POLANGUI GENERAL COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL
Senior High School Department
Polangui, Albay
2nd Semester, 2020-2021
Learning Activity Sheet No. 6
(Reading and Writing Skills)
I. Learning Skills
1. Identify the hypertexts used in web articles.
2. Explain the intertextuality between/among works of literature.
II. Introductory Concept
Context is defined as the social, cultural, political, historical, and other related circumstances that surround the texts and
form the terms from which it can be better understood and evaluated. It also refers to the occasion or situation that informs the
reader about why a document was written.
HYPERTEXT
Typically, a text is written in a linear fashion. This linear progression only enables the reader to read the material the way
the author designed it from the beginning to end. HYPERTEXTUALITY allows readers to study a text in a different manner.
Hypertextuality according to Amaral, 2010 is simply a non-linear way of presenting information. Rather than reading or
learning about things in the order that an author, or editor, or publisher sets out for us, readers of hypertext may follow their own
path, create their own order – their own meaning out the material. This is accomplished by creating ”links” between information.
These links are provided so that the readers may ―jump to further information about a specific topic being discussed (which may
have more links, leading each reader off into a different direction).
Hypertext is text which contains links to other texts. The term was coined by Ted Nelson around 1965. It is when you type a
word and attach a link to that word so that upon clicking on that word, the reader is sent to the site attached. Hypertext is the
foundation of the World Wide Web enabling users to click on link to obtain more information on a subsequent page on the same site
or from website anywhere in the world.
Hypertext materials include pictures, video materials animated and audio illustrations. All these information appear as links
and are usually accessed by clicking. The reader can jump to more information about a topic, which in turn may have more links.
Take a look at an example:
Every time you search on the web, you see words or clusters of words that are underlined and are in blue. When you click
these words, you will be transported to another site.
INTERTEXT
When reading, the readers try to make meaning of the material that they are absorbing through many different processes.
Unintentionally, sometimes, the patterns in the materials read are apparent in another text. Theorists term this as intertextuality.
Intertextuality, is also the modelling of a text’s meaning by another text. It is defined as the connections between language, images,
characters, themes, or subjects depending on their similarities in language, genre and discourse.
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Intertextuality is a literary theory stating all works of literature are a derivation or have been influenced by a previous work
of literature.
Examples:
1. The main plotline of Disney’s The Lion King is a take on Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
2. J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series makes use of C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia and J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.
3. Beowulf’s monster, Grendel, is said to be a descendant of the Biblical figure of Cain.
As readers, the ability to create connections among various texts enhances the meaning of the reading material.
III. Activities
A. Practice Task 1: Read the statements carefully and determine what is being referred to. Write your answers on your answer
sheet.
1. This creates a network of materials linked because of various connections.
2. It is the complex interrelationship between a text and other texts.
3. This refers to the occasion or situation that informs the reader about why a document was written and how it was
written.
4. This is the modeling of a text’s meaning by another text.
5. It is a non-linear way of presenting information.
B. Practice Task 2: Try to research about a word that you are curious about. You can start with any reliable website, then click
on the hyperlinks on the article and see what sites the hyperlinks sent you. List the sites that you were able to explore. Do
this on your answer sheet.
WORD/PHRASE THAT YOU WANT TO RESEARCH OR READ FURTHER ABOUT:
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SITES THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO VISIT BY CLICKING THE HYPERLINKS (You can list more than 3 hyperlinks):
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C. Assessment: Choose two works of literature adapted into films or TV series and be able to explain in one paragraph their
intertextuality.
Example: Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings
IV. Reflection. Answer the following questions briefly but substantially. Use your own ideas and words in your answers.
1. How do hypertexts change the way we read in the 21 st century?
2. What are some advantages and disadvantages of intertextuality to beginning writers?
V. Reference/s
Reading and Writing Skills: Text and Text Connections. Department of Education Alternative Delivery Mode. First Edition, 2020
What is Intertextuality? How to Apply Literary Inspiration to Your Writing. Accessed: [Link]
apply-literary-inspiration-to-your-writing#7-examples-of-intertextuality
Prepared by:
KATRIN B. LUTAO
Subject Teacher
Noted:
ELSA E. RABANO RANDY M. TADURAN
Asst. Principal II Asst. Principal II
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