Quarter 3 – Module 6

Writing and Composition

Department of Education ● Republic of the Philippines

English - Grade 8
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Quarter 4 –Module 5: Writing and Composition
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Writing and Composition
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 Table of Contents

What This Learning Package is About....................................................................................................i

What I Need to Know....................................................................................................................................i
How to Learn from this Learning Package........................................................................................... i
Icons of this Learning Package................................................................................................................ii

What I Know.................................................................................................................................................. iii

Lesson 1
Identifying Features of Journalistic Writing..................................................................................1
What I Need to Know.....................................................................................................1
What’s New
Activity 1: News Article..........................................................................................1
What Is It............................................................................................................................2
What’s More
Activity 2: Fill up the News Paper........................................................................4
What’s New
Activity 3: My News Article.....................................................................................5
What Is It............................................................................................................................6
What I Have Learned.....................................................................................................6
What I Can Do..................................................................................................................7

Lesson 2
Distinguishing the types of journalistic writing(news report, opinion article, feature
article, and sports news article).........................................................................................................9
What’s In............................................................................................................................9
What I Need to Know.....................................................................................................9
What’s New
Activity 1:......................................................................................................................9
What Is It...........................................................................................................................10
What’s More
Activity 2: Hone your News Writing…………………………………………12
Activity #3: Let’s Do it!............................................................................................. 13
What Is It ………………………………………………………………………...14
What I Have Learned
Activity 4: It’s the final Countdown…………………………………………...17
What I Can Do 19

Lesson 3
Composing Journalistic Text.........................................................................................................20

What’s In............................................................................................................................20
What I Need to Know 20
What’s New
Activity : Guess What!: 20
What Is It...........................................................................................................................21
What’s More
Activity 2: What’s The Scoop?..............................................................................24
 What I Have Learned
Activity 3: My Generalization 25
What I Can Do 25

Lesson 4
Bibliography..............................................................................................................................................25

What’s In............................................................................................................................25
What I Need to Know 25
What’s New
Activity 1: Read Me! 25
What Is It...........................................................................................................................27
What’s More 27
Activity 2 : Plagiarism Check!...............................................................................28
Activity 3: Avoiding Plagiarism Quiz...................................................................30
What Is It...........................................................................................................................31
Activity 4: Examine Me!..........................................................................................34
Activity 5: Fill Me Up!...............................................................................................35
What I Have Learned 36
What I Can Do 37

Summary........................................................................................................................................................38
Assessment: (Post-Test)........................................................................................................................38
Key to Answers............................................................................................................................................41
References.....................................................................................................................................................43
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What This Module is About
This module is all about writing and composition. We believe that writing and
composition is one of the most essential tool in education, but most importantly in
communication. Communication on the other hand, has been very important, for it is our only
way of connecting to other people as we continue living in our respective communities.
Composition and writing allows us to convey ideas, feelings, emotions, opinions,
views, arguments, and many other forms of communication. It also made our wildest
imagination put into reality by writing. There would be no famous works of literature if they
were not first composed and written down to be treasured and remembered by readers.

What I Need to Know

At the end of this module, you should be able to:

1. Identifying features of journalistic writing (ENG8WC-Iva-3.4.1)
2. Distinguish among types of journalistic writing (news report, opinion article,
feature article, and sports news article) (ENG8WC-Ivb-3.4.2)
3. Compose journalistic texts (ENG8WC-Ive-3.4)
4. Use writing conventions to indicate acknowledgement of sources

How to Learn from this Module

To achieve the objectives cited above, you are to do the following:

• Read and comprehend the lessons carefully.

• Follow the directions and/or instructions in the activities and exercises diligently.
• Answer all the given tests and exercises.

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Icons of this Module
What I Need to This part contains learning objectives that
Know are set for you to learn as you go along the
module.

What I know This is an assessment as to your level of

knowledge to the subject matter at hand,
meant specifically to gauge prior related
knowledge
What’s In This part connects previous lesson with that
of the current one.

What’s New An introduction of the new lesson through

various activities, before it will be presented
to you

What is It These are discussions of the activities as a

way to deepen your discovery and under-
standing of the concept.

What’s More These are follow-up activities that are in-

tended for you to practice further in order to
master the competencies.

What I Have Activities designed to process what you

Learned have learned from the lesson

What I can do These are tasks that are designed to show-

case your skills and knowledge gained, and
applied into real-life concerns and situations.
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I. Multiple Choice
Directions: Read and answer the questions below. Select the letter of the correct
answer among the given choices.

1. It is the title of the newspaper.

A. Masthead C. Byline
B. Headline D. Place line
2. It is the first paragraph of the article where you must include the 4W’s.

A. Lead Paragraph C. Body Paragraphs B. Paragraph D.

Caption

3. Where the report is written.

A. Place line C. Byline
B. Headline D. Lead Paragraph

4. The title of the News Article.

A. Headline C. Byline
B. Masthead D. Place line
5. Is the name of the person who wrote the report.

A. Byline C. Place line B. Caption D. Quotation

6. Which of the following is NOT true about journalism today?

a. A journalist needs a great deal of money to start a new news organization.

b. Journalists have a wider choice of career paths than in the past.
c. The journalism industry is evolving as people get their news in new ways.
d. Creative ideas for journalistic content and delivery systems are springing up
everywhere.

7. Which of the following is NOT true about journalism today?

a. Stories created for one medium are likely to be found in other media.
b. Few people nowadays rely on journalists for information about important
events.
c. The techniques for researching and writing stories continue to be important.
d. The tenets of good journalism—critical thinking, clear writing and organized
presentation—remain the same.

8. Traditional news media—newspapers, magazines and broadcast news

operations—provide what percentage of the factual information on the Internet?
a. 70 percent.
b. 55 percent.
c. 85 percent.
d. 90 percent.
9. The proportion of people who get their news from mobile devices was recently
estimated at
a. about one-quarter.
b. about three-quarters.
c. about two-thirds.
d. about half.

