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LESSON
1 WRITING NEWS REPORT

ENGLISH
Remember: Please wash your hands with soap for twenty (20) seconds before and after handling your module and worksheets.
Using information from news reports is important since the purpose is to inform readers especially about events that are around us and may also
affect us. It can make you feel connected too, but conflict of interest may rise the way news is reported. That’s why news reports have a certain
structure that you need to follow to ensure you can find the most important information quickly.

QUARTER 1 – MODULE 1
In this lesson you will use information from news reports. You will accomplish diverse tasks in completing news report plans, with code facts
using contents to order and separate information.
USING INFORMATION SOURCES
At the end of this lesson, you are expected to:
a. use information from news reports that can be used in everyday life;

IN EVERYDAY LIFE
b. promote the interest and sense of responsibility of the learners in validating the quality of information needed in academic and personal
use by writing a news; and
c. develop the abilities to organize information and construct it into a text.

What’s In
Now, recall your favorite news reporter or anchor. How did he/she craft the content of his/her report? Is the information
reliable and/or credible? Imagine that you are the said reporter. As a reporter, you should aim to write news reports that are
truthful, fair, balanced and interesting. How will you begin
your news report? Which information will you include in the middle section? How will you end your report? What do you
need to remember about using paragraphs in news reports?

Activity 1.1 Take a look at this headline.

P22.7-m shabu seized; 50 suspects nabbed from June 15-20
Predict the content and find out the facts about the whole story. Write questions about the story on a separate
sheet. For example: What took place? Construct three questions. Below are the answers for the possible questions
that you may write.
1. Authorities seized around PHP22.7 million worth of suspected illegal drugs and arrested 50 suspects in
intensified operations nationwide in a week.
2. Among the highlights of week-long accomplishments of the PNP include the arrest of two drug
suspects by officers of the District Drug Enforcement Unit of the Northern Police District for carrying PHP1.36
million worth of shabu from a drug suspect in a buy-bust launched by the Drug Enforcement Unit of the Tacloban
City Police Office last July 19.
3. Philippine National Police chief, Gen. Archie Gamboa commended the PNP Drug Enforcement Group
(PDEG) and police regional offices for their sustained operations against the illegal drug trade in the country
while the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) intensified its illegal drugs drive with buy-busts in
Paranaque, Caloocan, Navotas, Quezon City, Marikina, Pasig, Manila, Taguig, and Las Piñas.
4. Meanwhile, operatives of the Tinglayan Municipal Police Station (MPS) uprooted and burned on-site
last June 15, around 13,500 fully grown marijuana plants worth around PHP2.8 million that were planted by
unidentified suspects on a 1,100-square meter lot in Barangay Tulgao West, Tinglayan, Kalinga.
5. Last June 18, an 18-year-old drug suspect who considered as a high-value target was arrested along
with his partner caught with PHP11.6 million worth of shabu.

What is It
Follow this guide in writing the news report. These are the parts of the news reports.
1. News Reports begin IRISH
with a catchy
JOY M. HEADLINE.
MONTEMAYOR Headline is the heading at the top of an article
or page in a newspaper or magazine. Ex. COVID-19 deaths soar high in Cebu City
Subject Teacher

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 2. LEAD PARAGRAPH informs the reader of the most important aspects of the story as soon as
possible. The LEAD PARAGRAPH is often the only part of the story that people read. Use the 5Ws rule:
• WHO (is involved)
• WHAT (took place)
• WHEN (did it take place)
• WHERE (did it take place)
• WHY (did it happen)
• HOW (did it happen) – only include this if there is space
Ex. This evening at about 10:00 p.m. at Malaya Hotel, the Senator, while at the lobby with his family,
was shot by an assassin, by a riding in tandem.
3. BODY of the News Report gives more details and provides more information about the WHY and
HOW of the story.
4. TAIL contains the less important information which is often omitted by the newspaper editor if there is
not enough space left in the newspaper.
Hints:
• Your News Report should be easy to understand; every news story should be able to be read by a
twelve-year-old learner.
• Try to be fair – include both sides of the story and don’t let your opinion get in the way of
reporting the facts.

