Community BNCS/ABIAN Program A&E

Learning Center
Learning Facilitator LORENA A. CAYABAN Literacy Level AE/JHS
ALTERNATIVE
LEARNING SYSTEM Month and Learning Strand LS 1 –
DAILY LESSON LOG Quarter Communication Skills

I. OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standards Demonstrate understanding of writing as a process and importance of using varied
sources of information.

B. Performance Standards Express one’s ideas and feelings clearly and appropriately in writing in the English
language to be able to function as a member of the family, the community, the nation,
and the world, and to participate in community and economic development..

C. Learning Competencies/ Objectives Knowledge:

Write the LC code for each.
 Distinguish between and among informative, journalistic, and literary
writing.
LS1CS/EN-W-PSE-JHS-23
 Compose forms of literary writing
LS1CS/EN-W-PSE-JHS-24

Skill: Perform the given tasks individually, by pair and by group.

Attitude: To learn about informative, journalistic and literary writing.

II. CONTENT(Subject Matter) Informative, Journalistic and Literary Writing

III. LEARNING RESOURCES

A. References
1. Session Guides pages

2. Module pages

B. Other Learning Resources Pictures, Laptop, Projector, Manila Paper,

* ALS K to 12 Basic Curriculum Guide, LS 1 Communication Skills page 36

IV. PROCEDURES
A. Springboard/Motivation (Establishing a purpose Informative or Not?
for the lesson)
 Learners will write down if the pictures shown below are Informative or
Not Informative.
B. Activity (Review of previous lesson/s or Pre-Test
Presenting the new lesson)
 Learners will answer the pre-test questions using the worksheets.

JHS: Directions: Answer the following questions below. Circle the letter
of your correct answers.

There was once a very wealthy and curious king. He placed a huge boulder in
the middle of the road and hid nearby to see if anyone would move it away
from the road.

The first people who is passed by were the wealthiest merchants and
courtiers, Rather than moving the boulder, they walked around it and even
blamed the king for not maintaining the roads.

Then, a peasant came along He was carrying a load of vegetables. When he

got near the boulder, he put down his load and moved the stone to the side
of the road . It was just a piece of cake moving it and he succeeded without
complaining.

He gathered up his load and when he was set to continue walking, he saw a
purse lying on the ground where the boulder was once in place. He opened it
and saw the king’s note saying, “Reward for moving the boulder from the
road’’.

1. What does “a piece of cake “mean as used in the selection?

A. easy
B. sweet
C. effortful
D. complicated

2. What can we learn from the king’s action?

A. We can be successful without complaining.
B. A small help from others would mean a lot.
C. We need to be rich to achieve great things in life.
D. Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our situation.
 3. We can say that the first people who passed by the
boulder__________.
A. Helped the king in maintaining the roads
B. Complained instead of doing something
C. Did not notice the stone and walked around it
D. Moved the boulder as a team.

4. The selection is an example of a ________.

A. Journal
B. Literary text
C. Academic write up
D. Scientific analysis

5. What must be the exact title of the story?

A. A Piece of Cake
B. The Curios King
C. Huge Boulder
D. The Obstacles in Our Path

C. Analysis (Presenting examples/instances of the What You Already Know

new lesson)

JHS: Direction: Think of people in your family. Write a poem about why
they are special in your life.

D. Discussing new concepts and practicing new Presenting the Lesson

skills (sub-activity #1)
 Let learners read and answer some questions base on the module.

Informative Writing Goals-
to inform or present information
 to do so in an unbiased manner
 to use resources that are reliable
and scholarly
 to be clear and organized
 increase the understanding of the reader
 providing new knowledge.
explaining a process.
developing a concept.

Characteristics of informational text include facts and text features

such as table of contents, pictures, captions, bold print, and glossary.
These characteristics help the reader find information, add to
information presented in text, call the reader's attention to important
words, and explain what words mean.
 The primary purpose of informative/explanatory writing is to
increase the understanding of the reader.
Informative/explanatory writing might include any or all of the
following: Providing new knowledge. Explaining a process. Developing
a concept.

