Creative

Nonfiction
Grade 12
Modules 3&4

Learner’s Packet

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 Creative
Nonfiction
Grade Twelve
Quarter 4 (Modules 3&4)

Schools Division Office Management Team: : Rosemarie C. Blando, August M. Jamora, Merle B.
Lopez, Florendo S. Galang

Writers: Van Russel A. Robles and Paul Ian Louie D. Robles

Illustrator: Julius Burdeos

Creative Nonfiction
Quarter 4
First Edition, 2021

Published by: Department of Education SDO—Rizal

Schools Division Superintendent: Cherrylou D. Repia
Assistant Schools Division Superintendents:
Gloria C. Roque and Babylyn M. Pambid

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WEEKS
9-12 Creative Nonfictional Texts
Lesson

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Writing any type of nonfiction story can be a daunting task. As the author, you have the re-
sponsibility to tell a true story and share the facts as accurately as you can—while also making the
experience enjoyable for the reader.

Being familiar with the various creative nonfictional texts enable us to provide valid and
considerable commentaries and critiques which can be a great help to enrich and to improve the
texts for further development.

In this lesson, you are expected to present a commentary/critique on a chosen creative non-
fictional text representing a particular type or form like Biography/Autobiography, Literary Jour-
nalism/Reportage, Personal Narratives, Travelogue, Reflection Essay, True Narratives, Blogs, Testi-
monies, Other Forms and write a mini critique of a peer’s work based on coherence and organiza-
tion of paragraphs, development of literary elements use of factual information, and other qualities

concerning form and content.

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You have learned in the previous lessons that Creative Nonfiction should be dealt with the
literature of fact. Thus, the writer uses many of the literary devices of fiction writing along with the
5 Rs of Creative Nonfiction such as real life, reflection, research, reading and writing. Try to recall
some of the genres of nonfictional texts that will be presented in this lesson.

Learning Task 1: Write your understanding on the following creative nonfictional genres. Do this
on your answer sheet.

Creative Nonfictional Text Understanding

Biography/Autobiography

Literary Journalism/Reportage
Personal and True Narratives

Travelogue
Food/Restaurant Review

Blogs and Testimonies

Documentaries

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 Maximizing Factual Information through writing Life Stories enable the writer to fully
utilize the elements and categories to attain the objectives of Creative Nonfiction. There are three
primary formats to tell a creative nonfiction story: memoir, autobiography, and biography. Each
has its own distinct characteristics, so it’s important to understand the differences between them
to ensure you’re writing within the correct scope. Now let’s try to understand the creative nonfic-
tional texts which concentrate on the life stories of the subject.

Memoir
Memoir is a collection of personal memories related to specific moments or experiences in
the life of the author. It is shared from the perspective of the author which is written in first per-
son point of view.
This can be separate to autobiographies and biographies through its scope. While the other
genres focus on the entire timeline of a person’s life, memoirs structure themselves on one aspect,
such as addiction, parenting, adolescence, disease, faith, etc. It concentrates on the highlighted
moment of subject’s life.
Key Features of Memoir
- Written in 1st person POV from the perspective of the author
- Less formal compared to autobiographies and biographies
- Narrow in scope or timeline
- Focused more on feelings and memories than facts
- More flexibility to change the story for effect
Autobiography
Same with memoir, autobiography is a text which retells the author life and told in first per-
son point of view, making the author the main character of the story. Autobiographies are also
narrative nonfiction, so the stories are true but also include storytelling elements such as a pro-
tagonist (the author), a central conflict, and a cast of intriguing characters. However, unlike mem-
oirs, autobiographies focus more on facts than emotions. Because of this, a collaborator often
joins the project to help the author tell the most factual, objective story possible.
While a memoir is limited in scope, an autobiography details the author’s entire life up to
the present. This nonfictional text often starts when the author is young and details are arrange
din chronological order where events, places, reactions, movements and other relevant happenings
throughout the author’s life. The sequence of an autobiography is organized but not necessarily in
date order. For instance, the author may start from current time and employ flashbacks as literary
techniques or he/she may organize events thematically.
Key Features of Memoir
- Written in 1st person POV from the perspective of the author
- More formal and objective than memoirs, but more subjective than biographies
- Broad in scope or timeline, often covering the author’s entire life up to the present
- Focused more on facts than emotions
- Requires more extensive fact-checking and research than memoirs, but less than biog-
raphies

