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Isabel -Basic Education Department - SHS SY 2020-2021

MODULE 1: Techniques in Selecting and Organizing Information

I. OVERVIEW 

Nowadays, we are bombarded with different kinds of information from books, newspapers,
magazines, and of course, the internet. Going through this amount of information is not only the
challenge; we also have to come up with effective ways of processing them. Hence, one
important ingredient to successful reading and writing is our ability to generate, select, and
organize ideas. These can be done through brainstorming, making a graphic organizer,
outlining, and many more. No matter how vital the information in a given text is, if they are
presented in a disorganized fashion, the reader will have a difficult time understanding your
message. So, it is not only important that we get sufficient and relevant information, we also
need to present them in an organized manner. In this module, you will learn techniques on how
to select and organize information.

II. TIME FRAME 

This is a self-directed module that needs to be accomplished from January 24-February

4, 2022. You may message me in my email [email protected] or call/text at 0953-
4227-499 if you have inquiries about our lesson or activities. I will accommodate your
concerns during our asynchronous schedule.

January 28 and February 4, 2022, will serve as our PRIME days.

III. STANDARDS 

A. CONTENT STANDARD
The learner that information in a written text may be selected and organized to achieve a
particular purpose.

B. PERFORMANCE STANDARD 
The learner critiques a chosen sample of each pattern of development focusing on information
selection, organization, and development.

C. VALUE STANDARD
The learner is able to appreciate the importance of using selected and organized information in
communication.

IV. LEARNING TARGETS 

At the end of this module, you should be able to say, ‘I can…’

● discuss the different techniques in selecting and organizing information;
● apply different techniques in selecting and organizing information;
● illustrate information in a written text through an appropriate graphic organizer; and

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V. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS 

● Read and understand the instructions carefully. 

● Keep in mind that I thoroughly read the answers of my students in every activity. Do not
attempt to copy your answers from the Internet and your classmates. I do not tolerate
dishonesty in my class, if caught, I will invalidate your work and you will receive a grade
of zero for this module. 
● I would really appreciate it if you will submit your answers on or before the due date. 

VI. INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN 

Read and study the discussion to achieve learning target 1.

Understand further the given topic by reading the given information.

Using the given texts, present the important facts/information using

appropriate graphic organizer.

Based from the picture, apply the appropriate technique in selecting and
organizing information.

VII. REFERENCES 

Jose, L.S., Larioque, R.R. Ph.D. et al. (2016). Techniques in Selecting and Organizing
Information. Reading and Writing Skills (For Senior High School). (pp.51-66)

Menoy, J.Z., Constantino, G.F. et.al. (2016). Techniques in Organizing Information. Reading
and Writing Skills (pp.13-26)

Photo attribution:
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=2ahUKEwjfgJC728L1AhVcGTQIHUg9CBUQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1093&bih=526&dpr=1.
25 (accessed on January 21, 2022)

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Think of your activities in a single day. Then enter each activity in

the appropriate quadrants on the graph below. Answer the questions at the
bottom and share your realization by answering the questions.

Quadrant I: Urgent and Important Quadrant II: Urgent and Not Important

Quadrant III: Not Urgent and Not Important

1. In which quadrant was the majority of your time spent during the past 24 hours?
2. If you were to manage your time in a way that would allow you to achieve your
goals, in which of the three quadrants would you spend the majority of your time?
Why?

To further understand our topic, read the given notes.

What have you realized in your activity? Did you grasp the importance of selecting and
organizing your daily activities? Gear up your mind because we are going to apply the same
principles in reading. Information in a written text may be selected and organized to achieve a
particular purpose. There are four techniques in selecting and organizing information and these
are brainstorming list, graphic organizer, topic outline, and sentence outline.

1. Brainstorming list means just what its name suggests- a list of what you have
brainstormed. Brainstorming means to think quickly and creatively about the text you have
read. Good brainstorming starts at an individual level and generally begins with a question or
two. “What are your ideas about…?” or “What did you think about...?” are examples of
brainstorming questions. Other open-ended questions can be used like the common “who,
what, where, when, why.”
This list contains the possible topics for inclusion in the write-up. A writer lists down all
the topics he desires to include in the article. After doing the list, he trims down the number of
items by removing those which are unnecessary. In the end, only those which are needed
remain.

