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English 9
Quarter 1–Module 5
Examining Sample Informative, Journalistic and Literary Texts

Development Team of the Module

Writer: Diana M. Cayanan
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Reviewer: Sharie L. Miguel, EdD & Cherrylene M. Mendoza, MAED-Eng
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Introductory Message
For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the English 9 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Examining sample texts
representative of each type!

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators from public
institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards set
by the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in
schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent learning
activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help learners acquire the
needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that will
help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module. You also need
to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage their own learning.
Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the learners as they do the tasks included
in the module.

For the Learner:

Welcome to the English 9 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Examining sample texts
representative of each type!

Writing stimulates ideas and helps the author make mental connections that would not have
otherwise occurred to them. In order for students to take full advantage of these various purposes,
they must learn various text types. The types or the characteristics of a text are of the utmost
importance for any work of summarization on it. It is easier to select the main ideas from
certain types of texts when you are familiar with its type.

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for guided and
independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to process the contents of
the learning resource while being an active learner.

What I Need to Know (18 p – Icons don’t

change

For the teacher

This module will assist you in encouraging the learners to examine sample texts
representative of each type.
 Teaching text types is different from assigning text types. If students are to use
text types to write for different purposes and audience, they need to understand how each
text type works.

The structures, features, and uses for each text type needs to be modeled via
mentor texts where students will need to practice through guided writing tasks,
collaborative tasks and then independently with frequent feedback from peers and
teachers.

For the learner (Content of this part changes depending on the target LC/s)

Writing is necessary for “developing social networks; engaging in civic discourse;

supporting personal and spiritual growth; reflecting on experience; communicating
professionally and academically; building relationships with others, including friends,
family, and like-minded individuals; and engaging in aesthetic experiences”.

In addition, writing is identified as an important tool for thinking. Writing stimulates

ideas and helps the author make mental connections that would not have otherwise
occurred to them.
In order for students to take full advantage of these various purposes of writing,
they must learn various text types. You will be given activities that you can answer on
your own after reading and going through the different parts of this module. Please
remember not to make markings on this module and write your answers on your
notebook.

At the end of this module, you are expected to:

1. recall the three types of texts;
2. examine sample texts representative of each type; and
3. compose texts representative of each type.

What I Know

Guess the right words hidden in the constellation of letters. Write your answers on your
answer sheet.
1. The type of text that serves to present factual information.

2. The type of text that presents information through various media such as radio, print,
television, and online journalism.

3. The type of text that provides a wide variety of imaginative and creative writing that
leads to appreciation.

Lesson
Examining Informative, Journalistic and
5 Literary Texts

Informative text is nonfiction writing, written with the intention of informing the
reader about a specific topic. It is typically found in magazines, science or history books,
autobiographies, and instruction manuals.

What’s In

A. Study the infographic below then answer the questions that follow. Write your
answers on your answer sheet.
 source: https://www.who.int/westernpacific/news/multimedia/infographics/covid-19

1. What is the poster about?

2. Did you get information from it? If yes, cite at least three information you got from
this poster.

What’s New

Determine the parts of an informative text by unlocking the words using the codes with
their corresponding letter. Follow the given example below. Write your answers on your
answer sheet.

Take this as an example.

5 corresponds to letter E
14 corresponds to letter N
7 corresponds to letter G
12 corresponds to letter L
9 corresponds to letter I
19 corresponds to letter S
8 corresponds to letter H

So the word is ENGLISH

 1.
______________________________

It is called the beginning which

presents the thesis statement and
grabs the attention of the reader.

2.
______________________________

It is called the middle which expounds

the thesis statement with solid facts,
statistics, statements, and other
supporting details.

3. ______________________________

It is called the end which summarizes

the essay in a paragraph or two.

What is It

The basic structure of an informative essay is very simple. It needs to have a

beginning, middle, and end. These are known more formally as the introduction, body,
and conclusion, respectively.

1. The Introduction
The beginning, otherwise known as the introduction, is your opportunity to present
your thesis statement and grab the attention of the reader. Your thesis statement must
be one sentence, making it very clear what the reader will be informed about.

The introduction can be anywhere from a paragraph to a page, depending on the

requirements and circumstances. Use this opportunity to introduce the main idea, provide
any pertinent definitions, and briefly describe what will be covered. Above all else, the
introduction must clearly state what readers are about to explore. Be sure to steer clear
of any evidence of your opinion on the topic.
Sample Introduction:

When you woke up this morning, did you think today would be the day you
save a life? In fact, it's quite easy to save a life and it only takes a little bit of your
time. You don't even need to be a paramedic or fire-fighter. All you have to do is
set aside approximately one hour to donate blood. This essay will explore how to
donate blood, whom it benefits, and how often you can contribute to these life-
saving measures.

2. The Body

The middle, otherwise known as the body, is your opportunity to expound upon
the thesis statement and grab the attention of the audience with solid facts, statistics,
statements, and other supporting details.

The body will be several paragraphs long, comprising the bulk of the essay. This is
where you'll provide further details about the main idea. Be sure you delve deeply into
every area previously outlined in the introduction.