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Biography
A biography is the story of events and circumstances of a person’s life, written by someone
other than that person. Usually, people write biographies about a historical or public figure. They
can be written with or without the subject’s authorization. Since the author is telling the account
of someone else, biographies are always in third person point of view and carry a more formal and
objective tone than both memoirs and autobiographies.
Like an autobiography, biographies cover the entire scope of the subject’s life, so it should
include details about his or her birthplace, educational background, work history, relationships,
death and more.
Key Features of Biography
- Written about another person, often a celebrity or public figure, and told in 3rd person point
of view
- More formal and objective than both memoirs and autobiographies
- Broad in scope or timeline, often covering the subject’s entire life up to the present
- Focused solely on facts
- Requires meticulous research and fact-checking to ensure accuracy

Now that you have learned the differences of the three creative nonfictional texts which deal
with the life stories of the subject, can you think of some of the literary pieces that you have read
or encountered? Can you differentiate the three creative nonfictional texts dealing with life stories?

Enhancing Creativity and Utilizing Reality through Journalism serve as a venture of

Creative Nonfiction in delivering its purposes through providing factual information with aesthetics
and creativity using literary elements and styles.
Thus, journalism is the activity of gathering, assessing, creating, and presenting news and
information. It is also the product of these activities. This can be distinguished from other activi-
ties and products by certain identifiable characteristics and practices. These elements not only
separate journalism from other forms of communication, they are what make it indispensable to
democratic societies. History reveals that the more democratic a society, the more news and infor-
mation it tends to have.
Within that, journalism has five primary responsibilities to the public elaborated below:
•To inform us of changing events, issues and characters.
•To bear witness.
•To serve as a watchdog over those in power.
•To convey a sense of wisdom or context to current events.
•To set the tone for public discourse.
Journalism is classified to have two major divisions which are Journalistic Writing and Lit-
erary Journalism which can be seen in different forms and avenues of journalism. Journalistic
Writing is the style of writing used to report news stories in newspapers, television broadcasts, on
radio and on the Internet.

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Unlike other styles of writing, which can be flexible and casual, the characteristics of journalistic
writing are pretty easy to spot. Under this Journalistic Writing, the following are categories under
it; News, Editorial/Column/Opinion, Sports.
On the other hand, Literary journalism is a form of journalism that combines reporting
with storytelling of a nonfiction event. It jis a form of nonfiction that combines factual reporting
with some of the narrative techniques and stylistic strategies traditionally associated with fiction.
It is also called as narrative journalism.
Effective literary journalism enables readers to gain an enlightened perspective that reveals
the extraordinary in everyday life and offers a richer understanding of the facts surrounding an
individual, institution, or event.

Literary Journalism Journalistic writing

To entertain and inform leisurely Must inform quickly

May or may not be entirely factual Entirely factual

To appeal primarily to emotions primarily to give information

Based on facts gathered by reporters Limited to only writer's imagination

To interest a comparatively small group Interest a large group with varying education back-
or selected people grounds

Refers to author's technique of expres- Refers mostly to preparation of copy, use of cap ,
sion punctuation, spelling, may refer to author; individual
technique or expression

usually objective and simple direct

Subjective

Usually short, concise and correct

Any length

Avoid using important or unusual word twice in same

Any type paragraph or closely together in same paragraph

Moreover, literary journalism includes sub genres which can be seen most of the time in features
section of a newspaper or school publication. These are articles with stories and literary elements
delivered with creativity without compromising the factual information about the topic:
•Character Sketch .Science and Technology
•Travelogue Science
•Human Interest Health
•Do It Yourself Feature Technology
•Informative
•Historical

