Southern Baptist College

College of Eudcation
Bialong, Mlang Cotabato

RALPH E. MACAILING
3rd Year English Student
 Learning Activity

In this module, you will undergo a series of assessments in order to determine your level of
understanding. But before doing that, you have to answer the following test items.
Test 1

Directions: Identify the correct answer. Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided.
C 1. What is the Campus Journalism Act of the Philippines?
A. Journalism Act of 1981
B. Journalism Act of 1983
C. Journalism Act of 1991
D. Journalism Act of 1993

A 2. It refers to the Press’ duty of imparting events to our society with a view to present them later
on, in decent manner to the society.
A. Social Responsibility
B. Legal Responsibility
C. Professional Responsibility
D. Political Responsibility

A 3. It refers to the responsibility of a journalist to have a commitment in his work.

A. Professional Responsibility
B. Legal Responsibility
C. Social Responsibility
D. Political Responsibility

A 4. Make sure that the right facts are there and those facts are right.
A. Accuracy
B. Bias
C. Context
D. Unbiased
A 5. Make sure to present all sides, arguments and opinions.
A. Fairness
B. Accuracy
C. Context
D. Bias
 B 6. “Never use the ideas, words and concepts of others without giving credit to sources”- is one of the
Campus Journalism don’ts. It refers to:
A. Bias
B. Plagiarism
C. Sloppy Reporting
D. Fairness

B 7. Don’t report a story if you are not completely independent of that story.
A. Bias
B. Sloppy Reporting
C. Conflicts of Interest
D. Accuracy
A 8. Don’t offer news to your readers that are irrelevant to their interests and lives.
A. Poor news judgement
B. Bias
C. Conflict
D. Fairness

Test II – Identify the basic parts of the school paper. Write the answer in the space provided.
Pugs Nameplate/masthead lure
Banner Headline Menu Headline By-line
Caption credits Folio line

Menu 9. These are the lists of contents

Pugs 10. It is known as the ‘ears’ of the page.
Headline 11. It is the title of the article.
Banner Headline 12. It is the most important news of the day.
Nameplate/masthead 13. It is the official name of the campus paper including its
slogan.
Credits 14. It is the attribution usually in a form of boxlike.
Lure 15. It is the word or phrase inviting the reader to look inside.
By-line 16. It is the name of the journalist.
Folio Number 17. It contains the volume and issue number.
 Caption 18. It is the text under images describing action.

Test III – Match each definition in column A to its corresponding section in column B. Write the answer in
the space provided.
A. B.
D 19. It is where the information about a. Science Section
current events are printed newspapers or b. Sports Section
broadcast by media (Microsoft Encarta, c. Feature Section
2009) • gives the reader information that d. News Section
will have an impact on them in some way e. Editorial Section

E 20. It is an article that presents the

newspaper's opinion on an issue. It can be
about any topic, but is usually written
about an issue that deals with our society.

C 21. It is the art of telling stories.

A. 22. It makes people aware of the

wonders of science and technology.

B. 23. It is one of the most popular

journalistic form today for it covers ball
games and etc. that interest the readers.
Test IV – Write TRUE if the given statement is correct based on how journalism is applied and write
FALSE it the statement didn’t match to how it is observed. Write the correct answer in the space provided.
TRUE 24. The University of the Philippines started publishing its magazine College Folio in October
1910 and printed the works of the first promising writers in English.
FALSE 25. The Campus Journalism Act of 1993 is an ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
AND PROMOTION OF CAMPUS JOURNALISM AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
TRUE 26. Journalism is an occupation of writing for publication in newspapers and other periodicals. It
comes from the Latin word “diurna” which means daily.
FALSE 27. In checking the school/student paper, it is absolutely to consider the facts, content,
technical aspects, lay-out and impact of the paper.
TRUE 28. No attribution of adapted or copied work is considered PLAGIARIZED.
FALSE 29. It is okay to make videos using footage from others’ videos or using copyrighted music as
part of the soundtrack.
FALSE 30. Paraphrasing: changing a few words without changing the sentence structure of the
original, or changing the sentence structure but not the words were all covered by plagiarism standards.

