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Quarter 2 - Module 8:

Transcoding Linear and Nonlinear

Text

Name of Learner: ___________________________

Grade & Section: ___________________________
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Name of School: ___________________________
 What I Need to Know
As a student, you need to be able to learn how to transcode linear to nonlinear
texts and vice versa. In this module, you will encounter different activities that will help
you comprehend the essay by using graphic organizers. This is designed for you to
attain the following objectives:

• distinguish linear and non-linear texts;

• appreciate the importance of using graphic organizers to understand the text;
• present information through graphic organizers; and
• construct a paragraph out of the graphic organizer.

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• What’s In
Directions: Group the following pictures according to their similarities. Draw a line to
connect the picture to its group labeled as Group A, for pictures that use texts that
need to be read from beginning to end and Group B, for pictures with texts that
do not need to be read from beginning to end.

A B

Character Map Poem Letter Venn Diagram

A B

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 What’s New
Directions: Refer to the previous activity. Write your answers in the table below.

A B

How did you find doing the tasks?

The activities that you have done are related to our lesson today.
The words in Column A are examples of Linear Text, while the words in
Column B are examples of Non-linear Text. Can you cite their difference?

What is it
❑ What is a Linear text and a Non-linear text? How do they differ?
Linear Text Non-linear Text
Refers to traditional texts that Refers to texts that do not
Definition need to be read from need to be read from
beginning to the end beginning to the end
There is only one reading There are multiple reading
Reading Path path, which is decided by the paths. They are determined by
author. the reader.
Typically includes printed
Content Typically includes digital texts.
texts.
It may take time to find the
Allows readers to find more
Efficiency information readers are
information efficiently.
searching for.
• Novels • Tables
• Poems • Pie charts
• Letters • Flow charts
Examples • Textbooks • Pictures
• News Reports • Diagrams
• Essays • Character Maps
• Sequence Charts

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 ❑ Some examples of Linear Text
1. Essay
An essay is a “short formal piece of writing dealing with a single subject.
2. Letter
A letter is a written, typed, or printed communication, especially one sent in an
envelope by mail or messenger.

3. Poem
A poem is a piece of writing that partakes of the nature of both speech and song that
is nearly always rhythmical, usually metaphorical. It often exhibits such formal elements as
meter, rhyme, and stanza structure.

❑ Some examples of Non-linear Text

1. Sequence Chart
A graphic sequence organizer is a tool that helps visualize the order of steps
of a process or a timeline of events, etc. It can also be used for note-taking, lesson
planning, and essay writing.

How to use it
Step 1: Identify the steps in the process or event.
Step 2: Using a sequence chart, arrange these steps in sequential order.

2. Venn diagram
A Venn diagram is used to show comparison.

How to use it
Step 1: Write down the topics being compared on the top of each circle.
Step 2: Write down the differences or unique characteristics inside its own sector,
avoiding the overlapping area.
Step 3: List the similarities in the common area.

A B

3. Character Map
A character map is a graphic organizer that illustrates the personality elements,
flaws, relationships, and the ultimate journey of a fictional character.

How to use it
Step 1. Draw boxes or circles to represent the character’s state at the beginning of the
story, the important plot points that cause him to change, and who he ends up being
at the end.

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Step 2. Connect the boxes to make a flow chart.
Step 3. Using the literary text or your story draft, write specific quotations from the text
that illustrate that character’s journey of change.

The difference between linear and non-linear texts mainly depends on

their reading paths. Since linear texts have a sequential order, they have
only one reading path. However, non-linear texts have multiple reading
paths since they are non-sequential.

