MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY PARAÑAQUE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL –MAIN

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Name: Marcelo, John Paul Rodniel B. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Information and Communication Technology
Grade XII - STEM Newton Assignment No. 1 S.Y. 2019 – 2020 SCORES

RUBRICS IN ASSIGNMENT
CATEGORY 5 POI NTS 3 POI NTS 1 POI NT
All questions are being
All questions are being There is one or two
Amount of I nformation answered above the
answered as expected. unanswered question/s.
expected responses.
Questions were Date Submitted:
All questions are being All questions are being
answered/copied from the
answered clearly and answered clearly and
Quality of I nformation source as it is. There was Parent’s Signature
concisely. Answers were concisely with minimal
no evidence of over Printed name
paraphrased. paraphrasing.
paraphrasing.
Honest, perceptive, and
Responses acceptable but
Reflection clever observations from Evidence of some thought
reveal little.
information gathered.
Submitted the assignment on Submitted the assignment on Submitted the assignment a
its due date within class its due date after class day after the given due
hours. hours. date.
Timeliness Date Returned:
Note: If an assignment was submitted before the given due date, a merit of 5 points
will be given. Late assignment will be accepted if with a letter of explanation signed by
the student and parent/s. Parent’s Signature
over Printed name
Total

Tittle: Text Information and media

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: Note: Use proper citation.
A. Definition, Characteristics, Formats and Types, Sources, Advantages and Limitations, and value.
DEFINITION/S:
Text Information - A non fiction writing written with intention of informing the reader about a specific topic.
Text Media - is any media product we wish to examine.
Text - A text is understood to be a piece of written or spoken material in its primary form (as opposed to a
paraphrase or summary). A text is any stretch of language that can be understood in context.
CHARACTERISTICS:
● A text is effortful to comprehend.
● A text has its limitations too.
● Images can communicate everything at once.
FORMATS:
Documentary, News Article, Interviews, Advertisement, Images.
TYPES:
Brochures, Magazines, Textbooks and Instruction Manuals, News Paper Article, Encyclopedia.
SOURCES:
Books, Magazines, Newspaper, Articles.
ADVANTAGES:
Availability
▪︎ Printed materials are already available on a variety of topics and in many different formats.
Flexibility
▪︎ They are adjustable to many purposes and maybe used in any lighted environment.
Portability
▪︎ They’re easily transported to another place with out the aid of machine or electricity.
User-friendly
▪︎ Easy to use, no extra effort to search.
Economical
▪︎ Inexpensive to produce or purchase.
LIMITATION:
▪︎ It lacks the inherent expresiveness of speech.
▪︎ The strategic and emotive qualities and impact of speech are diminished on the page.
VALUE:
New Information
▪︎ Informational text contributes to readers understanding of a wide range of topics.
Varying Formats
▪︎ Reading informational text provides students exposure to content presented. This exposure presented text variety
and offers.
Analytical Thinking
▪︎ Reading information in presentations other than narrative requires that readers practice different skills of
interpretation and analysis.
 Motivation
▪︎ Kids wants to know the how and why behind things. That’s why informational text is necessary as it feed kids one by
one information to what is happening around them.
B. Text as Visual(Font Style/Typeface with example)
Typeface - Also called font, font type, or type.
- Refers to the representation or style of a text in the digital format.
Types;
Serif- connotes formality and readability in large amount of texts.
Ex: Times New Roman, Baskerville, Garamond.
Sans Serif - brings a clean or minimalist look to the text.
Ex: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, Calibri.
Slab Serif - carries a solid or heavy look to text.
Ex: Rockwell, Playbill.
Script - draws much attention to itself because of its brush-like strokes.
Ex: Edwardian, Vladimir.
Decorative - caters to a wide variety of emotions or themes.
Ex. Chiller, Jokerman.
C. Design Principle and Elements
1. Emphasis
▪︎ Importance or value given to a part of the text-based content.
○ make the text Bold.
○ Italicized
○ have a heavier weight
○ darkened or lightened
○ ENLARGE
2. Appropriateness
▪︎ How fitting or suitable the test is used for a specific audience, purpose or event.
3. Proximity
▪︎ How near or how far the text elements from each other.
▪︎ When two things are closely related, bring them close together.
4. Allignment
▪︎ how the text positioned in the page.
▪︎ left, center, right or justified.
5. Organization
▪︎ Conscious effort to organize different text elements in a page.
6. Repetition
▪︎ Consistency of elements.
▪︎ Unity of the entire design.
▪︎ Repeating some typefaces within the pages.
7. Contrast
▪︎ Creates visual interest.
▪︎ Two elements are different from each other.
REFLECTION/REALIZATION/SYNTHESIS:
This assignment gives me more about text and how it help us in terms of media and information literacy. It is very essential in the
students like me to understand this text on how we can use it properly in making simple pages.

REFERENCES: Note: Use proper writing of references.

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(nod). MedienABC. Retrieved from http://www.medienabc.org/page5/page40/page40.html.

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