Creative Writing

General Academic Strand│Humanities and Social Sciences

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1.1 Imaginative Writing and Other Forms of Writing

Essay Writing
45 minutes

Learning Competency
At the end of this lesson, you should be able to differentiate imaginative writing from other
forms of writing (HUMSS_CW/MP11/12-Ia-b-1).

Recall
Writing is considered one of the macro skills a student must learn. It has
different forms:
● Imaginative writing, or creative writing, is the art of creating texts. It
attempts to inspire and entertain people. It may be literary or nonliterary.
An imaginative text that is literary may fall under one of the four literary
genres: poetry, fiction, drama, and creative nonfiction.
● Academic writing refers to the texts that are created in the academic
setting. Its purpose is to inform the readers about a certain issue, provide
them with an analysis that is based on evidence, and convince them to
believe something using strong, valid arguments. Examples of this type of
writing are research papers, theses, and dissertations.
● Professional writing, or business writing, refers to the form of writing
that serves as communication tools for the people inside a particular
agency, company, or organization. It may also be used to contact outside
entities on behalf of the organization. Examples of this type of writing are
business letters, memorandums, emails, and newsletters.
● Technical writing refers to a special type of expository writing that aims
to help its target audience to be cognizant of a concept or a process

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related to the said fields. Examples of this type of writing include

instruction manuals, recipes, legal disclaimers, and safety procedures.

In order to be an effective writer, you need to follow the creative writing

process. This process has five steps:
● Step 1: Generate an idea. Come up with an idea using any of the
prewriting strategies that you know. These strategies include outlining,
free writing, and clustering.
● Step 2: Create a draft. A draft is the preliminary version of the text you
are creating. It might take some time to finish your draft but do not give
up.
● Step 3: Revise the draft. Revising is the act of making some changes to
the draft. This process is important for you to see if there are some
problems with regard to the accuracy of the content of the text you
created.
● Step 4: Proofread and edit the draft. Proofreading and editing are
closely associated with each other. The former is the act of carefully
checking for inconsistencies and errors the text might have in terms of
spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and formatting. The latter, on the
other hand, is the act of correcting writing issues such as grammar,
sentence construction, and content inconsistencies.
● Step 5: Publish the text. Publishing is the act of making your text ready
for public distribution. This is the ultimate goal of the writing process.

Instructions
Create an essay that explains how imaginative writing differs from another
form of writing.
Product

1. Write a three-paragraph essay that highlights how imaginative writing differs from
another form of writing. Highlight their differences in terms of nature, purpose, and
audience. Provide examples.

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2. Choose one of the following prompts below. It will serve as the foundation of your
essay. Each prompt contains a challenge. It will enable your teacher to see how
creative you are as a writer.
a. imaginative writing vs. academic writing
Challenge: Provide examples connected to your knowledge of the different
landforms and water forms of the world.
b. imaginative writing vs. professional writing
Challenge: Use your knowledge of the difference between a personal letter
and a business letter.
c. imaginative writing vs. technical writing
Challenge: Provide examples that highlight your knowledge of Filipino food
culture.
3. Create a title for your essay.

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Suggested Rubric for Grading

The rubric below is a suggested one. Your teacher may modify the rubric based on your
needs. Consult your teacher for the final rubric.

Performance Levels

Criteria Suggested
1 2 3 Score
Weight
Beginning Proficient Advanced
Proficiency Proficiency

Thesis/Thesis The thesis statement The thesis statement The thesis statement

Statement vaguely conveys the conveys the main clearly conveys the
main point and the point and the purpose main point and the ×3
purpose of the essay. of the essay. purpose of the
essay.

Organization The introduction, the The introduction, the The introduction is

body of the essay, body of the essay, inviting, the body of
together with its topic together with its topic the essay has a clear
sentence, and the sentence, and the topic sentence, and ×3
conclusion are conclusion are the conclusion is
vaguely written. effectively written. beautifully written.

Support and The reasoning The reasoning The reasoning

Development presented is presented is presented is strongly

of Ideas supported by a set of supported by a supported by a

evidence, but it is sufficient set of specific and ×3
insufficient. evidence. sufficient set of
evidence.

Clarity The text lacks The text is The text is

comprehensibility, satisfactorily outstandingly
coherence, and logic. comprehensible, comprehensible, x3
coherent, and logical. coherent, and
logical.

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Performance Levels

Criteria Suggested
1 2 3 Score
Weight
Beginning Proficient Advanced
Proficiency Proficiency

Style The text lacks The text is The text is

conciseness and satisfactorily concise outstandingly
consistency. and consistent. It was concise and
also creatively done consistent. It was x2
also creatively
done.

Mechanics The text has a lot of The text has minimal The text does not
grammatical errors grammatical errors contain any errors
and inconsistencies in and inconsistencies in in spelling,
spelling, punctuation, spelling, punctuation, punctuation, and
and grammar. It and grammar. grammar. x2
greatly affects the However, they don’t
credibility of the text. extremely affect the
text.

Total Possible Score 48

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