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English
Quarter 1 - Module 1
Distinguish Between and Among Informative,
Journalistic and Literary
Writing

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 Table of Contents

What This Module is About ...............................................................…………......... i

What I Need to Know .............................................................................………....... ii

How to Learn from this Module .....................................….........................……….... ii

Icons of this Module ..................................................................................……….... iii

What I Know ................................................…........................................………...... iv

Lesson 1:

Distinguish Between and Among Informative, Journalistic, and Literary Writing ..…1
What I Need to Know .....................................................................………………….1
What’s In ……………………………………………………………………..….….1

What’s New .........................................................................…………….........…2

What Is It .....................................................................................………………....…7

What’s More .............................................................................………………....…12

What I Have Learned ....................................................................………………..…14

What I Can Do.................................................................................…………………15

Summary……………………………………………………………………………………19

Assessment: (Post-Test)………………………………………………………………….20
What Is This Module All About
Hello GRADE 9 it’s back to school once again! Department of Education is doing its
best to make learning easier and fun for all the learners. We are all back to study and to
learn in the New Normal way. Our goal is for you to learn safely at home. We know all of us
are excited to continue learning and to go back to our classroom; but, we have to find a
way in order for you students to learn but not go to school physically. Through this module,
learners will still learn new lessons and topics. It is especially created and made for
everyone to enjoy and learn. Lastly, this material focuses on the different text types under
writing and comprehension competency that will be of great advantage for you to express
yourself well.

The following are the standards for the first quarter. Read below to get yourself
directed for this quarter’s journey of learning.

CONTENT STANDARD: The learner demonstrates understanding of how

AngloAmerican literature and other text types serve as means of enhancing the self; also,
how to use processing, assessing, summarizing information, word deviation and formation
strategies, appropriate word order, punctuation marks and interjections to enable him/her
to participate actively in a speech choir.

PERFORMANCE STANDARD: The learner actively participates in speech choir

through using effective verbal and non-verbal strategies based on the following criteria:
Focus, Delivery, Facial Expressions, Body Movements/Gestures and Audience Contact.

LEARNING COMPETENCY & CODE: At the end of this topic, 75% of the learners are
expected to distinguish between informative, journalistic and literary writing (EN9WC-Ia-8).

This module focuses on distinguishing between and among in formative, journalistic,

and literary writing that will help you understand different text/writing types as means of
enhancing your writing skills. As you go through the module, you will find varied tasks and
writing activities.

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 What I Need to Know

Below are the learning objectives that are set for you to learn as you go along
this module. You will be able to:

1. identify and distinguish between and among informative, journalistic, and literary
writing and or text type use in the given sample of passages;
2. create/write a text type using piece of information of your choice using any of the
certain type of text;
3. compose any of the text /writing type; whether it is informative, journalistic, literary.

How to Learn from this Module

To achieve the objectives cited above, you are to do the following:

• Take your time reading the lessons carefully.

• Follow the directions and/or instructions in the activities and exercises diligently.

• Answer all the given tests and exercises.

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Icons of this Module

What I Need to This part contains learning objectives that

are set for you to learn as you go along the

Know module.

This is an assessment as to your level of

What I know knowledge to the subject matter at hand,
meant specifically to gauge prior related
Knowledge

What’s In This part connects previous lesson with that

of the current one.

What’s New An introduction of the new lesson through

various activities, before it will be presented
to you

These are discussions of the activities as a

What is It way to deepen your discovery and under-
standing of the concept.

These are follow-up activities that are

intended for you to practice further in order
What’s More to master the competencies.

Activities designed to process what you

What I Have have learned from the lesson
Learned

What I can do These are tasks that are designed to

showcase your skills and knowledge gained,
and applied into real-life concerns and
situations.

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 What I Know (Pretest)

Today, you will answer a pre- test to measure your previous knowledge about this topic.

Multiple Choice:
I. Multiple Choice: Read the statements carefully. Encircle the best answer.
1. It is a type of text which presents information that are found in radio, print or television.
A.informative B. literary C. journalistic
2. It gives readers straightforward information about a topic.
A. literary B. informative C. journalistic

3. It is a type of text which is usually non-fiction.

A. informative B. journalistic C. literary

4. It is written originally by a writer.

A. journalistic B. literary C. informative

5. It is a type of text which is defined as a wide variety of imaginative and creative

writing.
A. literary B. journalistic C. informative

6. It serves to inform or discloses information.

A. journalistic B. informative C. literary

7. It is a type of text which leads to the appreciation of the cultural heritage of

students.

