11 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

CARAGA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

DIVISION OF SURIGAO DEL SUR SENIOR HIGHSCHOOL
LINGIG II DISTRICT

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Third Quarter Formative Assessment

Week 2

21st Century Literature from the

Philippines and the World

Conventional and 21st Century Genres

After going through this LAS, you are expected to:

1. describe the characteristics of21st century literary genres, and the one’s from the original
genres;

2. compare the elements, structures and traditions of each genre;

3. appreciate the unique features of each genre.

POETRY- is an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning, sound and

rhythmic language choices to evoke an emotional response. It has been known to employ meter and
rhyme. The very nature of poetry as an authentic and individual mode of expression makes it nearly
impossible to define.

DRAMA- is a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving

conflict more contrast of character, especially on intended to be acted on a stage: a play. It may be
any situation or series of events having vivid, emotional, conflicting or striking interest.
FICTION- is literature created from the imagination, not presented as fact, though it may be based
on a true story or situation. Types of literature in the fiction include the novel, short story and
novella.

NON-FICTION- is based on facts and the author’s opinion about a subject. The purpose of non-
fiction writing is to inform and sometimes to persuade. Its examples are biographies, articles from
textbooks and magazines and newspapers.

21st Century Literature Genres

ILLUSTRATED NOVEL
• Story through text and illustrated images
• 50% of the narrative is presented without words
• The reader must interpret the images to comprehend the story completely.
• Textual portions are presented in traditional form.
• Some illustrated novels may contain no text at all.
• Span all genres.
• Examples include The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick and The Arrival by
Shaun Tan.

DIGI-FICTION
• Triple Media Literature
• Combines three media: book, movie/video and internet website
To get the full story, students must engage in navigation, reading, and viewing in all three
forms.
• Patrick Carman’s Skeleton Creek and Anthony Zuiker’s Level 26 are examples.

GRAPHIC NOVEL
• Narrative in comic book formats
 • Narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using a comic form.
• The term is employed in broadly manner, encompassing non-fiction works and thematically
linked short stories as well as fictional stories across a number of genres.
• Archie Comics by John Goldwater and illustrator, Bob Montana, is a good example.

MANGA
• Japanese word for comics
• It is used in the English-speaking world as a generic term for all comic books and graphic
novels originally published in Japan.
• Considered as an artistic and storytelling style.
• Ameri-manga- sometimes used to refer to comics created by American artists in manga style.
•Shonen- Boy’s Manga (Naruto, Bleach, One Piece)
• Shojo- Girl’s Manga (Sailormoon)
• Seinen- Men’s Manga (Akira)
• Josei- Women’s Manga (Loveless, Paradise Kiss)•Kodomo- Children’s Manga (Doraemon,
Hello Kitty)

DOODLE FICTION
• Literary presentation where the author incorporates doodle writing, drawings and handwritten
graphics in place of the traditional font.
•
•
• Drawing enhances the story, often adding humorous elements
• Examples include The Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney and Timmy Failure by
Stephan Pastis.

TEXT-TALK NOVELS
• Blogs, email and IM format narratives
• Stories told almost entirely in dialogue simulating social network exchanges.
CHICK LIT or CHICK LITERATURE
• Is genre fiction which addresses issues of modern womanhood, often humorously and
lightheartedly.
• Chick Lit typically features a female protagonist whose femininity is heavily thermalizing in the
plot.
• Scarlet Bailey’s The night before Christmas and Miranda
Dickinson’s It started with a Kiss are examples of this.

FLASH FICTION
• Is a style of fictional literature of extreme brevity
• There is no widely accepted definition of the length and category. It could range from word
to a thousand.

SIX-WORD FLASH FICTION

• Ernest Hemingway: For sale: baby socks, never worn.
• Margaret Atwood: Longed for him. Got him, Shit.
CREATIVE NON-FICTION
• Also known as literary non-fiction or narrative non-fiction
• A genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate
narratives.
• Contrasts with other non-fiction, such as technical writing or journalism, which is also rooted
in accurate fact, but is not primarily written in service to its craft.
• As a genre, creative non-fiction is still relatively young and is only beginning to be scrutinized
with the same critical analysis given to fiction and poetry.
• 1000 Gifts by Ann Voscamp and Wind, Sand, and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery are
examples.

