School: Polangui General Comprehensive High School

Semester: 2nd
Date: May 2, 2023
Subject: Reading and Writing Skills
Content: Properties of a Well-Written Text

LESSON 1: ORGANIZATION
Arranging our thoughts to deliver a purposeful message is essential in all forms of
communication. This is clearly evident among written texts, which are supposed to be well-
organized, coherent, and cohesive, using proper language and mechanically neat.

In this lesson, we will focus on the essence of organization. Thus, later, you are expected
to determine the beginning, middle, and end of a story, and to write the episodes of your life from
childhood to young adulthood.

What’s New
Are you familiar with Star Cinema’s “Seven Sundays”? This local movie features famous
celebrities like Aga Muhlach, Dingdong Dantes, Cristine Reyes, Enrique Gil, and Ronaldo Valdez.
Inside the succeeding text boxes are three different situations from the movie. Read and analyze
each event to determine which comes first, next and last.

When the four children learned about the bad news that their father was
1 diagnosed of a lung cancer, they at once decided to pay their father a visit by sleeping
overnight under the same roof.

The widowed father of the Bonifacio family, Manuel, was diagnosed with lung
cancer by the family physician. What saddened Manuel was the doctor’s prediction that
2
he had only about two months or roughly “seven weeks” to live.

After his birthday with his nephew Jun (because no one among his children
3 showed up), Tatay Manuel received a call from the family doctor telling him of the good
news – that he was not terminally ill.

How do you think are the scenes arranged in the movie?

On your activity notebook, complete the following:

Event # ___ is the beginning because ______________________________________.
Event # ___ is the middle because _________________________________________.
Event # ___ is the ending because ________________________________________
What is It
A well-organized piece of writing is not only clear but also logical and aesthetic. The
existence of organizational markers and a coherent flow of ideas are typically the focus in the
evaluation of writing (Dayagbil 2016, 63-64).

In writing a story or an essay, it is necessary for students like you to identify the sequence
of events from the beginning to the end because a strong organization comprises proper
paragraphing and logical order of presentation of ideas.

You are introduced to this lesson by sequencing events to help you organize your
understanding of the text or story, then later, apply it in your own composition.

What’s More
Read the excerpt of the film review lifted from (Lionheartv.net 2017). Then, record the
sequence of events on a graphic organizer.

Star Cinema’s “Seven Sundays” revolves around the story of Bonifacio family, whose
patriarch, Manuel, (Ronaldo Valdez) is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Seeing the family he
built with his now deceased-wife, falling apart, Manuel has only one dying wish: see his four
children together again and reconnected, happy and looking for each other, like when they were
still kids.

But time and distance have taken a great toll on his children’s relationships which have
been mostly strained by insecurities and pride among them.

His eldest, Allan (Aga Mulach), is a struggling father trying to make ends meet for his own
family. Bryan (Dingdong Dantes), the middle child, who, despite being the most successful,
harbors bitterness towards Allan, who he thinks has remained his father’s favorite. Cha (Cristine
Reyes), now a mother of three, tries to hide her malfunctioning marriage, and Dexter (Enrique
Gil), the youngest, keeps himself distant from the family he thinks abandoned him.

They are forced to reconcile under the same roof, and as they try to grant their dying
father’s wish, a recollection of their history and some assessment of where they are and have
gone as a family, are inevitably ensued.

But Dingdong Dantes has arguably emerged as the strongest performer. There is a
powerful exchange of accusations and revelation of insecurities among the siblings, where Bryan
bares his bitter struggle to prove himself and his worth in the family.

Enrique Gil’s Dexter has practically the same baggage. He struggles to connect to the
members of his family whom he feels left him when he was in need of someone to guide him
through growing up. As anticipated, every member of the family has to survive the pains of growing
up, but it is growing apart that proves to be more damaging to the Bonifacio family, and it is more
evident in Dexter.

But then, all these characters radiate around Manuel, played by Ronaldo Valdez, who has
singularly maintained his dramatic genius throughout the film. His struggle as a father trying to
keep the foundations of his already rattled family makes his character accessible, hence it
emerges as the most relatable element of the film.

For what it’s worth, while “Seven Sundays” struggles to abandon the conventions of its
genre, this Cathy Garcia-Molina-helmed family drama turns out to be actually memorable. Its utter
earnestness to relate a familiar story moves the film to levels that are bracing enough to capture
audience and tug at their heartstrings. With its poignant sentiments about family, it hits right in the
heart, and for that, “Seven Sundays” is exceptional.

On your activity notebook, use the graphic organizer to show the order of events recounted
in the film review.

What I Have Learned

On your activity notebook, complete the following statements for you to remember the
most essential takeaways from the lesson:

• A well-organized piece of writing ___________, ____________ and ___________.

• In writing a story or an essay, it is necessary to identify the ___________ of
events from the beginning to the end.
• A strong organization comprises proper ________________ and logical _________
of presenting ideas.
ASSESSMENT
On a long bond paper, following the format of this written work on the last page of this
module, write a three-to-five-paragraph essay about the episodes of your life, beginning from
childhood to young adulthood. Be guided by the following criteria.

CRITERIA SCORE
Completeness (5)
Did you write to the prompt? Did you write
enough? Was your story complete?
Content (5)
Did your story have a beginning, middle and
end?
Language (5)
Did you use clear and thoughtful language?
Did you use the events as reflected in the
episodes of your life?
Formatting/Organization (5)
Is your story broken up into paragraphs?
TOTAL
 Reading and Writing Skills

Written Work No. _____

Name: ________________________________________________ Date: _________________

Grade/Strand/Section: __________________________________ Score: ________________