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Grade 11/12-Creative Nonfiction Competency: Present a commentary/critique on a chosen creative nonfictional text representing a particular type or form (Biography/Autobiography, Literary Journalism/Reportage, Personal Narratives, Travelogue, Reflection

Presenting a

Commentary/Critique

Creative Nonfiction

Quarter 2 – Module 7:

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Development Team of English Learning Kit

Writers: Hizzle B. Paguntalan Julieto T. Montenegro, Jr.

Illustrators: Armand Glenn S. Lapor Mark T. Dasa John Bermudo Joven Velasco

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English – Grade 11/ English Learning Kit Presenting a Commentary / Critique First Edition, 2020

Published in the Philippines by the Department of Education Schools Division of Iloilo Luna Street, La Paz, Iloilo City

Republic Act 8293, section 176 states that: No copyright shall subsist in any work of the Government of the Philippines. However, prior approval of the government agency or office wherein the work is created shall be necessary for exploitation of such work for profit. Such agency or office may, among other things, impose as a condition the payment of royalties.

This English Learning Kit is developed by the Schools Division of Iloilo and to be utilized by DepEd Region VI - Western Visayas.

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We are already more than halfway through our entire learning experience. We are almost getting to the finish line. For sure, it has been an interesting exploration you have gone through in the main thoroughfares of the creative nonfiction. You have crossed and grasped the boundaries between literary arts and nonfiction which make it even more interesting for you to take on another equally challenging yet interesting writing task.

Hopefully, this will even help you discover more about creative nonfiction and its types. It is high time to be even more critical of what was written and what you read. It is time to write a commentary/critique.

Let your imagination be your wings and plunge yourself in the realm of creative nonfiction!

Presenting a Commentary/Critique

At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

Present a commentary/critique on a chosen creative nonfictional text representing a particular type or form using a teacher-made nonfiction commentary model. (HUMSS_CNF11/12-IIb-c-17)

TARGETS

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Activity 1 NONFICTIONAL TEXTS CAPTURED Directions: Identify what is being described in each sentence. Choose your answer from the types of nonfictional texts. Write your answers in your activity notebook.

The writer constructs a true story about a time or period in his/her life, one that had significant personal meaning and a universal truth. The writer composes the story using the first person “I.”
It is short for web log which refers to an online diary that looks like a web page.
It is an old canon of Literature, dealing with nature writing, adventure writing, exploration writing, guide books etc.
The writer composes his/her life story, from birth to the present, using the first person “I.”
It uses technique of journalism (such as interviews and reviews) in order to look outside of the straight forward, objective world that journalism creates.
It is an emerging form of creative nonfiction which refers to published oral or written “first-hand accounts” which the witnesses wrote themselves, or dictated to a transcriber.
It is an analytical practice of describing a real or imaginary scene, thoughts and adding a personal reflection.
It gives a description about a particular topic, or describes the traits and characteristics of something or a person.
It is a detailed description or account of a person’s life.
Like a pen-and-ink drawing, it acts as a cameo or miniature life story.
It is a kind of biographical narrative which focuses on a particular facet of the featured person’s life as well as requires research and couple of interviews.
It is a quotidian or day to day record of the specific events that have transpired in the life of its author and is ideally kept on a daily basis.

TRY THIS

travelogue literary journalism autobiography

blog biography testimonio interview story

reflective essay character sketch descriptive essay

diary journal profile memoir

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####### ACTIVITY 3

####### DIGGING A CRITIC’S BURROW

Directions : Read the article to be reviewed. Complete the details in the table that follow. Write your answers in your activity notebook.

DO THIS

####### LEAVE THE KNOB CLOSE

By Julieto T. Montenegro, Jr.

No one has ever dared turn the knob open. Every family exactly knows what lies beyond every door. For Nay Consoling and her family, their home is a safe place. They know that once they break it open, they might have invited in carelessness and haste an unforeseen stranger which may take their lives away.

For the last couple of months, the world remains in pursuit operation while the culprit has continuously robbed many lives and left the rest of the living both restless and scared. They shut their houses down for safety while the profile of the killer has been tracked down.

The killer is in the guise of a novel strain of corona-virus known as COVID-19 which was first detected in December 2019 in Wuhan, China after an outbreak of pneumonia without an obvious cause. Now the killer virus has shaken more than 200 territories across the globe and was characterized as pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020.

Stranger it is. Even today, it is unclear where the virus has come from. It was only understood to have originated in a food market in Wuhan and subsequently spread from animal to human. Some research has claimed that the cross-species transmission may be between snakes and human; however, even this claim has been refuted.

COVID-19 is found to be contagious. Increasing number of confirmed diagnoses, including health care professionals, has indicated that person-to-person spread of the virus is occurring. It is spread by respiratory droplets produced by infected persons when they sneeze or cough.

As the virus strikes at the respiratory tract, common presenting symptoms include fever and dry cough with some patients having sore throat, nasal congestion, malaise, headache and myalgia or even breathing difficulty. In severe cases, COVID-19 can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and death.