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 Personal Narratives are about personal experiences, so you should write it in the first per-
son. A personal narrative is a story about yourself, and great personal narrative essay topics in-
clude experiences you’ve had, people you know, your reactions to books or other writing, and
many other options. It is not necessarily about the author’s life story just like autobiography, biog-
raphy and memoir, it concentrates on a particular topic to be discussed by the author using his
perspectives, emotions and experiences.
Wilson (2014) provides tips in writing a personal narrative essay which a successful person-
al essay connects with the reader on an emotional level. To maximize its impact, keep these tips in
mind.
1. Know your reader. Think about who will be reading this personal essay and what that person
will feel.
2. Write to have an emotional impact on the reader. Tell a story that includes emotion and pro-
vokes an empathetic response.
3. Include a lot of references to sensory perceptions and emotions. Sensory details like this con-
nect the reader to the scene you are describing.
4. Use vivid details and imagery. The more specific you are in your description, the better the
reader will be able to picture the story you are telling.

Experiencing the Unexperienced through Writing serves as another function of Creative Nonfic-
tional texts particularly under the category of Travelogue. It is a story of the experiences encoun-
tered by someone while touring a place for the pleasure of travel.
Travel writing is quite a popular genre. People take the help of the travelogues to know
about a particular place before deciding to visit it. Travel writing generally gives detailed infor-
mation about the attractions of a place so that people get tempted to go there on their vacations.
Hence, writers involved in travel writing should follow some specific rules to make their travelogues
more appealing and interesting to the readers.
FreelanceWriting (2016) suggests some Tips in Writing an Excellent Travelogue which you
may be used upon writing your own travelogue nonfictional text.
1. Research about the Place
2. Give a Photographic Description
3. Highlight the Various Attractions
4. Mention the Ways and Means to Reach the Destination
5. Name a Few Good Hotels
6. Mention Some Out of the Way Tourist Attraction
7. Give Some Cultural Background
8. Mention Some Dos and Don’ts of the Place
Tips may be used to guide you in writing an effective travelogue which will engage your
readers and let them experience what you have experienced and shared in your literary text.

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 Savor the experiences through writing enables the readers to experience what they have-
n’t experienced like tasting various delicacies and food which can be seen and encountered to trig-
ger interest and curiosity using a nonfictional text called Food or Restaurant Review.
Food/Restaurant Review is a great way to share your excitement about a favorite restau-
rant—or warn potential diners about a particularly disappointing experience. While some people
write for fun, others are professionals who are paid to produce reviews.
Not all reviews are created equal, however. People are smart and can easily distinguish be-
tween a genuine review with real information and a brief missive written by someone who may not
have actually visited the establishment in question.
Tavishi (2020) provided tipis in writing a food/restaurant review which can be used as
guides for beginners in writing a review. When people are looking for a restaurant to try, online
reviews are often an important deciding factor. The better the reviews, the higher the chance they
will book a seat in that restaurant.
1. Do a background research of a restaurant or food that you would like to review.
2. Narrate is chronological arrangement. You mays art with when you entered the restaurant and
proceed through to when you departed.
3. Use complete sentences, descriptive phrases, and specific details.
4. Include the essential information about the restaurant or food.
5. Set your evaluation criteria however, you should act like a customer and not a critic.
6. Include both positive and negative sides of the review. You should only discuss in your review
the meal or menu that you have ordered.
7. Be fair, clear and honest in making a review
8. Seal your review with a recommendation and ratings.

Blogging is a collection of skills that one needs to run and supervise a blog. This entails equipping
a web page with tools to make the process of writing, posting, linking, and sharing content easier
on the internet.
Blog structure
The appearance of blogs has changed over time, and these days blogs include a wide variety
of items and widgets. However, most blogs still include some standard features and structure.
Minaev (2021) provided some significance of blog nowadays which is to connect you to the
relevant audience. Another one is to boost your traffic and send quality leads to your website.
Through blogging, businesses saw a positive way to improve their customer’s level of satis-
faction. Blogs assist companies in keeping clients and customers up to date. Also, the more people
that visit your blog, the more exposure and trust your brand gets.
Blogs also promote reader engagement. Readers have a chance to comment and voice their
different concerns and thoughts to the community. Blog owners update their site with new blog
posts on a regular basis.

