Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

Ministry of Basic, Higher & Technical Education

DIVISION OF LANAO DEL SUR 1
Module Code: LDS-ENG11/12-CNF-Q1-W2-D2

MODULE IN CREATIVE NONFICTION

First Quarter/ Week 2 Day 2

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WHAT I NEED TO KNOW (OBJECTIVE): Construct literary elements using one
own’s experience

Your lesson for today:

If there is one thing that you surely missed during this pandemic is Travelling. You wished you
can go to a beach, an amusement park, or any place in your travel wish list. You imagine
yourself sunbathing in the beach, strolling in the park with your family and friends, eating
exotic foods and meeting new friends.
But don’t be sad. You will create a travelogue of the places you have visited already. Get your phone
and look into your photo gallery to see if there is one place you have visited that really made a lasting
impression on you.
A TRAVELOGUE is another kind on Nonfiction text.it is a person’s account of a journey to another
place. It can either be a written report with many factual details or a narrative story about personal impressions
and experiences. A travelogue has to be written in the First Person to describe the place the writer has visited.
To make your Travelogue vivid and clear to the reader, you will use one literary element, the SETTING.

What is Setting?
Setting is a literary element on the time and location within a narrative, either fiction or nonfiction. The
setting sets the mood of the story.
To help you in describing the setting in your Travelogue, you need to use vivid descriptive sensory
words so your readers who have not been to the place you are describing can imagine through your words the
place, the feelings you want to share.
Here are examples of words you can use in describing a place.
Desert-harsh, dry, arid, sparse, severe, hot
Rock-a harp, rough, jagged, angular
Grasses-windblown, pale green, brown, dry
Sand- coarse, fine, glittering, rippling
Sky-pale, intense, crimson, dark
City-active, bustling, loud, congested, noisy
Buildings-old, shabby, rundown, modern, artsy
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Reference For Further Enhancement:
https://writeshop.com/choosing-vocabulary-to-describe-a-place/
https://academichelp.net/creative-writing/write-travelogue.html
 Read this excerpt from a travelogue and see how the use of descriptive words created a vision in the
mind of the reader about the place.

“And if you have sunset obsessions and you’re a nature lover like me, then the HILAYAN ADVENTURE
in Bukidnon is a paradise for you. You will get to witness the beauty of nature and different types of zip line
plus the sunsets that freezes that very moment that makes you speechless.”

Practice Exercise 1
Create interesting, vivid sentences by making the “Boring sentence” and adding sensory
details. Make up details to construct the new sentence.
Example:(Boring sentence) It was a cold morning.
New sentence: The frigid morning air and gray sky did not stop me from inhaling the fresh smell of rain.
1. The house is old.
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2. The trip was fun.

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3. The food is delicious.

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4. The park is full.

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5. The sea is blue.

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Practice Exercise 2
Read each topic sentence. Think of what might see, hear, feel, smell, taste in each setting. Then finish each
paragraph by adding three sentences to develop the topic.
1.There was a huge crowd at the concert.
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2.My first day of lockdown was frightening.

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3. I saw my friends after three long months.
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Generalization
Setting is a literary element that describes the time and place where the story happened. Both fiction and
nonfiction texts use setting to help create the mood and the atmosphere in the story.
Sensory words are words that appeal to the five senses (smell .sight, sound, taste and touch).The use of
sensory words help in making the words come alive and make the writing more interesting and
captivating.
A travelogue is an example of creative non-fiction that describes a place that the writer has visited. It is
not simply a description of a place but it should integrate literary elements to make the writing more
vivid.

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Evaluation: Let us say that you have a friend from another country who is visiting the Philippines for the
first time. Write a travelogue about your hometown/city/province. Use sensory words.

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Integrated the Development of the Following Learning Skills:

Communication: Following directions, using vivid words to describe a place

Critical Thinking: Analyzing the topic for discussion
Character: Love of country
References: online

Moratilla, Noel Christian A. “Claiming Spaces: Understanding, Reading, and Writing creative
Nonfiction”(2016)
https://www.writeawriting.com/academic-writing/travelogue-a-short-guide/
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