Creative Writing (Week 6 & 7)

Lesson: Writing journal entries and other short

compositions exploring key Elements of Fiction

Activity 1: What I Know

Directions: Using the provided acrostic, present what have you known about the previous
lesson about the elements of fiction. Consider the provided clue on each letter of the
acrostic. Do this on your answer sheet.

S – SCENARIO
T – TALKING
CHARACTERS
O – OOPS! A
PROBLEM!
R – ATTEMPTS TO
RESOLVE THE
PROBLEM
Y – YES, THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED!

Activity 2: What’s In
Learning Task 1: Recall the Elements
Directions: Knowing your writing preferences will help you be more successful
in your writing process. The use of elements of fiction will help you to retell the story
effectively. Answer the following questions on your bond paper.
1. What fiction genre do you prefer to write? Why?
2. How will you use your learned elements of fiction?

Activity 3: What’s New

Learning Task 2: Say Something!

Directions: Tell something about the provided pictures. Write your statements on your
paper.

1. ______________ 2. ___________________ 3.
 4. ________________ 5. _____________________ 6. ________________

Activity 4: What is It
In this part of your journey, we provide something for you to deepen your
understanding about writing process considering the different genres of fiction and
some tips in writing a story. This will help you to utilize your understandings in using
the fictional elements, literary devices, and techniques.

Please continue reading with comprehension as you discover further knowledge

that will help you out in your quest on the remaining phases of this lesson.

Fictional Genres

There are general rules to follow, for example, manuscript length, character
types, settings, themes, viewpoint choices, and plots. Certain settings suit specific
genres. These will vary in type, details, intensity, and length of description. The tone
employed by the author, and the mood created for the reader, must also suit the
genre.

Why Does Genre Matter?

Genres are great because they fulfil reader expectations. We purchase certain
books since we have appreciated comparative stories previously. Perusing these books
gives us a feeling of having a place, of plunking down with an old companion and
knowing we're on recognizable ground. There is additionally a brotherhood between
readers who follow similar classes.

Journalists can utilize this for their potential benefit on the grounds that their
limits are models on which to base stories. Sorts reflect patterns in the public arena,
and they advance when authors push the limits. At last choose if the trial has worked
by purchasing these books.

The most significant piece of sort fiction, however, is that it satisfies our human
requirement for classic narrating. We some of the time need stories we can depend on
to dull the unforgiving real factors of life.

These are some of the fictional genres that you may encounter while reading a
story or watching a film. But, let us focus only with some of the most common fictional
genres that you may select in writing your own fictional story.

1. FANTASY
A story that is imaginative but could never really happen. The setting may be of
another world. Characters might be magical like talking animals, sorceries, witches
and wizardry. It is a genre of imaginative fiction involving magic and adventure,
especially in a setting other than the real world.

Many fantasy novels involve adventure as a key feature. Characters may

discover portals to other worlds or discover hidden magic, wonder and surprise in our
own world. Novels from C.S. Lewis’s classic Chronicles of Narnia series to J.K.
Rowling’s Harry Potter series populate imaginary worlds with mythical beasts, power-
seeking tyrants and more.

Characters adventure through worlds where the impossible is possible.

Exploring the ‘impossible’ is another common element in fantasy. Magical wands may
weave spells that defy the laws of physics as we know them.