Activity 1.2 Use the guide questions to track the information (Activity 1.) needed in
making news report. Write your answer on the worksheet provided for you.
1. What is the headline of the story?
2. What is the lead of the story?
3. What happened? What is all about the news?

Activity 1.3
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word that best completes the statement.
1. The ________________________ informs the reader of the most important aspects of the
story as soon as possible.
2. The ____________ contains the less important information which is often omitted by the
newspaper editor if there is not enough space left in the newspaper.
3. A/an __________________________ is the structure of the news report.
4. The ____________________ gives more details and provides more information about the WHY
and HOW of the story.
5. ____________________ a heading at the top of an article or page in a newspaper or magazine.

What I Have Learned

I believed you have learned a lot from the very start of our module. It’s a pleasure that you will perfectly
remember the significant points of your lesson.

Activity 1.4 Read the following part of the news story. Identify what part is it. Use the answer sheet provided for
you.
1. “The million-to-one shot came in. Hell froze over. A month of Sundays hit the calendar. Don Larsen today
pitched a no-hit, no-run, no-man-reach-first game in a World Series.”
2. Dead Body Found at the Museum: Curator Suspected
For items 3-5, briefly describe the factual content of the story related to the Write your answer on the answer
sheet provided for you.
3. Who (is involved)?
4. What (took place)?

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5. When (did it take place)?

LESSO RECOGNIZING INFORMATION FROM

N2 CONTEXTUALIZED SPEECH
Welcome! You are set to discover new lesson on using information. This time, you will be learning new ways to use information from speeches as
you go along this learning journey.
At the end of this lesson, you are expected to:
a. use information from speeches that can be used in everyday life;
b. promote the interest and sense of responsibility in validating the quality of information needed in academic and personal use by identifying
the types
of speech according to purpose; and
c. develop the abilities to organize information and construct it into a text.

What’s In
In the previous lesson, you have learned the following how to write a news report using proper order of writing news report
and getting and using information from news report. These will help you in recognizing relevant information from news
reports that could help you in your everyday lives.
What’s New
We have different strengths and weaknesses. Sometimes, those weaknesses can make us feel worthless. But rediscovering
and recreating yourself can transform you into an extraordinary individual.

The speech you are about to read will help you reflect your self-worth.

Do you know who you are? When you look at yourself in the mirror, what do you see? The best
version of yourself? A façade? A blank picture of yourself? Or you have got amnesia? Or where you
can no longer feel your inner self? That’s the worst feeling one could ever have and comparable to dark
night. What you see in the mirror is exactly what you see, what you get and what you are. Again, the
question is who you are? This poses you to rediscover who you truly are and how to reveal, redefine,
and reactivate yourself again.

To turn to your original condition, every time you broke your inner senses, every time you struck
by your fears, every time you lost courage and hope and every time you failed. Blindfolded with all the
shams and drudgeries in life, we are curtailed to bring out the best in us. The challenge is there all the
time, put your blindfolded off, for this is just test of life.

Remembering and believing who we are, is just the start of living life to the fullest-again this is
the first step. Next is to live the truth. You are created for a purpose thus loved by God. With this, you
will experience healing inside and that your completeness through Him will then radiate love and joy to
others too. No philosophers, even the best ones can give us the best ways to overcome your personal
challenges. It is just our relationship with God. The best system is prayer. When you pray, you talk to
God and your journey with Him will take place. It is our pause from time to time that we will be
refreshed of something new, something better, a fresh start, a clean state, and a new journey to begin
again. We can choose differently! Remember, what matters most is not how others see you, but how
you truly see yourself. Who are you when you are all alone? When no one is watching? How do you
see yourself determines how you allow people to treat you? How you see yourself dictates what you
expect from others, from life, from God.

