Module 3
Module 3
Reporter's Notebook
Content Standard
Performance Standard
Learning Competencies
Unit Summary:
In this unit, the students will act like junior reporters as they learn the
proper use of logical connectors, active and passive voices, past and perfect
tenses, as well as direct and reported speech in journalistic writing. The
teacher will utilize interactive PowerPoint presentations, sample printed and
online articles as well as related web pages and videos in explaining the
grammatical structure and journalistic content of news, opinion, and feature
stories. Based on the discussed concepts, the students will create their own
journalistic articles. The students will then collaborate and make a newspaper
spread through MS Publisher. They will be evaluated by their group members
by other groups and by the teacher. This will be the students' final output for
English in the 4th quarter. It will be assessed using journalistic standards for
content and organization and related grammar rules. Ultimately, students will
appreciate the role of journalism in keeping the society informed and in
forwarding significant changes.
Week 1
Day 1:
Day 2:
b. compare the content and structure of news articles with the two
other journalistic texts through a diagram; and
Day 3:
Day 4:
a. discern the use of active and passive voices in making clear and
meaningful sentences;
Day 5:
Week 2
Day 6:
Day 7:
Day 8:
Day 9:
By browsing web pages that post "human interest" writing (e.g. Humans
of New York), the students will be able to:
b. share their favorite anecdotes from the web pages that they
browsed and explain why they chose them; and
Day 11:
Day 12:
Daily Procedures
Day 1
d. Let the students write the different types of articles. Ask the
students to bring out their newspaper.
f. Ask the students for insights about why we need to read the
news.
a. The students will create a table about the three types of articles.
d. Five minutes before the time, ask the students to pass their
paper.
Day 2
b. Give each group one set of articles containing the three types (news,
feature, editorial/opinion). The cutouts of the given articles must be jumbled
but separated according to type.
d. Ask some of the students to read their output in front of the class.
4. Let students remain in their groups as they explore the functions and
features of MS Publisher in relation to assembling articles.
c. Ask the students to search for sample articles from the internet (2
news articles, 1 opinion article and I feature article).
d. Instruct the students to paste the content of the given articles in the
layout of their newspaper spread (8.5 inches x 14 inches). This newspaper
spread will serve as a model for their long-term project.
e. Five minutes before the time, ask the students to save their output.
Instruct them to send their work in your account in Google docs or Schoology
before the class ends. (If the internet is unavailable, tell the students to send
the file before 9 pm through e-mail).
Day 3
3. Proceed to the discussion about past and past perfect sentences and
their importance in journalistic writing.
c. Inform the class that the most common tenses used in news
writing are past tense and past perfect tense. Explain these through the
given examples.
d. Through the handout, ask the class to give their own examples.
e. Why are reporters fond of using past and past perfect tenses?
(Let the students share their answer in front of the class).
c. Ask the students to pass their paper a few minutes before the
bell rings.
Day 4
e. Ask the class what happened to the tone of the story. Did it
become more engaging? interesting? Why?
4. Present the lesson about active and passive voices and their relation to
journalistic writing.
Day 5
b. Repeat the video. Ask the students to take down the important
lines on a scrap paper.
3. Proceed to the discussion about direct and indirect speech and their
relation to journalistic writing.
a. Ask the class why they converted the lines in the video.
b. Start the PowerPoint presentation. Ask what is direct and
reported speech. These are two ways to report what someone says or
thinks.
e. Do you think knowing direct and reported speech will help you
in news writing? How?
c. After five minutes, the two students will exchange places. The
first person who was interviewed will now interview his/her partner.
d. After five minutes, the two students will now paraphrase the
answers into a sentence, thus converting direct speech to indirect speech
(or vice versa) whenever necessary. The students will compile it into a
paragraph.
e. Ask the students to pass their paper a minute before the bell
rings.
Day 6
c. After 10 minutes, ask the class to paste their papers. Ask what
words are missing in the article. Let them discuss.
b. As you fill in the blanks in the article, give the different types of
logical connectors. Show examples.
c. After the class has helped the character finish the article, ask
them the importance of logical connectors.
b. The students will fill in the blanks with the appropriate logical
connector.
c. The students will then use their answers to rewrite the given
article in an intermediate paper.
d. Ask the students to pass their paper a few minutes before the
bell rings.
c. The students will then answer the questions of the given quiz.
Day 7-8
1. Start with a prayer to be led by one of the students.
f. Ask the students what kind of news lead makes them want to
read the entire article and what they think are the qualities of a good
news article background. Allow students to discuss their answers with
their seatmates. After a few minutes, ask some of them to share their
responses briefly.
3. Look for lecture videos on YouTube detailing the basics of opinion and
feature articles. Show these videos to the class. The videos will take about 5
minutes each.
4. Give a skeletal structure of an outline for the two videos in which the
basic content and structure of opinion and feature articles are identified.
a. Type of Article
d. Additional Tips
Day 9
6. Ask the students to work by pairs and briefly answer the following
questions on an intermediate pad:
a. What was the video about? Answer in 1-2 sentences.
b. How was the video structured in terms of:
the introduction?
