Creative Writing
Creative Writing
Quarter 1 – Module 3: Utilizing Language to Evoke Emotional and Intellectual
Responses from Readers
First Edition, 2020
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Creative Writing
Quarter 1
Self-Learning Module 3
Utilizing Language to Evoke Emotional
and Intellectual Responses from Readers
Introductory Message
For the Facilitator:
Welcome to the Creative Writing Self-Learning Module on Utilizing Language
to Evoke Emotional and Intellectual Responses from Readers.
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
This contains helpful tips or strategies
that will help you in guiding the learners.
As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
For the learner:
Welcome to the Creative Writing Self-Learning Module on Utilizing Language
to Evoke Emotional and Intellectual Responses from Readers.
The hand is one of the most symbolized parts of the human body. It is often
used to depict skill, action, and purpose. Through our hands, we may learn, create,
and accomplish. Hence, the hand in this learning resource signifies that you as a
learner is capable and empowered to successfully achieve the relevant competencies
and skills at your own pace and time. Your academic success lies in your own hands!
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.
EXPECTATIONS
This is your self-instructional learner module in Creative Writing. All
the activities provided in this lesson will help you learn and understand:
Creative Writing as you do Utilizing Language to Evoke Emotional and
Intellectual Responses from Readers.
PRETEST
Multiple choice. Choose the synonym of the underlined words. Use the context
clue as your guide.
1. The flood last year was a terrible catastrophe in which many people
died.
a. Experience c. disaster
b. Calamity d. phenomenon
2. Jorge was optimistic and always saw the best in every situation.
a. Positive c. relax
b. Happy d. easy
3. It is not possible to observe this phenomenon directly, but its effects
can be seen in the rise in global temperatures.
a. Situation c. experience
b. Sight d. issue
4. He was napping when the coastal flood reached the School Road area.
a. Tsunami c. hurricane
b. Storm surge d. landslide
5. Dean promised to talk to Cynthia but Randy was devastated as he
ended the call.
a. Disappointed c. sad
b. Ruined d. hopeless
RECAP
We have learned that sensory details play a vital role in writing. It makes
the reader imagine and feel what is being read. With that, the reader can get
a vivid image of the content of the text and eventually get ideas about it.
LESSON
Do you still remember the calamities/social issues/ health problems
the Filipino people experienced for the past years? What are those?
Filipinos are known for being optimistic. Despite several crises,
Filipinos remain positive about their situation. They surpass any problems
with courage and hope.
Today, we will go back to some of the unforgettable issues in Philippine
history. I will share with you short passages from poems and a speech written
by Filipino writers. So put yourself to the reading text for you to feel and
convey its message.
The first reading text is an excerpt from the poem “The Haiyan Dead”,
Let us all read.
the Haiyan dead are looking for the moon washed out
in a tumult of water that melted their bodies
they are looking for their bodies that once
moved to the dance to play
to the rhythms of love moved in the simple ways--before wind
lifted sea and smashed it on the land-of breath talk words shaping in
their throats lips tongues
Can you visualize the setting of the poem? Are these the image you see as
you read it?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-
2501471/Philippines-Typhoon-Haiyan- https://themazatlanpost.com/2019/05/08 https://mariambulawan7.wordpress.com/2017/11/
Bodies-piled-streets-makeshift-mortuaries- /drowning-doesnt-look-like-drowning/ 21/the-haiyan-dead/
overrun.html
So how do you feel about this poem? Everybody is traumatized by the
effect brought by this typhoon. Many people became homeless with the loss
of their properties and loved ones. Haiyan is one of the deadliest typhoons in
the Philippines. Haiyan dead in the poem refers to the victims of Yolanda. The
lines from the poem give us an idea that the victims are not ready to die and
cannot rest in peace. Haiyan victims were no longer doing their habits,
instead they are searching for their missing bodies.
Let us read another excerpt from a speech of President Rodrigo Duterte
on his 3rd State of the Nation Address (SONA) last July 23, 2018.
“Our concern is human rights, mine is human lives. The lives of our youth are being
wasted and families are destroyed, and all because of the chemicals called shabu, cocaine,
cannabis, and heroin”.
“Human rights to me means giving Filipinos, especially those at the society’s fringes,
a decent and dignified future through the social and physical infrastructures necessary to better
their lives. The lives and freedoms and the hard-earned property of every Filipino whose
condition we wish to improve shall be protected from criminals, terrorists, corrupt officials,
and trafficker’s contrabands”.