What’s More
Activity 1: CLEAR THE DOUBT

Directions: Choose the letter of the word that is close to the meaning of the
underlined word. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Horacio Cabilin worked as curator of the Rizal Shrine.

a. a caretaker of a museum c. assistant to a priest
b. guardian of parents d. principal of a school

2. The nipa houses standing in Rizal’s Talisay estate are only replicas.
a. Clear pictures c. original models
b. fancy imitations d. exact copies

3. Rizal’s students built a dike to direct the rainwater away from the house.
a. A well in which water can be collected
b. A platform for diving into a pool
c. A barrier for preventing flood
d. A bridge connecting land to water

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Activity 2: READ AND COMPREHEND
Directions: Read the excerpt of the essay, Rizal, the Teacher, and His Students.
Then, do the activities that follow.

Rizal, the Teacher and His Students

(An Excerpt)
Ambeth R. Ocampo

My good friend Horacio Cabilin has retired as curator of the Rizal Shrine, but
he took time out as member of the Dapitan Sangguniang Bayan to show me around.
Although Cabilin has gone up to the world, he still remains an interest in Rizal and
finds time to answer impertinent questions on Rizal from tourists like me. Since all
the nipa houses standing on Rizal’s estate in Talisay are mere replicas, I insisted on
seeing whatever was original in the famous Talisay estate.
Cabilin brought me to a small dam behind the Rizal house that was described
in a letter to Blumentritt in January 1895:
We are now going to build a water tank on my land. I have 14 boys whom I
teach languages, mathematics, and how to work. Since we have no work, I have
decided to construct a dike of stone brick and mortar so that they may learn.
By March of the same year he informed Blumentritt of his progress.
I am constructing a dike in order to have a water depository for the dry season.
The water is now more than three meters deep; the wall has a base two meters
wide. It is also made of live rocks, sand, lime, and cement, and constructed by boys
13 to 14 years of age under the direction of one 30 years. They did it as play.
In the same letter that talks about the dam behind the house Rizal told Blumentritt:
I have now 16 boys studying with me, paying me with their labor. They all belong
to the best families in the town and one can see their eagerness to learn even if they
have to work for me in order to study. I would ask them for money, I am sure they
would pay with pleasure and more would come. Ah, what a lack there is of good
school with good teachers who teach so that the children may learn and not that
they may waste their time as generally happens.
Apart from both Spanish and French, they were given lessons in algebra,
geometry, and arithmetic. They had swimming, gymnastics, and other sports. They
had time for work: cleaning the estate, harvesting fruits, or helping in Rizal’s clinic.
Rizal’s “Himno al Trabajo” or “Hymn to Labor” was even sung at work to the tune of
“Sampaguitas.” Rizal was basically a teacher at heart, and I would say that boys
who lived in Talisay estate as internos or boarders had a holistic education.

Directions: After reading the excerpt, analyze the following questions then write the
correct answer on the blank.
1. Who is Horacio Cabilin?
___________________________________________________________
2. How many students did Rizal have? How did the students pay him?
___________________________________________________________
3. By building a dike, what did Rizal teach his students?
___________________________________________________________

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Activity 3: HOW GOOD AM I?
Directions: Write the qualities of Rizal by completing the character map. On each
line, write one of his qualities by choosing a word from the box.

kind dynamic strict hardworking

lazy arrogant disciplined committed
helpful dedicated innovative heartless

Rizal as
a
teacher

Activity 4: STEP BY STEP

Directions: Illustrate the sequence of events in the letter of Rizal to Blumentritt from
the time he and his students were building a water tank. Choose your answers from
the events in the box.

• finished the well

• construction of dike of stone
• teaching language, mathematics and how to work
• building a water tank
• sixteen boys studying with the teacher
• other things they have learned from Rizal

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Activity 5: COMPARE AND CONTRAST
Directions: Fill in the Venn Diagram with correct details based on the essay, “Rizal,
the Teacher, and his Students”.

Qualities that both Rizal

and his students possess
Qualities of Qualities of
Rizal Rizal’s students

What I Have Learned

❑ COMPLETE ME
Directions: Assess your learning by completing the statements below.

In this lesson, I learned that a Linear text _________________

___________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
while a Non-linear text _______________________________
__________________________________________________
___________________________________________________.