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 Documentary is a film story concerning factual topics (i.e. someone or something). These
films have a variety of aims, to record important events and ideas; to inform viewers; to convey
opinions and to create public interest. A number of common techniques or conventions are used in
documentaries to achieve these aims.
Fuller (2018) discussed the Key Steps in Making Documentaries which you may use as a
guide when you start creating your own documentary.
1. Tell a story you care about
Start with a subject that excites you. If you’re lukewarm about the subject matter, chances are,
the final movie will be too. Make a documentary you're passionate about and makes sense to YOU.
There will be plenty of people who don’t “get” your idea. But if YOU get it, that’s what counts.
2. Research
Learn everything you can about your documentary subject. Sometimes the story lines are obvious,
sometimes not. Do a lot of digging and follow leads. This is where you put on your reporter hat.
Gather facts and search for leads on interesting characters and story lines. The gems of your story
are sometimes buried deep out of sight.
3. Make a Plan
Create an outline. Think about how you’re going to tell your story. What’s the structure? The style?
Is there existing footage or photos that help tell your story or will everything need to be shot brand
new? Who is your primary characters? What are you core story points? What are the elements of
your story that are compelling and/or make you “tingle” with intrigue? How can you create that
intrigue for your audience? Is there some existing situation you can film or do you need to create
the moment?
4. Write a Script
Once all of the footage is shot and you’ve gathered the various production elements, time to start
organizing it into a script. Pinpoint the most compelling elements of your story and start crafting
"mini-scenes" around those events. Remember, a script isn't necessarily what's spoken or a voice-
over. A script describes what the audience is seeing and hearing.
5. Begin Editing
It’s like putting together a great big puzzle! First you'll need to choose your video editing computer
and video editing software. Once you're all set with equipment, you'll start putting down your clips
of footage one right after the other in a sequence. The art with editing is to create a "roller coaster"
ride of emotion, some parts fast, some part slow to create a dynamic viewing experience
6. Check Legal and Copyright Issues
Even though this is near the end of the list, it should actually be something you keep in mind from
the very beginning and throughout the ENTIRE filmmaking process.
7. Distribute!
From theaters to television to DVD to the web, a new world of distribution is being invented right
in front of our eyes. Making documentaries and showcasing your work is easier than ever.

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 After learning the various types of nonfictional texts, providing critiques and commentaries
shall be carefully scrutinized to attain its goals and objectives to fully utilize the nonfictional text
on its functions and purposes.
Criteria must be set by the critic or the commentator before reading and providing feed-
backs about the text. The following are some of the general criteria that may be used in presenting
feedbacks about a nonfictional text:
A. Clarity of Ideas Presented in the Text, Coherence and Organization
Clarity is a characteristic of a speech or a prose composition that communicates effectively
with its intended audience. The qualities of clearly written prose include a carefully de-
fined purpose, logical organization, well-constructed sentences, and precise word choice.
Verb: clarify.
Clarity starts at the sentence level. If your writing is unclear at the sentence level, your
readers won’t understand what’s happening in your work. Worse yet, they may disengage from
your writing because they can’t understand it.
Coherence in writing is the logical bridge between words, sentences, and paragraphs. Co-
herent writing uses devices to connect ideas within each sentence and paragraph. Main ideas and
meaning can be difficult for the reader to follow if the writing lacks coherence.
B. Appropriateness of Literary Elements Used
Knowing various literary elements and techniques may be a great help in making your non-
fictional text aesthetically good however, if it is abused or inappropriate, it may also lead to ruin
the literary text. Choosing the appropriate literary techniques, elements and device shall be con-
sidered and the key to discover that the elements are appropriate in the text is that they don’t af-
fect the flow of the literary text.
As a writer, you do not want inappropriate literary elements to get in the way of your mes-
sage. For this reason, you need to strive to use the most appropriate literary devices and elements
that are accurate and appropriate for the writing situation. Learn for yourself which words you
tend to confuse with each other.
C. Combination of the ideas presented and the literary elements used
Considering that nonfictional texts must always abide the 5 Rs of Nonfiction which are the
Research, Real, Reflect, Read and Write, gathering factual information and ideas shall be the pri-
ority of the writer to attain its main objective which is to present the ideas with clarity and accura-
cy. Along with this, the use of literary elements shall be carefully selected to attain the aesthetic
target of the nonfictional text.
The impact of aesthetic in writing is challenging to measure. The best way to understand its
importance is to see it as the subtext of what you’re reading. If a writer has managed to create
their own aesthetic, you’ll inevitably sense it, even if you can’t describe it.
D. The use of Factual Information
Factual texts inform the reader about a particular subject. They should give use-
ful information and focus on facts. The accuracy of the information presented in the text
needs to be ensured since nonfiction abides factual details and should inform the readers on de-
tails that are relevant, accurate and factual.

