Week 1 and Week 2 Activity Sheets in CREATIVE NONFICTION
Name: _________________________________________
Grade Level/ Strand/ Section: ____________________________________
WW1. Directions: Can you guess the literary elements described below? Write your answer on the space
after every item.
Part A.
1. They are the events that happen in a story. ______________________________
2. It is the struggle that occurs between forces in the narrative. ____________________________
3. They can be people, animals, or even things that live in the story. ___________________________
4. It is the underlying truth that is conveyed by a literary work. __________________________
5. It is the perspective from which the story is told. __________________________________
6. It basically refers to the time and place of the narrative. ___________________________
Part B.
1. It is the occurrence of the same sounds at the end of each line in poetry. __________________
2. It is the pattern that is created by the rhyming words in poetry. __________________________
3. It is the term used to refer to the lines in poetry. _________________________________
4. It is the term which refers to a group of verses. _________________________________
5. It is the pattern created by stressed and unstressed syllables or words. ______________________
WW2. Directions: Can you tell what narrative element is highlighted in the following excerpts?
1. He thought about Marian. She had left him nine years ago after five years of marriage. He was fifty-two
now; that would make her just under forty. Marian had dreams of becoming a musician, a folksinger.
(Robert James Waller, The Bridges of Madison County)
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2. I’d be lying if I told you I wasn’t afraid. I don’t want to die, and thanks to my parents—my mother lived to
ninety-six—I long assumed that I was genetically capable of growing even older than I already am. Until a
few months ago, I fully believed I had half a dozen good years left. Well, maybe not good years. That’s not
the way it works at my age. I’ve been disintegrating for a while now—heart, joints, kidneys, bits and pieces
of my body beginning to give up the ghost—but recently something else has been added to the mix.
Growths in my lungs, the doctor said. Tumors. Cancer. My time is measured in months now, not years…
but even so, I’m not ready to die just yet. Not today. There is something I have to do, something I have
done every year since 1956. A grand tradition is coming to an end, and more than anything, I wanted one
last chance to say good-bye.
(Nicholas Sparks, The Longest Ride)
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3. At Kalispell, Montana, he stopped for the night, late. The Cozy Inn looked inexpensive, and was.
(Robert James Waller, The Bridges of Madison County)
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PT1. Directions: Read the following selection then identify the narrative elements present in the text.
**Use a separate sheet for this activity. Label your paper accordingly.
Aries – The Ram
Athamas, the legendary king of Thessaly, had two children, Phrixus and Helle. He had remarried
and Ino, the children’s stepmother, began to treat them very badly. They were treated so cruelly that
Hermes took pity on them and sent a magical ram to take them away and escape their stepmother’s
wrath.
Mounted on the ram’s back, the children flew over land and sea to the east. Unfortunately, Helle
failed to get a good hold on the fleece of the ram and as they flew over the strait that separates Europe
and Asia, she fell off and was drowned in the sea far below. That sea is called Hellespont to this day in
honor of her memory.
Phrixus landed safely at Colches, which is on the edge of the Black Sea. In gratitude for his safe
deliverance, Phrixus sacrificed the ram and gave its Golden Fleece to the king of that country.
In honor of the ram’s great sacrifice in saving the children, Zeus placed the ram’s constellation,
Aries, in the night sky. (adapted from “Constellation Legends”)
1. Characters _____________________
2. Setting _____________________
3. Conflict _____________________
4. Point of view _____________________
5. Plot
Exposition: _____________________
Rising Action: _____________________
Climax: _____________________
Falling Action: _____________________
Resolution: _____________________
6. Theme _____________________
PT2. Directions: Characterize an ideal mother that will be a part of a play. This mother may be your own
mother or the mother of your relative or friend. You may use a bio-data so that the characterization is
clear. Write your answer in a separate sheet of paper labelled accordingly. (20 pts in total)
*Rubrics
5 – Correct use of language/grammar; clear characterization as regards to the mother’s attitude, thoughts
and actions; localization of character
3 – Minor errors on the use of language/grammar; clear characterization as regards to the mother’s
attitude, thoughts and actions; localization of character
1 – Major errors on the use of language/grammar; unclear characterization as regards to the mother’s
attitude, thoughts and actions; localization of character
PT3. Directions: It seems that you have already gotten the hang of the different literary elements,
especially those of fiction. That means you are ready to work on your own, while taking in consideration
your personal experience as you write your answers to the following activity. In this activity, you will create
samples of narrative elements based on your personal experience. To be able to do this, write 2-3
sentences for each writing prompt in a separate sheet of paper labelled accordingly. Be guided by the
element being highlighted in each writing prompt. (30 pts in total – 10pts/item)
1. Point of view
What point of view do you think would be most effective when talking about your personal
experience? Why? (Note: Use that point of view as you answer the questions in the succeeding
writing prompts.) _____________________________
2. Theme
Think about a specific truth about life that you want to discuss. ___________________
3. Characters
Who were two of the most memorable people you have met in life? Talk about them and describe
how they look like. ____________________________
*Rubrics
5 – Correct use of language/grammar; clear characterization as regards to the mother’s attitude, thoughts and actions; localization of character
3 – Minor errors on the use of language/grammar; clear characterization as regards to the mother’s attitude, thoughts and actions; localization of
character
1 – Major errors on the use of language/grammar; unclear characterization as regards to the mother’s attitude, thoughts and actions; localization of
character
WW3. Directions: In this time of Pandemic, write ten (10) specific themes you think that appeal most to
the young Filipino readers and briefly explain why such themes are chosen.
Themes on Pandemic
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