What I Can Do
❑ WRITE IT UP
Directions: Take a closer look at the Venn Diagram, showing a comparison between
FLU and COVID-19. Write a paragraph based on the given details.

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 Symptoms:
Begin in 1-4 days after Transmitted Symptoms:
exposure by respiratory Begin in 1-14 days after
Cause: droplets from exposure
Influenza virus (there are an infected Cause:
many strains) person Sars-CoV-2-virus
Complications: Complications:
Less likely to occur because Cause fever, Respiratory complications
of immunity built up over cough, and Prevention:
time fatigue Self-isolation
Prevention:
Flu Shot

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

SINGLE PARAGRAPH RUBRIC

1 2 3 4 Points
Topic *Topic sentence Topic sentence Topic sentence *Clear topic
Sentence unclear unclear unclear OR sentence
*Incorrectly *Incorrectly *Incorrectly *Correctly placed
placed placed placed *Reworded in the
*Not reworded in *Reworded in the *Reworded in the closing sentence
the closing closing sentence closing sentence
sentence
Supporting No supporting One supporting Two supporting Three or more
Sentences details that relate details that relate details that relate supporting
to the main idea to the main idea to the main idea details that relate
to the main idea
Organization Details are Details are not in Some details are Details are in a
incomplete a logical order in a logical order logical order
Mechanics Six or more Three to five One to two No errors
and punctuation, punctuation, punctuation, punctuation,
Grammar capitalization, capitalization, and capitalization, capitalization,
and spelling spelling errors and spelling and spelling
errors errors errors
Legibility Writing is not Writing is not Marginally Readable
readable readable in places readable handwriting
Total

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 Assessment
Test I. Directions: Read each item carefully. Choose the letter of the best answer and
write it on the blank before the number.
_______ 1. What is a linear text?
A. It is a traditional text that needs to be read from the beginning to the
end.
B. It presents graphs and maps.
C. It contains information that is found in a graphic organizer.
D. It includes digital texts.
_______2. What is a nonlinear text?
A. It includes printed texts.
B. It is a traditional text that needs to be read from the beginning to the
end.
C. It is lengthy.
D. It refers to texts that do not need to be read from the beginning to the
end.
_______3. Which is an example of a linear text?
A. charts B. maps C. essay D. tables
_______4. Which is an example of a nonlinear text?
A. flow charts B. novels C. narratives D. short stories
_______5. Why do the readers find the nonlinear text more efficient?
A. It does not take time for the readers to search for information.
B. It is like a picture. The readers will enjoy looking at it.
C. It will help the readers think wisely.
D. It does not distract the reader’s attention.

Test II. Directions: Read the procedure of cooking scrambled eggs in the box. Then,
fill in the sequence chart with the correct step or sequence, as mentioned in the
procedure.

HOW TO COOK SCRAMBLED EGGS

Procedure:
First, get ready of the following ingredients:
4 ounces of white fish meat, finely minced
2 ½ tablespoon flour
½ teaspoon salt
6 eggs beaten
3 tablespoon sugar
Oil
Next, mix together fish, flour and salt. Then, add beaten eggs and mix well.
When thoroughly blended, add sugar. Heat oil in a pan, and then pour in egg
mixture. Cover and simmer for fifteen minutes. Turn and cook the other side. Finally,
slice and make four servings.

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 Pour in egg 4. 5. Slice and
mixture. make four
servings.
.

3. 2. 1. Get the
ingredients
ready.