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 Now that you have learned some of the general areas for preparing yourself in the next
phase of the lesson on presenting your own comments and critiques based on the nonfictional
texts with various genres as presented in this lesson.

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Learning Task 2: Read the nonfictional text below. Using the table, present your commentary or
critique on the presented nonfictional text. Do this on your notebook.
1. Never Forget this Travel: Places to Visit
It was a dull and lazy Wednesday morning of January 1, 2020. The noise coming out from
various people and vehicles were mixed together that caused my headache to reach its greater de-
gree. My body was on its sluggish mode as if there was a huge concrete block on top of me, while
my eyes were screaming of drowsiness. It seems like I did not get enough sleep for today or maybe
it is just the alcohol that made me feel this way. Who knows?
A notification from my phone echoed inside the house, it was a message from my mom, no,
a command from her to be exact. She wants me to take a bath because we will go on a road trip.
Without any hesitation, despite of having this heavy feeling, I know that obeying her will put me
onto more peaceful situation. They picked me up at exactly 10:30 am, when everything were set-
tled, we are now ready to go off.
I rode on the front seat of our tricycle in order to see the vivid vision of surroundings. At
first, there's nothing to admire, for it is just a typical establishments and vicinities. But as we go
along the way of the Jala-Jala's road, different sceneries will surely feed your eyes as well as your
heart.
I can't deny it, it seems like I am lost on the other side of the world, and I am hundred per-
cent engrossed to those roads covered with towering trees that adds freshness to the wind, I love it
when it is consecutively caressing my wholeness.
It is entertaining to watch those leaves dancing on its branch while some of it were falling to
the surface of the ground, analogous to a rain.
After we go throughout the road filled with trees, a heart melting view of lake welcomed me.
The horizon of it cannot be discern, but the exauisite beauty of it is evident. It was calming, the
serenity is prevailing.
We decided to stop nearby the lake, took some photos and eat foods that we brought. I sat
on the mellow grass and stare blankly to the endless water. I don't know how much time I spent,
watching that aesthetic scenery. When we are about to go home, and I turn around once again and
capture the scenery with my heart and store it to my memory.
Title of the Piece:
Genre:

b. coherence c. appropriate d. use of e. effective combination

a. clarity of
and use of the Factual of the idea and the
idea
organization element Information chosen literary element

