LEARNER’S PACKET NO.

QUARTER 1

21st CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD

Name: ____________________________ Grade Level: 11/12

Week/Date: _________________________

I.

Compare and contrast the various 21st-century literary genres and the ones
from the earlier genres/periods citing their elements, structures, and traditions

II.

Modern technology and the widespread use of various social media platforms
significantly changed the entire world. The world made drastically developed in
communication, medicine, business and trade, and even literature. This refers to
hosting a turnaround in the literary genres developed in the 21st century. The way
writers of this generation express themselves to the world adapts to these modern
changes. Hence, it gave way to the rise of 21st Century Literary genres.
In this learning packet, you will be able to learn these modern literary genres,
including blogs, creative non-fiction, flash fiction, graphic novels, and manga. You will
be familiarized with their elements which will help you distinguish each one of them.
This learning will be a steppingstone for you to be able to make your literary piece.
CREATIVE NONFICTION
It is a genre of writing that includes literary styles and techniques to produce
factually accurate or real-life narratives. Some examples of creative non-fiction are
biography, autobiography, memoir, diary, travel writing, food writing, literary
journalism, chronicle, and essays. Creative Nonfiction has five elements.

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 ● Setting – the place of the narrative is established in the beginning to visualize
the plot development. 
● Character – the characters are based on real-life but aesthetically added with
various images. 
● Plot – the plot development of this narrative usually follows Freytag's Pyramid
(Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution).
● Descriptive Imagery – a figurative language where the author uses vivid
images to describe a certain phenomenon.
● Distinctive Voice – the Voice of the narrative is written in the first person
point of view.

           Some examples of Creative Nonfiction are 1000 Gifts by Ann Voscamp, Wind,
Sand, and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, and Life was hard, Love was easy by
Pat Evangelista. 

FLASH FICTION

           Flash Fiction is a fictional work of extreme brevity that still offers character
and plot development. It has four main elements.
● Characters – The characters are established at the beginning of the
narrative. 
● Plot – It has a standard and complete plot but uses various techniques to
abridge a complete story into a short narrative. 
● Hook is a literary technique at the beginning that captures the reader's
attention. 
● Ending – It is a successful flash fiction that has a twist in the ending. 

           Writing flash fiction is quite challenging, so writers use in-medias res to make

the plot where the beginning of the story starts with the middle of the climax and
introduces the story through flashbacks and foreshadows. Six-word short stories,
twitterature, minisaga, and microfiction are some forms of flash fiction. 

MANGA

           Manga is a comic or graphic novel that originated in Japan. It is a way of

storytelling through the use of pictures and dialogue. Manga has four elements.

● Pictures – The audience can distinguish manga from other western comics
because artists have developed unique features of their characters to identify
the manga art, such as wide eyes, small mouths, stylish hairstyles of various
colors, and exaggerated emotions.
● Words – Short characters' dialogues usually use onomatopoeia to entail
emotions predicted in the visuals.

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 ● Balloons – These are two-dimensional shapes where the words are inserted. 
● Frames – These are where all the graphics are inserted that indicate each
scene. 
           Nowadays, the Japanese have turned manga into live-action series known as
"anime." Some famous manga series are Naruto, One Piece, and Attack on Titan.

BLOG

           Also called "weblog," it is an informational website that circulates over the

World Wide Web consisting of distinct and informal diary-style text entries (posts).
The Internet is used to publish a blog to reach as much audience as it can all over
the world. One way to do it is for a blog to have the following three key elements:

● Headline – This is the captivating text that indicates the nature of the article.
● Content – This is emotional, unique, and well-organized information on the
topic.
● Layout – This includes all the graphics arranged creatively to make up the
aesthetic look of the blog. It also involves the typography or the arrangement
of texts, which should also be well-designed, and the graphics must be
aligned with the content. 

GRAPHIC NOVEL

           A Graphic Novel is a book made up of comic content. It includes fiction,

nonfiction, and anthological work. It consists of four major elements.

● Panel – This is the frame containing a single scene.

● Speech Balloon – This refers to the two-dimensional shapes where words
are indicated.
● Effects – These can be sound effects through onomatopoeic words or motion
lines.
● Cartoons – These are the visual art of the book.

           One of the best-selling graphic novels made in the US is DC Comics which

made fame Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, and the Marvel Graphic
Novels, which gave birth to the famous Avengers today, including Ironman, Thor,
Captain America, and the Hulk. In the Philippines, we also have our local graphic
novels. The most famous are Mars Ravelo's creations, who introduced us to
Captain Barbel, Lastikman, Darna, and Dyesebel.  

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III.

