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SHS CREATIVE WRITING MODULE

Quarter 1 – Module 3, Lesson 4: Crafting Like A Pro
Exploring innovative techniques in writing poetry

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Regional Director: GILBERT T. SADSAD

Assistant Regional Director: JESSIE L. AMIN

Development Team of the Module

Author: MA. CRISTINA L. CONSUELO
Editor: SUZETTE D. BARCENA
Reviewers: JOE-BREN L. CONSUELO and SDO CAMARINES NORTE
(headed by EMMA V. DASCO)
Illustrator: JOHN LEONARD P. CUIZON and KENNETH JOSEPH P. OCAMPO
Layout Artist: CRIZ T. NUYLES

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Introductory Message

For the teacher:

Welcome to the SHS CREATIVE WRITING MODULE!
This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by
educators from public institutions in Department of Education Region V (Bicol)
to assist you, the teacher 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.
As a teacher, 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 SHS CREATIVE WRITING MODULE!
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 and at the same time an adventurer. Diego your
learning companion is with you as you embark in this learning journey. You will
transport in the different realms to learn and perform noteworthy tasks.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do
not hesitate to consult your teacher. Always bear in mind that you are not
alone.
We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful
learning and gain a deep understanding of the relevant competencies. More
so, use your notebook or a separate sheet of paper in noting significant details
and pieces of information in the different modules and even in accomplishing
the tasks given to you. You can do it!

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 Good day! Welcome to Poetria Wonderland, the world of itsy-bitsy-tiny-
winy magical words and phrases. You already have the three ingredients to
make your primera antidote. You still have to gather the last ingredient for you
and Diego to get back into your original sizes. Are you ready for another set of
learning adventure? Great, let’s go!

Today you are going to the Kingdom of Innovitania to get the last
ingredient from a ferocious giant called Otomo. The last ingredient of your
primera antidote is in the necklace of Otomo. No one in the Kingdom of
Innovitania dares to get the Anova from Otomo’s neck. To get the Anova, you
need to challenge Otomo, not in a fistfight but in terms of creating new
techniques in writing poetry.

Don’t worry buddies because in your learning journey today, you are
expected to explore innovative techniques in writing poetry.

To defeat Otomo, you both need to train. So, let’s start your training by
defining the important terms that you will encounter in your today’s learning
journey. Ready? Great!
Direction: Arrange the jumbled letters on COLUMN A to reveal the word
that is being defined on COLUMN B. Write your answers in your notebook.

ENGRE Categories used to group different types of

literary work such as non-fiction, fiction, poetry.

SOPKNE YTOEPR A poetry performance meant to be performed

on stage.

LESYT NFOT The design of printable or displayable text

character.

PEDSAH SEREV A poem written to resemble an object.

LOODEL Simple drawings that may have concrete

meaning.
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 Good job! If you scored three (3) and above, you may advance to the
next learning challenge to warm you up. However, if you got only two (2) and
below, you have to try again.

LET’S DOODLE
Direction: Create your own-version of doodle art using your nickname.

What word do you see?

You may have come across to this kind of
art style when you logged in to
Google.com. This particular art is what we
call “DOODLE.” Doodles are simple
drawings that can have concrete
representational meaning or may just be
composed of random and abstract lines,
generally without ever lifting the drawing
device from the paper, in which case it is
usually called a scribble.

You will now create your doodle name art. Draw your name
doodle in your notebook.

In making your doodle, you may first consider the following criteria in rating
your work:
Color Harmony (Use of vivid colors) - 15pts.
Artistry (Smart use of lines and graphics) - 10pts.
Visual Impact - 5pts.
TOTAL 30pts.

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On to your next part of the training, you need to learn more on what are the
new innovative techniques in writing poetry. Let’s go!

Just like language, poetry is fluid and alive. It evolves, breaks the rules
and turns into something new. Just as scientists have thought about
experiments and inventions, writers participate in experimental literature.

EXPERIMENTAL POETRY
It is a product of modernist and post-modernist poetry.
What is
EXPERIMENTAL It explores and emphasizes innovation.
POETRY?
The words follow their own form rather than standard.

Sometimes disregards rules related to language & function.

Reading experimental poetry is like listening to impromptu freestyle

jazz. The words are original, daring and sometimes stunning. The
forms are MORE ORGANIC, LOOSE AND SPONTANEOUS, as the words
are a product of the subject and the poet’s feelings as he/she writes.
The words are often the first thoughts, the best thoughts.

