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21 Century Literature
from the Philippines
and the World
Second Quarter
Module 3: Producing a Creative
Representation of a Literary
Text by Applying Multimedia
and ICT Skills
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION VII, CENTRAL VISAYAS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF SIQUIJOR

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Module 3: Producing a Creative

Representation of a Literary
Text by Applying Multimedia
and ICT Skills
 INTRODUCTION
This module is written in support of the K to 12 Basic Education Program to ensure
attainment of standards expected of you as a learner.
This aims to equip you with essential knowledge in producing a creative
representation of a literary text by applying multimedia and ICT skills.
This was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for guided
and independent learning at your pace and time. You will be enabled to process the contents
of the learning resource while being an active learner.
This includes the following parts and corresponding icons:
What I Need to Know – This lays out the learning outcome that you are
expected to have accomplished at the end of the module.
What I Know – This determines your prior learning on the particular lesson
you are about to take.
What’s In – This is a brief drill or review to help you link the current lesson
with the previous one.
What’s New – In this portion, the new lesson will be introduced to you in
various ways such as a story, a song, a poem, a problem opener, an activity or a
situation.
What Is It – This section provides a brief discussion of the lesson. This aims to
help you discover and understand new concepts and skills.
What’s More – This comprises activities for independent practice to solidify
your understanding and skills of the topic.
What I Have Learned – This includes questions or blank sentence/paragraph
to be filled in to process what you learned from the lesson.
What I Can Do – This section provides an activity which will help you transfer
your new knowledge or skill into real life situations or concerns.
Assessment – This is a task which aims to evaluate your level of mastery in
achieving the learning competency.
Additional Activities – In this portion, another activity will be given to you to
enrich your knowledge or skill of the lesson learned. This also tends retention of
learned concepts.
Answer Key – This contains answers to the activities in the module.

At the end of this module, you will also find:

References – This is a list of all sources used in developing this module.

With the different activities provided in this module, may you find this material
engaging and challenging as it develops your critical thinking skills. You can do it!
 What I Need to Know
After going through this module, you are expected to:

 produce a creative representation of a literary text by applying multimedia and ICT

skills (EN12Lit-Ie-31.1)

What I Know
To find out what you already know about the topic, answer the following tasks. Do
this in your notebook.

A. Directions: Identify each statement if it’s true or false. In your notebook, write TRUE if
it’s correct, and FALSE, if it’s wrong.

1. A literary text can be adapted in a form of a film or in other forms of genre.

2. Using a multimedia format in a presentation helps to catch viewer’s interest.
3. Video is one of the multimedia formats.
4. Creative adaptation of a literary text is just copying the original text.
5. Multimedia means a combination of different content forms.
6. Textual adaptation is perceived in a literary sense, where a novel or book is adapted
into a film or series.
7. Using another structure in adapting a literary text is not allowed
8. A literary adaptation is simply taking an existing story and reworking it into a
different genre, medium, or perhaps temporal context.
9. In adapting a literary text, permission from the author is needed.
10. Making a movie based on a novel is an example of a literary adaptation.

B. Directions: Draw a check (/) if the statement is appropriate or proper when using the
social media and (x) if it is not. Do this in your notebook.

1. Treat others the way you want to be treated. Speak with and treat someone online
as you would speak with and treat him/her face-to-face.
2. Speak kindly.
3. Post anything anytime you want even if you are angry and emotional.
4. Journal your thoughts and feelings in a public forum.
5. Make up silly email addresses.
6. Give out personal and confidential information online.
 What’s In
Can you still vividly recall the different 21st literary genres? Text tula is one of the
21st century literary genres. It is done using a mobile phone. With the use of social media, we
can practice expressing our emotions and opinions in a more creative and artistic way while
more people have the chance to see it.

In your Facebook account (or create if you don’t have an account yet), post your
textula with a hashtag #21stCenPhilLit. Be sure to tag your teacher.