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Example:

Clustering
Listing Brainstorming
Free writing Listing

Like science challenging job

Like problem solving opportunities for promotion
Many jobs available in nursing interested in study of diseases
Good salary interested in study of human body
Like working in a hospital flexible hours
Want to help other people will always learn something new

2. Graphic organizers show the relationship between and among facts, concepts or
ideas. They help you increase recall, arrange information, interpret and understand learning.
The choice of an appropriate graphic organizer is dependent on the pattern to be used in
developing the paper. For example, a Venn diagram is appropriate for comparison and/or
contrast of two or more items; a tree diagram, for classification; a pie graph, for analysis or
partitioning; a semantic web, for definition; a cycle graph, for process description; a story map
or fishbone, for narration and cause and effect; a table, for showing big number of details; and
so on.
Graphic organizers function in a variety of ways. They are classified according to their
uses, as follows (Menoy, 2007):

1. Pie Circle/Sector Graph- to present proportions and percentages-it may be solid

(consisting of sectors bound together and differentiated by color, shading, etc.) or
exploded (consisting of sectors shown separately)

2. Column/Bar Graph- to compare quantities-it may be vertical (consisting of standing

columns) or horizontal (consisting of lying columns);

3. Line Graph- to show progress or development-it may be single line (consisting of

only one line) or multiple line (consisting of many lines differentiated by color, form,
or thickness);

4. Surface Graph- to show proportions and quantities-it may be single-surface

(consisting of only one layer or stratum) or multiple-surface (consisting of several
layers or strata; also called strata, belt, or band chart);

5. Map Chart- to show geographical data and how things are put together-it maybe a
geographical map, an economic map, a road map, a political map, or another kind;

6. Figure Graph- to present quantities in the form of figures;

7. Photograph- to show how a thing looks like;

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8. Organizational Chart- to present the lines of responsibility and accountability in an
organization;

9. Table- to present a large body of numerical and other data- it may be formal
(consisting of titles or headings, subheadings, legends, etc.; usually in grid form) or
informal (lacking some items found in a formal table);

10. Schematic Diagram- to show how a thing works or is organized;

11. Tree Diagram- to present a classification or an analysis; and

12. Drawing/Illustration- to show details not available in a photograph, e.g., parts of a

machine.

13. Concept Map- shows relationships associated with the concept you are studying

Example:

Hard disk

Is kind of
has

Permanent storage
Microprocessor has Computer

Temporary storage
has

Is kind of
memory

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14. Story Map- may summarize the beginning, middle, and end of the story. It may also
focus on the setting, character, plot, problem, events, and outcome.

Example:

Name: ___________________________

The Piece of
STORY MAP String

Setting Characters

Master Hauchercorne
Goderville Master Houlbreque
Mayor
Marius Paumelle

Beginning Middle End

Master Master The mayor

Hauchercorne Houlbreque lost summoned him. The
picked up a piece of his wallet at mayor discharged
string at the square Goderville. People him, unable to find
at Godeville. suspected that the wallet. Marius
Master Paumelle restored
Hauchercorne kept the wallet. People
it. suspected that
Hauchercorne was
an accomplice.

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15. Flow Chart- displays the steps or stages in a process.

Example:

Topic: Writing a Composition

Taking a specific aspect of the topic

Deciding on the introduction of the topic

Developing the topic

Giving the conclusion

16. Venn Diagram- shows the similarities and differences between two things, people,
events or ideas.

Example:

WHALES FISH

Have hair Lay eggs

Live in water
Live birth Have scales
Have fins
Breathe air Breathe water
Can swim

17. Discussion Web- allows you to give meaning of what you read. It also privileges you
to polish your own interpretation against another.

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Example:

REASONS REASONS
Such equipment would Question Relatives allow it only to
only prolong the get rid of financial burden.
patient’s suffering.
Should doctors withdraw life-
supporting equipment from Doctors should save lives
Such equipment is a at all costs.
patients who have no hope to
constant source of
return to a meaningful life?
anguish for the Doctors have no right to
patient’s families. put an end to anyone’s
life.
Such equipment causes
financial burden.

CONCLUSIONS

Moral questions prevent

doctors from making serious
decisions that go against the
interest of the patients or of
the families.

18. Series-of-events chain- shows the arrangement of events in chronological order.

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Example:

THE NECKLACE

Initiating Event

The husband showed Madame Loisel the invitation of the

Minister of Public Education.

Madame Loisel borrowed a necklace of diamond.

She made a great success at the ball.

She realized, at the end of the party, she lost the necklace.

