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English – Grade 4
Quarter 4 – Module 16: Identifying the Features of Journalistic Writing: Parts
of Editorial
First Edition, 2020
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 English 4
Quarter 4
Self-Learning Module 16
Identifying the Features of
Journalistic Writing:
Parts of Editorial

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Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the English 4 Self-Learning Module on Identifying the Features

of Journalistic Writing: Parts of Editorial!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

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manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

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 For the Learner:

Welcome to the English 4 Self-Learning Module on Identifying the Features

of Journalistic Writing: Parts of Editorial!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.

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 EXPECTATIONS

This is your self-instructional learner module in English 4.

All the activities provided in this lesson will help you learn and
understand: Identify the Features of Journalistic Writing:
Parts of Editorial

PRETEST

Directions: Read the paragraphs below and encircle the part of

editorial the paragraphs show.

Paragraphs Parts of Editorial

1.The Philippines ranked first
in Asia with its COVID-19 Introduction
cases that reached 200,000.
Among the regions, NCR has Body
the highest cases of COVID-19
patients. Conclusion
2. The resiliency of the
Filipinos are once again tested
by this pandemic. For many Introduction
Filipinos made use the social
media such as Facebook to
promote the goods they are Body
selling from food to almost
anything that can be delivered
at your doorstep. Conclusion
3.Online and televised church
masses became the norm in
many households which re- Introduction
affirms the belief on why the
Filipino people are very

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 resilient. Their faith is Body
unwavering and will always
see them through. Conclusion
4. Modern day heroes have
risen from different Introduction
circumstances in our daily
lives. In this pandemic, the
medical frontliners are the Body
most needed heroes.
Conclusion
5. It is time for each individual
to do their part. Stay home Introduction
and stop the spread of the
virus. Body

Conclusion

RECAP

Journalistic writing is a writing style used to report news

stories in newspapers, television broadcasts, on radio and on the
Internet. It uses factual and real information written in plain and
easy language and in short paragraphs.

LESSON

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 News is part of everybody’s life, we hear, watch and learn
them through different ways. Nowadays, news can be found in
various media like the internet or what we call the digital news, the
traditional ways are the published news in newspaper, heard
through the radio, or watched in TV sets.
An editorial news can be read in newspaper which usually
highlights some issue in the society. The writer explains,
interprets, describes a topic and criticizes it. His or her opinion
may persuade the readers to think and make a decision or an
action about the issue.

Editorial is a newspaper article that expresses one’s opinion

over a particular issue that deals with the society. The opinion in
the editorial must be backed up with facts and evidences to make
it credible. It must persuade the reader to agree on the point of
view of the writer.
The editorial has three parts: the introduction, the body, and
the conclusion.
Introduction
The introduction grabs the reader’s attention which clearly
states the topic the writer will discuss and is usually with one to
two sentences only.
Examples:
A. The Filipina beauty is a rare jewel in every beauty pageant
held all over the world.
The topic is about Filipina beauty.

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 B. The COVID-19 Pandemic brought out many different jobs
to cope with poverty. The most popular is online selling.
The topic is about online selling.
C. The warning pictures on cigarette cartoons show the end
result of a smoker. Yet, despite the dangers, cigarettes are
readily available in convenience stores.
The topic is about the dangers of cigarette smoking.
Body
The body consists of two or more paragraphs which states
the writer’s opinion on the topic. It gives examples, reasons, facts,
and details to support the writer’s opinion. It also gives a solution
to the writer’s opinion.
Examples:
A. Cigarette smoking is one of the leading causes of death,
cancer, and other disease in the Philippines.
The writer gives some reasons or facts to the topic.
B. Smokers are not the only ones risking illness and death
from cigarettes; second-hand smoke also kills and
weakens. Many experts trace high incidents of asthma and
other respiratory ailments among children to second-hand
smoker.
These sentences are reasons or facts the writer states in
his editorial.
C. Cigarettes are deadly; the risks are real; the benefits are
nonexistent. The only way to stop the danger is to stop the
sale of cigarettes altogether.
Here, the writer suggests a solution to the topic he raised.
Conclusion
The conclusion ends with an appeal to the readers and leaves
the reader thinking or persuades them to take an action.

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Examples:
A. It is the time politicians took decisive action. It is the time for
cigarettes to be declared illegal.
The writer’s conclusion is to ask the politicians to take an
action about the banning of cigarettes.
B. The Filipinos should act on the matter now. The
environmental problem on garbage waste should be stopped.
In this part, the writer seeks the Filipino people to do their
part to stop the environmental problem.
C. The challenges faced by the education needed hands to help.
The school community should cooperate to fulfil every
planned action by the school.
The writer wants to persuade the readers to be cooperative in
the activities planned by the school.

Guided Practice

Read and identify the parts of editorial in the example below.

Chris Macas has been a waste collector since 2018. While he

is proud of his contributions to the cleanliness of his community,
he has been hoping for changes.
The situation of Chris is not new in the Philippines. Although,
the country has several laws related to solid waste management,
strict implementation remains a problem, causing adverse impact
not just to the environment but also to waste workers’ welfare.
Recognizing these challenges and the vulnerability of
waste workers like Chris, World Vision and Eco Waste Coalition,
with funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic
Cooperation and Global Development (BMZ) are implementing the
PHINLA Project.
The PHINLA Project continued its work by providing training
and equipment necessary to help the waste workers and also
appeals to the community to do their part by waste segregating.

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 Let us analyze the parts of the editorial in the given example:

Chris Macas has been a waste collector since 2018.

While he is proud of his contributions to the cleanliness of
his community, he has been hoping for changes.

What part of editorial this paragraph shows?