Other times magic is spoken, chanted, or ripples through land and landscape.
 Element 1: Magic
The word magic comes from the Greek magikos, from magos. This means ‘one of
the members of the learned and priestly class’. This explains how magic, in fantasy, is
often associated with learning, with complex books and rituals.
Magic in great books takes many forms. The apprentice wizards in J.K.
Rowling’s Harry Potter duel with wands. In C.S. Lewis’ Narnia series, a witch casts a
spell over the Kingdom of Narnia, plunging it into eternal winter. She also destroys a
secondary world by speaking ‘the Deplorable Word’.
Element 2: Adventure
Adventure in fantasy is common, from bands of travelling, questing heroes (like
Frodo and friends in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings) to girls who fall down magical
rabbit holes (Alice in Wonderland).
Adventure in fantasy often features another meaning of magic:
‘A quality of being beautiful and delightful in a way that seems remote from
daily life.’
Adventure does indeed take us to places that seem remote from daily life, full of
new joys and discoveries (or dangers). In Frodo’s adventures, he finds both the
dazzling land of the elves, Lothlorien, and the foul, stinking lands of Mordor where the
story’s villain resides.
Adventure means ‘an unusual and exciting or daring experience’, as well as
‘excitement associated with danger or the taking of risks.’
Element 3: Struggle for mystery
Themes of struggle and mastery are found in many forms throughout many
fantasy novels. Part of this is due to fantasy’s origins in ideas of arcane, ‘special’, yet
volatile and dangerous knowledge. The initiate often must learn to control the
unpredictable surges of ‘wild’ magic, to trace or utter the ‘right’ thing to achieve the
desired effect.
This process of struggle and mastery is often shown in character development.
Sometimes characters use power irresponsibly. For example, a character tries to ruin
a magical game of the airborne sport Quidditch in Rowling’s fantasy series. Struggle in
fantasy fiction includes:
Struggle for mastery of self: Understanding and using one’s own power
effectively or wisely
Conflict between those who use their own magical mastery for positive or
destructive ends
Element 4: Setting
Because of its exploration of the otherworldly and the supernatural, place is a
key aspect of many fantasy novels. Some places are created through magic. The lion
Aslan sings the Kingdom of Narnia into being in C.S. Lewis’ lore. (A Christian
mythology parallel to the Creation in the Bible.) By contrast, Jadis, the White Witch,
destroys a whole world by speaking a powerful word.
In fantasy, we often strongly experience both characters’ effects on their world,
and their worlds effects and influence on them.

These are some of the literary pieces under fantasy genre:

1. The Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter
2. The Adventures of Pinocchio, by Carlo Collodi
3. Charlie and Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl
4. Alice Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, by K. Rowling
6. Gulliver’s Travels, by Jonathan Swift
7. The Lord of the Rings trilogy / Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien

2. HISTORICAL FICTION
A story that takes place in a historically accurate time and setting. The
characters and some events are fictional.
Element 1: Character – whether real or imagined, characters behave in
keeping with the era they inhabit, even if they push the boundaries. And that means
discovering the norms, attitudes, beliefs and expectations of their time and station in
life.
 Element 2: Dialogue - is cumbersome and difficult to understand detracts
from readers’ enjoyment of historical fiction. Dip occasionally into the vocabulary and
grammatical structures of the past by inserting select words and phrases so that a
reader knows s/he is in another time period.
Element 3: Setting – setting is time and place. More than 75% of participants
in a 2013 reader survey selected ‘to bring the past to life’ as the primary reason for
reading historical fiction. Your job as a writer is to do just that. Even more critically,
you need to transport your readers into the past in the first few paragraphs. Consider
these opening sentences.
Element 4: Plot – the plot has to make sense for the time period. And plot will
often be shaped around or by the historical events taking place at that time. This is
particularly true when writing about famous historical figures. When considering
those historical events, remember that you are telling a story not writing history.
Element 5: Conflict – the problems faced by the characters in your story. As
with theme and plot, conflict must be realistic for the chosen time and place. Readers
will want to understand the reasons for the conflicts you present. An unmarried
woman in the 15th century might be forced into marriage with a difficult man or the
taking of religious vows. Both choices lead to conflict.

These are some of the literary pieces under historical fiction genre:

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Tolstoy's epic masterpiece depicting the French invasion of Russia during the
Napoleonic era
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
The fictional memoir of a geisha, from age nine to adulthood, in pre- and post
WWII Japan.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
A gothic novel that inspired a flood of tourists to Paris' most famous cathedral.
The friar's daughter: a story of the American occupation of the Philippines /
(Girard, Kansas: the author, 1909), by Charles Lincoln Phifer (page images at
HathiTrust)
Luha at dugo: (hayag na pangyayari, buhat ng 1895 hanggang 1913) by M. B.
Sevilla.

3. SCIENCE FICTION
A story that is typically set in the future or on other planets. It is based on the
impact of actual, imagined, or potential science. It is a type of imaginative literature. It
provides a mental picture of something that may happen on realistic scientific
principles and facts. This fiction might portray, for instance, a world where young
people are living on Mars. Hence, it is known as “futuristic fiction.” It dramatizes the
wonders of technology, and resembles heroic fantasy where magic is substituted with
technology.
Often called “sci-fi,” is a genre of fiction literature whose content is imaginative but
based in science. It relies heavily on scientific facts, theories, and principles as
support for its settings, characters, themes, and plotlines, which is what makes it
different from fantasy.

Importance of Science Fiction

Many times, science fiction turns real scientific theories into full stories about what
is possible and/or imaginable. Many stories use hard facts and truths of sciences to:
 suggest what could really happen in the future
 to explore what could happen if certain events or circumstances came to be
or
 suggest consequences of technological and scientific advancements and
innovation.
Historically it has been a popular form for not only authors, but scientists as well.
In the past 150 years, science fiction has become a huge genre, with a particularly
large presence in film and television—in fact, the TV network “SciFi” is completely
devoted to science fiction media. It is a particularly fascinating and mind-bending
genre for audiences because of its connection to reality.
 These are some of the literary pieces under Science Fiction genre:

1. The Avengers
2. Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
3. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
4. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
5. The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
6. Men in Black 3 by Barry Sonnenfeld
7. Planet of the Apes by Franklin J. Schaffner
8. The Matrix by Wachowski brothers

4. MYSTERY FICTION
Mystery (pronounced mis-tuh-ree,) is a genre of literature whose stories focus
on a puzzling crime, situation, or circumstance that needs to be solved. The term
comes from the Latin mysterium, meaning “a secret thing.” stories can be either
fictional or nonfictional, and can focus on both supernatural and non-supernatural
topics. Many mystery stories involve what is called a “whodunit” scenario, meaning the
mystery revolves around the uncovering a culprit or criminal.

Importance of Mystery
Mysteries began to gain popularity in the Victorian era, mostly in the form of
gothic literature, which was primarily for women. Since then it has developed in both
form and reach and has become a widely read genre among male and female readers
of all ages. Mysteries are important because they feature topics that are usually both
fascinating and troubling to the human mind—unsolved crimes, unexplained
questions and events in natural and human history, supernatural curiosities, and so
on.

The late 1800’s gave rise to the iconic fictional character Sherlock Holmes, a
detective who is featured in a series of mystery novels and short stories written by Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle. Most of the stories are told from the perspective of Dr. Watson,
Holmes’s assistant and companion. Holmes is an independent detective based in
London with eccentric personality and highly logical reasoning skills. Below is a short
selection from the novel The Hound of Baskerville:

Another item had been added to that constant and apparently purposeless
series of small mysteries which had succeeded each other so rapidly. Setting
aside the whole grim story of Sir Charles’s death, we had a line of
inexplicable incidents all within the limits of two days, which included the
receipt of the printed letter, the black-bearded spy in the hansom, the loss of
the new brown boot, the loss of the old black boot, and now the return of the
new brown boot. Holmes sat in silence in the cab as we drove back to Baker
Street, and I knew from his drawn brows and keen face that his mind, like
my own, was busy in endeavouring to frame some scheme into which all
these strange and apparently disconnected episodes could be fitted.

Here, Watson is running through some of the clues to the victim’s death in his
head. He also expresses his familiarity with Holmes’ character and skills by telling the
audience that he knows the detective is finding the connections between all of these
clues in his mind, which will inevitably lead to the solving of the mysterious murder.

These are some of the literary pieces under Mystery Fiction genre:
1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
A run-away bestseller, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has everything a
mystery requires. Murder, family ties, love in the air, and financial
shenanigans. What happened to Harriet Vanger who disappeared forty years
ago? Mikael Blomkvist, a disgraced journalist, and Lisbeth Salander, a tattooed
and pierced hacker genius, are on the case. They uncover family iniquity and
corruption at the top of Sweden’s industrial ladder.
2. And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie
 Ten people, strangers, gather on a private island as weekend guests of an
unseen eccentric millionaire. These strangers have secrets to keep, but one by
one they are murdered. They all have something in common, though—they each
have a wicked past they’re hiding, a secret that seals their fate. Only the dead
are above suspicion.
3. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon
Christopher John Francis Boone’s logical mind can find patterns and
rules for everything but has little time or inclination for understanding human
emotions. When his neighbor’s dog, Wellington, is killed, he starts a quest to
find the killer using Sherlock Holmes as his model.

5. REALISTIC FICTION
A story that seems real or could happen in real life. It is set in present day and
includes modern day problems and events.

