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Senior High school

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PREPARED BY: CRESELDA D. GILIG, LPT

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VISION
Center of excellence with standards training and education for global competitiveness.

MISSION
Rizwoods colleges as a private non-sectarian, co-education institution, shall enhance the quality of
teaching through relevant programs geared towards excellence for global competitiveness.

GOALS
Promote scientific knowledge, skill and professional competence for leadership role, Provide access to
educational opportunities with RIZWOODS COLLEGES human resources development program.
Strengthens RIZWOODS COLLEGES. Community service through outreach program. Contribute to
the attainment of National development goals through active participation socio-economic. Livelihood
program of the government.

OBJECTIVES
Equip our student with scientific knowledge, skill and professional competence for employment,
business and leadership roles.

CORE VALUES
R- We acknowledge student’s RIGHT and Responsibilities.
I- We believe that INNOVATION is key to our school ‘s adaptability and sustainability
z- There is ZEST in implementing school rules and regulations
w- We aim for WORTHY graduates
O- We include the virtue of OBEDIENCE to our students
O- We aim Orderliness in our school atmosphere and facilities
D- We give total DEDICATION to our work
S- We aim SATISFACTION for our student

Introduction
Subject Description:

The subject aims to develop practical and creative skills in reading and writing; introduce
fundamental techniques in writing fiction, poetry, and drama; discuss the use of techniques by
well-known authors in a variety of genres. Each of you will be devoted to the examination of
techniques and to the workshop of student’s drafts towards the enrichment of your
manuscripts. You will learn to combine inspiration and revision, and to develop a sense of form.

Subject Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the 15 modules, you will have acquired competence and confidence in
writing prose fiction, poetry and scripts for one-scene drama. Through the practice of draft
writing you will produce original works of creative writing. You will become adept at utilizing
memories and sensory impressions in the construction of believable fictions and affecting
poems. You will have gained the resources for inventing and voicing characters in fiction and
deploying literary language to pleasing or surprising effect. You will have acquired an informed
understanding of dialogue conventions, the limits and potential of narrative point of view, the
fundamentals of structuring stories and poems, and the importance of drafting and revision.
You will be able to present work to a professional standard.
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Module No. 1
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Creative Writing

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Learning Anytime @ Home

PREPARED BY: CRESELDA D. GILIG, LPT

 MODULE NO.1
CREATIVE WRITING

LESSON AND COVERAGE

In this module, you will take the following:

Lesson 1: Creative Writing vs. Other forms of writing
Lesson 2: Genres of Creative Writing

In this lesson, you will learn the following:

Lesson 1 - Differentiate imaginative writing(creative writing) from among other

forms of writing

Lesson 2 - Know the genres of creative writing

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOME

To do well in this module, you need to:
1. Differentiate creative writing to the following through a Venn diagram.
a. academic writing
b. technical writing

LEARNING EXPERIENCES

LEARNING ACTIVITIES SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

- Answer TASK SHEET NO.1.1 and TASK SHEET NO.1.2

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 INFORMATION SHEET NO.1.1
Creative Writing vs. Other Forms of Writing

Writing and Creative Writing

Writing is a method of representing language in visual or tactile form.

Also, writing is the process of using symbols (letters of the alphabet, punctuation and
spaces) to communicate thoughts and ideas in a readable form.

Moreover, it can also refer to the work/career of an author, as in: "Shakespeare didn't
make much money from writing."

Writing systems use sets of symbols to represent the sounds of speech, and may also
have symbols for such things as punctuation and numerals.

We can say that the writing is imaginative when we tend to focus on fiction, creative
non-fiction and poetry.

“Creativity + Writing”

Creative writing or imaginative writing is writing that expresses the writer's thoughts
and feelings in an imaginative, often unique, and poetic way.
 Creative writing is guided more by the writer's need to express feelings and ideas than
by restrictive demands of factual and logical progression of expository writing.

At its most basic, the imagination is the mental faculty that enables us to make pictures
in our minds of things that are not actually present to our senses.

Because an essential characteristic of any piece of creative writing is that it makes

people and places and things come alive in the minds of readers. More specifically, it makes
people and places and things come alive in the imaginations of readers.
 Poets and novelists and other creative writers are, like all writers, engaged in the work
of communication.

