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Quarter 1 – Module 1: Patterns of Development in Writing: Narration First Edition, 2020

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Reading and Writing

Quarter 1
Self-Learning Module 1
Patterns of Development in Writing:
Narration
Introductory Message
For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Reading and Writing Self-Learning Module on Patterns of Development in

Writing: Narration.

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed, and reviewed by

educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its Officer-in-Charge Schools
Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A. Agustin, in partnership with the City Government
of Pasig through its mayor, Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards
set by the K to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in developing
this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent learning
activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st-
century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking,
and Character while taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of the
module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that will
help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module. You also
need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage their learning. Moreover,
you are expected to encourage and assist the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
For the learner:

Welcome to the Reading and Writing Self-Learning Module on Patterns of Development in

Writing: Narration.

The hand is one of the most symbolized parts of the human body. It is often used to depict
skill, action, and purpose. Through our hands, we may learn, create, and accomplish. Hence, the
hand in this learning resource signifies that you as a learner is capable and empowered to
successfully achieve the relevant competencies and skills at your own pace and time. Your academic
success lies in your own hands!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for guided
and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to process the contents of
the learning material while being an active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills that you will
learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts and skills that
you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the entire
module.
 EXPECTATIONS
This is your self-instructional learner module in Reading and Writing. All the activities
provided in this lesson will help you learn and understand: Patterns of Development in
Writing: Narration.
Specifically, you will learn the following:
1. determine the construct of a narrative;
2. analyze the given narrative paragraph; and
3. apply the structure into your own narrative.

PRETEST
Directions: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if otherwise. Write your answer
after the statement.

1. Narration is giving and sharing arguments.

2. The conflict in the story is the problem to be solved.
3. The setting of the story is the time and place.
4. The theme is the central idea or truth in the story.
5. The plot signals the protagonist and the antagonist.

RECAP

It is really true that when we share our thoughts to others through social networking
sites or verbally to our friends (with a face mask), the feeling of sadness diminishes. It uplifts
our love to hear stories and glaze our eyes in sharing ours. It gives us consolation to move
on and live the kind of life we
have; life that is challenged by this virus, COVID-19. We engage ourselves in telling our own
stories for it shows how we acted.
This storytelling or narrating of experiences will be re-examine in this
lesson. Brace yourself with those events to tell your own story!

LESSON
The development of story is successful in its objective through the use of variety of
patterns to better understand the material. It reflects our thinking and explores the vast ideas
that we have. Structuring your ideas will start when you formulate your topic sentence. Then
linking some details to support your topic sentence. In linking these supporting sentences,
the use of transitional devices is essential. In this lesson, one pattern of development in
writing will be explored.
Narration is one pattern of development in writing. It is basically a skill
of chronologically telling a story of events or experience that signaled by transition devices.
The transitions like first, then, soon, after, and suddenly maintain coherence and show
movement of actions. The use of these devices predicts that the sentences that followed are
all supporting the topic sentence. The description of the details answers the how, when,
where, and why’s questions. It creates world based on the writer’s imagination.
(Filomena T. Dayagbil, Ed.D., Ethel L. Abao, Ed.D., Remedios C. Bacus, Ed.D. 2016)
Every narrative contains elements namely; setting, character, plot,
conflict, and theme. Setting serves as background of a story for it gives the place and time
elements. A story links an incident or series of incidents that take place somewhere or some
time. Each story has main and subordinate characters. They must speak and act naturally,
like people we know. They appear in our imagination and we start to understand their actions.
They start to create their own place in our thoughts as we read the story. At times, we
empathize with their feelings and actuations within the
story. These
characters can be protagonist, antagonist, static or flat, dynamic, round, antihero, and foil.
The plot covers the series of incidents that occurs in the story. It becomes clear and forceful
if the narration captures the interest and
enriches the imagination of the readers. The sequence of events can be categorized as
linear (the events are chronologically arranged-beginning, middle, and end), modular (not
following one linear narrative), and episodic (one episode can stand alone). The conflict
elevates the reader’s emotion until it reaches solution. It is the problem that needs to be
resolved. Revealing some
truth about life is its main function. This significant truth about life that a story attempts to
communicate to its readers is called theme, most important
and least explicit. It shows that reading narratives entertains and gives us profitable
experiences.
You have to bear in mind the following suggestions in narrating a story. First, you
should have a clear setting. The time and place of the story must be specifically mentioned.
Second, you should make impactful and clear characters. They should be alive in your
imagination. It is there that they will capture memories to tell when you are going to retell
the story. Third, you
should link the events in an orderly manner. The use of transitional devices is a must to show
the smooth flow of the story. Fourth, you should use simple and precise language. Lastly, you
should use actual conversation. Using direct or quoted statements makes your narrative
clear.

Consider this story entitled “A Birthday Surprise” from

englishforeveryone.org.

Ella loves music. Her favorite kind of music is rock and roll. She is constantly
listening to music on her radio, and her computer is always playing music in her room. Her
birthday is coming up in a few weeks and she really wants to see a concert to celebrate it.
She has been dreaming about it daily. Ezra, her boyfriend, has decided to surprise her with
tickets for her birthday.

“Ella, I am going to pick you up at eight tomorrow night,” said Ezra. “Great, I will
be ready. What are we doing?” asked Ella. “We are going to your favorite restaurant and
 then I have a surprise for you,” said Ezra. “Great,” thought Ella, “The surprise is probably
a piece of jewelry or something useless like that.”

