ENGLISH 7

First Quarter
Name of Learner: Grade Level:
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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

READING STRATEGIES

Background Information for Learners

What are Reading Strategies?
Since you started to read, you have already learned reading strategies
unknowingly. This is true during your childhood days where you enjoyed
looking at the pictures before you read the words in the book and recognized
what you usually hear from the stories told to you.

As you grow, you learn more strategies on how to read and comprehend texts better.
Most of you tend to read those which reading materials are of your interests. But aside from
it, speed reading should also be learned for this is done in your school during classwork. Here
are the four reading strategies you have to use to make your reading productive. Just
remember the key words in each of the types so you can easily master them.
1. Scanning
 Scanning involves looking only for specific information (such as keywords,
numbers, names, etc.) while omitting other details. If your purpose of reading is to
search for specific information that may be somewhere a text or graph, scanning is
appropriate to use.
2. Skimming
 Skimming involves reading to get the main idea of the material before looking for
certain details that back it up. If your purpose is to read quickly through a text to
gain an overview of its content, you are going to use skimming strategy.
3. Intensive
 Intensive reading involves learners reading in detail with specific learning aims
and tasks. If you aim to read a text thoroughly to understand and remember what
you’ve read and get the meaning of it, you are having the intensive reading
strategy.
4. Extensive
 Extensive reading involves learners reading texts for enjoyment and developing
general reading skills. If you want to develop your independence, comprehension,
and general knowledge, extensive reading is needed.
Having learned all these like other skills, you can use them effectively and guarantee
you amazing learning experiences. No hassle, just have fun if you know when to use them in
everyday scenarios. Bear in mind each purpose so you can use it appropriately.
Learn more about them by doing all the exercises below.

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Learning Competency
Use appropriate reading strategies to meet one’s purpose (e.g. scanning, skimming,
close reading, etc.) EN7RC-I-a-7
Exercise 1: Find Time

Directions: Locate and encircle the four main types of reading strategies or styles hidden in
the grid. Each of them may be written from left to right, right to left, horizontally, vertically
or diagonally.

Reading Strategies

SCANNING SKIMMING INTENSIVE EXTENSIVE

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Exercise 2: Read Strategically

Directions: In your previous task, you have known the four main reading strategies. Now
study each of the situations below then identify the reading style applied in them. Write your
answer on the blank provided before the number.

1. Maria looks for her friend’s number in her phonebook. What reading style
does she use?
2. Joselito will be having a long quiz the next day. He needs to review the
lessons discussed but he doesn’t want to reread everything. Which reading
style is appropriate to use?
3. Ana loves reading novels, short stories, journals, magazines, and
newspapers. What reading style does she have?
4. Tonio picks a poem “To The Filipino Youth” by Jose Rizal for him to
interpret. He translates every difficult word, thinks about the meaning of
it, and relate with the poem and its author. What is his reading style?
5. Elena and Liza are both sports lovers. So they keep on waiting for the
results of their favorite volleyball team game on the newspaper’s
sportspage. They only look for the score of the winning team. Which
reading style do they apply?
6. Manang Nena reads just the title and the leading sentence in the first
paragraph of the text. She gets already the point of the author. What
reading strategy does she use?

Exercise 3: Time to Classify

Directions: At some point, you may get confused on the uses of reading strategies. To
deepen your understanding on the topic, accomplish this task and decide which reading
strategy you would use in the following cases. Write only the number of your answer in the
box where you think each of them belongs.

