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A Detailed Lesson Plan in Humanities and Social Sciences, Creative Nonfiction

Prepared by: John Norman C. Rodriguez

I. Learning Competency

At the end of the lesson the students should be able to.

1. Explain the relationship of elements and ideas found in the various forms and
types of creative nonfictional texts through a close reading HUMSS_CNF11/12-
IIa-15
2. Compare and contrast the different forms and types of creative nonfictional
texts HUMSS_CNF11/12-IIa-16
3. Deliver an artistic presentation summarizing, analyzing, and commenting on a
chosen creative nonfictional text representing a particular type or form
HUMSS_CNF11/12-IIb-c-17

II. Learning Content

Forms and Types of Creative Non fiction

a. Understanding various forms and types

b. Autobiography/ Biography
c. Literary Journalism/Reportage
d. Personal narratives
e. Travelogue
f. Reflection essay
g. True narratives
h. Blogs
i. Testimonio
j. Other types and forms Delivering a presentation on a chosen type or form of creative
nonfiction

Lesson: Forms and Types of Creative Non fiction

Content Standard: The learner understands the distinction between and

among creative nonfiction types and forms.

Performance Standard: The learner competently delivers an artistic

presentation summarizing and analyzing the form, theme and techniques of a chosen
creative nonfictional text.

Reference:

Materials: PowerPoint slides for the discussion of the lesson

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III. Teaching/Learning Strategies

Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity

A. Preliminary Phase
1. Preparation
It’s definitely a nice day to feed our minds,
create new experiences and broaden our
horizon. A day wonder to Everyone! I am
John Norman C. Rodriguez your English
teacher. Are you ready for our lesson Yes, Sir! We are ready!
today?

Alright! So, before we begin our discussion

let us first seek the guidance from the
creator to guide us for this day.
Miss/Mister (name of the student) please
lead the prayer.
-Prayer
Are you ready to pray classmates?
Yes, we are!
Father God, come be with us today.
Help us understand the lesson well.
Bless our teachers, who will facilitate
our lesson. Bless us, students, to
acquire the learning competencies and
perform the task we need to
accomplish. Fill our hearts with joy and
love.
Amen.

-Classroom Management
Okay, class, please look around you and
pick up the pieces of paper and trash and
put them in the trash bin. Arrange your
chairs, and then you can now sit down.

-Checking of Attendance
Class Monitor is there any absentee for I am glad to say that there is no absent
today? for today Sir.

Good job class, No one will miss our topic

for today.
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-Thoughts to Ponder
Before we proceed let’s have first the
words of wisdom for today.

2. Motivation
Crossword Puzzle
Class, I will divide you into three groups,
and you will answer a crossword puzzle. Answers
There are clues to help you complete the
puzzle. You have 5 minutes to finish your Down
activity. 1. writing
2. True Narratives
Clues
Down Across
1. The act or process of producing and 3. Reflection
recording words in a form that can be 4. Blogs
read and understood. 5. nonfiction
2. A true story, with plot, action, suspense 6. Autobiography
characters and setting which delivers a 7. Biography
theme. 8. Vlogs
9. Travelogue
Across
3. essays in which the writer looks back
on, or reflects upon, his or her
experiences
4. short for Weblogs
5. convey information about the real world
6. an account of a person's life written by
that person
7. a detailed description of a person's life
8. a form of blog for which the medium is
video
9. lecture about the places visited and
experiences encountered by a traveler.
B. Developmental Phase
1. Presentation of the lesson
Great Job, class. You answered your
puzzles. Now, I want you to examine the
answers and identify what they are
referring to or what category they belong?
Sir, based on the set of words, these are
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all types and forms of creative

Very good class! These are forms and nonfiction.
Types of Creative nonfiction.
So, class our topic for today is Forms and
Types of Creative Nonfiction
At the end of our lesson, you are expected
to
 Explain the relationship of
elements and ideas found in the
various forms and types of creative
nonfictional texts through a close
reading HUMSS_CNF11/12-IIa-15
 Compare and contrast the different
forms and types of creative
nonfictional texts
HUMSS_CNF11/12-IIa-16
 Deliver an artistic presentation
summarizing, analyzing, and
commenting on a chosen creative
nonfictional text representing a
particular type or form
HUMSS_CNF11/12-IIb-c-17

2. Discussion of the Lesson

There are three forms or type of Creative

Writing Nonfiction

1. Autobiography/biography
2. Literary Journalism/Reportage
3. Personal narratives

Let’s begin with the Autobiography and

Biography.
 Does anyone of you already read an
autobiography or Biography? Yes/No
 Who is the person that is being
presented in the autobiography or
biography that you read? Different Answers from the Student
 Tell about the autobiography or
biography that you read. What have The student will explain his/her
you noticed? answer.
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Thank you for sharing.

An autobiography is a self-authored story

of a person’s life. It is an account of one’s
life written or recorded in some way by
that person.

A biography is simply the story of a real

person’s life. It could be about a person
who is still alive, someone who lived
centuries ago, someone who is globally
famous, an unsung hero forgotten by
history, or even a unique group of people.
memoirs have a narrower focus on the
narration of a particular span of time
within the subject’s lifetime. It mostly
deals with individual’s memories, feelings
and emotions.

