WEEKLY LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Solomon P. Lozada National High School

21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World
2nd Quarter – Week 6 & 7

Competency:
 Produce a creative representation of a literary text by applying multimedia and ICT
skills. (EN12Lit-IIij-31.1)
a. Literary Genres on Creative Multimedia Presentation
b. Literary Genre with ICT Skill Empowerment

Objectives: At the end of the week, students are expected to:

 Identify multimedia and ICT skills in creating representation of literary text.

 Create a unique literary adaptation through multimedia presentation; and
 Appreciate the use of multimedia to enhance ICT skills.

Key Concepts:

Literary Genre on Creative Multimedia Presentation

Multimedia is an essential avenue to transform unique adaptations of a literary genre, thus,

making learning outputs interesting and productive. To have a creative adaptation of literary
genres, the following concepts have to take into considerations.

Multimedia and its Concepts

A multimedia is any electronic application used to teach or to further educate learners

on a particular topic. It is presentation of material that uses both words and pictures in a
combination of text, voice, picture or video. Using interactive digital tolls to tell a story is called
digital storytelling and often uses combination of multimedia venues to complete the task. The
use of multimedia allows educational ideas and materials to be presented in a more artistic,
inspired and engaging way.

Uses of Multimedia and its Formats

There are many uses of multimedia for a deeper understanding of a lesson.

Audiobooks are ideal for second-language learners. Song files and music videos can be used
to compare social norms in different eras. Multimedia can offer students a better
understanding of the lesson.

The multimedia formats from various media includes: text and graphics for slideshows,
presentations, diagrams and infographics. Audio has podcasts and recordings. Screen
captures, lecture captures and animation are examples of video components of multimedia.
Other multimedia components include blogs, vlogs, webinars and other interactive content.

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 Multimedia applications include the interaction of different media types like animation,
video, text and sound. It has become a part of our lives as soon as we entered the digital age.
Before the modern technology, there are tools helping us appreciate some of the types of
multimedia such as videos on television. There are various components of multimedia such
as:

1. Videos

https://www.thejigsaw.in/blog/how-to-make-youtube-videos

Digital video is a primary component in multimedia, especially those that appear online
and on television. The different formats of these types of multimedia include wmv, avi, mped
and flash. Some of these formats are better than others because they load faster and can be
viewed or loaded using different platforms and operating systems. Many videos have
changed formats ever since the mobile phone industry became more advanced in technology.
Many of the video formats require plug-ins on browsers and specific mobile applications to
load.

https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_media.asp
Format File Description
.mpg MPEG. Developed by the Moving Pictures Expert Group. The first
MPEG .mpeg popular video format on the web. Not supported anymore in HTML.

.avi AVI (Audio Video Interleave). Developed by Microsoft. Commonly used

AVI in video cameras and TV hardware. Plays well on Windows computers,
but not in web browsers.

WMA .wma WMA (Windows Media Audio). Developed by Microsoft. Plays well on
Windows computers, but not in web browsers.
flash swf Flash Video is a container file format used to deliver digital video content
(small web file} over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player version 6 and newer.

MP3 files are actually the sound part of MPEG files. MP3 is the most
MP3 .mp3 popular format for music players. Combines good compression (small
files) with high quality. Supported by all browsers.

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 MP4 .mp4 MP4 is a video format, but can also be used for audio. Supported by all
browsers.

2. Animation

https://www.hitechanimation.com/blog/top-5-animatedcharacter-who-changed-the-face-of-animation-industry/

Animation is a form of art for most people, especially those that are in the
business of producing animated movies. Right now, animation has become interactive,
allowing users to directly affect the outcome of animated components and events.
Flash is the most common platform for animation, and using this component, the
interactivity of animation is enhanced.

3. Text

http://todo.design/photoshop-tutorial-how-to-make-a-portrait-made-only-oftext/

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 Text has always been and will always been the most common among the types of
multimedia components in different applications. Text in combination with other media
components can make any application more user-friendly. By using text, interactivity is
increased. Text elements are particularly important for accessibility purposes. Users of an
application need to input text for the system to identify them.

Text is also used to create a digital signature, such as in passwords.

4. Images

https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-audio-waves-microphone-image14394820

Digital image files are needed to create videos and animation. A user would sooner
go to a website filled with colourful photographs than one that contains only text elements.
Familiar image formats include jpeg and png. These formats permit editing. Images are
created by graphic designers using various software.
5. Audio

https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-audio-waves-microphone-image14394820

C. Characteristic of a Multimedia

interesting.
Voiceovers comprise a tremendous number of the types of multimedia components. Audio
files include background music and special effects. Any audio in an application is designed to
improve a user’s experience.

