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ENGLISH 7
QUARTER 1 – MODULE 1
GENRES OF VIEWING
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Name of Learner
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Grade and section
Ms. Mary Grace A. Gianan
Teacher
WHAT I NEED TO KNOW?
This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you master
viewing as the fifth macro skill in learning the English language more specifically on
identifying the genre of a material you will view on TV, internet or other media platforms.
Viewing refers to perceiving, examining, interpreting, and constructing meaning from
visual images and is crucial to improving your comprehension of print and non-print materials.
This is a skill you should master as you are exposed to multimedia.
After going through this module, you are expected to identify the genre of a material
viewed such as movie clip, trailer, news flash, internet-based program, documentary,
video, etc. (EN7VC-I-d-6) specifically, you should be able to:
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define the term genre
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identify the genre of the material viewed
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differentiate the genres of viewing by examining the various examples presented
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organize information of the material viewed and evaluate its importance
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observe correct subject and verb agreement in writing personal journal
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present a graphic organizer containing information from a material viewed.
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LESSON
Genres of Viewing
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WHAT’S IN?
In your previous lesson, you learned about the common types of relationships in
analogy. One of those is synonym. Today, you will apply what you have learned by answering
the organizer provided.
When you hear the word genre, what comes immediately into your mind? Choose the
words associated with the term genre from the pool of words provided below.
Sunshine Idea Organizer
GENRE
kind
sort
type
category
classification
style
form
content
view
literary
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WHAT’S NEW?
Activity 1 Viewing Prelude
You will be shown two (2) short clips taken from the internet. Check if you can give
the names of each video clip.
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=WtRVq-IbmZI
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=8ugaeA-nMTc
Process Questions
1. What is the difference between the two clips?
2. Where and when do we usually see these clips?
3. What is the purpose of each clip?
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WHAT IS IT?
Activity 2 Let’s Get Familiar
Below is a chart of materials or programs which you can view from your television sets
or through the internet. Examine each item and put a check mark under the column not familiar
if you have not seen the material and familiar if you have seen it.
Materials
Not familiar
Familiar
1. documentary
2. internet-based
3. movie trailer
4. news flash
5. weather report
Our daily living highly involves visual media such that the television and online
platform allows us to become active in the modern way of communicating around the world.
We see advertisements, films, diagrams, symbols, photographs, videos, drama, drawings,
sculpture and paintings in a daily basis that pave way to developing the viewing skill, as the
fifth macro skill of learning English language.
Viewing helps you understand the message by seeking and checking understanding. It
is classified according to its purpose and type of information presented. The classification of
viewing is called genres of viewing.
There are five genres of viewing: news flash, weather report, internet-based program,
movie trailer, and documentary.
Genres of Viewing
When there are current issues that the news organizations like ABS-CBN, GMA, and
CNN feel the warrant of interrupting their scheduled programming in television, news flash is
aired. The information conveyed in a newsflash is important enough for viewers to take a quick
break. For example, a typhoon with heavy rain would come to your place, a timely news will
interrupt your favorite television shows like teleserye and movies.
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Another genre is weather report, which is a part of an entire news program that updates
and foretells weather conditions on a specific area. Weather forecasts are made by collecting
data about the current state of the atmosphere at a given place. When you wanted to know the
weather for the next day, you could watch the news program’s weather report to be updated.
Internet-based program also provides the viewers informative shows that can be
accessed through websites using internet connection. Netflix, iWant TV, and many more
internet-based programs provide shows that are highly dependent to the internet. It would also
require accessing through desktop computers, laptops, and smart phones.
Oftentimes, when there are upcoming movies, there are series of selected shots that are
shown in television or internet. As these movie trailers attract you because of its exciting,
funny, or noteworthy parts of the film, these are usually short to avoid spoilers.
Finally, a documentary is a genre of viewing that is based on research. You can usually
see it in long duration. As it is lengthy, it has the ability to bring us a broader, more deeply
engaged and wider view of the current issues.
Activity 3 Language Connections
Read and study the following sentences.
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A documentary contains factual information that teaches us about the fast,
changing world.
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An effective news flash is written with very important details about certain
events that could affect us.
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Learning weather reports are helpful in determining future events.
Process Questions:
1. What do you notice about the underlined words?
2. What do you call the underlined words?
3. What do you notice about the boxed words?
4. Which of these words are singular? Which are plural?
5. What do you need to remember about subjects and verbs in sentences?
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A subject is a part of a sentence that contains the person, place, thing or idea
performing the action in a sentence.
In the sentences above, the underlined words such as documentary, news flash, and
reports are the subject of each sentence while the boxed words like contain, teaches, are and
is written are called verbs.