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2. A Night to Remember by Douglas R. Johnson
Tonight, is Sunday evening, the first day of daylight savings time. My wife is in bed sleeping
now, but what I am relating was what I felt earlier this evening. We were watching Jewel of the
Nile together, me on the floor and Peg on the couch. She never made it to the end but I was wide
awake.
Next was Criminal Intent on one station and A Night to Remember on another. I kept going
back and forth while Peg continued to cut z's.
But I really could not watch them sink again. It is just too emotional for me. I have already
come up with two or three ways to have saved the souls that were lost.
They could have steamed back to the iceberg rather than just stopping. That way they could
ferry survivors to the berg as it was big enough to support many.
They could have steamed towards the Californian which was just some ten miles away but
could not tell they were in trouble.
They could have flashed the total lights on the ship from the main switch into code to con-
tact the Californian as they could see the signal lantern nor understand the flares.
But what could have happened did not happen and so many perished. I guess that started
me thinking in a misty way. I have seen the program a number of times, so I know what happens
and when.
But then when I was back at Criminal Intent, even though it was just a made-up story,
something stirred me. There was a couple of children at risk from a deranged parent and the cops
had to speed across northern New Jersey to rescue them.
But now I must back up some or you won't understand what I felt.
Here I am in my 60's living in the woods of Central Virginia for the past seven or so years.
But I grew up in northern New Jersey, Kearny to be exact. When they said a motel in Newark, that
was just a half hour or so from Kearny.
When I was a teenager, before I drove, I lived on Kearny Avenue, 504 to be exact. I remem-
ber an incident where an ambulance from North Arlington ran into a milk truck on the corner of
Kearny and Oakwood Avenues. This happened because the ambulance was running with just the
emergency lights going slowly through a red light. The milk truck had the green, so it just pulled
across. Obviously neither saw each other and thus a minor fender bender. Not really a big deal be-
cause each was proceeding cautiously.
I remember another experience when I was in grade school. A UPS truck overturned on a
corner and the driver was pinned inside. I ran to the next corner and pulled the fire alarm. I was
nervous about it because in my mind I was not sure about it because it was actually not a fire.
Kids think that way sometimes. When the trucks came, I directed them to the fire. I realized then
that what I did was appropriate.
I guess that is enough set up. Let me get to this "Night to Remember". I was living with my
mom and dad at the time at 216 Laurel Avenue, Kearny. It was warm so it must have been sum-
mer. I had a new 1965 black Mustang convertible with a white top and black interior. It had a 260
engine with a 3 on the floor manual transmission. But I cannot figure out if it was 1964 or 1965.

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 We lived on the second floor, my sister and brother were both living on their own. Dad, I be-
lieve was asleep. I was asleep in my room. Mom was up late. She normally read her Bible late at
night and prayed then when no one was around. It must have been about 2:00 AM, most likely
sometime between 1:00 AM and 3:00 AM.
What I remember is that my mother came in my room and woke me saying she heard glass
breaking outside. I was a little groggy trying to grasp what she was saying. Then I heard it too. It
was like a window breaking and the glass falling to the ground. It was really obvious that some-
thing was very wrong.
I quickly dressed, jeans, tee shirt, and tennis sneakers with no socks. I hurried downstairs.
There was already a cop car down the street and lots of smoke in the air. The fire trucks were still
coming.
The cops were all by the fire, along with the firemen and fire trucks. Traffic was getting con-
fused at the corner of Chestnut and Laurel, so I jumped in and directed traffic. There were no po-
lice available for that duty at the time. I could see fire trucks coming down Laurel, so I held up
traffic on Chestnut from pulling out. My house was between Chestnut and Devon Streets. The fire
was just about five houses down just on the other side of Devon on the same side as my house.
From what I understood, there were kids in the house, and they got trapped behind the door
somehow. The fireman got them out and the ambulance raced up the street. First one, then anoth-
er.
Each one had their sirens on full force as they went about as fast as they could. You could
only see them as they raced up Laurel Avenue past Devon, past Chestnut, past Argyle right to
Kearny Avenue. They then turned left and sped over the railroad tracks bridge, past Midland Ave-
nue, past Oakwood Avenue, all the way to Bergen Avenue. Then left on Bergen and just a couple of
blocks to the hospital.
What I remember most vividly is the sound of those sirens all the way. They were screaming
as they passed me. But they kept screaming all the way. They don't really get softer but just obvi-
ously distant. These were more of an old type of siren rather than the computerized sounds of to-
day. You could tell if they were being turned off or down. These were screaming all the way.
I am proud of the way the Kearny police, firemen, and ambulance staff performed. (They
were not called EMT's back then.) They did everything that could have been done.
I wish my remembrance had a happy ending, but it did not go well all the way around. We
can just ask for God's mercy.
Title of the Piece:
Genre:
b. coherence c. appropriate d. use of e. effective combination
a. clarity of
and use of the Factual of the idea and the
idea
organization element Information chosen literary element