Multimedia can be used in the presentations, making them more fun and

• A multimedia presentation has various viewing options such as projector or a

media player and the like.
• You can also download the multimedia presentation or play it live.
• The technology of multimedia can also be used to make the information be
conveyed more easily to the user.
• Multimedia technology has improved the learning experience by combining various
forms of media together. https://www.educba.com/best-free-multimedia-software/
D. Benefits of Using Multimedia

• Digital storytelling allows students to improve their knowledge about a specific

subject and increases skills such as writing, researching and reading.

• Using multimedia improve a learner’s overall academic performance. In particular,

multimedia in the classroom is used for self-directed learning or SDL.

• Students manage their time and assess what needs to be included in their
learning activities. This style of learning is used mostly with older students who
already know how to manipulate many of the multimedia venues available to them.

Literary Adaptations with ICT Skills Empowerment

Creative adaptation of a certain literary genre is easy to deal with if you have satisfying ICT
skills that can help you enhance learning outputs in studying literary genres, its elements,
and essential literary contexts about cultural diversities of 21st Century Literature from across
the globe.
The Basic Elements of a Short Story
1. Character The character element is the person or people in a story. Sometimes
the characters are not human, some may be animals or spirits. Incidentally, even
when non-human characters are used, they tend to have human characteristics.

Characters are usually of two types: the

protagonist and the antagonist.

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 The protagonist is the main character. He or she is in conflict with another
character, who is known as the antagonist.
An example of a protagonist and an antagonist are Superman, the protagonist,
and Lex Luthor, the antagonist.
2. Setting| The first important element of a short story is the setting. The
setting refers to the time and place that the event(s) in the story take place.

3. Plot| The plot refers to the flow of events in the story. Essentially, the plot refers to
what is happening in the story.

4. Conflict| The conflict or complication refers to the tension, the fight or the struggle
between the various characters or forces in the story. This actually gives fuel to
the story and influences its flow (i.e. its plot). Without the conflict, then you have
no story.

5. Climax| The climax is the most exciting part of a story. It is when the conflict is
about to or is getting resolved.

6. Theme| This element refers to the topic that the writer writes or comments on in
his or her writing. The theme is the motif of the story, that is, it permeates the
whole story and recurs throughout the narrative. An example of a theme is the
topic of "bravery" in Harry Potter.

B. Information and Communication Technology or ICT

Information and communications technology (ICT) refers to all the technology used to
handle telecommunications, broadcast media, intelligent building management systems,
audiovisual processing and transmission systems, and network-based control and monitoring
functions. ICT is often considered an extended synonym for information technology (IT).

https://www.techopedia.com/definition/24152/information-and-communications-technology-ict

Information Technology (IT) is the use of computers to store, retrieve, transmit,

and manipulate data, or information. IT system is generally an information system, a
communications system or, more specifically speaking, a computer system – including all
hardware, software and peripheral equipment – operated by a limited group of users.

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C. ICT Skills
ICT skills are about understanding and applying a range of computer programs, software and other
applications. These include: word processing, spreadsheets, databases, power points and search
engines. ICT skills are being manifested if you can do the following:

 type / encode your document; bring out your best writing using MS Word- word processor
 manipulate numbers and data for computation; discover and connect to data, analysis
using MS Excel – number processor
 generate slides for presentation; design professional presentations using MS PowerPoint –
slide presentation
 create everything from labels to newswriting and marketing materials using MS Publisher
 Copy(Ctrl+C) and Paste (Ctrl+V) any items from internet – images, video clips, music and
be able to embed them in your outputs
 CITE SOURCE(s) on any imported images, video clips, music ---to avoid plagiarism
 Manage browsing websites
 Save any files with appropriate file formats
 Associate yourself as a Techie person (one who has smart and cle ver ways of
manipulating computer and other related-gadgets)
D. Components of ICT
The term Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is generally accepted to
mean all technologies that, combined, allow people and organizations to interact in the
digital world.

Cloud software
computing

Internet
hardware
access

data transactions

Communications
technology

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 http://europeyou.eu/es/what-isinformation-and-
communication-

Read a parable entitled, “The Story of the Pencil” which is an excerpt from the novel written
by Paulo Coelho, “Like the Flowing River”. It is a thought-provoking story about a nondescript
object that gives a powerful message. Read the story aloud to yourself and find out how the
author creatively portrays the parable.
Before you read, familiarize yourself first with the author’s achievements.
Paulo Coelho
The pride of Brazil whose novel, The Alchemist, became a worldwide
 phenomenon; one of the best-selling books in history with 190 million copies
sold and translated into 80 languages

 Musician and lyricist prior to pursuing a writing career as a novelist

 Published 30 books, majority of which are novels
 Recipient of international awards, among these awards are:
- Spain’s Elle- Best International Writer (2008)
- Denmark’s Hans Christian Anderson Award (2007)
- Mexico’s Las Pergolas Prize (2006)

