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English Activity Sheet

Quarter 4 – MELC 1
Write a Short Story (Fiction/Nonfiction)
with its Complete Elements

REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS

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 English 4
Activity Sheet No. 1
First Edition, 2021

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Introductory Message
Welcome to English Grade Four!

The Learning Activity Sheet is a product of the collaborative

efforts of the Schools Division of Aklan and DepEd Regional Office VI -
Western Visayas through the Curriculum and Learning Management
Division (CLMD). This is developed to guide the learning facilitators
(teachers, parents and responsible adults) in helping the learners meet
the standards set by the K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum.

The Learning Activity Sheet is self-directed instructional materials

aimed to guide the learners in accomplishing activities at their own pace
and time using the contextualized resources in the community. This will
also assist the learners in acquiring the lifelong learning skills, knowledge
and attitudes for productivity and employment.

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learning activities specified in each Most Essential Learning Competency
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learning even if you are not in school. This learning material provides you
with meaningful and engaging activities for independent learning. Being
an active learner, carefully read and understand the instructions then
perform the activities and answer the assessments. This will be returned
to your facilitator on the agreed schedule.

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 Quarter 4, Week 1

Learning Activity Sheet (LAS) No. 1

Name of Learner: ______________________Grade & Section: ______

Date: __________________

WRITING A SHORT STORY (FICTION/NONFICTION)

WITH ITS COMPLETE ELEMENTS

I. Learning Competency with Code

Write a short story (fiction/nonfiction) with its complete elements
EN4WC-IId-20

II. Background Information for Learners

A short story is an account of imaginary or real people

and events told for entertainment. It is a work of short narrative
prose fiction or nonfiction that can be read in one sitting that is
centered around one single event. It has a beginning, middle
and end.

Stories may be fiction or nonfiction. Fiction stories are

made up by the author and are not true. Nonfiction stories are
about real things, people, animals, events and places.

There are many things that go into writing a good story.

When we read it, we often do not realize that there are many
different elements of a story. Story elements are the pieces or
parts that make up a story. The basic elements of a story are
setting, characters and plot. Strong characters and an
interesting setting make your story fun to read and a good story
has a clear beginning, middle and end.

This learning activity sheet will help you develop your

writing skills by studying these elements of a short story and
writing a short story with its complete elements.

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Elements of a Short Story

Setting
✓ The setting of a story is the place where the story
happens and the time when it happens.

✓ It tells about WHEN and WHERE the story takes place.

Characters
✓ The characters are the people or animals that take part
in the story.

✓ It tells about WHO the story is about, the people or

animals in the story that carry out the actions.

Plot
✓ The plot is the sequence of events or actions that
happened in the story. It is usually a series of related
incidents which build and grow as the story develops. It
consists of the beginning, the middle and the ending.

✓ It tells about WHAT happens in the story, the sequence

of events in the story.

o Beginning – It introduces the setting and the

characters. It gives the problem faced by the
main character.

o Middle – It presents the action made by the

characters to solve the problem.

o Ending – It gives the solution to the problem. It

should make the story feel finished.

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 Read the short story below and learn about its different elements
by studying the graphic organizer that follows.

Pablo and the Eggs

Pete, the grasshopper, and his friend Pablo, the

praying mantis, were playing in the garden. One day,
they found some small round objects in the grass.
Pablo wanted to play with them because they looked
like small balls.

He was to pick them up when Pete stopped him,

“Those are not playthings.”

“They look like small eggs,” Pete said.

“No, they are not eggs. I am going to play with

these balls.” Pablo insisted. He got two and prepared
to throw them. Suddenly the eggs broke and out came
the little bugs.

Pablo was surprised. “Oh! They’re alive!” he said

as each one ran in different directions.

Pete laughed at the frightened Pablo. “See, I told

you.”

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Elements of a Short Story

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III. Reference/s
Rabelas et.al. (2015) English 4 Learner’s Material pp. 102 – 111

IV. Activity Proper

Activity 1
Directions: Read the short story below. Identify the
elements of the story: setting, characters, and plot by
completing the table that follows.

The Ant and the Grasshopper

Aesop’s Fable

In a field one summer’s day, a grasshopper was

hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart’s content. An
ant passed by carrying an ear of corn. It was a very heavy
load, but he did not stop. He was taking the corn to his nest.

“Why not come and play with me?” said the

grasshopper. “The day is too nice to be working so hard.”

“I am hoping to lay out food for the winter,” said the ant.
“I think you should be doing the same.”

“Why worry about the winter?” the grasshopper said,

“We have plenty of food now.”

The ant was tired from his work, and he thought it would
be fun to join the grasshopper. But he went on his way and
went on working until he had filled his nest with corn.

Winter came as it always does, and the grasshopper

had no more food to eat. He was dying of hunger, while the
ants were eating every day from the corn they had stored
away. Then the grasshopper knew that it is the best to
prepare for the days ahead.

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Activity 2
Directions: Read the story below. Identify the elements in
the story by answering the questions that follow.

Buddy and the Cat

Little Buddy Cockroach is a house bug. Mother bug always

tells him to stay in dark places and hide. He listens to her with half
an ear not really believing in what she says. “How could they not
like me? I have beautiful shiny wings, and long antenna. Surely
they would love me,” he thought. Then, buddy saw a black cat
and said, “I will show Mother Cockroach that she is wrong.” But
when the cat saw him, it immediately jumped and started running
after him with his white claws. Buddy ran as fast as he could to
the dark place under the cabinet and never ever came out.

