Writing Skills Materials
1. Journaling Prompts (Alvannerie Juan)
My personal scrapbook
Instruction: Create a writing scrapbook and designed it based on your personality. Inside the
scrapbook, there should be a blank paper where you can write your thoughts and ideas. The
scrapbook will be your personal journal. Every end of the week, you will write your thoughts and
ideas about the following questions/statement.
1. What are the life learning experiences I have gained this week?
2. How this learning helps me to grow as a student and as someone who will contribute to the
society?
3. Write an inspirational quote that will outline your learning this week.
2. Peer Editing and Feedback (Krizzia Sumawang)
Instruction: Read your classmate's story carefully, like a reader lost in a captivating tale. Use
this worksheet to guide your feedback, leaving comments and suggestions along the way.
Remember, your goal is to help your classmate improve their story, not just find faults.
Story Title:
1. Strengths:
What did you find particularly engaging or well-written?
Did any characters, scenes, or moments stand out to you?
2. Areas for Improvement:
What are 2-3 specific areas where the story could be improved?
- Are there any areas where:
- Is the conflict in the story engaging and well-developed?
- the writer adds more descriptions of sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures?
- the writer uses more vivid language and sensory details to create a more immersive experience?
What suggestions do you have for making the story more effective?
3. Specific Suggestions:
Character Development: Explore the relationships between characters. How do they interact?
What are their conflicts? How do they support each other?
Setting and Atmosphere: The setting should play a role in the story. How does it affect the
characters? How does it contribute to the conflict?
Writing Style: Sentence structure they use a mix of short and long sentences to keep your writing
interesting?
Plot and Pacing: Create a turning point turning point is a moment that changes the course of the
story. This could be a decision, a revelation, or a conflict.
Language:
3. Vocabulary Expansion Exercises (Luisa E. Tudayan)
Six high falutin words that can be use to describe appearance and behavior.
1. Whimsical- a word that describes someone who is playful, silly and has an
unpredictable nature. They find joy in pulling harmless and lighthearted pranks.
Example: "His whimsical humor made his friends laugh.
2. Choleric- a word that describes someone who can easily be angered with the
slightest provocation. They have a bad temper, are irritable and prone to outbursts of
emotion.
Example: "The choleric employee was hated by other workers because he got mad with a
simple mistake."
3. Phlegmatic- a phlegmatic person is calm and unemotional. They are reliable since
they stay calm during exciting or unpredictable situations.
Example: "Mika was given a recognition for her outstanding performance, as she
remained phlegmatic during the company crisis."
4. Svelte- a word that is used to describe someone who is slender and elegant. They
are people (often used for women) who have a good figure, charisma and elegance in
carrying themselves.
Example: "The black fitted dress emphasized her svelte figure."
5. Comely- a word that describes a pleasing appearance. Comely means beautiful
and attractive, which can be used to describe both male and female appearance.
Example: "Everyone turned their heads as they passed the comely young woman."
6. Emaciated- a word that describes a thin, fragile and weak appearance. Often
caused by lack of food, diseases and malnutrition.
Example: "The mother burst into tears as the doctor revealed that her emaciated child had
a severe illness."
The following words can be a choice in describing a character, state of thing, or setting. They
can add both depth and nuance and, at the same time, create vivid imagery in writing
Activity
Instruction: Think about your favorite or the recent story or movies that you have encountered.
Write a summary of the story/movie and introduce the characters by writing a characters'
description. Use the following word that was discussed ( Whimsical, choleric, phlegmatic, svelte,
comely, and emaciated).
5. Creative Writing Challenges (Jonalyn V. Paed)
Writing Prompts:
Cinderella had an extraordinary ability to predict the thoughts and intentions of others. However,
she decided not to use her power to being manipulated by her stepmother and stepsister. While
she secretly planned her escape from her miserable life. Explore the different sides of the
Cinderella story with mind-reading abilities and keep her secret safe.
Story Outline:
I. Setting:
Where does the story take place?
• The story could be in the modern day or historical period that may influence how they take
place. The moment of the story can be suspenseful or secretive in how the main character copes
with the problems.
II. Characters:
Who are the characters of the story?
• Introduce the protagonist and antagonist and their descriptions. Is the protagonist willing to use
her ability to take revenge, or not? How does the antagonist manipulate the ability of the
protagonist? How does the revelation affect the characters' development in the story?
III. Conflict:
What are the main problems of the story?
• Highlight the protagonist's struggle that could involve external conflicts with her family and
internal conflicts about using powers.
IV. Rising Action:
What unexpected moment helps the story raise the emotions?
• Where there, the conflict is introduced and begins to build. The series of events where the
protagonist problems happened and the antagonist starts to know her secret and make an evil
plan made the story more interesting.
V. Climax:
What is the biggest challenge the main character faces?
• Where the most intense or exciting moment in a story happened. It is where the protagonist's
secret is revealed and faces the challenges of antagonist manipulation.
VI. Falling Action:
What happens after the exciting part?
• The problems of the climax unfold. Show the twist of the story; how does the protagonist solve
the problem?
VII. Resolution:
How does the story end?
• Create a mind-blowing ending that readers could remember. Show the realization and
determination of the protagonist to fulfill his goals. How do the problems mold the protagonist?
6. Grammar Correction Worksheets (Samantha Nicole Roldan)
Instructions: Read each sentence carefully. Identify the grammatical error/s and rewrite the
sentence correctly. Explain the error in after rewriting the sentence.
1. Me and my friend are going to watch Moana 2 yesterday.
2. You’re smile looks cute, I’m falling deeper every time I seen it.
3. Where did you bought your red’s bag?
4. I love fried potatoe’s, especially the ones I eaten yesterday.
5. Playing with cats are more fun than dogs.
Members:
Juan, Alvannerie B.
Paed, Jonalyn Anne V.
Roldan, Samantha Nicole
Sumawang, Krizzia P.
Tudayan, Luisa E.