A. literary B. journalistic C. informative

8. It is a type of writing which used to report news stories.

A. literary B. journalistic C. informative

9. It has a unique text type and construction level.

a. informative B. literary C. journalistic

10. It is a type of text in which the intention is to inform the reader about a specific
topic.

a. literary B. informative C. journalistic

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11. It is a type of text which is instructive and instructional by nature.

a. journalistic B. literary C. informative

12. It is a type of text which is written using special text features that allows the reader to
easily find key information and understand the main topic.

a. informative B. journalistic C. literary

13. It is a type of text which are found in online journalism.

a. literary B. informative C. journalistic

14. It involves finding, creating, editing and publishing of news to be shared.

a. informative B. journalistic C. literary

15. It is a type of text in which visual representation may include: charts, diagrams, and
tables and these are accompanied by captions that further explain the image.

a. informative B. literary C. journalistic

16. It gives interests to people who would like to be inform of something.

a. Journalistic B. literary C. informative

17. It imparts straight forward information and facts; but never personal opinions.

a. literary B. journalistic C. informative

18. It relates to, or have the characteristics of humane learning.

a. literary B. informative C. journalistic

19. It is a type of text that imparts knowledge to the readers.

a. journalistic B. literary C. informative

20. It is a type of text which has shorter texts like for example: personal essays, opinion
pieces, speeches and literature essay.

a. informative B. journalistic C. literary

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II. Identify the type of text use in the following articles such as: informative, journalistic or
literary. Encircle the letter of your answer.
Text A

They walked downtown in the light of mother-of-pearl, to the Majestic, and their
way to seats by the light of the screen, in the exhilarating smell of stale tobacco, rank
sweat, and dirty drawers, while the piano played fast music and galloping horses raised a
grandiose lag of dust. A Death in the Family by James Agee

1. A. informative B. literary C. journalistic

Text B

A fire of undetermined origin razed to the ground a three-story apartment of Juana

de la Cruz 456 Lapulapu St., Valencia City last night. Five fire companies subdued it
within an hour. The damage, estimated at P5 million, was covered by insurance.

1. A. journalistic B. informative C. literary

Text C

Toledo, Spain (Reuters) - Scientists believe they could discover life outside the
Solar System within the next 25 years covered by insurance. “Yes, definitely, there’s life
out there, “Mike Kaplan, director of US space agency NASA’s origins program, told
Reuters during a meeting of Astronomers in Toledo.
The Philippine Star, 15 March 1996

2. A. informative B. journalistic C. literary

Text D
Scientific theories are not guesses or random ideas. A Scientific theory is a
collection of well-supported hypotheses based on repeated testing that explains some
aspect about the natural world.

3. A. literary B. journalistic C. informative

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 Text E

It was dark and stormy. In her attic bedroom Margaret Murry, wrapped in an old
patchwork quilt, sat on the foot of her bed and watched the trees tossing in the frenzied
lashing of the wind.

4. A. journalistic B. literary C. informative

Process Questions:
1. How did you find the pre-test?

2. What were the terms in the test that you were familiar? Cite some.

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Lesson
Distinguish Between and
1 Among Informative,
Journalistic and Literary
Writing

What I Need to Know

Below are the learning objectives that are set for you to
learn as you go along the module.

You will be able to:

1. distinguish between and among informative, journalistic and

literary writing;

2. identify the type of text sample provided;

3. make a Community Service Brochure observing informative text

What’s In
Hello learners! This time you will learn a new
lesson which will give you idea on how to distinguish
types of text writing. Before we will proceed deeper to understand clearly
what this topic is all about let us refresh our background knowledge on
informative, journalistic and literary writing.

TEXT

A piece of writing that you read or create.

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INFORMATIVE TEXT

It serves to inform or discloses information. It is instructive and / or

instructional. It is literary non-fiction, which has shorter texts like for
example personal essays, opinion pieces, speeches, and literature
essay. It is written using special text features that allow the reader to
easily find key information and understand the main topic.

