read
and understand the instructions, then perform the activities and answer the
assessments. This will be returned to your facilitator on the agreed schedule.

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 Quarter 3 Week 3

Name: ________________________________ Grade and Section: _____________

Date: __________________

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET (LAS) IN ENGLISH 5

Summarizing an Explanation Text Type

I. Learning Competency with Code

Summarize an explanation text types based on elements

II. Background Information for Learners

A summary is a brief statement or condensed version of a selection.

Summarizing is a way of understanding a text by identifying the main idea and its
important supporting information.

Explanation
Explanation is a text type that tells how or why things or events work or happen.

Explanation includes a sequence of events (explaining how) and provides reasons

for a process (why). It also includes: (1) a general statement of the event or happening;
(2) a series of statements that describe the ‘how’ or ‘why’ of the event or happening; (3) a
concluding statement that sums up the explanation.

Writing the Summary of an Explanation Text Type

1. Give the main point or general statement of the original text
2. Include only the important ideas from the text
Leave out little details like dates, numbers, or statistics
3. Restate in your own words
4. Avoid repeated information

Original Selection
The Feline Mother
Adapted from Evelyn Angeles et al.

The cat is a good parent. A mother cat licks her kittens as soon as they are born.
This is how she cleans and dries her kittens. It is also a way of keeping her kittens’ fur
smooth. The mother cat nurses them, and she watches over them all day. If she thinks her
kittens are not safe, she transfers them to another place. She picks them up gently by the
skin on the back of their necks. Then, she carries them one by one to a safer place. She is
very gentle, but she will scratch any animal or person trying to harm her kittens. This is how
caring a mother cat is to her kittens.

Summary

1A cat, a good parent, takes care of her kittens. 2 The mother cat makes sure that
the kittens are clean. 3It ensures her kittens’ safety. 4This is how a mother cat takes care
of her kittens.

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III. Accompanying DepEd Textbooks and Educational Sites
Angeles, Evelyn B. and Castillo, Kristine Erika C. (2016). Joy in Learning English 5.
Angeles, Evelyn B. and Bambico, Alicia R. (1999). English for All Times 5.

IV. Activity Proper

1. Directions/ Instructions

Review the notes on summarizing an explanation text type in the

Background Information for Learners. Then, answer the exercises/activities.

2. Exercises / Activities

Activity 1: Answer the following questions. Write the answers on your answer sheet.

1. Which idea describes explanation?

A. It identifies the main idea and supporting information.
B. It gives the condensed version of the original text.
C. It has series of statements that group ideas.
D. It tells how or why things or events happen.

2. Which idea gives the purpose of a summary?

A. To explain to the readers the details in the text
B. To explain to the readers the difficult words
C. To help the readers understand the process
D. To help the readers understand the text

3. Which idea should be included when summarizing an explanation?

A. dates and numbers
B. main point of the text
C. repeated information
D. statistics in the text

4. The following sentences talk about a seahorse. If written into a paragraph, which
sentence would be the general statement?
A. The eyes of the seahorse can move independently of each other.
B. The head of a seahorse looks like a horse.
C. The male seahorse gives birth to a baby seahorse.
D. The seahorse is a very unusual animal.

5. The following sentences talk about one of the Filipino traditions. If written into a
paragraph, which sentence would be the general statement?
A. For our ancestors, every event had a special song.
B. Likewise, there were songs of warmth, serenity, and sorrow.
C. There were songs of adoration and songs of happiness.
D. The minority groups continue to live this tradition to preserve our heritage.

6. The following sentences talk about the farming method used by farmers long ago.
If written into a paragraph, which sentence would be the concluding statement?
A. Birds ate some seeds that remained on the soil’s surface.
B. Some of the seeds were blown away.
C. Farmers still used this method of planting for hundreds of years.
D. The first farmers planted seeds simply by scattering them on the ground.

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 7. The following sentences talk about Asian elephants. If written into a paragraph,
which sentence would be the general statement?
A. Asian elephants have been very important to Asian culture.
B. They have been turned to serve as means of transportation.
C. These elephants were also used to move heavy objects.
D. These animals, too, are used for religious festivals.

Activity 2: Read the selection. Then, arrange the sentences to form the summary. Write
the answers on your answer sheet.

For number 1
a.

