RIHAMNA P.

NORODDIN 9-GOLD NAMNAM

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Mindanao State University
Baloi Community High School
School Year: 2020-2021

ENGLISH 9
Quarter 1-Module 1 (Week 2)

Distinguishing Between and Among Informative,

Journalistic, and Literary Writing

This Module is adapted from the DepEd Learning Materials that combined with the IMs
designed by the OVCAA-External Units

Compiled by:
Ms. Raihana B. Ali
Mr. Khalid A.Palao

Lesson 1: Distinguish Between and Among Informative, Journalistic, and Literary

Writing

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I. INSTRUCTIONS

• Take your time reading the lessons carefully.

• Follow the directions and/or instructions in the activities and exercises diligently.
• There is a WORSHEET on the last part. You are going to answer the question in the worksheets
provided. Answer all the given tests and exercises.
• If you have questions regarding this module, you may ask through text or chat messages through group
chat created:
• ENGLISH teachers:

MS.RAIHANA B. ALI -DIAMOND -GOLD

-SILVER -EMERALD

MR.KHALID A. PALAO -ZINC -PLATINUM

Grading Components

Written Works (WW) 40%

Performance Tasks (PT) 60%

Total 100%

 Your WW will comprise all your answered activities/exercises that you will be submitting every
week.
 Your PT will comprise your performance task activities/exercises which will be given to you at
the end of the lesson
 Your QE will be given to you at the end of the grading period.
 Passing rate is 55%

II. INTRODUCTION

The following are the standards for the first quarter. Read below to get yourself directed for this
quarter’s journey of learning.
CONTENT STANDARD: The learner demonstrates understanding of how Anglo-American literature
and other text types serve as means of enhancing the self; also, how to use processing, assessing,
summarizing information, word deviation and formation strategies, appropriate word order, punctuation marks
and interjections to enable him/her to participate actively in a speech choir.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD: The learner actively participates in speech choir through using effective
ve rbal and non-verbal strategies based on the following criteria: Focus, Delivery, Facial Expressions, Body
Movements/Gestures and Audience Contact.
LEARNING COMPETENCY & CODE: At the end of this topic, 75% of the learners are expected to
distinguish between informative, journalistic and literary writing (EN9WC-Ia-8).

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 This module focuses on distinguishing between and among in formative, journalistic, and literary writing
that will help you understand different text/writing types as means of enhancing your writing skills. As you go
through the module, you will find varied tasks and writing activities.

III. CONCEPTS

What’s In

Hello learners! This time you will learn a new lesson which will give you idea on how to distinguish
types of text writing. Before we will proceed deeper to understand clearly what this topic is all about let us
refresh our background knowledge on informative, journalistic and literary writing.

TEXT A piece of writing that you read or create.

INFORMATIVE TEXT

It serves to inform or discloses information. It is instructive and / or instructional. It is literary

non-fiction, which has shorter texts like for example personal essays, opinion pieces,
speeches, and literature essay. It is written using special text features that allow the reader to
easily find key information and understand the main topic.

JOURNALISTIC TEXT
It also presents information but are those that are found in radio, print, television and online
journalism. It 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. News and information are
example of journalistic text.

LITERARY TEXT

It is defined as a wide variety of imaginative and creative writing that leads to the appreciation
of the cultural heritages of students. It is something related or associated with literature or
scholarly learning and writing. It has a wide variety of imaginative and creative writing that
leads to the appreciation of the cultural heritage.

What’s New

Preliminary Activities:

Now that you are refreshed with the new words introduced to you, try to answer the given activity
attentively.

Activity 1 – Identify the Text

Look at the given sample texts, then identify/distinguish which text type are examples of informative,
journalistic, or literary. Then write your answer at the side of each texts provided for your answer.