JOURNALISTIC TEXT

It also presents information but are those that are found in radio, print,
television and online journalism. It is written originally by a writer or
journalist with a unique style and construction level. It’s main goal is to
give informative articles to the readers. News and information are
example of journalistic text.

LITERARY TEXT

It is defined as a wide variety of imaginative and creative writing that

leads to the appreciation of the cultural heritages of students. It is
something related or associated with literature or scholarly learning and
writing. It has a wide variety of imaginative and creative writing that
leads to the appreciation of the cultural heritage.

What’s New

Preliminary Activities:

Now that you are refreshed with the new words introduced to you,
try to answer the given activity attentively.

Activity 1 – Identify the Text

Look at the given sample texts, then identify/distinguish which text

type are examples of informative, journalistic, or literary. Then write your
answer at the side of each texts provided for your answer.

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 TEXT TYPE OF
TEXT
1.
So the thing to do when working on a motorcycle, as in any
other task, is to cultivate the peace of mind which does not
separate one’s self from one’s surroundings. When that is done
successfully then everything else follows naturally. Peace of
mind produces right values, right values produce right thoughts.
Right thoughts produce right actions and right actions produce
work which will be a material reflection for others to see of the
serenity at the center of it all.
—Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
2.
With an artistic drama, we empathize with one or more of its
characters, but there’s also a distance between us and their
situation—a safety valve that allows us to express a range of
emotions, but also to say, “It’s only a movie,” “It’s only a play,”
“It’s only a novel.” Work is based upon problem solving, how to
eliminate conflict and get the job done. Episodic is fine for
work. We want day-by-day not confrontational trauma—even if
it would lead to life-changing revelation. But drama
exaggerates conflict, pushes situations to their extreme, and
leads us to a big turning point.
3.
In a poem entitled Four Great Poets, Robert Francis puts his
finger on the heart of Frost’s greatness: “His head carved out of
granite O / His hair wayward drifts of snow / He worshipped the
great God of Flow / By holding on and letting go.” Here’s an
example from part of one of Frost’s lesser known pieces, For
Once, Then, Something. In the first half he says friends rebuke
him for looking into a well and seeing only himself, reflected in
the water godlike in a wreath of ferns and cloud puffs. It’s a
criticism that could be aimed at any writer, but what is as
interesting as the meaning of Frost’s reply is this sense of
movement that carries the reader forward to the climatic end.
http://lehmaninfo.wordpress.com/sample-business-literary-articles/
TEXT TYPE OF
TEXT
4.
DHAKA: Hosts Bangladesh will meet Pakistan in the opening
match of the four-nation Asia Cup cricket tournament starting in
Dhaka in March, an official said on Monday. Old rivals Pakistan
and India will meet in a mouth-watering clash on March 18. The
Sher-e-Bangla National stadium will host all the matches,
including the inaugural tie on March 12 and the final on March
22, Asian Cricket Council chief executive Syed Ashraful Huq
said. “All teams including India and Pakistan have confirmed
their participation,” he said. India won the last edition of the
tournament in Dambulla in Sri Lanka in June 2010.
http://www.paper-articles.com/

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 5.From Beowulf
And then, in the morning, crowds surrounded
Herot, warriors coming to that hall
520 From faraway lands, princes and leaders
Of men hurrying to behold the monster’s
Great staggering tracks. They gaped with no sense
Of sorrow, felt no regret for his suffering,
Went tracing his bloody footprints, his beaten

525 And lonely flight, to the edge of the lake

Where he’d dragged his corpse like way, doomed And
already weary of his vanishing life.
The water was bloody, steaming and boiling
In horrible pounding waves, heat

530 Sucked from his magic veins; but the swirling

Surf had covered his death, hidden
Deep in murky darkness his miserable End,
as hell opened to receive him.
Then old and young rejoiced, turned back
535 From that happy pilgrimage, mounted their
hardhooved
Horses, high-spirited stallions, and rode them Slowly
toward Heorot again, retelling
Beowulf’s bravery as they jogged along.

Activity 2 – Listening Attentively with Informative Text

Now that you have done your best in the first activity, let us proceed with
the next activity.