The following day, Ezra arrived at eight to take Ella to dinner. They ate at her
favorite restaurant and as they were paying the bill Ezra gave her an envelope. “Go on, open
it,” said Ezra. “Okay, thank you so much,” replied Ella. She opened the envelope and found
two front row tickets to her favorite concert. “Oh wow! Ezra, what a wonderful surprise!”
she exclaimed.

They left the restaurant and went to the concert. Ella was so excited. They both had
a great time at the concert. The band played all of her favorite songs. Ella and Ezra decided
that it was the best birthday celebration she had ever had.

A. Let us analyze the parts.

1. Setting: The place mentioned in the story is the room of Ella, then restaurant, and
the concert venue. The time is evening.
2. Character(s): The characters are Ella and Ezra. They are lovers and fond of music.
3. Plot: The plot is linear in manner. It starts with the day before her birthday, then her
birthday, and its celebration.
4. Conflict: Probably the conflict is the inability of Ella to watch a concert of her favorite
band and so her boyfriend surprises her with such.
5. Theme: The theme is love and how to show it to your loved.

B. Let us have a closer look at the process of narrating the story.

First, you should have a clear setting. The time and place of the story were
specifically mentioned. It helped the readers to follow the events and the discourse of the
characters.
Second, you should make impactful and clear characters. The
characters were alive in our imagination. Their exchange of conversation showing the
feeling of joy, excitement, and love were very imminent that will be easy for you to retell
the story.
 Third, you should link the events in an orderly manner. The author did not use
transitional devices in the story. He instead used the conversation between the characters to
show action indicating the smooth flow of the story.
Fourth, you should use simple and precise language. The language
used in the story is so simple. It can be understood by all for the author used simple terms to
have the events flow smoothly.
Lastly, you should use actual conversation. The use of the direct or
quoted statements of the author to show the exchange of conversation between the two
characters makes your narrative clear. The author shows the excitement and love to both
characters through their uttered words.

ACTIVITIES

Activity 1
Read carefully the narrative passage. Answer the questions on your answer sheet.

The Wooden Bowl by Ramona Moreno Winner

A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and a four-year old grandson.
The old man’s hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and his step faltered. The family ate
together nightly at the dinner table.
But the elderly grandfather’s shaky hands and failing sight made eating rather difficult.
Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor. When he grasped the glass often milk spilled on the
tablecloth.
The son and daughter-in-law became irritated with the mess. “We must do something
about grandfather,” said the son. I’ve had enough of his spilled milk, noisy eating, and food
on the floor.
So, the husband and the wife set a small table in the corner. There, grandfather ate alone
while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner at the dinner table.
Since grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in a wooden bowl.
Sometimes when the family glanced in grandfather’s direction, he had a tear in his eyes as he
ate alone.
 Still, the only words the couple had for him were sharp admonitions when he dropped
a fork or spilled food. The four-year- old watched it all in silence. One evening before supper,
the father noticed his son playing with wood scraps on the floor. He asked the child sweetly,
“What are you making?” Just as sweetly, the boy responded, “Oh, I am making a little bowl
for you and mama to eat your food when I grow up.” The four-year-old smiled and went back
to work.
The words so struck the parents that they were speechless. Then tears started to stream
down their cheeks. Though no words were spoken, both knew what must be done.
That evening the husband took the grandfather’s hand and gently led him back to the
family table. For the remainder of his days he ate every meal with the family. And for some
reason, neither husband nor wife seemed to care any longer when a fork was dropped, milk
spilled, or the tablecloth soiled.

QUESTIONS:
1. What is the setting of the story?
2. Who are the characters?
3. What is the conflict? How it was resolved in the story?
4. What is the theme? How it is applicable in our present situation?

Activity 2
Write your own narrative with 5-8 sentences. You can have the working title “My
Experiences During Pandemic”. You can narrate what have you learned during this
time. What have you accomplished so far? Remember to indicate the needed elements;
setting, character, plot, and theme. Use transitional devices to link the events or
experiences in the story.

My Experiences During Pandemic

 .

Remember that your narration will be graded according to the following criteria.
Content (the essential elements in narration are developed): 10 pts.
Originality (personal experiences during the pandemic are shared): 5 pts. Organization (turn of
events with the use of transitional devices): 5 pts. TOTAL SCORE 20 pts.

WRAP-UP

To wrap everything up that we have talked about in this lesson, complete the
following:

I have learned in today’s lesson .

I have realized after the activities .
I will share my knowledge to .

VALUING
The pandemic that we are experiencing since March tested our faith in God no
manner how we perceived Him / Her to be. It strengthened our bonding to our family. We
reinvent ourselves especially during the times we continuously hear news of deaths,
sufferings, cases of COVID-19, and endless
anxiety if we will also be infected. Our belief of God is manifested on our shared stories
and capsulated feelings during this time.
We continue to retell this story of ours in different avenues.

POSTTEST

Directions: Match the items in column A with the items in column B. Write the letter of the
correct answer on the space provided before each number.

A B
1. It is the central truth or idea about life. a. Plot
2. It is the problem to be solved in the story. b. Setting
3. It serves as background of a story. c. Theme
4. They speak and act naturally. d. Character(s)
5. It is the sequence of events. e. Conflict