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LEARNING ACTIVITY A

TASK 1: Using a Venn diagram, compare and contrast the nature of journalism from the
scope of literature.

Literature Journalism

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Get three articles from a daily newspaper (different publications). Using the T-chart,
assess the articles according to the tenets of journalism. Make sure you include the
picture of the articles you chose with your output.

STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES

STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES

STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES

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TASK 3: Instruction: Using the following guide questions, analyse a daily newspaper.

a. What seems to be the political link of the paper? Show your pieces of evidence?
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b. Is it radical, liberal, conservative, reactionary? Cite your reasons.

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LEARNING ACTIVITY B
TASK 1
SIMPLE RECALL: On the spaces provided before each item, write the concept that is
being referred to or asked about.
___________________1. What term refers to the mini version of national newspaper in the school
setting?
_____________2. What function of campus journalism refers to the responsibility of the pub-
location to safeguard the processes and activities in the school?
_____________3. What Republic Act legalized the operation of campus papers in the country?
_____________4. What function of campus paper is shown when it becomes a recorder of
Events that may be used for posterity purposes?
_____________5. What part of the front page bears the name and the logo of the school
organ?
_____________6.Which is the imaginary horizontal line that divides the paper into two?
_____________7. What is the technical term for the name of the writer whose article appears
in the paper?
_____________8. Who supervises the editorial staff and bears the highest responsibility of
editing the work of the staff?
_____________9. Among the members of the staff who is responsible in ensuring the smooth
flow of the paper operations?
_____________10. What function of the campus paper is addressed by the campus paper
Which publishes columns, elicits letters to the editors and releases editorials

TASK 2;
FORM A GROUP OF FIVE. CUT ITS FRONT PAGE AND MOUNT IT ON A PIECE OF PAPER
(cartolina or bond paper). THEN LABEL ITS PARTS FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES
BELOW.
a.Nameplate f. Credit Line
b. Banner Head g. Boxed Story
c. Banner News h. Cutline
d. Column i. By-Line
e. Column Rule j. Kicker

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TASK 3
WITH THE SAME GROUP, EACH GROUP SHOULD HAVE ONE MAGAZINE AND ONE
NEWSPAPER. USING THE CRITERIA BELOW, IDENTIFY THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF
THE SELECTED MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER.

FEATURES MAGAZINE NEWSPAPER

Layout or format

Headlines (titles)

Style of writing

Major Objective

Type of Readers

Type of Pictures

Cost

Distribution Schedule

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LEARNING ACTIVITY C

TASK 1:

In the shapes, write the characteristics of good news or the elements of news and give
one sentence definition for each element. Illustrate your answer and write your
explanations.

Characteristics
of
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TASK 2
On the space provided before each item. Identify the news element that is reflected in
each of the issues below.

___________1. Car accident in front of the Batanes State College main gate.
____________2. Procurement of 12 computer units each school year.
____________3. Ground-breaking ceremony of two-storey audio-visual building.
____________4. A twenty-four-year-old lesbian becomes the youngest Philippine president.
____________5. The love affair of Angelica Panganiban and John Lloyd Cruz
____________6. Number of casualties in the car accident
____________7. Joan Garcia, 52, a widow and a mother of 12 graduated cum laude last school
year
____________8. The college president just signed a memorandum to move the graduation from
March to February 28.
____________9. Slogan-making contest and cookfest in HRM laboratory
____________10. A differently-abled student wins in oration after practicing the piece for more
than a month

TASK 3
FIND AT LEAST 2 BACK ISSUES OF YOUR SCHOOL PAPER (IN THE ABSENCE OF ONE, A
DAILY NEWSPAPER WILL DO). CLIP 10 NEWS ARTICLES AND SURVEY THE ARTCLES
ACCORDING TO THE MATRIX BELOW:

HEADLINE WRITER NEWS ELEMENTS TYPE OF NEWS

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LEARNING ACTIVITY D

TASK 1
FIND AT LEAST TWO BACK ISSUES OF YOUR SCHOOL PAPER (in the absence of one, a
daily newspaper may do). Clip five news and survey the article according to the matrix
below.

HEADLINE WRITER SOURCE OF NEWS NAMES OF PERSONS

INTERVIEWED

TASK 2
CLIP A NEWS ITEM WHICH HAS SEVERAL INACCURACIES AS REGARDS TO
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AND PRESENT YOUR OUTPUT IN CLASS.

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LEARNING ACTIVITY E

TASK 1: IDENTIFICATION. On the space provided before each item, write the kind of lead
that is reflected in the following sentences.

_____________1. Dr. Almeda Pakleb stood yesterday as the commencement speaker during
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The 13 graduation rites of Mavuyok Elementary School.
_____________2. “Abracadabra!” This is what the principal Michelle Bamshekalla exclaimed
Monday when was officially opened the newly constructed library hub of
Alaminos National High School.
____________3. Filled with prayers and hopes, the first batch of medicine graduates of
Tarlac State University are scheduled to take the board exam tomorrow.
____________4. Will the Agri Team sustain its royal throne this coming Intramural meet?
everyone anticipates the answer as the five department in the college will
clash on 12 sports events next week.
____________5. To ensure the passing of the teacher education graduates, Marinduque
State College will open a review session this summer for free.
____________6. Ten years ago, he used to be a tenant. Now, he owns a 12-hectare rice field
and a seven-hectare piggery.
____________7. Having won the title Miss Sportsfest 2015, Beth L. Logan will represent the
in the town’s beauty pageant next week.
___________8. The first customers of the new constructed gymnasium are the international
acclaimed performers, Filipino Penumbra, who visited the school yesterday.
__________9. Students of the Agri-Fisheries Department are now to set to dive as the
Board of Trustees approved yesterday their Special Physical Education sub-
ject- swimming.
_________10. Winning in the oratorical competition gives Terrence Marilla the focus the
beat his contenders in the upcoming University Meet next month.

