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Department of Education
ALTERNATIVE LEARNING SYSTEM
Region VIII _______________
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Learning Activity Sheets (LAS)

LS1 Communication Skills ( )

Name of Learner: ____________________________ Date: _________________
CLC: ______________________________________ Level: ________________

Lesson: Informative, Journalistic and

Literary Writing
Learning Competency:
•Distinguish between and among informative, journalistic, and literary
writing.
LS1CS/EN-W-PSE-JHS-23

Writing is to communicate with others, to stimulate interest or action from the

reader. It also helps you to reflect on your experiences and learn from them. People
write for a variety of reasons. For some, it is a career; for others, a hobby. Some write
because it helps them to sort out their feelings.

In this lessons, you will learn the different types of writing the informative,
journalistic and literary writing. You will distinguish the differences of the three types
of writing. This module will help you learn how to write informative, journalistic
and literary text.

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 Let’s think about this

Direction: Look at the pictures below. Write down write if the pictures
are Informative or Not Informative. Write your answer in the blank.

1. ________________ 2. _________________ 3. ______________

4. ________________ 5. _________________ 6. ______________

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 LS1: English
Name of Learner: ____________________________ Date: _________________
CLC: ______________________________________ Level: ________________
Pre-Test
Informati
ve,Direction: Directions: Read the story below and answer the questions
that follows. Circle the letter of your correct answers.
Journalis There was once a very wealthy and curious king. He placed a huge boulder in the
middle of the road and hid nearby to see if anyone would move it away from the road.
tic. andThe first people who is passed by were the wealthiest merchants and courtiers, rather
Literary
than moving the boulder, they walked around it and even blamed the king for not maintaining
the roads.
Writing Then, a peasant came along He was carrying a load of vegetables. When he got near the
boulder, he put down his load and moved the stone to the side of the road. It was just a piece of
cake moving it and he succeeded without complaining.
He gathered up his load and when he was set to continue walking, he saw a purse lying
on the ground where the boulder was once in place. He opened it and saw the king’s note saying,
“Reward for moving the boulder from the road’’.

Circle the letter of your correct answers.

1. What does “a piece of cake “mean as used in the selection?
A. easy B. Sweet C. Effortful D. complicated

2. What can we learn from the king’s action?

A. We can be successful without complaining.
B. A small help from others would mean a lot.
C. We need to be rich to achieve great things in life.
D. Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our situation.

3. We can say that the first people who passed by the boulder__________.
A. Helped the king in maintaining the roads
B. Complained instead of doing something
C. Did not notice the stone and walked around it
D. Moved the boulder as a team.

4. The selection is an example of a ________.

A. Journal B. Literary text C. Academic write up D. Scientific analysis

5. What must be the exact title of the story?

A. A Piece of Cake B. The Curios King
C. Huge Boulder D. The Obstacles in Our Path
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 Let’s see what you already know

Direction: Think of people in your family. Write a poem about why they are
special in your life.

I
Love
ADCBD
My
Famil
y

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 Let’s learn
Writing gives people, the opportunity to express themselves
regardless of whether they are writing journalism, fiction or
other type of genre. Writing, in its essence, is a soul soother.
As the pen hits the page or fingers tap on a keyboard, the
writing is the beginning of personal expression. People write
for a variety of reasons, but mainly writing serves to
provoke change.

Informative
Writing
- educates a reader on a topic. They can have one of
several functions: to define a term, compare and
contrast something, analyze data, or provide a how-
to. They do not, however, present an opinion or try
to persuade your reader.

 to inform or present information

 to do so in an unbiased manner
 to use resources that are reliable and scholarly
 to be clear and organized

The primary purpose of informative/explanatory writing is to increase the understanding of

the
reader.

Informative/explanatory writing might include any or all of the foll owing:

–Providing new knowledge
–Explaining a process
–Developing a concept

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Journalistic
-is Writing
a style of writing that is used to report news
stories in a variety of media formats. It is to inform
the public by reporting on local, national and global
news and events.

 to write clear, concise and colorful writing

 to do so write simply but not dull, and
 to use descriptive words only when they have impact
 to maintain balance in each issue (pro and con views)
 to strive for a thorough representation of all sides

The purpose of journalism is thus to provide citizens with the information they need
to make the best possible decisions about their lives, their communities, their societies, and
their governments.

 to quickly inform  to entertain

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 to persuade
Every news outlet has a different protocol for
selecting which stories to run, but some
traditional values often determine the
“newsworthiness” of a story. The more of these
news values a story satisfies, the more likely
you are to see it prominently featured in mass
media outlets.

Literary
Writing
- is defined as creating new creative
work, such as poems or novels, and
compilations or volumes of creative
work. The term 'literary writing'
calls to mind works by writers such
as Shakespeare, Milton, or
Wordsworth; definitive
examples of all that the term
implies.

• In fundamental terms literature is 'an expression of life

through the medium of language' , but language used
more profoundly than when used simply to convey
information.
• Literature is a vital record of what men have seen in life;
what they have experienced of it, what they have
thought and felt about those aspects of it which have
the most immediate and enduring interest for all of us.
• All fiction is a kind of magic and trickery, a confidence
trick, trying to make people believe something is true
that isn't.
• Literature is a process of communication, it 'helps us to
understand life'.