Choose today to be the greatest version of yourself. Do not forget to wear the best make-up
SMILE, and the world will smile at you.
Eden Grace C. Yungco, “Overcoming Personal Challenges”, 2020

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Activity 2.1 After reading the speech, answer the following questions.
1. What type of speech was used by the author? Why you say so?
2. What is its purpose?
3. How does this information lead you to your conclusion?

Activity 2.2 Based on the speech, answer the following questions. Write the letter of the correct answer on the
worksheet provided.

1. To overcome personal challenges shows __________________.

a. optimism b. courage
c. vigor d. both a and b
2. The last two lines of the speech express ______________________.
a. encouragement b. arrogance
c. optimism d. warning
3. One can generalize about the speech is to ____________________.
a. overcome personal challenges b. bring out the best in you
c. be grateful d. both A and B
4. An effective persuasive technique used by the speaker to emphasize her point
is through appealing to ____________.
a. emotion b. moral
c. reason d. both A and B
5. The tone of the speech is more of ______________.
a. inspiring b. criticizing
c. defending d. denying
Well done buddy! Now, it is time to identify the different types of speeches
according to purpose.

What is It
These are the four basic different types of speech according to purpose:
1. Informative- provides interesting and useful information to audience.
Example: Municipal Health Office (MHO) telling the community on
precautionary measures to avoid the spreading of virus.
2. Demonstrative- teaches you something that includes a demonstration of how to do the thing.
Example: How to do proper hand washing
3. Entertainment- provides pleasure and enjoyment that makes the audience
laugh.
Example: Telling about a hilarious movie.
4. Persuasive- to convince people or change in some way; to start doing
something.
Example: Convince to become an environmentalist.

What’s More
Did you enjoy learning the value of speech in our everyday life? This time you will be making an example of an
Informative Speech.

Activity 2.3 Below are the Eleven (11) simple ways to care for each other during the COVID-19 Corona virus
pandemic. Arrange the following information to write an informative speech. Use the answer sheet provided for
you.

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 11 Simple Ways to Care For Each Other During the COVID-19 Corona Virus Pandemic
Greenpeace Philippines, March 27,2020
1. Volunteer your time.
2. Check in on elderly neighbors.
3. Look after yourself, to look after us all- flatten the curve.
4. A cool idea: Rent payment relief for self-isolated people without paid sick leave.
5. Instill empathy and concern for our health workers.
6. Fundraise for people financially impacted by quarantine measures.
7. Reach out to people in self-isolation.
8. Combat misinformation online.
9. Share positive news and acts kindness with your community.
10. Make social distancing fun with video chat.
11. And stop hoarding alcohol and hand sanitizers.

What I Have Learned

You already come across the different text types and its proper usage. Let us test how far you have learned about each text
type.

Activity 2.4 Identify the following examples according to text types. Write I for Informative, P for Persuasive, E
for Entertainment, and D for Demonstrative. Write the answer on the worksheet provided for you.
1. College professor lecturing on a specific topic during a class.
2. A lawyer giving a closing argument a court, arguing about whether the defendant
is innocent or guilty of the crime.
3. Chefs describing how to prepare a recipe.
4. Tutors explaining how to solve mathematical equations.
5. Speeches given by maids of honor or best men at weddings.

What I Can Do
This time let’s dig deeper in our lesson Get information from the speech.

Activity 2.5 Below is an excerpt of speech entitled “Dreams Do Come True” delivered by Sen. Manny Pacquiao
at Oxford University”. Create three (3) sentences from the speech below that show how the speaker persuades
his/her audience.

DREAMS DO COME TRUE

(an excerpt)

It is a matter of record that I only had traditional formal schooling until Secondary School, Grade
12. It was only recently that I reached University level through the alternative education program. We
were dirt poor. I had to work since the age of five; to help my mother feed my three siblings and me.
Many days, I was lucky to have one full meal. On days when we had no food, I would drink lots of water
just to fill my stomach. But my mind and spirit were never hungry. I read anything I could get my hands
on.