Scanning Skimming Intensive Extensive

1. Looking for the top 10 hits in the MYX Facebook Fan Page
2. Checking your inbox if there are unread or new messages
3. Doing a quick research by collecting information, reading a couple of paragraphs and
taking the main ideas of each
4. Reading the school’s rules and regulations in a student handbook
5. Reviewing the opinions of the customers about the services rendered by the crews
from the evaluation sheets
6. Choosing different reading materials for free and most especially those that are
interesting
7. Replying to emails
8. Reading a lot of articles in magazines and stories in Wattpad for fun

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Exercise 4: True or False with Correction

Directions: Read carefully the given sentences. On the blank, write TRUE if the statement is
valid and FALSE if otherwise. If the statement is FALSE, change the highlighted word/s to
make it correct.
Intensive reading
Example: Skimming is the most time-consuming of all the reading techniques.

1. Scanning includes looking for the main ideas of the article.

2. Looking up the synonym of the word “boisterous” in the dictionary is an

example of scanning.

3. Skimming is quickly reading over a text to find a specific piece of

information.

4. Extensive reading style doesn’t work for those who find reading
uninteresting and tiring.

5. Intensive reading does not focus on closely following a shorter text, doing
exercises with it, and learning it in detail.

6. It is good to scan a story if you want to read it slowly.

7. Key words and numbers can help with skimming.

Exercise 5: Fill It In

Directions: Using the terms in the word pool below, complete the statement in the speech
balloon that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. Apply what you’ve learned
about the reading strategies. Answer this task in your notebook.

intensively skimming extensively scan

Have you started Yes! I startedthem last night. It is easier to

reviewing our lessons for do than reread everything in my notes.
1.
tomorrow’s exam?

. Good day! Did you answer our

assignment in English? What are Readthe text and retell it with the correct
we going to do again with the short sequence of events. Start reading it in details.
2. story?

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3. Hi Allan. What are you Not really! I’m just trying to
doing? You seem so the dictionary to find
serious with it. the meaning of the unfamiliar word
I came across in the poem.

Jose, what will you do with I enjoy borrowing these books from
4. those books? the library. I
read the incredible stories, facts
about science, discoveries and a lot
more.

Exercise 6: Ready to Scan

Directions: Having known the four strategies, apply now the use of the first one which is
scanning. Scan the given items below and find out the answers for the questions that follow.
86.7% of coronavirus cases in
PH are mild–WHO
By: Ian Biong - @inquirerdotnet
INQUIRER.net / 10:50 AM May 09, 2020

1. What percentage of coronavirus cases in the Philippines is mild?

2. Whose statement is the situation report on coronavirus?
3. When is the news reported/published?
4. In what age group of the 54% male is the most affected of COVID-19?
5. What particular place in Luzon has the most number of fatalities at 71.8%?
6. Which area has the least at 4.1%?

Of the total 10,463 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country, meanwhile, 54% are
male, with 30 to 39 years old as the most affected age group at 21.3%, followed by the 20 to
29 age group at 16.9%, according to the report released on Friday (May 8, 2020).
Of the 696 deaths recorded, 65% are also males with the most affected age group over
70 years at 36.6%, followed by the 60 to 69 years group at 32.6%.
Most of the COVID-19-related deaths reported are from Luzon, with Metro Manila
having the most number of fatalities at 71.8%, followed by Calabarzon at 12.3% and Central
Luzon at 4.1%.
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7. How much load would the Smart, Globe, Sun, and TNT subscribers buy to
get 5% discount?
8. How many subscribers can avail the 5% discount on mobile load or data of
P250 and above?

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9. In what TV program can you watch the SHAKE & WIN?

10.When will this program live on GMA?

Exercise 7: Quick Scanning

Directions: In exercise 6, you have tried to scan headline, news text, and advertisements.
This time try to have this long text. Use a watch to time yourself as you scan it to find the
answers to these short questions. This task should take only three minutes. Write your
answers in your notebook.
1. To what animal are the Filipino people compared?
2. How many indigenous ethnic groups compose the Filipino people?
3. In what year did the Constitution of the Philippines name Filipino as the national
language?
4. What musical instruments were introduced by the settlers from Spain to the Filipinos?
5. About how many percentage of the Philippine population has Christianity religion
according to Wikipedia?
6. As part of the New Year’s celebration, Filipinos are wearing dotted clothes and
preparing round fruits on the table which symbolize .
7. Because of the uniqueness and variety of their food, Philippines is known as

8. What kind of house structure does the families in the rural areas live?

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 The Philippines: Culture and Tradition
Country Specific

Filipino people are known as settlers in many parts of the world. They are like the
chameleon who easily adapts to different environments. They thrive to survive. Survival of
the fittest is their banner.