Difference of Imaginative Writing to Other forms of Writings

But while writers of academic books or professional reports use information and ideas
to communicate, creative writers use verbal pictures.

Creative writers, then, are those who make pictures (also called images) in their own
imaginations and transfer those pictures, through language, into the imaginations of others.

Imaginative writing is also a way far from the other types of writing. Below are the
unique characteristics of imaginative writing:

a. Clarity: It doesn’t confuse people. (This sounds so obvious, but you’d be surprised at the
number of writers who think they have to be clever or coy or literary which just leaves the
reader in the dark.)
b. Form: It has a beginning, middle and an ending. The beginning draws readers in and the
ending is satisfying. This holds true for fiction, memoir, personal essays, autobiographies, and
stories for kids. Occasionally a writer who’s a genius ignores this, but most of us aren’t geniuses
and can’t ignore it.

c. Emotion: It’s emotionally charged and the reader cares what happens to the protagonist. We
either cry or laugh or are scared or feel something.

d. Meaning and connection: It’s about people or situations the reader can connect to. Either a
story we enter into with the author for entertainment, or a subject or emotion that we too are
dealing with or want to learn about, or can find humor in. It is not a story about the author
gazing at his or her belly button. In some way the writing connects to the rest of the world.
e. Language: The author cares deeply about words and their power. No overblown adjectives or
adverbs (and only those absolutely necessary for information.)No flabby clichés. The author
loves language and hones and rewrites every sentence.

INFORMATION SHEET NO.1.2

Genre of Creative Writing

There are several types of literature and each has its own uniqueness. Below are the known
types of creativity in writing:

 Journals: Journals are often confused for diaries. Technically, a diary is a type of journal,
but a journal is any written log. You could keep a gratitude journal, a memory journal, a
dream journal, or a goals journal.
 Diaries: A diary is a specific kind of journal where you write down the events of each
day, resulting in a chronicle of your life.

 Essays. Not all essays are creative, but plenty of essays flow from creative thinking.
Some examples include personal essays, descriptive essays, and persuasive essays.

 Storytelling: One of the most popular types of creative writing is storytelling.

Storytelling lends itself to both fiction and nonfiction. Popular forms include flash fiction,
short stories, novellas, and full-length novels. But stories can also be first-hand or
second-hand accounts of real people and events.
 Poetry: Another popular but under-appreciated type of writing is poetry, which is easily
the most artistic, creative form of writing. You can write form poetry, free-form poetry,
and prose poetry. Or try writing a story in rhyme (perfect for kids).

 Memoir: Memoirs are personal accounts (or stories) with narrow themes and specific
topics. They are usually the length of novels or novellas; shorter works of this kind
would be considered essays. Memoir topics focus on specific experiences rather than
providing a broad life story (which would be a biography). For example, one might write
a travel or food memoir, which is an account of one’s personal experiences through the
lens of travel or food (or both).

 Vignettes: A vignette is defined as “a brief evocative description, account, or episode.”

Vignettes can be poems, stories, descriptions, personal accounts…anything goes really.
The key is that a vignette is extremely short — just a quick snippet.

 Letters: Because the ability to communicate effectively is increasingly valuable, letter

writing is a useful skill. There is a long tradition of publishing letters, so take extra care
with those emails you’re shooting off to friends, family, and business associates. In fact,
one way to get published if you don’t have a lot of clips and credits is to write letters to
the editor of a news publication.
 Scripts: Hit the screen or the stage by writing screenplays (for film), scripts (for plays), or
teleplays (for TV). You can even write scripts for video games! As a bonus, scripts have
the potential to reach a non-reading audience.

 Song lyrics: Close cousin of poetry, song lyrics are a fun and creative way to merge the
craft of writing with the art of music. Writing lyrics is an excellent path for writers who
can play an instrument or who want to collaborate with musicians.

 Speeches: Whether persuasive, inspirational, or informative, speech writing is a

discipline that can lead to prosperous and interesting career opportunities in almost any
field ranging from science to politics to education.

