Judging The Relevance and Worth of Ideas

Judging the relevance
and worth of ideas,

soundness of author’s
reasoning, and
effectiveness of the
presentation
Prepared by Marielle Dominique G. De la Cruz
Let’s have a drill!
Identify if the sentence is BIAS or PREJUDICE.
1. Your youngest brother is always given some treats from your
parents whenever he does something nice.
2. You were chosen to participate in the declamation contest
because your mother is an English teacher.
3. Your partner broke up with you due to your incapability of
providing her wants.
4. If you are from Tondo, you are one of the dangerous people.
5. You are promoted as a supervisor in less than a year because
you are friends with your boss.
Let’s have a drill!
Identify if the sentence is FACT or OPINION.
1. I have a husband and two children.
2. Pit bulls are the most dangerous dogs alive.
3. Manila is the capital of the Philippines.
4. There is nothing like an ice-cold bottle of Coke to
satisfy a thirst!
5. The government should increase spending for
preventing unwanted pregnancy; more than one
million teenagers become pregnant every year.
Let’s think about this:
–How do you start believing what
you see and read on the news?
–How do you know if the text is true
or nonsense?
When the pandemic happened, media played a crucial
role as we obtain much of the information need through
platforms such as YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter,
etc. Each provides rapid dissemination of information,
which also allows us to access news to keep us updated.
But we have to remember that NOT everything we see or
hear in social media is true. Therefore, we should learn
how to assess and filter data before we react or believe
in a certain issue.
Read the comic strip.
Imagine you overheard the conversation
between the two characters in the above comic
strip.
1. Which statements are more convincing? Clara’s
or Mario’s?
2. What are the things you considered in making
your choice?
3. What do you think is the impact of unconfirmed
information spreading online?
4. What do you suggest to readers or listeners?
As we try to gather information from various sources or platforms
to keep us updated, our capability to judge the truthfulness and
relevance of ideas is imperative. We must remember that before
we believe the articles or materials we have obtained, we should
check first if it is factual or misleading. Thus, we must know the
different tips on how to distinguish factual or truthful information
from a faulty one.

Relevance is how appropriate something is to what is being
said at a given time.
Truth is something that has been proven by facts or sincerity.
Tips on How to Spot Factual
or Truthful Information
1. CONSIDER THE SOURCE. Investigate the site
you are viewing or reading.
2. READ BEYOND. Headlines can be outrageous in
an effort to get clicks, so you should focus on the
whole story. You have to read and look for details
such as statistics, date, name, etc.
3. CHECK THE AUTHOR. Do a quick search on the
author to find out if they are real and credible.
Tips on How to Spot Factual
or Truthful Information
4. VERIFY SUPPORTING SOURCES. Determine if
the given information actually supports the story.
5. CHECK THE DATE. Reposting old news stories
does not mean they’re relevant to current events. It
should be updated.
6. CHECK YOUR BIASES. Consider if your own
beliefs could affect your judgment.
Let’s do the fact check by accomplishing the table below. Put a
check on the corresponding box for each item if it was clearly
provided by the speaker. The person who will get the most
checks is therefore the one who stated truthful ideas.
Find 2 sources about the topic which is
ACADEMIC HONESTY. They will write
down the summary of both articles, source of
the information, date published, author, and
supporting details/ references.
Assessment
Directions: Listen carefully to the news clip
using the link below and be ready to answer
the given questions.
https://cnnphilippines.com/videos/2021/3/22/Bul
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-April-4.html
Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal revert to GCQ

until April 4 (March 22, 2021)
Answer the following questions:
1.What is the news all about?
A. Economic lockdown among provinces under General
Community Quarantine
B. Holy Week break and essential activities allowed to be
conducted during the holiday period
C. COVID-19 Inter-Agency Task Force’s new approved
resolution to slow down the rise in COVID-19 cases or the
Resolution no. 104.
D. COVID-19 Inter-Agency Task Force considering tourism as
an essential activity in the places under General Community
Quarantine.
2. What is the purpose of the news
clip?
A. to inform
B. to entertain
C. to persuade
D. to encourage
3. What makes it truthful?
A. It provides factual information

B. It is from a well-known news site.
C. It has a convincing broadcaster.
D. It presents prominent government
officials.
4. Which of the following makes the news
clip relevant?
A. It states issues that are prevalent
nowadays.
B. It provides information that the public
needs.
C. It contains pertinent answers to issues.
D. All of the above.
5. Complete the table by supplying the necessary
information heard from the news:
Source
Details
Author
Supporting
Sources
Date
Assignment
Answer the following questions in your

notebook.
1. How do you know if an article is fake
news?
2. Why do most people believe in fake
news?
3. How has fake news harmed the people
around you? Yourself?
Let’s review the concepts.
What is relevance?
How do you judge the truthfulness of the
information? What are your bases of
judging the information?
Match similar ideas.
• Source
• January 10, 2002
• Rodrigo Duterte
• State of the Nation Address (SONA)
• Date
• Supporting Details
• Author
• Title
• ABS-CBN News
• Pres. Duterte said that war on drugs is going to be
difficult yet successful.
Understanding
Relevance and
Truthfulness of
Information through
Infographics
Let’s continue the lesson.
When the pandemic happened, there were a lot of
information spreading around the world. There are
so many that you might forget them.
How do you remember information easily?

Let’s continue the lesson.
As a teenager, you are considered as one of the
most vulnerable individuals from COVID-19. Thus,
it is important to always remind yourself of the
preventive measures against the virus. In this task,
you will make a creative infographic out of the
informative text from the World Health Organization
on COVID-19 facts.
What is an infographic?
It is a visual representation of information or data,
specifically a collection of imagery, charts,
and minimal text that gives an easy-to-understand
overview of a topic.
Let’s have an activity.
Group yourselves into 5. Using your art materials,
you are going to make an INFOGRAPHIC about
heat wave in the Philippines. Search valid
information about this. You must creatively present
your infographic by drawing
pictures/images/symbols that might help you
remember information.

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Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal revert to GCQ

3. What makes it truthful?

A. It provides factual information

Answer the following questions in your

How do you remember information easily?

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