Characteristics of Realistic Fiction

A quick way to classify a story or novel as realistic fiction is to identify the
following characteristics within that literary work:

1. Realistic fiction stories tend to take place in the present or recent past.
2. Characters are involved in events that could happen.
3. Characters live in places that could be or are real.
4. The characters seem like real people with real issues solved in a realistic way
(so say goodbye to stories containing vampires, werewolves, sorcerers, dragons,
zombies, etc.).
5. The events portrayed in realistic fiction conjure questions that a reader could
face in everyday life.
Realistic fiction attempts to portray the world as it is. It contains no fantasy,
no supernatural elements, and it usually depicts ordinary people going about the
business of daily living, with all its joys, sorrow, successes, and failures.
Over the past 150 years, children's literature has gradually moved from a
romantic view of the world toward a more realistic view (*Note: "Romance" refers to the
fiction portraying a world that seems happier than the one we live in). Subjects that
were once taboo in realistic fiction are now commonplace, and language and character
development are presented with greater candor and boldness.

1. In good realistic fiction,

2. the characters are engaging and believable.
3. the dialogue is believable.
4. the plot is fresh and original.
5. the setting is true to life.
6. the problems faced by the characters are honestly portrayed.
7. the resolution makes sense.
8. the theme grows naturally out of the action and characters - the writer does not
preach at us.
These are some of the literary pieces under Mystery Fiction genre:
1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
John Green’s fourth novel, The Fault in Our Stars, has gained a following
among tween and teen readers. This is partly due to its tragic love story, but
may also be due to its thought-provoking subject matter. The book explores
philosophical questions about the meaning of life, death, and suffering. While
adults may find the topics in this novel heavy and too mature for children,
Green believes that young readers are probably already thinking about them.
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, a realistic fiction novel, humorously describes the
troubles of being in middle school and trying to fit in with integrated text and
drawings. This is the first book in the immensely popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid
series.
3. A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
Every April, when the wind blows from the sea and mingles with the
scent of lilacs, Landon Carter remembers his last year at Beaufort High. It was
 1958, and Landon had already dated a girl or two. He even swore that he had
once been in love. Certainly, the last person in town he thought he’d fall for was
Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town’s Baptist minister. A quiet girl who
always carried a Bible with her schoolbooks, Jamie seemed content living in a
world apart from the other teens. She took care of her widowed father, rescued
hurt animals, and helped out at the local orphanage. No boy had ever asked her
out. Landon would never have dreamed of it. Then a twist of fate made Jamie
his partner for the homecoming dance, and Landon Carter’s life would never be
the same. Being with Jamie would show him the depths of the human heart
and lead him to a decision so stunning it would send him irrevocably on the
road to manhood.

6. HORROR
The horror genre in literature dates back to Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome,
where horror stories explored themes related to death, demons, evil spirits, and the
afterlife. Examples include the ancient Greek tragedy Hippolytus by Euripides, a
gruesome story about how jealousy and a lack of empathy can lead to tragedy; and
Parallel Lives by Plutarch, a series of biographies highlighting the many moral failures
of man.
The gothic novel, a genre of horror that focuses specifically on death,
originated in the eighteenth century and is exemplified by the author Edgar Allan Poe.
Horror literature in the nineteenth century and twentieth centuries often focused on
tales involving occult ideas, like Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein (1818) or Bram Stoker’s
Dracula (1897).
Modern horror novels have expanded the genre to include new elements and
contemporary themes, like serial killers and slasher stories—Stephen King’s The
Shining (1977) is a perfect example—as well as genre mashups that combine horror
with historical fantasy, and modern interpretations of fantastical creatures, like
ghosts, vampires, werewolves, and witches.

Other Fictional Genres:

7. Adventure - A story where a protagonist and other major characters and are
placed in dangerous situations. The characters must use their wit and skills to
defeat the antagonist.
8. Folktales
a. Fable - A brief story that is meant to tell a lesson or a moral. The
characters are usually animals with human characteristics.
b. Fairy Tale - A story that has magical elements. The characters are
usually fairies, giants, elves, and other magical creatures.
c. Legend - A story usually about a national or folk hero. This story takes
place in a particular time and place and is partly true and partly fiction.
The character traits of the hero are typically exaggerated.
d. Tall Tale - A humorous story with extreme exaggerations. The main
character, or hero, usually does impossible things with ease.
e. Myth - A story that is often based on a historical event that is meant to
serve as an explanation for some phenomenon of nature or human
behavior. Characters are usually gods.

Questions to Ponder: Among the fictional genres presented, which is/are

interesting to you? What are your reasons why do you like the genre/s?

Tips in Creative Writing – Writing a Fictional Story

Knowing that after taking this module, you will be writing your own well-crafted
poem considering the elements, techniques and devices presented. You have also to
decide the form of the poetry, the diction, tone and other essential elements that you
have learned in the previous modules.