Before you listen (For those with the internet follow this site to listen
to the informative text.)

1. Brainstorm on how to use attentive listening with informative text.

2. Concentrate on what the speaker is saying.

3. Clear their mind of any thoughts that could distract your attention.

4. Listen for main ideas, rather than isolated isolated words and phrases.

5. Stay alert for details that are new to you, while you take note of familiar
information.

6. Ask questions that will clarify further what you are listening to.

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Look at the picture above. How would you describe the person? In
what situation do you think he is? Have you been in a similar situation?
Our listening selection shows you always to cope with such a situation.

As you Listen

Click on this link. https://youtu.be/yMzDEK2ZhjQ . Listen to an

article on how to conquer stage fright. Take down notes to answer the
following questions:

1. What is stage fright?

2. What happens when a person experiences stage fright?

3. What are the tips given by the writer to overcome stage fright?

4. What are some suggestions just before a person goes on stage?

5. Why is stage fright considered normal?

6. Do you agree with the idea? Explain your answer

For those who do not have the internet, I want you to read the
informative text.

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 Conquering Stage Fright

Many people are gifted with different talents but most of them are just a
part of the audience on certain occasions. Their stage fright is the very
reason why some are not stage performers. It is normal to experience
stage fright according to stage performers. Actors and actresses
believe that you can overcome your stage fright. By changing your
perception about stage fright and by following basic tips, you can
conquer it.

Try these tips to get you on stage without butterflies in your

stomach.

Practice. Constant practice makes perfect. You have to trust yourself.

Self-confidence is the best way to control or overcome stage fright.

Talk to yourself. Instead of thinking that you will be forgetting some

lines, or that you will not be able to pronounce the words correctly,
think that you will be delivering flawlessly, that you have talents to
show, and that people will appreciate your extraordinary performance.

Visualize. Picture yourself on stage with so many people listening as

you do your part without committing a single mistake.

Practice with a small audience. After you have practiced your piece
alone, you may invite other family members or friends to listen as you
rehearse. Or prior to inviting other people, you may rehearse in front of
a mirror for you to see the needed improvements to your facial or body
gestures.

Are you beginning to feel confident as the curtain is about to

unfold? Are you still nervous? If yes, don’t worry, that’s normal. Here
are some suggestions to overcome nervousness.

Yawn. Our body needs oxygen to keep our muscles relaxed. Yawning
keeps our tight muscles relaxed and breathing becomes shallow.

Stretch. Just like yawning, stretching also helps muscles relax. Do

some simple exercises like shaking your hands and feet, rotating your
neck and your head, then keep still until the spotlight hits you.

Focus on the first few lines of your piece. After you have delivered
the first few lines, you will notice that your nervousness is slightly
disappearing.

Trust yourself. Keep telling yourself that you will not make the
audience notice it.

After your successful performance, you will realize that you can
overcome your stage fright and face the even work to your advantage
if you learn to overcome it. After that flawless performance comes
another until facing big audiences becomes fairly easy.

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 After each performance and your audience is standing ovation
acknowledging your extraordinary performance, bow your head gently
and be humble.

What’s Is

It Discussion

Informative Writing

Informative writing gives readers straightforward information about a

topic. It is usually non-fiction.

Purpose:

 to inform or present information

 to raise awareness and to do so objectively
 to educate (use resources that are reliable and scholarly)

Structure:

 Introduction paragraph with thesis statement

 Body paragraphs with support
 Conclusion with a unique and engaging restatement of thesis

Organization:

 Logically – by date or time; by order of importance

 Categorically – by definition; by theme
 Contextually – by comparison and contrast; by historical or contemporary

Types of Informative Writing

a Factual recount – a type of informative text that has an objective of

retelling a true event that happened in the past

b Procedural – a type of informative text that has procedures to do one

thing

c Diary – a type of informative text that records the daily experiences of

a person

Sample Informative Text

The most popular tourist attraction is the capital city Rome itself, with its
rich cultural heritage. The Colosseum, Castle Sant'Angelo, Fontana di
Trevi, the Pantheon, and the Vatican are some of the most visited sites in

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 Rome. Venice is another city in Italy that is famous for its beautiful canals
and gondolas. And if you are a lover of Italian art, the Uffizi Gallery in
Florence is a place you cannot afford to miss. The city of Naples is known
around the world for its architectural beauty and surely it is a
photographer's delight. The Leaning Tower of Pisa, being on of the Seven
Wonders of the World, attracts the highest number of visitors, not only in
Italy, but in the whole of Europe.
Source: https://penlighten.com/informative-essay-sample

It also gives you the opportunity to widen your business. Social

Media is a great and cheap way to tools.