Example: #Textula Para Sa Edukasyon Ngayong

New Normal
By Nadilyn T. Rubio

Sa mundo na pabago-bago,
Lalo na sa panahong ito,
Dapat matuto pa rin tayo,
Kahit sa ano mang proseso.

Modular o online man ito,

Blended education ba kamo
May face to face pa man o ano,
Lahat sila’ y kinabisado.

Edukasyo’y sinugurado,
Ngunit kaligtasan mo’t ako
Kailanmay ‘di makompromiso
Basta’t masunurin lang tayo.

#21stCenPhilLit

What’s New

Are you a certified 21st century learner? If yes, let us see your knowledge on the
different social media platforms emerging nowadays by identifying the name of the icons or
logo. Do this in your notebook.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

What Is It
As we went through World War II and the rapid expansion of technology and
communication, artists are more likely to share new ideas and express themselves than they
had ever had in history. There is more freedom then until now. Experimentation in writing
from the early century continued, and as writers had more access to ideas from other cultures,
they had more with which to experiment. And now, when ideas are shared in an instant,
writers have a nearly unbounded ideas and topics from which to choose and the freedom to
question any assumption.

The early literary genres that were developed are still being studied and read until
today such as poetry, drama, fiction, essay, and epic. From these genres, as we live in the
internet age and the continuous blooming of technology happens, literary genres continue to
develop and grow, and they are not limited to the above mentioned. In addition, 21st century
literature is in progress and thriving now along with the genres to be able to accommodate the
present resources and lifestyle we have, especially for the students who now have a different
learning process and resources.

In the modern vernacular, 21st century literature is associated with its academic
context, pertaining to the enduring works of fiction, philosophy, history, etc. that have been
studied for generations and molded the foundations of our thought. Yet literature by its
definition comprises all written works, a truth that has never been more applicable than in our
current internet age, when the written word is more accessible and democratic than ever
before.

The 21st century reader grew up using technology as a primary learning tool and this
made them skilled in navigating and interpreting digital formats and media messages. They
have literacy skills which consist of technological abilities such as the use of the keyboard,
internet navigation, ability to communicate and interpret coded language and decipher
graphics. The 21st century literature deals with current themes and issues and it also reflects a
technological culture, it also breaks traditional writing rules; hence, themes and issues we are
going through now are freely written, expressed, and conveyed through technology. For this
reason, genres such as IM and blog format books, digi-fiction, doodle, creative non-fiction,
manga, and graphic novels, among others are emerging.

Students, readers, and writers alike need to develop proficiency with the tools of
technology and build associations with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and
cross-culturally. They also need to design and share information for global communities to
see various purposes. They must manage, analyze, and synthesize a manifold of streams of
synchronized information. They should create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media
texts. Hence, the internet serves as a tool for efficient expressiveness and sharing of ideas and
information. Social media, blogsites, and marketing sites such as Amazon and Rakuten that
freely lets people publish their works as electronic books enables and encourages us to bring
out our creativity. They are avenues for people to write and read different kinds of works
with various relevant themes and issues happening around us and they become part of the
21st century literature.

Let us tackle now Literary Adaptation, Multimedia and its Forms

Literary adaptation is the adapting of a literary source (e.g. a novel, short story, poem)
to another genre or medium, such as a film, stage play, or video game. It can also involve
adapting the same literary work in the same genre or medium just for different purposes, e.g.
to work with a smaller cast, in a smaller venue (or on the road), or for a different
demographic group (such as adapting a story for children).

A literary adaptation is simply taking an existing story and reworking it into a

different genre, medium, or perhaps temporal context. A good example of this is the movie,
10 Things I Hate About You, which is an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The
Taming of the Shrew, placing the story and characters into modern times and making the
characters high school students. William Shakespeare is one of the world's most widely
adapted author. Of all of Shakespeare's 37 plays, Hamlet is one of his best known. From the
many versions of the text--from the original manuscript and printed versions to stage
performances and films--the tortured prince's words can be heard repeated by many historical
and literary figures.

