Drawing/Making Conclusion Based on Information Given

In this session of tutorial for beginners, learners will develop their critical thinking skills from “Drawing/Making Conclusion Based on Information Given”. How to “Drawing/Making Conclusion Based on Information Given”?. How was conclusion are able to predict?. Why we nee to give the best conclusion after reading or experiencing the situation?.

This lesson assists students in going through the process of how to draw conclusion based on the information given.

I. Objectives: after this lesson the students will:

            1. Draw/make conclusion based on the information given

            2. Explain how a conclusion was reached

            3. Choose the best conclusion after reading the situation

II. Subject Matter: Drawing/Making Conclusion Based on Information Given

            Reading Selection: The Old Man and his Son

            Materials: 1. Copy of the Selection “The Old Man and His Son”

                             2. Exercises in Drawing/Making Conclusions

III. Procedure/ Activities

A. Pre- Activity

A.1 Review

Read and Identify / infer the general mood or emotion of the character in the sentence.

  1. Eric ran after Danny and hit him. “Take that!” he said

            Why did you write on my book?”

 2. Mrs.   Santos won first prize in a raffle. She shared her money with he relatives. There was much rejoicing in their homes.

3.”Wow” It’s a big, big   three    layer cake! “Said the birthday girl when  the big box is open suddenly.

A.2 Word Drill: Flashcards

 Old man                      father and son                        awkward        

Curiosity                     passengers                               station

Couple                         passing air                               treatment

B. Activity Proper

1. Introduction

            Have you experienced riding a train with your father?

            What is your feeling when you’re inside the train?

2. Vocabulary building

Match the words from A to B

            A                                 B

1. curiosity                  a. medical care or attention

2. awkward                 b. traveler in or on a vehicle

3. treatment                 c. eager desire to know

4. passenger                 d. clumsy, embarrassed

5. couple                      e. two people who are married

3. Recall standards for silent reading

4. Reading of the Selection

            “The Old Man and His Son”

5. Comprehension Check:

1. Who is the old man?

2. Based on the information in the selection, what does treatment probably mean?

3. Why was the couple felt embarrassed with the 25 year old man?

4. Where did the story happen?

6. Discussion

Explain that drawing conclusions involves using background knowledge, information from the text, and personal experience to make inferences about characters, plot and theme of the text.

7. Group Activity

            a. Giving of Standard in group work

            b. Doing the Activity

            c. Publishing of Reports         

8. Analysis and Generalization

            1. In answering your group activity, what did you do?

            2. What were the bases of your conclusion?

            3. Therefore, how are you going to make or draw conclusion?

            Generalization:

Drawing/ making conclusion are based on the story selection read, situation, experiences and information given.

9. Fixation of Skill

Read the selection and then choose the statement that is most likely true.  1. Emir rarely rides to school each morning. He could take the school bus but prefers to walk the two miles from his home to school. He believes that the walk wakes him up and improves his learning throughout the day.

a. Emir always rides the bus home at the end of the school day.
b. Emir never rides the bus to school.
c. Emir values learning.
d. Emir is usually late for school.

2. “Remember, Maria,” Mrs. Russo said, “You’re very allergic to chocolate. Please don’t eat any chocolate candy at the Halloween party!”
Three hours later, Maria was home from the party with a terrible stomach ache. “I promise you, Mom,” Maria groaned, “I’ll always do what you say from now on.”

a. Maria got into a fight at the party.
b. Maria ate chocolate at the party.
c. Maria ate no chocolate at the party.
d. Maria embarrassed herself by singing at the party.

IV. Evaluation/Assessment

Read the selection and then choose the statement that is most likely true.

1. In another week, we’ll be turning our clocks back one hour. Then it will be almost dark by the time most of us get home from school. It will seem as if we suddenly have less daylight each day. Of course, people aren’t actually changing the behavior of the sun or the earth by messing with their clocks.
a. Our planet has to spin faster when we reset our clocks.
b. It’s clear that turning our clocks back will help prevent global warming.
c. If according to our clocks, the sun sets an hour earlier, it will also rise an hour earlier.
d. The earth will actually rotate at a slower rate when we turn back the clocks.

2. Every time I give my cat a plate of tuna, he ignores it. Every time I give him a plate of salmon, he quickly eats it all. When I feed him beef, he eats a little bit of it, but doesn’t seem to love it.
a. Cats prefer salmon over tuna.
b. I give my cat more than one kind of food.
c. My cat likes tuna better than beef.
d. My cat won’t eat fish.

3. One of the oldest games in the world is hockey. The ancient Greeks and Persians played it. So did Native Americans. The name comes from an old French world, hoquet. It is the word for a shepherd’s crooked staff, or stick.

 From the story you can tell that

1. hockey is played with a ball.
2. the French have played hockey for a long time.
3. hockey is now played by shepherds.
4. hockey will not last much longer.

4. There weren’t always oranges in Europe. People from the Far East brought oranges to Europe during the middle Ages. Later, sailors from Europe brought oranges to America. Now the United States grows a million tons of oranges each year.

From the story you can tell that

1. the first oranges probably grew in the Far East.
2. orange trees make fruit only in winter .
3. orange trees have blue flowers.
4. there were many wars during the Middle Ages .
5. Many people in the United States are sports fans. They like sports. Football is the sport most people like. The second most popular sport is fishing. There is one interesting thing about fishing. Fishing fans actually fish. From the story you can tell that most Americans

1. play baseball and football.
2. watch fishing contests .
3. watch football or baseball games.
4. eat fish.

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V. Assignment/ Homework

Draw conclusion for each of the following situation based on the Information given.