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 TEXT TYPE OF TEXT

1.
So the thing to do when working on a motorcycle, as in any other task, is to cultivate the peace
of mind which does not separate one’s self from one’s surroundings. When that is done
successfully then everything else follows naturally. Peace of mind produces right values, right
values produce right thoughts. Right thoughts produce right actions and right actions produce
work which will be a material reflection for others to see of the serenity at the center of it all.
—Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

2. With an artistic drama, we empathize with one or more of its characters, but there’s also a
distance between us and their situation—a safety valve that allows us to express a range of
emotions, but also to say, “It’s only a movie,” “It’s only a play,” “It’s only a novel.” Work is based
upon problem solving, how to eliminate conflict and get the job done. Episodic is fine for work.
We want day-by-day not confrontational trauma—even if it would lead to life-changing
revelation. But drama exaggerates conflict, pushes situations to their extreme, and leads us to
a big turning point.

3. In a poem entitled Four Great Poets, Robert Francis puts his finger on the heart of Frost’s
greatness: “His head carved out of granite O / His hair wayward drifts of snow / He worshipped
the great God of Flow / By holding on and letting go.” Here’s an example from part of one of
Frost’s lesser known pieces, For Once, Then, Something. In the first half he says friends
rebuke him for looking into a well and seeing only himself, reflected in the water godlike in a
wreath of ferns and cloud puffs. It’s a criticism that could be aimed at any writer, but what is as
interesting as the meaning of Frost’s reply is this sense of movement that carries the reader
forward to the climatic end.
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4. DHAKA: Hosts Bangladesh will meet Pakistan in the opening match of the four-nation Asia
Cup cricket tournament starting in Dhaka in March, an official said on Monday. Old rivals
Pakistan and India will meet in a mouth-watering clash on March 18. The Sher-e-Bangla
National stadium will host all the matches, including the inaugural tie on March 12 and the final
on March 22, Asian Cricket Council chief executive Syed Ashraful Huq said. “All teams
including India and Pakistan have confirmed their participation,” he said. India won the last
edition of the tournament in Dambulla in Sri Lanka in June 2010.
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5.From Beowulf
And then, in the morning, crowds surrounded
Herot, warriors coming to that hall
520 From faraway lands, princes and leaders
Of men hurrying to behold the monster’s
Great staggering tracks. They gaped with no sense
Of sorrow, felt no regret for his suffering,
Went tracing his bloody footprints, his beaten
525 And lonely flight, to the edge of the lake
Where he’d dragged his corpse like way, doomed
And already weary of his vanishing life.
The water was bloody, steaming and boiling
In horrible pounding waves, heat

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 Conquering Stage Fright
Many people are gifted with different talents but most of them are just a part of the audience on certain occasions. Their
stage fright is the very reason why some are not stage performers. It is normal to experience stage fright according to
stage performers. Actors and actresses believe that you can overcome your stage fright. By changing your perception
about stage fright and by following basic tips, you can conquer it.
Try these tips to get you on stage without butterflies in your stomach.
Practice. Constant practice makes perfect. You have to trust yourself. Self-confidence is the best way to control or
overcome stage fright.
Talk to yourself. Instead of thinking that you will be forgetting some lines, or that you will not be able to pronounce the
words correctly, think that you will be delivering flawlessly, that you have talents to show, and that people will appreciate
your extraordinary performance.
Visualize. Picture yourself on stage with so many people listening as you do your part without committing a single
mistake.
Practice with a small audience. After you have practiced your piece alone, you may invite other family members or
friends to listen as you rehearse. Or prior to inviting other people, you may rehearse in front of a mirror for you to see the
needed improvements to your facial or body gestures.
Are you beginning to feel confident as the curtain is about to unfold? Are you still nervous? If yes, don’t worry, that’s
normal. Here are some suggestions to overcome nervousness.
Yawn. Our body needs oxygen to keep our muscles relaxed. Yawning keeps our tight muscles relaxed and breathing
becomes shallow.
Stretch. Just like yawning, stretching also helps muscles relax. Do some simple exercises like shaking your hands and
feet, rotating your neck and your head, then keep still until the spotlight hits you.
Focus on the first few lines of your piece. After you have delivered the first few lines, you will notice that your
nervousness is slightly disappearing.
Trust yourself. Keep telling yourself that you will not make the audience notice it.
After your successful performance, you will realize that you can overcome your stage fright and face the even work
to your advantage if you learn to overcome it. After that flawless performance comes another until facing big audiences
becomes fairly easy.
After each performance and your audience is standing ovation acknowledging your extraordinary performance, bow
your head gently and be humble.

