WEEKLY LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEETS

Creative Nonfiction 12, Quarter 4, Week 7-8

REVISED DRAFT OF A WELL-WRITTEN NONFICTION
OUTPUT
Name:_________________________________ Section: ________________
Learning Objectives:
Most Essential Learning Competency: Revise the draft based on
desirable qualities of well-written creative nonfiction
Time Allotment: Two weeks
Key Concepts:
Qualities of Creative Non-Fiction
⚫ The people, events, places, and ideas presented in nonfiction are
real, not invented.
⚫ Nonfiction is narrated by an author who is a real person.
⚫ It presents facts, describes true-life experiences, or discusses ideas.
Nonfiction is written for a specific audience, or group of readers. In
addition, it addresses a clear purpose, or reason for writing. The
audience and purpose influence the type of information a writer
includes.
⚫ Tone, the author’s attitude toward the subject or reader, is displayed
through the writer’s word choice and style. The writer contributes
more than information to nonfiction.
⚫ Style is the particular way in which a writer uses language. Style
reflects an author’s personality. Factors that contribute to an
author’s style include level of formality, use of figurative language,
diction or word choice, sentence patterns, and methods of
organization.
⚫ Tone is the author’s attitude toward both the subject and readers or
listeners. In conversations, you can hear a speaker’s tone in the way
words and phrases are spoken. When reading, you can “hear” tone
in an author’s choice of words and details. The tone of a literary
work can often be described with a single word such as: pompous,
playful, serious, personal, sarcastic, or friendly .
⚫ Perspective is the viewpoint or opinion an author expresses about
the subject, either directly or indirectly. Bias occurs when a writer
makes a one-sided presentation (for example, by ignoring relevant
facts or by using emotional language that unfairly sways readers’ or
listeners’ feelings).

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⚫ Purpose is the author’s reason for writing. Common purposes are to
inform, to persuade, to honor, to entertain, to explain, and to warn.
Exercises / Activities:
Why Revise?
No writer gets it best the first time. Revision allows you the
opportunity to improve. By revising your work after writing the initial
draft, you can improve your writing, such as grammar, spelling,
punctuation, mechanics, and usage. Revising your work also gives you
the opportunity to improve the structure, plot, characterization, point
of view, conflict, climax, resolution, theme and so forth of your story.
Some writers don’t include sufficient detail for a first draft; others
include too much detail. Revising your work allows you to add, cut,
rearrange, and expand the details of your poem, story, articles, essay.
Reising also enables you to see your writing from a fresh
perspective–especially if you take a break from writing A break gives
you a chance to add simile, metaphor, fresh language, new details, to
tap into your imagination.
How to Revise?
Many writers revise as they write. They’ll write a sentence or
paragraph or section, then reread it, then revise. But this is a slow and
tedious process. And it prevents you from getting to the finishing line
quickly. Moreover, it interrupts the free flow of ideas from the mind to
the page.
A better way to revise is to write the entire draft, take a break of a
day or longer. Why take a break? It allows you to see your work from a
fresh perspective or point of view. It’s like looking taking a photograph
of a building from different perspectives. From each viewpoint, you’ll
see something different. The goal of writing, like taking photographs, is
to capture the best image. When you return to your writing, you’ll read
it aloud and make notes of things you don’t like. Then you’ll conduct a
macro-edit and micro-edit of the entire draft. Often you’ll need to revise
your narrative several times before submitting it for publication. Your
approach to writing and revising should be to get it down, and then
work on getting your poem or story or essay or article right—making it
the best you can.
Revision is about rereading your entire piece of writing, find errors,
omissions, things that requirement improvement or deletion. Revision
is about rewriting. You’ll approach the process of revising from a high
level, which involves the entire document, poem, story, article. Editors
call this a “macro-edit.” Once you have completed a macro edit of your
piece of creative writing, then you’ll complete a line-by-line edit or copy
edit. Editors and instructors call this a “micro-edit.”
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Exercises / Activities
Activity 1: My Criteria for a Good Nonfiction Write-Up
Directions: List at least three (3) qualities of a good nonfiction piece,
based on your understanding of the previous lessons. Explain each in
not more than three sentences.
Activity 2: Revise Me!
Directions: Make sure that you have a copy of your partner’s critique
of your writing in the previous module. Revise your draft considering
the suggestions given by your partner and applying your
understanding on the qualities of a well-written nonfiction piece. Add
two more paragraphs to elaborate your write-up. Encode this in a
short bond paper with 12 font size and Arial font style.

Rubric for Revised Paper

Criteria 5 4 3 2
Focus & There is one There is one There is one topic. There is one
Details clear, well clear, well Main ideas are topic. Main ideas
focused focused topic. somewhat clear. are somewhat
topic. Main Main ideas are clear.
ideas are clear but are
clear and are not well
well supported by
supported detailed
by detailed information.
and accurate
information.
Organization The The The introduction There is no clear
introduction introduction states the main introduction,
is inviting, states the main topic. A structure, or
states the topic and conclusion is conclusion.
main topic, provides an included.
and provides overview of the
an overview paper. A
of the paper. conclusion is
Information included.
is relevant
and
presented in
a logical
order. The
conclusion is
strong.
Word Choice The author The author uses The author uses The writer uses a
uses vivid vivid words and words that limited
words and phrases. The communicate vocabulary.
phrases. The choice and clearly, but the Jargon or clichés
choice and placement of writing lacks may be present
placement of words is variety. and detract from
words seems inaccurate at the meaning.
accurate, times and/or
natural, and seems
not forced. overdone.
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 Sentence All sentences Most sentences Most sentences Sentences sound
Structure, are well are well are well awkward, are
Grammar, constructed constructed and constructed, but distractingly
Mechanics, and have have varied they have a similar repetitive, or are
& Spelling varied structure and structure and/or difficult to
structure and length. The length. The author understand. The
length. The author makes a makes several author makes
author makes few errors in errors in numerous errors
no errors in grammar, grammar, in grammar,
grammar, mechanics, mechanics, mechanics,
mechanics, and/or spelling, and/or spelling and/or spelling
and/or but they do not that interfere with that interfere
spelling. interfere with understanding. with
understanding. understanding.

Reflection

Directions: Answer the following.

1. What I like about this subject…
2. This course will help me …
3. The good thing about revising your work is…

Reference for Learners:

• Moratilla N & Teodoro J. (2016) Creative Nonfiction. Pheonix Publishing
House.
• Hood, Dave. The Writing Process: Revising Your Creative Writing. Retrieved
from https://davehood59.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/the-writing-
process-revising-your-creative-writing/ on April 25, 2020.

Writers:

RUBY S. BULATIN HAZEL H. MONTEDERAMOS

MARILOU C. CASTRO IMARC FERNAND C. VERGA

School/Station: Agusan NHS-SHS

Reviewers: DOLYNESSA J. GALEON

HUMSS 12 Group Head

AMALIA B. RINGOR
Track Head

ISRAEL B. REVECHE, PhD. RUTH A. CASTROMAYOR

EPS-Values Principal IV
Division SHS Coordinator Assistant Principal – SHS