Journalistic Writing Goals-

 to write clear, concise and colorful writing

 to do so write simply but not dull, and
 to use descriptive words only when they have impact
 to maintain balance in each issue (pro and con views)
 to strive for a thorough representation of all sides

Literary Writing Goals-

 to create an emotional appeal among readers

to create experiences that are shared to the readers
 to capture the readers’ attention

The term 'literary writing' calls to mind works by writers such as

Shakespeare, Milton, or Wordsworth; definitive examples of all that
the term implies. We instinctively associate the term with
characteristics such as artistic merit, creative genius, and the
expression of mankind's noblest qualities. Literary works are
primarily distinguishable from other pieces of writing by their creative,
or artistic intent.

F. Abstraction (Making generalizations about the Ask

lesson)
 What is informative writing?
 What is the purpose of informative writing?
 What is journalistic writing?
 What is the purpose of journalistic writing?
 What is literary writing?
 What is the purpose of literary writing?
 Which types of writing you found important and why?

G. Application (Developing mastery) Brain Storming

 Let learners answer the different questions below.

JHS: Activity 1
Direction: Write an Informative Writing about your friend.
JHS: Activity 2

Direction: Using the format below. Make a Journalistic Writing using current
news or issues you have heard on TV, internet or radio. Supply the following
format.

JHS: Activity 3

Direction: Read the literary writing below and answer the questions that
follows.
H. Valuing (Finding practical application Ask:
of concepts and skills in daily living)
 How important it is to know the informative, journalistic and
literary writing?
I. Evaluation (Assessing learning)  Learners will answer the questions using the worksheets.

JHS: Direction: Circle the letter of your correct answer.

1. Where are informative writings used?

A. Fictional books
B. Newspapers
C. Comics
D. Magazines
2. What is the purpose of informative text?
A) To persuade you to buy something.
B) To describe how a scene might look in a novel.
C) To provide clear facts about something.
D) To tell you how to do something.
3. What is this text passage trying to persuade you to do?

A) To go on holiday.
B) To make some home improvements.
C) To take out a loan with the advertising loan company.
D) To buy something you’ve always wanted.

4. What is the purpose of the following passage of text?

A) To inform the reader that bleeding needs to be controlled.

B) To describe the scene of an accident.
C) To persuade the reader to attend a First Aid course.
D) To instruct the reader on what to do if they come across an accident.
Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle’s compass come
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
-Sonnet 116, Shakespeare

5. Which statement about love can be reflected in the text?

A. It endures forever.
B. It changes easily through time.
C. It makes the heart miss the other person
D. It is based on one’s physical appearance.
6. What can be inferred in the line “Love’s no Time’s fool”?
A. Only a fool believes in love
B. Love fades as time passes by.
C. Love is constant even if times are changing.
D. Love is based on the length of time of togetherness.
 7. What kind of text is the work of Shakespeare?
A. academic
B. journalistic
C. literary
D. scientific
8. What is Journalism?
A. News from all over the globe.
B. A journal.
C. The writing of thoughts and ideas to persuade others of what is
going on in the world today.
D. An activity or profession of writing for newspapers or magazines of
broadcasting news on radio or television.
9. Journalistic writing is generally expected to be objective, relying on:
A. Facts and evidence
B. Emotional appeals
C. Propaganda
D. None of the answers are correct
10. Which of the following is not an example of informative text?
A) a church newsletter
B) a recipe book
C) a doctors’ surgery leaflet about services provided
D) an obituary in a local newspaper

J. Agreement (Additional activities for application or  Continue Study the lesson for better comprehension.
remediation)

V. REMARKS
VI. REFLECTION
A. No. of learners who earned 80% in the
evaluation
B. No. of learners who require additional
activities for remediation
C. Did the remedial lessons work? No. of
learners who have caught up with the
lesson
D. No. of learners who continue to require
remediation
E. Which of my teaching strategies worked
well? Why did these work?
F. What difficulties did I encounter which my
principal or supervisor can help me solve?
G. What innovation or localized materials did
I use/discover which I wish to share with
other teachers?

Prepared by:
LORENA A. CAYABAN
DALSC

Process Observers:

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Education Program Specialist II

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Education Program Supervisor