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2020-2021 Q1-MODULE2

Lesson 1

GENRES OF VIEWING

YOUR GOALS

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you master
viewing as the fifth macro skill in learning the English language more specifically on
identifying the genre of a material you will view on TV, internet or other media platforms.

Viewing refers to perceiving, examining, interpreting, and construction of meaning from

visual images and is crucial to improving your comprehension of print and non-print materials.
This is a skill you should master as you are exposed to multimedia.

After going through this module, you are expected to identify the genre of a material
viewed (such as movie clip, trailer, news flash, internet-based program, documentary,
video, etc.) specifically, you should be able to:

1. define the term genre;

2. identify the genre of the material viewed;
3. differentiate the genres of viewing by examining the various examples presented;
4. organize information of the material viewed and evaluate its importance;
5. observe correct subject and verb agreement in writing personal journal;
6. present a graphic organizer containing information from a material viewed

YOUR INITIAL TASKS

Choose the letter of the best answer. For the Modular Learning, encircle the letter of your
answer. For the Blended Learning, write the letter of your answer only.
1. It is a commercial advertisement for a feature film that will be exhibited in the future at a cinema.
a. documentary d. news flash
b. internet-based e. weather report
c. movie trailer
2. It is a non-fictional, motion picture intended to document reality, primarily for the
purposes of instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record.
a. documentary c. movie trailer
b. internet-based d. news flash
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e. weather report
3. It is a program available online and is more likely to be free of monthly charge.
a. documentary d. news flash
b. internet-based e. weather report
c. movie trailer
4. It is a report that contains information about precipitation, wind speed and
direction, relative humidity, and atmospheric pressure.
a. documentary d. news flash
b. internet-based e. weather report
c. movie trailer
5. A report on an important piece of news that is given in the middle of another television
or radio show.
a. documentary
b. internet-based
c. movie trailer
d. news flash
e. Weather report

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GENRES OF VIEWING
In your previous lesson, you learned about the common types of relationships in analogy. One
of those is synonym. Today, you will apply what you have learned by answering the organizer
provided.
When you hear the word genre, what comes immediately into your mind? Kindly associate
words related to the word “genre”. Write your answer on the given graphic organizer below.

GENRE

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Activity 1: Weekly Television/Online Viewing Log

As an average student, you spend at least 900 hours a year in school and 1,200 hours viewing
television, movies, and online videos. With that, you get tons of information about the world and how
you could interact with people.
Use this log to keep track of your daily television or online viewing habits whether done at
home or at your neighbor’s place. At the end day 5, add the viewing time for each day to discover
your daily total for viewing.
For those who do not have access to television, you may write zero in your viewing time. Write
your answer on the organizer below.

Day Show Title Viewing Time Notes

Total Viewing Time: ________ hours and _____ minutes

Alright! You have already started logging in your Day 1. Continue filling this log until Day 5.
Enjoy!

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Activity 2 Viewing Prelude

Here are two (2) short clips taken from the internet. Check if you can give the names of each
video clip. For those who do not have internet access, your teacher will provide flash drive with these
videos to be viewed where television is available in your barangay or at your homes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeM5beQQMHI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUTEl1CoHVM

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Process Questions: (Answer on your English Notebook)

1. What is the difference between the two clips?

2. Where and when do we usually see these clips?
3. What is the purpose of each?

Activity 3 Let’s Get Familiar

Below is a chart of materials or programs which you can view from your television
sets or through the internet. Examine each item and put a check mark under the
column not familiar if you have not seen the material and familiar if you have seen it.

Materials Not familiar Familiar

1. Documentary

2. internet-based

3. movie trailer

4. news flash

5. weather report

NOTES:

Viewing is an active process of comprehending visual media, such as in television and

online platform: advertising images, films, diagrams, symbols, photographs, videos, drama, drawings,
sculpture and paintings.

Viewing helps youunderstand the message by seeking and checking understanding. It is

classified according to its purpose and type of information presented. The classification of viewing is
called genres of viewing.

There are five genres of viewing: news flash, weather report, internet-based program,
movie trailer, and documentary.

Genres of Viewing

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When there are current issues that the news organizations like ABS-CBN, GMA, and CNN feel
the warrant of interrupting their scheduled programming in television, news flash is aired. News
organizations alert us that what to follow on a certain television program important.

Another genre is weather report, which is a part of an entire news program that updates and
foretells weather conditions on a specific area. Weather forecasts are made by collecting data about
the current state of the atmosphere at a given place. When you wanted to know the weather for the
next day, you could watch the news program’s weather report to be updated.

Internet-based program also provides the viewers informative shows that can be accessed
through websites using internet connection. Netflix, iWant TV, and many more internet-based
programs provide shows that are highly dependent to the internet. It would also require accessing
through desktop computers, laptops, and smart phones.

Often times, when there are upcoming movies, there are series of selected shots that are
shown in television or internet. As these movie trailers attract you because of its exciting, funny, or
noteworthy parts of the film, these are usually short to avoid spoilers.

