TOPIC 6:

DELIVERING
A JAZZ
CHANT
 JAZZ CHANT
 an upbeat chant or a simple poem that
uses rhythms, natural stress, and
intonation patterns of conversational
American English
BEAT
 BEAT
 set by the stressed word in the
statement
 accompanied by a clap, tap, or pause

NOTE: A jazz chant has four beats.

 WEAK FORMS
 compressed words
 are brushed through or blended to the
surrounding words in the sentence
Try to say the following statement.
Emphasize the highlighted words:

Have a nice weekend! Thanks, you, too.

1 2 3 4
Practice the weak forms and beats using
the following statements:
Students read books. (clap)
1 2 3 4
The students read books. (clap)
1 2 3 4
The students are reading books. (clap)
1 2 3 4
The students have been reading books. (clap)
1 2 3 4
 BEAT
 set by the stressed word in the
statement
 accompanied by a clap, tap, or pause

NOTE: A jazz chant has four beats.

STRESS
 STRESS
 it is the key to establishing meaning

1. All words have one primary stress.

Examples:
ceremony guitar guitarist elementary
2. In some words, stress determines its part of
speech.
Examples:
record - record present - present

3. In the sentence level, content words,

demonstratives, and negatives are usually
stressed. The content words are nouns, verbs,
adjectives and adverbs.
4. Function words are unstressed. These are the
determiners, pronouns, auxiliary verbs, and
prepositions.
 GUIDELINES
IN
DELIVERING A
JAZZ CHANT
1. Read the piece. Determine the context of the
chant. Explain the meaning of idiomatic
expressions, difficult words, if there are
any.
2. Listen to your teacher as he or she models
the chant. You may also find an audio
recording of the chant.
3. Discuss with one another the stressed words
and intonation. Mark the identified stress,
intonation, and reduced sounds.
4. Practice reading the chant as a group,
focusing on stress and intonation. After reading
the chant as a group, read the chant by pair or
individually. Assign roles and dialogues.
5. Device how clapping, tapping, pausing, and
stamping can help the rhythm and the beat of
the chant. Remember to keep a clear, steady
beat.
6. Exaggerate and have fun!
 TOPIC 7:
SUMMARIZING
INFORMATION
FROM A
PODCAST
 SUMMARIZING
 getting the main idea of the text together
with the key points

GIST
 stands for “generating interactions between
schemata and texts”
 allows the students to tap into their
background knowledge and connect it to the
text
Here are few simple steps in doing GIST:
1. Before reading, scan the text to get the feel
of what it will be about.
2. Read the text.
3. Reflect on what you have read.
 PODCAST
 a series of digital audio and video files
that are available over the Internet
 a convenient alternative to TV and radio
programs
 TOPIC 8:
ACTIVATING
PRIOR
KNOWLEDGE
 PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
 the sum of experiences, culture, and
knowledge that a reader brings in to the
text

SCHEMA
 the repository of information in your
brain
 BRAINSTORMING
 ask questions and share ideas about the
topic

NOTE:
Mind mapping and K-W-L Chart are some
graphic organizers you can use to activate
prior knowledge.
 K W L
What do you What do you What did you
already KNOW? WONDER about? LEARN?
 TOPIC 9:
USING THE
NORMAL AND
INVERTED WORD
ORDER IN WRITING
INVERTED WORD ORDER
 the predicate is placed before the subject
in a sentence

NATURAL WORD ORDER

 the subject comes before the predicate
 EXAMPLES:
NORMAL: It will be called America, the New
World.

INVERTED: In this land begins a new life, a

new chance.
Look at the following forms of inverted
sentences:
1. Inverted sentences often begin with
prepositional phrase.

Example:
In the hands of these fifty-five delegates
reside a momentous part of American history.
2. Inverted sentences may begin with the
words, here or there. Here and there are never
the subjects of the sentence.

Example:
There are only eight delegates that appeared
on May 14th for the convention.
3. Interrogative sentences commonly use the
inverted word order. The subject comes after
the auxiliary verb.

