Grade 8 - Factual Text, Personal Recount and Persuasive Text
Grade 8 - Factual Text, Personal Recount and Persuasive Text
Department of Education
Region V – Bicol
Schools Division Office
Camarines Norte
Eco Athletic Field, F. Pimentel Ave., [email protected] (054) 440-1772/(054) 440-4464
Daet, Camarines Norte DepEd Camarines Norte
The learner transfers learning by composing a variety of journalistic texts, the contents of
which may be used in composing and delivering a memorized oral speech featuring use of
I. OBJECTIVES
B. Performance Standards properly acknowledged information sources, grammatical signals for opinion-making,
persuasion, and emphasis, and appropriate prosodic features, stance, and behavior.
C. Learning Competencies/ 2. Write either Factual text, Personal Recounts, and Persuasive text, and
Objectives
3. Express one’s idea about the importance of various text types such as Factual Text,
Personal Recount and Persuasive text.
II. CONTENT (Subject Develop paragraphs that illustrate each text type: Factual Text, Personal Recount and
Matter/Lesson) Persuasive Text
1. Teacher’s Guide
pages
2. Learner’s Materials
III. LEARNING RESOURCES
pages
3. Textbook pages
http://maenged.blogspot.com/2011/11/persuasive-essay_14.html?m=1.
B. Other Learning
Resources Power point presentation, Laptop, Learning Material
A. Presenting the new Preliminaries:
lesson A. Greetings
(Daily Routine) B. Prayer
(5 minutes) C. Attendance
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3.
Questions:
1. What is the text all about?
2. Are you convinced with the idea presented in the
text?
Factual text informs, instructs, or persuades by giving facts and information. It informs
the reader about a particular subject. Factual texts should give useful information and focus on
facts. Examples of factual texts are news reports, interviews, recipes, records of history,
instructions, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), etc.
Avoid long nested sets. These are caused, for example, by the excessive use of relative
clauses, interpolated trains of thought, overly stilted infinitive constructions or simply by
stringing together several main clauses that can be separated just as well by a point.
Explain a technical term right at the first mention – if it is to be explained. Loosen up the text
by alternating sentence structures. For example, alternate between short sentences that
consist of only one subject, one predicate and at most one object, and longer sentences that
have a subordinate clause – but, as I said, no long nested sentences.
It is better to write in active (someone does something) rather than passive (something is
done), as the latter seems comparatively cumbersome and also often does not specify who or
what is doing the activity described. Nevertheless, a well-written factual text should also use
the passive from time to time.
Especially factual texts are characterized by a sober language, which is therefore not
necessarily boring, but rather straightforward. The reader does not want to be entertained or
otherwise emotionally gripped, but wants to reach his goal as quickly as possible.
Personal Recount
A personal recount often combines elements of both the narrative and memoir since an
insight about life or a personal belief is usually based upon both experiences and relationships
that have taught the writer what individual values are most important. The author writes like
the way he or she might talk in an ordinary or everyday conversation.
In writing a personal recount, you go one step beyond reminiscing about a significant
event or moment. You choose a period in your life, explain and analyze it, and put it into
context.
Choosing topic. Think about a significant period of time which has shaped you into the person
you are now. Complete the sentence “I am who I am today because of the period of time
when…”
Gathering events. Use cluster to help you think about significant events you experienced
during the time in question. Use sensory and memory details.
Organizing the events. This time decide on an order for the details you have gathered.
You may organize them following a chronological order or you may share them according to
your own order of importance.
Persuasive text
Persuasive text aims to convince the reader to adopt an opinion or a course of action.
A strong persuasive text is logically organized and clearly describes the issue. To be effective,
a persuasive text should have the following characteristics:
Directions: Read and understand carefully the following questions. Choose the best answer in
each item.
Directions: Read and understand the following questions. Circle the letter of the correct
answer.
1. Elouise is tasked to write a text indicating facts and statistics. What type of text is she
writing?
A. Factual
B. Expository
C. Personal recount
D. Persuasive
Persuasive text
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ALL WRITE
Directions: Below are suggested topics in writing your composition. Choose one that you feel
comfortable writing about. After choosing a topic, write a composition consisting of 100 words.
This can either be a factual, personal recount, or persuasive text. 20 points
Topics:
Factual text:
1. Write about your most unforgettable moment that you had when you were in
elementary.
2. Write about a trip or a vacation you have taken or places you visited.
Persuasive text:
C. Presenting examples/instances
of the new lesson
F. Developing mastery
I. Evaluating learning