10. In journalism, “convergence” means

a. sharing facilities, newsgathering resources, personnel or content.
b. different news media all cover the same story in the same way.
c. the content of one newspaper is indistinguishable from that of
any other newspaper.
d. news organizations are all striving to put the same ideological slant
on news stories.

11. What best describes the rightness or wrongness of plagiarism?

a. Always wrong because it is theft and fraud
b. Plagiarism is not a right or wrong kind of thing
c. In some situations, it is OK
d. There is nothing wrong with it

12. Which of the following is not an example of plagiarism?

a. Changing a few words of a paragraph someone else wrote
b. Borrowing an existing idea and presenting it as a new idea
c. Providing the full source for a quotation
d. Translating others’ written work into another language without citation
e. None of the above

13. To paraphrase properly, you need to:

a. Change a few words in the text and cite it to make it your own.
b. Put quotation marks around the text and cite it.
c. Use only the idea from the text without citing it.
d. Summarize the text in your own words and cite it

14. Which of the following are realistic consequences of plagiarism?

a. Ruined reputation
b. Being suspended or expelled from school
c. Losing money or job Being sued or having to face jail time
d. All of the above

15. Which of the following is NOT a true purpose for citation?

a. Citation recognizes the authors you are referencing.
b. Citation is used to distribute money for royalties.
c. Citation allows your readers to confirm that you aren’t just “making stuff
up.”
d. None of the above

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Lesson
Identifying Features of 1
Journalistic Writing
Lesson

What I Need to Know

Journalistic writing is the style of writing used to report news stories in

newspapers, television broadcasts, on radio and on the Internet. Unlike other styles
of writing, which can be flexible and casual, the characteristics of journalistic writing
are pretty easy to spot. For instance, if you opened a book to a chapter and set it
next to a newspaper article, you'd probably notice that, unlike the book, the article is
written in short sentences and paragraphs and quickly gets to the point.
In addition to their brevity, news stories have a particular structure that is easily
recognizable. The big, bold headline, for example, is intended to grab readers'
attention, while the first sentence or paragraph lays out the story so the reader knows
what to expect. These are the most common elements of journalistic writing and, as
you'll see, they have a lot to do with the function of journalism in society.

What’s New

Activity 1: News Article

Out from the newspaper Or in Inquirer.net https://www.inquirer.net/home

identify the features of the newspaper and write the headlines of the news.

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 What Is It

News Article Structure and Components

STRUCTURE
News articles use General They are written in
inverted-pyramid third-person
structure (general to specific) past tense
Specific many short
paragraphs
Specific

POINT OF VIEW

Definition: The perspective from which a speaker or writer recounts a narrative or

presents information.
For your article…
 Who is writing the article?
 What is their attitude towards the character and situation?

SLANT and BIAS Definitions:

SLANT -the point of view taken by a writer or editor of a newspaper. (The writer or
editor selects and arranges facts to express a particular slant, or point of view, on a
story. Slant is not always a conscious choice. It may be a reflection of the writer’s
education, upbringing or cultural expectations.)

BIAS- Bias is evident when the opinions or prejudices of a journalist are included in a
story in an attempt to influence the reader.(Bias may be evident in what is reported, as
well as what is left out. Bias is a conscious choice on the part of the writer.)
 What is the difference between the two statements below?
 What slant/bias is evident in each case?

*More than 900 people attended the event.

*Fewer than 1000 people showed up.

MASTHEAD
Definition: The title of the newspaper.
For your article…
Remember you are writing for a Filipino newspaper.

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A Headline
- It is the title of the article.
- It should be catchy and grab the attention of your readers.
Examples: “Assassin Kills Kennedy!”
“Zombies Take Over the City.”
A Photo
- will relate to the Headline of the News Report illustrating characteristics of
the story.

A Byline
- Is the name of the person who wrote the report. Remember, when you
write your own News Report you will use your own name.

A Place Line
- Where the report is written. The place the report was written depends on
where the incident took place.

A Lead Paragraph
Body Paragraph(s)
Quotation(s)
The first paragraph of the article. In the lead Paragraph you must include the 4 W’s:

WHO: Who was involved in the incident?

WHAT: What exactly happened?
WHERE: Where did it happen?
WHEN: When did it happen?

Example Lead Paragraph

Yesterday, Joe Brown was shocked to find a rare bird in his backyard in Brampton.

-The second paragraph of the report explains HOW and WHY the incident happened.
- In the third paragraph you will need to include at last one quotation from some one
who was part of the incident and who was interviewed of the report.
- In the last paragraph you will include any additional information the reader may
want to know.

PHOTO and CAPTION

-You must include a photo and caption with your article. Choose something
specific to your article. Write a creative and informative caption to describe the photo.

QUOTATIONS
You must use quotations throughout your news article. Remember a
quotation is direct speech from someone.

For your article, you can make up your quotations – think about what each character
would think and/or feel.
A TAG comes before or after a quotation and states who the speaker is and
their role.

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 Tags After Quotations
“Duke Orsino is such a romantic guy,” said Curio, a local citizen.“I have always been
a sucker for flowery language and a clean-shaven face,” admitted Olivia, an Illyrian
countess.

Tags Before Quotations

Orsino’s servant, Valentine, said, “It was starting to get on my nerves how much
Orsino loved Cesario.” One of Olivia’s jesters, Feste, stated, “Malvolio had it coming.”

Remember…Try to use different words for “said” throughout your article.

News articles are in past tense. Always include who said the quotation and their role.
You can use quotations to help show slant and bias in your article.

What’s More

Activity 2: Fill up the News Paper

Directions: Identify and label each parts of the newspaper by writing the item and place
them in category.

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 HEADLINE PHOTOGRAPH
BODY INTRODUCTION including what happened
and when
BY-LINE CAPTION

What’s New

Activity 3: My News Article

Directions: Based on the provided picture, write your own news article.

“STOP COVID19”

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 What Is It

News Article explains a real-life event; it presents a lot of information but does not
use a lot of words.

