A Detailed Lesson Plan in

English 9
I. Objectives
At the end of the discussion, students are expected to:
a. identify the criteria or bases in judging the soundness of the author’s reasoning,
b. judge the soundness of the authors reasoning
c. justify the author’s reasoning
II. Subject Matter
Topic: Judging the Soundness of Author’s Reasoning
References: English 9 Quarter 4–Module 1: Lesson 2
Judging the Soundness of Author’s Reasoning
Materials: PowerPoint,
Values: Understanding the reasonings of others
III. Procedure

Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity

 A. Preliminary Activities
Okay, Let us pray first..... (Our Father)
Amen.
Good morning, Class!

Before anything, let’s do some warm-up Good morning, Sir.

stretches. Strech to the left side, then the
right side. Then, stretch your hands to your
toes, while you are near the floor, pick any
piece of paper on the floor.
We’re not done yet. Ok, Stretch your hands
up ward. While your hands are in the air,
turn around, put your hands on the chairs.
Then arrange your chairs.
You may sit down.

Is there anyone absent today?

(Students will say who is absent)
So how was your day?
It was great Sir.
That’s great!
Before we start our day, let’s recap the rules
in our class
 Avoid distracting others
 Raise your hand if you want to
answer or if you have clarifications.
 Listen attentively and participate
actively

1. Review
What was our lesson last meeting?

Judging the Relevance and Worth of Ideas

2. Motivation
Let’s play a game! It is called Unscramble
the word. As the name suggests, I will give
you scrambled words, and you will have to
work with your groupmates to figure out
what is the word. I will give you at least 3
minutes to figure out your words.
Now go to your groups quietly. On the
count of 10.
Are you ready?
Ok, Let’s start!
Yes Sir
OUSESDSN
Soundness
EDNVIECE
Evidence
ESAROGNIN
Reasoning
LDIIYVAT
Validity

B. Developmental Activities
1. Presentation
Now, get your notebooks and we will have
an activity. In this activity, , you must
determine if the statement written is an
Opinion, Fact, Claim or Evidence
1. According to DOH, the Philippines
has 576, 352 COVID 19 cases as of
February 28, 2021.

2. “The Filipinos are worth dying for.”

-Benigno S. Aquino Jr. Evidence

3. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is Claim

the 16th president of the Philippines
and the 6th president of the fifth
Republic

4. The population of the Philippines is Fact

more than 111,046,913 as of 2020
according to www.macrotrends.net.

Fact
5. I believe, COVID 19 is the worst
virus of all time.

Opinion
 2. Discussion
Base, on your activity, what do you think
our lesson all about?

Very Good!
Our topic for today is all about Judging the
Soundness of Author’s Reasoning.
Let’s talk about soundness first. Does any
of you knows what soundness mean.
Soundness means valid reasoning

Very Good!
Now to further understand our lesson,
please read.

 Soundness means the quality of

being based on valid reasons, good
judgment or reasoning.
But where can we see this sound reasons.
Why do we need a sound reason?

To prove a claim
Yes correct!
So, what is a claim, please read.

 A claim is a statement that presents

an arguable position. It mirrors your
interpretation, belief or opinion.
Claim usually answers the question:
“What do I think?”
A claim is an argument. Now to make a
good claim, what must it have?

A sound reasoning
Very good!
An example of claim. please read

 I believe that William Shakespeare

is the father of English sonnets
because he made 154 sonnets in his
lifetime.
Do you think this claim has a sound
reasoning?

Then can you deny the claim? No Sir

Correct, you can respond to the claim

and/or deny it. It is called Counterclaim.
Yes Sir
Please red what is a counter claim.

 To answer a claim by responding or

denying it with corresponding
reasons or evidence is to make a
counterclaim. A counterclaim is the
strongest argument against your
Based on what you read, what is claim.
counterclaim?
In counterclaim, what do you need to prove
Answer may vary
your argument?

Evidence Sir
Correct! You need evidence to counter the
claim of others.
Here’s an example of counterclaim. Earlier
the claim is about William Shakespeare. To
counter it, please read.
 According to my research it was Sir
Thomas who introduced the concept
of sonnet to the English writers and
he made a rhyming scheme that
became popular, wherein even
How does this statement counter the first Shakespeare used it.
claim?

By stating that William is not really the

Correct! Now to figure out the soundness father of sonnet.
of the claim.
Now here’s the question. Are all
informational texts true?