- American Wilbur Award (2006)

THE STORY OF THE PENCIL

by Paulo Coelho

The Grandchild was looking at his grandma writing for a letter. Suddenly he
asked: “Are you writing a story about us? Is it by chance a story about me?”. The
grandma stopped writing, smiled and said to her grandchild:
“Indeed I am writing about you, however more important than the words is the pencil I
am using.
“I hope you will be like this pencil when you grow up”.
The child, looked at the pencil curiously, but could not see anything special. “But . . . it
is exactly the same as every other pencil I saw in my life”.
“It is all in the way you look at things. There are five qualities in that pencil that, if you will be
able to maintain, will make you a man in peace with the whole world.

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First quality: you can make big thigs, but never forget that there is a hand guiding your steps.
This hand we call it God, and he will always have to address you towards his will.
Second quality: sometimes I have to stop writing and use a sharpener. This makes the pencil
suffer a little. But at the end it will be sharper. So learn to bear a little pain because it will make
you a better man.
Third Quality: the pencil always allows us to use an eraser to cancel mistakes. Understand
that correct something we did is not necessarily a bad thing, but something fundamental to
keep us on the right path.
Fourth quality: what is really important in the pencil is not the wood or the shape, but the lead
that is inside. So, be always careful of what happens inside of yourself.
At the end, the fifth quality: always leave a sign. In any case, be aware that everything you do
in your life will leave trails; try to be conscious of every single action.

Activity 1
Directions: Choose an emoji from the box below to describe the feeling that fits each pencil
description. Write your answer before each number.

_____________________1. A sharp-edge pencil in writing signifies smart and clever guy.

______________________2. A broken pencil suggests problem; heart-broken

______________________3. A newly-sharpened pencil implies regaining one’s strength

thus being ready to face the world again.

______________________4. A bigger-shaped pencil implies gaining body weight

caused by stress; imbalanced diet

_____________________ 5. A writing pencil is similar to you while you are into doing your
responsibility and duty to your work and family.

determined
proud
proud sad contented
and confident angry worried
and happy

Activity 2

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Directions: Read the fable entitled “The Ants and a Grasshopper” and have an artistic and
interesting way of presenting its story and moral lesson using multimedia. Use PowerPoint
presentation.
The Ants and the Grasshopper

A Grasshopper spends his summer singing and dancing, while a team of Ants has
worked hard all summer collecting food for the winter. He doesn’t understand why the Ants
work so hard. When winter comes, the Grasshopper finds himself dying of hunger and sees
the ant serving up food to survive. He, then understands why the Ants were working so hard.
The Lesson: There’s a time for work and a time for play! Just because you don’t think
something is important right now, doesn’t mean you should ignore it or put it off. It’s okay to
have fun, but make sure your work is done before! Always be prepared for what’s ahead!
Excellent Very Satisfactory Fair
Criteria Satisfactory
(25) (20) (15) (10)
1. Creativity
 Unique video presentation
2. Visual/Audio Impact
 Layout transition, and sound
3. Technical Quality
 Over-all impact of PowerPoint
presentation

ACTIVITY 3: Create a digital picture story of “The Rich People Problem” showcasing your
ICT skills, for a creative and unique presentation. Follow the steps in creating a digital picture
story.

Directions: Reflect on the sequence of events in the story. Have a creative digital picture
presentation; import images and music, and add voice over. Save your file. If computer is not
available, you can create the picture story manually.

Steps in Creating a Digital Picture Story

1. Use the story, “The Rich People Problem” for your digital picture story.

2. Note the sequence of events for the creative adaptation of the literary text.
3. Import images and music to your slides.
4. Apply appropriate template designs.

5. Record a voice-over.
6. Add transitions.
7. Adjust the timeline.
8. Save your output.

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 RICH PEOPLE PROBLEMS an
excerpt by Kevin Kwan

1 Bettina Ortiz y Meña was not accustomed to waiting. A former Miss Venezuela and
Miss Universe runner-up, of course, the exceedingly bronzed strawberry blond was these days
the wife of Miami auto-parts tycoon, Herman Ortiz y Meña, and at every restaurant she chose to
grace with her presence, she was always greeted with reverence and whisked to the exact
table she desired. Today she wanted the corner table on the terrace at Sip Sip, her favorite
lunch spot on Harbor Island.