1. Father promised to take Glenn and Cecile to the mall.

 Therefore: Glenn and Cecile fell __________ and _________

1.  Donna came home crying one afternoon. She was holding her report cared.

 Therefore: __________

2. When mother came home. The door had been forced open in her home.

Many of the things were scattered. Therefore ___________

VI. Enrichment/ Remediation

For slow learners you can give simple exercises like the one below.

    Choose the best conclusion among the choices given after each situation.

1.  Eden takes good care of her goldfish. Her grandmother came over

 One afternoon and put a spoonful of fish meal into the aquarium.

 Her goldfish died. Therefore, 

a. Grandmother gave the right amount of meal.

 b. Grandmother was excited upon seeing the goldfish.

c.  Grandmother gave the wrong amount of meal. 2. Eden was going to recite a poem in a school program. but when her

Name was called she forgot what she say.

a. Edna must felt happy.

b. Edna mastered her poem.

 c. Edna felt nervous tension and was embarrassed

3. Mary had measles. Carmen her sister ate the left over and slept with

her sister. What do you think will happen to Carmen? 

a. Carmen became strong.

 b. Carmen had a stomach ache.

 c. Carmen will get sick of measles too.

VII. Reinforcement

For the fast learners you can give a more advanced selection/ situation for them to draw/make conclusion.

Copy of the story:

The Old man and His Son

One old man was sitting with his 25 years old son in the train. Train is about to leave the station. All passengers are settling down their seat. All passengers are settling down their seat. As train started young man was filled with lot of joy and curiosity. He was sitting on the window side. He went out one hand and feeling the passing air. He shouted, “Papa see all trees are going behind”. Old man smile and admired son feelings. Beside the young man one couple was sitting and listing all the conversion between father and son. They were little awkward with the attitude of 25 years old man behaving like a small child. Suddenly young man again shouted, “Papa see the pond and animals. Clouds are moving with train”. Couple was watching the young man in embarrassingly.

Now its start raining and some of water drops touches the young man’s hand. He filled with joy and he closed the eyes. He shouted again,” Papa it’s raining, water is touching me, see papa”. Couple couldn’t help themselves and ask the old man. “Why don’t you visit the Doctor and get treatment for your son.” Old man said, “Yes, We are coming from the hospital as Today my son got his eye sight for first time in his life”.

Moral: “Don’t draw conclusions until you know all the facts.”

GROUP ACTIVITY Sheets

Group Activity 1

Read the situations and choose the best conclusion.

1.  Some schools already have computer assisted instruction. Computer classes are also being conducted in schools. Nowadays computer are being used in offices and Make communication fast and easy.

Therefore:

a. Office workers don’t use computers because it’s too expensive to buy.

b. Manipulations of computers are taught in schools because it is widely used in business and communication.

c. Computers are not important to the big business company.

 2. Children are now getting crazier over computer- generated Games, Therefore,

a. Excessive use/ play on the computer by children have bad/ negative effects on them.

a. All children now have access to computers.

b. Computer only has beneficial/ good effects on Children.

c. Computer only has beneficial/ good effects on Children.

3. One common superstition is the fear of the number 13. The fear of 13 shows up in many places. On most airplanes there is no thirteenth row of seats. Most tall buildings do not have a thirteenth floor. And many people feel a bit nervous on Friday the thirteenth.

                                                                                                                                                               From the story you cannot tell

a. that the fear of 13 is very common.

b. why people fear the number 13.

c. if airplanes use 13 as a row number.

d. on what day Friday the thirteenth falls.

Group Activity 2

Read the following passage and answer the questions. You will need to use the information given to draw conclusions based on what you know.

Mary went downstairs. There was an aroma in the air. The table was set with warm blueberry muffins, freshly squeezed orange juice, and brewed coffee. A note was left on the table. It said, “Dear Mary, Have a great day. Good Luck at your new job. Love, Dan” Next to the note there was a wrapped present with a bow on top.

1. Who is Mary?

A: a wife                        B: a husband

C: a baker                      D: a nice person

2. What time of day is it?

A: morning                     B: afternoon

C: evening

3. Based on the information in the passage, what does aroma probably mean?

A: something pretty       B: something nice

C: something that smells

4. There was brewed coffee on the table. What does brewed mean?

A: old                            B: made

C: plain

5. What was the purpose of the note?

A: to inform                   B: to entertain

C: to congratulate D: to thank

Who is Dan?

A: her husband    C: her neighbor

6. What is Mary’s new job?

A: store clerk                   B: baker

C: real estate agent        D: not enough information given

7. Who prepared the muffins, orange juice, and, coffee?

A: Mary                         B: Dan

8. Why was there a present on the table?

A: to congratulate          B: a thank you gift

C: to say sorry              D: not enough information given

Group Activity 3

Read the situations and choose the best conclusion.

1. Almost everywhere there is condominium, a townhouse or an office building which is being built. It seems people are ready to buy these new age houses in the subdivision and invest them.

a. There is a boom in construction of building.

b. People have no interest to build or buy beautiful and new houses.

C. Our changing society should get to know about interest.

2. Almost everywhere there you see people bringing along their cellular phones and beepers. These gadgets definitely make people contact each other regardless of distance.

a. These gadgets definitely make communication faster and easier.

b. There is no progress in the Science of communication.

c. “Small-mail” sending of information still patronized by people.

3. There are now circumferential roads in manila, like the construction of skyway and the MRT (Metro Rail Transit). These are fly-over and bridges which are constructed.

a. These projects make traveling faster and more comfortable.

b. It seems that the traffic problem will not be solved.

c. These are not helpful projects to ease the heavy traffic of cars.

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