I even read the newspaper that my lunch or dinner came wrapped in. I read signs everywhere,
even on moving vehicles. I learned measurements and weights by constantly reading the rates and
tariffs at the warehouses where I worked as a stevedore, a docker in your parlance.

And for me, the morning did come. Warm, bright, and simply amazing - a lesson in what can be
achieved if you have determination … if you ignore the odds against you …and as you are taught here
at this magnificent institution never, ever quit. Think of David and Goliath. Look at me. I am not big, and

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I never had five smooth stones to throw at any obstacle, but determination is a power tool. I won a lot of
fights.
Speech delivered by
EMMANUEL D. PACQUIAO

LESSON Constructing Personal

3 Informative Speech
Welcome learners to your new lesson in this self-learning module. This time, you will embark new ideas in using information from
informative talks.
At the end of this lesson, you are expected to:
a. use information from informative talks that can be used in everyday life;
b. promote the interest and sense of responsibility in validating the quality of information needed in academic and personal use
by composing a descriptive speech; and
c. develop the abilities to organize information and construct it into a text.

What’s In
In the previous lesson, you have learned the different types of speeches according to its purpose. You have learned also that
speeches can inform, describe, entertain, and persuade. These different types of speeches will help you recognize the
information needed to be used in your everyday lives. It will be particularly helpful in recognizing the relevance of the data
by arranging them in its proper sequence.

What’s New
Read the following speech below. Take down important notes as you go along and answer the questions that follow .

Excerpt from Marie Curie's speech on the discovery of radium:

I could tell you many things about radium and radioactivity and it would take a long time. But as we
cannot do that, I shall only give you a short account of my early work about radium.
Radium is no more a baby, it is more than twenty years old, but the conditions of the discovery were
somewhat peculiar, and so it is always of interest to remember them and to explain them. We must go back to the
year 1897. Professor Curie and I worked at that time in the laboratory of the school of Physics and Chemistry
where Professor Curie held his lectures. I was engaged in some work on uranium rays which had been
discovered two years before by Professor Becquerel. I spent some time in studying the way of making good
measurements of the uranium rays, and then I wanted to know if there were other elements, giving out rays of the
same kind. So, I took up a work about all known elements, and their compounds and found that uranium
compounds are active and all thorium compounds, but other elements were not found active, nor were their
compounds. As for the uranium and thorium compounds, I found that they were active in proportion to their
uranium or thorium content.

Activity 3.1 Comprehension Questions: Based on Marie Curie’s speech, answer the following questions below on
the worksheet provided for you.
1. What did Marie Curie had discovered?
2. What did she find out about uranium compound?
3. How old was radium when she discovered it?
4. When did she engage herself in working on uranium rays?
5. Who discovered the uranium rays?

What is It
An informative speech is one that intends to educate the audience on a topic. This type of speech uses
descriptions, demonstrations, vivid details, and definitions to explain a subject, person, or place the audience want
to understand. An informative speech makes a complex topic easy to understand or offers a different point of

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view. It should rely less on pathos, which is an appeal to the emotions of the audience and an important
component of persuasive speeches. Instead, informative speech might rely on visual aids.
These are the types of informative speech:
1. Descriptive- helps the speaker create an accurate mental picture in the mind
of an audience regarding a specific person, place, or thing.
2. Demonstrative- describes how to perform an action.
3. Explanatory- explains the state of a topic.
4. Definition- explains a concept or theory regarding a topic.

What’s More
Informative speech has different types depending on the speaker and what fits the audience. This time, you will
answer another activity that will enhance your knowledge on using the information on different types of
informative talks.

Activity 3.2 Choose your best picture. Come up with words or phrases that best describe your chosen picture.
Make sure to be specific and detailed with your description. Write your answers on the worksheet provided.

What I Have Learned

I believe you have learned a lot from this lesson. It’s a pleasure that you will perfectly remember the significant
points of the lesson.