Facts About News Reports

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Factual and informational
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Written in a short paragraph of 1-2 sentences
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Uses plain language
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W5H belong at the beginning (first two paragraphs) of the report.
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Includes quotations from key people who are witnesses or part of the
story.
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Written in the third person (does not use “I”)

A News Report includes the following

 A Headline
 A Photo
 A Byline
 A Place Line
 A Lead Paragraph
 Body Paragraph(s)
 Quotation(s)

What I Have Learned

Activity 4: Generalization

1. How do you write a news report?

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2. How do you start and end an article?
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 What I Can do

Activity 5: My News Report

Directions: Make your own news report in a video presentation. (If not
applicable, write your news report)

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Rubrics:

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 Lesson Distinguishing the Types of Journalistic
Lesson

2 Writing(news report, opinion article, feature

article, and sports news article)

What’s In

In the previous lesson we discussed the different Features of Journalistic Writing,

wherein you were well informed as to how you can distinguish the different features of it.
Also the importance of journalistic writing was clearly emphisized which help you understand
as to why you are learning those concept presented in the module. Now that you have
finished the first lesson you are now ready to begin with the second lesson.

What I Need to Know

In
This module you will be learning the different types of journalistic writing which are
part of communication that keeps us informed of the changing events, issues, and
characters in the world outside. Though it may be interesting or even entertaining, the
foremost value is as a utility to empower the informed. The purpose of journalism is thus
to provide citizens with the information they need to make the best possible decisions
about their lives, their communities, their societies, and their governments.

What’s New

Activity 1: Guess What?

Directions: Answer the questions below based on your knowledge about it.
1. Have you read a newspaper? If yes, what can you see on a newspaper?
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 2. What is news?
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What Is It
Directions: Based on the activity above you were able to refresh your prior knowledge
on journalistic writing which leads you to the next level of understanding the lesson.

Essential question:
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How important is journalistic writing?
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Let’s talk about Journalistic Writing!

7 Elements of Newsworthiness
1. Timeliness
2. Proximity or Nearness
3. Significance
4. Prominence
5. Oddity or Unusualness
6. Conflict
7. Progress

5 Essential Qualities of News

1. Accuracy
2. Brevity (Briefness)
3. Clarity
4. Objectivity

2 kinds of News
1. Straight News- consists of facts reported without elaboration
2. News Feature- Based on facts; writer may give his impression, may describe and
narrate without resorting to biased opinion

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What is Headlines

Headlines are becoming increasingly important in the internet age. Not only do
they capture the reader's attention, they serve as source material for search engines.
Today a reader is just as likely to come across an article by reading a list of search
engine results as by scanning a newspaper page.

Headlines should be clear and specific, telling the reader what the story is
about, and be interesting enough to draw them into reading the article.

 5-10 words at the most

 should be accurate and specific
o Ex. City Council to Cut Taxes doesn't mean the same thing as City Council
to Cut Budget
 Use present tense and active verbs, but don't start with a verb
o Ex. Man Skateboards for Homeless
 Use infinitive form of verb for future actions
o Ex. Convention to Create Jobs
 Do not use articles - a, an, the
 Do not use conjunctions like and - you can substitute a comma
o Ex. President Declares Peace, Holiday
 Should be complete sentences or imply complete sentence
o Ex. Crackdown on Trafficking doesn't tell you who's doing the trafficking and
what kind of trafficking
 Avoid repetition - Headlines summarize; they don't repeat the lead.
o Ex. Rays Win - not Rays Win Final Game of Playoffs
 Don't use unidentified pronouns . They Win Pennant!
 Avoid clever for clever's sake
Ex. Rays Flip-Flop On St. Petersburg
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 What’s More

Activity 2: Hone your News Writing

Directions: Fill in the important data below by reading this sample news.

Cebu province COVID-19 cases top 7k with 259 new infections –DOH

Confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the whole province of Cebu rose to
7,156 as of June 25, the provincial health office has reported.
A Facebook post by the provincial health office of the Department of Health late
Thursday evening indicates that of the 7,156 confirmed cases, 4,139 are active with
reported 259 new cases.
Of the total, the province has recorded 2,789 recoveries, and 228 fatalities. More
than half of the provincial total are in Cebu City or 4,607 of the 7,156 cases.
On Thursday, Cebu City announced 70 new cases, bringing the total to 4,607.
The city has been placed under tight lockdown due to the steep spike in the number
of COVID-19 cases.
At least 12 barangays in Cebu City were identified as hotspots for COVID-19 and will
be placed under strict lockdown, said Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, who has
been designated to oversee the management of COVID-19 response there.

Answer the following:

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Activity 3: Let’s Do it!

Directions: Look at the scenario below and produce a story from it. You'll have to fill in the
blanks with imaginary but logical information that you compile.

https://shutr.bz/2VFm8nd

Situation:
It's Tuesday morning at the Centerville Gazette. Making your usual phone checks, you
get word from the fire department about a house fire early this morning. Deputy Fire Marshal
Larry Johnson tells you the blaze was in a row house in the Cedar Glen section of the city.
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Write your article here:

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 What Is It?

Opinion piece

An opinion piece is an article, usually published in a newspaper or magazine, that

mainly reflects the author's opinion about a subject. Opinion pieces are featured in many
periodicals.
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In a newspaper it’s called an editorial. Such an article is published purely to express

the author’s or the newspaper’s opinion on something.