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TASK 2: For each of the following leads, identify the answers to 5W’s and H
questions.

1. Mr. Daylan Dail Duguran secured a back-to-back after winning the Supreme Student Council
Organization (SSCO) Presidency for two consecutive years. (retrieved from The Builders of
Batanes State College)
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2. CORDON, ISABELA –The Innovator, the official campus publication of Cagayan State
University of Lal-lo (CSUL) finally joined the roaster of tertiary student publication is the
College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP).
After a series of investigation and awareness sessions about the guild, the registration
of the more than three-decade old The Innovator was approved during the Timek 2 Regional
Congress and Convention on August 23-25 at Villa Diana Hotel and Café.

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Write a Summary Lead

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LEARNING ACTIVITY F

TASK 1: Supply the sentences with proper transitional devices found in the box. You
are allowed to use the devices as many times they are is applicable.

consequently because furthermore

instead for example although
in addition on the other hand meanwhile
indeed in fact unfortunately

Three students in John Wesley college will compete in the National Sports Olympics on
August 14, 2016 at Puerto Princesa, Palawan.
Paul Paolo. Maricar Agapito, and Marlon Suyut, all from Agriculture Department will represent
the College in track and field.
_____________(1) all of them are now graduating students, they said that their grades are
still passing.
Their coach, Dr. William John Paclab, revealed that Paolo is ________________(2) vying for
cum laude.
Paolo said in an interview that he is determined to win in the walkathon. “Huling hirit ko na
ito,” he added.
_____________(3) it is a national level, Agapito mentioned that she is practicing well in high
jump.
Asked about her training, the 19-year old fisheries major said that she practices every day at
the shore.
“_________________(4), I also ensure that I eat balanced diet,” she mentioned.
_________________(5), Suyut recalled his experience two years ago when he was unable
to win in the regional level; ______________________(6), he did not experienced joining the
nationals.
“I did not stop there,” Suyut said. I challenged myself and cultivated my craft _______(7).”
Dr. Pacleb, ______________(8), revealed that the team us now looking for sponsors of the
three athletes.
“_________________(9) we are still looking for sponsors, we are doing our best to train
for the Palaro. We are hopeful we can land there,”Pacleb said.
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TASK 2: WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE NEWS. A sample news story is presented below.
Each paragraph infracts a general guideline in news writing. The part that violates a
general guideline is underlined. Your task is to explain how such underlined word or
group of words breaks the rules in news writing. Put your answer in the box.

At least 128 science elementary teachers of public schools in the division of Cagayan and
the cities of Santiago and nearby Cagayan participated in the one-day Seminar on Instructionla
Methods for Teaching Science conducted at the Isabela Central School here last July 30 with the
theme. “Keeping Excellence in Science Teaching.” with Dr. Reynaldo Vizquera as the guest
speaker.

The seminar was conducted by the (VTT) of the Rotary International, District 5020 of Canada
and the United States of America headed by Rotarian Glynn Currie.

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then, allows them to discuss the same among themselves.

‘Meanwhile, Mercy Talattado, a science teacher of the Isabela Nortwest Central School will also
be joining the VTT composed of Filipino teachers who will be going to Canada and the USA
sometime in November this year.

TASK 3: Instructions: Below are gathered data by a news correspondent. Make a news
article using the data.

Gelacio said there are three categories of the scholarship program,: full scholarship, education
development program assistance and the assistance for on-the-job-trainees.

She urged parents of scholars to watch over their children and guide them well to finish their
studies. She also challenged the scholars to prove that they are worthy scholars of the provincial
government.

They explained the value of education to young children in the kindergarten so that they can
prosper.

“Each of the full scholars should maintain an average grade of 85 percentage per semester while
the other need not to maintain any standing but they should at least continue their studies,” she
said.

Some 566 students have received their scholarship grants from the provincial of Cagayan,
through Governor Alvaro Antonio, in an awarding ceremony held at the Kammaranan Hall,
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Reizel Gelacio, coordinator of the Bin-I Ti Agtutubo (BTA) scholarship program, of the provincial
government, said the program is one of the priorities of the government as part of Antonio’s 10-
point agenda.

The students were selected based on the result of the qualifying examination, as well as
screening to attain the program’s objective if helping the poor but deserving students.

Students study from different universities in Cagayan.

She further explained that each of the scholars under the full scholarship program are entitled to
P7, 500 per semester wherein P2, 500 are given to them directly as their allowance and P5, 000
is given to the school for their tuition and miscellaneous fees. Those under the education
development program receive P2, 500 for the whole semester while the OJT’s eceive P2,000 per
semester.

It was so inspiring.

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LEARNING ACTIVITY G

TASK 1: SHOW, DON’T TELL: WRITING MENTAL IMAGES. In each item, you are task to
revise the statement by creating mental images. Apply the technique in showing order
than purely telling it. Write your answer in the box provided after each statement. The
first one is done for you.

1. The Arius candy is delicious

2. Mt. Mayon is beautiful.

3. Johan is so moody.

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TASK 2: Using a Venn Diagram, compare and contrast the nature and characteristics
of news from features. Below it, one situation that illustrates the separation of the
two.

Feature News

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TASK 3: Identify one tourist destination [or a potential tourist destination] in your
locality. Write one feature story about it and post it on your Facebook. Capture one
photograph about this tourist destination and attached it in your feature story.

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ACTIVITY:

A. Interpret the message of the following editorial cartoon:

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B. Draw an editorial cartoon on the following topic: 1. Duterte’s language 2. China in West Philippine Sea 3.
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