Activity 3.3 Complete the paragraph below by giving appropriate answers to what you have learned from the
lesson.
See Activity Worksheet 3.3.
In this lesson, I have learned that informative talks or speeches have different types. It may be ______________,
________________, _________________, or _________________.
This will help me in ___________________________________________.

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 LESSO Organizing Panel Discussion
N4
in Making Decisions
Hello, Grade 10 learners! You are almost done with this Self-Learning Module. Do you enjoy brainstorming activities with a certain group?
What have you observed? Have you ever tried sharing your ideas to the group? Did the sharing end up well? Is everybody satisfied with the
result? In this lesson, you will be learning how to organize ideas and to address certain issues in front of an audience.

After going through this lesson, you will be expected to:

a. use information from panel discussions that can be used in everyday life;
b. promote the interest and sense of responsibility in validating the quality of information needed in academic and personal use by
managing a panel discussion and;
c. develop the abilities to organize information and construct it into a text.

What’s In
In the previous lessons, you have discovered various text types such as news reports, speeches, and informative talks. You
have also learned their importance by using significant information and create something from it. In this lesson, you will
delve into a deeper understanding of these texts by applying certain steps that can help you develop a good concept in
constructing texts useful in addressing certain issues.

What’s New
To decide on matters in addressing certain issues requires gathering of information. Sometimes, differing ideas can be
difficult to handle making it tough to come up with one idea.

Activity 4.1 This time, you will collect information from the significant members of your family on the issue
about parental capacity in teaching distance learning. Interview the members about their stand on the issue.
Complete the table by filling out with appropriate answers.
See Activity Worksheet 4.1.

What is It
How was your experience in interviewing your family members? Did you find it difficult to gather their answers?
Have you come up with a unifying idea to discuss the certain issue?

Panel discussions are useful if an issue is too complex for one person to handle, or if the audience needs to be
exposed to various viewpoints at the same session.

To avoid long-winded and disjointed sessions, here are some basic tips to help the audience engaged in a
meaningful and lively discussion.
1. Keep the panel small and focused. Small panel number will be easy to manage and to flesh out all
points of view.
2. Plan the questions ahead of time. Planning questions will help you bullet some points to discuss during
the discussion.
3. Open with a brief reference to the topic being discussed. It is important to welcome the audience and
lead into the topic with a short hook. A short quote, an analogy, or anecdote will warm up the audience
and highlight the importance of the event.
4. Keep the focus on the panel, not on you. Maintain an appropriate tone, keep people on task, and ensure
everyone gets ample time to present his or her point of view.
5. Prepare your “cut-off phrases” ahead of time. Having some preplanned cut-of phrases will help filter
the long-winded ramble of topics.
Using this tactic will keep the discussion focused and on time.

What’s More
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Now, managing a panel discussion will be a lot easier when you use the tips. The next activity will help you
enhance your skills in providing a meaningful discussion.

Activity 4.2. Imagine you are one of the classroom officers and you need to address the issue on imposing fines
for not wearing school uniform. Construct three-five (3) statements about the problem about how you will help
you manage the session regarding the certain issue. See Activity Worksheet 4.2.

What I Have Learned

Good job! Now that you have learned the essential tips on managing a panel discussion, it’s time to answer the
activity below.

Activity 4.3 Fill in the blanks with the correct answer to complete the sentence.
Write your answers on the Activity Worksheet 4.3.
1. A _______________________ is like a meeting or convention that addresses certain issues or problems
with a group of people.
2. A _______________________ needs to have a broad perspective and point of view to discuss a certain
issue.
3. A panel should be small and ___________________ so that it would be easy to manage.
4. It is much better to plan the __________________ ahead of time to prepare for unexpected topics that may
arise during the discussion.
5. A good panel member prepares _________________ phrases to avoid the long-winded and lengthy topics.

What I Can Do
Activity 4.4 Imagine you are the moderator of a panel discussion. Based on the activity above, (see Activity 4.2),
assume you have heard and gathered the point of views of your members. Make a solution or resolution of at least
three (3) sentences as bases of your decision-making. Write your answers on the worksheet provided for you.