Some Tips in Writing a Fictional Story

 Writing fiction is not as hard as it seems, as long as you follow these eight
simple rules:
1. Choose what design you need to compose your fiction in. This may rely upon
what kind of story you need to tell. For instance, on the off chance that you need to
compose an epic dream that traverses numerous ages, a novel (or even a progression
of books) may work superior to a short story. In case you're keen on investigating the
mind of a solitary character, a short story might be perfect
2. Show, don’t tell. Recall sharing time in grade school, when you'd acquire an article
from home and discussion about it? I need you to recollect that experience and the
exercises about narrating it bestowed. At that point concoct a time machine, and
travel back to primary school, and find a new line of work as a second-grade educator,
and ensure you get yourself as an understudy in your group, and in the time machine
bring along an iPhone, and offer it to your second-grade self. All the children will be
overwhelmed, despite the fact that it won't get telephone gathering since mobile phone
towers haven't been fabricated at this point. The more youthful you will create more
noteworthy confidence from your recently discovered notoriety, and proceed to lead a
more extravagant grown-up life, and have more material to expound on.
3. Build up the stakes early. To be connecting with, your fiction needs clear stakes
for its characters. These don't need to be world-breaking, yet they do need to feel
critical to the characters.
For instance, regardless of whether a courageous woman gets the chance to be
involved with the individual she adores likely won't be the apocalypse for every other
person, yet it is something that ought to be significant for the character.
Some of the time, the stakes truly are the apocalypse, for example, in J.R.R. Tolkien's
Lord of the Rings arrangement, wherein the characters' inability to pulverize the One
Ring will bring about the pulverization of Middle Earth by evil. These kinds of stakes
are generally best saved for dream and legends.
4. Create three-dimensional characters. Let's assume you're expounding on a hard-
charging broker who's having an extramarital illicit relationship. This is a decent
beginning, however to abstain from transforming him into an adage, you have to
round him out in three measurements. In each passage, tell the peruser precisely how
high, wide, and long he is.
5. Figure out the basic setting and plot. You have to have a strong feeling of what
your story's reality resembles, who lives on the planet, and what will occur in your
story before you begin composing full scenes and sections. In the event that you have
a decent comprehension of your characters, which you ought to have in the wake of
conceptualizing, let their characters and blemishes control your plot.
For setting, ask yourself questions like these: When is it? Is it in the present? The
future? The past? More than one? What's the season? Is it cold, hot or mild? Is it
stormy? Where is it? Is it in this world? A different world? An alternate universe? What
country? City? Province/State?
For plot, ask yourself questions like these: Who is in it? What is their role? Are they
good or bad? What flaws do they have? What goals do they have? What is the
precipitating incident that made this story happen in the first place? Is there
something that happened in the past that could affect what happens in the future?
Regardless of whether you start in the activity, it's significant that you as of now have
a thought of what happened previously. Regardless of whether you just suggest or
allude to the occasions that occurred before the beginning of your story, it will be
simpler for you to be inside predictable and for your perusers to fill in the spaces if
there's a built up backstory.
6. Choose a point of view. Decide which point of view makes most sense for your
story: first person; second person; third person, either limited or the omniscient. You
have known the different types of Point of View. Consiodering the applicability of the
point of view and the effectiveness of it in telling a story.
7. Don’t be too predictable. While a lot of fiction proceeds along very familiar lines --
consider how many stories are about heroic quests or 2 people who initially hate each
other but learn to love each other -- you don’t want to lapse into formulaic storytelling.
If your reader can predict everything that’s going to happen, they won’t care about
finishing your story.
For example, you could have a romance novel in which it’s hard to see how the
characters will end up happily ever after because of the situations they’re in or their
personality flaws. The surprise for readers will be how things do end up working out in
the end, despite all appearances to the contrary.
8. Give your characters motivations. If you’re having trouble fleshing out your
characters, continually ask yourself in each scene, “What does this character want?”
Say this out loud enough, and soon someone nearby will ask why you keep repeating
that. Do not reply, but simply keep questioning aloud, “What does this character
want?” Eventually you’ll be committed to an asylum. Asylums are great places to think
without the distractions of the modern world. I’m sure you’ll figure out that pesky
protagonist in no time.
9. Start writing what you know. You may want to try pen and paper instead of the
computer for the first draft. If you're sitting at a computer and there's one part that
you just can't seem to get right, you could find yourself sitting there for ages trying to
figure it out, typing and re-typing. With pen and paper, you just write it and it's on
paper. If you get stuck, you can skip it and keep going. Just start wherever seems like
a good place and write. Use your outline when you forget where you're going. Keep on
going until you get to the end.
If you're more of a computer person, a software program like Scrivener may help you
get started. These programs let you write multiple little documents, such as character
profiles and plot summaries, and keep them all in the same place
11. No tears for the writer, no tears for the reader. If you’re not moved by your
story, don’t expect your reader to be. Therefore, sob uncontrollably as you compose.
Slice onions to abet the process.
12. Revise, revise, revise. This gos without saying. Follow the Writing Process that
you have learned.
Revision literally means to re-view something, to look at it again. Look at your fiction
from the point of view of your readers, not you as a writer. If you had paid money to
read this book, would you be satisfied? Do you feel a connection to your characters?
Revision can be incredibly hard; there’s a reason why in the writing business it’s often
talked about as “killing your darlings.”
Don't be afraid to cut out words, paragraphs, and even entire sections. Most people
pad their stories with extraneous words or passages. Cut, cut, cut. That is the key to
success.
13. Trust yourself. Ultimately, you should value your own judgment over that of
others. Except for this list of writing rules. It is completely accurate.
Questions: Which of the following tips in writing of a story do you really
consider? Can you follow these tips in writing your own story?