 Journalism: Some forms of journalism are more creative than others. Traditionally,
journalism was a straightforward, objective form of reporting on facts, people, and
events. Today, journalists often infuse their writing with opinion and storytelling to
make their pieces more compelling. For good or bad, this new practice opens journalism
to more creative approaches.
 Blogging: A blog is nothing more than a publishing platform — a piece of technology
that displays content on the web or an electronic device. A blog can be just about
anything from a diary to a personal platform to an educational tool. In terms of creative
writing, blogs are wide open because you can use them to publish any (or all) types of
creative writing.

 Free writing: Open a notebook or a document and just start writing. Let strange words
and images find their way to the page. Anything goes! It’s the pinnacle of creative
writing.
 TASK SHEET NO.1.1
Name: _______________________________ Score:_______________________
Date answer:________________________ Date check:_________________

TEST I: Multiple Choice

Directions: Read and analyze the questions. Choose and underline the letter of your
answer.

1. What is the process of using symbols to create meaningful text/sentences which will serve as
a medium for communication?
a. Writing c. Reading
b. Summarizing d. Speaking

2. Presenting a certain set of facts is the core of creative writing.

a. Maybe c. False
b. True d. Somehow

3. Creative writers used this to transfer their imaginations to the writers:

a. Technical writing c. Terminologies
b. Verbal images d. Signs and symbols
4. This is the system of writing creatively. This has something to do with how a story starts and
how it ends:
a. Emotion c. Meaning and connection
b. Clarity d. Form

5. Type of literature that is a discourse which uses sentences and paragraphs to express ideas,
feelings, and actions.
a. Prose c. Fiction
b. Poetry d. Non-fiction

6. This refers to writing in verse, with rhythm and rhyme and characterized by a melodious
tone.
a. Fiction c. Poetry
b. Non-fiction d. Prose

7. Considered to be not creative all the time but plenty of this flows from creative thinking such
as descriptive, personal and persuasive.
a. Essays c. Journal
 b. Diary d. Short story

8. These are fictitious narratives usually about origins; a narrative sometimes based on
historical people or events, handed down from the past.
a. Myth c. Novel
b. Legend d. Fable

9. Technical writing is NOT written to entertain.

a. Somehow c. Maybe
b. True d. False

10. Can technical writing be creative?

a. True c. False
b. Somehow d. Maybe

11. What is the main function of our imagination in creative writing?

a. It does help us invent things, that’s not its primary function
b. The imagination is the mental faculty that enables us to make pictures in our
minds of things that are not actually present to our senses.
c. The imagination is the tool that we used in order to understand the context of
a literary piece.
d. It makes people come alive in the written text.

12. Creative writing has so many genres and sub-genres that they deserve a whole section of an
article for themselves.
a. Somehow c. True
b. False d. Maybe

13. In creative writing, what is the goal of the writer?

a. To make the readers appreciate certain characters that might represent
somebody in the real world.
b. To let the reader enjoy reading such as for novels and the like.
c. All of these choices are correct.
d. To entertain the readers through their imagination

14. Which of the following is not a type of imaginative writing?

a. Novel c. Research paper
b. Diary d. Journal Paper
15. This form of writing refers to a particular style of expression that researchers use to define
the intellectual boundaries of their disciplines and their areas of expertise.
a. None of these choices c. Imaginative Writing
b. Technical Writing d. Academic Writing

16. It is listed as the fourth of the four language skills.

a. Speaking c. Listening
b. Reading d. Writing

17. Imaginative writing differs to other forms of writing because of the way the author uses
characters; each of them may possess different ___________.
a. attention c. language
b. emotions d. diction

18. These are personal accounts (or stories) with narrow themes and specific topics.
a. excerpt c. novel
b. memoirs d. short story

19. It is defined as “a brief evocative description, account, or episode”.

a. speeches c. vignettes
b. scripts d. blogging

20. As a whole, imaginative writing presents ___________ as it shows experiences which

communicate more than statement, that is, it is NOT written to communicate information.
a. life c. knowledge
b. wisdom d. skills
 TASK SHEET NO.1.2
Name: _______________________________ Score:_______________________
Date answer:________________________ Date check:_________________

Test I. ESSAY
Directions:
Answer the following brief and concise.

1. Differentiate creative writing to the following through a Venn diagram.

a. academic writing
b. technical writing

2. What are the unique characteristics of creative writing?

3. List down the genres of Creative writing.