FORMULATING OPINION OR ASSERTION

FORMULATING OPINION OR ASSERTION

QUARTER 2 Lesson 3

Poll

How are you today?

• Way better than I deserve!

• All the better now that you asked.

• Somewhere between better and best.

• Going great. Hope this status quo persists for rest of the day.

• Average. Not terrific, not terrible, just average.

Week 4 objectives:

1. identify factual information and opinion-based statements

define opinion and assertion

• distinguish the types of argument—assertion, reason and evidence

• use transition words and expressions that emphasize a point; and

Multiple Choice

Fact or Opinion?

1. Statistically, women live longer than men.

• FACT

• OPINION

Multiple Choice

Fact or Opinion?

2. Philippines has the most beautiful women in South East Asia.

• FACT

• OPINION

Multiple Choice

Fact or Opinion?

3. About 400 million text messages are exchanged daily by Filipinos.

• FACT

• OPINION

What is an OPINION?

Open Ended

What is an opinion?

Walang maling opinyon!

Do you agree?

Open Ended

What is the difference between an OPINION and an ARGUMENT?

An OPINION is an expression of preference; it does not require support (although it is stronger with support).

It is only the first part of an argument.

An ARGUMENT is a group of statements that serve to support a conclusion.

It is a work of persuasion. You use it to convince others to agree with your claim or viewpoint when they have doubts or disagree.

"I need to go to the concert."

"No, you can’t go to a concert on a school night."

"But all my friends are going!"

"And if all your friends jumped off a bridge would you do that too? "

Multiple Select

What are the parts of an argument?

• assertion or claim

• reasoning or premises

• evidence

• rhetoric

• thesis

ASSERTION OR CLAIM

- is the thesis statement or the main point of an argument

REASONING or PREMISE

- is the "because" part of an argument

-provides the basis for making your claim

EVIDENCE

- supports reasoning

-kinds range from expert testimony or statistics to historical or contemporary examples

Multiple Choice

Read the argument and identify what part of the argument is the underlined.

1. But government responses have thus far lacked not only in

competence, but in compassion and dignity. Some groups, including Kadamay, have organized and live streamed “protests at home.” (Nick Aspinwall in The Diplomat)

• assertion

• reasoning

• evidence

Multiple Choice

Read the argument and identify what part of the argument is the underlined.

2. But government responses have thus far lacked not only in

competence, but in compassion and dignity. Some groups, including Kadamay, have organized and live streamed “protests at home.” (Nick Aspinwall in The Diplomat)

• assertion

• reasoning

• evidence

Multiple Choice

Read the argument and identify what part of the argument is the underlined.

3. The ability to read empowers people, especially the poor and the

oppressed. It gives them an opportunity to learn and understand their basic rights, which include the right against unlawful searches and seizures as well as the right not to be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. To be able to write reinforces the exercise of basic freedoms such as speech, of expression, and

of assembly. (Lorenz Defensor in Inquirer.net)

• assertion

• reasoning

• evidence

"Scientific discoveries are continually debunking religious myths. Further, science provides the only hope for solving the many problems faced by humankind. Hence, science provides a more accurate view of human life than does religion."

What do you call the words in green?

Multiple Choice

Transition words make your writing flow. When you are moving from one idea to the next, a transition is a quick way to help explain how the two ideas relate. Depending on the relationship between the two things you're connecting, you'll use different transitions. Some transitions show contrast; others give examples.

According to this passage, how can transition words help your writing?

• Transition words make it clear how your ideas relate.

• Transition words add complexity to your ideas.

• Transition words make your writing more specific.

• Transition words make your ideas harder to follow.

Multiple Choice

"For instance" indicates that an example is about to come.

My older brother is the funniest person I know. For instance,

• he’s often crying and unhappy.

• he recently became afraid of his own shadow.

• he can make our mother laugh just by rolling his eyes.

• I often feel myself longing for sleep when he speaks.

Multiple Choice

"Nonetheless" is a transition that shows an exception or contrast.

________. Nonetheless, Greg and Deborah found themselves paddling around the fountain’s shallow pool.

• Greg and Deborah desperately wished to swim in the public garden’s fountain

• The public garden’s rules clearly stated that visitors were not allowed to swim in the fountain

• Greg and Deborah wore their swimsuits to the public gardens

• Greg and Deborah were always rebellious

Multiple Choice

"Indeed" means that a writer is going to further emphasize what he or she just said. "Indeed" is attached to the sentence that gives an even stronger example of a point than the sentence before.

My neighbor, Ms. Ramirez, is a little goofy. Indeed, she

• often lends me a hammer or wrench when I need it.

• sometimes lets her dog into our yard.

• usually comes home late.

• insists on decorating her house with silly signs on Christmas Day.

Multiple Choice

When you reach the end, you can tell people your story or essay (or song) is almost over by using a concluding transition like “in sum” that emphasizes your central idea a final time.

Bees are an important part of our ecosystem and are truly invaluable. In sum,

• we should work to protect bees.

• let me tell you some more about bees.

• I have more questions about bees.

• let’s continue exploring how bees buzz.