ENG-7| Week 2

Genres of Viewing!
The 21st century learners like you are visual and digital. According to research, students take in information 55 percent in visual and only
seven percent in text. The same as our listening, reading, writing and speaking skills, viewing also needs to be developed as it helps you become
competent life-long learner who pays attention to valid facts, inferences and critical analyses.
As you view visual messages, you need to use a range of viewing skills and strategies to make sense of the visual messages, and
accompanying oral and print language.

In this module, video clips are presented followed by comprehension questions concerning the video presented. Sit back, relax and have
fun as you explore and continue to hone your skill in viewing through the various easy and enjoyable tasks provided in this module.

What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you master viewing as the
fifth macro skill in learning the English language more specifically on identifying the genre of a material you will view on
TV, internet or other media platforms.

Viewing refers to perceiving, examining, interpreting, and construction of meaning from visual images and is
crucial to improving your comprehension of print and non-print materials. This is a skill you should master as you are
exposed to multimedia.

After going through this module, you are expected to identify the genre of a material viewed such as movie
clip, trailer, news flash, internet-based program, documentary, video, etc. (EN7VC-I-d-6) specifically, you should be
able to:

1. define the term genre;

2. identify the genre of the material viewed;
3. differentiate the genres of viewing by examining the various examples presented;
4. organize information of the material viewed and evaluate its importance;
5. observe correct subject and verb agreement in writing personal journal;
6. present a graphic organizer containing information from a material viewed

What I Know
Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of paper.

1. It is a commercial advertisement for a feature film that will be exhibited in the future at a cinema.
a. Documentary b. Internet-based c. Movie trailer d. news flash e. weather report

2. It is non-fictional, motion picture intended to document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education,
or maintaining a historical record.
a. Documentary b. internet-based c. movie trailer d. news flash` e. weather report

3. It is a program available online and is more likely to be free of monthly charge.

a. Documentary b. internet-based c. movie trailer d. news flash` e. weather report

4. It is a report that contains information about precipitation, wind speed and direction, relative humidity, and
atmospheric pressure.
a. Documentary b. internet-based c. movie trailer d. news flash` e. weather report

5. A report on important piece of news that is given in the middle of another television or radio show.
a. Documentary b. internet-based c. movie trailer d. news flash` e. weather report

Lesson 2: Genres of Viewing

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What’s In
In your previous lesson, you learned about the common types of relationships in analogy. One of those is synonym.
Today, you will apply what you have learned by answering the organizer provided.

When you hear the word genre, what comes immediately into your mind? Choose the words associated with the
term genre from the pool of words provided below. Write it inside the triangle.

Sunshine Idea Organizer

genre

kind sort type category classification

style form content view literary

What’s New
Activity 1 Weekly Television/Online Viewing Log

As an average student, you spend at least 900 hours a year in school and 1,200 hours viewing television, movies,
and online videos. With that, you get tons of information about the world and how you could interact with people.
Use this log to keep track of your daily television or online viewing habits whether done at home or at your neighbor’s
place. At the end of day 5, add the viewing time for each day to discover your daily total for viewing.

For those who do not have access to television, you may write zero in your viewing time.

Day Show Title Viewing Time Notes

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Total Viewing Time: ________ hours and _____ minutes

Alright! You have already started logging in your Day 1. Continue filling this log until Day 5. Enjoy!

What is It
Activity 3 Let’s Get Familiar

Below is a chart of materials or programs which you can view from your television sets or through the internet.
Examine each item and put a check mark under the column not familiar if you have not seen the material and familiar if
you have seen it.

Materials Not familiar Familiar

1. documentary
2. internet-based
3. movie trailer
4. news flash
5. weather report
Our daily living highly involves visual media such that the television and online platform allows us to become
active in the modern way of communicating around the world. We see advertisements, films, diagrams, symbols,
photographs, videos, drama, drawings, sculpture and paintings in a daily basis that pave way to developing the viewing
skill, as the fifth macro skill of learning English language.

Viewing helps you understand the message by seeking and checking understanding. It is classified according to
its purpose and type of information presented. The classification of viewing is called genres of viewing.

There are five genres of viewing: news flash, weather report, internet-based program, movie trailer, and
documentary.

Genres of Viewing

 News Flash
- When there are current issues that the news organizations like ABS-CBN, GMA, and CNN feel the warrant of
interrupting their scheduled programming in television, news flash is aired.
- The information conveyed in a newsflash is important enough for viewers to take a quick break.
For example, a typhoon with heavy rain would come to your place, a timely news will interrupt your favorite
television shows like teleserye and movies.
 Weather Report
- a part of an entire news program that updates and foretells weather conditions on a specific area.
- Weather forecasts are made by collecting data about the current state of the atmosphere at a given place.
When you wanted to know the weather for the next day, you could watch the news program’s weather report
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to be updated.
 Internet-based
- Provides the viewers informative shows that can be accessed through websites using internet connection.
- Netflix, iWant TV, and many more internet-based programs provide shows that are highly dependent to the
internet. It would also require accessing through desktop computers, laptops, and smart phones.
 Movie trailer
- Oftentimes, these are upcoming movies, series of selected shots that are shown in television or internet.
- Attracts you because of its exciting, funny, or noteworthy parts of the film, these are usually short to avoid
spoilers.
 Documentation
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- a genre of viewing that is based on research. You can usually see it in long duration. As it is lengthy, it has
the ability to bring us a broader, more deeply engaged and wider view of the current issues.
Activity 3 Language Connections

Read and study the following sentences.