The Republic of the Philippines was named to honor King Philip II of Spain in 1543.
Filipinos are originally from the southern part of Asia. People from countries like China,
India, the United States and Spain married Filipinos resulting in a great deal of stock
blending. 79 indigenous ethnic groups compose the Filipino people. According to
Wikipedia, the last five hundred years of eventful history of the country added an impact to
the cultural blend of the Asian and Western population. The colonial reign of the Spaniards
in 1570-1898 as well as the Americans in 1903-1946, resulted in the expansion of Christian
values, which gave an identity to every Filipino. And the interaction with other countries’
cultures, like the ones from China, India, Indonesia and Malaysia, gave a specific Asian
touch to the cultural heritage of the Philippines.

Language
There are 175 estimated languages spoken in the Philippines. Almost all are classified
as Malayo-Polynesian languages. Among those languages, there are 13 indigenous
languages with nearly 1 million speakers.

For more than three centuries Spanish was the official language under Spain’s colonial
rule. It was spoken by 60% of the population as either a first, second or third language in
the early 20th century. However, the use of Spanish began to decline after the United
States occupation in the early 1900’s. In 1935 the Constitution of the Philippines named
English and Spanish the official languages. In 1939 the Tagalog language was named the
national language. The language was renamed “Pilipino” in 1959 and finally “Filipino” in
1973. The present Constitution names Filipino and English as joint official languages.

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 Religion
The majority of Filipino people practice the Christian religion. Spain highly influenced
the people to the extent that the Philippines became one of the two predominantly Christian
nations in the Asia Pacific, the other being East Timor. According to Wikipedia, Christianity
is the religion of about 80% of the Philippine population (mostly Catholics) while Islam is
the religion of 11%, and other religions and beliefs comprise the 9% of the rest of the
population.

Celebrations
Christmas is one of the most loved celebration by Filipinos. Families and relatives gather
on the 24th of December, to celebrate food prepared for “Noche Buena,” a Spanish term
which means “midnight meal” to greet Christmas Day. New Year is another celebration that
gathers the Filipino families. Wearing dotted clothes and preparing round fruits on the table,
which symbolize prosperity, is one of the many customs of the Filipinos.

Sports
Culture
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 They also enjoy eating “halo-halo” for their afternoon snack which means “mixture,” a
popular dessert that consists of layers of cornflakes, ice cream, small pieces of gelatin, milk
and shaved ice.
During special occasions like a town’s big event in celebration of their saint’s feast, a
favorite food called “lechon,” a suckling pig that has been roasted until the skin turns crusty
is served. Some street foods are also common in the country like the famous “balut,” a
boiled duck egg with an embryo, and fish and squid balls on a stick that are dipped on spicy
and sweet sauces.

Conclusion
The Philippines has a very unique culture due to the influences of colonization and the
surrounding countries. Filipino people are very hardworking and strive to make life better
for the next generation of their family. The melting pot theory that is evident in this culture
makes this country a vibrant, exciting and diverse place to live and visit.
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Exercise 8: Show to Inspire

Directions: Pick one among the options which you think you can do for your performance
based output.
1. Post a picture of your reading activity with a caption that encourages your friends to
love reading.
2. Make a photo-essay on the usefulness of the reading styles in one’s learning.
3. Write an acrostic poem on reading styles.