SCIENCE FICTION
• Is a genre of speculative fiction dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science
and technology, space travel, time travel, faster than light travel, a parallel universe and
extra-terrestrial life.
• Often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other innovations and has been
called a “literature of ideas”.
• Examples include Suzanne Collins’ Mockingjayand Sarah Maas’ Kingdom of Ash.

BLOG
• A weblog, a website containing short articles called posts that are changed regularly.
• Some blogs are written by one person containing his or her own opinions, interests and
experiences, while others are written by different people.

HYPER POETRY
• Digital poetry that uses links and hypertext mark-up
• It can either involved set words, phrases, lines, etc. that are presented in variable order but
sit on the page much as traditional poetry does, or it can contain parts of the poem that
move and transform.
• It is usually found online, through CD-ROM and diskette versions exist. The earliest examples
date to no later than the mid-1980’s.

What Can I Do 1

Directions:

Source:https://twitter.com/reivylc/status/1170266247012831233
Criteria 4 3 2 1 Points
Content At least three At least two At least two Only one
characteristics of characteristics of characteristic s characteristic
the genre are the genre are of the genre are is written
listed and listed and listed but not
explained explained explained

Organization Details are in Details are in Some details are All details are
logical order and logical order yet not in logical not in logical
interesting less interesting order order

Mechanics and No errors in One to two errors Three to five Six or more
Grammar punctuation, in punctuation, errors in errors in
capitalization, and capitalization, punctuation, punctuation,
spelling and spelling capitalization, capitalization,
errors and spelling and spelling
errors
errors

What Can I Do 2

Directions:Compare and contrast these modern literary genres using the Venn Diagram

Based on your answer in Activity 2, briefly answer the following questions.

1. What characteristics make these genres similar in terms of elements?
2. What characteristics make these genres similar in terms of structure?
What Can I Do 3

Directions: Write the unique features of the different genres using a graphic organizers.

Name: ______________________________ Date: _____________________

Differences in Terms Differences in Terms

of Structure Similarities of Elements

Post Test
Directions:Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate
sheet of paper.

1. A story told using a combination of text and illustrations or without text at all.
a. Digi-Fiction
b. Doodle Fiction
c. Illustrated Novel
d. Creative Non-Fiction
 2. A site of collected posts or articles written by one or more people and updated regularly.
a. Blog
b. Flash Fiction
c. Hyper Poetry
d. Digi-Fiction

3. Brief stories told in a thousand words or less.

a. Blog
b. Flash Fiction
c. Hyper Poetry
d. Digi-Fiction

4. Tales are written and presented using dialogues in social media applications.
a. Chick Lit
b. Digi-Fiction
c. Hyper Poetry
d. Text-Talk Novel

5. A factual story is written using literary devices and techniques.

a. Digi-Fiction
b. Doodle Fiction
c. Illustrated Novel
d. Creative Non-Fiction

Reflective Feedback
You are now ready to give your insights and reflection that will help you grow and develop
understanding more deeply with the topic, so that you can work continuously for self –improvement.

1. Which part of the activity do you like least? Why?

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

2. Which part of the activity do you like most? Why?

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
References:

Writers: Reivy L. Cadacio and Fritz A. Caturay

Editors: Alson Rae F. Lunaand Paula J. Martinez
Reviewers: Catherine A. Costoy, Abigail P. Asunto and Wenifreda S. Diquit
Illustrator: Mary Grace S. Santos and Shaine Rita B. Incapas
Layout Artist: Jennifer U. Cruz
Management Team: Wilfredo E. Cabral
Job S. Zape Jr.
Eugenio S. Adrao
Elaine T. Balaogan
Fe M. Ong-ongowan
Rommel C. Bautista
Elias A. Alicaya Jr.
Ivan Brian L. Inductivo
Elpidia B. Bergado
Noel S. Ortega
Josephine M. Monzaga

21st Century
Learning Activity Sheet
Third Quarter – Week 2
Key to Corrections
What I Can Do 1
Answers may Vary

What I Can Do 2
Answers may Vary
 What I Can Do 3
Answers may vary
Post Test
1. C
2. A
3. B
4. D
5. D