When a journalist inserts his or her opinion (or commentary) into a news story, it’s
called editorializing. This is not the same as an editorial and is unacceptable in straight news
reporting.
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Feature article

A feature article gives information of human interest. Feature articles are generally
the stories in newspapers and magazines other than straight news stories, editorials, or
advertising. In addition, because of their human interest, they attempt to involve the reader
emotionally. The feature article does not have the inverted pyramid organization of the "hard"
news article. Furthermore, features do not become dated as quickly as "hard" news stories.
A good feature article is often interesting to read a year after it was written. It is more similar
to fiction because it tells a story. For example, a news story about the Prime Minister might
be about what is happening in Cabinet or perhaps which laws are under consideration in the
Diet. A feature article, on the other hand, would perhaps look at the Prime Minister's leisure
activities or tell the story of some important formative incident that took place in his youth.
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Sports journalism

Sports journalism is a form of writing that reports on matters pertaining to sporting topics
and competitions. Sports Journalism started in the early 1800s when it was targeted to the social
elite and has transitioned into an integral part of the news business with newspapers having
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dedicated sports sections. The increased popularity of sports amongst the middle and lower
class led to the more coverage of sports content in publications. The appetite for sports resulted
in sports only publications like ESPN and Sports Illustrated. There are many different forms of
sports journalism, ranging from play by play and game recaps to analysis and investigative
journalism on important developments in the sport. Technology and the internet age has
massively changed the sports journalism space as it is struggling with the same problems that
the broader category of print journalism is struggling with, mainly not being able to cover costs
due to falling subscriptions. New forms of internet blogging and tweeting in the current
millennium have pushed the boundaries of sports journalism.
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News Writing

News writing style is just as important for sports reporting as it is for general news,
business stories or any other journalistic work.
The advantage of sports writing is that you are allowed a little it more leeway in your
choice of words. In crime or business writing, you are restricted in your use of adjectives and
adverbs and are encouraged to focus more on nouns and verbs. Sports writing, however,
allows you to go to town in describing plays, the atmosphere, fans and other colorful aspects
of a sporting event.

Introduction

The most important news aspect of a sports game is the score. Who won? How did they
win and what effect did the victory have? Also important is whether we are writing from a
Boston perspective or Cleveland. In this case, we will go with Cleveland.

“Cleveland Cavaliers lost 98-96 to the Boston Celtics after Delonte West’s sank two free
throws in the final seconds, dropping three and a half games behind the Pistons for the best
record in the Eastern Conference.”

More info

The above is enough for those who have a passing interest in the sport. However, NBA
fans would want more information and you could give it to them in one or two paragraphs.

“The Cavaliers were without star player LeBron James, suffering from a knee injury,
while the Celtics were minus Paul Pierce. Gerald Green led the way for Celtics with 25
points while Kendrick Perkins had 12 points and nine rebounds.

The Cavaliers, for whom Larry Hughes scored 24 with Sasha Pavlovic scoring 17,
have already qualified for the play-offs while Boston are out of the running.”

Quote
This is where you can provide a quote from the coach or a key player from both teams.
You can precede each saying with a lead-in paragraph or go straight into the quote.

“Celtic forward Al Jefferson, said: ‘They were missing their best player and we were
missing our best play. We just stuck in there.’

Cavs coach Mike Brown said James’ absence was a key factor in their loss.

‘We miss LeBron. We miss LeBron every time he doesn’t play. He’s our guy,’
said Brown.”

The rest
Once you got the main information and key quotes out of the way, you can go on to
describe the game. Even better would be to describe just one or two plays and include more
quotes.

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 The thinking behind sports articles is that people would have watched the game on
TV anyway and would not want boring game description. Therefore, quotes from the people
who matter, such as athletes and coaches, would offer better reading value.
There are many types of sports news writing that is offered around the world
everyday. We have merely showed you its simplest form. Certainly, it is a rewarding form of
news writing for journalists who love their sport. And the structure they use allow them to
adapt their skills to any type of journalism writing.
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Sample Sports news article:

Thirdy has PBA blessing to play in Japan, but not forever

The PBA sees no complications with the decision of amateur star Thirdy Ravena to
suit up as an Asian import for San-en NeoPhoenix in the Japanese BLeague, at least for the
next two years.
Although he skipped the PBA Draft last year with an eye on a move overseas,
Ravena personally met with PBA commissioner Willie Marcial way before all of this to seek
his permission on his plans.
“I don’t have a problem with his move because he asked for our permission,” Marcial
said in Filipino. “He went to our office to personally inform me even before the draft deadline
[last year]. But, ultimately, the board will decide on that.”
Skipping the draft again after two years in which one becomes eligible will be another matter,
Marcial said. And when that time frame elapses, he would again have to seek the approval of
the PBA if he still has plans of someday playing in Asia’s pioneering professional league.
Ravena’s move could open doors for other aspirants in the country to try their luck in Japan,
although a PBA rule states that players who are eligible for the draft can’t pass on it for two
years or face a ban or suspension.
San-en, which is based in Shizuoka, which is just two hours away from the Japanese
capital of Tokyo, made Ravena the first Filipino import in the BLeague by signing the former
Ateneo star to a one-season deal. The BLeague and the club jointly announced the
acquisition on Wednesday.

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While Ravena will be out of the PBA, the three-time Finals most valuable player in the UAAP
said that he will be available for national duty even if the BLeague would run for eight
months a year.
As long as he is well taken care of by his team in Japan, Marcial said the league is happy for
Ravena.
“His future is also our priority here in the PBA,” Marcial said. https://bit.ly/2NBXKhO

What I Have Learned

Activity 4 : It’s the Final Countdown!

Directions: Encircle the letter of your choice.

1. What is the format called that journalists use?

a. Inverted pyramid
b. MLA
c. APA
d. Pyramid

2. Journalistic writing is generally expected to be objective, relying on:

a. Facts and evidence

b. Emotional appeals
c. Propaganda
d. None of the answers are correct

3. Stories that are popular because they are meaningful to readers focus on which
of the following aspects of journalistic writing?

a. Relevance
b. Timeliness
c. Editorial
d. Simplification

4. In order to be considered objective, journalism should rely on

a. Emotions
b. Propaganda
c. Opinions
d. Evidence

5. Typically, traditional journalism focuses on objectivity. Which of the following types of

writing contains controversial issues and can often be found in the opinion section of
a newspaper?
a. An editorial
b. Mass media
c. Biased journalism
d. Emotional appeal

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 6. Which phrase describes a feature?