Class, based on your given explanation,

what is the difference between an
autobiography and biography?
The difference between the two is an
autobiography is a life story written by
the same person and a biography is
also a life story but written by another
Very good, class. Those are the difference person.
between autobiography and biography.
Now, let’s proceed to Literary Journalism/
reportage.

When you hear about journalism what

comes to your mind? When I hear about journalism, I think it
is all about news we see and hear at the
television and radio or the content of
newspapers.
What if we add the word Literary to
journalism, do you think it refers to
something else now?
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If yes, what do you think is the difference Yes /No

between the two?

Journalism is the activity of gathering,

Literary journalism is the creative
nonfiction form that comes closest to
newspaper and magazine writing. It is
fact-driven and requires research and,
often, interviews.
assessing, creating, and presenting
news and information. It is also the
product of these activities. while in
literary journalism, writers immerse
themselves in the subject’s world and write
information that take the form of reports but
shape them in such a way that the report
reads like fiction.

After the Literary Journalism, we have

personal narratives. We have different
writings that fall on the genres of personal
narratives. We have Travelogue, Reflection
essay, True narratives, Blogs, Vlogs and
Testimonio. Let us discuss one by one.

Personal narrative essays can be written

as a means to point out the activities in
our mundane life and painting them in
another light. From sharp observations,
significant questions which should not be
ignored can then be formulated.

Class I have a question. Where is the

farthest destination that you travelled so
far?
Different answers from the students
What is the most memorable thing you
experienced in that place?

Have you posted your pictures online? Different answers from the students

Did you share your story on that post?

Yes/no
If you answer yes, it means that you
Yes/ No
already written a travelogue.
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A travelogue is a person’s account

of a journey to another country or place. It
can either be a written report with many
factual details or a narrative story about
personal impressions and experiences
supported by images.

Who among you has already written a

reflective essay?

When writing a reflective essay, what do

(Students will raise their hands)
you usually write?

When writing a reflective essay we write

what we observed, what we realized, the
impact to our lives, and the moral
A reflective essay is an essay in which the
lesson we gained from an experience.
writer examines his or her experiences in
life. The writer then writes about those
experiences, exploring how he or she has
changed, developed or grown from those
experiences.

Next, we have true narratives.

A true narrative essay is a true story, with

plot, action, suspense characters and
setting which delivers a theme.

Who is your favorite vlogger?

What is their content all about?

Who want to be a vlogger?

A vlog is also a form of creative

nonfictional text.

A typical vlog combines text, images,

videos and links to relevant pages and
media on the Web.

Vlogs are always in a MP4 format. When it

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is solely written, it is called a blog.

A blog (shortened from the phrase

“weblog”) is known as many things—a
digital magazine, diary, newscast,
collector’s meeting place, a showcase for
your art, information sharing, teaching
hub, place to learn

There are different kinds of blogs.

 Personal blogs
 Business blogs
 Niche/topical blogs
 Media-type blogs
 Reverse blogs

Last but not the least, is the Testimonio.

Testimonial literature is “an authentic

narrative, told by a witness who is moved
to narrate by the urgency of a situation
(e.g., war, oppression, revolution, etc.).

Now that I presented to you different

forms of writings, let us compare and
contrast the different forms of nonfiction
writings.

What is the difference of a blog and a

vlog?

The difference between a blog and a

What is the difference of a testimonio and
a true narrative?
vlog is a blog is very similar to a
website, where one can find content
regarding any topic in a written/text
format, along with images, gifs, etc. A
vlog, on the other hand, consists of
video content published on any topic.
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The difference between a testimonio

There you have it class those are the
different forms or types of Nonfiction
writings.
Do you have any questions?
Very Good!
and a true narrative is A testimonio is a
first-person account by the person
(narrator) who has faced instances of
social and political inequality,
oppression, or any specific form of
marginalization while a true narratives
have a central theme, character, and
plot. They include motivations behind
the characters' actions and include
logical and/or temporally ordered
sequences of events.

C. Culminating Activity
1. Practice
Activity 1. Show and Tell
For your activity. you will be group into
six teams. Each group will get a form or a
type of Nonfiction genre. Each group will
collaborate and brainstorm about how
they are going to Deliver an artistic
presentation summarizing, analyzing, and
commenting on a designated creative
nonfictional text representing a particular
type or form.
 Autobiography and biography
 Literary journalism
 Travelogue
 Blog and vlog
 Reflective essay
 Testimonio and true narratives

It is up to your group how you will deliver

an artistic expression. You can present a
poster or a collage about the type or form.
Make sure to include an example of the
creative nonfictional text. In presenting
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your outputs, make sure to explain the

relationship of elements and ideas found
in the various forms and types of creative
nonfictional texts.

Activity 2

Complete the Venn

Using a Venn diagram, compare and

contrast the following form or type on
creative nonfictional text.

Autobiography Biography

Vlog Blog

Reflective Essay True Narratives

Synthesis
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1. How you do you distinguished the

distinct features and differences of each
type or form of creative nonfictional text?

