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Creative Nonfiction Module 3 and 4 page 1 of 19

WHAT I KNOW

ACTIVITY 1: PRETEST

Before you start studying this module, answer the following

questions to see what you already know about the topics that will
be discussed in it.

Read the following questions below. Write the letter of your answer in
your activity notebook.

1. Which of the following DOES NOT describe a personal narrative?

A. It involves the personal life of the author.
B. It uses figurative language to convey the message
effectively. C. It deals with the chain of events of the life of the
author.
D. It deals with the particular aspect of the life of the author.
2. Which of the following is a form of creative nonfiction?
A. Biography C. Poem
B. Sonnet D. Haiku
3. What type of text that tells a story?
A. Narrative C. Persuasive
B. Descriptive D. Exemplification
4. Who writes a story if it is an autobiography?
A. Author C. Teacher
B. Neighbour D. Publisher
5. How do you call a careful understanding and examination of the text
presented?
A. Skimming C. Scanning
B. Close Reading D. Intensive Reading

WHAT‟S In

Activity 1: I am the 1
In the previous lesson, you have learned about principles, elements, and
devices used in creative nonfiction. Now, research the song and music video of the
song “ Hari ng Tondo” by Yeng Constantino, Try to critique what kind of
principles and techniques they used in the song and in the music video
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Lesson FORMS AND TYPES OF

1 CREATIVE NONFICTION

Learning Competency: Explain the relationship of elements and ideas

found in the various forms and types of creative
nonfictional texts through
a close reading (HUMSS_CNF11/12-Iia-a-15)

Compare and contrast the different forms and

types of creative nonfictional text;
(HUMSS_CNF11/12-Iia-16)

WHAT‟S NEW

Activity 1. DOMINANT IMPRESSION

Look around you, what have you observed? Can you tell something that will
spark your interest? Look at the sky, building, and people. Describe what you had
observed by using your sensory imaginations (visual, tactile, gustatory,
olfactory, and audio).Write your observation on the spaces provided
for.
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WHAT IS IT

Types and forms of Definition

Creative Nonfiction

It is a story written by the person himself.

Autobiography

It is a life’s story that is written by another

Biography
person.
It is a day to day account intended to purely
Journal document life’s events.

It is a written account of the author which

Diary
involves his/ her secrets.

It is a communication or written message that

Letter
addresses to a certain person or organization.
It refers to the personal account of a person
Memoir which teaches them something. It is more of a
memory that cannot be easily forgotten.

It refers to magazine or newspaper writing or

Literary Journalism or
closely related to it. It is journalism with a
Reportage
touch of an artistic value of literature in it.

It refers to the narrator’s personal view and

Reflection Essay experiences. It Is more on thoughts and
feeling of the author

It refers to the personal experience of an

Testimonio Essay author or the author witnesses an abuse and
oppression in a workplace.

It is a written account of a person during his/

her travel. It focuses on the scenery, people
Travelogue
and the warmness of the place and the
people.
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FORMS AND TYPES OF CREATIVE NONFICTION

Creative nonfiction has many types and it

generally focuses on the experiences of an
Understanding Various Forms individual. That maybe it could inspire many
and Types of Creative individuals as you write it and share these
Nonfiction experiences. Moreover, creative nonfiction
comes in various ways and almost often we
are not aware that our experiences could
become good literary pieces.

Understanding the significance of your

audience plays a vital role as you write your
piece. Because they are the ones who will
The Significance of an
read and be inspired by your stories. In a
Audience
sense, your goal is to inspire the readers to
read because they could learn something
from it.

Close Reading Close Reading is a matter of

understanding the text presented
by the author by observing every
detail in a text. A writer often uses
unique ways to convey their
messages to the readers. Thus, as a
reader
you need to be observant always.

WHAT‟S MORE

LET US SEE HOW FAR YOU HAVE LEARNED

Answer the following on your activity notebook. Submit it

to the teacher once you are done.

ACTIVITY 1: WHAT I KNOW

B. What are some forms of creative nonfiction you have written?

2. What is the most important technique that you need to consider while
writing?

3. Differentiate the types and forms of Creative Nonfiction.

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4. Use Venn diagram to show similarities and differences of the types

and forms of creative nonfiction

Differences Similarities Differences

WHAT‟S IN

ACTIVITY 1: JOHARI WINDOW

Use the four sides of the Johari window to evaluate, how open you are to
others. Are you fond of expressing yourselves? Or you are a person that is very
secretive? Let us find out as you do this activity. Write your answer on your
activity notebook.
2.
1.
OPEN / FREE ARE BLIND AREA
(Everyone are aware of it including ( Other know it but you don’t)
you)

3. 4.
HIDDEN AREA UNKNOWN AREA
( You are the only one who knows ( No one knows it, including you)
about it)
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WHAT‟S NEW

ACTIVITY 1: PREVIEWING

Scan the text below and answer the following questions:

B. How did the narrator feel when he had to part ways with elementary
school classmate?

2. What did the narrator decide to do right after graduating from

college?

ACTIVITY 2: DO YOU KNOW ME?

Read the statements below. Using context clues, give the meaning of the
underlined words. These sentences can be found in the reading selection below.
You can scan the text, for you to be guided.

1. I do not know much about the music and movies that my high school
classmates are fond of, but I do not want to be out of place, so I
painstakingly tried to learn them.

2. My mother had a serious ailment, and since we relied only a small store
for our expenses, her conditioned threatened to drain our financial
resources further.

3. In college, I would go to my school in Intramuros with just a few pesos;

inevitably, I sometimes rode the jeepney or the bus without paying the
fate.

4. Because we were short on finances, finishing school, as expected, was an

uphill battle.

ACTIVITY 3: READING IS FUN

The reading selection below focuses on the struggles that the narrator had
experienced while growing up and attending school. Find out what are these
struggles and how, in the end, he was able to pull through.

Still Worth Living: How I Survived Life‟s Uncertainties

Atilla Roma

Because I came from working –class background, I was haunted by the

spectre of financial insecurity while growing up. The modest means of livelihood
that my parents had was a small store that sold fish and vegetables, but we had
days when the sales were not good. They were able to continue the business for a
few years, which supported the schooling of the children and satisfied most of our
basic needs.
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My siblings and I attended the same public grade school which was about
one and one and a half 10avourite10 away. From 1984 to 1990, I went to
Bayanan Elementary School. Fortunately, through those years, I did not find
it hard to socialize with classmates with whom I shared the same working-
class background. It was, therefore, quite painful to part ways with them
when I graduated from elementary.

Many of my elementary classmates and friends went to a public high

school just a jeepney ride away from home. I had also thought that I would attend
the same school, so my parents’ decisions to send me in a private high school, just
a stone’s throw our house, came to me as a big surprise. In high school, the
experience of being in a bigger institution and in the company of new classmates,
many of whom had relatively comfortable lives, made me feel uneasy, and

insecure, and alienated. My lower class upbringing easily came into conflict with
middle- class culture of my high school classmates. Not wanting to feel out
of place, I painstakingly tried familiarize myself with the movies, music, reading
materials (mostly foreign and comic books), and fashion that my high school
classmates knew. The feelings of insecurity became more intense whenever
I went to my classmates’ well carpeted and well- furnished houses.

Money was also constant concern, I was given a partial scholarship at the
beginning after my father had personally requested the school administration. But
I was not able to keep my grades high and eventually lost the scholarship. From
then on, my schooling became an uphill battle. What made matters worse was
learning that my mother had a serious lung ailment which drained our financial
resources further. Before long, our small store went bankrupt and closed down. I
feared that, considering my mother’s condition and the state our finances, I would
not be able continue my schooling.

Fortunately, I was able to earn my high school diploma in 1994 despite

having so many absences. Our financial concerns continued, however, and I felt
the need to find immediate employment rather than attend college. But my
parents discouraged me from quitting school, and instead encouraged me to look
for a public university where the fees were relatively low. Although I enrolled in a
university, I still continued to struggle with financial limitations, writing promissory
letters in many instances to take major exams and claim my grades on time. I
also asked college teachers to allow me to photocopy books a few pages at a time
instead of buying them. That I had to take two jeepney rides to reach school made
my situation more complicated. Inevitably, I sometimes, rode the jeep or the
bus without paying the fare. At times, I would take a two – kilometre route on foot.
I also engaged in odd jobs to help support my schooling and that of my
younger siblings (although they themselves were working students). For a fee, I
would do the school projects of children in our neighbourhood or type the papers
of college classmates.

When I graduated from college in 1999, I was determined to find a job right
away in order to address my family’s financial concerns. Because I never really
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wanted to teach, contented that I had survived four years of college, I applied in at
least four government offices as an ordinary clerk. But when all four applicants got
rejected, despite the relatively good score in the civil service examination I had
taken a few months before, I was left with no other choice but to try my luck in
teaching.

Since then, the career I have chosen – far from being my first love – has not
only been rewarding financially. It has also restored my sense of self- worth.
ACTIVITY 1: WHO AM I?

Try to recall episodes from your childhood and teenage life that are worth sharing
and which you may include in a possible autobiography. Indicate dates, places, and
other details. The incomplete table below serves as your example and guide.

DATE PLACE EVENT

February 1990 Valencia City, Bukidnon Birth

2002 Concepcion Elementary Graduated from
School elementary

WHAT‟S NEW
ACTIVITY 1: RECALLING MAMASAPANO

Search the web on the Mamasapano killing incident. If you were one of
the reporters that time and you miraculously survived the tragic killing, how are
you going to tell your story to others?

WHAT IS IT
LITERARY JOURNALISM
LITERARY JOURNALISM is a type of creative nonfiction that
is closely related to magazine and newspaper writing. It is journalism but it
deviates from the traditional journalism because it has touch of literature. It is
journalism
with a twist.
Before a writer can compose an essay about politics,
human trafficking, poverty, unemployment or drugs, the writer needs factual
information
to write. These facts must be verified first and reliable.

PLEASE REMEMBER!
Before writing a literary journalism you need to consider the following:

Select a topic of your interest

Conduct a research about your topic
Write a dramatic story that will catch the reader’s attention.
Include a lead, facts/content, and dramatic ending.
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BUT WAIT THERE IS MORE: IT SHOULD HAVE THE

FOLLWING DETAILS

Scene must takes place at a particular time.

Place a scene happens in a specific place
Details a scene always include important details. These details
are the sensory details which help the reader picture
out the event.
Action it includes the information about the event.
Dialogue it includes conversation, however, this may not
always the case but it is also considered one of the most
important aspect of journalism.
WHAT‟S MORE
ACTIVITY 1: JOURNALIST BE LIKE
Pretend that you are a journalist. Cover an interesting event in
your
Barangay and report it to the class in a narrative manner. Prepare a
report for your story. Follow the proper guidelines in reporting.

WHAT„S NEW
ACTIVITY 1: IT TAKES GUTS TO ASK….

Ask randomly on persons you met on the street about the following.
Try to elicit three (3) answers from them.

Love 1.
People
2.

3.

1.
1.
2. LIFE 2.
3.
3.

1.

Places 2 Animals
3.
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ACTIVITY 2: MEMORIES BRING BACK MEMORIES

Close your eyes and recall one particular episode in your life that you
consider memorable. Share it with others.

WHAT IS IT

PERSONAL NARRATIVE is a story about narrating your personal

experience. It contains descriptive words as you tell your story that can inspire or
motivate the readers and they could also relate as well. .
(http://www.writeawriting.com/essay/personal-narrative/)

In writing your personal narrative, you need to remember that setting,

characters, climax, and ending play a vital role in your narrative.
WHAT‟S MORE
ACTIVITY 1: DIGGING DEEPER
Explain the following statement. Write your answer on
your activity notebook.

1. Explain the love of the mother to her daughter?

2. Who narrated the story? What do you think is the
relationship between the mother and the daughter?
3 What is the moral lesson of the story?
4. Do you believe in the statement “Action speaks louder than words”
Why
or Why
not?

WHAT‟S NEW
ACTIVITY 1:
LET‟S TRAVEL

Think of a place that you currently visited. Try to describe the place,
the people and most importantly the scenery .Are you going to recommend that
place to your friend or loved ones? State your reason.

ACTIVITY 2: ENJOY TAGAYTAY

Imagine that you want to travel to Tagaytay and come across with this
kind of selection. Are you excited to travel? Why or Why not?
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STUDENT TRAVELOGUE: MY WONDERS OF

TAGAYTAY Cassandra June Ortega

I’ve been to so many places, but I never thought that Tagaytay is one of the
most beautiful places I’ve been to. When I was in Grade 3, 2 first experienced riding
in a bus, where my classmates are with me. My first Field Trip was in
Tagaytay. I was so happy that my parents allowed me to go there. So, that day came
and I woke up earlier than ever before I got to school at 4:00, and I found my best
friend on the bus, sitting with her mother. I was with my Mom and Dad. Oh, my
sister`s there too.

The bus was full at 5:30, as we go all of us was so excited. After an hour, I
guess, the bus stopped at a gasoline station surrounded with restaurants and
shops. We bought food at Mcdo, my 26avourite. Finally, we moved on and got to the
bus. After a while, my classmates are in the bus. All in! While the bus was on its way
to Tagaytay, I ate my fries from Mcdo.

When we arrived at our first place Leisure Park, we got into the Coffee
Farm. After, the guide showed us Flower Gardens and the Worms World. There I
first touched a worm.

Even though it`s an “eew” still, I touched it and it tickled me, especially
when it was in my palm. Anyways, when we got to the Butterfly Garden, we first
passed through a Wishing Well. Too bad, I don`t have any wish with me.

Then, after that we got into the bus again and go in the famous castle in
Tagaytay, Fantasy World, I saw the castle painted with different colors. I also saw a
hanging bridge, It was so scary, but, I wanted to get pass through it. There, I also
saw the Taal Volcano from the castle. After, we got into the Gardenia Factory
at Batangas. We got home, safely. Even though I got so tired, I enjoyed
it. (https://sirmikko.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/wswa.jpg)

ACTIVITY 3: PICTURE IT OUT!

Do the following on your activity notebook.

B. Describe the feeling of the narrator as she travels the place?

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2. Could your picture out Tagaytay even though you have not been to the
place?

WHAT IS IT

TRAVELOGUE

One of the types of creative nonfiction that deals with travel that presented
in narrative way. In a modern way, it is called travel blogs. It is more on sharing the
wonders of the place you have visited and igniting the spirit of audience to visit the
place also.

How to do travelogue?
1. Show the beauty and picturesque scene of the place.
2. Provide helpful information to the audience, they might use it in the future.
3. Boast a simple thing, enough to encourage someone to visit the place.
4. Show photographic scenery of the place so that the audience could picture
it out and eventually would arouse their interest to appreciate it more.
5. Point out the various picturesque view of the place.
6. Include the means and ways of transportation and on how to reach
the place.
7. Provide information on accommodations.
8. Do not forget the cultural beauty of the place.
9. Follow the Do’s and Don’ts of the place to avoid conflict.
10.Sell the beauty of the place so that many tourists will visit it.
WHAT‟S MORE
ACTIVITY 1: BE A TRAVEL GUIDE
Go to a local tourist destination and post your travelogue to Facebook.
Your score will be based on the likes and comments that you will get from
your Facebook friends.

WHAT‟S NEW
ACTIVITY 1: LET‟S MIGRATE!

Let us suppose that after twenty years, you are to return to your birthplace.
But by the time, the village will have transformed into highly modernized and
highly industrialized area, with just a few reminders of the quiet, laidback
rural village that it had been. Write a short first-person paragraph about that
imagined
encounter.
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WHAT IS IT

REFLECTIVE ESSAY
REFLECTIVE ESSAYS refers to an insight gained through your
experiences. This type of prose analyses your past event in the present. In
addition, it is more likely about what had you learned from your experiences as it
is also based on the underlying concept that experience is the best teacher.
This type of essay includes also the true picture of the event as you
narrate the past events. (https://owlcation.com/humanities/How-to-Write-a-
Reflective-Essay-with-Sample-

COMMON TOPICS FOR A REFLECTIVE ESSAY

True experience
Something in your mind
A certain place or object
Something that you have read, watched, touched, ate, and many more
Places you have been
Significant events of your life
Unforgettable experience
Loved ones

WHAT‟S MORE

ACTIVITY 1:

Look on your journey as a student. Make a reflective essay on your

journey as you reach this stage of your life. Reflect on the things that can
be
changed if you will be given a chance.

_
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WHAT‟S NEW

ACTIVITY 1: WHAT I WANT

1. How has technology, particularly the Internet, changed the ways
in which people communicate?
2. What do you know about blogs? Complete the first and second columns of
the KWL chart below
What I WANT to know What I LEARNED about
What I KNOW about about blogs? blogs
blogs

WHAT IS IT

WHAT IS BLOG?

BLOG is an online journal and is also known as “web log”. It is a forum where
you can share information on ideas and views about a certain topic. Hence,
t is your diary that can be found on the internet.

DIFFERENT KINDS OF BLOGS

Artblogs
Photoblogs
Ogi Djuraskovic and FirstSiteGuide
Videoblogs team (Published on: April 8th, 2018 Last
Music blogs updated: December 7th, 2018)
Podcasts
Edublogs
Personal blogs
Corporate blogs
Organizational blogs
Microblogs

http://firstsiteguide.com/what-is-blog
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WHAT‟S MORE
ACTIVITY 1: PROUD TO BE PINOY
We all know that Philippines have many tourist spots that are worth
visiting more than once. Let us suppose you are writing a letter addressed to
a far-off friend who wants to visit the country. Write a short paragraph about
your place and submit it to your teacher on the next meeting.

ACTIVITY 2: DO BLOG, BE A BLOGGER

You are a freelance writer and blogger who wishes to join

in an international blogging contest. The contest requires a creative nonfiction
piece on one’s native city or town, with not less than five paragraphs. It
should revolve around the theme, “The soil of their native land is dear to
all the hearts of
mankind,” a quotation from scholar and politician Cicero .

The explicit instruction is for one to give not just the positive
characteristics, but also the seamy or unpleasant side of the place (including
the writer’s painful or terrible experiences), as well as his/ her personal
reflections. Pictures may also be added. Your blog is for netizens who
will choose the
winning blog among the entries on the basis of creativity, clarity, and accuracy.

RUBRICS FOR BLOG CONTEST

APPROACHING DEVELOPING
PROFICIENT
PROFICIENT PROFICIENCY
CRITERIA
( 8-10 pts.)
(4-7 pts.) (1-3 pts.)

Creativity The blog is The blog is quite The blog is

ingenious and ingenious and somewhat
resourceful, to resourceful ingenious and
captures the enough, to resourceful but it
reader’s attention captures the does not piqued
immediately. reader’s attention reader’s attention
although some
parts are lacking.

Accuracy The blog is free The blog has few The blog has
from conceptual, conceptual, several
mechanical and mechanical and conceptual,
grammatical grammatical mechanical and
errors. errors. grammatical
erro
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ACTIVITY 3: DO I KNOW IT

Now go back to the KWL CHART you were asked to accomplish at the
beginning of the topic, and complete the last column.

What I KNOW about What I WANT to know What I LEARNED about

blogs about blogs? blogs

WHAT‟S NEW

ACTIVITY 1: DEFINE IT

1. What is the meaning of the term “testimony?”

2. In your opinion, what is the general condition of workers in the Philippines?

Is their condition improving? Why or why not?
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WHAT IS IT

What is TESTIMONIO?
Testimonio or often called as testimonial narrative is a new type of literary
genre. It has the same characteristics with autobiography because it is written in
the first person point of view. But unlike autobiography, which primarily revolves
around the personal development or accomplishments of the author. The
testimonio recounts personal experience of an author being oppressed or has
experienced and witness the lives of the people belongs in the socially
impoverished state became victim of human rights violation.
Testimonio is different from academic papers since its main purpose is to call the
attention of the different leaders to hear their plea.

WHAT HAVE I LEARNED

Creative nonfiction deals with stories that are happening in real life.
Close reading is very important to understand the deeper meaning of
the text.
Autobiography is about your life stories from your personal
information to your achievement as a person.
Biography is written by someone through thorough research because it
needs to be factual.
Literary Journalism is an event happened in a single instances
of a person, It is factual but with a touch of journalism
Personal narrative is a light story about a person it can be funny or part
of
an experiences of a person.
Travelogue is about traveling. Its main goal is to promote the beauty of
the place in order to invites several local and foreign tourists.
Blog is an online diary of person, it can be any topic which interest the
author.
Testimonio is a story about those who witness the injustice of life
particularly those who belong in the marginalized sector of our
community.
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WHAT I CAN DO

ACTIVITY 1: ON MY OWN

Think of your personal experience. Create a speech based on the types

and forms of creative nonfiction. Memorize your speech and deliver it to the class
the following meeting.

CATEGORY EXCELLENT GREAT GOOD

( 10 POINTS) ( 7 POINTS) (4 POINTS)

SPEECH The speech The speech The speech

CONSTRUCTION construction is construction is construction is not
excellent and has good and the organized and the
great meaning, meaning is audience could
the audience somewhat vague, hardly pick the
could relate well. the audience meaning of the
could not relate speech.
well

DELIVERY The learner The learner The learner

delivers the delivers the delivers the
speech well. With speech with speech with no
eye contact. No minimal eye eye contact and
mispronounce contact and has a has several
words. few mispronounce mispronounce
words. words.

POISE AND The learner The learner The leaner needs

CONFIDENCE delivers the delivers the to improve his
speech with poise speech stuttering /her self –
and confidence. losing his / her confidence.
poise and
confidence.
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ASSESSMENT

ACTIVITY 1: WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?

Test I. Multiple Choice. Direction: Choose the letter of the

correct answer.

B. Who wrote a story if it is an

autobiography?
A. Author C. Teacher
B. Neighbour D. Publisher
2. Which of the following types of text tells a story?
A. Narrative C. Persuasive
B. Descriptive D. Exemplification
3. Which of the following DOES NOT describe a personal narrative?
A. It involves the personal life of the author.
B. It uses figurative language to convey the message
effectively. C. It deals with the chain of events of the life
of the author.
D. It deals with the particular aspect of the life of the author.
4. Which of the following is a form of creative nonfiction?
A. Biography C. Poem
B. Sonnet D. Haiku
5. What do you call the literary genre deals with stories that depict
the reality life and experiences of the people with a touch of art?
A. Creative Nonfiction C. Fiction
B. Literature D. Art

ANSWER KEY

Pretest Assessment Posttest Assessment

1. C 1. A
2. A 2. D
3. D 3. C
4. A 4. A
5. B 5. A