 A. A hard news story

 B. Any story that informs the reader
 C. A soft news story
 D. Any short newspaper article

7. What are the 5 Ws and 1 H?

A. The only six questions that a reporter can ask a source
B. The six facts necessary facts of a summary lead
C. The six paragraphs that are required for a standard news story
D. The six worst mistakes a reporter can make

8. Opinion article is also called editorial

a. True
b. False
c. Maybe
d. None
9. In writing the news, you need to consider the following qualities except:
a. Accuracy
b. Brevity
c. Conflict
d. Objectivity
10. What is the structure of news?
a. Least important , neutral, and most important
b. Most important, least important, and neutral
c. Most important, Neutral, and least important
d. Neutral, most important, and least important

What I Can do
Direction: Express your idea on how can you be a responsible journalist who writes only the
truth and nothing but the truth about what happened.
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 Lesson

3 Composing Journalistic Text

What’s In

We learned in the last discussion the types of journalistic writing and how important
it is to study them. Because journalistic writing has been part of our daily life for it serves as
our way of expressing ideas, opinions, views that makes us more equipped. Now that you
have finished the second lesson you are now ready to begin with the third lesson.

What I Need to Know

In this lesson, you will be acquainted on how to compose a journalistic text wherein
the primary purpose are to provide information, to persuade and to entertain. In the following
activities, you will be able to practice more ways to apply journalistic text.

What’s New
Activity 1 Guess What?
Directions: Look at this text. What does it mean?

https://www.who.int/philippines/emergencies/covid-19-in-the-philippines
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 What Is It

Journalistic Text

Is written originally by a writer or journalist with a unique style and
construction level.

It’s main goal is to give informative articles to the readers.

Paragraphing is an important technique in journalistic writing, perhaps more

important than in other forms of writing. The purpose of paragraphs is to break up an article
into its logical divisions so that readers can easily grasp the structure and thought. If we did
not divide articles into paragraphs, we would find fleshing out a story idea difficult and time-
consuming. A lapse of attention causes distraction, even if only for a moment. The visible
outline of steps and divisions in writing is necessary to flesh out the idea.

Before you can divide an article into paragraphs on this basis, you must divide its
content logically into parts and steps. This usually presents an obstacle. Bad paragraphing
usually results from arranging material lazily and loosely. A well-arranged article falls into
paragraphs very naturally and requires no additional attention. You will quickly learn that you
cannot ill-arrange content into paragraphs logically. Before attacking the paragraph problem,
let’s briefly study how you can plan and arrange the paragraph.

The Planning Phase

The first step in any writing is to create a preliminary plan or outline of the material, or
else you will create an article lacking form and meaning. No journalistic writing misses this
important step. The writer may not always place the outline on paper or in a computer, but
he works it out in his mind.
Creating an outline is simple because it follows logical thinking. You do not have to
follow a detailed formula. The problem is simply collecting the facts and details that compose
the article. In arranging them, aim both to make their relations clear and to emphasize the
most important points.
The first step is to separate the material into its main divisions—to make a list of the main
subjects that you will discuss. Then, one by one, subdivide these main divisions into their sub-
parts; on the outline this appears as a list of subheads under each of the main heads. You may
need to divide these subdivisions into their own subdivisions. The finished outline is a list of
divisions, subdivisions, and sub-subdivisions, etc., that help you see the relations clear. In some
articles each item may only contain a word; in others each item may contain a sentence.

Creating Unity

Such an arrangement is the basis of unity. Each paragraph, like each sentence,
becomes a unit, or block, which contains a single phase of the subject. If you arrange your
material thoughtfully, you can make these units almost equal in size and the paragraphs
similar in lengths.
In journalistic writing this blocking out often aims to make each paragraph so self-
sufficient that you can shift the paragraphs to bring certain subjects nearer the beginning and
to alter the emphasis. Whether or not such is the purpose, no writing is good unless you can
carefully block it out; the hit-or-miss, conglomerate arrangement that you may see in some
news articles is a sign of carelessness.

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Importance of Length

Paragraphs in journalistic writing are usually shorter than paragraphs in other kinds
of writing. To prove this, one need only count the words in an ordinary literary paragraph
and in a news paragraph. You will find that the literary paragraph averages more than 150
words and is often 250 words long. In news pieces the average length is about 75 words.
There are two reasons for this:

(1) While the journalist writes he is continually thinking of the appearance of his
writing in print and wishes to give it an interesting “look.” Short paragraphs “look” more
interesting because they afford more breaks in the solid type matter.
(2) The journalist is usually writing for a publication whose columns are very narrow,
and the narrowness stretches his short paragraphs to appear much longer than they really
are.
You can create shorter paragraphs in news writing–not by haphazardly beginning a
new paragraph more often– by using a systematic method that I used above. The only
difference is that you select smaller units.

Adding Emphasis to Stir Interest

The “beginning” and “end” of a paragraph are its most emphatic parts. Moreover, in
journalistic writing, editors consider the beginning more emphatic than the end. But what is
the most important sentence or part in the paragraph? Fortunately this is easy to decide:
every well-written paragraph always has one sentence, known as the topic-sentence, which
sums up the content of the paragraph. This topic-sentence is the one that you emphasize.
Literary writers and essayists gradually lead up to the topic sentence and place it at the end.
Journalists usually place it at the beginning and devote the rest of the paragraph to
explaining it, since it is always the journalist’s custom to begin with the most important
information first and to give details later.

(Source: https://www.freelancewriting.com/freelancing/write-a-better-news-story-with-the-
paragraphing-technique/)

Guide for journalistic text

Inverted Pyramid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_pyramid_%28journalism%29

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 https://bit.ly/2ZfrfLK

There are 5 major types of journalism: news, investigative, columns, feature writing
and reviews. Journalistic writing or text is a writing style used to report news stories in
television broadcasts, newspapers, on the Internet, and on the radio.

Contrasting to other writing styles that can be casual and flexible, the 'traits of
journalistic writing' are easy to spot

(Source: https://brainly.in/question/4516309)

https://brainly.in/question/4516309

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What’s More
Activity 2 : What’s The Scoop?
Directions: Fill in each diagram by writing a journalistic text about Online
Learning of students.

https://www.pinterest.ph/mbouten/writing-journalism/

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What I Have Learned

Activity 3 : Generalization
1. Is the paragraphing important in composing a journalistic text? Why?
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2. How does this lesson help you as a student in composing journalistic text?
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What I Can Do
Activity 4: Write Me Out!
Directions: Research and compose a journalistic text on COVID 19 Pandemic in the
Philippines.