TYPOGRAPHY
Typography is the art and technique of arranging letters and text in a
way that makes the copy legible, clear and visually appearing to the reader.

Typography involves FONT STYLE, APPEARANCE, and STRUCTURE which

aims to elicit certain emotions and convey specific messages.

Layout artists have a good eye on typography. It takes a hundred look

before they come up with their final layout. But in our case, whatever seem
to look good in our eyes is already commendable. See the difference?

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 GENRE-CROSSING TEXT
PROSE POETRY, CONCRETE POETRY, PERFORMANCE POETRY

Different genres have different roles. For

example, fiction and dramatic genres help students and
writers learn and improve their communication skills. A poetic
genre, on the other hand, enhances imaginative and
emotional power of the readers. Non-fictional texts and
essays help readers develop analytical and persuasive
capabilities. However, the major function of genre is to
establish a code of behavior between the writers and
audience, and keep the readers informed about the topics
discussed or the themes presented.

PROSE POETRY
It is defined as a variation of free verse that embodies the contemporary
poets’ yearning for a more flexible medium of expression. It is a hybrid literary
form since it utilizes elements and attributes that are associated with both prose
and poetry.
Prose poetry shares with prose the characteristics of being written in
sentences and paragraphs. In short, prose poetry is a poetry that is not
composed in verse but contains other poetic qualities like rhythm, figures of
speech, voice and tone as well as mood and atmosphere.
Here’s an example of prose poetry.
MY DREAM
By Terry McArdle
My name is Terry. I’m from Ireland where the grass is so
green and the countryside is so breathtaking.
I came to the US in September of 1992 for a vacation
because I was curious. I decided to go home and get a job
to make more money to come back to the States. My
ambition was to get more out of life.
The States has a lot of opportunity for young people. It
gave me the inspiration to be around people who were able
to read and write. I wanted to help myself. It was a great
experience to have help with my reading and writing.

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CONCRETE POETRY
Is a form of poetry that deploys visual and typographical effects, like the
shape of words, letters or symbols as they appear on the page as an image, in
addition to or instead of the usual conventions of versification, like rhyme,
meter and stanza divisions. It is also known as SHAPED VERSE, VISUAL POETRY
OR PATTERNED POETRY.
Here are some examples of concrete poetry.

Based on the given examples, what patterns can you see? Is it a tree? A
dolphin? Great! That is correct!

PERFORMANCE POETRY
This is a post-modern art form, a hybrid genre that combines literary and
dramatic elements. The performance poetry utilizes the theatrical stage as if it
were the printed page. Performance poetry as a literary cum dramatic
movement is also known as SPOKEN WORD OR POETRY SLAM.

The important thing to remember is the

actual face to face encounter between the
poet-performer and his or her audience, the
reactions evoked by their direct encounter with
one another, and the resulting immediate
community-building, which does not occur in
traditional print-based poetry.

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 It seems like both of you are already ready to challenge Otomo in
creating innovative techniques in creative writing. Answer the following tasks
and make sure to have a passing score. Ready? Great!

PRACTICE TASK 1: DIAMANTE POEM

Direction: Create your own DIAMANTE POEM. You may refer to the given
sample for you to be guided in this writing activity. Write your diamante poem
in your notebook.
Example of Diamante Poem:

Blossom
fresh, radiant
blooming, growing, blowing
petal, stem, smell, pollen
budding, refreshing, opening
flora.

Now, it’s your turn to make your own diamante poem. Just follow the pattern
below.
Line 1: Subject (Noun)
Line 2: Two adjectives that describe the subject
Line 3: Three participles (Verbs ending in –ing that
describe the subject)
Line 4: Four nouns related to the subject
Line 5: Three participles (Verbs ending in –ing that
describe the subject)
Line 6: Two adjectives
Line 7: Synonym of the subject

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In crafting your diamante poem, consider the following criteria in rating your
output:
Use of vivid words 10pts.
Formatting 10pts.
Theme of poem 10pts.
Total 30pts.

PRACTICE TASK 2: MY PERFECT COMBI GENRE

Direction: As defined earlier, genre is a literary category used to group different
types of literary work such as non-fiction, fiction, and poetry. In this activity, you
will be creating a prose poem by combining two literary genre You may look
into the possible combinations below to help you decide in choosing your
perfect combination. You may write your output either in stanza or paragraph
form. Do this in your notebook.
Example:
1. FICTION + NON-FICTION= REALITY FICTION
In this example, you can create fictional characters. However,
the flow of your story may have happened in real life.

2. POEM + FICTION = FANTASY POEM

In this example, you can create a purely fantasy-themed poetry.