3. The Conclusion

The end, otherwise known as the conclusion, is your opportunity to summarize the
essay in a paragraph or two. It should spur the reader to want to learn more about the
topic. Be sure to reiterate the thesis statement clearly. In your introduction, you may
have laid out what would be covered in the essay. Offer a sentence or two reiterating
what was learned about those topic areas.

After that, offer up a few closing remarks that gloss over the most important
elements. End on a high note, encouraging your readers to learn more or contemplate
the most important elements of your essay. You may even pose a rhetorical question.

Sample Conclusion:

The process of donating blood is decidedly simple. Many folks carry out the process
while reading a chapter from a new book or watching an episode of their favorite TV
show. Indeed, the infinitesimal amount of time it takes to donate blood can transfer
into a lifetime of happiness for the recipient. Remember to bring juice or something
sugary to keep your glucose levels high at the end of the procedure. Then, hold your
head up high, knowing there's a life out there that's about to be saved by you.
 What’s More

Independent Activity 1 (15 p

A. Read and examine the informative text below.

Essay on Education
By Lisa Barlow

Education is an important medium of acquiring essential knowledge and skills. It is

more than just learning from books. It is an effort of the older generation to transfer their life
wisdom to their offspring. Our world is constantly changing and developing so it is very
important to teach and bring up intelligent people who could understand the problems of
modern society and solve them in a proper way.

Education plays a vital role in shaping successful people. It gives us the opportunity
to become a productive member of a civilized society by acquiring all the necessary skills.
We learn how to meet challenges and overcome obstacles. We learn how to become an
integrated personality and maintain the perpetuation of our culture. People learn basic
norms, rules, regulations, and values of society through education. Moreover, high quality
education enables us to lead a successful life, enhances our intelligence, skills, knowledge,
and brings positive changes in our life.

Education lays the foundation stone for our future. An illiterate person can find it
very difficult to cope with some aspects of life. Education expands our vision and creates
awareness. It helps us develop a disciplined life and provides us with better earning
opportunities. It enables us to know the world beyond our own surroundings. Education is
also a prerequisite of the prosperity and modernization of any country.

Modern education is liberal, open, and exoteric. It is the premise of progress, in

every family and in every society. It teaches people to reason. It is based on the humanism,
freedom, equality, democracy, and human rights. The content of education keeps pace with
the needs of modern society and is a mirror of its goals, values, and priorities. The present
industrial society has opened up a plenty of occupations which require people with
specialized skills and knowledge. So, education is a necessary means of eradicating the
unemployment problem. It is able to reduce poverty in a number of ways. But we have to
remember that there is a great need for the growth of the vocational education so that every
person could pursue a fulfilling career that ensures a satisfied life.

Education is definitely important in one`s life. A gift of knowledge can bring us to the
top of our dreams. It leads us to the right path and gives us a chance to have a wonderful
life. Education makes people capable of doing new interesting things that can go a long
way to improving human living conditions and standards. Our whole life is the process of
learning and gaining new useful knowledge. We should always remember that getting a
good education is imperative in today`s society as it is a foundation of our successful future.
Our education is really worth investment. Only if you believe and work hard you can
achieve anything.

B. Identify its parts (introduction, main body parts and conclusion). Put your
answers on the graphic organizer written on a separate sheet of paper.
 Introduction:

Detail 1:

Detail 2:

Detail 3:

Conclusion:

Independent Assessment 1
Accomplish the KWL chart below. Fill in “What I Know” and “What I Want to Know” before
reading the infographic about informative and journalistic text. Then, fill in “What I
Learned” after reading it. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

What I know What I want to Know What I learned

Independent Activity 2

Word Search: Find and circle the 10 words listed below in the grid that follows. Write the
word search and your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

Facebook Newspaper Radio Website

Journalist Online Social media
Magazine Print Television
Independent Assessment 2

A. Read and examine the journalistic text below.

Mental Health Awareness Week: COVID-19 Mental Health Research
Mental Health Awareness week takes place from 18 – 22 May, and, during the COVID-19 crisis
ensuring good mental health is more important than ever.

This year, Mental Health Awareness week is a little different in light of the COVID-19 outbreak.
People with pre-existing mental health conditions and those without them are feeling the strains
associated with the crisis. A new study has now highlighted the need to focus on the long-term
mental health impacts for COVID-19 survivors.

This year Mental Health Awareness week is a little different in light of the COVID-19 outbreak.
People with pre-existing mental health conditions and those without them are feeling the strains
associated with the crisis. A new study has now highlighted the need to focus on the long-term
mental health impacts for COVID-19 survivors.

The study looks at severe cases in which individuals have been treated in hospital, and the
findings suggest that delirium (a mental state characterized by changes in consciousness,
behavioral disturbance, and sometimes hallucinations) may be common in hospitalized patients in
the acute stages of SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 illness.

However, according to the researchers, most people admitted to hospital with severe COVID-19
should recover without experiencing mental illness if infection with SARS-CoV-2 follows a similar
course to the coronavirus epidemics of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2002 and
Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in 2012.