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 Lesson
Composing Journalistic
Lesson4

Texts

What’s In

The previous topic taught us on how to compose journalistic writing and acquainted
us of its primary purpose which are to provide information, to persuade and to entertain. The
last lesson also enhanced our skills in writing and expressing our ideas about the different
issues of today. Moreover, it brought us to the next stage of our journey which this next
lesson will bring us.

What I Need to Know

This lesson will teach you on how to make your arguments and writings more
justifiable by citing sources. We believe that nothing is more powerful than a writing which
reveals facts with evidences than a mere claim. As a young learner citing is important for it
shows your reader that you have invested time in surfing ideas which can be beneficial and
an addition to what has already been learned. But there may be instances wherein we are
not aware of our actions in gathering informations which lead us to unintentional plagiarism .
Thus, the proper way of indicating sources in any academic writing is emphasized in this
module. Because we believe that citing sources is a practice of giving credit to the sources
that inform your work and helps maintain academic integrity.

What’s New
Activity 1: Read Me!
Directions: Start Here! Read and understand the article.

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 MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III on Tuesday
continued to deny allegations of plagiarism, almost six years after he was accused of
copying from the late US Sen. Robert Kennedy for a speech.
In an interview with Rappler, Sotto once again blamed reproductive health advocates for
criticism he received back then.
“The issue on plagiarism was a strategy of those, particularly people connected with
International Planned Parenthood [Federation]. If you look at the journal of the Senate, from
that time up to the present, there’s nothing that would fall in the category of plagiarism,” he
said.
He claimed that when delivering his speeches, he always says that he is “not a
scientist, not a doctor.”
“They refuse to listen to that and just claim that I got it from a book, from this or
probably an inspirational message that was used by Senator [Robert F.] Kennedy. They say
I plagiarized that. Of course not,” Sotto said.
In September 2012, Sotto was accused of lifting portions of a Kennedy speech in
1966 when he delivered the final part of his opposition to the RH bill in Filipino. The late
senator's daughter, Kerry, demanded a public apology from Sotto.
Sotto once again defended himself by insisting that translating is not copying.
“It was an inspirational message coming from a pastor that was used by Americans and if we
use it and translate it to Tagalog, there’s nothing wrong with that. That’s not plagiarism,” he
said.
The Senate president went on: “Because if you think that’s plagiarism, then you must
think that ‘Bayang Magiliw’ is plagiarized because it was originally in Spanish. And
somebody changed it into English and somebody translated it into Tagalog unofficially. So, is
that plagiarism?”
Versions of the Philippine national anthem exist in Spanish (1899), in English (1938),
and Filipino (1958). Guidelines on how and when it should be sung are in Republic Act No.
8491, which was enacted in 1998.
https://bit.ly/3dbdy5u

What Is It
Activity 2:Plagiarism Test
Directions: Based on the activity above you were able to express your own stand which
leads you to the next level of understanding the lesson.

1. What was the article all about?

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2. From the article above, what do you think is plagiarism?

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3. What did Senator Sotto said to defend himself?
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4. How do you think will you avoid plagiarism?
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What’s More

What is PLAGIARISM?

OFFICIAL DEFINITION
To plagiarize (verb):
• to use the words or ideas of another person as if they were your own words or ideas
• to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's
production) without crediting the source
• to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from
an existing source

WHAT DOES PLAGIARISM LOOK LIKE?

• Copying someone’s work
• Citing a source improperly
• Failure to cite a source
• Creation of false sources
• Turning in another person’s work as your own

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For example, consider this original passage:

The legal system is made up of civil courts, criminal courts and specialty courts such
as family law courts and bankruptcy court. Each court has its own jurisdiction, which refers to
the cases that the court is allowed to hear. In some instances, a case can only be heard in
one type of court. For example, a bankruptcy case must be heard in a bankruptcy court. In
other instances, there may be several potential courts with jurisdiction. For example, a
federal criminal court and a state criminal court would each have jurisdiction over a crime
that is a federal drug offense but that is also an offense on the state level.

If someone paraphrased or simply changed the words, as follows, this would be an

example of plagiarism:

The legal system is comprised of criminal and civil courts and specialty courts like
bankruptcy and family law courts. Every one of the courts is vested with its own jurisdiction.
Jurisdiction means the types of cases each court is permitted to rule on. Sometimes, only
one type of court can hear a particular case. For instance, bankruptcy cases an be ruled on
only in bankruptcy court. In other situations, it is possible for more than one court to have
jurisdiction. For instance, both a state and federal criminal court could have authority over a
criminal case that is illegal under federal and state drug laws.

Activity 3 : Plagiarism Check!

Directions: Study the checklist and see if you have done the following. Put check for your
desired answer.

YES NO
1. Are all the ideas in my written work mine?
2. Do I make use of other’s work to gather information?
3. Do I use the work of other people and misrepresent it as
my own?
4. Do I make use of others works to support my arguments?
5. Do I examine the ideas and arguments of others to help me
shape my own thoughts or views on a particular issue?
6. Do I paraphrase too closely to the original text to somehow
claim that it’s mine?
7. Do I Use the exact words of the author in my writings?

HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM

1. Cite your sources

2. Paraphrase
▶ You must reference the original source
▶ The text you produce may be shorter or longer than the original text
▶ You must use your own words

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 Example:
From plagiarism.com
“Simply put, plagiarism is the use of another's original words or ideas as though they
were your own. Any time you borrow from an original source and do not give proper
credit, you have committed plagiarism and violated U.S. copyright laws.”
My paraphrase:
According to plagiarism.com, plagiarism happens any time you present someone
else’s work as if it was yours. If you don’t give credit to a source, it is a violation of
copyright laws.