Exercise 1

Let’s practice doing exercises that will prepare you to produce a school publication observing the
standards in writing. In order to do that, you must answer the given exercises.

Activity 1: NEWSPAPER MESSAGES

Directions
1. Look for a sample school paper. (e.g.SBC Publication, MNHS- The New Bamboo Torch, etc.)
2. Pay attention to different kinds of information in it.
3. Be reminded that different sections of the newspaper have different purposes and appeal to different
groups of people (audience).
4. Newspaper messages may provide information, be persuasive or entertain.
5. Find five examples of each type of message in the newspaper.
6. Search each section to find examples.
7. Label your examples with “I” for inform, “P” for persuade and “E” for
entertain.
8. Share findings, noting in which section each example was found and explain why they labeled
the example as they did.
9. Make inferences as to why certain messages are placed in particular sections.
10. Discuss the sections: Which were familiar? Unfamiliar? Interesting? Not so interesting? Useful? Not
useful?
11. Identify different target audiences, such as adults, men, teenage girls,
etc. for each message/article, and offer reasons for your decisions.
12. Use examples found in the issued school paper to complete this chart. Remember, I = inform, P=
persuade and E=entertain.
13. Use extra sheet for your additional answers.

Article/message Page Categ Why did Familiar Group(s)

headline and ory: you use I, P, with interested
section I, P or or E? section in the
E (yes, article/message
no)?
SBC host 8th Page 1 I Inform the reader Yes Students – Young
PSITS Regional News Section about 8th PSITS men and women
Convention Regional Convention
held at SBC Campus
SBC-TE tops LET News Section I Inform about the LET Yes Adult men and
passing rate in passing rate of SBC women
Cotabato that ranked as top 1 in
Province Cotabato Province.

Manny Piñol as Page 1 News I Informs that our Yes Adults, men and
new DA Secretary Section former Cotabato women
Governor was
appointed as DA
Secretary.
9 SBC students News Section I Informs the training of Yes Students, men
attend Leaders young leaders at and women
Congress Southern Christian
College, Nature Farm
at Midsayap Cotabato.
Weighing the Opinion P The news contains No Adults , men and
individuals right to Section some ideas and women
live. opinion of the writer.
Thank you for the Feature E The story aims to No. Young men and
Broken Heart Section entertain the reader. women

Tatlong Bebe Feature P About the Tatlong Yes Men and women
Fever Section Bebe Fever that also
includes the writers
idea.
Enrollment New Section I Informs everyone that Yes Students – men
increases by the SBC increase ad women
4.85% enrolees.

Activity 2: SO MUCH NEWS, SO LITTLE TIME

Directions
1. Use different editions of the newspaper to find examples of the following elements used to attract
attention and help find information.

2. Cut them out and paste them on a large sheet/s of paper (extra sheet/s) and create your own
crazy-quilt front page.

A. Flag: name of the newspaper on page one ( 3 e.g.)

B. Index: a listing, usually on page one, that tells where to find certain sections or features (3 e.g.)

C. Headlines of different sizes and typefaces (5 e.g.)

D. News stories with bylines: bylines tell the name(s) of the reporter(s) who wrote the story ( 5 e.g.)

E. Photograph and cut lines: the cutline is a caption, usually found under or alongside the photograph
and telling something about the photograph ( 5.e.g.)

F. Skybox or teaser: text and/or visuals above the flag that highlight articles inside the newspaper ( 2
e.g.)
Exercise 2 FIND IT: NEWSPAPER JARGON

Directions: Find and circle each newspaper word in the puzzle. Words may be written horizontally,
vertically or diagonally. They also may be written in reverse order, so you may have to read them from
right to left.

byline column cutline dateline editorial

fact feature story Five Ws flag graphic
gutter headline index jumpline lead
news masthead quotation sidebar

W F J D E R I S D N J Q E H R
A A X U M N I N M A T S N R E
V C L N M D I U D X E F I A T
X T E A E P L L D E E L L Z T
K W C B I O L A Y A X E D E U
S U A C C R E I T B V R A Y G
X R U Y Z H O U N Y Q I E N G
G A L F T G R T J E M W H C Y
P G P S Y E N O I T A T O U Q
C T A N S F N Z G D S U B T W
P M V T E I S S I E E C S L X
T R O D A T E L I N E N G I R
C R Q T Q C C I H P A R G N L
Y F I V E W S P W L P Q R E S
Y I I R K G A L W P A R V Y I
 Concept Summary
Activity: WHAT MAKES A NEWS?