Finally, a documentary is a genre of viewing that is based on research. You can usually see it
in a very long duration. As it is lengthy, it has the ability to bring us a broader, more deeply engaged
and wider view of the current issues.

Language Connections
Read and study the following sentences.
• A documentary contains factual information that teaches us about the fast, changing world.
• An effective news flash is written with very important details about certain events that could
affect us.
• Learning weather reports are helpful in determining future events.
Process Questions: For the Modular Learning, write your answer on your English Activity Notebook.
For the Blended Learning, use Microsoft Word or the Aralniks LMS.
1. What do you notice about the underlined words?
2. How do you call the underlined words?
3. What do you notice about the boxed words?
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4. Which of these words are singular? Which are plural?

5. What do you need to remember about subjects and verbs in sentences?

A subject is a part of a sentence that contains the person, place, thing or idea performing the action
in a sentence.
In the sentences above, the underlined words documentary, news flash, and reports are
the subject of each sentence while the boxed words contains, teaches,are and is written are called
verbs.
Verbs are the action words in a sentence that describe what the subject is doing. Some verbs
can function as main verbs or helping verbs also called an auxiliary verb.
Basic Rule on Subject – Verb Agreement
• Subjects and verbs must agree in number.
A singular subject needs a singular verb; a plural subject needs a plural verb.

Ms. Smith is a doctor by profession. Good leaders are open-minded.

subject verb subject verb

Basic Pattern
Singular Plural
First person I walk we walk
Second person you walk you walk
Third person he/she/it walks they walk
Example:
Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is a threat to all people worldwide.

Overseas Filipinos are allowed to return home provided they submit themselves for quarantine.

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World Health Organization (WHO) advises people of all ages to take steps to protect themselves from the
virus
Senior citizens appear to be more vulnerable to becoming severely ill with the virus.
Way to go! You have just finished learning the basic rule of English Grammar. Below are extracted
sentences from the summary about “My Brother’s Peculiar Chicken”. Read the sentences carefully and
discover rules in the subject-verb agreement. After studying each rule and example, compose your own
sentence following the rule and write it on the line.

1. Kiko holds both wings of the chicken but the chicken become still.

Kiko is the subject in the sentence and Kiko is singular noun so the verb “hold” is in s-form.

Rule #1: The s-form of the verb is used with singular nouns or pronouns used as a subject.
The sentences should be in the present tense.

Another example: The lawyer appears before the judge in behalf of the
defendant.

The subjects in the sentence are “brother and I”, so it means the subject are plural and the verb
that follows is “leave” which is just in its base form.

Therefore, Rule #2: when the subject is plural, the base form of the verb should
be used.

Another example: We want to be famous actors and actresses.

2. Everybody in the cockpit startles at the unique chicken.

Everybody is the subject in the sentence and it is followed by the verb startles, so..

Rule #3 is when the subject is in an indefinite pronoun, the verb must be in s-form.

Example: In this crisis, nobody wants to see every person struggling.

3. The news about the chicken immediately awakens the barrio.

The subject is “news” and the verb that follows is “awakens”.

Rule #4: The s-form of the verb is used with nouns plural in form but singular in meaning.

4. The committee evaluates the rules to be implemented in the organization. (Committee is

taken as one unit.)

The “committee” is the subject in the sentence and the verb “evaluates” is in s-form because..
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Rule #5 is to use the s-form of the verb for collective nouns and pronouns. Collective nouns
refer to groups of persons or things that are acting as one unit are singular.

However, collective nouns referring to groups of persons or things that are acting as individual
members are plural in form. The base form of the verb is used.

The committee have different opinions on the matter.

5. Here comes the Teniente del Barrio to help us.

The subject here is the “Teniente del Barrio”, introduced by here and as what you see the verb
“comes” before the subject is in s-form because the subject is singular.

Rule #6: When the sentence is introduced by here or there, the verb agrees with the subject
that follows.

Examples:

There goes the most dedicated secretary I have ever met.

v
There go the most dedicated workers I have in the office.
V

6. Both Kiko and his brother try different ways to confirm the chicken’s gender.

The subjects are Kiko and his brother, it means the subject is plural and are introduced by
“both” and followed by the verb “try” (in base form).

Rule #7: The base form of the verb is used with both, many, several, and few.

Example: Many call them goddesses of beauty.

7. “I know how I can prove to you that this is a rooster.”, says Kiko.

The subject in the sentence is presented by the singular pronoun “I” and followed by the verb “know”
in base form.

Rule #8: The base form is used with pronouns I and you.

Examples:

I study and read the modules even when I’m at home.

S V

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You read your favorite story to me.

S V

Great job! Now, are you ready to take some activities to test your knowledge?

