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WORKSHEET IN BASIC JOURNALISM

First Quarter
Week 6

MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING COMPETENCY

• Write a fact news story based on a given set of details

OBJECTIVES
1. Identify the essential details of a straight news story
2. Write a fact news story based on a set of details

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Day 1. Put a check mark (✓) beside each item which you think is a characteristic of a fact news story.
__________1. objectivity
__________2. complexity
__________3. subjectivity
__________4. completeness
__________5. factual accuracy

Day 2. Identify what characteristic of a fact news story what is defined or described in each item.
Write the letter of your answer on the blank line.
A. objective D. simple
B. balanced E. clear
C. accurate

__________ 1. The sentences are kept short.

__________ 2. Statements or quotations in the news story are true.

__________ 3. All sides of the concerned parties in the news story are presented.

__________ 4. Familiar and more common words are used over the highfalutin ones.

__________ 5. Personal views or comments of the writer are not part of the news story.

Day 3. Identify what is discussed in each paragraph of the new story below.
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Lapid seeks probe on Philippines internet connectivity
By Cecille Suerte Felipe

Sen. Lito Lapid is seeking an inquiry on the status of the country’s internet connectivity and
relevant parameters as many offices rely on work-from-home arrangements to limit the movement of
employees amid the easing of quarantine protocols starting this week.
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In filing Senate Resolution No. 414, Lapid said even the upcoming resumption of classes
would rely heavily on online or distance learning.
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“The shift in the mode of work and education, including our day-to-day transactions like
banking and online shopping, will rely on stable and fast internet connectivity,” Lapid said yesterday.
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Resolution 414 is seeking a Senate inquiry, in aid of legislation, on internet connectivity,
speed, bandwidth capacity and parameters in light of the “new normal” that will be observed as the
country continues to face a pandemic.
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“Working from home and online classes arrangement will be effective only if we will have fast
and effective and efficient internet connection. The internet will be the capital of offices, business and
schools to ensure smooth operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic,” he said.
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Days 4-5. Write a straight news story based on the following press release.

DUMAGUETE CITY, March 3, 2019 – Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor

Magtolis Briones called on civil society organizations, local government units, national government
institutions, and the rest of the community to be more vigilant in protecting children because they are
the first victims of accidents and abuse.

She made the appeal after visiting the wake of five students (one Grade 7 and four Grade 11)
of Basay National High School who died in a vehicular accident morning of March 1 in Zamboanguita,
Negros Oriental. The Education chief personally paid her respects and expressed her condolences to
the bereaved families the following day.

“It’s really such a great loss. We did not lose only the lives of children; we lost so much
promise, so much ambition, and so much hope,” Briones stated during a press conference held at the
DepEd Regional Sub-Office in Dumaguete City. “And this is a result, perhaps, of lack of vigilance on
the part of us—us who are grown-ups, us who are responsible for these children’s safety,” she added.

Briones, together with Undersecretary for Finance Service and Education Programs Delivery
Unit Annalyn Sevilla and Undersecretary for Field Operations and the Bureau of Human
Resource and Organizational Development Revsee Escobedo, shared the Department’s plans in the
aftermath of the terrible accident.
First is the provision of insurance for all schoolchildren—all 27 million of them—year-round.
“Each time groups of children go out of the periphery of our campus, participate in competitions, and
travel to other places, they have to be covered by insurance so that if there is a need for benefits and
for assistance, these can be available,” Briones mentioned.
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She also made a call to regulatory agencies to “keep a sharper eye” and to conduct more
robust assessment and monitoring of vehicles, especially the public utility vehicles like the one
carrying the victims of the March 1 accident. She further cited how they have to look into the state of
mind of the drivers and the vehicles, as well as the legality of the franchises.

Further, Briones and Sevilla mentioned the need for a quick response fund, especially
because the provision of financial assistance for these types of incidents is not included in the DepEd
budget. This shall be brought up, they said, in the next budget proposal.

The group of students from Basay National High School were on their way home to Bayawan
following a Mathematics competition in Cebu where they won in the elimination round. Dubbed as
“Math Sayaw,” the contest is both academic and co-curricular, as the participants use music and arts
to make the subject more interesting.

“They have been a source of pride among the locals of Bayawan,” DepEd Region VII
Assistant Director Salustiano Jimenez also shared during the press conference. “This incident is so
much more intense because it involves children, innocent children. And these children were special
and different in many ways. One, they come from one of the poorest municipalities in this province,”
Briones relayed.

She also shared that they have chosen technical-vocational courses which means that they
plan to work immediately after graduation. Finally, she opined that these are not ordinary children
because they won in competitions.

The Education chief likewise thanked those who immediately responded to the Department’s
call for assistance through voluntary contributions including the members of the existing
organizations and cooperatives in DepEd.

Finally, she called for donations to help address the needs not only of the families of those
who have passed on, but also the families of the six other patients (five Grade 11 learners and their
coach), three of whom are in the intensive care unit. Briones also visited them personally at the
Silliman University Medical Center and Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital.

The victims shall need continued medication, physical rehabilitation, surgery or replacement
of body parts, and psycho-social intervention, among many others, which all entail exorbitant amount.

Donations may be coursed through the Office of the Secretary, and may be coordinated with
Bayawan City Assistant Schools Division Superintendent Adolf Aguilar.
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