2. If you will write at this very moment

what genres will you pick? Why?

3. As a Humanities and Social Sciences

Student, why do you think it is important
to know the various forms and types of
creative nonfictional texts
D. Learning Assessment
Activity 1 – Identify what is asked. Write
your answer on the space provided.in the
greater society.
Key answer
_________________1. It combines text,
images, videos and links to relevant pages
Activity 1
and media on the Web
1. Blog
_________________2. It is a self-authored 2. Autobiography
story of a person’s life. 3. Testimonio
4. Personal Narratives
 _________________3. It is “an authentic
5. Travelogue
narrative, told by a witness who is moved
6. Literary journalism
to narrate by the urgency of a situation
7. Reflective essays
(e.g., war, oppression, revolution, etc.).
8. True Narratives
 _________________4. It tells instances in
9. Vlog
the writer’s life which are meant to deliver
10. Biography
an impactful point or two to the audience.
 _________________5. It is a person’s
Activity 2
account of a journey to another country or
1. Autobiography
place.
2. travelogue
 _________________6. It is the creative
nonfiction form that comes closest to
newspaper and magazine writing.
 _________________7. It is an essay in
which the writer examines his or her
experiences in life.
 _________________8. It is a creative
nonfiction work wherein the writer places
a personal experience within the context
of a larger theme, such as a lesson
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learned.
___________________9. It refers to a type of
blog where most or all of the content is in
a video format.
___________________10. is a detailed
description of a person's life written by
someone else.

Activity 2 – Read each selection. Provide

the type where each of them belongs. Be
sure to provide a logical and substantial
explanation to support your answer.

Number 1.
The schoolhouse consisted of a
single room, with a Western-style roof, on
the other side of the hill from Qunu. I was
seven years old, and on the day before I
was to begin, my father took me aside and
told me that I must be dressed properly
for school. Until that time, I, like all the
other boys in Qunu, had worn only a
blanket, which was wrapped around one
shoulder and pinned at the waist. My
father took a pair of his trousers and cut
them at the knee. He told me to put them
on, which I did, and they were roughly the
correct length, although the waist was far
too large. My father then took a piece of
string and cinched the trousers at the
waist. I must have been a comical sight,
but I have never owned a suit I was
prouder to wear than my father’s cut-off
pants.

On the first day of school, my

teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us
an English name and said that from
thenceforth that was the name we would
answer to in school. This was the custom
among Africans in those days and was
undoubtedly due to the British bias of our
education. The education I received was a
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British education, in which British ideas,

British culture, British institutions, were
automatically assumed to be superior.
There was no such thing as African
culture.

Africans of my generation — and

even today — generally have both an
English and an African name. Whites were
either unable or unwilling to pronounce
an African name, and considered it
uncivilized to have one. That day, Miss
Mdingane told me that my new name was
Nelson. Why she bestowed this particular
name upon me I have no idea. Perhaps it
had something to do with the great British
sea captain Lord Nelson, but that would
be only a guess.

-Nelson Mandela, “Long Walk to Freedom”

Answer:______________________

Reason:_________________________________
_
_________________________________________

Number 2

Probably the most imposing and

famous of all, however, is Taktshang
Goemba, the Tiger’s Nest, which was
seemingly impossibly carved from the side
of a cliff over nine hundred meters above
the floor of the Paro Valley. Estimated to
have been around since the ninth century,
Taktshang peeps down through low
clouds, a holy site to where Guru
Rinpoche, one of Bhutan’s most important
religious figures, was believed to have
flown on the back of a flying tigress, and
where he meditated for several days.

There are three vantage points on

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the way up to Taktshang. First stop, after

an hour’s uphill hike, brings you to a
chorten (stupa) festooned with prayer
flags at two thousand six hundred meters,
a short walk from a cafeteria where hikers
usually stop for meals. The way up is
covered in lush greens, with the
occasional rhododendron flowers
blooming on the mountainside. You can
stop here, sipping tea, with the monastery
looming above you in the seemingly
unreachable distance. But we were in for
a pleasant surprise: our guide, Tshering,
had a permit to enter the monastery,
which can be visited only by special
arrangement.

-Alya B. Honasan, “Peace in the Tiger’s

Nest”

Answer: _______________________________
Reason: _________________________________
________________________________________
E. Learning Agreement
The Book of (name of section)
Each student will write a creative
nonfiction text based on their selected
form or type. They will submit the
hardcopy and a soft copy of their work.
Once all the students submitted their
outputs. All the write ups will be compiled
and bonded to turn it as a book or a
compilation of narratives.

Okay class do you have any question None

about our topic?

Very good. I know that you learned a lot

today. Before I dismissed you, please look
around you and pick the piece of papers
and arrange your seats accordingly.

Thank you so much class. See you at our

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next meeting. Good Bye! Good bye and thank you, Sir!

Time frame

February 20, 2023 (Monday) Preliminary phase

Motivation
Presentation of the lesson
Discussion
February 22, 2023 (Wednesday) Culminating Activity
Activity 1
Activity 2
Synthesis
Learning Agreement or Learning
Assessment
February 24, 2024 (Friday) Learning Assessment or Learning
Asynchronous Agreement