21st Century Literature of the Philippines and the World Revised: 7/21/2020

LESSON TIMETABLE
MODULE : Literature from Luzon
Sub-Module : 1.0 Survey Shows that Filipinos Are Number One at Taking
Pictures of Themselves
1.1 Elements of an Effective Blog

COURSE/SUBJECT : 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE OF PH AND THE WORLD

DURATION : Four (4) Hours Lecture; ________ laboratory

CONTENT/TOPIC STRATEGY/ REFRENCE/ EVALUATION

DURATION
ACTIVITY TOOLS OUTPUT
Introduction
 Opening Prayer
(Optional)
 Leveling/
Laptop
Motivation
Lecture- Module
15 minutes  Articulating the
Discussion Power Point
desired learning Presentation
outcomes for the
session
 Unlocking of
Difficulties
Presentation Lecture-
 Elements of a Discussion
Blog Laptop
 Survey Shows Module
2 hours Oral Recitation
that Filipinos are Question Power Point
Number One are and Answer Presentation
Taking Pictures
of Themselves
Application
 Reinforcement
Laptop
 Recap of Recitation 15-item
1 hour and Module
Learning insights Objective Type
45 minutes Power Point
 Assessment Lecture of Written Test
Presentation
 Closing Prayer
(Optional)

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SESSION PLAN
Program/Year Level : ABM, HUMSS, STEM, TVHE, TVIA - 11

MODULE : Luzon’s Literature

Elements of Poetry
Sub-Module : 1.0 Survey Shows that Filipinos Are Number One at
Taking Pictures of Themselves
1.1 Elements of an Effective Blog

COURSE/SUBJECT : 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE OF PH AND THE WORLD

DURATION : Four (4) Hours Lecture; ________ laboratory

LEARNING OUTCOMES (LOs):

At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
 Understand and explain in their own words what a blog is;
 Explain the relation of context of literary works in relation to their meaning;
 Do a close analysis of different literary works from Luzon.
LEARNING AIDS:
 Laptop / Computer
 Module
 Powerpoint Presentation
REFERENCES:
 Datu, Paulyn Alaer. 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the
World, 2017 PH: CB Cronica

I. INTRODUCTION

Preparatory Activities
 Opening Prayer
 Introducing the instructor
 Leveling/Motivatio

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Developmental Activities
Discovering Luzon as a Melting Pot of Traditions

Share about the place you would like to visit in Luzon.

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II. PRESENTATION (Lesson Proper)

Four Key Elements of an Effective Blog

1. An attention-grabbing headline
A good blog post is about one topic, one story, one idea. Not 57. Not 101.
Just one.

Before you begin blogging, figure out what you want to write about. Choose
a mock headline to give yourself some structure (you can always change it
later), and start writing.

Good titles are interesting, descriptive, and engaging. It should read like a
magazine headline or a TV newsflash, daring the reader to click the link

This is the first thing your readers see — and the only thing, if you don’t do it
right. Take time crafting a great headline. This is the first step (and the last)
before you hit “publish.”

2. A captivating lead paragraph

You know how much first impressions matter, right? So why aren’t you
writing like it? Why are you wasting readers’ time with frivolous details and
silly little anecdotes?

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When it comes to the Internet — when people’s attention spans are even
more limited than with print — your opening paragraph is crucial. Don’t blow
it. Journalists know this. It’s ingrained in them. “Don’t bury the lede,” they
say. If you don’t hook your readers immediately, you will lose them forever.

Start off with a quote, a question, or a bold, audacious statement. You only
have one shot. Make it count.

3. Interesting supporting points

This is the body of the article. It’s the “meat” of the post — what will back up
your main topic or argument.

Every story you tell or idea you share needs to have supporting rationale,
something the readers can sink their teeth into. They don’t all need to neatly
fit into a three-point argument or a seven-step process, but you can’t be all
over the place.