Discussion

Informative Writing

Informative writing gives readers straightforward information about a topic. It is usually non-fiction.

Purpose:
 to inform or present information
 to raise awareness and to do so objectively
 to educate (use resources that are reliable and scholarly)

Structure:
 Introduction paragraph with thesis statement
 Body paragraphs with support
 Conclusion with a unique and engaging restatement of thesis

Organization:
 Logically – by date or time; by order of importance
 Categorically – by definition; by theme
 Contextually – by comparison and contrast; by historical or contemporary

Types of Informative Writing

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 a. Factual recount – a type of informative text that has an objective of retelling a true event that happened in the past
b Procedural – a type of informative text that has procedures to do one thing
c Diary – a type of informative text that records the daily experiences of a person

Sample Informative Text

The most popular tourist attraction is the capital city Rome itself, with its rich cultural heritage. The Colosseum,
Castle Sant'Angelo, Fontana di Trevi, the Pantheon, and the Vatican are some of the most visited sites in Rome. Venice is
another city in Italy that is famous for its beautiful canals and gondolas. And if you are a lover of Italian art, the Uffizi
Gallery in Florence is a place you cannot afford to miss. The city of Naples is known around the world for its architectural
beauty and surely it is a photographer's delight. The Leaning Tower of Pisa, being on of the Seven Wonders of the World,
attracts the highest number of visitors, not only in Italy, but in the whole of Europe.

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It also gives you the opportunity to widen your business. Social Media is a great and cheap way to tools.
Aside from that, it lets you meet people who can help you with your career. You can find out what companies are
hiring and hire people to hire for your company, you can ask and get responds from your friends.
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Journalistic Writing

Journalistic writing is different from the other forms of literary texts. Unlike a short story, poem, or novel, a
journalistic text is more closely related to essay. News reports, features, editorial, sports, and other columns in a
newspaper or magazine are considered journalistic texts.

Purpose:
 To quickly inform (news articles)
 To entertain (comics section, lifestyle column, feature)
 To persuade (editorial, opinion, column)
Structure:
 Inverted pyramid
Organization:
 The essential and most interesting elements of a story are put at the beginning, with supporting
information following in order of diminishing importance.

Types of Journalistic Text

Print journalism – type of journalism that focuses on print media, such as newspapers and magazines
Broadcast journalism – type of journalism that is being broadcast, . radio and television
Yellow journalism – type of journalism that uses exaggerating words or sensationalism; uses eye-catching heading

Sample of Journalistic Writing

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BAYOMBONG, NUEVA VIZCAYA—Vegetable farmers dumped tons of ripe tomatoes on roadsides here and in nearby
Ifugao province due to a glut in supply and low market prices.
Small and medium-sized tomatoes were found abandoned along the roads in Tinoc town in Ifugao on Tuesday, a
week after tomatoes were also seen rotting on a roadside in Bambang town in this province.
“The sorry sight of dumped tomatoes adds to the woes of farmers, who are suffering from the impact of the
quarantine,” Adrian Albano, administrator of Ifugao Highland Farmers’ Forum, told the Inquirer by telephone on Thursday.
According to farmers, the low retail price of tomatoes would prevent them from recovering their huge production
expenses, as it would only cost them more to transport the produce to buyers.
Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1287069/tomatoes-dumped-on-roadsides-in-nueva-vizcaya-ifugao#ixzz6OXT4S8BK