The couple borrowed a lot of money and replaced the

necklace.

They worked hard to be able to pay their debt.

Final Event
Madame Loisel learned from Madame Forester that the
necklace she borrowed was fake.

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3. A topic outline arranges your ideas hierarchically (showing which are the main and
which are sub-points), in the sequence you want, and shows what you will talk about. As the
name implies, it identifies all the mini-topics that your paper will comprise. And shows how they
relate. Remember that a topic outline lists words or phrases.

Example:

Thesis: Because our family has a variety of hobbies and interests, we get a lot of junk
mail that we treat like a junk.

I. Definition of junk mail

a. Bulk rate postage
b. Advertising
II. Hobbies and interests of the family
a. Woodworking
b. Investing
c. Gardening and camping
III. Lists sold by companies
a. Farm, fleet, work clothes catalogs
b. Financial brochures
c. Camping, clothing, and gardening catalogs
IV. Junk mail as junk
a. Clutter
b. Garbage

4. Sentence outlines are formatted exactly as topic outlines are, but whole sentences
replace the brief headings. The sentences state the crucial point of each stage of the paper.
Consequently, a sentence outline provides a real test of your argument.

Example:

Thesis: Because our family has a variety of hobbies and interests, we get a junk mail that we
treat like junk.

I. Junk mail is a particular kind of mail. (paragraph)

a. Junk mail goes for “bulk rate”
b. Junk mail consists of advertising or soliciting brochures.
II. The hobbies and interests of our family reflect the kind of junk mail we receive.
(paragraph)
a. My father is a woodworker, so he gets everything connected with carpentry.
b. My mother is an investor in stocks and bonds, so she gets investment brochures.
c. I once had a garden, so I get garden catalogs.
d. I ordered something from L.L. Bean, so now I get sporting goods catalogs from
all over.
III. The companies we order from have sold their lists of customers. (paragraph)
a. My father gets farm and fleet catalogs as well as work clothes catalogs.
b. My mother gets invitations to “make a million.”
c. I get every conceivable kind of catalog related to clothing, camping, and
gardening.
IV. We treat catalog like junk. (paragraph)
a. We seldom look at them.
b. We throw them in the garbage.

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Conclusion: As a result of all our junk mail, our family has reduced the number of things that
they order by mail and have taken to buying from the local stores.

Using the given texts below, present the important facts/information using
appropriate graphic organizer.

1.Your teacher gives you a writing assignment but you find yourself wondering what to write
about. In other words, choosing a topic is the first problem you encounter when you start
working on the assignment. You will find it easy to solve if you try the following steps:
enumerate several possible topics; determine the topic you find interesting; ask yourself if your
work will be a brief composition; limit the topic; and record final topic in your notes.

-Aida Villanueva, Development Reading1, Lori Mar, Inc., 2008, p.150

2. Mozart and Schubert, two geniuses in musical history, both died in their thirties. In spite of
brevity of their lives, they are both credited with more works than almost any other major
composers.

However, they are different in their working habits. Mozart always beat the deadline so he did
not have the time to “court the muse.” On the other hand, Schubert work at specific hours of the
day, from nine in the morning to twelve in the afternoon, and resumed his work from four to six,
and from eight to midnight.

Unlike Mozart, Schubert could spend for inspiration any time of the day.

-Aida Villanueva, Development Reading1, Lori Mar, Inc., 2008, p.150

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Based from the picture below, apply the appropriate technique in

selecting and organizing information.

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WHAT I THINK

How did you find this activity? Check the blank before the statement of your choice.
___ I struggled to accomplish it. ___ It is easy to do. ___ Others (specify):
______________________________
What can you recommend to make this activity better? ____________________________________

TEACHER’S REMARKS: (Do not fill it out)

Content Yes No

Do your answers directly respond to the questions? (Relevance)

Are the information and data you used correct? Are references
cited? (Accuracy)

Do your assertions support its own main claim with evidence?

Did you use quotes, statistics, or examples? (Evidence)

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These are the aspects of Grammar Convention that you need to work on based
on your answers in this activity:
7. Correct Word Usage
1. Spelling and
punctuation

8. Alignment and Spacing

2. Sentence Fragments

9. Parallelism
3. Capitalization

10. Correct usage of

4. Subject-verb adjectives
Agreement

11. Correct usage of adverbs

5. Tenses of Verbs

12. Pronoun Reference

6. Sentence Structure

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