Consider what you want to say and how you will back it up. A great way to
organize is to make a list of bullet points. Then, write the body of the post
using these as your main sections (if appropriate turn the points into
subheads, like I did with this post).

If your blog post is a road, these points are the street signs leading your
reader to the end.

4. A compelling call-to-action

If you’ve hooked your readers’ attention with a good title, drawn them in with
an interesting lead paragraph, and then led them through with compelling
points, now you need to wrap it up.

Don’t be vague. You don’t want your audience wondering why they
bothered reading your post in the first place, do you? Give them something
to take away.

Want your audience to reflect on a particular idea? To do something?

Respond somehow? Whatever it is, be clear about it. It will not just happen.
You will get what you ask for. This is the part of the post where you invite
your readers to answer a question, leave a comment, or share your post.
Make it clear and actionable.

Knowing the Author of Emotional Weather Report

Jessica Zafra is a columnist, blogger, fiction writer, publisher, and former

television, and radio show host from Metro Manila. She authored the well-known
collection of essays which is the Twisted Series and the collection of short stories
Manananggal Terrorizes Manila. She has won three times in Carlos Palanca Memorial
Award for her short stories such as the “Portent” which garnered first place in 1991.

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Setting the Context

In the advent of technology and social media, the Filipinos have easily
adapted as netizens who topped or ranked in many statistics. Some of these include:
Philippines regarded as social media capital of the world, the biggest consumers of
information technology, texting capital of the world, etc. Apparently, Filipinos have
attributed to technology and social media various functions as well as feats.

The status of Filipinos, in the digital age depict many of our culture and
values whether traditional or modern. The Filipino sense of humor has aesthetically
evolved into different forms like ‘tweets’ and ‘memes’; bayanihan has been made techie
that is faster and easier literally through series of posts, updates, and floods of
donations. Courtship and relationships have also progressed; ironically as people
become more accessible and communication made more efficient, relationships have
become more ‘complicated’.

The Filipinos’ obsession with technology and social media speak of a lot of
things about us. Some maybe wonderful and impressive; others may be absurd and
detestable. No matter what millennium Filipinos will be in, there are just those culture,
values, belief, and traditions, that are constant but changing.

Survey shows that Filipinos are number one at taking pictures of

themselves by Jessica Zafra
A recent survey conducted by the telecom giant Nokia contained interesting yet
unsurprising findings about Filipinos and mobile technology.

A total of 8,077 people in eight countries — Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, India, the
United States, Singapore, China and the Philippines — participated in the online survey.
All the participants owned mobile phones with cameras.

Filipinos were number two at taking pictures with their mobile phones. Seventy
percent of the Pinoy respondents said they took pictures with their phones at least once
a week, and 31 percent said they did so every day. The Chinese
topped this category, with 86 percent taking photos weekly, and 33 What are some
percent daily. forms of
technology and
However, Filipinos were number one at sharing their images social media
through social media platforms. Fifty percent of Pinoy respondents that Filipinos
said they upload their photos to Facebook, Twitter and other social

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media. In fact, 47 percent of Pinoys said it was the main reason they took the pictures in
the first place.

Filipinos take more photos of themselves (49 percent) than any other group in the
survey, and share more photos of themselves (44 percent). Eighty-four percent of
Filipino females between 15 and 25 said they take photos of themselves with their
phones. For males in the same age group the figure is 60 percent.

And 44 percent of Filipinos between 15 and 25 said they had uploaded a picture
and then removed it after thinking it over.

Let’s over-interpret the data.

One, we really enjoy taking pictures of ourselves. No doubt some of this behavior is
due to vanity, but I think part of this is documentation. We want a record of what we did,
where we went, and who was there.

You know how some people, when they travel, will save every ticket stub, concert
flier, menu and even the safety instruction card from the plane, the one specifically
marked “Do not take this card from the plane?” Taking pictures with our phones is like
that: we do not make distinctions between the important and the trivial. We accord them
the same treatment, thereby trivializing the important and elevating the trivial. Shoot
now, edit the nonsense later. Unfortunately, only the unemployed have the time to
review all their photos and delete the trash.

