English Grade 8
Lesson 10
Reading
Explanation Texts
.
Most Essential Learning
Competencies:
• • Explain visual-verbal relationships illustrated in
tables, graphs, and information maps found in
• expository texts
• • Compare and contrast the presentation of the
same topic in different multimodal texts
• • Use appropriate grammatical signals or
expressions suitable to each pattern of idea
development:
• cause-effect
Let us compare:
Instructional Information reports
• have steps in sequence • have a general to specific
that you follow; text pattern and often
• the instructions are include technical words
imperatives which
usually start with a verb
• Both use present tense verbs.
COMPONENT #2 PURPOSE OF THE LESSON:
VOCABULARY WORDS: Match the word
to its WORDS
meaning.
MEANING
phenomenon B. long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns)
climate change a community of living things and how they interact with each other and
their environment)
climate projections A. an interesting fact, event or process that can be observed and studied
impact D. a strong effect on someone or something
environmental C. information about possible future climate developments
degradation
agriculture G. basic facilities such as transport, communications, power supplies, and
buildings that support a society
infrastructure F. farming; growing and harvesting crops and raising animals, or livestock
for food and non-food products
ecosystem E. damage to the environment through overuse and pollution of air, water
and land
VOCABULARY WORDS: ANSWER
WORDS MEANING
phenomenon an interesting fact, event or process that can be observed and studied
climate change long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns)
climate projections information about possible future climate developments
impact a strong effect on someone or something
environmental damage to the environment through overuse and pollution of air,
degradation water and land
agriculture farming; growing and harvesting crops and raising animals, or
livestock for food and non-food products
infrastructure (basic facilities such as transport, communications, power supplies,
and buildings that support a society)
ecosystem a community of living things and how they interact with each other
and their environment)
Component #5
Questions:
• Q1. The focus of the lesson was on learning
about how information is presented in
linear and non-linear Explanation texts.
How has the lesson helped you to
understand this?
• Q2. Which questions were easy to answer?
Why?
• Q3. What strategies did you use to answer
the harder questions?
Reflection: Answer the
given question by
completing sentence
frame provided.
How are you going to help lessen the
impact of climate change?
I can help to lessen the impact of climate
change
through______________________________
____________________________________
______________________________.