Performance Task Rubric

Component 4 3 2 1

Content Shows a full Shows a good Shows a good Does not seem
understanding of understanding of understanding of to understand
the topic the topic parts of the topic the topic very
well

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Vocabulary Uses vocabulary Uses vocabulary Uses vocabulary Uses several (5
appropriate for the appropriate for appropriate for or more) words
audience. Extends the audience. the audience. or phrases that
audience Includes 1-2 Does not include are not
vocabulary by words that might any vocabulary understood by
defining words be new to most of that might be new the audience.
that might be new the audience but to the audience.
to most of the does not define
audience. them.

Grammar Language Language Language There is a very

structures are used structures are structures are high
correctly most of used correctly used correctly proportion of
the time three quarters of approximately grammatical
the time half of the time errors

Quality Made in an Made in an Had little style Had no style

extraordinary style interesting style

Very informative
and well organized Somewhat Gives some new Gives no new
informative and information but information
well organized poorly organized and very
poorly
organized

Guide Questions:

1. When do we use the four main reading strategies?

a. Scanning
b. Skimming
c. Intensive reading
d. Extensive reading

2. How significant is the use of appropriate reading strategies in learning and in one’s
life?

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Reflection

In these activities I have learned that …

References:

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Websites:

Antonio, C. (2017, January 6). Reference list: 4 Reading Techniques To Help You Read
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more/May 08, 2020 11:37 p.m.

BBC. (2011). Reference list: Scanning text. Retrieved from

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BBC. (2011). Reference list: Skimming text. Retrieved from

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11:37 p.m.

BBC. (2011). Reference list: Skimming and canning the news. Retrieved from
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news.pdf/May 08, 2020 11:37 p.m.

Beale, A.M. (2013, February 4). Reference list: Skimming And Scanning: Two Important
Strategies For Speeding Up Your Reading. Retrieved from

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speeding-up-your-reading/May 09, 2020 9:25 p.m.

McDonald, K. (2012, August 23). Reference list: Different Reading Techniques And When
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Biong, I. (2020, May 09). 86.7% of coronavirus cases in PH are mild–WHO.

INQUIRER.net. Retrieved from https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1272241/86-7-of-coronavirus-
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Answer Key

Exercise 1: Find Time

Exercise 2: Read Strategically

1. Scanning
2. Skimming
3. Extensive
4. Intensive
5. Scanning
6. Skimming
Exercise 3: Time to Classify
Scanning Skimming Intensive Extensive

1 3 4 6
2 5 7 8

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Exercise 4: True or False with Correction
1. FALSE scanning x skimming
2. TRUE
3.
4.
FALSE
TRUE
skimming x scanning 
5. FALSE does not focus x focuses 
6. FALSE slowly x quickly
7. FALSE skimming x scanning
Exercise 5: Fill it In
1. skimming
2. intensively
3. scan
4. extensively
Exercise 6: Ready to Scan
1. 86.7%
2. WHO
3. 10:50 AM May 09, 2020
4. 30 to 39
5. Metro Manila
6. Central Luzon
7. P250 and above
8. 4
9. Wowowin
10. May 18-June 6 at 5PM
Exercise 7: Quick Scanning
1. chameleon
2. 79
3. 1973
4. ukulele, trumpet, drums and violin
5. 80%
6. prosperity
7. Asia’s melting pot
8. nipa hut
Exercise 8: Show to Inspire
Performance Outputs
Guide Questions: Answers may vary

Prepared by:

JEANIE J. VALDEZ
Writer

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FEEDBACK CARD

ACTIVITY 1
ACTIVITY 2 What’s your Badge?

ACTIVITY 3 AWESOME!- Completed and earned perfect

scores in all activities
ACTIVITY 4
GOOD JOB!- Completed the activities with
ACTIVITY 6 80-90% accuracy

ACTIVITY 7 IT’S OKAY.- Completed the tasks with 75-

79% accuracy
ACTIVITY 8
STRIVE FOR MORE. When need further
assistance and support

BADGE EARNED:

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