READING AND WRITING SKILLS

Activity #1

Name: __________________________________________________ Grade and Section: ____________________________

Date and Time: ________________________________

Lesson Title: Properties of a Well-Written Text (Organization)

Learning Competency: Evaluate written text based on its organization, coherence and cohesion, language use and
mechanics.
General Directions: Do the given activities below. Write your answers on a one long bond paper.

Task #1: Are you familiar with Star Cinema’s “Seven Sundays”? This local movie features famous celebrities like Aga Muhlach,
Dingdong Dantes, Cristine Reyes, Enrique Gil, and Ronaldo Valdez. Inside the succeeding text boxes are three different
situations from the movie. Read and analyze each event to determine which comes first, next and last.

When the four children learned about the bad news that their father was diagnosed of a lung cancer, they at once
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decided to pay their father a visit by sleeping overnight under the same roof.
The widowed father of the Bonifacio family, Manuel, was diagnosed with lung cancer by the family physician. What
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saddened Manuel was the doctor’s prediction that he had only about two months or roughly “seven weeks” to live.
After his birthday with his nephew Jun (because no one among his children showed up), Tatay Manuel received a
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call from the family doctor telling him of the good news – that he was not terminally ill.

Event #___ is the beginning because ____________________________________________________________________________________.

Event #___ is the middle because _______________________________________________________________________________________.
Event #___ is the ending because _______________________________________________________________________________________.

Task #2: Read and study the concept notes below.

A well-organized piece of writing is not only clear but also logical and aesthetic. Existence of organizational markers
and coherent flow of ideas are typically the focus in evaluation of writing (Dayagbil 2016, 63-64).

In writing a story or an essay, it is necessary for students like you to identify the sequence of events from the
beginning to the end because a strong organization comprises proper paragraphing and logical order of presentation of
ideas.

You are introduced to this lesson by sequencing events to help you understand how to organize your
understanding of the text or story, then later, to apply it in your own composition.

The Importance of Organization

Your prewriting activities and readings have helped you gather information for your assignment. The more you sort
through the pieces of information you found, the more you will begin to see the connections between them. Patterns and
gaps may begin to stand out. But only when you start to organize your ideas will you be able to translate your raw insights
into a form that will communicate meaning to your audience.

When you write, you need to organize your ideas in an order that makes sense. The writing you complete in all your
courses exposes how analytically and critically your mind works. In some courses, the only direct contact you may have
with your instructor is through the assignments you write for the course. You can make a good impression by spending time
ordering your ideas.

Order refers to your choice of what to present first, second, third, and so on in your writing. The order you pick
closely relates to your purpose for writing that particular assignment. For example, when telling a story, it may be important
to first describe the background for the action. Or you may need to first describe a 3-D movie projector or a television
studio to help readers visualize the setting and scene. You may want to group your support effectively to convince readers
that your point of view on an issue is well reasoned and worthy of belief.

In longer pieces of writing, you may organize different parts in different ways so that your purpose stands out clearly
and all parts of the paper work together to consistently develop your main point.

Methods of Organizing Writing

The three common methods of organizing writing are chronological order, spatial order, and order of importance.
You need to keep these methods of organization in mind as you plan how to arrange the information you have gathered
in an outline. An outline is a written plan that serves as a skeleton for the paragraphs you write. Later, when you draft
paragraphs in the next stage of the writing process, you will add support to create “flesh” and “muscle” for your assignment.

When you write, your goal is not only to complete an assignment but also to write for a specific purpose—perhaps
to inform, to explain, to persuade, or for a combination of these purposes. Your purpose for writing should always be in the
back of your mind, because it will help you decide which pieces of information belong together and how you will order
them. In other words, choose the order that will most effectively fit your purpose and support your main point.

Table “Order versus Purpose” shows the connection between order and purpose.
Order Purpose
Chronological Order  To explain the history of an event or a topic
 To tell a story or relate an experience
 To explain how to do or make something

Notes and Activities from PIVOT 4A Learner’s Material

  To explain the steps in a process
 To help readers visualize something as you want them to see it
Spatial Order  To create a main impression using the senses (sight, touch, taste, smell, and
sound)
Order of Importance  To persuade or convince
 To rank items by their importance, benefit, or significance
Reference: https://idaho.pressbooks.pub/write/chapter/outlines/#:~:text=Writers%20must%20put%20their%20ideas,%2C%20or%20preliminary%2C%20thesis%20statement.

Task #3: Read the excerpt of the film review lifted from (Lionheartv.net 2017). Then, record the sequence of events on a
graphic organizer.

MOVIE REVIEW: “SEVEN SUNDAYS” (excerpt)

Star Cinema’s “Seven Sundays” revolves around the story of Bonifacio family, whose patriarch, Manuel, (Ronaldo Valdez)
is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Seeing the family he built with his now deceased-wife, falling apart, Manuel has only
one dying wish: see his four children together again and reconnected, happy and looking for each other, like when they
were still kids.

But time and distance have taken a great toll on his children’s relationships which have been mostly strained by insecurities
and pride among them.

His eldest, Allan (Aga Mulach), is a struggling father trying to make ends meet for his own family. Bryan (Dingdong Dantes),
the middle child, who in spite of being the most successful, harbors bitterness towards Allan, whom he thinks has remained
his father’s favorite. Cha (Cristine Reyes), now a mother of three, tries to hide her malfunctioning marriage, and Dexter
(Enrique Gil), the youngest, keeps himself distant from the family he thinks abandoned him. They are forced to reconcile
under the same roof, and as they try to grant their dying father’s wish, a recollection of their history and some assessment
of where they are and have gone as a family, are inevitably ensued.

But Dingdong Dantes has arguably emerged as the strongest performer. There is a powerful exchange of accusations and
revelation of insecurities among the siblings, where Bryan bares his bitter struggle to prove himself and his worth in the family.
Enrique Gil’s Dexter has practically the same baggage. He struggles to connect to the members of his family whom he
feels left him when he was in need of someone to guide him through growing up. As anticipated, every member of the
family has to survive the pains of growing up, but it is growing apart that proves to be more damaging to the Bonifacio
family, and it is more evident in Dexter.

But then, all these characters radiate around Manuel, played by Ronaldo Valdez, who has singularly maintained his
dramatic genius throughout the film. His struggle as a father trying to keep the foundations of his already rattled family
makes his character accessible, hence it emerges as the most relatable element of the film.

For what it’s worth, while “Seven Sundays” struggles to abandon the conventions of its genre, this Cathy Garcia-Molina-
helmed family drama turns out to be actually memorable. Its utter earnestness to relate a familiar story moves the film to
levels that are bracing enough to capture audience and tug at their heartstrings. With its poignant sentiments about family,
it hits right in the heart, and for that, “Seven Sundays” is exceptional.

Beginning

Middle

Ending

Notes and Activities from PIVOT 4A Learner’s Material

Task #4: Using a graphic organizer, write an episode of your life by providing events beginning from childhood to young
adulthood. Provide a catchy title for your story.

Title: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Date Event

Notes and Activities from PIVOT 4A Learner’s Material