Activity 4 Differing Views

Watch a particular television/online program. For those who do not have access to
television or internet, your teacher will provide you with video in a flash drive to be viewed
where television is available in your barangay or at homes. After viewing, answer the chart
below considering the following data:
Title of the Material: Genre of Viewing:

Source:
(TV channel/ URL from website)
What information did you get from the material?
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
___________________
Are the information essential? Why?
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
___________________
Are the information truthful? What made you say so?
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

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NOTES:
When we immersed ourselves in viewing, it is very important that we censor what we watch,
whether in television or in the internet.
Viewing is more substantial and effective when we consider the best information that creates
value. If we responsibly select what we view, we can filter information that is relevant for our purposes
of viewing: entertainment and information.
Now, more than ever, we need to educate ourselves about important issues and finding varied
and reliable information sources. Knowing the essential and truthful information among the recent
events across the globe, it is very important that we check the quality sources of information about
our world and what is happening in it.
These genres of viewing provide an opportunity to understand and connect with the world.
Further, they are also a great way to gather together with friends to watch and engage around the
important issues of our times.
Whether you watch through television or internet, talking about them together in person is
equally important. With social media channels at our fingertips 24/7, these genres of viewing remind
us of the real people on the opposite side of an issue and different conditions in which we live.

What I Have Learned

Read the following sentences about the points to ponder for genres of viewing. Choose
the correct form of the verb inside the parentheses. Encircle the correct answer.

1. Viewing (is, are) an active process of comprehending visual media, such as in television and online
platform wherein there (is, are) advertising images, films, diagrams, symbols, photographs, videos,
drama, drawings, sculpture and paintings.
2. Viewing (help, helps) us acquire information and appreciate ideas that visually communicated by
others.
3. On television news flash (is, are) an important, timely piece of news that (is, are) delivered quickly that
could interrupt the currently aired program.
4. Weather reports (is, are) part of a television program that (feature, features) a prediction of a specific
place’s weather observation.
5. Any informative program or show that (is, are) accessed through a website in an online platform (is,
are) called internet-based program.
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6. Movie trailers (is, are) short clips that are usually shown before a movie (is, are) officially released.
7. A research-based compilation of information about a certain subject (is, are) a documentary.

Activity 5: Generating Viewing Ideas: Watch the video clip Here's How to Spot
Coronavirus Misinformation on Social Media and answer the graph that follows.
Copy the graph to your notebook. For those who do not have internet access, your
teacher will provide flash drive with this video clip to be viewed where television is available in your
barangay or at home.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcNLrmChKBM

Video Title: _______________________________________________________________

Source: _________________________________________________________________

What are the common misinformation about How do you check for valid information about
preventing COVID-19? COVID-19?
_____________________________________ ____________________________________
_____________________________________ ____________________________________
_____________________________________ ____________________________________
_____________________________________ ____________________________________
_____________________________________ ____________________________________
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Why is it very important to check the information from social media?

______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
ASSESSMENT
Activity 6 Conceptualize Your Thoughts

A. Given the video segments that follow, copy the concept map in your English notebook with the
title of the video, type of viewing genre, and its details.

Genres of Viewing

1) Title of the Video: 2) Title of the Video: 3) Title of the Video: 4) Title of the Video:
________________ ________________ ________________ ________________

Genre: Genre: Genre: Genre:

________________ ________________ ________________ ________________
________________ ________________ ________________ ________________

1) Length 1) Length 1) Length 1) Length

________________ ________________ ________________ ________________

What is it about? What is it about? What is it about? What is it about?

________________ ________________ ________________ ________________
________________ ________________ ________________ ________________

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Reflection:

On your English notebook, choose one video segment on any social

media platforms (tv, Facebook, YouTube, etc.) and write a reflection/ reaction
paper based on the material viewed.

B. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on the space provided before each
number.

__________ 1. A segment in ABS-CBN news last August 3, 2018 which talked about a low-pressure area
located at 630 km East of Guiuan, Eastern Samar.
a. Documentary
b. Internet – based
c. Movie trailer
d. News flash
e. Weather report

_________ 2. In the middle of a show in ABS-CBN last January 26, 2020 at around 4:10 in the afternoon an
important news was aired about a place in Luzon with no electricity due to typhoon “Ompong”.
a. Documentary
b. Internet – based
c. Movie trailer
d. News flash
e. Weather report

__________ 3. A short clip from the film “Hello, Love, Goodbye” was advertized on television for promotion
purposes.

a. Documentary
b. Internet – based
c. Movie trailer
d. News flash
e. Weather report

___________ 4. “Mythbusters” is an informative online show hosted by Jon Lung and Brian Louden. The show
will take over testing crazy science experiments.
a. Documentary
b. Internet – based
c. Movie trailer
d. News flash
e. Weather report

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___________ 5. “Manny” is a hard hitting feature length film that explores the many triumphs and tribulations
of Filipino boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao.
a. Documentary
b. Internet – based
c. Movie trailer
d. News flash
e. Weather report

Additional Activities
Nuggets of Wisdom. Go over the various tasks that you came across in the lesson.
Reflect on the valuable insights that you have gained. Make sure to write down your
reflection below observing the correct subject-verb agreement rules.
1. What do you think is the most useful genre of viewing? Why do you think so?
2. Would you believe that the genres of viewing can impact your study habits? In what way?
Congratulations! You have successfully completed Module 2!

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