3. Quote
▶ You must reference the original source
▶ The text produced is the exact length of the original text quoted (unless
ellipses are used)
▶ You must use the original author’s exact words and you must put quotation
marks around them
▶ You must include the page number of the source from which you borrowed the
author’s original language
▶ You can introduce quotes with phrases like According to Bob Jones, “xxx”
or Bob Jones stated, “xxx”

Examples:
According to plagiarism.com, “plagiarism is the use of another's original words or
ideas as though they were your own. “

It is a violation of copyright law to present “another’s original words or ideas as though

they were your own” because it is considered plagiarism, (plagiarism.com).

https://bit.ly/2YPRDeX

Activity 3: Avoiding Plagiarism Quiz

Directions: Answer the questions below. Encircle the letter of your answer.

1. What must be documented when you are searching for additional information?
(Circle all that apply)

a) Words or ideas that appear in books, magazines, newspapers, songs, computer

programs, TV programs, movies, web pages, letters, advertisements or any similar
medium
b) You don’t have to document common knowledge or your own thinking.
c) Information you gain through interviews or conversing with another person (via the

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 phone, face to face, or in writing)
d) When you copy exact words or a unique phrases
e) Your own thinking that consists of your analysis, synthesis, and interpretation of a
topic
f) When you reprint existing diagrams, charts, graphs, pictures, or other visual
materials
g) When you repost or reuse any electronically-available media including images,
audio, and video

2. Circle the possible ways you can avoid plagiarism?

a) When researching, be extremely careful and methodical in how you take notes on
content and when you paraphrase, quote, or summarize.
b) Never use sources
c) Practice using documentation and become comfortable with citing the sources you
use.
d) All of the above
e) Both a and c

3. Circle as many possible steps to Effective Paraphrasing.

a. Read over the text several times until you grasp its full meaning.
b. Quoting whenever possible because paraphrasing is not credible.
c. Set the original text aside, and write your paraphrase on a note card or sheet
of paper.
d. On the note card, jot down the subject of the paraphrase and a few key words
that will help you put this information in context later on in your paper.
e. Cut and paste the information you want in your paper without citing it until you are
done.
f. Go back and check your notes to make sure you included all the necessary
information that was in the original material.
g. Use quotation marks to identify unique words or terminology that you
borrowed directly from the original material.
h. Do not waste your time understanding the text, just use its ideas however
you would like.
i. Record the bibliographic information on the note card so you can easily refer to it
if you use the material in your paper.

https://bit.ly/2YaA3mO

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 What Is It

What is a Bibliography?

A bibliography is a list of all the different sources that you used for support of your topic.

When do you use a Bibliography?

1. In a report with statistics to show where you found those facts.

2. In a paper/report that uses a main idea from an author.
3. In a research paper to show ALL the different sources required by the teacher.

Always check
What are some “sources” your teacher might ask you to use? punctuation! Double
1. Textbooks check that you have
2. Reference books used correct
3. Books on the topic punctuation marks. (.,;)
4. Encyclopedias There is ALWAYS a
5. Reliable websites period at the end of
6. Magazine articles every entry.

What does it mean to “cite” a source?


If you “borrow” ideas from a source, you must give the source credit, or it is
plagiarism.

You “cite” the source by writing it down in the Bibliography (or sometimes referred to as
Works Cited).

How many sources should you use?

This often depends upon your teacher.

Usually a teacher will give you a limit such as, “You must use at least 5 sources.”

What information do you need for a book?


Author’s last name, first name.

Title of Book.

City of publication:

Publishing company, copyright date.

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Example:
Preston, George. Fun with Helium. New York: Watts Publishing Company,
2007.

What about a reliable website?


Author(s)

Year the webpage was last updated (in round brackets)

Title of webpage (in italics)

Available at: URL

(Accessed: date)

Example: Terry, J. (2007) Moving on - preparing for university & organising your
studies, Available at: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/dcs/teaching/movingon/7.pdf
(Accessed: 5th July 2012).

What information is needed for an encyclopedia?

 “Topic Title.” Name of Entire Encyclopedia. Year of publication. volume, page(s).

Example:
“Helium.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 2008. 6, 98-107.

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For a magazine

Author (last name first), "Article Title." Name of magazine. Volume number, (Date):
page numbers.

Example:
Jordan, Jennifer, “Filming on top of the world.” Museum of Science Magazine. Volume
7 (winter 1998) pp-11

Newspaper article
Order

Author

Year of publication (in round brackets)

Title of article (in single quotation marks)

Title of newspaper (in italics)

Day and month

Page reference

Example: Prince, R. (2010) ‘Why food is costing us the earth’, The Times, 30th
August, p.18.

https://bit.ly/2UX4Xgn

Activity 4: Examine Me!

Direction: Identify what kind of source is indicated in each number. (Book, Newspaper,
Magazine, Website, encyclopedia)

__________________1. American Association for Artificial Intelligence. 17 Mar. 2001 ..

__________________2. The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago: U of Chicago P,
2003.
__________________3. Colbert, Stephen. Home page. 1 Nov. 2006. .
__________________4. Creation of the Media: Political Origins of the Media. Los
Angeles: Houghton- Mifflin, 1922.
__________________5. Foreman, Red, Elizabeth Bennett, and Tom Collins. “In
Forecasting Their Emotions, Most People Flunk Out.” New York
Times 16 Feb. 1999. 21 Nov. 2000. .
__________________6. Kramer, Cosmo F. “A Health Threat Baffling for Its Lack of a
Pattern.” New York Times 22 June 2003, natl. ed.: A14.
__________________7. Peterman, Jay S. “Eat This Now!” US News and World Report
28 Mar. 2005: 56-58.
__________________8. Van Delay, Art. Seinfeld: The Show About Nothing. New York:
Penguin Books, 1997.