Aside from that, it lets you meet people who can help you with your
career. You can find out what companies are hiring and hire people to hire
for your company, you can ask and get responds from your friends.
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Journalistic Writing

Journalistic writing is different from the other forms of literary

texts. Unlike a short story, poem, or novel, a journalistic text is more
closely related to essay. News reports, features, editorial, sports, and
other columns in a newspaper or magazine are considered journalistic
texts.

Purpose:
 To quickly inform (news articles)
 To entertain (comics section, lifestyle column, feature)
 To persuade (editorial, opinion, column)

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 Structure:
 Inverted pyramid

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Organization:
 The essential and most interesting elements of a story are put at the
beginning, with supporting information following in order of diminishing
importance.

Types of Journalistic Text

Print journalism – type of journalism that focuses on print media, such
as newspapers and magazines

Broadcast journalism – type of journalism that is being broadcast, .

radio and television

Yellow journalism – type of journalism that uses exaggerating words or

sensationalism; uses eye-catching heading

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Sample of Journalistic Writing

BAYOMBONG, NUEVA VIZCAYA—Vegetable farmers dumped tons of

ripe tomatoes on roadsides here and in nearby Ifugao province due to a
glut in supply and low market prices.
Small and medium-sized tomatoes were found abandoned along
the roads in Tinoc town in Ifugao on Tuesday, a week after tomatoes were
also seen rotting on a roadside in Bambang town in this province.
“The sorry sight of dumped tomatoes adds to the woes of farmers,
who are suffering from the impact of the quarantine,” Adrian Albano,
administrator of Ifugao
Highland Farmers’ Forum, told the Inquirer by telephone on Thursday.
According to farmers, the low retail price of tomatoes would prevent
them from recovering their huge production expenses, as it would only
cost them more to transport the produce to buyers.
Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1287069/tomatoes -dumped-on-roadsides-in-nueva-vizcaya-
ifugao#ixzz6OXT4S8BK

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ confirmed coronavirus disease

2019 (COVID19) cases surged to 20,626 as the Department of Health
(DOH) reported Friday an additional 244 cases.Meanwhile, 82 more
patients have recovered from the respiratory disease, bringing the total
recoveries to 4,330.
The new reporting system has resulted in a massive surge in new
COVID-19 cases in recent days. But the DOH said the spike in cases
does not mean that the outbreak is getting worse as it attributed the
increase to the government’s increased testing capacity and “aggressive
efforts” to catch up on the validation backlogs.
Earlier, COVID-19 Response Deputy Chief Implementer Vince Dizon said
the government is now eyeing to include asymptomatic patients in its
“expanded targeted testing” program.
This came as he reported that the country’s rated testing capacity
increased to nearly 42,000 a day.
However, the DOH earlier said that daily actual tests done by all
the accredited laboratories is only around 8,000 to 9,000 as some testing
centers face operational issues.There are currently 52 accredited
laboratories nationwide, of which,
40 can use RT-PCR tests while the other 12 are testing centers licensed
to use GeneXpert rapid tests.

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Literary Writing

Literary writing may not be entirely factual or timely. It may also cover
imaginary events or ideas. It also tends to be subjective where the most
important point may be found anywhere in the text.

Purpose:

 To express
 To entertain
 To communicate or appeal to the emotions

Structure:

 Depends on the form Organization:

 Logically – by date or time; by order of importance

 Categorically – by definition; by theme
 Contextually – by comparison and contrast; by historical or
contemporary

Types of Literary Text

A Poetry

A Prose

Sample of Literary Writing

It was a dark and stormy night.

In her attic bedroom Margaret Murry,

Wrapped in an old patchwork quilt,

Sat on the foot of her

bed and watched the

trees tossing in the

frenzied lashing of the wind.