While there is no reported vaccine yet to cure the infected, Nay Consoling takes control of the matter in the family to avoid the spread of the virus and keep her family safe from infection. The family starts a culture of washing their hands from time to time, coughing into their elbows, and avoiding touching their faces, wearing of mask and observing social distancing when going out.

But for the old matriarch, she better wants the family members to stay at home if there is nothing much important to attend to outside, protect themselves from the strange virus, and just leave as much as possible their doorknob close.

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Article Author

Type of Creative Nonfiction

Topic

General Idea

Supporting Points

Target Output

Audience

Tone/Formality

How do you find the activity “Digging the Critic’s Burrow?”
What are your considerations in order to deduce the target output of the writer?
Why do you think it is important to identify the tone/formality of the text?
How can this activity develop your understanding of writing a critique of a creative nonfictional text?

Amazing! You just have accomplished the tasks with so much vigor. Now, let’s explore more of the lesson by answering the following questions. Write your answers in your activity notebook.

EXPLORE

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Autobiographical narratives range from intimate writings made during life that were not necessarily intended for publication (including letters, diaries, journals, memoirs, and reminiscences) to the formal autobiography. a. Autobiography is an account of one’s own life, generally a continuous narrative of major events. The writer composes his/her life story, from birth to the present, using the first person “I.” b. Memoir -uses multiple scenes/stories as a way of examining a writer's life (or an important moment in a writer's life). It can be written in a fragmentary or dispersed style, like a mosaic or montage of small-scale narratives. c. Diary - is a quotidian or day to day record of the specific events that have transpired in the life of its author and is ideally kept on a daily basis. d. Journal -contains personal details regarding impressions and opinions of the journal writer concerning certain intriguing incidents or issues that have come up and how specific persons have affected him/ her during course of the day.
Personal or Informal Essays allows one to explore a topic through the lens of his/her own, personal experiences, reflections, ideas, and reactions. a. Literary Reportage/Journalism is a hybrid between responsible journalism and imaginative literature uses the techniques of journalism (such as interviews and reviews) in order to look outside of the straight forward, objective world that journalism creates. It uses literary practices to capture the scene/setting of the assignment or the persona of the person being interviewed. b. Descriptive essay represents the appearance or essence of something. It gives a description about a particular topic, or describes the traits and characteristics of something or a person c. Reflective essay analyses the significance of a past event through serious thought or consideration from the vantage point of the present. It is an analytical practice of describing a real or imaginary scene, thoughts and adding a personal reflection
Special types of creative nonfiction include travel writing, nature writing and food writing. This can be illustrated in one form called as travelogue. a. Travelogue is an old canon of literature, dealing with nature writing, adventure writing, exploration writing, guide books etc. It includes the

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narration of journey undertaken by the narrator from his/ her point of origin to the eventual destination. It also entails detailed descriptions of the local customs, and traditions, the landscape or cityscape, the native cuisine to historical and cultural landmarks, and the sights and the sound the visited place has to offer. 5. Emerging forms include Testimonio, Blog, and Facebook Status Report. a. Testimonio refers to the published oral or written “first-hand accounts” which the witnesses wrote themselves or dictated to a transcriber. b. Blog , short for web log, is an online diary that looks like a web page. It is a platform where a writer or a group of writers share their views on an individual subject.

c. Facebook Status Report

WHAT IS A CRITIQUE?

A critique is a short paper, usually about one book or article. First, it gives a short summary of what has been said in the article. Then, it looks at the article critically. In presenting the critical comments, one has to look into the strengths and weaknesses of the article. A critique can be positive or negative. However, it is better that the critique points out to improving the article.

####### WHY WRITE A CRITIQUE?

A critique is written to judge the value of the piece. It is also looking into the content and style of the writer. More so, a critique looks into other elements such as arguments and insights that the reader as critique writer might agree or disagree.

####### HOW TO WRITE A CRITIQUE 1?

Read the whole book or article thoroughly. Highlight text that you think important or make notes as you go along. Re-read the article to make sure that your interpretation of the author’s ideas and arguments are correct.

1 minah chugtai, “How to Write a Critique - Lecture Notes 7,” StuDocu, 2016, studocu/row/document/comsats-university-islamabad/communication-skills/lecture-notes/how- to-write-a-critique-lecture-notes-7/3159427/view.

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Commentary on how you relate to the article. This may include the impact of the

article on your belief system and experiences as well as the effectiveness of the

author in presenting and supporting his arguments.

Looking into the literariness of the article. Literariness is the organization of

language which through special linguistic and formal properties distinguishes literary

texts from non-literary texts (Baldick 2008). In other words, literariness is the quality of

the article to be considered as creative work.

5. Conclusion. This includes your general take/comment on the article. This could be

the summary of your impressions on the technical and creative sides of the piece.

