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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET IN ENGLISH 9

Quarter 3, LAS 1
Learner’s Name:
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Grade Level/Section: ___________________ Date:
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A. Most Essential Learning Competency

● Differentiate biases from prejudices (EN9LC-IVf-13.3)

B. Objectives
At the end of this learning activity, I will be able to:
● Differentiate biases from prejudices.
● Recognize bias and prejudice in a given situation.
● Recall or cite a situation you have been through where you
think there was bias or prejudice.

A. Biases and Prejudices Defined

The terms biases and prejudices are often used interchangeably
in different situations. Let us explore through this lesson the
differences between these concepts.
Bias is a tendency to lean in a certain direction, either in favor
of or against a particular thing. To be truly biased means to lack a
neutral viewpoint on a particular topic. Somewhere along the line, bias
took on a negative connotation. We tend to think it's a bad thing but
that's not always true.

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 If you're biased toward something, then you lean favorably
toward it; you tend to think positively of it. Meanwhile, if you're
biased against something, then you lean negatively against it; you
tend to think poorly of it.
Prejudice, on the other hand, refers to the beliefs, thoughts,
feelings, and attitudes someone holds about a group. A prejudice is
not based on experience; instead, it is a prejudgment, originating
outside actual experience.
It often casts an unfavorable light on someone simply because
they're a member of some ethnic group, religion, or organization.
Truthfully, everyone has biases and prejudices that reflect our
opinion and particular outlooks about life. That is perfectly normal and
simply part of being human.
B. Recognizing Biases and Prejudices
Let's take a moment to break down some of the connotations
surrounding this issue and then dive into several examples.
Let's begin with an overview of bias by examining it in people's
thoughts and actions:
a. If someone has a bias about women, they can take two different
approaches. If they're biased toward women, they might hire only
women because they feel they make better employees for some
gender-related reason. Conversely, if they're biased against women,
they might hire a man over a more-qualified female candidate.
b. Biases toward certain religions can also manifest in two different
ways. If someone is biased toward their own religion, they will think
their beliefs and practices are superior to any other form of religion. If,
however, they're biased against a certain religion, they might show it
by making rude or insensitive comments, or go as far as vandalizing
religious buildings.
c. If someone is biased toward a political affiliation, they will tend to
speak more positively of politicians belonging to the same party. If that
same person is biased against a different political affiliation, he or she
might show their bias by quickly dismissing or disagreeing with anyone
who aligns with that opposing political view.

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 Now, how can we recognize whether a person (a speaker of a
writer) has biases to a particular subject? You may ask the following
questions.
1. Does the writer/speaker use overly positive or overly negative
language about the subject?
2. Does the writer/speaker use emotionally charged language about the
subject?
3. Does the writer/speaker use vague or generalized language?
4. Does he/she omit important facts?
5. Does he or she adds information and evidence that seem unnecessary
just to bolster his or her point?

If you answered YES to any of these questions, you can be pretty

sure that a speaker or writer has some sort of bias towards his/her
subject.
While prejudice, on the other hand, is not necessarily specific to
race, racism is a stronger type of prejudice used to justify the belief
that one racial category is somehow superior or inferior to other; it is also
a set of practices used by a racial majority to disadvantage a racial
minority.
Colorism is another kind of prejudice, in which someone believes
one type of skin tone is superior or inferior to another within a racial
group. 
Prejudice can be based on a number of factors including sex, race,
age, sexual orientation, nationality, socioeconomic status, and religion.
Some of the most well-known types of prejudice include:
● Racism
● Sexism
● Ageism (prejudice against people because of their age),
● Nationalism
● Religious prejudice and
● Xenophobia (fear of strangers).

Easy Examples:
The report blames most crime in the town on teenagers, without any
evidence, as the writer is prejudiced against young people. (PREJUDICE)
My aunt is biased towards dogs that are black, like her own, and she is
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to other
 PRACTICE
TASKS