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What’s More

Activity 3: Think it through:

To further enhance your knowledge on distinguishing the types of writing,

Kindly read carefully the given items then check the column where it
belongs.
Items Given Informative Journalistic Literary

1. Novel

2. Factual recount

3. Sports news

4. Editorial column

5. A recipe for carbonara

6. Movie review

7. A social etiquette article

8. A brochure on the detecting signs of drug abuse

9. Poem on entitled: Why Do I Love Thee

10. 10 Signs of Covid 19 as Lead news

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11. Magazine

12. The play entitled: “Romeo and Juliet”

13. How to Cook Paella

14. The Legend of Maria Cristina Falls

15. Pres. Duterte may align Funds vs. Covid 19,

says Driton

Activity 4: Show your

Writing Talent

A. Informative Writing.

After going through the activities, you are now very familiar on
distinguishing the three (3) Types of Text. Choose one (1) of the following
themes. Write your own informative article.

• Friendship
• Love
• Courage
• Loyalty
B. Journalistic Writing.

1. Read an article/story from a newspaper. Cut it then, paste it

on a short coupon bond. Take note on the following key points.

2. Write a short news article on another short coupon bond.

 What is the story about?
 Are there words you do not understand?
 Give me an example of formal language used in the text?
 Write/pick out the five (5) W’s of the article (who, what,
where, when, why). Write down your answer at the bottom of your
paper.

C. Literary Writing.

I want you to write one a short poem (1) as your example of literary
writing base on what you have learned from the module.

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 What I Have Learned
From the examples given, fill out the table below:

Informative vs. Journalistic vs. Literary Writing

Activity 4 A. Fill the table with the needed information

ELEMENT/FEATURE INFORMATIVE JOURNALISTIC LITERARY

Purpose

Manner of reading (formal,

informal,
entertaining/dramatic)

Format (where do you find

the text?)

Other Features

B. How Well Do You Know?

Directions: Identify whether the statement described is informative,

journalistic or literary writing.

____________________ 1.It uses a wide variety of imaginative and

creative writing that leads to the appreciation of a variety of subjects.

____________________ 2.It is the style of writing used to report news

stories in newspapers, television broadcasts, on radio and on the
Internet.

____________________ 3.These are texts which intend to inform the

reader or viewer. They use facts to describe and explain people,
animals, objects, events, or phenomena.

____________________ 4.It is a piece of written material, such as a book

or poem, that has the purpose of telling a story or entertaining, as in a
fictional novel. Its primary function as a text is usually aesthetic, but it
may also contain political messages or beliefs.

____________________ 5.The purpose of this text is to educate and

enlighten the reader. It is a very straightforward piece of writing.

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 C. After going through our lesson, let's fill in the triple Venn diagram
shown below. In each circle, enumerate the individual and unique features
of informative, journalistic and literary writing. However, on the
overlapping parts of the circles, identify common features shared between
these types of discourse.

Journalistic Writing

Informative Writing Literary Writing

Making Connections to Your Schema

What Can I do

Enrichment Activity

Activity 8 Community Services Brochure

The Community Services Brochure is your major output for this lesson.
This brochure specifically informs the public of the services available in
your community. As a form of informative writing, the brochure should
present factual information and details about any club, center or key
persons offering services in your barangay/community which you would
like to feature. Other forms of informative writing include letters, reports,
speeches, review and instruction pamphlet.

The criteria for assessment will be: Focus, Content, Organization,

Supports, Visuals, Clarity and Language Mechanics. Here are some

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 ideas which might help you in the preparation and presentation of a
Community Services Brochure. Keep these points in mind as you go
through the process.

Planning Stage

Think of a plan for the preparation of your brochure in which you

can communicate with your barangay but still following the social
distancing technique where the following points should be covered:

• You should create the simplest but presentable community services

brochure you can do but sill have all the essentials that a brochure should
have e.g. pictures you can make use, how to layout your brochure, what
are the services in your barangay that you will feature that you want other
people to know etc.
• Identify the topic of your brochure.
• Clarify the main requirements of the brochure which are the topic,
purpose, and audience.
• Clarify the purpose of the brochure. Answer these questions: Who will be
interested to read the brochure? Who needs it?
• Identify the key persons whom you will contact in the barangay, clubs or
services that will be highlighted in your brochure.