Presenting the Pros?
presenting the Cons?
conclusion?
c. How does the structure of the video compare with the structure
of an opinion article, as discussed previously?
d. How is the topic of the video related to your personal life and
experiences? Answer in 4 to 6 sentences.
7. Let students explore YouTube for videos that talk about the pros and
the cons of one of the following topics:
a. Technology in the classroom
b. School Uniforms
c. K to 12 Curriculum in the Philippines
Day 10
Day 11
Day 12
Pre-requisite Skills
Basic research skills
Basic knowledge in formal grammar
Exposure to journalism (specifically news, feature and articles)
Basic knowledge in using MS Publisher
Supplies
Intermediate paper
Coupon bond
Writing materials
*Most activities are done using computers and the internet
Internet Resources
https://cmna395.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/newspaper_basics_2009.pdf
http://www.ohlone.edu/people/bparks/docs/basicnewswriting.pdf
http://www.lssc.edu/faculty/heather_j_elmatti/Shared%20Documents/ MMC
%202100/News%20Writing%2010.pdf
http://www.evergreen.edu/writingcenter/handouts/grammar/tenses.pdf
https://www.google.com/urlsa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&c-
d=1&ved=0ahUKEwi5yLPxtfTKAhVF6aYKHbwkA5QQFg- gdMAA&url=http%3A
%2F%2Fwww.vguk.hr/%2Fdownload. php
%3Dstudnewsfile257C1254&usg=AFQjCNH9kkAZ1BL7322Ghs7jy.
OWwok0TMA&cad=rja https://www.google.com/url?
sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&c-
d=1&ved=0ahUKEwi5yLPxtfTKAhVF6aYKHbwkA5QQFg- gdMAA&url=http%3A
%2F%2Fwww.vguk.hr%2Fdownload. php%3FdownloadParams
%3Dstudnewsfile%257C1254&usg=AFQjCN
H9kkAZ1BL7Jz2Ghs7jy0Wwok0TMA&cad=rja •
http://www3.cablevision.qc.ca/ronalds/englishclass/grammar/Active%20 and
%20Passive%20Voice%20-%20Rules.pdf
https://www.uvu.edu/writingcenter/docs/handouts/activevspassive.pdf
http://www.stlcc.edu/Student Resources/Academic Resources/Writing
Resources/Grammar_Handouts/reported_speech.pdf http://www.perfect-
english-grammar.com/support-files/reported_speech_ explanation.pdf
Online news sites such as Rappler.com, Inquirer.net, among others
Student Assessment
Formative Assesment:
Make What You Know
Based on the articles in their reading assignment, the students will
create a short essay or poem on the importance of news. The students
must include the name of the newspaper. Their score will be based on
their citations and explanations about the articles. There will be a
deduction of points if the student didn't include the name of the
newspaper.
Put it Back Together
The students are grouped into seven members each. Each group
will be given one set of articles containing the three types (news, feature,
editorial/opinion). The cut-outs of the given articles must be jumbled but
separated according to type. The class will have to rearrange the
disorganized articles in two minutes. Their output will be graded
according to how the articles are arranged.
Summative Assessment
There's a Difference Among the Three
(Using the sample articles, the student will enumerate the distinct
qualities of the given samples of news, opinion, and feature articles
through a table. The score of the activity will be based on how many
appropriate qualities the student can enumerate in the table.)
Venn Diagram
Using MS Word, create a Venn diagram that enumerates the
journalistic content and grammatical structure of news, opinion, and
feature stories. The students will print their output and then submit it
next meeting. The qualities given must be based on the given activity of
their discussion. This will serve as a basis of their score.
Exercise: Past and Past Perfect
Prepare a hard copy of an exercise from www.englisch-hilfen.
com. The students will answer the exercise by filling the correct verb in
the brackets. The results of this exercise will be added to their grade.
Diagram
Use a PowerPoint presentation to discuss the lesson about news
writing. At the end of the lecture presentation, instruct the students to
make personalized diagrams that outline the basic structure of a news
article on their notebooks. After five minutes, flash samples of diagrams
that describe the structure of news articles for students to compare and
refine their outputs if needed.
News Spread
Using their homework from Day Six, instruct the students to work
individually on a news article about a significant issue within their
school through Microsoft Word. Rubrics will be given for the newspaper
spread for students' reference in conceptualizing and designing their
newspaper spreads as well as for future evaluation of other groups'
works.
Panitikang Mediterranean
Targeted Philippine Basic Education Curriculum
Competencies
The Interview
The students will conduct a short interview with a person in the
classroom that they find interesting. The interview will be used to make
a basic personality sketch (e.g. personal details such as the
interviewee's birthdate, educational background, information about
parents and siblings). The scores will be based on the interview sheet
and the answers of the interviewee.
Human Interest
Recommend to the class some websites and pages that post
"human interest writing" (e.g. Humans of New York) and let students
explore the internet for 10 minutes to read through more samples.