In the essay, Fennelly’s father insists on trekking the mile to Sunday mass when the temperature is degrees below zero, something that at the beginning I personally question. However, towards the end, I realized it was an imagery of a father who attempted to protect his daughter with his scarf, but allowing her to see death because of the blizzard and even a fight between him and his wife.

I personally believe that the author succeeds at presenting the idea why many people are afraid of becoming parents as it is the vital question the story asks, when in fact parents know that eventually their children will see the as flawed, just as they did to their parents who did it to their parents. Both events in the story that I mentioned I believe have taken a child’s innocence away which can be considered a painful process of growing up.

Fennelly’s personal narrative truly is interesting. Not only that it captures significant human experience, but also the narrative reflects the author’s creative side at displaying her skills at minimalism and images. Sentences are broken as if it is a taste of poetry in prose. Sentences are read like epigrams, giving a refreshing idea that the physical length of the narrative and how it was written is a reminder that there is much more to be said

Finally, like any other essay of the author, this piece is a description of a moment in a vivid detail with some scene left hanging for the readers to think about and for him to visually experience. But for Fennelly, I am quite certain that her painful experience of a blizzard – of her father - creates memories she has lived to survive and share.

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Creative nonfictional texts can be categorized into five broad categories namely (1) biographical narratives, (2) autobiographical narratives, (3) personal or informal essays, (4) special types, and (5) emerging new forms.

Biographical narratives include biography, profile, character sketch, and interview story.

Autobiographical narratives include autobiography, memoir, diary, and journals.

Personal or informal essays can be descriptive or reflective in form.

Special types include travel writing, food writing, and nature writing. Travelogue can be used to describe all these three forms.

Emerging new forms include testimonio, blog, and Facebook Status Report.

A critique is a short summary of what has been said in the article which includes the discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the article well as points out how to improve the article.

In writing an article critique, one must observe the following steps namely: (1) Read the whole book or article thoroughly and highlight text that you think important or make notes as you go along; (2) think carefully about what you have read and ask yourself questions about the article; (3) re-read material to make sure that you have understood the author’s ideas; (4) try to summarize what you have read; and (5)Think about different points of view

The critique can be written in five paragraphs: (1) introduction which presents the general ideas/points in the article , (2) presentation of strengths and weaknesses n terms of content, arguments, evidences, and writing style, (3) commentary on how you relate to the article, (4) literariness or the quality of the article to be considered as creative work, and (5) conclusion or the summary of your impressions on the technical and creative sides of the piece.

SUM UP

You are almost done with this module. You have recognized the common types of creative nonfictional text as well as defined a critique and determined the steps in writing it. Now, let’s recap important things you have learned.

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Directions: Use the graphic organizer Full House in answering the questions/statements below in your activity notebook. 1. How does the article critique begin? 2. How is it structured? 3. What cohesive devices are used? 4. How are the supporting details presented? Are the explanations sufficient? 5. Describe the style and approach of presentation of ideas. 6. How is the conclusion organized?

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1 THING I REALLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND

Things I still do

2 THINGS I WANT TO ASK

3 THINGS I HAVE LEARNED

Activity 5 TEMPERATURE CHECK Directions: Accomplish the infographic. Write your answers in your CNF notebook.

How are you doing so far?

REFLECT

Well done! You have shown great

improvement after accomplishing all the

tasks in each lesson. This time you will

reflect on your work and rate your

confidence.

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Rubric for Article Critique

For some goodies and pictures to take back home, the Good Shepherd was definitely a go-to. There was also this area where hanging plants and a good-looking fountain stood, and a terrace overlooking a part of Baguio, with the city houses looking like rainbow candies sitting atop high mountains.

After a quick trip to the Good Shepherd, we proceeded to the Mines View, where a whole lot of nice things await our material-hungry beings. We ate corns in cobs and cups, dipped in different sauces from butter to cheese. There were also horses projecting really cutesy in different-colored ponytails and two, huge dogs that looked real cuddly. There was an area wherein one could rent or buy an Igorot attire and take pictures after for a fee. It is also in that place where we bargained and bought a lot of products, from foods to souvenirs.

The ride in the bus was a cold one, similar but could never compare to the chill brought about by the familiar breeze of the city. Glimpses of the last of the edges of Baguio lingered on my sight, and I breathed a sigh. Even as we left the city, the memories we made that featured the city of pines as the setting were priceless, simply because, well, it’s a paradise under the azure sky with its warm sun always ready to greet and welcome again its future guests

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Commentary -an analysis of the given passage, its function and its characteristics. It should examine the key themes and stylistic devices of the passage, showing how the language works to convey (or at times undermine) its content.

Literariness - is the organization of language which through special linguistic and formal properties distinguishes literary texts from non-literary texts. The defining features of a literary work do not reside in extra-literary conditions such as history or sociocultural phenomena under which a literary text might have been created but in the form of the language that is used. It is the feature that makes a given work a literary work.

GLOSSARY

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