She wanted to sit on one of the comfy orange canvas director’s chairs and stare out at the
gently lapping turquoise waters while eating her Kale Caesar salad, but there was a large
noisy group taking up the entire terrace and they didn’t seem in much hurry to leave.
2 Bettina fumed as she glared at the tourists happily savoring their lunch in the sun.
Look how tacky they were…the woman overly tanned, wrinkled and saggy, none of them
properly lifted or botoxed.
She felt like walking up to their table and handing out her dermatologist’s business
cards. And the men were even worse. All dressed in all rumpled shirts and shorts, wearing
those cheap straw hats sold at the trinket shot on Dunmore Street. Why did such people have
to come here?
3 The three-and-a-half-mile-long paradise with its pristine pink-
Sandbeaches was one of the best-kept secrets in the Caribbean, a haven for the very rich
filled with quaint little wood houses painted in shades of sherbet, charmin boutiques, chic
oceanfront mansions turned into inns, and five-star restaurants to rival St. Barths. Tourists
should have to take a style exam before being allowed to set foot on the Island! Feeling that
she had been patient long enough, Bettina stormed into the kitchen, the fringe on her
crocheted Pucci caftan top shaking furiously as she made a beeline for the woman with a
shock of pixie-cut blond hair manning the main stove.
4 “Julie, honey, what’s the dealio? I’ve waited more than fifteen minutes for my table!”
Bettina sighed to the owner of the restaurant.
“Sorry, Bettina, it’s been one of those days. The party of twelve on the terrace showed up first
just before you did,” Julie replied as she handed off a bowl of spicy conch chili to waiting server.

“But the terrace is your prime spot! Why on earth did you let those tourists take up all that
space?”
5 “Well, that tourist in the red fishing cap is the Duke of Glencora. His party just boated
over from Windermere – that’s his Royal Huisman you see moored off the coast. Isn’t it the
most handsome sailboat you’ve ever seen?”

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6 “I’m not impressed by big boats,” Bettina huffed, although secretly She was rather
impressed by people with big title. From the kitchen window, she surveyed the party assembled
on the terrace with new eyes. These aristo British types were such a strange breed. Sure, they
had their Savile Row suits and their heirloom tiaras, but when they traveled, they looked so
painfully frumpy.
7 It was only then that Bettina noticed three tan, well-built men in fitted white T-shirts
and black Kevlar pants sitting at the adjacent table. The guys weren’t eating but sat watchfully,
sipping glasses of seltzer water. “I assume that’s the duke’s security detail?
They couldn’t be more obvious! Don’t they know that we’re all billionaires here on
Briland, and this isn’t how we roll?” Bettina tutted.

8 “Actually, those bodyguards belong to the duke’s special guest. They did a whole
sweep of the restaurant before the party arrived.
They even searched my walk-in freezer. See that Chinese fellow seated at the end of the
table?”
Bettina squinted through her Dior Extase sunglasses at the portly, balding, seventy-
something Asian man dressed in a nondescript white shortsleeved golf shirt and gray trousers.
“Oh, I didn’t even notice him! Am I supposed to know who he is?”
That’s Alfred Shang, Julie said in a hushed tone.
9 Bettina giggled. “He looks like their chauffeur. Doesn’t he look like that guy that use
to drive Jane Wyman around in Falcon Crest?”
Julie, who was trying to focus on searing a cut of tuna to perfection, shook her head a tight-
lipped smile. “From what I hear, that chauffeur is the most powerful man in Asia.”

“What’s his name again?”

Digital Picture Rubric

Needs Needs Needs Needs

NO MINOR MAJOR TOTAL
Digital Picture Story Criteria revisions revisions revisions revisions
(25) (20) (15) (10)
1. Video Clarity and Resolution
• Creativity
• Technical Quality
2. Audio
• Audio is balanced between music and
voice over.
• Audio is clear all throughout the video.

3. Pacing

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 • Clip durations are appropriate, with
elements of excitements and surprise.
• The sequence of story is easy to
comprehend.

REFERENCES

https://www.bing.com/images/.
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Pen+and+Paper+Clip.
https://www.bing.com/search?.
https://www.mobal.com/blog/travel-talk/destination-guides/customs-andtraditions-from-
around-the-world/.

https://www.sprachcaffe.com/english/magazine-article/amazing-culturalfacts.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/essay. https://www.typesof.com/types-of-multimedia/.
https://www1.udel.edu/edtech/multimedia/index.html.
Kwan, Kevin. Rich People Problems. New York: Anchor Books, 2017.

Answer key

Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3

1. A sharp-edge pencil in writing Answers may Vary Answers may

signifies smart and clever guy- Vary
proud emoji

2. A broken pencil suggest

problem; heart broken- sad
emoji

3. a newly- sharpened pencil

implies regaining one’s strength,
thus being ready to face the
world again- determined and
confident emoji

4. a bigger-sharped pencil implies

gaining body weight caused by
stress; imbalanced diet- worried
emoji

5. a writing pencil is like when

you are into doing your
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responsibility and duty to your
family and work- contented and
happy emoji
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