Lesson 4

LESSON 4
Draft of a Short Piece

Using Literary Conventions
I.Introduction
Every piece of writing goes through a process or stages. These steps do not always
follow one another in succession. Instead, they are recursive. Meaning a step can occur again
at any point in the process. For instance, while revising a historically-based short story, a writer
may discover he/she needs to do additional research about the time period the story is set,
which takes the writer back to the prewriting stage.
In this lesson, you are expected to write a draft of a short piece using the studied literary
conventions.
II.Objectives:
● Write a draft of a short piece using multiple

elements conventionally identified with the literary genres following these pointers:
a. Choosing a topic
b. Formulating a thesis statement
c. Organizing and developing ideas
d. Using multiple literary conventions of a genre
e. Ensuring that theme and technique are effectively developed
● revise the draft of a short piece using multiple elements conventionally identified with the
literary genres
Learning Task 1: Using a concept map, write the words that can be associated to “Writing a
Draft”. Do this in your notebook.
Learning Task 2: Using the associated words, create your own definition of drafting in writing.
Write it in your notebook.
III.Discussion
You have learned in Creative Writing and other writing subjects about the stages of
writing whereas pre-writing aims to conceptualize and outline things and concepts to be
included in your output. Pre-writing can be associated to a draft of a written output.
Drafting is the preliminary stage of a written work in which the author begins to develop a more
cohesive product. A draft document is the product the writer creates in the initial stages of the
writing process. In the drafting stage, the author develops a more cohesive text and organizes
thoughts.
Prewriting/Planning
This is the stage where the writer thinks of the possible concept or ideas. Conceptualizing helps
to determine the flow of the write-up.
Some writers keep a composing diary, a record of records and notes, possibly drawings or
photos. Authors by and large are solid eyewitnesses who record what they see, hear, taste,
contact, and smell since it might turn out to be a piece of a story, a sonnet, a true to life article, a
play, and so on. Scholars may convey a little journal with them for the duration of the day and
set it on the end table close to their bed around evening time. At that point, it is promptly
accessible when a thought a motivation catches their eye.
Writers make several decisions in the prewriting stage as well. They will answer questions like
the topic, readers/audience, the mode of delivering the context, the genre, the point of view on
how to tell the content and some factual information.
In the previous lesson, you have opted to understand the writing prompts based on the type of
nonfiction whether it is informative, narrative or argumentative. Each of theses has a format to
be followed. A better outline shall be created first to determine what to be included in your
output.
In writing your draft, you may consider the following:
1. Identify your topic.
In choosing your topic, you need to consider the possibilities of gathering the contents.
Remember that nonfiction deals with factual information and should be based on reality. Topic
shall also be interesting with your target audience. Just tell something about your story in just
one to three sentences. You can also make a list of possible theme, tone and motif of your
piece depending on its applicability.
2. Outline your story/output.
Considering the writing format per type of nonfiction, start creating your outline. The outline will
help you organize you thoughts. You do not need to write the entire paragraphs. Just write on
your outline the topic or concerns for each paragraph. Consider from the introduction part to the
body to the concluding part of your piece.
Aside from the parts of the piece, you also need to consider other elements that are applicable
to your genre such as the characters and characterization, setting and atmosphere, conflicts,
point of view and other possible elements.
3. Use the learned styles, elements and techniques.
Now that you have learned the various styles, genre, formats, elements and techniques in
writing a nonfiction story, start writing on a freehand move. Just write everything that comes out
to your mind. Since you have the outline, this will guide you to adhere to the aim of your
writings. The use of these elements and techniques provide vivid impact to the readers once
you are done writing it.
Keep on writing until you jived your writing to your outline. If there is a plot, see to it that you
have attained to write the complete five parts of the plot. If you are struggling to your ending, do
not worry, you can work on with that later.
When you are writing, you can have it on handwritten way or direct it to your device like
computer. There are writers who are comfortable to start their draft with their pen and paper.
There are also writers who intend to directly write their ideas on their devices. It is all up to the
comfort of the writers.
4. Impart Dialogues and other conventions if necessary.
Using the dialogues depending on the genre or type of nonfiction that you chose to use makes
the piece more interesting and appealing to the readers. The diction plays also important thing
in your writing. Remember your target audience.
The scene and sequence are also important for you to attain the chronology of the piece that
you are writing.
5. Think of possible titles of your piece.
Make at least three possible titles of your piece. Consider the content and see to it that the title
is interesting and catchy to the target audience.
6. Read your draft.
Read your draft aloud. This will help you to review and comprehend the things and information
that you have written. You may also let other people to read your draft for them to suggest for
possible adjustments for improvement.
Now that you have read some of the tips in writing a draft, it seems that you are now ready to
work on your own draft.
IV.Assessment:
Activity 1: Work on with your draft by accomplishing the table below.
12 ponts
Areas What to do What to Write
Topic
Target Audience
Theme
Tone and Motif
Genre/Type
Point of View
Activity 2: Using the template below, start conceptualizing your characters and other essential elements
for your draft. Copy the template and accomplish it.
12 points
Name of the Main Character :
Physical Attributes :
Sociological Attributes :
Psychological Attributes :
Name of Other Characters :
Setting and Atmosphere :

Possible Titles:
Conflicts:
Paragraph and Content Arrangement :

First Paragraph:
Second Paragraph:
Third Paragraph:
Activity 3: Identify your target audience. What are the concepts that you considered in
choosing your target audience?
10 points
Activity 4: Start writing your draft. Consider all the facets in writing a nonfiction output.
20 points
V.References:
Learner’s Material for Grade12,Department of Education

Bondoc, J. (August 17, 2020). “Can’t schools resume where they’re ready – as usual?”.
Philippine Star. Retrieved August 17, 2020 from
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/08/17/2035946/new-coronavirus-mutation-
found-philippines
Hartgers, A. (2020). Literary Elements List: 20 Powerful Literary Devices to Engage Read-ers.
Retrieved August 17, 2020 from https://selfpublishing.com/literary-elements-list/
“Limberg, A. (2015). 5 Nonfiction Writing Techniques That Will Keep Readers Turning Pag-es.
Retrieved August 17, 2020 from https://thewritelife.com/nonfiction-writing-techniques/
Wall, D. (2010). More Ways to Use Fiction Techniques in Nonfiction. Retrieved August 17, 2020
from https://www.dorothywall.com/writing-nonfiction-tech.html
Writing Creative Nonfiction”. (2019). Retrieved August 16, 2020 from
https://davehood59.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/writing-creative-nonfiction/

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LESSON 4

Draft of a Short Piece

● Write a draft of a short piece using multiple

Name of the Main Character :

Name of Other Characters :

Setting and Atmosphere :

Paragraph and Content Arrangement :

Learner’s Material for Grade12,Department of Education

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