Example:
Did the delegates vote for a secret discussion
of the amendment?
 TOPIC 10:
RECOGNIZING
JOURNALISTIC
WRITING
 STYLE
 how the language is used by the writer

JOURNALISTIC WRITING
 uses more compact, straightforward style

INFORMATIVE WRITING
 mainly seeks to clearly explain its central
point using facts
 Informative Journalistic

Purpose • to present • to report an

information incident
• to explain a • to entertain the
process readers
• to educate the
readers

Parts uses the basic parts the basic parts are:

of an essay: headline, byline,
introduction, body, lead, placeline,
conclusion body
 Informative Journalistic

Structure takes any logical • answers essential

arrangement (spatial, Wh-questions
chronological, most • adopts the
important to the least structure of the
important, etc.) inverted pyramid,
where the most
noteworthy
information is
mentioned first
down to the least
interesting
information
 Informative Journalistic
Style • presents factual • presents factual
information and objective
• explains the information
details clearly • uses concise
sentences and
accurate words
Subjects may take any topic current events,
features, and human
interest stories.
 NEWS
 one of the most popular journalistic pieces
of writing
 PARTS OF NEWS:
1. Headline
 the title of the news article

2. Byline
 identifies the author, the date, and the
location of the event described in the
article
 PARTS OF NEWS:
3. Lead
 the first paragraph of the article
 capture the reader’s attention, summarize
the important facts, or present the most
important information of the article
 PARTS OF NEWS:
3 Main Types of Leads:
a. Summary Lead
 contains the major facts in the news story
 who, what, where, and when
 quickly brings the summary to the readers

b. Anecdotal Lead
 presents a personal story as the lead
 often, it catches the reader’s attention by creating
drama
 PARTS OF NEWS:
3 Main Types of Leads:
c. Contrast Lead
 uses opposite ideas to grab the reader’s attention
 seldom used in news, but is often used in human
interest stories and feature articles
What kind of lead is the following?

A young Cuvier’s beaked whale washed up

dead on a beach in Compostela Valley in the
Philippines, its stomach filled with 88 pounds (40
kilograms) of plastic bags.

(Lead from: Saplakoglu, Yasemin. “Dead Whale Washes Ashore

with Shocking 88 lbs. of Plastic in Its Stomach.” Live Science. 18 March
2019. https://www.live-science.com/65020-whale-with-88-pounds-
plastic.html. Accessed 18 May 2019.)
 PARTS OF NEWS:
4. Body
 presents the details of the article
 the details include quotations, interviews,
descriptions of events, and other
information
Can you point out the information that answers the
essential Wh-questions?

This isn't the first time a whale full of plastic has washed
ashore. A dead sperm whale washed up in Indonesia last November with
100 plastic cups, four plastic bottles, 25 plastic bags and even a couple of
flip-flops inside its stomach. The Cuvier's whale in the Philippines held
seven times more plastic than that sperm whale, the museum said.
"Everytime you see this it's shocking," said Lindsay Mosher, the
program manager for the nonprofit Oceanic Society's Blue Habits project.
"It's obviously tragic.“ Plastics are one of the most common types of
debris found in the ocean, according to the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration. The garbage can enter the water through
improper waste management, litter on shorelines or out in the sea, and
stormwater runoff.
 Around 8.8 million tons (8 million metric tons) of plastic get
dumped into the ocean every year, according to a 2015 report by the
nonprofit Ocean Conservancy. In particular, about 60 percent of it comes
from China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
But in any case, this is a global problem, said Mosher, who
added that people can take relatively simple steps to help combat plastic
pollution. Even something as simple as taking reusable bags to the
grocery store or bringing glass containers to work for lunch could build a
habit and influence others to do the same, she said.

Saplakoglu, Yasemin. “Dead Whale Washes Ashore with Shocking 88 lbs.

of Plastic in Its Stomach.” Live Science. 18 March 2019. https://www.live-
science.com/65020-whale-with-88-pounds-plastic.html. Accessed 18 May
2019
 PARTS OF NEWS:
5. Conclusion
 the final statement that summarizes the
article
Can you point out what the conclusion below
tries to do?
Once these and similar societal habits take
hold, and large companies and corporations catch on
to good practices that avoid plastic waste, she said.
The result could give marine creatures a chance of
life without drowning in the debris of human
ignorance.
Saplakoglu, Yasemin. “Dead Whale Washes Ashore with Shocking 88 lbs.
of Plastic in Its Stomach.” Live Science. 18 March 2019. https://www.live-
science.com/65020-whale-with-88-pounds-plastic.html. Accessed 18 May
2019
 PARTS OF NEWS:
6. Pictures and captions
 often journalists include images of the
incidents, related pictures, or maps to
substantiate the details of the article

Caption
 a brief explanation of the image, credits,
and name of the photographer
Where is the caption in the image below?
NOTE: