CARMEN ACADEMY

ASIA INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE of SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY

Sayre Highway, Poblacion, Carmen, North Cotabato

Identifying the
Genre of a
Material Viewed
 CARMEN ACADEMY
ASIA INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE of SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY
Sayre Highway, Poblacion, Carmen, North Cotabato

Name: ____________________________ Date: __________________

Grade & Section: _____________________ Score: _________________

PRE-ASSESSMENT
Direction: Choose the correct answer.
1. A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in
form, style, or subject matter.
a. Genre b. Viewing c. Film d. Documentary
2. An act of seeing, watching, or taking a look; especially: an instance or the practice of
watching television.
a. Reading b. Listening c. Viewing d. Speaking
3. An important item of news that television or radio companies broadcast as soon as they
receive it, often interrupting other programs to do so.
a. News flash b. Documentary c. Weather report d. Movie clips
4. A ______________ is usually a part of an entire news program that tells and foretells weather
condition in a specific area.
a. Weather report b. Documentary c. Movie clips d. New Flash
5. A commercial advertisement, originally for a feature film that is going to be exhibited in
the future at a movie theater/cinema.
a. Weather report b. Documentary c. Movie Trailer d. New Flash

ARRANGE ME
Direction: Arrange the jumbled letters below to form a new a word. Write your answer in
your activity notebook.

1. 2.

THERWEA PORERT CUMENDOARYT

3. 4.

SEWN ASHLF VOIEM RAILTER

5.

TERNETIN- EDSBA GRAMORP

QUESTIONS

1. Are you familiar with the pictures?

2. What are the pictures all about?

3. What information do the pictures provide?

 LESSON 3
Identifying the Genre of a Material
Viewed

KEEP IT MIND!
Watching has been part of our daily activities as a student you should be
responsible in what you are watching. Be cautious with the time you spend watching and be
selective with the type of programs you watch. With the help of this lesson it will guide you by
enhancing your own viewing skills.

At the end of lesson, you are expected to:

 Define what is genre and viewing;
 Organize information from materials viewed;
 Determine the purpose and the intended audience of the materials viewed;
 Evaluate the importance (truthfulness) of the material viewed and lastly;
 Identify the features and differentiate the different genres of the material viewed.

Let’s begin….

GENRE

 A French word which means sort or style.

 Genre is a type of text, a type of composition, that shares
particular aim, style, organization, technique, or form.
 a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by
similarities in form, style, or subject matter.

Types of Genres
 Action  Drama
 Adventure  Romance
 Comedy  Science Fiction
 Crime and Investigation  Thriller
 Fantasy  Satire
 Historical
 Horror
 Four Macro Skills

Listening Speaking Reading Writing

Since you’re always exposed to the different types of multimedia at this time we will
now focus on this skill that you should also take into consideration the Fifth Macro Skill,
which is the Viewing.

Viewing

 an act of watching, seeing, analyzing, interpreting, and constructing meaning.

 Understanding visual images and connecting them to accompanying spoken or written
words.

Television has been the most common platform used for viewing but the
emergence of digital technology has changed the viewing landscape making online materials
also readily available or accessible combining both platforms.

Different Types of Genres

1. 1. News Flash
 a single item of important news that is broadcast separately and often interrupts other
programs.
  a short news report on radio or television, giving the most recent information about an
important or unexpected event.

Example:
24 Oras News Alert, Flash Report, CNN

2. Weather Report
 usually a part of an entire news program that tells and foretells weather conditions in
a specific area.
Example:
I AM READY

3. Internet- Based Program

 is a program that is informative and can be accessed through a website.
Example:
DepEd Commons, Netflix

4. Movie Trailer
 a short clip from a film.
 Selected group of scenes that are shown to advertisement ort movie.
Example:
Green Lantern Trailer, Black Panther Trailer, Seven Sundays

5. Movie Clip
 is a short video from a longer film or movie.
Example:
Despicable Me
6. Documentary
 is a research-based reporting that deals with a specific topic or format.
 is a movie, a television or a radio program that provided a factual record or report.
Example:

I-witness

7. Videos
 is a digital of an image or set of image.
Example:
Tiktok videos

EXERCISE 1

Direction: Identify the genre of the material viewed. Write the letter of the correct answer in
your activity notebook.

1. Gina was asked to watch the segment of Kuya Kim, Weather, Weather Lang in TV Patrol
to answer the given question regarding to the Typhoon Ondoy.
a. Documentary b. News Flash
c. Weather Report d. Movie Clip

2. After doing his module, Michael’s past time is watching some Tiktok videos to entertain
his self after answering his module.
a. Internet- Based Program b. Movie Clip
c. Videos d. News Flash
3. Stephen, a grade 8 student, was assigned to make a reaction paper regarding a short
preview of the film Presto.
a. Movie Trailer b. Weather Report
c. Documentary d. Internet-based Program
4. George wanted to jot down the important points from the research-based reporting on
bullying of I-Witness in GMA 7.
a. Documentary b. Weather Report
c. Internet-Based Program d. News Flash
5. The Breaking News Report on ABS-CBN interrupted the favorite show of Amy.
What is the genre of the highlighted program?
a. Documentary b. Weather Report
c. Internet-Based Program d. News Flash
6. J eff accessed DepEd Commons to answer the activity in English.
What kind of genre is the highlighted program?
a. Movie Trailer b. Weather Report
c. Documentary d. Internet-based Program

EXERCISE 2
Direction: Open the given link below. Watch the report and answer the following questions.
Write your answer in your activity notebook.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9PxWXrqI1s
1. What is the material all about?
___________________________________________________________________
2. What is the genre of the material viewed?
___________________________________________________________________
3. What information do the materials provide and who is their intended audience?
__________________________________________________________________
4. Are those information details essential? Why?
__________________________________________________________________
5. Is the presented information truthful. Explain.
_________________________________________________________________

EXERCISE 3

Direction: Copy the link below or type the title below on the YouTube to watch the video
clips. Complete the table after watching it. Write your answer in your activity notebook.

Video clip 1:
Link: https://youtu.be/yDvsJ30SlbQ
Title: Protecting the country's biodiversity l New Day
Video Clip 2:
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAozT7MgMps
Title: Identifying the Genre of a Material Viewed

Questions Video Clip 1 Video Clip 2

1. What is the genre of the

clips?

2. Where and when do you

usually see these clips?

3. What is the purpose of the

clip?

4. What are the topics

portrayed in the clips?

5. Are the clips informative?

Explain
 EXERCISE 4
Direction: Complete the table. Copy and answer it your activity notebook.

Genre Sample TV/ Internet Values Taken from Real-life Application

Program the videos
1. News Flash

2. Movie Trailer

3. Documentary

4. Weather Forecast

5. Documentary

EXERCISE 5

Direction: Identify what type of genre of the material given below. Put a check (/)

News Weather Movie Documentary Internet- Video

Flash Report Trailer based
program
1. I Am Ready
2. I-Witness
3. Breaking News
4. Tiktok
5. Netflix
6. Weather,
Weather Lang
7.Investigative
Programs
8. Aksyon
Weather

9. Motorcylce
Diaries
 10. Amazing Earth
11.Deped
Commons

12. CNN News

13. Green Lantern

Trailer

14. Preview of
Muro Ami
15. 24 Oras Flash
Report

EXERCISE 6

Direction: Taken from our previous learning tasks. Answer the following questions.
Write your answer in your activity notebook.

1. How do we identify a news flash on television?

2. How about a weather forecast?

3. What are the things that we considered in identifying the genre of the material viewed?

4. How does a movie trailer differ from an internet-based programs?

 REFERENCES

https://writingcommons.org/section/genre/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAozT7MgMps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9PxWXrqI1s
https://youtu.be/yDvsJ30SlbQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLWYs4WZcB4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIDlyYVim9o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0iBdzvm-bg
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