Gathering Information

Before you gather information, be sure that you have secured a

permission to conduct an interview with the key persons, services or club
you planned to feature.

• Look for the key persons in the barangay you can make contact with,
clubs, or centers, that offer services that make a difference.
• Prepare questions (interview schedule) and put them in a logical order.
• Call or visit and interview at least three (3) people to learn more about
their services.
• Make a list of their accomplishments/achievements and specialization.
• Find out what they consider important to their success.
• Collect photos, drawings, illustrations, or videos (if possible) showing
ordinary people making a difference by performing their roles in life
willingly and graciously.

Drafting

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• Consolidate the information you have gathered, and choose what will be
used in your brochure.
• Use few, simple, short, catchy but meaningful sentences and captions 
Think of the order you will use to organize the factual information.
• Point out the help, support, and benefits the club, or key persons receive
as well as the specialization or services they offer.
• Explain the significance of the services to the target readers.
• Through speaking and writing, report the services and needs of the clubs
or organizations.
• Use photos and charts in the presentation.

Writing and Presenting

• Ask your teachers to read and evaluate your brochure

• Ask for comments and suggestions
• Look over the first draft and rewrite it.
• Polish your draft incorporating the suggestions made by your evaluators
• Do the finishing touches and present your Community Services Brochure.

RUBRIC FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES BROCHURE

Criteria Expert Proficient Developing Basic Beginning

5 4 3 2 1

Focus Information included Most of the Some of the Too many No relevant
are relevant to the information are information are irrelevant information
objectives of the relevant except for relevant but with included in can be
brochure one or two noticeable the brochure gleaned
irrelevant from the
information brochure

Content Has all the required Has all the Has most of the Has little of
information (see required required the required
checklist) and information(see information information
some checklist)
additional information

Organization Information is well Information is well- Information is Information is

organized and organized and coherent but not confusing to
coherent coherent except 1 very organized the reader

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Support Well supported Most of the Lacking
headings/subheadings headings/topics support
and more are well-supported

Visuals Graphics go well with The graphics go Graphics go well Graphics do Graphics
the text. well with the text with text but there not go well included
but there are too are too few with the text are merely
There is good mix of many that they and appear filters
text and graphics distract from the to be
text randomly
chosen

Attractiveness Has exceptionally Acceptable but Either too

(Layout) attractive formatting could not have garish or
done better too bland

Clarity Purpose of brochure Purpose is Purpose for

is clear to the reader somewhat clear making
brochure is
not clear to
the reader

Criteria Expert Proficient Developing Basic Beginning

5 4 3 2 1

Language Writing done in 4-5 errors in 6-7 errors in 8-10 errors in 10 or more
Mechanics complete sentences grammar, grammar, grammar, errors in
(Writing capitalization & capitalization & capitalization grammar,
conventions) Capitalization & punctuation punctuation & capitalization
punctuation are punctuation &
correct punctuation
throughout the
brochure

Copies for Gave >20 Gave 15-19 copies Gave 10-14 copies Gave > 10 No copies
organization copies copies

Posted online Posted online with Posted online with Posted online with
less than 5 6-10 suggestions/ 11-15 suggestions/
suggestion reactions for reactions for
improvement improvement

Timeliness Submitted at least 2 Submitted a day Submitted on Submitted Submitted 2-4

days before deadline before deadline deadline date one (1) day days
date after deadline after deadline
date date

*Points will be forfeited if work is submitted more than 5 days after

deadline date

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Content Checklist:

 Contact information: This often ends up being the flap or the back of
the brochure; should contain all the ways your clubs or organization
can be contacted (names, addresses, phone number, email, web
address)

 Mailing addresses: One of the outside panels of your brochure should

have a return address for your organization and a blank area where
you can stick a mailing label or write and address. Saves you the cost
of envelopes!

 Front cover. This should contain your name, logo, and slogan, but not
much more. Keep it from getting too crowded and chaotic, but try to
make the reader interested in opening the brochure up and reading
on.

 Features/benefits: This is usually the inside of the brochure. This part

of your brochure should tell a bit about what your program does and
what the
benefits are to those who become involved.