 A documentary contains factual information that teaches us about the fast, changing world.
 An effective news flash is written with very important details about certain events that could affect us.
 Learning weather reports are helpful in determining future events.
Process Questions:
o What do you notice about the underlined words?
o What do you call the underlined words?
o What do you notice about the boxed words?
o Which of these words are singular? Which are plural?
o What do you need to remember about subjects and verbs in sentences?

A subject is a part of a sentence that contains the person, place, thing or idea performing the action in
a sentence.  
In the sentences above, the underlined words documentary, news flash, and reports are the subject of each
sentence while the boxed words contains, teaches, are and is written are called verbs.
Verbs are the action words in a sentence that describe what the subject is doing. Some verbs can function as
main verbs or helping verbs also called an auxiliary verb.
Basic Rule on Subject – Verb Agreement
 Subjects and verbs must agree in number.
A singular subject needs a singular verb; a plural subject needs a plural verb.

1. Ms. Salig is a doctor by profession.

Subject verb
Basic Pattern

Singular Plural
First person I walk we walk
Second person you walk you walk
Third person he/she/it walks they walk
Examples:
Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is a threat to all people worldwide.
Overseas Filipinos are allowed to return home provided they submit themselves for quarantine.
World Health Organization (WHO) advises people of all ages to take steps to protect themselves from the
virus.
Senior citizens appear to be more vulnerable to becoming severely ill with the virus.

Source: https://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/subjectVerbAgree.asp

What’s More
Activity 4 Differing Views
Watch a particular television/online program. After viewing, answer the chart below considering the
following data:

Title of the Material: Genre of Viewing:

Source:
(TV channel/ URL from website)
What information did you get from the material?

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_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________

Is the information essential? Why?

_______________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Is the information truthful? What made you say so?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________

TAKE NOTE:
When we immersed ourselves in viewing, it is very important that we censor what we watch, whether in television
or in the internet.
Viewing is more substantial and effective when we consider the best information that creates value. If we
responsibly select what we view, we can filter information that is relevant for our purposes of viewing: entertainment and
information.
Now, more than ever, we need to educate ourselves about important issues and finding varied and reliable
information sources. Knowing the essential and truthful information among the recent events across the globe, it is very
important that we check the quality sources of information about our world and what is happening in it.
These genres of viewing provide an opportunity to understand and connect with the world. Further, they are also a
great way to gather with friends to watch and engage around the important issues of our times.
Whether you watch through television or internet, talking about them together in person is equally important. With
social media channels at our fingertips 24/7, these genres of viewing remind us of the real people on the opposite side of
an issue and different conditions in which we live.

What I Have Learned

Read the following sentences about the points to ponder for genres of viewing. Choose the correct
form of the verb inside the parentheses by underlining it.

1. Viewing (is,are) an active process of comprehending visual media, such as in television and online platform
wherein there (is, are) advertising images, films, diagrams, symbols, photographs, videos, drama, drawings,
sculpture and paintings.
2. Viewing (help, helps) us acquire information and appreciate ideas that visually communicated by others.
3. On television news flash (is, are) an important, timely piece of news that (is,are) delivered quickly that could
interrupt the currently aired program.
4. Weather reports (is,are) part of a television program that (feature, features) a prediction of a specific place’s
weather observation.
5. Any informative program or show that (is, are) accessed through a website in an online platform (is, are) called
internet-based program.
6. Movie trailers (is, are)short clips that are usually shown before a movie (is, are) officially released.
7. A research-based compilation of information about a certain subject (is, are) a documentary.

What I Can Do

Activity 1: Nuggets of Wisdom

Go over the various tasks that you came across in the lesson. Reflect on the valuable insights that you have gained.
Make sure to write down your reflection in the blanks provided below. Observe the correct subject-verb agreement rules.

What do you think is the most useful genre of viewing? Why do you think so?
______________________________________________________________________________

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Assessment
Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter before the number.

____1. A segment in ABS-CBN news last August 3, 2018 which talked about a low-pressure area located at 630 km East
of Guiuan, Eastern Samar.
a. Documentary b. movie trailer c. news flash d. weather report

____2. In the middle of a show in ABS-CBN last January 26, 2020 at around 4:10 in the afternoon, an important news was
aired about a place in Luzon with no electricity due to typhoon “Ompong”.

a. Documentary b. movie trailer c. news flash d. weather report

____3. A short clip from the film “Hello, Love, Goodbye” was advertised on television for promotion purposes.

a. Documentary b. movie trailer c. news flash d. weather report

____4. “Mythbusters” is an informative online show hosted by Jon Lung and Brian Louden. The show will take over
testing crazy science experiments.
a. Documentary b. movie trailer c. news flash d. weather report

____5. “Manny” is a hard-hitting feature length film that explores the many triumphs and tribulations of Filipino boxing
sensation Manny Pacquiao.
a. Documentary b. movie trailer c. news flash d. weather report

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Congratulations! You have successfully completed Module 2. Please proceed to Module 3 and learn about Active
and Passive Voice in Varied Contexts

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