No, Sir
Please read.
  A lot of informational texts are
based on an author’s ideas, beliefs,
or opinions that are sometimes not
What should we do if not all informational considered to be sound.
text is true?

We should not believe right away to

Correct! So how do we find if the whatever they claim.
reasoning of their claims is sound? Please
read.

 In order to judge the soundness of

the author’s reasoning, the
following questions can be
considered:
1. What does the author want the
reader to believe? (CLAIM)
2. How does the author help us
believe his/her statement?
(EVIDENCE)
3. Is the supporting evidence strong
enough to support the author’s main
To further understand this, let’s compare it idea or belief? (REASON)
to a table

The tabletop

Which part of the table is the claim?

Correct, how about the evidence/s

Very good! Now why do think the feet is The legs of the table
the evidence?

It is the support for the claim.

Excellent! With the support of the
evidence, you can now judge if the author’s
reasoning is valid and sound.
Now here are the characteristics of a sound
reasoning, please read.
What does it mean by quality of data  The quality of data

Good! Next. Answer may vary

What does it mean when it says existence  The existence of supporting details
of supporting data?

Answer may vary

Good! Next.

The relevance of the additional data; and

What does it mean?
Answer may vary
Good! Lastly.
The existence of additional possible
explanations for your reasons.
What does it mean?
Very Good!
Answer may vary

3. Exercise
Get your notebooks. And we will have an
exercise, Analyze the text below.
Determine what is Claim of the text and
what are the Evidence/s used to validate its
reasoning.
There are a number of significant health
risk associated with smoking. The
Claim: There are a number of significant
connection between smoking and cancer is
health risk associated with smoking.
well known. As well as smoking is
associated to other lung diseases like
emphysema and bronchitis. This was
Evidence:
demonstrated in World Health Organization
(WHO), lung cancer is the most common  Smoking is associated to other lung
form of cancer globally with 2.09 million diseases like emphysema and bronchitis.
cases recorded in 2018. Data from the
 This was demonstrated in WHO, lung
Department of Health (DOH) also reveals
cancer is the most common form of cancer
that lung cancer is one of the most common
globally with 2.09 million cases recorded in
types of cancers in the Philippines.
2018.
Smokers have also a higher chance of
developing heart disease. Furthermore,  Data from DOH also reveals that lung
there is an ample research that even passive cancer is one of the most common types of
smoking has long term health cancers in the Philippines.
consequences. Clearly smoking is a  Smokers have also a higher chance of
dangerous habit and can be stopped. developing heart disease.

4. Application
(Group Activity)
I will let you watch a video. You will have
to analyze the speech and answer the
following questions and present it through
interview, talk show, news casting and
QandA. You will be given 3 minutes to
COOPERATION - 5pts.
prepare after watching the video.
CREATIVITY - 5pts.
The questions are as follows:
CONTENT - 5pts.
1. What is the issue presented in the
speech? What is the claim? PRESENTATION - 5pts.
2. Are the terms used clearly defined and TOTAL - 20 pts.
applied throughout the message?
3. Are there facts provided as evidence? If
so, identify them.
4. Is the reasoning sound and logical?
Explain why. Answer may Vary
Group 1-Interview
Group 2-Talk show
Group 3-news casting
Group 4-Q and A
Here’s the video.

5. Generalization
Complete the graphic organizer below
by supplementing the necessary
information. Write your answers in your
activity notebook
In this lesson, I learned about soundness of
the author’s reasoning. It
means__________________________.
 Reasoning means _________________
________________________________
It is important to learn how to judge the
Answer may Vary
soundness of an author’s reasoning
because_________________________
________________________________
To make my reasoning valid/sound, I have
to present or prove it with
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________

IV. Evaluation
Give the answer to the following questions.
1. It is what you assess in the author’s logical reasoning
- Soundness of Reasoning
2. The main idea and the argument of the author.
- Claim
3. The supporting details of the Claim of the Author.
- Evidence
4. It answers and denies the corresponding reasons of a claim
- Counterclaim
5. A lot of these are based on the author’s ideas, beliefs or opinions.
- Informational texts

V. Assignment
Make a claim! Read and analyze the following passages. Then identify the claim and the
statement that shows the reason or evidence for the claim. Write your answers on your activity
notebook.
The cost of health care for the uninsured family is a cost that many families cannot
afford. Even though many lawmakers would have you believe that health insurance reform
borders on socialism, the cost of health care for the uninsured family is a cost that many families
cannot afford.