LEARNING COMPETENCY

• EN7G-III-A-1: LINK SENTENCES USING LOGICAL CONNECTORS THAT SIGNAL TIME, SEQUENCE
AND SUMMATION.
• OBJECTIVES:
1. DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LOGICAL CONNECTORS THAT CAN OCCUR
BETWEEN CLAUSES AND BETWEEN SENTENCES.
2. LINK SENTENCES THAT SHOW THE APPROPRIATE LOGICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN CLAUSES.
3. CONSIDER THE VALUE OF TRANSITIONS FOR LOGICAL ORGANIZATION.
 INTRODUCTION:

• OFTEN STUDENT WRITERS DO NOT FULLY CONSIDER WHAT HE/SHE OWES HIS/HER READER.
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THEY STRUGGLE WITH ESTABLISHING CLEAR AND MEANINGFUL
RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE IDEAS THEY ARE PRESENTING AND WITH HELPING THE READER
EASILY GRASP SUCH RELATIONSHIPS. THIS LESSON FOCUSES ON THE USE OF LOGICAL
CONNECTORS TO SHOW THE READER THAT THE WRITER IS SHIFTING TO A DIFFERENT TIME OR
PLACE OR SETTING UP, DEVELOPING, CHALLENGING, OR SUMMARIZING A SET OF IDEAS.
 PRELIMINARY ACTIVITY
TASK 1: GROUP IT!
Directions: Organize the class into small groups and distribute to each group the Transition
Words/Phrases Table. Place the connection word/phrase to the function it performs.
First Finally Furthermore In conclusion
Third Meanwhile Second Consequently
To sum up By and large Previously Then
Later on Since In brief After
Next Immediately Suddenly Simultaneously
Soon After all Briefly All things
considered
Time Sequence Summation
 Time Sequence Summation
Later on First To sum up
Soon LET’S ANSWER!
Third By and large
Meanwhile Next After all
Since After In brief
Immediately Second Consequently
Suddenly Furthermore All things
Simultaneously considered
Previously Then Finally
Briefly In conclusion
 ACTIVITY
TASK 2: TIED IDEAS!
DIRECTIONS: Now read the same paragraph again. Great
writers use logical connectors to connect sentences and ideas.
This helps your writing flow together. As you read, circle any
logical connectors that you find.
 ANALYSIS
TASK 3: MY TRANSITIONS!
DIRECTIONS: From the encircled logical connectors, what
function each performs – time, sequence, or summation? Now,
select a piece of previously completed writing. Search for
transition words and encircle each one you find. You may be
surprised to see that you already use some transition words in
your own writings.
 ABSTRACTION
TASK 4: MY NOTES!
DIRECTIONS: USING THE NOTES BELOW, CREATE YOUR
OWN INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK WITH THE SAMPLE
TEMPLATE OF A FLAP BOOK BELOW. THEN, STATE THE
IMPORTANCE OF LOGICAL CONNECTORS:
 Numerical In the first place, first, secondly, initially

Beginning At first, To start with, To begin with, For a

start, First of all, initially,

Continuation Previously, after this, afterwards, eventually,

subsequently, before this, next, then,

finally, eventually, at last, in the end, last

Conclusion but not the least, as a final point, lastly, to
conclude

In conclusion, To sum up, To summarize, In

Summation summary, In sum
IMPORTANCE OF CONNECTORS
 APPLICATION
TASK 5: CONVINCE ME!
DIRECTIONS: Each group will perform the
following roles below. Be guided with some
reminders on logical connectors that follow: