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:

 Demonstrate ability to interpret specific literary genre;
 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.
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

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 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.

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 (Audio Video Interleave). Developed by Microsoft. Commonly used
AVI in video cameras and TV hardware. Plays well on Windows computers,
.avi
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
(small web file} content 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.
MP4 .mp4 MP4 is a video format, but can also be used for audio. Supported by all
browsers.

2. Animation

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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

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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

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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. Images

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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
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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.

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  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.
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).

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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.

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 clever 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. Read a parable entitled, “The Story of
Cloud software the Pencil” which is an excerpt from the
computing
novel written by Paulo Coelho, “Like the
Flowing River”. It is a thought-provoking story
about a nondescript object that gives a
Internet
hardware
access powerful message. Read the story aloud to
yourself and find out how the author
creatively portrays the parable.

data transactions

Communications
technology

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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.

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.
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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.

proud determine sad contented

proud angry worried
d and and happy
confident

Activity 2
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!
Very
Excellent Satisfactory Fair
Criteria Satisfactory
(25) (15) (10)
(20)
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.
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 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.

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?”

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

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Kwan, Kevin. Rich People Problems. New York: Anchor Books, 2017.

Answers Key

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 Activity 1 Activity 2

1. A sharp-edge pencil in Answers may Vary

writing signifies smart and
clever guy- proud emoji

2. A broken pencil suggest Activity 3

problem; heart broken- sad
emoji Answers may Vary
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 responsibility and duty
to your family and work-
contented and happy
emoji

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