3. POEM + NON-FICTION = REALITY POEM

In this example, you can create a narrative poem.

PRACTICE TASK 3: HUGOT POETRY WRITING & RECITAL

Direction: Compose/write your own HUGOT-POEM of at least 10 stanzas. You
may write it using different font styles in every stanza. After finalizing your poem,
start reciting your HUGOT POEM in front of the mirror before taking a final video
to be uploaded in your class’ group for your performance. Rating will be given
once you have already uploaded your video file in the group’s page.

RUBRIC IN SPOKEN POETRY PERFORMANCE

5 4 3 2
Vocal Highly effective Effective and Moderately Not effective;
Intonation & and expressive expressive effective and more practice
Expression intonation used intonation used expressive with intonation
to reinforce to reinforce intonation used is strongly
change in change in with room for recommended.
mood, voice, mood, voice,

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 setting, and/or setting, and/or improvement
characterization. characterization. and practice.
Language Highly effective Effective use of Moderately Little use of
Used use of strong vocabulary as it effective use of vocabulary as it
vocabulary as it relates to the vocabulary as it relates to the
relates to the storyline. Some relates to the storyline. No
storyline. Some words were storyline, with words were
words were taken from the room for more taken from the
taken from the vocabulary word vocabulary
vocabulary journal. incorporation. A journal. Room
journal few words were for more word
taken from the incorporation.
vocabulary
journal.
Volume Highly Appropriate Volume not Volume used is
(Loudness) appropriate volume used used not appropriate
audience when speaking effectively. for audience.
volume used and performing, More practice is More practice
when speaking with a little room recommended. when speaking
and performing. for and performing
improvement. is highly
recommended.
Audience Appropriate Appropriate A little more A lot more
Address audience audience practice in practice in
address with a address; voice, voice,
high likelihood to audience may intonation, intonation,
engage and be engaged language, and language, and
entertain. and entertained. volume is volume is
recommended recommended
to engage and to engage and
entertain the entertain the
audience. audience.

You’re doing great! You’ll surely defeat Otomo.

TYPO-GRAPHICS
Direction: Create a slogan focusing on the “SULONG EDUKALIDAD” campaign
of the Department of Education. You can make use of the internet to search
for the details of the said platform. In writing your slogan, you are free to use a
maximum of three different font styles to make your work more creative and
pleasing to the eyes.
Criteria in Rating your Output
Relevance to the theme 10pts.
Originality 10pts.

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 Creativity 5pts.
Impact and Presentation 5pts.
Total 30pts.

POSTER POEM
Direction: Cut out any shape of your choice. Make a poster poem by writing
your poem inside your shape template. You may use any font style and font
sizes in writing your poem. Use a separate sheet of long sized bond paper for
your output. This will compiled in your portfolio.

To remember our lesson better, let us synthesize.

Experimental poetry does not necessarily break the
rules. It has its own borders and boundaries. Rather than
having an antagonistic engagement with literature, it is
indeed an alternative engagement with convention.
There’s nothing wrong with a little experimentation. Grab
a pen and see what words flow from your fingers.

Congratulations! You won against Otomo by having a series of passing

scores in your activities. Now, your four ingredients to make your primera
antidote is complete.
The nectrum from the Land of Strophee,
The terminix from the Conventum Colony of Redant,
The fritzion from the Frireirah of Frenzy’s shell, and lastly
The anova from the Kingdom of Innovitania

All the ingredients once combined will form the primera antidote that
will transform you and Diego back to their normal size.

After performing all the procedures….

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 The four ingredients were polymerized and behold! When they both
opened their eyes, they found themselves inside the cave of Poetria in
Wonderland. They both find it queer despite following the steps and mixing the
correct ingredients, still they haven’t find their way out of Poetria in
Wonderland.
Maybe they still have some unfinished learning journey in the realm of
Poetria. Let’s find out what will happen next to them in Poetria Wonderland.

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I. VOCABULARY BUILDER
1. Genre
2. Spoken Poetry
3. Font Style
4. Shaped Verse
5. Doodle

II. PRACTICE TASK 1: DIAMANTE POEM

Blossom
fresh, radiant
blooming, growing, blowing
petal, stem, smell, pollen
budding, refreshing, opening
flora.

III. PRACTICE TASK 2: MY COMBI GENRE

The answers of the
IV. PRACTICE TASK 3: HUGOT POETRY
student may vary.
V. COOLING DOWN: TYPO-GRAPHICS
VI. LEARNING CHALLENGE: POSTER POEM

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