To adapt means to transpose from one medium to another. It is the ability to make fit
or suitable by changing or adjusting. Modifying something to create a change in structure,
function and form which produces a better adjustment. Adaptation of a text is taking a pivotal
idea from another text such as certain themes and producing them in a new and original way,
but not changed enough that the traditional roots/influences of the text are lost.

Usually, textual adaptation is perceived in a literary sense, where a novel or book is

adapted into a film or series. However, media textual adaptations range from literary
adaptation, to other mediums such as performance and sound.

Examples of Literary Adaptation in Our Country are:

1. The film “Bakit Hindi Ka Crush Ng Crush Mo?” (2013) The film is an adaptation
of Ramon Bautista’s self-help book of the same name. Movie making or video making is an
ICT skill where a more advance skills and knowledge have been developed. Its application
from the original form which was a “novel” made into a new form that is a “movie” will
deepen your knowledge of technology and how it works. These include practical skills like
programming and coding.
 2. The film “Diary ng Panget” (2014) Diary ng Panget (lit. Diary of an Ugly Person)
(also known as Diary ng Panget: The Movie) is a 2014 Philippine romantic comedy film
based on the best-selling novel of the same name written and published on Wattpad by Denny
R. The film was directed by Andoy Ranay and stars Nadine Lustre, James Reid, Yassi
Pressman, and Andre Paras. It was distributed by Viva Films and released on April 2, 2014.

Multimedia means that computer information can be represented through audio,

video, and animation in addition to traditional media (i.e., text, graphics drawings, and
images). It is the field concerned with the computer-controlled integration of text, graphics,
drawings, still and moving images (Video), animation, audio, and any other media where
every type of information can be represented, stored, transmitted and processed digitally.

Forms of Multimedia

1. PowerPoint Presentation with voice-over narration

A PowerPoint presentation is a presentation created using Microsoft PowerPoint

software. The presentation is a collection of individual slides that contain information on a
topic. PowerPoint presentations are commonly used in business meetings and for training and
educational purposes. You can use these links to access on how to create a powerpoint
presentation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8V7xj15f9w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uk4CU7uobM

2. Video

Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting,

and display of moving visual media. Visual multimedia source combines a sequence of
images to form a moving picture. It transmits a signal to a screen and processes the order in
which the screen captures should be shown. Videos usually have audio components that
correspond with the pictures being shown on the screen. You can access this link to watch a
tutorial on how to create a video for those who don’t know how.

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

3. Animated video

Animated video is an engaging instrument that can help you tell your story more
comprehensively. It brings concepts to life that text or live videos can’t. Think about it: you
can make your characters talk all you want, fly, or travel in time. With the help of animation,
you can show how mechanisms and processes work. You can use this link to watch a video
tutorial on how to create an animated video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY4L7D-FoLA
 Nowadays, social media and ICT skills are very usefull in expressing your feelings
or sharing your thoughts, ideas, and opinion. It could also help us in presenting what we
mean in a creative and appealing way.

There are many platforms of social media that you can use.

A. Social Networking

1. Definition: Using websites and applications to communicate informally with

others, find people, and share similar interests

• Allows users to directly connect with one another through groups, networks,
and location.

2. Examples: Facebook and LinkedIn

B. Microblogging

1. Definition: Posting of very short entries or updates on a social networking site

• Allows users to subscribe to other users' content, send direct messages, and reply
publicly

• Allows users to create and share hashtags and to share content about related
subjects

2. Examples: Twitter and Tumblr

3. Additional tool for managing microblogging: TweetDeck

• Tweetdeck, a downloadable desktop application made exclusively for Twitter,

allows the organization of tweets through "customizable columns, multiple
accounts toggling, scheduling, and automatically refreshing feeds".28 TweetDeck
relies on column-based interface that allows all social media profiles to be viewed
in one window.
C. Blogging (Using Publishing Websites)