1. Where was the setting of the story?

______________________________________________
2. Who were the characters in the story? Describe each of the
characters.
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
3. What was the problem faced by the main character in the
story?
______________________________________________
______________________________________________

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 4. What did Buddy do to solve his problem?
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
5. How did the story end?
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
6. What lesson have you learned from Buddy’s experience?
______________________________________________

Activity 3
A. Directions: The following sentences tell a story, but they are
not in order. Number the sentences to show the correct order
of the events. Then write the sentences in the correct order
on the lines below to write a short story with its complete
elements.
The Plane Tree
____ “How useless is the Plane!” said one of them. “It bears
no fruit whatever, and only serves to litter the ground
with leaves.”
____ “Thus ungratefully, O God, do men receive their
blessings!”
____ Two travelers, walking in the noonday sun, sought the
shade of a wide spreading tree to rest.
____ “Ungrateful creatures!” said a voice from the Plane
tree. “You lie here in my cooling shade, and yet you
say I am useless!”
____ As they lay looking up among the pleasant leaves,
they saw that it was a Plane tree.

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B. Directions: Write a short story with its three (3) story
elements. Read the story information. Then use it to add
information to the story map below.
Story Information
Characters: Ben and Fred
Setting: a cave
Problem: They are lost.

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Rubrics for Scoring
Criteria 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Elements of All the Two Only one No

the story elements elements element of element of
(characters; of the story of the the story isthe story
setting; and are story are included. is
plot) complete. included. included.
Organization The story The story The story Ideas and
is very well is fairly is a little events
organized. well hard to seem to
One event organized. follow. The be
follows One idea transitions randomly
another in may seem are arranged
a logical out of sometimes and
sequence place. not clear improvem
with clear Clear and events ent is
transition. transitions seem out needed.
are used, of order.
but not
often
enough.
Language All One to Three to Five or
and sentences two four more
Grammar in the story sentences sentences sentences
observe in the in the story in the
correct story do do not story do
rules in not observe not
subject observe correct observe
verb (SV) correct rules in SV correct
agreement rules in agreement rules in
, SV , SV
punctuatio agreemen punctuatio agreemen
n, spelling t, n, spelling t,
and punctuatio and punctuatio
capitalizati n, spelling capitalizati n, spelling
on. and on. and
capitalizati capitalizati
on. on.

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 Remember
✓ A short story is a brief narrative, may be fiction or
nonfiction about people or animals
✓ The elements of a short story are setting, characters
and plot.
✓ The setting tells the place and the time that the
events in the story happened.
✓ The characters are the people or animals in the
story.
✓ The plot is made up of the events that happened in
the story. It consists of the beginning, the middle,
and the ending.
o Beginning – It gives the problem faced by the
main character.
o Middle – It presents the action made by the
characters to solve the problem.
o Ending – It gives the solution to the problem.

V. Reflection

A short story is ______________________________________

__________________________________________________.
The elements of a story are:____________________________
___________________________________________________
__________________________________________________.
The setting is the: ____________________________________.
The characters are ___________________________________.
Plot is made up of : ___________________________________
___________________________________________________
__________________________________________________.

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Activity 3
A.
3 “How useless is the Plane!” said one of them. “It
bears no fruit whatever, and only serves to litter the
ground with leaves.”
5 “Thus ungratefully, O God, do men receive their
blessings!”
1 Two travelers, walking in the noonday sun, sought
the shade of a wide spreading tree to rest.
4 “Ungrateful creatures!” said a voice from the Plane
tree. “You lie here in my cooling shade, and yet you
say I am useless!”
2 As they lay looking up among the pleasant leaves,
they saw that it was a Plane tree.
The Plane Tree
Two travelers, walking in the noonday sun, sought
the shade of a wide spreading tree to rest. As they lay
looking up among the pleasant leaves, they saw that it
was a Plane tree. “How useless is the Plane!” said one
of them. “It bears no fruit whatever, and only serves to
litter the ground with leaves.” “Ungrateful creatures!”
said a voice from the Plane tree. “You lie here in my
cooling shade, and yet you say I am useless!” “Thus
ungratefully, O God, do men receive their blessings!”
Moral: Our best blessings are often the least
appreciated.
B. Answers will vary.
Answer Key VI.
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Activity 1
Characters: Setting:
ant Time – One summer day
grasshopper Place – In a field
Plot:
Beginning Middle Ending
In a field one The ant was tired Winter came and
summer’s day, a from his work, and the grasshopper had
grasshopper was he thought it would no more food to eat.
hopping about, be fun to join the He was dying of
chirping and grasshopper. But he hunger, while the
singing to its heart’s went on his way and ants were eating
content, when an went on working every day from the
ant passed by until he had filled his corn they had stored
carrying a heavy nest with corn and away. Then the
ear of corn taking it lay out food for the grasshopper knew
to his nest. The winter. The ant that it is the best to
grasshopper asked advised the prepare for the days
the ant, “Why not grasshopper to do ahead.
come and play with the same, but he
me? The day is too answered, “Why
nice to be working worry about the
so hard.” winter? We have
plenty of food now.”
Activity 2
1. Setting: house
2. Characters: Buddy Cockroach – a playful and
innocent house bug
Mother Cockroach – Buddy’s mom
cat – a black cat
3. Mother bug always tells him to stay in dark places and
hide.
4. He wanted to show Mother Cockroach that she was
wrong in making him stay in dark places. He went out
thinking that the cat would love him because of his
beautiful shiny wings, and long antenna.
5. Buddy returned to his dark place under the cabinet
and never ever came out.
6. I have learned that it is harmful to disobey our
parents. / I have learned that we should listen and
obey our parents. (Answers may vary.)