I. Long ago, people spent their lives roaming in search of food.

II. People stopped roaming and settled down as farmers.
III. They hunted and fished wild animals.
IV. They learned to grow plants, such as rice and wheat.
V. Then, people found they could tame certain animals.
VI. They went from place to place looking for wild plants.

1. Which is the correct sequence of the summary?

A. I-III-II-V-IV-I-VI C. I-IV-III-V-VI– II
B. I-III-IV-V-II– V D. I-VI-III-V-IV– II

For number 2

I.A monkey’s tail functions as its fifth limb.

II.It also helps the monkey when it reaches out for food with both hands.
III.It helps the monkey as it transfers from one branch to another.
IV. Other animals with prehensile tail other than the monkeys are chameleon,
kinkajou, and silky anteater.
V. This tail, also called a prehensile tail, gives the monkey an extra grasp or grip.

2. Which is the correct sequence of the summary?

A. I-II-V-III- IV C. I-IV-III-II-V
B. I-III-II-IV-V D. I-V-III-II-IV

For number 3
I. Dry garbage includes wood and related products, metals, and glass.
II. Garbage may also be segregated on basis of biodegradable and
nonbiodegradable.
III. Garbage segregation is the process of grouping garbage according to its kind.
IV. Generally, garbage segregation involves separating dry and wet garbage.
V. It is often done in schools, companies, and even at home.
VI. Wet garbage typically refers to organic waste usually generated by eating
establishments and are heavy in weight due to dampness.

3. Which shows the correct sequence?

A. III-IV- I-VI-II-V C. III-V-IV-I-VI-II
B. III- IV-I-VI-V-II D. III-IV-I-VI-V-II

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 Activity 3: Arrange the sentences to make a summary. Write your answers on your
answer sheet. (7 points)
Aside from that, they also mimic human voices.
Elephants are extremely intelligent animals.
Moreover, they understand human body language.
They also display signs of grief, joy, anger, and play.
They also have long memories.
These behaviors clearly prove that elephants are intelligent animals.
They can use tools in their surroundings.

Activity 4: Make a 5-sentence summary of the text about a bat. Write your answers on
your answer sheet. (2 points for every sentence)

The bat is a nocturnal animal because it stays awake at night and sleeps all
day. It is like the owl, another nocturnal animal. The bat hangs upside down on a
branch of a tree or on the roof of a cave when it sleeps. When night comes, the bat
wakes up. It stretches its wings and licks itself like a cat. After washing up, the bat
flies out into the night to look for food. It zigzags among the trees and across the
fields. It can fly at night even with its eyes closed.
The bat does not bump against anything as it flies in the night. Do you
know why? The bat makes a very high-pitched squeak as it flies. Only the bat can
hear it. This sound strikes things and bounces back to the bat like a ball. If the
sound comes back quickly, the bat is very close to something. So it moves away. If
the sound takes some time to come back, the bat knows that it will not hit anything
nearby. So it goes on its way. The bat uses the sound of its voice to guide it as it
flies.
The bat is not a bird, although it flies like a bird. The bat is a mammal like
cats and dogs. It does not lay eggs. Little bats are born alive. They feed on their
mother’s milk like kittens and puppies.

3. Guide Question

1. What are the important points in summarizing an explanation?

V. Reflection

Directions: Complete the given phrase below. Do not forget to place a period at the
end of every sentence.

In this lesson, I have learned that ______________________________

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Activity 1:
1. D 2. D 3. B 4. D 5. C 6. C 7. A
Activity 2
1. D 2. D 3. C
Activity 3:
Elephants are extremely intelligent animals. They can use tools in their
surroundings. Moreover, they understand human body language. They also have long
memories. Aside from long memories, they also mimic human voices. Finally, their
intelligence was observed through their display of signs of grief, joy, anger, and play.
These behaviors clearly prove that elephants are intelligent animals.
Activity 4:
The bat is a nocturnal animal. It stays awake at night and sleeps all day. It depends
on the sound of its voice to guide it as it flies in the night. A bat is a mammal because its
young are born alive. Likewise, the young bats feed on their mother’s milk.
Guide Question
1. To summarize an explanatory text, we need to include the important ideas from the text.
Insignificant and repeated details should be avoided.
VI. Answer Key