Verbs are the action words in a sentence that describe what the subject is doing.
Some verbs can function as main verbs or helping verbs also called an auxiliary verb.
Basic Rule on Subject – Verb Agreement
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Subjects and verbs must agree in number.
A singular subject needs a singular verb; a plural subject needs a plural verb.
Ms. Salig is a doctor by profession.
subject verb
Good leaders are open-minded.
subject verb
Basic Pattern
Singular
Plural
First person
I walk
we walk
Second person
you walk
you walk
Third person
he/she/it walks
they walk
Examples:
Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is a threat to all people worldwide.
Overseas Filipinos are allowed to return home provided they submit themselves
for quarantine.
World Health Organization (WHO) advises people of all ages to take steps to
protect themselves from the virus.
Senior citizens appear to be more vulnerable to becoming severely ill with the
virus.
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Way to go! You have just finished learning the basic rule of English Grammar. This
will help you in constructing simple sentences with meaning. Are you ready to take some
activities to test your knowledge?
Activity 4 Differing Views
Watch a particular television/online program.
After viewing, answer the chart below considering the following data:
When we immersed ourselves in viewing, it is very important that we censor what we
watch, whether in television or in the internet.
Viewing is more substantial and effective when we consider the best information that
creates value. If we responsibly select what we view, we can filter information that is relevant
for our purposes of viewing: entertainment and information.
Now, more than ever, we need to educate ourselves about important issues and finding
varied and reliable information sources. Knowing the essential and truthful information among
the recent events across the globe, it is very important that we check the quality sources of
information about our world and what is happening in it.
These genres of viewing provide an opportunity to understand and connect with the
world. Further, they are also a great way to gather with friends to watch and engage around the
important issues of our times.
Title of the Material:
Genre of Viewing:
Source:
(TV channel/ URL from website)
What information did you get from the material?
Is the information essential? Why?
Is the information truthful? What made you say so?
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Whether you watch through television or internet, talking about them together in person
is equally important. With social media channels at our fingertips 24/7, these genres of viewing
remind us of the real people on the opposite side of an issue and different conditions in which
we live.
WHAT I HAVE LEARNED?
Read the following sentences about the points to ponder for genres of viewing. Choose the
correct form of the verb inside the parentheses.
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Viewing (is, are) an active process of comprehending visual media, such as in
television and online platform wherein there (is, are) advertising images, films,
diagrams, symbols, photographs, videos, drama, drawings, sculpture and paintings.
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Viewing (help, helps) us acquire information and appreciate ideas that visually
communicated by others.
3. On television, news flash (is, are) an important, timely piece of news that (is, are)
delivered quickly that could interrupt the currently aired program.
4. Weather reports (is, are) part of a television program that (feature, features) a
prediction of a specific place’s weather observation.
5. Any informative program or show that (is, are) accessed through a website in an online
platform (is, are) called internet-based program.
6. Movie trailers (is, are) short clips that are usually shown before a movie (is, are)
officially released.
7. A research-based compilation of information about a certain subject (is, are) a
documentary.
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WHAT CAN I DO?
Activity 5 Generating Viewing Ideas
Watch the video clip Here's How to Spot Coronavirus Misinformation on Social
Media and answer the graph that follows. Copy the graph on your notebook.
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=IcNLrmChKBM
Video Title: ______________________
Source: _________________________
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What is the common misinformation
How do you check for valid information
about preventing COVID-19?
about COVID-19?
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Why is it very important to check the information from social media?
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Activity 6 Assessment
Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on your English notebook
1. A segment in ABS-CBN news last August 3, 2018 which talked about a lowpressure area located at 630 km East of Guiuan, Eastern Samar.
a. documentary
d. news flash
b. internet-based
e. weather report
c. movie trailer
2. In the middle of a show in ABS-CBN last January 26, 2020 at around 4:10 in the
afternoon, an important news was aired about a place in Luzon with no electricity
due to typhoon “Ompong”.
a. documentary
d. news flash
b. internet-based
e. weather report
c. movie trailer
3. A short clip from the film “Hello, Love, Goodbye” was advertised on television for
promotion purposes.
a. documentary
d. news flash
b. internet-based
e. weather report
c. movie trailer
4. “MythBusters” is an informative online show hosted by Jon Lung and Brian
Louden. The show will take over testing crazy science experiments.
a. documentary
d. news flash
b. internet-based
e. weather report
c. movie trailer
5. “Manny” is a hard-hitting feature length film that explores the many triumphs and
tribulations of Filipino boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao.
a. documentary
d. news flash
b. internet-based
e. weather report
c. movie trailer
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