References

Arsenault, Anisa. “Coronavirus (Covid-19) and the Flu: Similarities and Differences”,
https://bit.ly/2IfSvEN
Athuraliya, Amanda. Types of Graphic Organizers, July 21, 2020. https://bit.ly/32oqkuC
Bacugan, Melba; Nicor, Riza. Workbook on English Grade 6, p46.
Difficult editor-flowchart by Triddle at English Wikipedia via Commons Wikimedia
Hasa. “Difference Between Linear and Nonlinear Text”. Differencebetween.com, June 18,
2018. https://bit.ly/32lIxca
Ignacio-Paez, D. & Coronel, R. Linking the World through English I, pp. 51-58.
Mongiovi, Laura. Visual Culture Art 218. September 2018. https://bit.ly/2TZex1s
Morgan, Kori. How to Create a Character Map. Penandthepad.com/develop-story-ideas.html
Pixabay (2017). Retrieved from https://bit.ly/2U2aKQX. Accessed 6 Nov. 2020.
Pixabay (2017). Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3eE32G3. Accessed 6 Nov. 2020

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My Final Farewell
Jeanelyn A. Aleman, CESE
OIC-Schools Division Superintendent
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Farewell, dear Fatherland, clime of the sun
caress'd Pearl of the Orient seas, our Eden lost!,
Gladly now I go to give thee this faded life's
best, And were it brighter, fresher, or more blest
Still would I give it thee, nor count the cost.
On the field of battle, 'mid the frenzy of fight,
Others have given their lives, without doubt or heed;
The place matters not-cypress or laurel or lily white,
Scaffold or open plain, combat or martyrdom's
plight, T is ever the same, to serve our home and
country's need.
I die just when I see the dawn break,
Through the gloom of night, to herald the day;
And if color is lacking my blood thou shalt
take, Pour'd out at need for thy dear sake
To dye with its crimson the waking ray.
My dreams, when life first opened to me,
My dreams, when the hopes of youth beat high,
Were to see thy lov'd face, O gem of the Orient
sea From gloom and grief, from care and sorrow
free; No blush on thy brow, no tear in thine eye.
Dream of my life, my living and burning desire,
All hail ! cries the soul that is now to take flight;
All hail ! And sweet it is for thee to expire ;
To die for thy sake, that thou mayst aspire;
And sleep in thy bosom eternity's long night.
If over my grave some day thou seest
grow, In the grassy sod, a humble flower,
Draw it to thy lips and kiss my soul so,
While I may feel on my brow in the cold tomb
below The touch of thy tenderness, thy breath's
warm power.
Let the moon beam over me soft and serene,
Let the dawn shed over me its radiant
flashes, Let the wind with sad lament over
me keen ; And if on my cross a bird should
be seen,
Let it trill there its hymn of peace to my
ashes. Let the sun draw the vapors up to the
sky,
And heavenward in purity bear my tardy protest
Let some kind soul o 'er my untimely fate sigh,
And in the still evening a prayer be lifted on
high From thee, 0 my country, that in God I
may rest.
Pray for all those that hapless have died,
For all who have suffered the unmeasur'd pain;
For our mothers that bitterly their woes have
cried,
For widows and orphans, for captives by torture
tried And then for thyself that redemption thou
mayst gain.
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And when the dark night wraps the graveyard
around With only the dead in their vigil to see
Break not my repose or the mystery profound
And perchance thou mayst hear a sad hymn
resound 'T is I, O my country, raising a song unto
thee.
And even my grave is remembered no
more Unmark'd by never a cross nor a
stone
Let the plow sweep through it, the spade turn it
o'er That my ashes may carpet earthly floor,
Before into nothingness at last they are blown.
Then will oblivion bring to me no
care As over thy vales and plains I
sweep;
Throbbing and cleansed in thy space and air
With color and light, with song and lament I
fare, Ever repeating the faith that I keep.
My Fatherland ador'd, that sadness to my
sorrow lends
Beloved Filipinas, hear now my last good-by!
I give thee all: parents and kindred and friends
For I go where no slave before the oppressor
bends, Where faith can never kill, and God reigns
e'er on high!
Farewell to you all, from my soul torn away,
Friends of my childhood in the home
dispossessed ! Give thanks that I rest from the
wearisome day !
Farewell to thee, too, sweet friend that lightened
my way;
Beloved creatures all, farewell! In death there is
rest!
(This is the 1911 translation by Charles
Derbyshire of the Spanish original of José Rizal's
poem, Mi Ultimo Adiós)