What’s More
Activity 5: Learning Task 3: What genre am I?
Directions: I. Read the synopsis of the literary pieces. Identify their fictional genre.
Note that some of the literary pieces might have more than one genre. Write your
answers on your answer sheet.
1. Travis Shaw is a ladies' man who thinks a serious relationship would cramp his
easygoing lifestyle. Gabby Holland is a feisty medical student who's preparing to
settle down with her long-term boyfriend. Fate brings the two together as Gabby
moves next door to Travis, sparking an irresistible attraction that upends both
of their lives. As their bond grows, the unlikely couple must decide how far
they're willing to go to keep the hope of love alive.

2. 84 years later, a 100 year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the
story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby
Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th
1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship with
the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her
fiancé, Caledon Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson
and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a
game. And she explains the whole story from departure until the death of
Titanic on its first and last voyage April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning.

3. A student named Tine wants to get rid of a gay admirer. His friends recommend
getting a pretend boyfriend, Sarawat, who plays hard to get, until he finally
agrees. The two become close and intense emotions soon erupted.

4. Bella Swan has always been a little bit different. Never one to run with the
crowd, Bella never cared about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix,
Arizona high school. When her mother remarries and Bella chooses to live with
her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn't expect
much of anything to change. But things do change when she meets the
mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen. For Edward is nothing like
any boy she's ever met. He's nothing like anyone she's ever met, period. He's
intelligent and witty, and he seems to see straight into her soul. In no time at
all, they are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance -
unorthodox because Edward really isn't like the other boys. He can run faster
than a mountain lion. He can stop a moving car with his bare hands. Oh, and
he hasn't aged since 1918. Like all vampires, he's immortal. That's right -
vampire. But he doesn't have fangs - that's just in the movies.

5. Our friendly neighborhood Superhero decides to join his best friends Ned, MJ,
and the rest of the gang on a European vacation. However, Peter's plan to leave
super heroics behind for a few weeks are quickly scrapped when he
begrudgingly agrees to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of several elemental
creature attacks, creating havoc across the continent.

6. As the film begins, we see Owen and Mariella are fighting in a car by a lake. It
appears that Owen has left his wife to be with Mariella and is angry that
Mariella is not willing to make the same sacrifice. The fight turns violent, and
Owen has hit Mariella through the car window. Mariella tries to escape from the
car, and the scene cuts to flashback. We see Mariella telling her husband, Ivan,
that her best friend, Samantha needs company and she drives off into the
night. Later that evening, their daughter Angel comes to Ivan looking for her
mother, and Ivan tells Angel that her mother has gone away. There is a car that
passes by in the area where a bloody Mariella is looking for help, in the middle
of a rainstorm. The driver and his passenger are singing Christmas carols in the
car, Mariella knows she is dead.
 7. Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics,
is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz. At first, he thinks
he's hit the jackpot-fame and fortune are his for the taking. That all changes,
however, when he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel
Weisz), and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great
wizard everyone's been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems
facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and
who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion,
ingenuity-and even a bit of wizardry-Oscar transforms himself not only into the
great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well.

8. Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to

him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth,
his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his
ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness
and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

Activity 6: Learning Task 4: Go back with the Third!

Directions: Go back with the previous learning tasks. Using the given synopses, try to
supply the information about the literary pieces dealing with the elements of fictional
story. Do this on your answer sheet.
Literary Piece 1:
I. Can you guess the title?
II. Characters:
III. Theme:
IV. Setting:
V. Subject:
VI. Possible Conflict in the Story:

Activity 7: Learning Task 5: React with the Literary Pieces

Directions: Go back with your previous literary pieces that you have searched for in
the previous module. Choose 1 and react with the elements used by the author. DO
this on your notebook.

Elements of Fiction Title:

Vision
Plot Devices
Finale
Essential Elements
Figures of Speech

Activity 8: Learning Task 6: Read and Give

Directions: Read the following excerpt of a literary piece. Analyze the elements of the
short story and give the plot of the story. Do this on your answer sheet.
VISIBLY GONE
Trisha Kris Aquino
Would feelings remain if memories seem to fade? What if the reason why you
forget, is also the reason why you remember, will you take it? In this universe, where
everything seems temporary, could love to be the only exception?
I landed like an asteroid, but I've controlled my speed before I totally touched
the ground, so it didn't hurt. Unfortunately, I landed to a girl who I can't even
remember the face, but I am sure that she was wearing her school uniform. It seems
like I got electrified. There was a spark I suddenly felt in my heart.
 Wearing my prince's suit, I immediately ran as fast as I can. Yes, it was me.
Shawn Lui Van, a prince and at the same time, an alien (based on what humans call
us) with special abilities. I can run to the highest speed higher than the speed of light.
I am strong as if I control gravity. I can also teleport like traveling to another planet for
a second. I ran and hid and hid and ran. Stole clothes and was finding a place to rest
in.
Then I saw Lucas Smith, my friend. I was surprised to know that he followed
me here in the human world. He got my arms and brought me to Houston University. I
remembered that this is where I landed earlier. We entered and enrolled as College
freshmen and took the course that has something to do with detective stuff. I don't
know what he's planning but I trust him.
I met this girl named Kris Pierre Cruz. She was the current secretary of
Detective Club. I don't know. I was caught by her presence as I fell in line for
application. Today was six days after the first day I started entering school. Because of
Lucas, we became friends and even closer. This day, I was surprised to hear from her
that she was the girl I accidentally bumped into before. This time that I realized that I
loved that girl, I wish I wouldn't meet her. It's not bad to love but it's what I'm afraid
of.
Whatever I do now, she'll be hurt. But the decision to stay away from her as
early as today, it will give her less pain. It's difficult for me to do these but I already
did. I decided not to talk to her. I ignored her and kept my distance from her. She
doesn't deserve to feel the pain that only me should feel. If only I can break the curse,
I'll do it right away.
Today was the tenth day. I am not feeling good today. When all D Club
members were called for a meeting, I caught Kris looked at me. She was the secretary
of D Club. She looked so weird that it even gave me headache. She was staring at me
as if I did something wrong to her. I just ignored her. She's making my day worse by
just seeing her and I don't know why. The meeting started, and Mrs. Scott, the
librarian was reported missing. Another case to solve.
I was about to work on my investigation when Kris approached me. She asked
what happened to me. I don't know what she's talking about. Are we close? I hate her
presence in front of me. So, I told her to get out of my eyes because I don't like her
presence even just before I met her. I walked out and left her. I can't understand her.
Have I lost my memory? No. I can still remember Lucas.
Months had passed and today, I am asking myself why am I thinking of that
Kris. I hate her but this previous week, especially when I saw her punching the wall
while her hand was bleeding, I felt hurt. Another day, it was already our vacation. I
woke up to prepare my things for today's camping with the members of D Club. It's
already 7:00 AM and I was about to leave when I suddenly felt my head hurting. I rest
for a while and my past memories filled my mind. I remembered everything. I already
broke the curse. I loved the same person I temporarily forgotten because of the curse. I
should talk to Kris. I should say sorry to her.
Today was the camping day. I am still feeling guilty that's why I am not still
talking to her. Everyone was almost asleep. I planned to finally talk to her but as I
found her, she's not in the place. When I realized that Cailyn wasn't around, I
assumed that she's with her, but to put her in danger. I immediately left and searched
for them. There I saw a cave. I saw Azhi Lou, the princess of Alter Kingdom. That
selfish, desperate girl. I refused to go with her in return for Kris' release. Even I have
to face the punishment, I fought against her. I did it for someone I truly loved,
someone innocent.
 What I Have Learned
Activity 9: Learning Task 7: “T-M-L Phrase
Complete the following phrases.
The Topic was about
______________________________________________________________________