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 __________________9. Venetian Blinds: Contemporary Study of Compulsive Lying. New
York: Pendant Publishing, 1994.
__________________10. Peterson, Susan Lynn. The Life of Martin Luther. 1999. 9 Mar.
2001 <http://pweb.netcom.com/~supeters/luther.htm>.
__________________11. Okuda, Michael, and Denise Okuda. Star Trek Chronology:
The History of the Future. New York: Pocket Books, 1993.
__________________12. Olson, Joseph. Carbon-dating in Science. Mankato:
Harcourt/Brace Publishing, 2008.
__________________13. “Helium.”www.helium/sciencedigest/Loyola. com. April 28,
2010.
__________________14. Preston, George. Fun with Helium. New York: Watts
Publishing Company, 2007.
__________________15. The Encyclopedia Britannica 1997, Volume 7, “Gorillas,” pp 51-
55.

https://bit.ly/3eEP7in

Activity 5: FILL ME UP!

Directions: Fill in the form for your sources, use any English and Filipino books at home.

Book #1

Author (last name, first name)_______________________________________________

Title of Book ____________________________________________________________

Publisher _______________________________________________________________

City of Publication __________________Year of Publication __________ Pages Used

___

Book #2

Author (last name, first name) _______________________________________________

Title of Book ____________________________________________________________

Publisher _______________________________________________________________

City of Publication _____________Year of Publication __________Pages Used ___

https://bit.ly/2AE9Q7h

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 What I Have Learned

Activity 6:
Directions: Fill in the important information. (must use three of any of these sources: book,
website, newspaper, encyclopedia, magazine)

https://bit.ly/3ddRDum

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 What I Can do
Activity Number 5: My Promise
Directions: In your own words make an ought/promise regarding on the responsible use of
information in any sources.

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Summary
This module prepares you to another lesson that you will be learning, and
taught you to be an individual who is equipped with knowledge and skills. As a
whole, writing and composition has a great help to all learners like you. You may not
likely to appreciate its existence for now but in the near future you will realized how
essential it is for you as you embark to another chapter of your life.

Assessment (Post-Test)

I. Multiple Choice
Directions: Read and answer the questions below. Select the letter of the correct
answer among the given choices.
1. Is the name of the person who wrote the report.

A. Byline C. Place line B. Caption D. Quotation

2. It is the first paragraph of the article where you must include the 4W’s.

A. Lead Paragraph C. Body Paragraphs B. Paragraph D. Caption

3. Where the report is written.

A. Place line C. Byline
B. Headline D. Lead Paragraph

4. It is the title of the newspaper.

A. Masthead C. Byline
B. Headline D. Place line

5. The title of the News Article.

A. Headline C. Byline
B. Masthead D. Place line

6. Which of the following is NOT true about journalism today?

a. A journalist needs a great deal of money to start a new news organization.

b. Journalists have a wider choice of career paths than in the past.
c. The journalism industry is evolving as people get their news in new ways.
d. Creative ideas for journalistic content and delivery systems are springing up
everywhere.

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7. In journalism, “convergence” means
a. sharing facilities, newsgathering resources, personnel or content.
b. different news media all cover the same story in the same way. c.
the content of one newspaper is indistinguishable from that of any
other newspaper.
d. news organizations are all striving to put the same ideological slant
on news stories.

8. Which of the following is NOT true about journalism today?

a. Stories created for one medium are likely to be found in other media.
b. Few people nowadays rely on journalists for information about important
events.
c. The techniques for researching and writing stories continue to be important.
d. The tenets of good journalism—critical thinking, clear writing and organized
presentation—remain the same.

9. Traditional news media—newspapers, magazines and broadcast news

operations—provide what percentage of the factual information on the Internet?
a. 70 percent.
b. 55 percent.
c. 85 percent.
d. 90 percent.

10. What best describes the rightness or wrongness of plagiarism?

a. Always wrong because it is theft and fraud
b. Plagiarism is not a right or wrong kind of thing
c. In some situations, it is OK
d. There is nothing wrong with it

11. Which of the following is not an example of plagiarism?

a. Changing a few words of a paragraph someone else wrote
b. Borrowing an existing idea and presenting it as a new idea
c. Providing the full source for a quotation
d. Translating others’ written work into another language without citation
e. None of the above

12. The proportion of people who get their news from mobile devices was
recently estimated at
a. about one-quarter.
b. about three-quarters.
c. about two-thirds.
d. about half.

13. To paraphrase properly, you need to:

a. Change a few words in the text and cite it to make it your own.
b. Put quotation marks around the text and cite it.
c. Use only the idea from the text without citing it.
d. Summarize the text in your own words and cite it
e. All of the above

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14. Which of the following is NOT a true purpose for citation?
a. Citation recognizes the authors you are referencing.
b. Citation is used to distribute money for royalties.
c. Citation allows your readers to confirm that you aren’t just “making stuff
up.”
d. None of the above

15. Which of the following are realistic consequences of plagiarism?

a. Ruined reputation
b. Being suspended or expelled from school
c. Losing money or job Being sued or having to face jail time
d. None of the above

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Key to Answers

.10 C
C .9
A .8
A .7
B .6
A .5
D .4
A .3
A .2
A .1
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Activity 1: Answers may vary
Lesson 2

Activity 4: Generalization Answers may vary

Lesson 1

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Activity 3: My News Article
Lesson 1
Photo/Photograph .6
Caption .5
Body .4
Lead Paragraph/ Introduction .3
By-line .2
Headline .1
Activity 2: Fill up the News Paper
Lesson 1

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.10 C
.9 C
.8 D
.7 C
.6 B
.15 B .5 A
.14 D .4 A
.13 D .3 A
.12 C .2 A
.11 A .1 A
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Pre-Test/Post-Test

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Activity 5: FILL ME UP!

.14 Encyclopedia
.13 Book
.12 Website
.11 Book
.10 Book
Website .9
Book .8
Book .7
Article in a magazine .6
Newspaper .5
Newspaper article .4
Book .3
Website .2
Book .1
Activity 4: Examine Me!

1,3,4,6,7,9 .3
E .2
A,C,D,F,G .1
Avoiding Plagiarism Quiz:
Activity 3:
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Activity #1: Answers may vary
Lesson 4

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Write me out
Activity 3
Lesson 3

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What’s the Scoop?
Activity 2
Lesson 3

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Sample picture of a Journalistic Text
Guess What?
Activity 1
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