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 to create an emotional appeal among readers
to create experiences that are shared to the readers
 to capture the readers’ attention

The literary purpose is used to entertain and to give aesthetic pleasure. The focus of the
literary purpose is on the words themselves and on a conscious and deliberate arrangement of
the words to produce a pleasing or enriching effect. A writer often expresses a worldview
when using the literary purpose.

 to express
 to entertain
 to communicate

Examples of literary works:

 fiction.
 nonfiction.
 manuscripts.
 poetry.
 contributions to collective works.
 compilations of data or other literary subject matter.
 dissertations.
 theses.
Fiction Story
Poem

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 What is informative writing?
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 What is the purpose of informative writing?

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 What is journalistic writing?

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 What is the purpose of journalistic writing?

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 What is literary writing?

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 Which types of writing you found important and Why?

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 Activity 1
Direction: Write an Informative Writing about your friend.

My
I am Friend
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My friend

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________________________________________________________________

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Activity 2 Parents/Guardian Signature

Direction: Using the format below. Make a Journalistic Writing using current news or issues
you have heard on TV, internet or radio. Supply the following format.

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Direction: Read the literary writing below and answer the questions that follows.

POEM: He Had His Dream

By Paul Laurence

He had his dream, and all through life,

Worked up to it through toil and strife.
A float forever before his eyes,
It colored for him all his skies:
The storm-cloud dark
Above his bark,
The calm and listless vault of blue
Took on its hopeful hue,
It tinctured every passing beam--
He had his dream.
He labored hard and failed at last,
His sails too weak to bear the blast,
The raging tempests tore away
And sent his beating bark astray.
But what cared he
For wind or sea!
He said, "The tempest will be short,
My bark will come to port."
He saw through every cloud a gleam--
He had his dream.

Directions: Choose the best answer for each question.

1. Why does the poet keep saying “He had his dream”?
a. to have a rhyme b. to emphasize a theme
c. to tell what the man thought d. to explain what happened
2. Why does the poet say “storm-cloud dark”?
a. The man was sad. b. The sky was cloudy.
c. The man faced problems. d. The man was worried.
3. What does it mean when the poet says “He saw through every cloud a
gleam”?
a. He was discouraged. b. He was patient.
c. He had hope. d. He would have more problems.
4. Why does the poet write about difficulties?
a. to show that hard work can fail b. to help people think about problems
c. to discourage people from changing d. to encourage people to try
5. Write your own answer to this question.
What do you think the poet wants you to learn from the poem?
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Why do you think so?

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 Let’s see what have you learned:

Direction: Circle the letter of your correct answer.

1. Where are informative writings used?

A. Fictional books B. Newspapers C. Comics D. Magazines

2. What is the purpose of informative text?

A) To persuade you to buy something.
B) To describe how a scene might look in a novel.
C) To provide clear facts about something.
D) To tell you how to do something.

3. What is this text passage trying to persuade you to do?

A) To go on holiday.
B) To make some home improvements.
C) To take out a loan with the advertising loan company.
D) To buy something you’ve always wanted.

4. What is the purpose of the following passage of text?

A) To inform the reader that bleeding needs to be controlled.

B) To describe the scene of an accident.
C) To persuade the reader to attend a First Aid course.
D) To instruct the reader on what to do if they come across an accident.

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 Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle’s compass come
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
-Sonnet 116, Shakespeare
5. Which statement about love can be reflected in the text?
A. It endures forever.
B. It changes easily through time.
C. It makes the heart miss the other person
D. It is based on one’s physical appearance.
6. What can be inferred in the line “Love’s no Time’s fool”?
A. Only a fool believes in love
B. Love fades as time passes by.
C. Love is constant even if times are changing.
D. Love is based on the length of time of togetherness.
7. What kind of text is the work of Shakespeare?
A. academic
B. journalistic
C. literary
D. scientific
8. What is Journalism?
A. News from all over the globe.
B. A journal.
C. The writing of thoughts and ideas to persuade others of what is
going on in the world today.
D. An activity or profession of writing for newspapers or magazines of
broadcasting news on radio or television.
9. Journalistic writing is generally expected to be objective, relying on:
A. Facts and evidence
B. Emotional appeals
C. Propaganda
D. None of the answers are correct
10. Which of the following is not an example of informative text?
A) a church newsletter
B) a recipe book
C) a doctors’ surgery leaflet about services provided
D) an obituary in a local newspaper

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References:

https://literarydevices.net/paradox/

https://www.britannica.com/art/figure-of-speech#:~:text=In%20European%20languages%2C
%20figures%20of,(e.g.%2C%20hyperbole%2C%20litotes%2C

https://examples.yourdictionary.com/figure-of-speech-examples.html

Key answers:
Let’s Think About This
1. Informative 2. Informative 3. Non-Informative 4. Informative
5. Informative 6. Informative
Pre-Test
1. A 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. D
Activity 1

Is open-ended questions. Answer may vary.

Activity 2

Is open-ended questions. Answer may vary.

Activity 3
1. B 2. C 3. C 4. D
5. Question
5 is open-ended. Here is a suggested response.
Answers should relate to resilience or determination or hope.

Post-Test
1. A 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. D
6. A 7. C 8. D 9. A 10. C

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