The study is the first systematic review and meta-analysis looking at the psychiatric
consequences of coronavirus infections in over 3,550 patients hospitalized with SARS, MERS,
and COVID-19, and has been published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal.
B. Accomplish the graphic organizer below by supplying factual information from the
news article. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

Fact 1: ________________________ Fact 3: ________________________

_______________________________ _______________________________

_______________________________ _______________________________

______________________ _______________________________
Facts about: ___________
_______________________________
______________________
______________________
_______________________________
______________________
_
______________________

______________________

Fact 2: ________________________ Fact 2: Fact 4: __________________

______________________

_______________________________ _______________________________

_______________________________ _______________________________

_______________________________ _______________________________

_______________________________ _______________________________

_______________________________ _______________________________

_______________________________ _______________________________
Independent Activity 3

Guess the right words from the set of jumbled letters to come up with the literary text
types. Use the given clues as guide. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

CLUES JUMBLED LETTERS CORRECT WORD

1. a literary work in which

special intensity is given to
the expression of feelings and
TYPORE
ideas by the use of distinctive
style and rhythm; poems
collectively or as a genre of
literature.
2. an account of imaginary or
real people and events told
for entertainment with a fully
HRSOT SROYT
developed theme but
significantly shorter and less
elaborate
3. a fictitious prose narrative of
book length, typically
representing character and
LOENV
action with some degree of
realism.
4. an exciting, emotional, or
unexpected series of events
or set of circumstances; a
ADARM
play for theater, radio, or
television
5. A literary work written or
spoken language in its
ordinary form, without
SOPER
metrical structure

Independent Assessment 3

Read the information about literary text and answer the questions that follow. Write your
answers on your answer sheet.
✓ Literary texts are texts that are narrative, or tell a story, and contain elements of
fiction. Some good examples of literary texts include novels, short stories, and
poetry.
✓ A literary text provides a wide variety of imaginative and creative writing that
leads to appreciation.
What’s your favorite?
Reason why you like it

Song: _________________
______________________
______________________

Story: _________________
______________________
______________________

What I Have Learned

What have you learned about informative, journalistic and literary text from this module?
Write a 2-3 sentence explanation. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Informative Text Literary Text Journalistic Text

What I Can Do

Write a text of your chosen type (informative, journalistic or literary). Be able to explain
why it is categorized under your chosen type of text. Write your output on your answer
sheet.
Title of your text:

Type of Text: ______________________________________

Reason:_______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________

Assessment

Determine the type of each given text. Write informative, journalistic, or literary on your answer
sheet.

____________________1. The novel Noli Me Tangere

____________________2. News about the Duterte’s decision on the opening of school year
2020-2021 on August

____________________3. An essay about safety standards and protocols during Enhanced

Community Quarantine (ECQ)

____________________4. The poem “The Seven Ages of Man”

____________________5. A text about proper hand washing

____________________6. The epic poem “Beowulf”

____________________7. An article about COVID-19 cases daily news update

____________________8. An essay discussing the effects of pandemic to unemployment

____________________9. The story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson

____________________10. News about Facebook users’ dummy account duplication

 Additional Activities

With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers, protective

service workers (soldiers, policemen, local officials), cashiers in grocery and general
merchandise stores, production and food processing workers, janitors and maintenance
workers, agricultural workers, truck drivers, and volunteers, work round the clock as they
risk their own lives to care for the sick and ensure the safety of most Filipinos.
Express your gratitude towards these frontline workers who are directly involved
in COVID-19 response efforts through:

a. making comic strip showing dialogue between an ordinary Filipino citizen and
a frontliner;

b. composing a song dedicated to frontliners; or

c. writing an informative essay about how an ordinary Filipino citizen can help
frontliners in this fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Just choose one activity that you wish to do. Take a screenshot of your output and send
it through Messenger to your teacher or post it in social media of your choice while tagging
your teacher.
 Answer Key

3. conclusion 3. literary
2. body 2. journalistic
Activity #2 1. introduction 1. informative

Independent What's New What I Know

10. Journalistic
9. Literary
8. Informative
7. Journalistic
6. Literary Prose 5.
5. Informative Drama 4.
4. Literary Novel 3.
3. Informative Short Story 2.
2. Journalistic Poetry 1.
1. Literary Activity #3
Assessment Independent

References

Text Types and Purposes. Central Rivers Area Education Agency. Accessed May 22, 2020 from the website:
https://www.centralriversaea.org/curriculum/literacy/writing/text-types-purposes/

Examples of Informative Essays. Your Dictionary. Accessed May 22, 2020 from the website:
https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-informative-essays.html

Barlow, Lisa. Essay on Education. BuyEssayFriend.com (August 27, 2017). Accessed June 2, 2020 from the website:
https://buyessayfriend.com/essay-on-education

Mental Health Awareness Week: COVID-19 Mental Health Research. Health Europa. (May 19, 2020). Accessed June
4, 2020 from the website https://www.healtheuropa.eu/mental-health-awareness-week-covid-19-mental-health-
research/100050/