1. Definition: Recording of opinions, stories, articles, and links to other websites on a

personal website

2. Examples: Wordpress and Blogger

D. Photo Sharing

1. Definition: Publishing a user's digital photos, enabling the user to share photos with
others either publicly or privately

2. Examples: Instagram, Flickr, Snapchat, and Pinterest

E. Video Sharing

1. Definition: Publishing a user's digital photos, enabling the user to share photos with
others either publicly or privately

• Allows users to embed media in a blog or Facebook post, or link media to a tweet

2. Examples: YouTube, Vimeo, and Periscope

F. Crowdsourcing

1. Definition: Obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions

from a large group of people, particularly those from the online community

2. Examples: Ushahidi, Inc.

 For more information on crowdsourcing, view the Digital Humanitarians TED Talk
on the use of time-critical crowdsourcing to verify social media for disaster response.

G. Tools for Managing Multiple Social Media Platforms

1. Definition: An aggregator is a tool that can be used to "aggregate social media site
feeds in one spot, allowing users to search by keywords."

2. Examples: Hootsuite

HootSuite supports social network integrations for Twitter, Facebook,

LinkedIn, Google+, WordPress, and more. It has a browser-based interface that
allows social media profiles to be viewed in tabs, rather than all in one window. It has
the ability to filter messages, schedule posts, and manage messages through multiple
platforms, as well as provide custom analytics.

Learning all these platforms gives us the power to share and air out our ideas
and opinions. However, we have to be mindful that with our freedom in using these,
we should also be responsible. Thus, it is also proper to learn the etiquittes in using
these platforms.

Top 20 Social Networking Etiquette Tips:

1. Exercise the Golden Rule - Treat others the way you want to be treated. Speak
with and treat someone online as you would speak with and treat him/her face-to-face.

2. Remember everything you post is public; it doesn't matter whether or not you
delete the post: if you've published it, it's traceable. Plus, when you post things online,
you're creating a digital footprint. A digital footprint is the trail of stuff you leave behind
when you're online.

3. DON'T USE ALL CAPS when you're emailing or posting something. All
CAPS is a form of internet shouting and it screams at you from a computer screen.

4. Use exclamation points sparingly! Exclamation points can take away from your
message. Rather than using an exclamation point to express how you feel, try using the right
words to get your point across.

5. Okay, this is a new one… Don’t use periods when texting. Texting is a form of
conversation, so when you text it should sound like as if it were coming out of your mouth.
Periods can appear abrupt and rude in a text. So when you text, type your message as you
would say it in a face-to-face conversation.

6. Speak kindly. Remember: it may look like a screen in front of you, but there is
another person (or people) on the receiving end. Think about how you would feel if you
received the message you’re sending? If the answer isn't a favorable one, then don't send it.

7. Don't post things when you’re angry. It's never a good idea to post something
when you’re mad. Sure, it may feel good to type up a fiery response to something that ticked
you off, but typing and sending are two different things. Plus, while it may feel good in the
interim, you may feel guilty or regretful later. If you are too riled up and can't fight the
temptation to tell someone off then there's an amazing button on every device that shuts it off.
Use this button when you are mad and walk away.

8. Similar to number seven, don’t post things when you are emotional. When you
are in a heightened state of an emotion, you may not be thinking clearly or able to form your
thoughts and ideas. Don’t use the internet as a means for sorting through your feelings.
Rather, meet up with a trusted adult or friend to help you work through your emotions.

9. Don’t journal your thoughts and feelings in a public forum. If you’re going to
keep a journal, do it the old fashion way and write it down - pen and paper style (yes, those
items still exist). By recording your thoughts and feelings on paper, you can actually destroy
the pages for good.

10. Use different usernames and passwords for your sites. Don't use the same one
all the time. Many people use the same username and password for all of their sites and this is
not a good idea. If someone figures out your security information, they will have access to
everything. It's best to set-up different usernames and passwords for maximum protection.

11. Don't make up silly email addresses. You will use your email address for
college applications, job applications, resumes, and scholarship opportunities. Look at your
email address and ask "Does this email address set a good impression?" If not, scrap that
email and start again.