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3. The Beauty of Danger
It was a hot summer vacation, April 2018( Holy Week). I still remember the when I first
came upon a coveted volcano, it was admired not only by Filipinos as well as foreigners. And I did
not expert that one da. I would be able to go to one of the beautiful scenery in our country with my
beloved family. Mt. Mayon, the perfectly cone shaped wonder of a volcano in Bicol Legazpi, Albay,
is one of the Philippines greatest attraction.
Since I was young I heard a lot in Bulkang Mayon. On how beautiful and mysterious it was,
And I remember when I was young I wanted to go to abroad like Japan which I want to see Cherry
Blossom and I want to smell it, how smell-good it is. But in unexpected circumstances, I finally ar-
rived with my family on Bicol, Albay where the Mayon Volcano is located. Yes, the trip was very te-
dious but you have go and see one of the greatest destination here in our country- Philippines.
I am always in awe of its splendor. I have already used up all the adjective to describe its
beauty. The dream come true, we came, I saw it with my own eyes. It was not ready to go there
specially we came to Tanay. We used L3 in order to have a better road trip. We drove from Tanay to
Laguna way going to Quezon until we reach the Bicol, Albay and it took 2 days. And we get off to
ate then continued and finally we are in Pulang, Albay near at Casagawa Church where the Mayon
Volcano is located. But if you are from Manila, there are many ways to get Albay not via sea travel
as it is located far from any cost. By air provided by some prominent airlines.
We went first at Daraga Church because we want to worship God and there is an over look-
ing place where you can see the upper part of Mayon. We can eat there but we should keep our
garbage like plastic to maintain the cleanliness of its place. It is a pleasure for me to go and see the
beautiful scenery and perfect cone of Mt. Mayon Volcano. Hope to see it again.
By then, I realized on this journey that we should never forget the places you should really
proud of because this places proves that our country is rich in natural sources. Lastly, we should
thank our God for the blessing we have receive from him.

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Learning Task 3: Look for a partner from your classmates. Read his previous outputs in Creative
Nonfiction. Using the table in the previous learning task, write a mini critique of a peer’s work
based on coherence and organization of paragraphs, development of literary elements use of factu-
al information, and other qualities concerning form and content. Do this on a sheet of paper.
Title of the Piece:
Author:
Genre:
b. coherence c. appropriate d. use of e. effective combination
a. clarity of
and use of the Factual of the idea and the
idea
organization element Information chosen literary element

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WEEKS
13-16 Writing a Creative Nonfictional Piece
Lesson

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As you grasp all the writing styles and techniques in writing creative non-fiction, it is notice-
able that writing a non-fiction involves writing about personal experience, real people, or events. It
is writing about fact, rather than fiction wherein the writer can write about anything, such as a
personal experience, current events, or issues in the public eye. The writer can also inject personal
thoughts, feelings, or opinions into the writing. Often, the writer uses the first person “I.” Popular
types of creative nonfiction include the personal essay, memoir, autobiography, literary journalistic
essay, travel writing, and food writing.

Being familiar with the various creative nonfictional texts enable us to provide valid and
considerable commentaries and critiques which can be a great help to enrich and to improve the
texts for further development.

In this lesson, you are expected to write a desirable creative nonfiction piece based on mem-
orable real-life experience.

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Learning Task 1: Go on a walk around a place you know well, maybe it's your home, your neigh-
borhood, or a specific park or building. As you're walking, take a photo and make mental note of
places that trigger certain memories from your past. Then, when you get back from your walk,
write about the most vivid memory you recollected. Tell your stories in 5 paragraphs.