 Action: What can the reader do? This could focus on how the
volunteer can pitch in and help the group or coalition, or it could focus
on how the volunteer can benefit from the services him/herself. You
can include both, if you’d like.

 Elsewhere, if desired, a brief history of the organization, directions on

how to access or use services provided, how the organization is
funded, or information on the staff.

Summary

The learners will make personal connections by using their schema

(background knowledge) in distinguishing between and among the types
of text introduce and provided for them in this module. The learners will
also be guided to apply what they have learned from this module in which
they will make use of their daily life outside the four (4) walls of the
classroom.

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 Assessment: (Post-Test)
I. Multiple Choice: Read the statements carefully. Encircle the best answer.
1. It is a type of text which presents information that are found in radio, print
or television.
A. informative B. literary C. journalistic

2. It gives readers straightforward information about a topic.

A. literary B. informative C. journalistic

3. It is a type of text which is usually non-fiction.

A. informative B. journalistic C. literary

4.It is written originally by a writer.

A. Journalistic B. literary C. informative

5.It is a type of text which is defined as a wide variety of imaginative and

creative writing.
A. literary B. journalistic C. informative

6.It serves to inform or discloses information.

A. journalistic B. informative C. literary

7.It is a type of text which leads to the appreciation of the cultural heritage
of students.

A. literary B. journalistic C. informative

8.It is a type of writing which used to report news stories.

A. literary B. journalistic C. informative

9.It has a unique text type and construction level.

A. informative B. literary C. journalistic

10.It is a type of text in which the intention is to inform the reader about a
specific topic.

A. literary B. informative C. journalistic

11.It is a type of text which is instructive and instructional by nature.

A. journalistic B. literary C. informative

12.It is a type of text which is written using special text features that
allows the reader to easily find key information and understand the main
topic.

A. informative B. journalistic C. literary

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 13.It is a type of text which are found in online journalism.

A. literary B. informative C. journalistic

14.It involves finding, creating, editing and publishing of news to be

shared.

A. informative B. journalistic C. literary

15.It is a type of text in which visual representation may include: charts,

diagrams, and tables and these are accompanied by captions that further
explain the image.

A. informative B. literary C. journalistic

16. It gives interests to people who would like to be inform of something.

A. Journalistic B. literary C. informative

17.It imparts straight forward information and facts; but never personal
opinions.

A. literary B. journalistic C. informative

18.It relates to, or have the characteristics of humane learning.

A. literary B. informative C. journalistic

19.It is a type of text that imparts knowledge to the readers.

A. journalistic B. literary C. informative

20.It is a type of text which has shorter texts like for example: personal
essays, opinion pieces, speeches and literature essay.

A. informative B. journalistic C. literary

II. Learner will identify the type of text use in the following articles such as:
informative, journalistic or literary. Encircle the letter of your answer.
Text A

They walked downtown in the light of mother-of-pearl, to the

Majestic, and their way to seats by the light of the screen, in the
exhilarating smell of stale tobacco, rank
sweat, and dirty drawers, while the piano played fast music and galloping
horses raised a grandiose lag of dust. A
Death in the Family by James Agee

1. A. informative B. literary C. journalistic

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 Text B

A fire of undetermined origin razed to the ground a three-story apartment

of Juana de la Cruz 456 Lapulapu St., Valencia City last night. Five fire
companies subdued it within an hour. The damage, estimated at P5 million,
was covered by insurance.

2. A. journalistic B. informative C. literary

Text C

Toledo, Spain (Reuters) - Scientists believe they could discover life

outside the
Solar System within the next 25 years covered by insurance. “Yes,
definitely, there’s life out there, “Mike Kaplan, director of US space agency
NASA’s origins program, told Reuters during a meeting of Astronomers in
Toledo.
The Philippine Star, 15 March 1996

3. A. informative B. journalistic C. literary

Text D

Scientific theories are not guesses or random ideas. A Scientific theory is a

collection of well-supported hypotheses based on repeated testing that
explains some aspect about the natural world.

4. A. literary B. journalistic C. informative

Text E

It was dark and stormy. In her attic bedroom Margaret Murry, wrapped in an
old patchwork quilt, sat on the foot of her bed and watched the trees tossing
in the frenzied lashing of the wind.

5. A. journalistic B. literary C. informative

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