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases surged to 20,626 as the
Department of Health (DOH) reported Friday an additional 244 cases.Meanwhile, 82 more patients have recovered from
the respiratory disease, bringing the total recoveries to 4,330.
The new reporting system has resulted in a massive surge in new COVID-19 cases in recent days. But the DOH
said the spike in cases does not mean that the outbreak is getting worse as it attributed the increase to the government’s
increased testing capacity and “aggressive efforts” to catch up on the validation backlogs.
Earlier, COVID-19 Response Deputy Chief Implementer Vince Dizon said the government is now eyeing to
include asymptomatic patients in its “expanded targeted testing” program.
This came as he reported that the country’s rated testing capacity increased to nearly 42,000 a day.
However, the DOH earlier said that daily actual tests done by all the accredited laboratories is only around
8,000 to 9,000 as some testing centers face operational issues.There are currently 52 accredited laboratories nationwide,
of which,
40 can use RT-PCR tests while the other 12 are testing centers licensed to use GeneXpert rapid tests.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1286940/philippines-covid-19-cases-surge-to-20626-deaths-near-1000#ixzz6OXWOWfJO
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Literary Writing

Literary writing may not be entirely factual or timely. It may also cover imaginary events or ideas. It also tends
to be subjective where the most important point may be found anywhere in the text.
Purpose:
 To express
 To entertain
 To communicate or appeal to the emotions
Structure:
 Depends on the form
Organization:
 Logically – by date or time; by order of importance
 Categorically – by definition; by theme
 Contextually – by comparison and contrast; by historical or contemporary

Types of Literary Text

 A Prose A Poetry
Sample of Literary Writing

It was a dark and stormy night.

In her attic bedroom Margaret Murry,
Wrapped in an old patchwork quilt,
Sat on the foot of her bed and
watched the trees tossing in the
frenzied lashing of the wind.

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V. WORKSHEETS in ENGLISH

Mindanao State University

Baloi Community High School
School Year: 2020-2021

Name__________________________Grade. &Sec._____________Date__________Score________

TEST BEGINS HERE…….

A. Multiple Choices. Read the questions below and choose the best answer. Write the
letter of your choice on the space provided.

_______1. What are the three writing styles that were discussed in the lesson?
a. informative, journalistic, and c. fictional, non-fictional, and sci-fi
literary d. informative, persuasive, literary
b. instructional, factual, story-
telling
_______2. Which type of writing would you use if you are writing an article for the local magazine?
Journalistic, Literary, or Informative?
a. journalistic c. Informative
b. Literary d. speculative
_______3. Which writing style would you use if you are writing a user's manual for something you
have built?
a. informative c. literary
b. journalistic d. speculative
_______4. In creating a science fiction book, your writing style should be ____________.
a. literary c. informative
b. journalistic d. declarative
________5. What kind of writing explains a process?
a. informative c. informative
b. literary d. speculative
________6. Which is not an informative type of writing?
a. student handbook d. research paper on climate
b. recipe book change
c. Ang Ibong Adarna
_________7. Eyewitness accounts are important in writing an informative essay.
a. TRUE b. FALSE
_________8. Journalistic writing uses short, simple sentences and paragraphs that present
objective stories based on facts.
a. TRUE b. FALSE
_________9. "Romeo and Juliet" is an example of journalistic writing.
a. TRUE b. FALSE
_________10. Another purpose of informative writing is to explain behavior or functions.
a. TRUE b. FALSE

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Activity B How Well Do You Know?

Directions: Identify whether the statement described is informative, journalistic or literary writing.

____________________ 1. It uses a wide variety of imaginative and creative writing that leads to the
appreciation of a variety of subjects.
____________________ 2. It is the style of writing used to report news stories in newspapers, television
broadcasts, on radio and on the Internet.
____________________ 3. These are texts which intend to inform the reader or viewer. They use facts to
describe and explain people, animals, objects, events, or phenomena.

____________________ 4. It is a piece of written material, such as a book or poem, that has the purpose of
telling a story or entertaining, as in a fictional novel. Its primary function as a text is usually aesthetic, but
it may also contain political messages or beliefs.
____________________ 5. The purpose of this text is to educate and enlighten the reader. It is a very
straightforward piece of writing.