12. Don't post a picture or video of someone else without his or her permission.
Also don't snap pictures or a video someone without his or her permission. Just because there
is a camera on your phone it doesn't give you the right to snap a shot of someone. Don't post a
picture of people on-line without their consent. Even if you do have their consent, make sure
that the picture isn't inappropriate (better yet, don't take inappropriate pictures).

13. Be very selective of what you post or share online. If you have a question about
what you are posting, then that is your moral compass saying "Don't post it." You would be
wise to heed the advice of your conscience.
 14. Don't talk to strangers. Don't get into chat rooms and reveal confidential things
about yourself. You may feel that you know the person on the other end of your connection,
but he/she can be a phony.

15. Don't give out personal and confidential information online. Never share your
full name, home address, phone number, Social Security number, passwords, school's name,
names of family members, or credit card numbers.

16. Silence your phone in public places. Nothing is more annoying than a phone
going off in a public place, especially if it has a funky ring tone.

17. Don't play on your device or constantly text when you are in the company of
someone else. It just isn't nice and can cause the person to feel unimportant.

18. Don't talk in a public place where others can hear your conversation.
Exercise the 10 foot proximity rule - keep a distance of 10 feet from the closest person when
you're talking on the phone.

19. Watch your tone. Sometimes things can come across ruder and harsher
online than face-to-face. One reason is because we rely on nonverbal communication to help
us interpret conversations. Unless you are using a video chat app, most sites don't allow you
to see a person's reaction to what you are saying. So certain words or punctuation marks can
imply something different online than if they were said face-to-face.

20. Set time parameters of how long you're on your devices. Electronic devices
will never take the place of a person. Too much of anything is unhealthy, so use devices in
moderation and hang out with friends offline more than online.

What’s More
A. Directions: Write the term referred by the statement in each number. Write your answer
in your notebook.

________1. Using websites and applications to communicate informally with others, find
people, and share similar interests.
________2. Obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a
large group of people, particularly those from the online community.
________3. Allows users to directly connect with one another through groups, networks, and
location.
________4. Publishing a user's digital photos, enabling the user to share photos with others
either publicly or privately.
________5. Posting of very short entries or updates on a social networking site.
________6. Supports social network integrations for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+,
WordPress, and more. It has a browser-based interface that allows social media
profiles to be viewed in tabs, rather than all in one window.
________7. Downloadable desktop application made exclusively for Twitter, allows for the
organization of tweets through "customizable columns, multiple accounts
toggling, scheduling, and automatically refreshing feeds.
________8. Recording opinions, stories, articles, and links to other websites on a personal
website.

B. Directions: Identify each statement if it’s true or false. In your notebook, write TRUE if
it’s correct, and FALSE, if it’s wrong.

1. Textual adaptation is perceived in a literary sense, where a novel or book is adapted

into a film or series.
2. A literary adaptation is simply taking an existing story and reworking it into a
different genre, medium, or perhaps temporal context.
3. A literary text can be adapted in a form of a film or in other forms of genre.
4. Creative adaptation of a literary text is just copying the original text.
5. Multimedia means a combination of different content forms.
6 Video is one of the multimedia formats.
7. Using another structure in adapting a literary text is not allowed
8. Using a multimedia format in a presentation helps to catch viewer’s interest.

What I Have Learned

I learned that:

 Literary adaptation is the adapting of a literary source (e.g. a novel, short story,
poem) to another genre or medium, such as a film, stage play, or video game.
 Multimedia means that computer information can be represented through audio,
video, and animation in addition to traditional media (i.e., text, graphics drawings,
and images).
 Forms of Multimedia

1. PowerPoint Presentation with voice-over narration is a presentation created

using Microsoft PowerPoint software
2. Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting,
and display of moving visual media.
3. Animated video is an engaging instrument that can help you tell your story more
comprehensively.
 The platforms of social media:

A. Social Networking - Using websites and applications to communicate

informally with others, find people, and share similar interests

B. Microblogging- Posting of very short entries or updates on a social networking

site

C. Blogging (Using Publishing Websites) - Recording of opinions, stories,

articles, and links to other websites on a personal website

D. Photo Sharing - Publishing a user's digital photos, enabling the user to share
photos with others either publicly or privately

E. Video Sharing - Publishing a user's digital photos, enabling the user to share
photos with others either publicly or privately

F. Crowdsourcing - Obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting

contributions from a large group of people, particularly those from the online
community

G. Tools for Managing Multiple Social Media Platforms - An aggregator is a

tool that can be used to "aggregate social media site feeds in one spot,
allowing users to search by keywords."

 Top 20 Social Networking Etiquette Tips

What I Can Do
Directions: Produce a video interpretation from any of the following non-fiction genres
below:

a. your travel experiences (travelogue) your autobiography

b. your testimony/ies
c. biography of other people
d. story web of the chosen literary text
e. journalistic reports
 Note: Evaluate your own adaptation using the appropriate rubric/s below.

Assessment
Post-test

Directions: Read the story below and share your own interpretation or understanding of it
creatively. You can make a video, you can sketch the events in the story, you
can sing a song that would fit to the situation in the story, you can make a
power point presentation of your interpretation, or you can have an
interpretative dance showing your own interpretation, or any creative way that
you want. Then post your output by using any (appropriate) of the multimedia
platforms discussed above. Be sure to observe the etiquette tips in using the
social media.

Six Degrees of Separation

By Evy Wyld

THERE ARE SOME thoughts that make you sick in the belly. Your daughter, blond
in the sun, nut brown and seamless, who has grown up long limbed, bright eyed and funny,
who has grown up beautiful. She leaves to go to the other side of the world, and you hold
your tongue, because you can’t shake the feeling that she’s left to get away from you.
Then comes the promised phone call, to say she’s arrived safely, but there are clicks
and grizzles on the line, and you can’t tell if the long silences are because she’s upset or
because her voice takes so very long to get down the line to you. You wonder if your voice
sounds the same to her all that way away.
And then nothing for a while – the place she’s found has a communal phone, and she
doesn’t like to speak on it. A postcard arrives with a picture of a place called Barkers, where
apparently she earns her money selling tights. You hope this is not a lie.

II

You send a telegram at the post office. You tell the clerk your daughter is in London,
and the clerk reminds you to write your name. You wire money, and your wife writes long
letters about the birds and the floods, the sun in the morning, the weight of the harvest. You
speak over her shoulder. Don’t forget about the redbills, the fireweed, the planting tax. Your
wife drops her shoulders and sits still until you retreat back to your chair, a ginger biscuit
turning in your fingers.
You get letters and photographs, and your wife reads them out, squinting at your
daughter’s spelling, holding the photographs up to the light before she will let you get at
them. She is fine, thanks. She is happy. Here is her room, a tin hip bath, glass jars of beans
and rice, a camping stove, a picture of you pinned above the narrow bed. The light is dim.
Outside the curtains it is white.

III

And then one day she gets back on the plane, brings her bangles and her hairdo with
her, dark brown now. Her skin is pale, her green boots and makeup. You poke fun, you
pretend to disapprove. New words sound strange in her mouth. You don’t look at the small
suitcase.
Of course she goes again. You buy a new tractor, a John Deer. It’s yellow.

IV

And then one year you visit her. This time she lives in a better place, no jars of beans,
but an electric refrigerator, a white bathroom, a spare bedroom for you and your wife to sleep
in, with the black dial telephone that she calls you from every second Sunday. You are used
to that pause now, the silence that comes after every one of your questions, like an engine
being cut. You negotiate the quiet smoothly, it’s not personal, it’s science.
In her new place, there is evidence of someone else, and you keep quiet, not wanting
to speak it out loud, embarrassed. Your wife closes the closet door on a man’s over coat, you
lay your toothbrush on the side of the sink rather than put it in the jar with a foreign one.

Back home, the flies are bad and there’s the careful letter – he is an art dealer, he likes
dogs. Your heart is high in your chest – is this how it happens nowadays? No questions
asked, just the bold statement of it? You have it out with your wife, as if she is the person to
have it out with. She tells you to hold your tongue, wait and see.
 And suddenly you’re over again for the wedding, and you meet his parents, and they
seem stiff, embarrassed. But you all have a drink, and things look better. And he really does
like dogs.
A registry office, less than ten minutes, but that’s the way they do things now. Her
hair is cut short, like a boy, she wears green eye-shadow, he wears green shoes. Back to the
house for a drink and then out for dinner, and that’s it. But he squeezes her cheeks together
when you take their photograph on the balcony, and she is laughing. They sit on the sofa,
their dog between them, and there is quiet, like the pause on the phone. You hold your wife’s
hand and she squeezes it back.

VI

And that’s just for starters, that’s just what you are told, what you can see with your
eyes. There’s the first real fight, the first car, the dog’s death, and then there are twenty five
years in-between, and sometime around the fifth year there are children, and somewhere
around the nineteenth year, you die, and she travels back, long hours, to hold and squeeze
your wife’s hand, to cry with her eyes closed in the front room with the silent phone, to smell
your smell in the odd pockets of air on the veranda. To touch the bark of the box tree you
walked to daily, for your crook knees, and to watch the line of ants that still carry their way
on up the tree and then back down again.
And when she goes back she spends hours standing at the kitchen window looking at
that white sky, very quiet, listening for something.

Note: Your output will be graded based on the rubrics.

Criteria Points
5 3 1
Content Interpretation or Interpretation or Interpretation or
understanding of the understanding of the understanding of the
story given is shown story given is not so story given is not
in the output. evident or not shown in the output.
clearly stated.
Creativity Creativity is The presentation is The presentation is
observed in the plain and simple yet so plain and simple
presentation of the it shows a little and shows no
output. creativity. creativity.
Originality The output shows The output shows The output is a
originality. some duplication of duplicate of other
other works. works.
Use of Multimedia The output is posted The output is using The output does not
Platform using the somewhat use any multimedia
appropriate inappropriate platform.
 multimedia multimedia
platform. platform.
Observance of The output observes The output observes The output does not
Multimedia proper multimedia some of the observe multimedia
Etiquette etiquettes. multimedia etiquettes.
etiquettes.
Answer Key
What I Know
A.
1. True 6. True
2. True 7. False
3. True 8. True
4. False 9. False
5. True 10. True

B.
1. / 2. / 3. x 4. x 5. x 6. X

What’s In

Answers/ Outputs may vary.

What’s New

1. Facebook
2. LinkedIn
3. Twitter
4. Tumblr
5. Pinterest
6. Snapchat
7. Instagram
8. Youtube
9. Vimeo
10. Blogger

What’s More

A.
1. Social Networking
2. Crowd sourcing
3. Video sharing
4. Social networkinfg
5. Microblogging
6. Hootsuite
7. Tweetdeck
8. Blogging
 B.
1. True
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. True
6. True
7. False
8. True

What I Can Do

Answers vary depending on the learner’s understanding, opinion and interpretation of

the lesson.

Assessment
Post-test

Answers vary depending on the learner’s understanding, opinion and interpretation of

the lesson.
References:

“Digital Parenting Infographics: What Your Teen is Doing On SocialMedia. November 24,
2013. Accessed July 24, 2020. https://resources.uknowkids.com/blog/social-media-
etiquette-tips-for-teenagers

http://www.thedrawbridge.org.uk/issue_1414/six_degrees_of_separation/

“Social Media Platforms.” Accessed July 25, 2020. https://delvalle.bphc.org/

mod/wiki/view.php?pageid=65.

“Social Networks.” blogs.3ds.com.Accessed July 27, 2020. https://www.subpng. com/png-

1z3td2/.