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CREATIVE WRITING

(Week 15)

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Name:_______________________________________ Grade Level: _____

(Weeks 15)
LESSON 11
Multimodality in Play
Learning competencies: 1) Learners explore different staging modalities vis-
à-vis envisioning the script; and 2) Write at least one scene for one- act
play applying the various elements, techniques and literary devices.

Objectives

Students are expected to:

a. Discover the functions of modality/multimodality through photo and word

recognition game; and
b. Write one scene for a one-act play applying multimodality.
c. Create an original story out of the conceptualized character, setting, and plot
for a one-act play.
Review
Name that Picture
Instructions: Identify the type of intertextuality reflected in the pictures.

Answers:
Picture 1: _____________________________
Picture 2: _____________________________
Picture 3: _____________________________

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 Pre-assessment
Photo and Word Recognition
Instructions: Your task involves the discovery the focus or identification
of the meaning and representation of each sign/symbol with regards to
their social or cultural functions.

Example

What is the representation of this sign?

Ans.: INFLAMMABLE

1.What is the focus of this image?

Ans. __________________

2. What is the representation of this image?

Ans. ___________________

3.What is the focus of this sign?

Ans. __________________

4.What does this image represent?

Ans. __________________

5.What is the focus of this image?

Ans. ________________

Pondering questions:
1. Why do images and texts have multiple meanings or multiple ways
to understand them?
2. Do you think that when an image and text are equal in statues, the
whole image connects to the whole of the text?
3. What is now the role of modality in understanding everything
around us?

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 Introduction
In this lesson, you will be learning about modality and
multimodality resources used in playwriting and staging. It is hoped
that through this lesson you will become critical thinkers, not passive
readers.
As an evidence of your learning, you will be asked to write one
scene for a one-act play applying all the elements and literary devices.

Content
➢ MODALITY refers to the reality status accorded to or claimed by a
sign, text or genre.

➢ MODE is socially and culturally shaped resource for making

meaning. Modes are resources for designing semiotic artifacts or
events (e.g. music composition or writing a play).

Examples: image, writing, layout, speech, moving image,

costumes, dress, hairstyle, conventional signs, etc.

➢ Meanings are made in a variety of modes and with more than one
mode. Modes have modal resources.

MODAL RESOURCES:

1. Writing resources- syntactic, grammatical, lexical, and color

2. Graphic resources- font type, size, framing (punctuation)
3. Speech resources (cf. writing resource)- intensity, intonation, tonal
or vocal quality, length, silence
4. Image resources- position, size, color, shape, icons, spatial relation
5. Moving images resources- temporal succession, movement

➢ Modes have different affordances, potentials and constraints for

making meaning.

MULTIMODALITY IN PLAY
Multimodality especially in movie pictures, theatrical
performances (play or drama), and musical shows must be properly
developed and included for audience’s connectivity and pleasure.
Pleasure and connectivity require audience to have the same frame of
meaning or reference from the theatrical performances (play) so as to
render full understanding.

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Focuses on:
Costumes (scarf, hat, turban, jeans, filigree, dress)
Hairstyles (Mohawk, Rastafarian, Peruke, Rizalian)
Color (vibrant, dark, cool, healing, fresh, hungry)
Typography (stencils, markings, font styles)
Gesture and Movement (body activities)
Space (high- low, right- left polarization)
Voice and Music (timbral, high- pitched, whispery, rough, metallic, nasal,
hoarse, coarse, cacophony, euphony)

Make the actions and image compliment.

Examples:
✓ having a cup of coffee (consider design and color)
✓ choosing the type of curtains and blinds
✓ the placement of fruits and vegetables

Self-Check Activity

More than Meets the Eye

Instructions: Describe the notions behind the pictures being shown. You
may use multimodality in analyzing the meaning of each picture.

Criteria
Manner -10 (organization, reasoning, and concepts)
Matter -10 (content, diction, and elaborateness)
Method -10 (techniques, style, and strategies)
Total – 30 points

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Key Concepts
• Multimodal is the combination of two or more modes to create
meaning. To be able to communicate effectively in an increasing
multimodal world, one needs to comprehend and compose
meanings across diverse forms of multimodal text.

Evaluation
The Playwright in Me

Instructions: Read an example of a one-play script or watch a sample

from Youtube. Study how it’s written and identify the elements used.
After which, list down at least 5 ideas which you want to write about.
From those five, choose the one closest to your heart then start
crafting one scene for a one act play. As you compose, remember to
include intertextuality and multimodality to make your work come to
life.

Enrichment Activity
Devising One’s Story

Instructions: Go over your work and devise it. Check once more if it
contains all the elements. Consider those you have learned about
characterization so you can create an effective character. Further, make
sure that intertextuality and multimodality were used to make your
piece come to life. Encode your final work in a long bond paper.
The story should be 9- 12 pages only with 4 or less characters.

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 Bibliography
Chandler, D. (1987). Semiotics for beginner.

Hynes, J. (2014). Writing great fiction: Storytelling tips and techniques course guide
book. The Great Courses.

Kress, G. & Bezemer, J. (2008). Writing in multimodal texts a social semiotic account for
learning. Institute of Education, Center for Multimodal Research.

Simpson, J. (2011). The Routledge handbook for applied linguistics. Routledge London
and New York.

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