Directions: Answer the following questions to practice making the kind of decisions editors do as they
create the newspaper every day. Use your copy of the newspaper to help.

1. What kind of information is included in the newspaper every day?

- Newspapers usually have many topics. They usually include political events, crime,
business, sports, and weather news. Newspapers use photographs to illustrate stories; and
also often include comics and other entertainment, such as crosswords and horoscopes.

2. How do you think the editors decide what to put in the newspaper?

- Editors should think or consider numerous factors before publishing a news such as the
source of the news if it is reliable, the factualism and legitimacy of the certain news.

3. Write the headline of a story you read in the newspaper. Explain why you think it was published.
Remember to use one or more of the six reasons editors use to publish a story.

- CHED XII approves new course offering at SBC-Mlang. It was published for the awereness
of the students who want take such course. It informs the students that there are new
course open in the school for them to be aware for what path they well be taking.

4. What did editors do to tell you how important they thought the story was?

- The editors will be going to make the story more interesting and convincing to the reader.
They will provide trusted sources and make the headline highlighted for the readers to
easily identify what is the news all about.
 5. If you could include a story in the newspaper, what would it be? Give one or two reasons why you
think the story is important.

- If I would be giving a chance to include the story on the newspaper it would on opinion
section and it is all about the pros and cons of using Instagram to the millennials. As we
know that Social media is very usefull nowadays just in click everthing is on. Giving the rigth
information would lead every awere into defferent issue that we are facing.
-

NEWSPAPERS IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY

Directions: Write a brief essay on one of the six principles upon which the First
Amendment is based. Tell why you chose it and why it is important to you and to society.
I have been desided to wirte the First Amendment helps us make choices. I choose this Amendment for
the reason that everyone deserves to choice it is. Speak on their own voice, to tell what is right for them.
By this amendment we all have the right to choice and to express what we feel, what we need our
government to do. Being free to choice is important to all of us, by this we can communicate easily and
share our ideas that will help for the improvement of our society and serve its people.

Enrichment

Activity 1: IT ALL DEPENDS

Directions: Read the sentences below and look for bias in each. Underline the biased words. Rewrite the
sentence(s) to make them objective.

1. The Bears overtook their unprepared and hapless opponents. It was a sweet victory for our
favorite team.

- The Bears catch up their extemporary opponents and it was sweet victory for our favorite
team.

2. The mayor’s wife spoke to the Women’s Committee on Monday. Her words were
followed by a dramatic speech by Mayor William Smith.
 - The mayor’s wife spoke to the Women’s Committee on Monday and
Mayor William Smith followed it with a remarkable speech.

2. Two groups lobbied for the new law—Man’s Best Friend, an alternative, hippie
organization; and Animals for All, a well-funded, well-organized advocacy institute.

- Two groups lobbied for the new law---Man’s Best Friend and Animals For All and both of
them are excellently funded, expertly organized advocacy institute.
-
4. Write a sentence about a person, event or organization that is biased.

- The program was very interesting .

5. Rewrite the sentence and make it objective.

- The program captured the peoples attention and it arouse their interest .