Phones with cameras are so convenient: everyone has become a photojournalist. If

something happens, shoot it yourself. If nothing happens, shoot anyway. It’s digital, 8
megapixels, no need to have film developed, so shoot at will.

If cars in a traffic jam turn into robots and start thrashing each other, you don’t have
to call the papers: shoot it yourself. And if the news media aren’t taking your photo even
if you are more interesting than any artificial celebrity, be your own paparazzi.

By the way, the survey also found that the photos Pinoys What are some
share online most frequently are of friends (59 percent), children reasons why
(45 percent) and themselves (49). We suspect some statistical Filipinos take
glitch because in our observation, the number one subject of the photos and what
Pinoy is the person holding the phone. are the subject of
these photos?
Given our fondness for self-photography, we wondered
whether phones with self-shooting capabilities are more popular than those without.
Nikka Abes of Nokia said these were not necessary since Pinoys have worked out the
best way to angle their phones for their auto-portrait. It’s all in the wrist: practice,
practice, practice.

Over-interpretation number two: we really like sharing information about ourselves.

Correction: we love oversharing. We have long known that chismis — our brand of
gossip — isn’t just talking about other people. It’s an opportunity to talk about ourselves.
We weigh in on the news, we announce what we would’ve done under the
circumstances, and we pass judgment. Ostensibly we’re discussing the causes of J-Lo’s

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divorce, but we’re really talking about ourselves. The fact that J-Lo and Mark Anthony
have no idea we exist is beside the point.

We have become the hosts of our very own talk shows. What cultures are
Unlike Anderson Cooper or Letterman, your show only has depicted when
one subject: you. What you had for dinner Tuesday night, Filipinos share their
what you wore on Thursday morning, what beverage you
photos in social
ordered at Mini-Stop at 2 a.m. You don’t even need a
telecommunications franchise, just Facebook and Twitter.

Three, the ease and speed of technology does not give us much time to consider
the consequences of our actions. That’s putting it kindly.

Paranoid schizophrenics think they are always being watched. It turns out that they
are correct: they are being watched. You’re all being watched. The punchline is that you
make it possible for everyone to watch you.  

Then again, the survey implies that Pinoys like to stand out. Seventy percent of
Pinoy respondents had a positive attitude towards colorful phones, and 31 percent
thought it would be fun to have a phone with a different color from everyone else’s.

Zafra, Jessica. (2011, August 7). Emotional Weather Report: Survey shows that Filipinos are
number one at taking pictures of themselves” Retrieved August 11, 2016 from
PhilStar:https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/gadgets/2011/08/07/713691/survey-shows-filipinos-
are-number-one-taking-pictures-themselves

REINFORCEMENT ACTIVITY

What are the various forms of social media that you use and what functions do these
have in your life? Write on the blank the social media and in the boxes at least three (3)
functions each.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Collect newspaper clippings or photos from the internet that display the identity of your
generation. Explain how do the clippings or photos relate to your generation’s identity.

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Explanation:
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*rubric provided at the end of the module.

RECAPITULATION OF THE LESSON / IMPORTANT POINTS DISCUSSED

Emotional Weather Report

 Author
 Context
 Meaning

Elements of a Blog

III. ASSESSMENT

Answer the following questions

Emotional Weather Report

1.How can you describe the Filipinos in the digital age?

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2. What nature and culture do Filipinos exhibit when using social media?
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3. What Filipino values are represented by these Filipino cultures and values?
What criticism are discussed?
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4. How can you associate yourself with the Filipino culture and values
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IV. CLOSING PRAYER

Prepared by:

Mr. Mark Andrew S. Coronel

Teacher

Reviewed by:
Mr. Richard John W. Hernandez
Academic Coordinator, SHS

Approved by:
Dr. Vilma V. Esparrago
Principal, Basic Education

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