ACTIVITY 1: CLASSIFICATION CHART

Directions: Fill out the organizer by matching the description to its appropriate
literary genre. Write the letter of your answer on a separate sheet of paper. Note that
a particular description may fit two literary genres.
A. Make use of the web or the internet connection
B. A website containing diary-style entries called posts
C. An artistic storytelling style originated in Japan
D. Complete character and plot development compressed in a very brief
narrative
E. Make use of illustration in presenting stories
F. Uses speech balloons to entail dialogues among characters
G. Characters are based on real-life
H. Its elements are characters, plot, hook, and ending
I. It has a captivating headline, an organized content, and creative layout and
graphics.
J. The scenes are enclosed in frames or panels that entails the continuity

BLOG

CREATIVE NONFICTION

FLASH FICTION

GRAPHIC NOVEL

MANGA

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ACTIVITY 2: FLASH FICTION
Directions: Interpret the six-word short story and answer the following questions.
Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

PROCESS QUESTIONS: (5 points each)

1. What is the underlying story behind this six-word short story?

2. Write a short experience relating to this six-word short story

ACTIVITY 3: CREATE YOUR INFOGRAPHIC.

Directions: Fill in the template to create an infographic about the 21st Century
Literary Genres. Choose only two literary genres to compare and contrast and write
their similarities and differences inside the table. You may cut out pictures from
magazines/newspapers/brochures to complete your task. Do this on a separate
sheet of paper.

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ASSESSMENT

Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on your
answer sheet.

1. This is the literary genre that uses figurative language and techniques to
create narratives based on factual events.
A. Blog C. Graphic Novel
B. Manga D. Creative Nonfiction

2. This is a book made up of comic content popular in Western countries.

A. Blog C. Flash Fiction
B. Manga D. Graphic Novel

3. This is a concise work of fiction but still offers a complete plot and character
development with sometimes one-of-a-kind twists of ending.
A. Blog C. Flash Fiction
B. Manga D. Graphic Novel

4. This literary genre uses imageries and first-person voice to narrate events of
experiences.
A. Blog C. Graphic Novel
B. Manga D. Creative Nonfiction

5. It is a graphic novel that originated in Japan.

A. Blog C. Flash Fiction
B. Manga D. Graphic Novel

6. This literary genre has the following elements: headline, content, and layout.
A. Blog C. Graphic Novel
B. Manga D. Creative Nonfiction

7. Which of the following descriptions DOES NOT identify with manga artwork?
A. Small mouth C. Exaggerated Emotions
B. Stylish hairstyles D. Third-dimensional cartoons

8. Why is flash fiction a challenging narrative to write?

A. Because it has too few elements
B. Because it is not a complete story
C. Because the writer is required to have a good and happy ending

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 D. Because the writer needs to abridge a complete story into a short
narrative

9. What is being implied of the six-word story “He lies with me; he lied.”?
A. loss of a love one C. healthy connection to people
B. a broken friendship D. failed relationship or marriage

10. What is being inferred by “A cry rings out; life begins.”?

A. a person died
B. a baby has been born
C. a lover lost his loved one
D. a dog has given birth to puppies

IV.

Rubric for Activity 3: CREATE YOUR INFOGRAPHIC

Excellent Very Satisfactory Fair Needs

CRITERIA Satisfactory Improvement
5 4 3 2 1
The student The student The student The student The student has
presented four presented three presented two (2) presented at least written
CONTENT (4) differences (3) differences differences and one (1) similarity descriptions but is
and similarities and similarities of similarities of the and difference of not a comparison
of the chosen the chosen two chosen two (2) the chosen two of two (2) literary
two (2) literary (2) literary genres literary genres (2) literary genres genres.
genres organized in the organized in the but is not well
organized in the appropriate appropriate organized in the
appropriate column of the column of the columns of the
column of the infographics. infographics. infographics.
infographics.

Zero errors in One to three Four to six (4-6) Seven to nine Ten or more errors
punctuation, (1-3) errors in errors in (7-9) errors in in punctuation,
MECHANICS capitalization, punctuation, punctuation, punctuation, capitalization, and
and spelling capitalization, capitalization, capitalization, spelling.
and spelling. and spelling. and spelling.

SCORE EQUIVALENT

RAW SCORE EQUIVALENT

10
100
9
8
90
7
6
80
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70
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60
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V.

ACTIVITY 1. CLASSIFICATION CHART ASSESSMENT

BLOG A,B,I, 1. D
CREATIVE NONFICTION G 2. B
FLASH FICTION D, H 3. D
GRAPHIC NOVEL E,F,J 4. D
MANGA C,E,F,J 5. B
6. A
ACTIVITY 2. FLASH FIC. 7. D
1. The six-word story infers that the persona finally got 8. D
what he/she long wanted but soon finds out that 9. D
he/she regretted it. (other answers acceptable lest 10. B
the thought should be similar to this)
2. Answers may vary.
ACTIVITY 3. CREATE YOUR
INFOGRAPHIC
(Answers may vary. Please
refer to the rubric for grading)

VI.

Olitoquit, Christine S. 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World Quarter 2 –
Module 13: 21st Century Literary Genres and their Elements., 2020
“Creative Nonfiction.” Wikipedia.org.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_nonfiction (accessed last July 21, 2021)
“Blog.” Wikipedia.org.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog (accessed last July 21, 2021)
“Manga.” Wikipedia.org.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga_iconography (accessed last July 21, 2021)
“Comics.” Wikipedia.org.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics (accessed last July 21, 2021)
“Flash Fiction.” Wikipedia.org.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_fiction (accessed last July 21, 2021)

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