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Learning Task 2. How-To

Think of something you are particularly skilled at; maybe it is cooking, playing sports, ma-
nipulating gadgets, etc. Then, use the format of a how-to guide, or self-help manual written in sec-
ond person, as a framework to write about your expertise and experience with this activity.

a. Title:

b. Body (discussing the ideas showing the procedures of how-to)

c. Conclusion

Guidelines for Writing Creative Nonfiction

The article from https://davehood59.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/writing-creative-

nonfiction/ discusses that not only must the aspiring writer of creative nonfiction learn the tech-
niques, but he/she also requires a good understanding of the guidelines. The following are
12 guidelines for writing any type of creative nonfiction:

1. Research the topic. Both primary (interview, personal experience, or participant observation)
and secondary research (books, magazines, newspaper, Web)
2. Never invent or change facts. An invented story is fiction.
3. Provide accurate information. Write honestly and truthfully. Information should be verifiable.
4. Provide concrete evidence. Use facts, examples, and quotations.
5. Use humour to make an important point.
6. Show the reader what happened, don’t tell them what happened. To do this, dramatize the
story.
7. Narrate the story. A story has an inciting incident, goal, conflict, challenges, obstacles, cli-
max, and resolution.
8. Write about the interesting and extraordinary. Write about personal experiences, interesting
people, extraordinary events, or provide a unique perspective on everyday life.
9. Organize the information. Two common techniques are chronological or logical order.
10. Use literary devices to tell the story. Choose language that stimulates and entertains the
reader, such as simile, metaphor, imagery.
11. Introduce the essay or other work with a hook. Its purpose is to grab the readers’ attention
and compel them to reader further. Popular hooks include a quotation, question, or thought-
provoking fact.
12. End the creative nonfiction piece with a final, important point. Otherwise the reader will
think, “So what!” “What was the point? It was an interesting story, but how does it apply to me
or my life?”

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 Now that you have learned some of the guidelines to consider in writing a creative writing
non-fiction, prepare yourself in the next phase of the lesson on writing your own creative non-
fiction piece based on your memorable real-life experiences.

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Learning Task 3: Memory Lane
Now that you underscore the guideline in writing creative non-fiction, it is now the time to
write your own piece. Select two topics from the given scenarios below and make a creative non-
fiction piece based on your memorable real-life experiences.
Make sure that you are telling your story following the writing format you have learned in
the previous discussion.
a. Think of a lesson you learned recently and apply it to a memory. How would your behavior
have changed if you had applied the lesson back then?
b. Recall a key lesson that parents or family members tried to impart onto you as a child. Re-
visit that lesson as an adult and connect it to how you have come to interpret it as you
grew up or in your adult life. Feel free to pick a less serious lesson and have a little bit of
fun with it.
c. What do you want more than anything in your life? Write about the burning hot core of your
desire, and how that desire has changed over your life.
d. What single experience most shaped who you are? Describe the experience in a single, vivid
scene.
e. Choose a happy or comfortable memory and write it in a way that makes the memory creepy
or eerie to the reader.
f. Recall a routine that you keep on doing before COVID- 19. Discuss the reasons why you miss
doing that routine?
g. Tell the story of the most important person that has shaped your town and its culture (you
might have to do some research). How did the activity of that person influence the way
you grew up or live currently?
h. Write a scene of a time when someone older than you gave you advice and write about how
you followed it or ignored it and the consequences.

Learning Task 4: Learning Task 4: Read and Share

Look for a partner from your classmates. Read the creative non-fiction piece based on a
memorable real-life experiences. Using the table in the previous learning task, write a mini critique
of a peer’s work based on coherence and organization of paragraphs, development of literary ele-
ments use of factual information, and other qualities concerning form and content. Do this on a
sheet of paper.

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 b. coherence c. appropriate d. use of e. effective combination
a. clarity of
and use of the Factual of the idea and the
idea
organization element Information chosen literary element

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Learning Task 5: Revise the creative non-fiction piece you have created based on a desirable qual-
ity of a well- written creative non- fiction. This will serve as your final output in Creative Writing.
This will be the matrix to be used in grading your output.

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essay.html

Answers

Learning Task 1, 2 & 3: Answers may vary

Weeks 13-16:

Learning Task 1, 2 & 3: Answers may vary

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