C. Multiple Choice: Read the statements carefully. Encircle the best answer.
_______1. It is a type of text which presents information that are found in radio, print or television.
A.informative B. literary C. journalistic
_______2. It gives readers straightforward information about a topic.
A. literary B. informative C. journalistic
_______3. It is a type of text which is usually non-fiction.
A. informative B. journalistic C. literary
_______4. It is written originally by a writer.
A. journalistic B. literary C. informative
_______5. It is a type of text which is defined as a wide variety of imaginative and creative writing.
A. literary B. journalistic C. informative
_______6. It serves to inform or discloses information.
A. journalistic B. informative C. literary
_______7. It is a type of text which leads to the appreciation of the cultural heritage of students.
A. literary B. journalistic C. informative
_______8. It is a type of writing which used to report news stories.
A. literary B. journalistic C. informative
_______9. It has a unique text type and construction level.
A. informative B. literary C. journalistic
_______10. It is a type of text in which the intention is to inform the reader about a specific topic.
A. literary B. informative C. journalistic
_______11. It is a type of text which is instructive and instructional by nature.
A. journalistic B. literary C. informative
_______12. It is a type of text which is written using special text features that allows the reader to easily find key
information and understand the main topic.
A. informative B. journalistic C. literary
_______13. It is a type of text which are found in online journalism.
A. literary B. informative C. journalistic
_______14. It involves finding, creating, editing and publishing of news to be shared.
A. informative B. journalistic C. literary
_______15. It is a type of text in which visual representation may include: charts, diagrams, and tables and these are
accompanied by captions that further explain the image.
A. informative B. literary C. journalistic
_______16. It gives interests to people who would like to be inform of something.
A. Journalistic B. literary C. informative
_______17. It imparts straight forward information and facts; but never personal opinions.

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 A. literary B. journalistic C. informative
_______18.It relates to, or have the characteristics of humane learning.
A. literary B. informative C. journalistic
_______19.It is a type of text that imparts knowledge to the readers.
A. journalistic B. literary C. informative
_______20.It is a type of text which has shorter texts like for example: personal essays, opinion pieces, speeches and
literature essay.
A. informative B. journalistic C. literary

D. Learner will identify the type of text use in the following articles such as: informative, journalistic or literary. Encircle the letter
of your answer.

Text A

They walked downtown in the light of mother-of-pearl, to the Majestic, and their way to seats
by the light of the screen, in the exhilarating smell of stale tobacco, rank sweat, and dirty drawers,
while the piano played fast music and galloping horses raised a grandiose lag of dust.
A Death in the Family by James Agee

1. A. informative B. literary C. journalistic

Text B
A fire of undetermined origin razed to the ground a three-story apartment of Juana de la Cruz 456
Lapulapu St., Valencia City last night. Five fire companies subdued it within an hour. The damage, estimated at
P5 million, was covered by insurance.
1. A. journalistic B. informative C. literary
Text C
Toledo, Spain (Reuters) - Scientists believe they could discover life outside the Solar System within the
next 25 years covered by insurance. “Yes, definitely, there’s life out there, “Mike Kaplan, director of US space
agency NASA’s origins program, told Reuters during a meeting of Astronomers in Toledo.
The Philippine Star, 15 March 1996
1. A. informative B. journalistic C. literary
Text D
Scientific theories are not guesses or random ideas. A Scientific theory is a collection of
well-supported hypotheses based on repeated testing that explains some aspect about the natural
world.
1. A. literary B. journalistic C. informative
Text E
It was dark and stormy. In her attic bedroom Margaret Murry, wrapped in an old patchwork quilt, sat on
the foot of her bed and watched the trees tossing in the frenzied lashing of the wind.

1. A. journalistic B. literary C. informative

Process Questions:
1. How did you find the pre-test?

2. What were the terms in the test that you were familiar? Cite some.

G O O D L U C K !!!!!!!!!!!
Department of Education ● Republic of the Philippines

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