Present a blank sample of a word web about the different human
interest angles in feature writing. Tell students to bring out their
homework (basic personality sketch). They will use an appropriate
human interest angle to write a feature article about the person they
interviewed. After completing the necessary information, the students
will be tasked to finish their feature articles on Microsoft Word. Assign
the completion and revision of all the students' journalistic articles as
their homework. Another assignment is to bring soft copies of all the
articles (news, opinion, and feature) that they made.
Araw 11: Ang Kuba ng Notre Dame at Mga Dapat Tandaan sa Pagsusulat ng
Nobela
Gamit ang pangkatang pag-uulat tungkol sa Ang Kuba ng Notre Dame at mga
dapat tandaan sa pagsulat ng nobela, ang mga mag-aaral ay inaasahang:
1. naiisa-isa ang mga dapat tandaan sa pagsulat ng nobela,
2. naibabahagi ang kakintalang naiiwan ng akdang Kuba ng Notre
Mic Dame sa kanila; at
3. naisasadula ang isang pangyayari sa nobela na may
pagkakatulad
Pamamaraan
Ang mga sumusunod ang mga detalye na isasagawa para sa ikatatamo
ng mga natukoy na layunin ng pag-aaral.
Araw 11: Ang Kuba ng Notre Dame at Mga Dapat Tandaan sa Pagsusulat ng
Nobela
By the help of the following questions, share your own recommendations and
observations on how you may use and enhance the two learning plans.
Step 1: Read the following learning plans, and think of a way by which you
may improve it guided by the principles of ICT integration in language
teaching.
Content Standard:
The learner demonstrates understanding of how world literatures and
other text types serve as vehicles of expressing and resolving conflicts among
individuals or groups and also how to use strategies in critical reading,
listening, and viewing, and affirmation and negation markers to deliver
impromptu and extemporaneous speeches.
Performance Standard:
The learner proficiently delivers an argumentative speech emphasizing
how to resolve conflicts among individuals or groups.
Read closely to get the author's purpose.
Read closely to get explicitly and implicitly stated
information.
Detect bias and prejudice in the material viewed.
Identify unsupported generalizations and exaggerations.
Use words and expressions that affirm or negate.
Compose an argumentative essay.
Demonstrate confidence and ease of delivery.
Recall previous experiences as scaffold to the message
conveyed by a material viewed.
Step 2: Guided by the standards and the principles of ICT integration and
lesson planning principles taught in your previous classes, develop the learning
outcomes of this learning plan. Encode your daily objectives and submit these
using the course Learning Management System (LMS) Portal.
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Step 3: Read the following learning plans by group and develop the learning
procedures with some plans for accommodating students with special learning
needs. Encode your daily objectives and submit these using the course
Learning Management System (LMS) Portal.
Targeted Philippine Basic Education Curriculum Competencies
GRADE 9, English, First Grading, Elements of Poetry
Curriculum-Framing Questions
Essential Questions
How does literature keep one's identity?
Unit Questions
Why do we still read Anglo-American writers' literary works?
How relevant are Anglo-American literary pieces to peoples'
lives?
How do literary pieces reflect our contemporary situation?
Content Questions
What are the uses of ellipsis, slash, capitalization and
interjection?
What are the different elements of poetry?
What are the divisions of poetry?
What is the difference of poetry from prose?
When are we going to apply word order and word formation
(clipping, blending, compounding, folk etymology, etc.) in a
literary piece?
Unit Summary
In this Unit, you will compare and contrast the different types of poetry; know
the elements of poetry: apply the uses of word order and word formation in
daily conversation; and the proper usage of ellipsis. slash, capitalization and
interjection. Moreover, you will be able to explore the divisions of poetry and
the difference of prose from poetry. But more than just activating your
intellectual ability, you are led to participate in a speech choir using verbal and
non-verbal strategies (hand, face, and body). enabling you to listen with
understanding, speak precisely and assuredly, and write coherently and
clearly. Learning will not be fun if there's no spice, Technology is one of those
spices, indeed. Some of the activities are creating a poem and will dramatize it
using a movie maker and describing yourselves through a poem with the aid of
Microsoft word. These will enhance your creativity, teamwork, resourcefulness,
etc. Moreover, you will record your speech choir (poetry recital) using verbal
and non-verbal strategies. Also, you will answer some of the quizzes through
the use of different online venues like Edmodo and Schoology. You will
maximize the appropriate use of multimedia by listening and viewing activities
such as watching a video clip to support the existing information gathered
during the discussions.
Day 1:
By means of sentence analysis, the students should be able to:
a. determine the uses of ellipsis, slash, interjection and capitalization to
convey meaning:
b. display the efforts and sacrifices of a father by writing back a letter;
and compose a poem using ellipsis, slash, I
c. nterjection and capitalization.
Day 2:
Providing the activity, 'Pictionary', the students should be able to:
a. interpret set of pictures to form word meanings;
b. discuss solutions to a common problem by their previous experiences;
and
c. arrange the inverted sentences to normal word order.
Day 3:
Providing the activity, Be My Tour Guide, the students should be able to:
a. select the word formation used in the problem:
b. share suggestions based on experiences; and
c. write suggestions in helping the lost man.
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Examine
1. Teachers also work as curricularist. As a curricularist, how do you intend to
make your ICT integration more responsive and relevant?