You worry about the present; I am concerned about both the present and the future. I
worry about the future because I know what crimes can do to the youth of this country. If not
stopped, crimes can make human cesspools of succeeding generations. I will not allow it to
happen. Not during my term.
What do you think about the President’s speech? Do you find him a
good leader?
Pres. Duterte is known for being an anti-drug leader. He believes that
drugs would ruin the lives of many Filipinos. With that, he said that he won’t
let it happen during his term.
Guided Practice
A student from the United States has shared his reflection as part of
the Global Student Stories Project “A Day in my Life: living under the Covid-
19 Pandemic”. Try to answer the following question. Choose the letter of the
best answer.
A Day in my Life, written by Sutter, 18, USA
The coronavirus has changed the way we live. My sister had to come home from college
in New York. My sister in Los Angeles is feeling sick. My parents have to work from home,
and I have to go to school from home. Everything is closed. We can’t go the movies, to
restaurants, to stores, or meet friends. We’re all waiting at home, so we don’t all give it to each
other.
My grandparents say they have never seen anything like it in their lifetimes. Where I live
and in more places around the country, we have to stay in our houses unless we have to leave
the house for medical care or to buy food. So, I haven’t been out of the house much in two
weeks. I miss everybody at school and missing the rest of my family. One thing we’ve started
to do is meet up with my dad’s big family over the internet using Zoom. We did this for my
grandpa’s birthday, and we could all see each other on the screen at the same time. Grandkids
from all over the world were there, from Australia, New York, Hawaii and from all over
California. It was pretty amazing and really fun to see all my cousins. It was a nice way to
celebrate my Grandpa’s 85th birthday since none of us could be there.
1. Which emotions is NOT expressed by the student in his reflection?
a. Sad b. curious c. worried d. afraid
2. What makes the student feels worried?
a. He is worried about not seeing his loved ones personally.
b. He is worried about not going to his favourite places.
c. He is worried that they may run out of money to support their
necessities.
d. He is worried about the life style they would have because of Covid.
3. What makes them connected even in a distance?
a. They send letters to communicate.
b. They used televisions and radios to get news about their loved ones.
c. They call and text.
d. They meet over the internet via zoom.
ACTIVITIES
Activity 1
Write I if the situation requires intellectual response and E if the situation
requires emotional response.
1. Many people around the world donated cash to help the victims of flood.
2. ABS-CBN franchise is still under investigation.
3. Dep-Ed find ways in making education possible during COVID-
19.pandemic
4. Transportation becomes a challenge to Filipino workers.
5. Save money for future.
Activity 2
Choose the letter of the best answer. Refer to the excerpt passage above.
1. What level of diction is used by Pres. Duterte during his SONA?
a. Formal
b. Informal
c. Slang
d. Colloquial
2. Which is the best example of personification in the poem?
a. --before wind lifted sea and smashed it on the land—
b. the Haiyan dead are looking for the moon
c. they are looking for their bodies that once moved to the dance to
play
d. of breath talk words shaping in their throats lips tongues
3. What line in the poem shows that the victims were once have a
happy life before?
a. Line 1-2
b. Line 3-4
c. Line 5-7
d. Line 8-10
4. What destroys human lives according to Pres. Duterte’s speech?
a. Human trafficking
b. Corruption
c. Drugs
d. Sexual harassment
5. Who will be greatly affected if crimes can’t be stopped?
a. Parents
b. Leaders
c. Workers
d. Youth
WRAP-UP
I have learned that the problem _____________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
VALUING
Problems are normal. Problems makes us strong and confident. Even
though we had a lot of struggles in our life, we should never lose hope. Be
optimistic and be brave.
POSTTEST
Direction: Draw a / if the statement is essential in creative writing and X if
it’s not.
1. Imagery in writing helps the reader put him or herself in your shoes.
2. Figures of speech makes writing expressive, flowery and interesting.
3. Sensory detail gives strength to writing.
4. Experience is not really important in sharing story.
5. Formal diction should be always be the language in writing.
KEY TO CORRECTION
5. D 5. I 5. X 5. B
4. C 4. E 4. X 4. B
3. C 3. I 3. / 3. A
2. A 2. I 2. / 2. A
1. A 1. E 1. / 1. C
Activity 2 Activity 1 Post-test Pre-test
References
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Post, The Mazatlan. “Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning.” The Mazatlán Post,
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Shaneocampo. “‘The Haiyan-Dead.’” 21st Literature, November 21, 2017.
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“Students' Reflections on ‘A Day in My Life During Covid-19″ – United States.”
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Alunan, Merlie. “'The Haiyan Dead' - A Poem.” GMA News Online. GMA News
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