The first paragraph is the introduction. The introduction
grabs the reader’s attention which clearly states the topic the
writer will discuss and is usually with one to two sentences only.
In this editorial, the writer’s topic is about the waste workers
welfare.
The situation of Chris is not new in the Philippines.
Although, the country has several laws related to solid
waste management, strict implementation remains a
problem, causing adverse impact not just to the
environment but also to waste workers’ welfare.
Recognizing these challenges and the vulnerability of
waste workers like Chris, World Vision and Eco Waste
Coalition, with funding from the German Federal Ministry
for Economic Cooperation and Global Development (BMZ)
are implementing the PHINLA Project.

What do you think this part of editorial shows?

If your answer is the body, then you are right. The second
and third paragraphs shows the body of the editorial. The body
consists of two or more paragraphs which states the writer’s
opinion on the topic. It gives examples, reasons, facts, and details
to support the writer’s opinion. It also gives a solution to the
writer’s opinion.
Here, the writer expresses his opinion on the situation and
cite facts about the project.

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 The PHINLA Project continued its work by providing
training and equipment necessary to help the waste
workers and also appeals to the community to do their
part by waste segregating.

What would be the last part of this editorial?

The last paragraph is the conclusion. The conclusion ends
with an appeal to the readers and leaves the readers thinking or
persuades them to take an action.
The writer tells the community their part, which is the action
called for, by the writer.

ACTIVITIES

Activity 1
Directions: Check the column that describes the part of editorial
(introduction, body and conclusion) the paragraphs show.
Paragraphs Introduction Body Conclusion
1. It’s time for the
government to take an
action. Let other
internet service
providers come in the
Philippines.
2. These service
providers cannot supply
the many people who
needs internet
connection.
3. The Philippines has
the slowest internet
connection in Asia.
4. The government
should invite other

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 service providers that
can supply the people.
5. The two giant service
provider are Globe and
Smart.

Activity 2
Directions: Read the paragraphs below and identify the parts of
editorial by encircling the letter of the correct answer.

1. In order to make the learning worthwhile for pupils,

teachers and parents need to make an action in this
situation.
A. Editorial C. Body
B. Introduction D. Conclusion

2. The “new normal setting” of classrooms take place in online

learning. Where teacher and pupils meet virtually through
google meet, zoom, google classroom and other online
platforms.
A. Editorial C. Body
B. Introduction D. Conclusion

3. Teachers and pupils must learn these online platforms so

they can be updated to the current situation in education.
A. Editorial C. Body
B. Introduction D. Conclusion

4. Teachers need to keep the learners active in their learning

activities to keep them focused on the lesson.
A. Editorial C. Body
B. Introduction D. Conclusion

5. Parents should assist their children in this new classroom

setting.
A. Editorial C. Body
B. Introduction D. Conclusion

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Activity 3
Directions: Read carefully the paragraph then, write the letter of
the correct answer on the blanks.
A. Editorial B. Introduction C. Body D. Conclusion

Unconventional Teaching

_____1. When schools open next month, teachers will enter their
virtual classrooms with uneasiness and with nervousness.
_____2. In these trying times, teachers know that they must adapt
to change. They are aware that the survival of a nation and the
future of this generation are partly attached on their ability to carry
on their tasks competently and efficiently.
_____3. For every challenge, there will be a solution, as long as
concerned agencies and sectors put their heads together to find
ways to educate the youth.
_____4. The future is uncertain and unpredictable, and there is no
way of knowing when the pandemic will end or when the old,
familiar systems can resume.
_____5. Those who live in areas that cannot be reached by the
internet will still learn at home by poring over the printed lessons
or modules prepared for them.

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 WRAP-UP

Write the words describe by the clues that will fit the
configuration below.

1.

Clue: It grabs the reader’s attention which clearly states

the topic the writer will discuss.

2.
Clue: It is a newspaper article that expresses one’s opinion
over a particular issue.

3.
Clue: ends with an appeal to the readers

4.

Clue: These are paragraphs which states the opinion on

the topic

VALUING

The pandemic created by COVID – 19 help people to cope with

the “new normal” situation by being resilient and positive thinkers.
Write one situation wherein you and your family experienced
coping with the new normal.
___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
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 POST TEST

Directions: Read carefully the paragraphs below and identify the

parts of editorial by encircling the letter of the correct answer.
1. Wuhan, China is the home of COVID-19, the deadly virus
that the whole world is fighting now.
A. Editorial C. Body
B. Introduction D. Conclusion

2. Record shows that the United States of America hit the top
list among the countries which have the greatest number of
COVID-19 patients.
A. Editorial C. Body
B. Introduction D. Conclusion

3. Other countries such as Brazil, Germany, and Spain followed

the top list presented by the WHO.
A. Editorial C. Body
B. Introduction D. Conclusion

4. The WHO announced that to stop the spread of the virus,

people must follow some health protocols that would prevent
the virus from transferring to another human and is
persistent in reminding the people to obey and stay home.
A. Editorial C. Body
B. Introduction D. Conclusion

5. According to the Minister of Health in China the virus came

from a bat that transferred to a human.
A. Editorial C. Body
B. Introduction D. Conclusion

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www.google.com.ph/search?q=philippines+newspaper
www.journal.ph
www.manilatimes.net
www,yourdictionary.com
www,pro-essay-writer.com
www.geneseo.edu
References
PreTest Activity 1 Activity 2
1. Introduction 1. Conclusion 1. Conclusion
2. Body 2. Body 2. Introduction
3. Body 3. Introduction 3. Body
4. Introduction 4. Body 4. Body
5. Conclusion 5. Body 5. Body
Activity 3 Wrap Up Post test
1. B 1. Introduction 1. B
2. C 2. Editorial 2. C
3. D 3. Conclusion 3. C
4. C 4. Body 4. D
5. C 5. B
KEY TO CORRECTION