Practice Task 1: Name Calling

Direction: Identify whether each situation poses BIAS or
PREJUDICE. Write your answer on the space provided.
_______________1. Some nationalities refuse to be friends with people
solely due to their skin color, mode of dress, or other external factors.
_______________2. An employee has a difficulty taking a supervisor
seriously or connecting with a teammate who does not fall into the same
racial, cultural, or religious group.
_______________3. Cats and dogs can both make good pets. Dogs can be
affectionate but they can be difficult to care for. Cats, on the other hand, are
also very lovable animals but they require only moderate care that is not time
consuming.
______________4. An online news outlet's biggest sponsor was a major
airline. The outlet chooses only to highlight positive stories relating to that
airline and only negative incidents regarding other airlines.
______________5.  Some people will simply dislike you because of what
country you are from. 
______________6. America is certainly a strong military power; it now has
the nuclear power to destroy the entire world. It is not the only country that
has this capacity. The threat of nuclear war affects all of us.
______________7. I had difficulty catching a bus this morning. This place has
the worst public transportation system in the country.
______________8. Employers tend to see women as less confident than
their male counterparts, leading to women being passed over for positions
and promotions
______________9. Muslims are one of the most dangerous groups of people
in the world.
______________10. Boys are expelled from preschool almost five times
more than girls, boys are more likely to drop out of school and less likely to do

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 homework, and boys make up an increasingly low number of college
graduates.
Practice Task 2: Compare and Contrast. Read the following letters
and answer the questions. Both texts have been adapted from letters to
a national newspaper.
Dear Sir/Madam;
The decision to build a new bus terminal near our residential area is a clear sign
that this government has finally stopped listening to the opinion of the ordinary people and
is determined to dishonor any of the remaining rights that citizens have to say in the
future of their environment.
There is no good reason for putting up this new terminal. The real losers in this
argument are local people.
The private sector is the only opinion the government seems to want to listen to.
The wishes of local people are now totally ignored in the planning process.
We all want to see a decent, well-planned travel system but this is not the way to
go about it. Everybody should be involved, not just big business.
Y
ours faithfully,

Dear Sir/Madam;
The announcement that the new bus terminal will be built will mean a noise
pollution and traffic nightmare for tens of thousands of people living near and around the
area. It must be stopped before it is too late.
The new terminal will bring a horrendous increase in traffic. It is estimated that there
will be an increase of over 10 million passengers every year. This is totally unacceptable
and we must fight to the death to oppose it. It is simply dreadful that the people of our
place be made to suffer for the greed of the rest of the country.
It is disgraceful and totally unnecessary that noise and air pollution should be
allowed to grow to what will be a deadly level.
Questions:
Yours faithfully,
1. Is the writer of Letter 1 for or against the building of a new terminal?
How do you know?
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 2. What would you say are the main arguments the writer uses in Letter 1
to support their point of view?
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3. Is the writer of Letter 2 for or against the building of a new terminal?
How do you know?
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4. What type of words does each writer use to try to get their point of view
across?
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5. Which letter do you think is the most biased? Explain your reasons.
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Practice Task 3. Been There, Done That

Narrate a situation in the past where you have been a victim of bias
and prejudice or where you have made a mistake of treating others based on
your biases and prejudices. What happened and how did you deal with it?
Write your story on a separate sheet. Make sure to limit the number of
words to 150 to 200.
Use the attached Personal Narrative Rubric as a guide.

ASSESSMENT
Identify a TV or printed commercial that you find biased toward/
against something. Write a letter to the company of that product/service
and tell them what you find biased with their advertisements. Give

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suggestions on how they can change the message of their ads without
offending any group or individual.
In America, an 11-year-old girl named Meghan Markle was able to
encourage a big soap company Procter and Gamble to change the tagline to
an advertisement for dishwashing liquid. The tagline inspired jokes from
Meghan’s male classmates about how women "belong" in the kitchen. The
original script read, "women are fighting greasy pots and pans" — a
phrase Markle found inappropriate. In a cursive penmanship, the 11-year-
old Markle wrote a letter in which she requested that Procter & Gamble alter
the language to "people" rather than "women" — and the company obliged.  

3 2 1
Organization My writing has a It is not always My writing has
clear beginning, easy to tell the unclear
middle and end. beginning, beginning, middle
middle and end and end.
of my writing .
Content My writing makes My writing My writing does
sense. It has mostly makes not make sense
many details that sense and has and has few
help the reader some details. details.
imagine what I am
describing.
Quality Work My work is neat My handwriting My work is difficult
and easy to read. is legible but to read.
could be better.
Mechanics All of my Most of my My writing is
sentences have sentences have missing many
capital letters and capital letters capital letters and
end marks in and end marks end marks.
correct places. in correct
places.

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https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-bias.html
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-prejudice-2795476
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/mod/oucontent/view.php?
id=86188&section=3.1

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