It Matters because
______________________________________________________________________

I’ve Learned today that

______________________________________________________________________

What I Can Do
Activity 10: Learning Task 8: Be Inspired by Reading (to be done for two weeks)
Directions: Read some of the existing stories in various resources. It may be found in
the internet, existing literature books, newspapers and other reading materials or even
your own created stories before. Appreciate the elements used by the author for you to
use it in accomplishing the next learning task.

Activity 11: Learning Task 9: Outline by using the elements (To be submitted
next week)
Directions: With your learnings with the different tips in writing a fictional story, Do
the outlining or planning of your story to be written. Do this on your answer sheet.
I. Characters (Consider the kinds of characters)
II. Setting (Consider the elements of setting)
III. Plot (Identify the five parts of a plot)
IV. Theme, Tone, Subject, Motif
V. Conflict and Point of View
VI. Plot Device, Vision and Finale used in the story
VII. Imagery:
VIII. Figures of Speech:
IX. Message:
X. Target Audience:
Assessment
Activity 12: Writing Time! Directions: Write one journal entry or other short
composition or story exploring key elements of fiction considering the elements,
literary devices and techniques presented in the previous module and the genre that
you have chosen considering your created outline. You have the freedom to choose
and utilize any of the elements, forms, and other essential topics about fictional prose.
Do this output in a yellow paper. You may be creative in presenting your output. You
will be guided by the rubrics in grading your outputs.
Note: This will be submitted next week.
You have two weeks to create your output.

SHORT STORY WRITING RUBRICS

CATEGORY Exceptional Good Fair Poor
Setting Many vivid, Some vivid, The reader can figure The reader has
descriptive words are descriptive words are out when and where trouble figuring out
used to tell when and used to tell the the story took place, when and where the
where the story took audience when and but the author didn't story took place.
place. where the story took supply
place. much detail.
Characters The main characters The main characters are The main characters It is hard to tell who
are named and named and described. are named. The the main characters
clearly described. Most readers would reader knows very are.
Most readers could have some idea of what little about the
describe the the characters.
characters accurately. characters looked like.
Problem/ It is very easy for the It is fairly easy for It is fairly easy for the It is not clear what
Conflict reader to understand the reader to reader to understand problem the main
the problem the main understand the the problem the main characters face.
characters face and problem the main characters face, but it
why it is a problem. characters face and is not clear why it is a
why it is a problem. problem.
Solution/ The solution to the The solution to the The solution to the No solution is
Resolution character's problem is character's problem is character's problem is attempted, or it is
easy to understand easy to understand a little hard to impossible to
and is logical. There and is somewhat understand. understand.
are no logical.
loose ends.
Dialogue There is an There is too much There is not quite It is not clear which
appropriate amount dialogue in this enough dialogue in character is speaking.
of dialogue to bring story, but it is this story, but it is
the characters to life always clear which always clear which
and it is always clear character is character is speaking.
which character is speaking.
speaking.
Organization The story is very The story is pretty The story is a little Ideas and scenes seem
well organized. One well organized. One hard to follow. The to be randomly
idea or scene idea or scene may transitions are arranged.
follows another in a seem out of place. sometimes not clear.
logical sequence Clear transitions
with clear transitions. are used.
Creativity The story contains The story contains a The story contains a There is little
many creative details few creative details few creative details evidence of creativity
and/or descriptions and/or descriptions and/or descriptions, in the story. The
that contribute to the that contribute to the but they distract from author does not seem
reader's enjoyment. reader's enjoyment. the story. The author to have used much
The author has really The author has used has tried to use his/her imagination.
used his/her imagination.
his/her imagination. imagination.
Mechanics The story contains no The story contains few The story contains The story contains so
errors in grammar, minor errors in many and/or serious many errors in
usage, or mechanics. grammar, usage, or errors in grammar, grammar, usage, and
mechanics. usage, or mechanics; mechanics that errors
may interfere block reading.
with reading.
Requirements All of the written Almost all (about Most (about 75%) of Many requirements
requirements (typed, 90%) the written the written were not met.
double spaced, # of requirements were requirements were
pages, font, margins) met. MLA format met, but several were
were met. MLA not. MLA format
Format
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