Activity 2: BIAS IN THE MEDIA

Directions: Use these questions to take an informal poll of your friends, neighbors and family members
about bias in the media. Try to include at least 10 people in your poll. Be sure to thank them for their help!
(Note: Do the activity via online or other platforms online)

1. How many sources do you use to obtain the news? 3 sources

2. Which news source do you use most often? Rank them from 1-4 with 1 being the most often used.
Newspaper 4 Radio 3 Television 2 Internet 1

3. Do you think your main source of news provides you with objective, unbiased reports?
_____/_____ Yes ____________No

4. Do you think there is a place for bias or opinions in news reporting?

______/______Yes _____________No
Please tell why: Because of the influence of the politics to the news media company.

5. Which of the news sources available to you do you think is the most biased?
Newspaper _________ Radio _________ Television __________ Internet ___/___
Please tell why: __________________________________________________________

6. Which of the news sources available to you do you think is the most objective?
Newspaper ____/____ Radio _________ Television __________ Internet _______
Please tell why:
 - Because the newspaper has its reliable sources and undergone certain proses before its
publication.

Who Took My Poll

Number polled 10
Teens/young adults 5
Adults 5

Make a chart or write a short report about what you have learned from your poll.

I have been concluded that most of the people nowadays are using internet as a source
of information or news, it is easier and faster and acquire when we know does trusted
and reliable sources that are present in any social media flatforms. And also the
millennials these days does not like reading that’s why they get news on the internet
and television while most of the adults use other forms or source of an information
such as radio, magazine and many more.

Learner Support

Activity 1: YOU MAKE THE CALL

Directions: Pretend you are the school principal as you read each scenario. Write your answers on a
separate sheet of paper. Be prepared to discuss what you would do if you were the principal.
1. The student newspaper is planning to run a story exposing student cheating on
standardized tests. The newspaper is given to all students at the school. What action (if any) will you
take? Explain why.

- Exposing someone’s activity without permission is not good at all. I will ask first the student
who have done the thing in privately, provide appropriate help and I give proper
consequences considering the student’s age, sentivity level and history of cheating when
assigning a consequences. Exposing someone’s flaws might lead into suicidal issue.

3. An essay in the student literary magazine includes language that you think is offensive and
inappropriate. The magazine is published once a year and studentsmust pay $5 for a copy.
What action (if any) will you take? Explain why.
 - I will not ignore student’s profanity. Failling to respond may convey to the student that
swearing is acceptable.Taking precautions, educate them about the technicalities, don’t’s
and do’s.

3.A student is wearing a T-shirt with an obscenity on it. What action (if any) will you take? Explain why.

- I will talk to the student privately without swearing. So that the student will change their
perspective about the thing.

4. A student has posted a flier for a meeting to rally support for changing the name of the school
mascot. What action (if any) will you take? Explain why?

- As a administrator, I will talk to the students and asking what was the reason behind the
changing name issue and if its acceptable also undergone checking or evaluation of the trustees.

5. A student locker is decorated with stickers bearing racial and ethnic slurs. What
action (if any) will you take? Explain why.

- I will call the attention of the students and talk what was the reason, they have been history
of being bullied or it was done by someone who also suffered from racial slurs or what.

Activity 2: DO THE RIGHT THING: Press Ethics

Directions: Pretend you are a newspaper editor. Use these six steps to decide what to do about one of the
situations presented below.

1. Define the ethical problem.

2. Decide what facts you need to make an ethical decision.
3. Identify who is involved, what the relationship of you and your newspaper is to that person (or
people) and what obligation that involves. This includes everyone affected by the decision to investigate,
write and publish the story.
4. Develop and evaluate other actions you might take, other than to write a story.
5. Think about the ethical questions raised and their likely consequences. Do these
questions and consequences support or undermine any alternatives you devised?
6. Make your decision.

Choose one of the following scenarios and decide as a newspaper editor whether to cover the story.
Remember to use the six steps above.

The principal’s son has been caught cheating on a standardized test and is probably not the only student
who did so. Will you cover the event? How?.
Ethical Facts in Who is Alternative Consequences Decision
problem story involved? action
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was cheating. students son, the student consequences punishment and I
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negative style having a poor students and ask if what was includes continue what
and would study skills and also the the reason they lowering of self- they doing for
constitute as they are more principal. done such thing respect and the reason that
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yours. Many students into punishment and if you get on tolerating
are highly a nessesary caught you them.
motivated by punishment. could fail the
grades and course.
might not see a
relationship
between learning
and grades.
Students are
more likely to
cheat when they
feel anonymous
in class.